Story Outline

 

Internet Watchdog Could Stop Collegiate Copycats

From a news story by
CNN San Francisco Reporter Don Knapp

November 22, 1999

I. Writing Research Paper

A. Some students write papers themselves.

B. Some students copy papers off the web.

II. Program written to catch thieves

A. Two graduate students for UC Berkeley wrote a program

1. It compares a paper to others on the Web

2. Hundred million web pages are searched

B. Teachers can sign up to send their students' papers to be checked.

III. Professor's experience

A. Told students their papers would be checked.

B. About 15% had copied big parts of their papers.

IV. Students' response

A. Can defend themselves if caught.

B. Hard working students support effort as fair.

 

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