Cut and Paste

What’s the world coming to, there needs to a clear line about copy writing papers and the price one would pay? If today’s University’s are having too much trouble with “cut and paste” it’s up to each school to fine a new way of dealing with it. With the time’s University must learn to change, grow and be more up to date on the new ways young adults are trying to create short cuts.
It crazy that this has become such a problem, I can remember back in the day we all did a little. But this case was just a bit much, it was his first paper of the class, just a couple of words not the hole paper and had been in school for sometime before this all came to light. I fine this a little out of line, maybe the lower grade and a slap on the hand would have been just fine.
I can see if this was an on going problem with this student, but clearly it was not, the University over reacted. But on the other hand if the rules are clear they could have known better, still it was a bit over the top.