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TORONTO (CUP)- In a possiblyprecedent setting ease; a former Carleton University student may
sue a professor for . plagiarism. Bobby Sui,
- a former graduate student at Carleton, has accused a professor of publishing material that he had pre— pared for a conference while employed as a re— search assistant bybthat j profeSsor. Sui took a _ reading course in
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Management ideologiesat Carleton with a professor visiting frcm Concordia. The professor grew inter— ested in Sui's work and hired him as "a research assistant so they might
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/ They jointly prepared a’ brief
for a conference. Sui then left Canada for a year.
When he returned he found
that an article allegedly . bearing marked similari- ties to the brief had been -
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$100 milliOn toiAlberta students
EDMGERJN (CUP) -- The A15 berta government left critics of its post-second— ary education policies awestruck with its announce- ment /of a $100 million heritage scholarship fund.
The scholarship will be financed from the interest on investments in the heri- tage savings and-trust fund.
$5.3 million will be awarded in 3980—8], the first year of the new pro— gram: But advanced educa- tion minister Jim Horseman said the individual awards and the total amount are flexible. - A z \ HOrseman claimed the scholarship fund will be the only one of its' kind.
"This scholarship and‘ awards program Will be unique in the Western , world," he said .'
The 1980—81 program will include $1,500 scholar- ships for first year students, $3,000 Scholar— ships for second, third year students 3”];055000 $15,000
scholarships for graduate students.
In addition, $1 million will be available in 1980— 81 for athletic and recrea—- tional scholarships.
The $15,000 first-year
’ scholarships apply to‘all
students who maintained an 80 per cent average in grades 10,.11 and 12.
In addition, first year students who do not main— tain 80 per cent through all three grades will be paid separately for each, $300 for grade 10, $500 for
Tgrade ll and $700 for grade 12. . '
Five hundred $3,000 undergraduate awards will be‘offered to second, third and fourth year students. These aviards will be given on the basis of academic standing. .
Twenty masters and post- graduate students will be eligible for $10,000 awards In addition, up to twenty
‘people in Ph.D. programs will "receive $15,000
‘ scholarships.
~ may be used to study abroad
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published naming the professor as sole author
and giving him one footnote
as credit to his research, The Ontario Graduate Association (OGA) , a ' group within the Ontario
Federation of Students (OFS) -
is supporting Sui's case and
pursuing the legalities on his behalf, Gord Howe, OFS executive officer, said the article was a re- write of an editorial nature since all data and
conclusions were the same. V
Whole paragraphs had been lifted from the brief, according to Howe. Howe said Sui approached the Canadian Association of \ Sociologists and Anthro- pologists and filed a complaint. He also contacted the Professional
Ethics Committee (PEC) which
after reviewing the evidence,
found the case to be in Sui's favour.
The professor took this
decision to the executive of the association and
appealed it. _ The case was reopened and he was ex— onerated on procedural and technical grounds. Howe added that the
, technical grounds were that no stated Contract
Both the masters and doctoral scholarships
as well as .in Alberta. 'Further, ten more awards of $10,000 and $15,000 will be given to members of the labour force who return to school for post-graduate training.
University
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students may no longer" have 4
to wistfully dream of Mom's apple pie —— she can serve it up right in their residence rooms.
A mother roemmate trend may have been launched at Mississippi's Millsaps College, according to the American publication Collegiate Headlines.
Sandra Garrot and her mother Loretta have become roommates after loretta returned to school 23 years after she had dropped out.
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existed that ‘Sui and the professor would co-write a paper for publication. Howe said the PEG hearings lasted two years, during which time the professor published a book containing marked similarities to the brief. Sui then approa— ched the OGA. Karen Dubinsky, OFS chair— person, said that organi— zation recently sent out letters to universities and colleges asking for $50 from each student council to cover legal fees for Sui's case and other cases in which 068 is involved. Howe said Sui's case could make a big difference to students because plagiarism by professors is not as in— frequent as one would think. A lawyer will determine shortly if there are grounds to take the case to court, says Howe. He added the informal opinion is that there is a fair possibility to build a gocd case. -
Who is a to blame. .
_ The SUN is disclaiming any responsibility for the supplement sheets that were enclosed in some copies of last weeks issue. A group of engineers are highly suspected of this immaturity, but there is no proof. Stories around Duffy have it that on Thursday afternoon spies watched as the newspapers were being delivered, and l5 minutes later approximately l60 copies of the supplement were deposited in the library, the Barn, and Kelley. A computer on campus was used and much work (15 hours) was required to put that garbage together. As well, these not too literate folks lacked orginality, since the material was plaguarized from-“Over the Wire”.
The SUN is also dlsclaiminq the supplements which appeared two weeks ago in Duffy. This was
a miscue due to over- zealous perpetrators. Have you no better_way to spend your time
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