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See Center Pullout '81-82 DUNKIN' DONS PREVIEW san ppancisco foqho&n NOVEMBER 20. 1981 UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA VOLUME 77 NUMBER 9 Uproar over term paper sales by Valerie Rice The controversy over plagiarism a student newspaper. needed to, I wouldn't hesitate to use relieved from my load is most at USF was sparked recently by the Nancy Vogeley, head of the Ad- it again." "I personally would not welcome. Depending on how the In a two-part series on the buying presence of an advertisement in the Hoc Committee on Academic turn in a purchased term paper, per prof is decides on the extent of the of term papers at USF, the Foghorn Foghorn for a research catalogue. Standards, wrote a letter to the se," Student B commented, "but I copying." examines student attitudes and. in Letters of complaint were received editor complaining that "they are would really have no compunctions Other students interviewed also the upcoming issue, the views of concerning the inclusion of "an undercutting the efforts of fellow against paraphrasing it if it indeed fit see it as a conditional thing. They faculty and administration. academically heinous enterprise" in students who worked hard on the the bill. In my own case, the high would use them for research Academic Standards Committee to cost would preclude any use of said catalogues only, and then contingent create a climate of morality at catalogue. In the same way as one on the subject. USF...." would not patronize a prostitute, Student C is a case in point. "If 1 The Foghorn responded, saying why pay for something you can get had the money, were faced with a that the presence of the for free?" Other students agreed ridiculous topic like the mating advertisement in no way constituted saying, "Yes, I would definitely buy process of aphids and their relevance an endorsement of the product. a term paper. Any work that can be to society, and a too soondeadline. I Kelly Harp, Editor-in-Chief of the Continued on page 15 Foghorn, pointed out that, "the ad was accepted iii good faith for a company which advertised research USF joins space program assistance. We still feel that this catalogue need not be necessarily by MM. Showalter The instrument worn by the crew i«»»'. ete*««»K linked to plagiarism, besides, by was called a CPD, or crew passive ACADEMIC running the ad, we are actually A radiation-measuring device called dosimeter. The "passive" term is ASSISTANTS making teachers and students aware the dosimeter links the Phyics Re because it is of a collective nature of the existence of these catalogues search Laboratory at USF to NASA rather than an electronic machine of »p>ng • luioniQ • research « writing and their possible uses." space-shuttle project launched Nov moving parts. le.m paper dissert-rtton antllinw Research Assistance, a Los ember 12. The cargo dosimeter was similarly Angeles based company, is The dosimeter, developed by Pro titled an area passive dosimeter, or R advertising a research catalogue in fessors Eugene V. Benton, and APD, because of its function to the Foghorn this semester for one Richard P. Henke, along with other cover a much wider area of space in dollar. The Foghorn staff ordered USF physicists Ron Cassou, Allen the shuttle. one of these catalogues, and the Frank, Charlie Johnson, and My- The USF team is the first and only breadth and scope of the possible dung Tran, measures the quantity of developer of the instrument. Dr. topic areas were tremendous, radiation intake within a designated Benton started working with the according to one staff writer. space. National Aeronautics nad Space While research was being done on The space-shuttle Columbia. Administration while he was this story, K RON, Channel 4, called launched last week, carried eight of employed by the Navy. When the the Foghorn to determine if they these devices throughout the space Navy closed its lab in 1969, he came were aware of anything occurring on craft. to USF. Other scientists now campus in this area. When Editor Astronauts Joe Engle and teaching here, are former students of Harp informed Wayne Freedman Richard Truly each wore a 4{A x 2V* his. Purchasing papers: Ethically wrong, or valid research? from Channel 4 that the Foghorn inch dosimeter attached by a piece of The project is about twelve years was investigating this, he asked to velcro in the chest pocket of their old. USF first used dosimeters in interview her and thestaff about the spacesuits. 1969 on Apollo 11, the first manned advertising and the attitudes of USF In addition, dosimeters were spacecraft to the moon. Three small students towards this in general. placed by the astronauts within key- dosimeters were worn by each It was a dark After filming at the Foghorn on locations in the spacecraft after lift member of the crew at that time. Friday the 13th, the crew from off. And, on the Apollo 14, launched Channel 4 along with Freedman Two dosimeters of larger and in 1971, the effects of cosmic rays on and stormy night.. filmed Ms. Vogeley and interviewed more complex nature were also withi the brains of mice were also studied different students around campus. through the use of the dosimeter. KRON was unsuccessful in more complex nature were also adminstration. Little did Public Here, the dosimeters were interviewing a San Francisco based within the cargo section of the By David A. Dobbs Safety know that Friday the 13th designed specifically for the space- research company which specializes Columbia. Continued on page 4 It was a dark and stormy night last was only starting. in products much similar to those Friday, when torrential rains It was at about this time (5:00 offered by Research Assistance. knocked out power for the p.m.) that the wind storm starting The Foghorn interviewed a university, complicating efforts to downing trees. One of the first to fall number of students on their views of control flooding throughout the was a sixty foot cedar tree, which using a research catalogue and Inside: area and hampering damage missed Lone Mountain's Public buying a term paper. Some have control. Safety booth by a matter of inches, bought term papers in the past and The trouble on "Friday the 13th" blocking traffic to the upper lot for would consider doing so again. started about 3:30 in the afternoon four hours. "The tree was enormous! Others would order them only as after the monsoon winds tore the The storm was so loud that I didn't catalogues, which others would roof off of the construction shack at even hear the tree crack," said M. M. never have considered it at all. In News - pages 1, 4, 14-16 Kendrick Hall. Public Safety Showalter, the public safety student order to protect the innocent, no responded to a call concerning the officer on duty in the booth. "The names will be used, and the students accident, to find the roof draped first I knew that the tree was falling, interviewed will be referred to in Opinion - pages 2, 3 over a blue VW Rabbit. The owner was the explosion of branches and terms of letters. of the vehicle was informed by Ken leaves around the booth." The cedar The first group are those who have Goss, Director of Plant Services, the was soon followed by a thirt-flve used them in the past or haven't but procedure he should follow to make foot pine tree. Sports - pages 7 - 10 would have if they had had the his insurance claim against the While plant was struggling with opportunity. Student A said, "At university. thc trees upon the mountain, further times in the past I have sent to the trees were felled by the breeze on Feeling that the construction site address for a catalogue and once Escapades - pages 5, 6, 11, 12 Turk Street between Stanyan and was a serious hazard, Goss used a term paper. But the professor Parker. Other trees fell between recommended that the building said that the paper looked "too Gleason Library and Xavier Hall, (Kendrick Hall) be evacuated. professional" for my usual work and Features - page 13 obstructing the access to Golden Public Safety evacuated the building he refused to accept the term paper. Gate Avenue from the inner campus. and secured it at 5:30 p.m., despite That was the only time, but if 1 opposition from the Law School's Continued on page 14 ••*•••—- —-'1 P.*<2 OPINION . November 20, 1981 The Pen is Correspondence chose to complete and return the Mightier.. • survey probably have strong feelings Epilepsy Errors Thank You about abortion (pro or con), thus leaving untapped those who do not As three concerned students an Marcella Farragher's article in "There are only two forces in the world, the sword feel strongly about abortion. There with epilepsy, we were more than a last week's Foghorn "The Lone and the pen; and in the end, the former is always are other, non-random, more cross- little shocked at the article "Football Mountain Story" was well done sectional methods of avoiding conquered by the latter." —Napoleon Player Saves a Life," in the issue of indeed, and gave a satisfactory sampling bias, but I will not get into by Kelly Marie Harp October 30. overview of an interesting topic. them here. Editor in Chief This very kind of yellow Perhaps a slight addendum might be journalism has in the past and still allowed: it concerns the original Second, I feel that the wording of What a pleasure it is to be able to write something positive about this the survey was strongly biased in a place for a change.