Gettysburg College Honor Commission

02/10/2020

As baseball's spring training starts this month, consider what we can learn from "Baseball's Sudden Integrity Crisis."

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03/15/2019

Well this is certainly a different kind of cheating!

This angler’s catch was indeed fishy, wildlife officials say.

03/12/2019

Wow! This story is still unfolding.

Federal authorities announced indictments in massive college cheating scam.

03/02/2019

What a situation! It speaks to the value of intellectual property.

The student's work allegedly led to a newly approved drug "expected to compete for a substantial portion of a multi-billion-dollar annual market," the University of Missouri system says.

08/13/2018

Check out this example of suspected forgery in today's news.

Miami University says State House candidate Melissa Howard faked her diploma after FLA News first reported she didn't have a degree, as she claimed.

07/10/2018

This is a really interesting example of attribution issues in the arts. Shared by Prof. Tina Gebhart.

In the introduction to her book Broad Strokes, writer and art history scholar Bridget Quinn describes her discovery of Lee Krasner, accomplished abstract expressionist painter who just happened to have been married to Jackson Po***ck.

06/29/2018

Students often don't realize that plagiarism can occur in the creative arts as well. This is a fascinating example, shared by Ceramics Professor Tina Gebhart.

Tom Edwards was thrilled to hear the CEO was a fan of his work, until he saw Tesla using a copy without permission

04/30/2018

The gallery dedicated to the work of artist Étienne Terrus underwent a six-figure renovation only to find that 82 of its paintings are fakes.

04/28/2018

Another example of plagiarism in the news. The detailed comparison in this article is very similar to the type of comparison we do when plagiarism is reported to the Honor Commission.

A Republican candidate in the Georgia governor's race might be taking the expression imitation is the sincerest form of flattery a little too literally.

04/28/2018

Marcio Cabral's The Night Raider won him honors as a 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year — but judges disqualified the photo Friday, saying the raider in question, an anteater, was really stuffed.

04/27/2018

This time of year is pretty stressful for everyone, and that stress can lead people to be tempted to cut corners. If you need to take some time this weekend to focus on schoolwork, consider coming to Alternate Springfest! Held in the OME, this is a chance to hang out in a quieter atmosphere and get some work done without staying closed up in your room all day.

02/12/2018

A fascinating current example of intellectual property theft.

What a shame.