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Poodah files

Over the course of the more than 150 highly-publicized honor trials initiated by Physics Prof. Lou Bloomfield three years ago, University students were found guilty of plagiarizing on his "How Things Work" term paper assignment in myriad ways.

According to Bloomfield, many trials involved the use of academic files, colloquially referred to as "poodah files"

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