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WEDNESDAYAugust 23, 2006

W E LCO M E W E E K E D I T I O N

101THINGS EVERY SPARTAN SHOULD DO BEFORE GRADUATING FROM MSU

1 Go to MAC’S BAR, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. in Lansing, and see some bands.

2 Go to the MCPHERSON SPEAKER SERIES.

3 Take your picture with the SPARTY MASCOT or next to the statue.

4 Do the MIDNIGHT SCREAM during fi nals week in South Complex on campus.

5 RIDE CATA bus route 1 for a unique look at Lansing.

6 Play in an IM SPORTS match or join an IM Sports team. There are some great ones like inner tube water polo and broomball.

7 Get a haircut from a student at DOUGLAS J Aveda Institute — it’s cheaper than you’d think.

8 Take a JOG through campus.

9 Attend a big SPORTS GAME like basketball or football.

10 Get BUBBLE TEA at Udon, 134 N. Harrison Road.

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LET THIS QUINTESSENTIAL GUIDE keep you

on track for your four (or more) year ride

through Spartan life. In no particular order:

Faces & Places ... 1BMS&U ................... 1CLowdown ............. 1DSports ................. 1EClassified ............ 1F

Burrito throwdown! THE LOWDOWN’S SEARCH FOR THE BEST BURRITO IN EAST LANSING 1D

FACES & PLACES 1B Army ROTC cadets ready to enter military.

SPORTS 1E Fall sports junkie? Get your fi x with our season preview.

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Repairs to the UM-St. Louis campusfor damages caused by the storm that hitWednesday July 19 and Friday July 21are likely to total around $750,000,according to Frank Kochin.

Kochin, director for FacilitiesManagement, said he does not have anexact list of all of the damages and costsfor repairs at this time.

“The list keeps getting bigger and

bigger,” said Jonathan Yordy, coordina-tor for Public Relations and FundRaising.

Kochin said he is also waiting to hearback from the insurance adjustor. “I’vecalled several times, but we’ve beenplaying phone tag,” he said.

Right now, at the top of the list isdamage to the Mark Twain Gymnasium.Kochin estimated the repairs at almosthalf a million dollars for roof and floordamages.

“The main roof was a total loss, thewind just lifted up the roof membrane

and pulled it back,” he said.He said the gym’s roof was fairly

new and was put on about one year agofor roughly the same amount the repairsare going to cost.

Another roof, above TouhillPerforming Arts Center’ Desmond LeeTheatre, was damaged. Repairs for thesedamages will cost approximately$100,000.

“There are also a lot of minor things,but I’ve been telling people it shouldcost less than 1 million dollars,” Kochinsaid.

Yordy said the high winds “all over”were the main cause of all the damage.

hree days before the first day of school,Andreas Dimke, freshman, businessadministration, wanted to call home, but

he did not have a phone. After shopping around Northwest Plaza

Thursday evening, he decided he would use acalling card instead of paying for an internation-al cell phone plan.

Dimke needed an international calling cardbecause his home is actually seven and a halfhours away by plane in Nuremberg, Germany.

Dimke is one of more than 400 internationalstudents admitted to the University this fall.Some are exchange students planning to studyone or two semesters, while others, like Dimke,plan to stay and graduate from UM-St. Louis.

“This year we’ve had the most students since9/11,” said Annette Burris, international student

advisor and international admissions officer.Burris said most international students comewith a F1 or J1 visa.

F1 visas are for students who want to study atan accredited university in the United States. J1visas are for students in exchange programs whowant to receive academic training, similar to aninternship.

Burris said between 100 and 130 internation-al students normally come through the Office ofInternational Student and Scholar Services eachfall.

Last week, between 180 and 200 studentsattended a weeklong international student orien-tation, where students learned where to find dif-ferent resources on campus.

A former Police Explorer Scoutused his uniform to talk his way out ofa burglary that was interrupted when aresident returned to his dorm roomduring the crime, according to police.

However, the same uniform helpedUM-St. Louis police identify the sus-pect, leading to his arrest one weeklater.

Police say the suspect, JeremiahMcMillon, 19, entered a Villa Halldormitory around 8 p.m. July 25through an unlocked window and stolea cellular phone, a wireless internetrouter and $27.

During the burglary, the resident, ayouth counselor with the Christiansummer camp M-Fuge, came homewith a friend and discovered a mandressed in a khaki uniform.

According to police, the residententered the room and noticed a shoeprint on his bed and an open window

behind the bed. Then, police said, McMillon

stepped out from behind the door,dressed in a uniform with patches onthe shirt.

Joshua Hamilton, 20, ofSpringfield, Ky., was with the victimwhen they entered the dorm and foundthe suspect.

“My friend opened the door, and atfirst I thought it was a friend trying toscare us,” Hamilton said. “He lookedlike a police officer and he asked us forour IDs.”

“The thing that threw me off,” hesaid, “was when he called on his phoneand said he was talking to his sergeant.I could hear the dial tone.”

After the burglar left, the victimcalled the University police andOfficer Charles Partain and police Sgt.John Schupp responded to the call.

Schupp processed the crime scene,collecting fingerprints and the shoeprint from the mattress cover.

The next day, UM-St. Louis PoliceDetective Anthony Griemel discov-

ered from interviews with witnessesthat the burglar was seen walkingtoward the UM-St. Louis SouthMetroLink station.

Griemel later met with MetroLinkofficials to view surveillance video ofthe MetroLink platform.

On the tapes, Griemel found a manwaiting for the train who matched wit-nesses’ descriptions.

The detective copied the tape andhad Pollyana Appleton, a systems sup-port analyst with UM-St. Louis’Information Technology Services,blow up the image.

After distributing that image toother campus police officers and St.Louis County Police assigned toMetroLink, a county officer said herecognized the uniform as that of aCounty Police Explorer.

The officer returned to the precinctand found a flyer from the same day asthe burglary stating that McMillon wasa former Police Explorer no longerwith the program but still had a uni-form.

On Aug. 3, Griemel arrestedMcMillon who was charged by the St.Louis County Prosecutor with burgla-ry in the first degree and stealing under$500. His bond was set at $25,000.The same day, Griemel received con-firmation that fingerprints found on thewindow screen matched McMillon’s.

Wirt said a first-degree burglary oncampus is rare. “Burglary in the first isa pretty serious crime,” he said. “Thisis the first one I can remember, andI’ve been here 10 years.”

CAMPUS NEWS

Check out the line-upfor the Rivermen andRiverwomen soccerteams in a special two-page spread.

Kicking off the ‘06soccer season

Kenneth Thomas wona prestigious Fulbrightscholar grant to fund hisstudies of the Canadianprovinces.

Political scienceprofessor namedFulbright scholar

WTC gives personallook at 9/11

The UMSL Police willhold a public hearingMonday, Aug. 28 at 1p.m. in the Gallery 210auditorium as part of itseffort to be accredited bythe Commission onAccreditation for LawEnforcement Agencies,Inc. People can also mailcomments to the agencyat 10306 Eaton Pl., Suite320, Fairfax, Va. 22030-2201.

Campus police holdpublic hearing

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Web poll results: Whatare your plans for

summer 2006?

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I will be relaxing.

I will be taking summer classes.

I will be taking a trip.

This week’s question:What do you think aboutpaying for Metro passes?

What’s Current 2

Crimeline 2

Opinions 4-5

Sports 6

Soccer Preview 8-9

Features 11

A&E 12-13

Comics 16

Sudoku 16

Quick ReadA summer camp counselor staying in VillaHall came home to find an open windowand a uniformed man in his dorm room.Police say the man, who was actually aburglar, acted like a police officer, askingfor ID. Police tracked the man down andhe faces charges of burglary in the firstdegree and stealing under $500.

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see STORM DAMAGE, page 14

August 21,2006

VOLUME 40, ISSUE 1188www.thecurrentonline.com

Storm damage totals $750,000BY MELISSA S. HAYDEN

News Editor

BY MELISSA S. HAYDEN

News Editor

COMING TO AMERICA

Andreas Dimke, freshman, business administration, walks away from the Wal-Mart on St. Charles Rock Road on Thursday night afterpicking up groceries, and looking for an international phone card. Dimke, who is from Nuremburg, Germany, came to UM-St. Louis on atennis scholarship and plans to study here for four years.

Mike Sherwin • Managing Editor

Campus police arrest suspect in dorm burglary

No blindtaste testrequired

OF SCHOOLIN A NEW COUNTRY

STUDENTS FROM ABROAD GET SET FOR THE

FIRST DAY

STORY BY PAUL HACKBARTH • DESIGN EDITOR

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July 1 began Pepsi-Cola’s sevenyear, $71,500 exclusive beverage con-tract with UM-St. Louis and ended theschool’s 10-year, $40,000 contractwith the Coca-Cola Company.

Jonathan Yordy, coordinator forPublic Relations and Fund Raising,said the “10-year contract with Cokewas just up.”

“We had a committee and [Pepsi-Cola] had the best offer for theUniversity,” said Gloria Schultz, direc-tor for Business and ManagementServices.

Schultz said the University andPepsi-Cola both have 120 days to backout of the agreement; she added thatthe reaction to the switch to Pepsi hasbeen good. “The students are excitedand are going ‘yeah’,” she said.

Student Government AssociationPresident Nick Koechig said he“loves” the Starbucks line from Pepsiand Gatorade products. “I’m a reallybig fan of Gatorade,” he said.

Yordy said the Pepsi contractoffered the University an “overall bet-ter package” and that Pepsi has broad-er range of products. “Mountain Dewis also the single most popular drink,”he said.

Pepsi’s lineup included products hesaid are considered to be higher endproducts. Pepsi’s line of Starbucksproducts and its Sobe products are“more perceived as upscale,” accord-ing to him.

“Pepsi also has a slightly youngerdemographic than Coke,” he said.

In addition, he said Pepsi offered abroader fountain selection, evenincluding Dr. Pepper, which is not aPepsi product. Dr. Pepper is a productof the Dr. Pepper/Seven-UpCorporation.

However, Dr. Pepper is not the onlynon-Pepsi product the contract willallow on campus. Some Coke prod-ucts will continue to be sold only inthe Millennium Student Center’s C-Store.

Yordy said the process of removingCoke machines and moving in newPepsi machines has gonesmoothly.“It’s interesting to see thePepsi machines dance onto campusand the Coke guys kind of draggingalong with their machines,” he said.

“It has been a hassle getting all theCoke machines out and receiving allthe new Pepsi machines, but we knewit would be,” Schultz said.

Randy Ezell, service technician forPepsi Americas, came to the MSC torepair machines on Thursday, Aug. 10and Friday, Aug. 11. He said both daysthe machines were “jammed” and notfunctioning properly.

Last Friday he said the Gatorademachine he was repairing, located onthe third floor of the MSC, was “notset-up for the right size bottle.”

Pepsi offers betterdeal, so Coke is out

BY MIKE SHERWIN

Managing Editor

Quick ReadThe roof and gym floor of the MarkTwain Athletic Buiding and the roof ofthe Touhill PAC were damaged by theJuly storms that swept through the city.Those repairs will cost about $600,000.

Pepsi is in:

Coke is out:

New contract gives UMSL$71,000 over 7 years.

Old contract gave UMSL$40,000 over 10 years.

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Construction aims to improve campus

ROAD HAZARDFroggie Five-O helps security on campus

Ex-student, pilot spends retired life enjoying campus

By ANDREA BEARCEStaff Reporter

New TCU students may notice an abundance of golf carts on campus, but they are not runaways from a near by country club.

The armada of seven carts is part of an escort unit fond-ly known as Froggie Five-O, a service created a decade ago to protect female stu-dents en route to their on-campus destinations.

Though groups of females who walk together around campus are generally safe, Froggie Five-O is available for added security, said crime prevention officer Pam Christian.

Operating from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. each night, Froggie Five-O offers door-to-door pick-up and drop-off ser-vices and provides more than 3,100 escorts a month, according to the TCU Police Department Web site.

The early days of Froggie Five-O boasted just four student-drivers, but posi-tive reaction to the program prompted its rapid growth.

Today’s force of golf car drivers is made of 21 hired students in addition to secu-rity guards, Christian said.

While Froggie Five-O driv-ers are not expected to act as police, they are trained to drive the golf carts and use radios,” she said.

When hiring Froggie Five-O drivers, Christian said she mostly looks for honesty and integrity.

Colby Howerton, a fresh-

man business major, said that in order to work for Froggie Five-O he had to memorize multiple radio codes and practice driving with a supervisor.

Howerton said he has fun working outside and con-stantly meeting new people but said that knowing he is helping his fellow students is rewarding in itself.

Stephanie Woody, a sopho-more graphic design major, said Froggie Five-O is very helpful and often uses it for any reason.

Woody said she used the service mostly during her freshman year to get rides from the freshman parking lot.

Christian noted that the Froggie Five-O service is for TCU women only.

Exceptions could be made, Christian said, if a male stu-dent were injured or genu-inely in fear of his safety.

A drop in on-campus crime has not been noted since the program began, but Christian said that is because Froggie Five-O was created as a preventative measure rather than a reaction to TCU-specific crime.

“We wanted to help ensure they safety of our females on campus and help them feel safe on campus,” she said. “I think that has been achieved.”

Students can call for a Froggie Five-O escort by dial-ing x7777 from any on-campus phone or 817-257-7777 from any off-campus phone.

By ERIN GLATZELStaff Reporter

Students who spend a few extra years on campus are not an uncom-mon sight on campus, but few have been around since the 1940s.

In Jarvis Hall, 81-year-old How-ard Payne works with students on the campus he attended shortly after World War II.

Payne — or Mr. Howard, as he is affectionately known — has worked at the front desk of more than five TCU residence halls throughout his “retirement.” Receiving daily pack-ages, making phone calls and assist-ing residents in need are just some of Payne’s daily duties.

Payne’s relationship with TCU began when he was discharged from the Air Force after World War II. Payne was a radio operator on B-17 bombers and trained on many different planes.

He was scheduled to be dispatched overseas but never actually experi-enced combat.

“I don’t know how I was so for-tunate as to never have to see the war,”Payne said. “I guess the man upstairs is looking out for me, help-ing me get along.”

After World War II, Payne enrolled at TCU where he took general busi-ness courses. Payne did not finish his education, however, because an

opportunity to work for an oil com-pany arose, and he decided he was up to the challenge and could finish school later.

TCU was also where Payne met his future wife, Mildred, whom he married in 1949. They moved to West Texas after Payne took the job with the oil company and lived there for 14 years. After having a son, Payne and his family moved back to Fort Worth, where he worked in residen-tial construction until he retired. Even though Payne never finished his education, his son graduated from TCU in the 1970s.

After retiring, Payne, who cele-brated his 81st birthday in March,

was called upon to fill in for a resi-dence hall assistant who was sick. Soon his help was being called upon more often.

“Retired life was not for me,” Payne said. “I think that being around young and energetic people keeps me young too.”

He became known as an adminis-trative support assistant and has been a presence on campus ever since, working five days a week.

“I love to hang out here,” Payne said. “It is gratifying in every respect. I never want to stop working.”

Anne Ross, a sophomore business major, said, “Everyone knows Mr.

COURTESY OF RESIDENTIAL SERVICES

Howard Payne, shown above, works at five univer-sity residence halls and has a long TCU history.

By LIZ CRAWFORDStaff Reporter

In the name of progress, much of the TCU campus will be under construction during the summer of 2006, said Chan-cellor Victor Boschini.

Through the efforts of Vision In Action, much-needed improvements are taking place now for the benefit of future stu-dents, faculty and staff, Boschini said.

“Vision In Action is the recently developed strate-

gic plan for Texas Christian University,” he said. “It is the result of an 18-month-long process, or study, whereby members from

every segment of our campus community came together and discussed their dreams for TCU. The final product is a strategic plan, which will give us direction over the course of the next five years.”

The construction plans include a new education building, four residence halls, a student union, new bookstore and sev-eral parking lots, Boschini said.

“I think the construction will transform Texas Christian University,” he said.

The bookstore is the top construction priority, Boschini said. Though renovation to the bookstore was scheduled to be com-pleted by August 2006, the completion date has been pushed back because of a fire that severely damaged the roof and much of the rest of the store in March, he said.

Construction will be delayed at least three months, said Harold Leeman, asso-ciate director of major projects. The bud-get has not been decided because it is not known if the original structure will be used, Leeman said.

The original plans for the bookstore include a balcony-style second floor for just textbooks, said Llisa Lewis, the store’s general manager. This area will be about three times larger than the original text-book area, she said.

To accommodate textbook sales this August, a few more trailers will be added to the temporary bookstore, which is in the parking lot of the original bookstore on the corner of University Drive and Berry Street,

STEPHEN SPILLMAN / Photo Editor

Freshman pre-business and fashion merchandising major Kristen Chapman exits a Froggie Five-O escort from junior criminal justice major Jake Nussrallah.

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STEPHEN SPILLMAN / Photo Editor

Above, traffic is diverted on Berry Street during spring 2006 as part of the Berry Street Initiative. The GrandMarc apartment building, shown below in an artist’s sketch, is part of the renovation.

Berry Street construction to continue through fallBy JOHN-LAURENT TRONCHEStaff Reporter

New students driving to campus for the first time this fall should be prepared to make a quick construction detour.

Heavy machinery and lane closures are expected to remain a familiar sight on the south side of campus as city crews work toward completion of the first major stage of the Berry Street Initiative.

McClendon Construction Company Inc. is contracted by the city of Fort Worth to oversee the initial redevelopment of Berry Street between Waits Avenue and Forest Park Boulevard.

The improvements include reducing the

street’s traveling lanes to two in each direction, the construction of a median to replace the current turn lane and parallel parking spaces along the curb.

Rey Morales, general superintendent of McClendon Construction Co. Inc., said the $5 million, three-phase construction, which is nearing the halfway mark, is on schedule for its estimated December completion.

“We’re right on track with where we’re supposed to be,” Morales said April 11.

Morales said the first phase of the con-struction, which involves the north side of Berry Street, will be completed by mid-May. Immediately following, the two-month-long second phase will begin before the third and final phase begins in July.

The redevelopment began in January

and is paid for by city, state and federal funds, said Sandra Dennehy, president of the Berry Street Initiative.

The Berry Street Initiative is a group of local residents, volunteers and private investors working to revitalize the Berry

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See HOWARD, page 8

QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT COLLEGE?If you have concerns about life at a University, the staff of Campus Life can help. Campus Life’s goal is to link students to resources to help them succeed at the university. Whether it is by processing official univer-sity absences or resolving conflicts between students, Campus Life can help you to feel more comfortable on campus. Campus Life is located in Sadler Hall Room 101. They can be reached by phone at (817) 257-7926.

PAUL WHITEHEADStaff Writer

“You’ve got mail” will take on a newmeaning this fall when students andfaculty will be able to utilize a new andfaster e-mail system.

T-mail, a new and more advancede-mail system, will replace the currentWebmail system being used by facultyand students. T-mail will run on theMicrosoft Exchange program andprovide users with faster processingand many new additions to create amore adaptive personal mailingsystem.

According to Brice Bible, thechief information officer at UT’s Officeof Information Technology, thechanges were necessary because thenumber of students and facultycurrently using Webmail was toomuch for the system to handle.

“T-mail will be a substantialimprovement over the currentWebmail system,” Bible said.

The new system will combine acalendar system and e-mail all in one,spurred on by the results from astudent survey implemented indeveloping the new system.

In the survey conducted lastyear, students also recommendedgroups for their friends andclassmates and theme colors, both ofwhich will be available in the new T-mail system.

Students also helped in selectingthe design of the logo for the newsystem, choosing a computer mouseinstead of the more traditionalSmokey.

Starting in the fall, OIT willadvertise for students to switch to thenew program. There will be linksonline to do the switch on your own,but assistance will be provided at ahelp desk located in the Commons ofHodge’s Library.

“The conversion process will beeasy,” said Julie Little, executivedirector of UT’s EducationalTechnologies and InnovativeTechnology Center.

With the click of a button,Outlook will be installed on astudent’s computer. Settings and fileswill then be brought over to T-mailfrom Webmail. Once the student ismoved, all of his or her incoming e-mails will go to their T-mail account.

E-mail addresses, despite thenew program, will not change, andWebmail will continue to workthrough December.

“We will continue to improve T-mail with additions such as instantmessaging and mobile devicecapabilities, a feature which was quitea problem for Webmail,” Bible said. T-mail will also be fully integrated withBlackboard.

Feeding off of the suggestionsmade by students, more changes willbe made and utilized in the upcomingacademic semesters, Bible said.

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Vol . 102Welcome Back Issue

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“The main thing is that UT is turning out so many quality graduates and

wants to keep them in town.”– Beth Gladden,

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CHRIS KOOGLENews Editor

It is considered rude anddishonest, and it seemseasier when underpressure, but what it is notis an honest way to achievean A.

Academic dishonesty, orplagiarism, is handled on acase by case basis by theDirector of Student JudicialAffairs Angela Smith said.The University of Tennesseehandles plagiarism with anhonor code and expectsstudents to stay honestthrough the semester,Angela Smith said.

“The reason we’re hereis for academic integrity,”Smith said. “It is importantthat people can look at a UTdegree and not devalue it.”

Those who do choose toborrow others’ ideas,without giving credit, canface everything from failingtheir class to beingsuspended from theuniversity. Students shouldtalk to their professors ifthey are feeling anypressure or uncertaintiesabout the course, Smithsaid.

“At its base it comesdown to an honestybasis...we want to educatestudents (that) it’s alwaysbest to be honest,” Smithsaid. “If you’re having anissue then talk to yourprofessor.”

Professor of EnglishHarry Newburn said

professors attendworkshops before schoolstarts specifically aimed atidentifying the falsifying ofwork. Professors are shownthe newest technology toidentify false papers, and hesaid that it is becomingmore widespread. ForNewburn, however, thechallenge lies in proving astudent has taken anotheridea and made it their own.

“It is easy to identifyit...students are notprofessional writers,”Newburn said. “Proving it

sometimes is moredifficult.”

Newburn said studentsshould treat school as if it isa job. “Why are you here ifyou do not want to learn?”he said.

Students tend to agreewith this assessment sayingthat it is not smart toborrow the ideas of others

if done in a wrong way. “Writing is taking ideas

from other people andmaking it yourown…research articles area form of plagiarism andsome people are not goodat it,” Senior in psychologyLauren McKinney said.“Some people don’t knowhow to do it and are caughtand have their wristslapped, and others aregood at it…there is no wayto stop it.”

Senior in logistics GeoffBoyd said he relates schoolto a job and said when itcomes to the real world thatstudents are just hurtingthemselves if they do nottake credit for their ownwork.

“When it really mattersin the business world aftergraduation you're not goingto be able to do it,” Boydsaid. “Unique opinions andthoughts are what will getyou ahead.”

For Emily Steven, asenior in retail andconsumer science,plagiarism was an earlyexperience in her educationthat taught her theconsequences.

“I cheated in 3rd grade ata private school, a Bibleschool,” she said, andadded that the greatamount of pressure put onher during that time taughther that “you have to dothe best you can do withwhat you can do.”

How to avoidPlagiarism

If using ideas, thoughts or words fromsomeone else’s work, be sure to do at leastone of the following:

Quote: Repeats the original text in quotation marks.Requires that the text be cited to the original author.

Summarize: Captures the author’s main ideas inyour own words. Uses fewer words than the originalpassage, requires that the summarized material becited.

Paraphrase: Restatement of an original piece ofwritten or oral text into your own words. Usuallymatches the length of the original source, requirescitation to the original author. You do not change themeaning or the ideas being put forth, you change thelanguage.

How to correctly paraphrase:• Read the original passage more than once, until

you understand its full meaning.• Without looking at the original, write your

paraphrase.• Write down a few key words or phrases to

express the subject matter of the content.• Compare your paraphrase with the original to

make sure you are accurately expressing the ideasin a new way.

• Use quotation marks for any phrases that youborrow exactly from the original.

-Cite the source in your paper.

Source: UT Libraries’ website.http://www.lib.utk.edu/instruction/plagiarism/

Anthony Cheatham • The Daily Beacon

Plagiarism is conduct that is carefully reviewed at The Univeristy of Tennessee. Understanding plagiarism is explained by the Center for AcademicIntegrity and made accessible through UT libraries.

Plagiarism consequences not worth convenience

“It’s easy toidentify

it...studentsare not

professionalwriters.”

– Harry Newburn, professor of English, on thetopic of student plagiarism

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