Expos

The Freshman Dean's Office (FDO) and the Office of Expository Writing have recently designed a new strategy to educate students about plagarism.

Most expos sections will hold a one-hour mandatory lecture on plagarism next week Freshmen will also receive a small take-home exercise in which they will be asked to denote all necessary documentation for a sample essay.

FDO and Expos officials last month made the changes, citing persistent problem with students not understanding the members of dealing with sources.

Richard C. Marius, director of the Expository Writing program, said. "There are a substantial number of kids--sophomores and juniors--brought before the Ad Board who claim not to know what plagarism is."

The additional assignment this semester differs from the past in that it is a concrete exercise in which students actually go through the documentation process.

Marius said that besides this addition to the Expos program, in the future the Expos program may include a paper that will require a heavier use of secondary sources.

Last year, about half of the 35 cases that came before the College's disciplinary Administrative Board involved plagarism, said John R. Marquand, secretary of the Ad Board.