4 2A - Monday, February 2, 2009 Vy y The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 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. 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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, U-Club 0 0 4 4 .I 4 4