The Oppidan Press Oweek Supplement 2011

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Plagiarism: myths and truthsMatthew de Klerk

Plagiarism is arguably the most seriously regarded and taboo oence at Rhodes Univer-sity. Plagiarism is dened as “using anotherperson’s work without proper acknowledge-ment, and pretending that it is one’s own,” and

amounts, in eect, to academic thef.As a rst year, the rst ew lectures and

tutorials in the majority o courses at Rhodeswill be devoted to scaring you into takingplagiarism seriously and learning to avoid it.All assignments are usually submitted withan accompanying “Declaration o Plagiarism”orm, whilst some courses go as ar as makingyou submit assignments to the online plagia-rism detection service turnitin.com. Usually i you are caught “stealing” someone else’s intel-lectual property, the inringing assignment inquestion is given 0% on the spot, whilst somedepartments take away your coveted Duly Per-ormed (DP) certicate (without which youcannot write exams). However, this is usually

tutor or department dependant: some tutorswill mark and hand back an assignment eveni it contains no reerences; some will mark you down or not reerencing every idea.

However, rom personal experience,plagiarism is something that does not need tobe eared. As long as ideas and statements are

reerenced correctly (which is easy enough todo once you learn), you should be sae rompunitive measures. Some o the measures inplace (whilst they may have their merits incertain cases) are almost ‘Shock and Awe’, oroverkill. Since student papers are not auto-matically added to the turnitin.com’s paperrepository, similarities- even major ones- areofen undetected, and even i they are, chang-ing the word order or sentence structure isofen enough to drop the similarity index toacceptable levels.

Nonetheless, one should not just copy-paste their riend’s work and hand it in astheir own: vigilant tutors and markers are a lotharder to ool than a simple website.

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Looking or something special to help yousettle in? Our Arts and Entertainment editorbrings you a selection o Grahamstown’s toplocations.Best pizza – Gino’s Restaurant.

Gino’s rich, gourmet-style pizzas trump allcompetition in town. Head to the corner o Hill Street and New Street or just order a take-away.Best cofee – Homeground.

Phenomenally rich blends and excellent service characterize this gourmet coee shop o Somerset Street.Best date spot – La rattoria.Located on High Street, La Trattoria’s renedItalian cuisine and dream-like aura are idealor a romantic night out.

Best cocktail bar – Yellow House.Rumoured to have over 100 cocktails andshooters on the menu, this High Streetrestaurant is the perect start to a night on thetown.

Best local getaway – Signal Hill.Grahamstown teems with walkingand hiking trails. For a wondrous viewo the surrounding landscape, walk down Beauort Road towards the N2and take a lef onto the dirt road thatleads to Signal Hill.Best weekend getaway – Hogsback.150km north o Grahamstown, thequaint town o Hogsback is amousor its hiking trails, wateralls, anduncanny resemblance to Tolkien’sMiddle Earth.Best budget caé – Teatre Caé.Well-priced snacks, cakes and lightmeals combined with a chilledatmosphere distinguish this popularstudent hangout. Plus, it’s on campus,right o Prince Alred Street.Best budget meal – Olde 65.Aordable and delicious pub-grubis complemented by student drink specials at this New Street bar.Best vegetarian ood – wing Sushi.Raw sh aside, Twing’s menu boastsa variety o delectable vegetarian op-tions or the more conscious diner. It’stucked in the Peppergrove complex.

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