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Thursday, August 16, 2018 VOL. 132 - No. 57 www.purdueexponent.org All Things Purdue New year brings change to bar scene BY RYAN CHEN City Editor As students enter Purdue’s cam- pus to start a new chapter in life, a chapter in Chauncey Hill Mall comes to a close with the previously report- ed closing of Jake’s Roadhouse. “All you had to do to get a free hot dog was say please,” said former Jake’s co-owner Ethan Brown. “We gave out over two million over 21 years!” But now the game has changed with Trinitas Ventures’ announce- ment that Chauncey Mall will be torn down by the end of 2019. “Over the summer when they an- nounced that they were going to tear Chauncey Mall down, it had a really big effect on our business,” Brown said. “I think there’s going to be more retail shops coming which will affect the retail shops already in the area. All in all, it’s a good thing for the area because it’ll bring more people. ... But for the local businesses that are already here it’ll be hard.” The initial social media reaction to reports of Jake’s closure was nega- tive, with one alumna feeling that JULIET JIMENEZ | GRAPHICS EDITOR See JAKE’S | Page 4 PUPD advises ME professor says he was pressured to patience during funk Asian students after investigation move-in week BY RYAN CHEN BY CREIGHTON SUTER he reviewed. What he did fnd aligned with what summer while he was overseas that the investiga- City Editor Staff Writer he would expect from two lab partners. tion had concluded. Investigators recommended Still, the pressure persisted. the students receive failing grades. As summer draws to an end and Rhitankar Roy was a senior last spring, count- “Whoever made the decision on that, they want He agreed, but would later call it his biggest students, new and returning, start to ing on graduating with a degree in mechanical en- to stick to it,” he said in the recording. “They don’t mistake in the entire ordeal. move in, the Purdue University Po- gineering and moving on to a research position at want us to get involved. I said, ‘No, this is not le- lice Department advises families to a graduate school in Michigan. gal.’” The frst and last offense be patient during the process. Instead, the international student found him- Zhang spoke with ME administrators about his In the instance that started it all, students “Expect heavy foot and vehicle self facing expulsion when he and 23 other inter- rights in this situation and ultimately discussed Pranav Mhaskar and a student who declined com- traffc all over campus,” said PUPD national mechanical engineering students were the issue with Trent Klingerman, a lawyer in Pur- ment for this story, returned from Spring Break captain Sony Kang. “Stay hydrated caught up in a cheating scandal. He and another due’s Offce of Legal Council. Klingerman advised without having completed the necessary work to and be patient.” student entangled in the situation began to record Zhang to process the appeal as he would in any fnish an assigned lab. The average high temperature for various meetings with professors and administra- other situation, according to the recording. So they looked to the internet, Mhaskar said, the end of the week is about 82 degrees tors who would control his future. Klingerman denied comment for this story, he and modeled their work after a virtual instrument with possible bouts of rain throughout. Roy and two others, all from India, were ex- said, because the conversation he had with Zhang they found online. Their TA noted the consisten- In a press release, the Univer- pelled, despite successful grade appeals that re- was privileged. cies in their work and met with two students to sity lists the areas projected to be versed the F’s they’d been given. Zhang also denied comment. discuss the problem. the most affected by move-in traf- On one recording, at least one professor whose “The way I treated you is the way I treat other Mhaskar said he and his lab partner were told fc: “State Street from Grant Street course was involved said he considered acquiring students,” he assured Roy in the recorded conver- that if they admitted to cheating on that particu- to Airport Road; Stadium Avenue legal representation because he was being pres- sation. lar lab assignment, they would be given an F for between Northwestern Avenue and sured to fail the students during the grade-appeal the one assignment and not be reported to the McCormick Road; Martin Jischke process. The investigation Drive from State Street to Stadium The recordings given to The Exponent sug- dean of students. The top-down investigation, reported by The The two agreed. Avenue; and all side roads near resi- gest there was a dispute among instructors and Exponent in July, was led by the associate head of dence halls.” The release also notes administrators about the severity of the alleged Not long after that meeting, Mhaskar and his the mechanical engineering department, James lab partner noticed all of their previously com- that motorists should use caution on cheating. That friction became apparent when the Jones, and a teaching assistant who caught the and around campus and seek alter- students appealed the F’s they received following pleted and graded lab assignments were turned frst alleged offense of two students — or, as was into F’s. nate parking locations. the investigation. the case, the students’ last offense at Purdue. A full investigation ensued, during which the A representative from the West The TA tapped to do the legwork inspected students provided information about a GroupMe Lafayette Department of Engineer- Under pressure much of the students’ current coursework in me- chat involving more than 100 people that con- ing stated traffc because of con- Mechanical engineering professor Song Zhang chanical engineering classes. As the investigation tained assignment answers and pointed to a struction should be at a minimum, told Roy in one of the recorded conversations that progressed, the timeline in question lengthened, widely known “Purdue Bible” as examples of re- announcing the completion of the he faced pressure and resistance from adminis- eventually involving courses the students took in sources other students might use to cheat. Stadium Avenue construction by the trators when he tried to process Roy’s appeal. the spring of 2017. Jones acknowledged the existence of those re- end of Saturday — a day earlier than Upon reviewing documents associated with the Instructors of courses in which the students sources in one of the recorded conversations but previously scheduled. appeal, Zhang told Roy that, in his opinion, the allegedly cheated were told about the investiga- said it is diffcult to determine who is using them Purdue also advised in the release alleged offenses did not warrant the F. tion at the end of the spring semester, according and where they are. that families can park in “the R lot But upper-level administrators, he said in the to one professor who spoke on the condition of “You and I both know the Purdue Bible, drop north of Ross-Ade Stadium, Purdue recording, “came to my offce to force me to fail anonymity because of the ongoing Offce of Insti- boxes are foating around,” he told the student. Airport lots between the Niswonger all of you guys.” tutional Equity investigation. Aviation Technology Building and The work being scrutinized involved only lab But that was reportedly the extent of their in- “They’re all out there somewhere, but none of us can see that.” U.S. 231, and the Discovery Lot at reports, and Zhang told Roy he didn’t see an ab- volvement. Martin Jischke Drive and Harrison normal amount of collaboration in the documents That professor said he was informed over the See CHEATING | Page 6 Street.” CONTACT US WHAT’S INSIDE WEATHER FROM WHERE YOU LIVE Page 2 Find a few safety tips for move-in day. 81° Page 3 Daniels tells students to get excited for 150th. SW 10 MPH 68° Wednesday’s frst world-record PAGE 3 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS Wednesday’s frst world-record attempt was a success. FIND YOUR FULL LOCAL FORECAST AT WLFI.COM PAGE 2 THE EXPONENT, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2018 Off-campus living comes with contrasting concerns BY CHRISTIAN CAMBRON and make sure they have bat- tenants’ communication with Asst. Campus Editor teries,” Dixon said. “Make their landlords. sure there are two ways out of “Try to work with your land- Each year, Purdue students a room, in case of an emergen- lords if you’re having some is- opt to live in an apartment or cy. Obviously, there’s the door sues,” Dixon said. “Always reach a house as opposed to stan- to the room, but there should out to your landlord frst. Some- dard dormitories. They sign a be another way out. If there times our offce receives com- legally binding lease with their is a window, it should be big plaints about landlords before landlords and owners, which enough for anyone to climb they hear anything from their may be concerning to students out of it.” tenants.” who are living in apartments The West Lafayette city code While the city handles com- for the frst time. also addresses “converted resi- pliance to the municipal code, Both West Lafayette’s and dences,” meaning old homes Dixon clarifed that disagree- Lafayette’s municipal codes con- around the city that have been ments over the signed lease fall tain language about housing in- converted to spaces in which into state jurisdiction.

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