PLAGIARISM IN RESEARCH PAPERS

I hate to end the semester on a downer, but I've already found a number of incidences of plagiarism in the papers I'm grading. This is not acceptable, as you know, and the papers will be given a mark of zero. If you or someone you know is in this position please be aware that if you come to discuss the problem with me I will not pass the matter on to your co-ordinator or to the chair.

This is a little disheartening given the amount of time we spent on the research paper and on the issue of academic integrity.

I apologize to the rest of you for the tone of this final post. I hope you all have a great holiday.