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McGill Plagiarism con’t. | defiance, Rosenfeld garnered widespread media attention and public support, as well as zero percent and failing grades. After Rosenfeld chal- lenged his failed assignments in his Economic Development class, administration conceded that they would reinstate his papers and allow them to be marked, but only under the con- dition that he write a ten-page essay on research methods. Last week, after flatly refusing this offer and preparing to rebut, he was informed that administration was backing down and that a committee had allowed for his assignments to be graded. Upon being informed of their decision, Rosenfeld called the victory bit-

‘tersweet, saying "I'm obviously

Mendelson, dean of academic and student affairs for the Faculty of Science at McGill, refuted the claim that the use of the software presupposed student guilt and that it was simply a pre-

- cautionary measure. "It's not an _issue of guilt any more than ask-

ing students to write an exam with an invigilator present," he

_ was quoted as saying. He asserts

that a wide range of policies is

necessary to effectively combat

plagiarism and to protect aca- demic integrity.

As for the continuation of the program at McGill, the Academic Integrity Sub- Committee, responsible for the interim Turnitin.com program at the school, will soon present their report to the Senate Committee on Student Affairs. The influential

happy that the university has decided to mark my work, but they still haven't

Rosenfeld doubts that

McGill is seriously involv-|include the input

ing student concerns in their discussion.

body, which will

of professors and students alike in

acknowledged student concerns with Turnitin.com."

He is not alone in his crit- icism. Many students are offend- ed by this policy and are anxious to show solidarity with his plight. The Canadian Federation of Students released a statement last week, condemning the use of

Turnitin.com by

Canadian universities, arguing that the website's practice of adding all submitted works to its database is a violation of the intellectual property of students. "Many students consider this to be an issue of copyright and resented having to allow a pri- vate company to profit from their original academic work," said CFS chairperson Ian Boyko.

For his part Morton

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: their report, will play a vital role in determining whether the continuation of the online anti-plagiarism program would be beneficial for the Montreal university. eee Despite the claim that the Sub-Committee is considering both faculty and student feed- back, Rosenfeld doubts that McGill is seriously involving stu- dent concerns in their discussion. "From past actions on this issue, it's clear that they don't actually care about student input, about what student concerns are." Pending the release of the report, a permanent program with Turnitin.com could be imple- mented at McGill for the begin-

ning of the 2004 fall semester.