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Physicists teleport information
MR. SOUTH QUAD
Quantum physicists at the Uni-
versity of Maryland successfully
teleported information between
two ions, The Diamondback report-
ed. The results of six University
of Maryland physicists' study was
published in Science magazine last
month. The feat was achieved last
September.
Researcher Steven Olmschenk
said the long gap between success and
publication was caused by the amount
of proof required forcsuch a big claim.
"We couldn't do it just once,"
Olmschenk said. "To prove we
really did it, we had to do it a few
thousand times."
The team achieved successful
teleportation 1,285 times in more
than 250 consecutive hours of lab
time.
The physicists' success opens
doors to new computing technolo-
gies. Scientists are interested inusing
charged atoms ratherthan electronic
circuits to build computers.
UNIVERSITY PLAGIARIZES
DEFINITION OF PLAGIARISM
After suffering through several
plagiarism scandals, Southern Illi-
nois University released a 17-page
report on dealing with the issue. In
the report is a definition of plagia-
rism, explaining what constitutes
plagiarism, The Chronicle of High-
er Education reported.
But that definition appears to
be plagiarized. The 139-word defi-
nition used in the report is nearly
identical'to the definition adopted
by Indiana University in 2005.
Whole passages of the 139-word
definition match verbatim. Some pas-
sages areverysimilar, buthaveslightly
different wording. For instance, Indi-
ana University's policy says: "What is
considered 'common knowledge' may
differ from course to course." South-
ern Illinois's report changes the end
of the sentence to "subject to subject."
The chairman of the committee
that put the report together, Arthur
M."Lain" Adkins, said he didn't know
of Indiana University's definition.
FIRST-YEAR STUDENT
RETENTION RATES DROP
The overall percentage of college
freshmen who return to the same col-
lege for their second year of higher
education has declined - again -
according to the results of an annual
survey released last week, The Chron-
icle of Higher Education reported.
In the lowest overall retention
rate since 1989, the study found that
66 percent of first-year college stu-
dents returned to the same school
for their second year last year.
In the 2007-2008 academic year,
about 68 percent of first year stu-
dents returned,the study, conducted
by ACT Inc., a nonprofit testing-and-
research group, found.
JULIE ROWE
LSA sophomore Shinichi Rizzo, the winner of the Mr. South
Quad Competition, fake cries as he is announced as the
victor on Saturday.
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
iPod Nano stolen Staff parking Ralph Williams
near Fishbowl permit stolen public lecture
WHERE: Angell Hall
WHEN: Friday at about 12:10
a.m.
WHAT: An Apple iPod Nano
was stolen from a student
between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m.,
University Police reported.
Hospital staff
from vehicle
WHERE: 2200 Hayward
WHEN: Friday at about 6:20
p.m.
WHAT: A University staff
member reported the theft
of her parking permit from
her vehicle, University Police
reported. The permit was sto-
len between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m.
WHAT: English Prof. Ralph
Williams, winner of the
Golden Apple Award, will give
one of his Of Human Bonding
lectures, which are open to
the public.
WHO: Hillel
WHEN: Tonight from 7 p.m.
to 9 p.M.
WHERE: Weill Hall, Room
1230
CORRECTIONS
. An article in last Mon-
day's edition of the Daily
(Student's new gadget has
the power to heal) misidenti-
fied Julia Samorezov as the
president of M-Heal. She is
the vice president.
. A photo caption in Fri-
day's edition of the Daily
(Starsfrom 'The Wire' dis-
cuss the show's characteriza-
tion ofAmerica's inner cities)
misidentified actress Sonja
Sohn as Kima Greggs.
* An article in Friday's edi-
tion of the Daily (After off-
ice incident, YostIceArena
to implement security mea-
sures) incorrectly reported
that the CCHA statement
said the University will
increase the security and
police presence in the arena.
It also incorrectly stated
that there are typically two
DPS officers standing near
the locker room.
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TripAdvisor.com named
Hotel Carter in New York
the dirtiest hotel, USA
Today reported. Based on
cleanliness ratings, this is the
' third time in four years the
hotel has been ranked Amer-
ica's dirtiest hotel. The 700-
room building contains rats,
black mold and roaches.
A law that forbids sex
offenders from staying
in homeless shelters that
are within 1,000 feet from
a school is being challenged
after a former sex offender
froze to death on the streets
of Grand Rapids.
sFOR MORE, SEE OPINION; PAGE 4A
Talking on Facebook.com
can lead to depression in
teenage girls, Telegraph.
co.uk reported. According to
the research report in The
Journal of Adolescence, girls
who excessively chatted online
about their problems showed
higher levels of depression.
LGBTQandtU'
member takes Burnt popcorn faculty lunch
drugs illegally ruins microwave WHAT: A social lunch for
WHERE: University Hospital
WHEN: Friday at about 5:50
p.m.
WHAT: A female staff mem-
ber was reported to have taken
narcotic medication without
permission, University Police
reported. The Detective
Bureau is heading an ongoing
investigation on the report.
WHERE: South Quad Resi-
dence Hall
WHEN: Saturday at about mid-
night
WHAT: A student overcooked
popcorn in his microwave,
University Police reported.
The microwave suffered minor
damage.
the LGBTQ community and
University faculty. There is
no cost to attend, but partici-
pants must pay for their own
lunch.
WHO: Spectrum Center
WHEN: Today from noon to
1 p.M.
WHERE: Michigan Union,
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