Honor Council Stories:

• "Cheating 2.0"   Faculty and the HC's Dr. Heiser and Eric Hansen discuss cheating using cell phones, graphing calculators, etc.
  OU Daily 4/30/08
• "Copy-cats"   Dr. Greg Heiser was quoted in a Tulsa World article about the Internet and plagiarism.   The article describes how the Internet gives people access to so much information that many of today's students see plagiarism as acceptable; it suggests that new types of assignments from professors may be needed.
• "Counsel Available for Appealing 'Cheating, Fighting and Drinking'"   
  OU Daily 9/27/07
• "Some Students May Face Finals by Cheating"   OU Daily 5/2/07
• "Report examines types, trends in cheating on OU campus"
  The Oklahoman 12/13/06
  Story about the Honor Council from the state-wide paper.
• "How TurnItIn Works"   OU Daily 11/28/06
• "Plagiarize This"   OU Daily 11/28/06
• "Software to help OU fight plagiarism"   OU Daily 8/24/06
  Workings of and discussion on Turnitin.com.
• "Wik-ed Web"   OU Daily 8/31/06
  Article on Wikipedia misuses.
• "Software to help OU fight plagiarism"   OU Daily 8/24/06
  
       Read our Turnitin.com Best Practices guide.
• "Plagiarism Charges Laid Against Students"   OU Daily 5/30/06
  Article about charges brought against students, plagiarism, OU's misconduct system, and academic integrity in general.
• "Detecting Plagiarism Easier with Web Site"   OU Daily 3/26/06
  Another explanation of OU's use of Turnitin.com.
• "Academic Integrity on the Rise at OU"   OU Daily 10/26/2005
  Statistics on the number of misconduct cases coming down.

• "Service Aims to Help Catch Cheaters"   OU Daily 2/8/05
  Opinions from administrators, faculty, and students on Turnitin.com.

• "Good Conduct"   OU Daily 1/25/05
  Summary of and comments on misconduct survey.
• "Academic Misconduct Cases Diminish After New Policy"   OU Daily 8/26/04
  Explanation of and reasons for admonition penalty. (Please note: students are not "tried by the OU Student Association" as stated in the last paragraph. Cases may go before a hearing. These panels do, indeed, consist of three faculty members from the college of the professor bringing the charges and two students, which might be UOSA Honor Council members.)
• "OU Needs Honesty Oath"   OU Daily 11/20/03
  Report of the Student Congress meeting where the integrity pledge was passed.
• "Cheating, 21st Century Style: the Internet Can Put Plagiarism a Mouse-Click Away for Students"   OU Daily 6/4/01
  Role of technology in facilitating academic misconduct and finding it.