I don't think comments on an article can denigrate Columbia as much as the fact that the valedictorian of GS plagiarized. If he plagiarized his valedictorian speech-- to a large audience-- what would stop him from plagiarizing to an audience of just one professor? I think his degree is worth nothing, and I'm wondering if UC Berkeley law school has rescinded their acceptance of him.
I'm not clear why so many people are so hazy on here about what plagiarism is. He passed material off as his own. Corman plagiarized from Patton Oswalt. It's not complicated.
"Unknown" comedian is not accurate-- he's very famous, but that's hardly the point. He stole the joke, he didn't simply fail to cite a source. He said that the story happened to his friend.
My concern is that he clearly thought he could get away with plagiarism to a large group of people, so what did he do when the audience was just one professor?
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I don't think comments on an article can denigrate Columbia as much as the fact that the valedictorian of GS plagiarized. If he plagiarized his valedictorian speech-- to a large audience-- what would stop him from plagiarizing to an audience of just one professor? I think his degree is worth nothing, and I'm wondering if UC Berkeley law school has rescinded their acceptance of him.
I'm not clear why so many people are so hazy on here about what plagiarism is. He passed material off as his own. Corman plagiarized from Patton Oswalt. It's not complicated.
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"Unknown" comedian is not accurate-- he's very famous, but that's hardly the point. He stole the joke, he didn't simply fail to cite a source. He said that the story happened to his friend.
My concern is that he clearly thought he could get away with plagiarism to a large group of people, so what did he do when the audience was just one professor?