Plagiarism is no lesser an offense than cheating. Examplesof plagiarism as stated in The Modern Language Association’s MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers include but are not limited to repeating another’s sentences as your own, adopting a particularly apt phrase as your own, paraphrasing someone else’s argument as your own, and presenting someone else’s line of thinking in the development of a thesis as though it were your own.A “Zero,” or whatever is the equivalent of the lowest failing grade possible, shall be assigned for that piece of workto any student plagiarizing on a non-final piece of work. In the case of a student plagiarizing on a final research paper or project, an “F” shall also be assigned as the course grade.