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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
     
    
   
   
    
     
      2004
      page
      6
     
    
   
   
    
     
      :
      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.