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NOTEWOR PLAGIARISM GAME PRESERVED BY 2019 WISE INTERN “Goblin Threat,” also known throughout campus as the Plagiarism Game, was created more than 10 years ago by Mary Broussard, professor and instructional services librarian and coordinator of reference and web services at Snowden Library. Since then, the game has steadily risen in popularity, receiving more than 200,000 page views in 2018, according to Google Analytics. The game revolves around the player traveling through Lycoming College and defeating “plagiarism goblins” by correctly answering questions about plagiarism. The popularity of the game extends well beyond campus, with instructors from all over the world using it as a way of informing their students about the specifics of plagiarism. When it looked like the life of the game might be coming to an end, 2019 Williamsport Internship Summer Experience (WISE) intern Matthew Velardi ’22, a physics and math double-major and computer science minor, took up the task of re-coding the game. “The game was made several years ago, when Adobe Flash Player was the medium used for most games and videos on the internet,” said Velardi. “Over time, however, HTML — the coding language used to make websites in general — has gotten better at handling game code. As a result of this, Adobe will stop supporting Flash in 2020. Being that the game is widely used, it would be best for it to continue working, so my job was to convert it to HTML.” By converting the Plagiarism Game to HTML, Velardi has ensured its survival. LYCOMING ‘RETIRES THE NUMBER’ OF JASON STAMM ’95 On Oct. 18, 2019, the Lycoming chemistry department recognized the achievements of Jason Stamm ’95, Ph.D., by “retiring his number.” A banner bearing Stamm’s name and class year were ensconced in the chemistry department display cabinet in the Heim Building — an honor bestowed upon prominent alumni who have done exceedingly well in their field and given back to the institution. Stamm is a pulmonary and critical care physician and co-director of critical care medicine in the Geisinger Health System. He is also a part-time intensivist at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, Wyo. He previously served as a major in the United States Air Force, where he worked in the trauma intensive care unit of Balad Air Base, Iraq, for deployments in 2008 and 2010. “There have been many accomplished graduates from Lycoming College, and I am extremely honored to be recognized by the chemistry program and to have my ‘number’ retired,” said Stamm. “The experiences I had during college, both in and out of the Heim building, were fundamental in shaping my personal and professional life.” Two alumni preceded Stamm with this honor: Steve Stout ’73, associate principal scientist at the Merck Research Labs, and Brian Belz ’96, director US OTC regulatory compliance at Johnson & Johnson. 6 LYCOMING COLLEGE 2020 SPRING MAGAZINE