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Plagiarism

Friday, October 7, 2011

Councilman Reeve Gone at Concordia

No explanation is given, but the move follows accusations he plagiarized.

Amid plagiarism allegations and well into the fall semester, San Juan Capistrano City Councilman Derek Reeve is inexplicably no longer teaching at Concordia University. "Derek Reeve is not currently employed by Concordia," a university spokeswoman said Friday, declining to provide an explanation. The move comes two weeks after Patch reported that Reeve lifted numerous passages from copyrighted articles in blog essays he wrote for Patch, as well as in two of his City Council staff reports. The authors whose words he copied labeled Reeve's actions plagiarism. When the story broke, Reeve was employed part-time by Concordia, a private Christian university in Irvine. According to the school's fall schedule, Reeve was teaching two political …

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Did City Councilman Plagiarize? and Councilman Shrugs Off Plagiarism Charge, But Authors He Copied Fume

Squonk

11:56 am on Monday, October 10, 2011

WWRLS? (What Would Rick Lyons Say?)   more ›

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Councilman Shrugs Off Plagiarism Charge, But Authors He Copied Fume

Derek Reeve defends writings that lifted the words of journalists and columnists. Academic experts question Reeve's fitness and integrity as a college instructor.

Most writers agree that imitation is flattering. But they still want credit—even when the "imitation" appears in a blog. City Councilman Derek Reeve, facing criticism for writing blog posts that heavily copied the words of other authors, offers a different view. Writing in today's Orange County Register, he acknowledged "carelessly" using "previously published material" while blogging for San Juan Capistrano Patch. But he dismissed accusations of plagiarism, saying blogs are informal musings "in which the standards of communication are relaxed." Reeve didn't directly address instances in which he similarly lifted the copyrighted words of journalists and other authors for City Council staff reports and a press release he wrote. Reeve, an …

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Did City Councilman Plagiarize?

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Carole Matson

6:58 pm on Friday, October 7, 2011

Whistlin' Pete...you are right on...however, we have ALL tried to get this point across to Lyons and Perry. They are just closed minded, retiree's with nothing better to do than disagree with the majority wherever possible. I will no longer try to "change their minds"..I implore all of you, like me...just let them be...their judgement will be with our Lord in Heaven. We cannot change their minds…   more ›

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