Thursday, October 25, 2012

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com: Erik Highsmith, UNC-Chapel Hill Football Player, Accused Of Plagiarizing 11-Year-Old

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Erik Highsmith, UNC-Chapel Hill Football Player, Accused Of Plagiarizing 11-Year-Old
Oct 25th 2012, 16:00

Are you smarter than a 5th grader? Then maybe don't try to plagiarize one.

That's what one University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill football player is accused of doing. The News & Observer reports a review found class assignments submitted by Erik Highsmith, a senior wide receiver, appeared too close for comfort to certain essays posted on the Internet:

The first entry was virtually identical to a passage on an education website written by four 11-year-olds for their peers. The second mirrored much of an essay someone posted on Urch.com, a website that helps people prepare for the SAT, GRE and other college entry exams.
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