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Four Cities Bid for the 2016 Olympic in Lausanne 

The four cities bidding for the 2016 Olympics have made formal presentations to the International Olympic committee in Lausanne, stressing the backing of their governments and promising financial security for their multi-billion-dollar projects.

The candidates include Chicago, Tokyo, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro.

IOC President Jacques Rogge says the day went particularly well and he was pleased with all four bids.

"There was a very good atmosphere. I believe the candidate cities are happy. Definitely the membership is very happy about these meetings. It allows for an in-depth discussion on issues that would not necessarily come up in the formal presentation in the session."

Chicago is seeking to take the Summer Games back to the United States for the first time since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

US President Barack Obama offered a high-profile commitment of federal support with an announcement on Tuesday that he was forming a permanent White House Olympic Office.

The CEO of the Tokyo 2016 Olympic Bid Committee Ichiro Kono told reporters after the presentation that he had no concerns about any financial issues relating to Tokyo's bid, because it was an area that had already been covered during previous discussions with the IOC.

Rio officials showed a world map marking all the places where the Olympics have been held with a big blank space for South America.

Madrid, bidding for the second time after losing out on the 2012 Games, described itself as the "Hispanic" candidate and its total investment in Olympic venues would be only 630 million US dollars.

The IOC is expected to announce the final result in Copenhagen on October 2nd.

China Daily: Professors Have Their Names to Papers They Contribute Nothing to Equates to Plagarism

A case of plagiarism involving the vice principal of Liaoning University has recently caught the public's attention.

The vice headmaster signed his name as the co-author of a paper published by a doctoral student. However, eighty percent of the content of this paper was found to have been copied from a paper published five years ago.

The vice principal defended himself by saying that he lent his name to help the student get his research paper published.

A commentary in the China Daily says even if the vice headmaster's version is true, it seems unnecessary for him to have allowed his name to be used. He could have helped his student in other ways, such as by recommending the paper to academic journals. The fact that he didn't do so and chose to add his name to the paper makes the protestations of altruism ring hollow.

The article further indicates it is a form of corruption for professors to put their names to papers which they have contributed nothing to. And when the papers are proved to be plagiarized ones, they push their students to the fore to take the blame.

It says teachers have been respected since ancient times because they are supposed to help students learn a skill or become an authority in a particular field.

However, the article says academicians who ride piggyback on their students work but desert them when exposed as plagiarists do not deserve respect as scholars, teachers, guides or even individuals of integrity.