IvyGate has the details on an incident of plagiarism at the Daily Pennsylvanian, a student newspaper. It also previously reported on an incident at the Yale Daily News. From IvyGate:
The DP fired columnist Jamie France ‘10 this weekend after her column on caffeine Friday bore uncanny similarities to a Yahoo! Food piece from March. The former ticks off facts on Diet Coke, Water Joe, Red Bull, Tab Energy, Enviga, Rocket Chocolates, Starbucks and Spike Shooter; the latter ticks off facts on Diet Coke, Water Joe, Red Bull, Tab Energy, Enviga, Rocket Chocolates, Starbucks and Spike Shooter.
Five health benefits are duplicated, too. And all those things are given in the exact same order, the odds of which occurring naturally are one in (math nerds, speak up) 6,227,020,800….less than 24 hours later, France was canned. “While we still believe that she did complete other research to get her information, the similarities in writing style and structure are too noticeable to ignore,” Tillman emailed us. “The DP does not tolerate plagiarism in any form, and we’re currently discussing implementing more in-depth workshops on these issues for staff in the future.”
