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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 2002
Page
1
A three part series on stealing ideas in the digital age. Today discusses age old copying and new high tech risks. Town City and Cedar Rapids college officials fight back. Follow the series on the Gazette Online site.
A Duke study shows college students admitting Internet copying rose from 10 percent in 1999-2000 to 41 percent in 2001-02. Rutgers reports one in seven high schoolers used an Internet paper mill. A University of Iowa graduate lost his degree for admitted plagiarism. a national conference is planned for January led by Chris Anson.
NC State University English professor and chair of a plagiarism task force will deliver the keynote. He cites student allure to easy production and the vast online material raising perceived risk. The Chronicle of Higher Education notes Virginia students faced earlier disciplinary actions for plagiarism.
Iowa Department of Human Services chief Jessie Rasmussen expresses regret after Gov. Tom Vilsack asked six top directors to resign. She says withholding full disclosure after the January 2000 beating death of Shelby Duis sparked criticism and influenced her decision to defer public outrage. The shake-up follows vacancies and program cuts across foster care, Medicaid, and child support recovery.
In La Porte City Rich and Shelly Docekal face a 17 year old son who wants to become a farmer. Despite 900 acres of crops and a strong farming community only one of 97 Union High School seniors plans to farm. The piece notes rural pressures and youth career choices.
The piece notes social issues guiding religious campaigns from hog lots to Iraq war protests and environmental action. It cites Catholic workshops for farmers, petitions by Christian Jewish and Muslim groups, and evangelical ads urging responsibility, linking faith to charitable work and justice.
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