Vol 95 Issue 20 - Published March 24, 2006
Domenech appears to have copied three new pieces
Former Washingtonpost.com blogger Ben Domenech wrote 35 articles for The Flat Hat while he was a student at the College. There are 10 articles that are similar to pieces by other authors, including three new instances discovered by The Flat Hat.

Several sections of Domenech's Oct. 22, 1999 review of the film "Fight Club" were similar to Andrew O'Hehir's Oct. 15 review of the same film on Salon.com.

Domenech writes, "Brad Pitt, a violently chari ...

NEWS
Domenech appears to have copied from Salon.com film review
A March 25 internal Flat Hat investigation found an Oct. 22, 1999 film review of "Fight Club" that is similar to an Oct. 15 Salon.com review of the sa ... more
  • Domenech appears to have copied from National Review column
  • Former Flat Hat editor refutes Domenech's rebuttal
  • Editor's note (5:50 p.m. March 24)

  • OPINIONS
    Staff Editorial: Poison of plagiarism
    Late Thursday evening, several widely-read internet weblogs reported that a former College student plagiarized at least two articles while he worked a ... more
  • Unfair housing assessment
  • War sows seeds of democracy
  • Fuel for thought

  • VARIETY
    Drag Ball engenders vibrant fervor, 'fabulousness'
    “Drag is everyday. It doesn’t mean having to change your gender. It’s just being fabulous,” Naomi Black said at Saturday night’s Drag Ball, an annual ... more
  • Orchesis dances to beat of different drum in vivacious 'Evening of Dance'
  • ‘Fridays at Five’ returns with Projekt
  • That Girl: Bethany Sullivan

  • REVIEWS
    Taking equally from dark action films and political talk shows, 'V' leaves us gasping for more
    London has got to be one of my least favorite cities in the world. Maybe it's the saltire spilling through my bloodstream (care of two Edinburgh-born ... more
  • James McTeigue mutates conservatitism into totalitarianism, blowing politics out of proportion
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs ‘Show’ maturity
  • ‘The Assassins’ Gate’ packs punch

  • SPORTS
    Tribe attacks UMBC, falls to U.Va.
    A four-goal deficit at the half couldn’t stop women’s lacrosse, as the Tribe surged past the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, in the second h ... more
  • Men's golf 10th in shortened meet
  • Men's tennis moves up two in rankings, defeats South Alabama
  • From the Sidelines
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