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Lack of credit leads to failing grades
Students caught plagiarizing face strict consequences
Austin Kitch
Issue date: 9/26/02 Section: News
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papers are turned in to be graded, instructors are watching to be sure that the student has not plagiarized.
According to Kevin Brungardt, English Instructor, plagiarism can occur when a student fails to credit information to the proper source.
"It's a matter of learning how to do [documentation] and doing it correctly," Brungardt said. "I am looking so that students know exactly what we've been talking about, they know the process, they know how to do it and do it right."
Classes such as English Composition II are designed to teach students what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.
Brungardt said plagiarism can also be caused by sloppiness. It can cause the student to overlook a step while putting together a research paper.
"When that sort of thing happens what you end up with is you're not giving the source the credit it has due," Brungardt said. "You have to make sure you are particular to get [documentation] right."
Barb Larson, reading specialist, said the college's primary obligation is making sure students understand what they are doing wrong. Larson works in the Comprehensive Learning Center in the campus library.
"If we know that something has been plagiarized [in the comprehensive learning center] and that the student has not done what we've asked them to do by citing the source, we contact the instructor and tell them," Larson said.
Larson said that new college students have not been fully prepared by their primary
educators.