Honor Code Faces Possible Revisions Byroland F.Foss and Thestandardsof Academiaregardingpla- Ous Committees
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PtrstClassMail Postage y^K#r*^>ifti^fe^^*\^ ' U.S. Paid . f'^/z*' i^rhSjM' 1$Z\'\ " Permit #1 ■i^^^b / /^§i' <^-«v*>V'^^ra* Davidson,NC _ — — - — — — I M 'Of y^^,y^3»y^y£Ji ■■I, J ,^_ Davidson College Wednesday,September 5,2001 Volume 93,Number 1 Honor Code faces possible revisions byRoland F.Foss and thestandardsof academiaregardingpla- ous committees. Second is the inclusion of Council,this sentencewouldbeamendedto: Staff Writer giarism. Should Davidsonstudents abide by theentireDavidsonCollegecommunity in a "Plagiarizing,whetherintentionalorbymeans the rulesof theprofessionalacademic world, forum. Next comes an Honor Council hear- of unreasonable negligence,is representing Davidson's Honor Code, loved and cher- or should the Honor Code be specially de- ing, the findings of which are sent to the another'sideas orwords asone'sown." The ished since its inception, might undergo a signed for Davidson students? Or, as one Student Conduct Council, which thenrefers sentenceregardingplagiarism wouldbein a significantrevision. Pressedby faculty con- HonorCouncilmember put it:"Is theHonor the matterto the President of the College. paragraphseparate fromthe sentenceregard- cerns and a desire to keep the Honor Code Codeanacademic standard,orisitastandard The campus-wide meeting scheduled for ing cheating. reasonable and understandable, the Honor ofcharacter?" tomorrowis the second stepin the new pro- Though a work produced by plagiarism Councilhas initiated a planfor campus dis- "In the past," explained Mike Anderson cess. may be easy to spotby many,in theopinion cussion. '02,PolicyCoordinator forthe HonorCoun- Currently,the portionof the Coderelevant of some it has been exceedingly tough to A forum for Honor Council representa- cil,"the Councilhas wrestled withthesticky toplagiarism states:"Cheatingincludes pla- convict for this offense. Heretofore, Honor tives, faculty, administration,and all inter- controversyof 'unintentional' or 'negligent' giarism,whichisrepresentinganother'sideas Council trials have been hung up by the estedstudentsisscheduledforThursdaySep- plagiarism - where the faulty work was a or words as one'sown." Under theplan put tember 6, at 4:15 PM in the C. Shaw Smith result of severeJaziness rather than a con- forth by thePolicy Committee of the Honor seePlagiarism,page4 900Roomof the Knobloch CampusCenter. spiracy to deceive. This proposal hopes to Changes to the Honor Code have been clarify thatarea of theCode." contemplated since last semester,when fac- According to Will Parker '02, the Honor ultymembersmade aformalcomplaint tothe CouncilChairman, there is a five-step pro- Faculty Executive Committee. At issue,ac- cess for revisions to the Honor Code. First cording to many facuLty members, is the comes small-group discussion within the difference between the College's standards Honor Council,generallyconductedby vari- RLO fights disease Fear ofHepatitis B,Meningitisprompts new U.% PI m M residence hallbathroom, showerregulations - By PKPatel razors or toothbrushes,that may have come Staff Writer in contact with an infected person's body fluids. It can live in body fluids for up to As thenew yearbegan,Davidson students seven days. movedintoresidencehallsandlearnedquickly Meningitis is a bacterial infection that of new changes awaiting them. Beginning causes«evere swellingof thebrainandspinal thisyear,toiletriesmaynolongerbe storedin cord. Itispotentially fatal andleads todeath hall bathrooms! Their potential to foster in 20% of all cases. Fortunatley, it is rela- environments conducive to Hepatitis B and tivelyrare. Meningitisis spreadmore easily Meningitis inthis settinghasbeendeemed a than Hepatitis B, and can be transmitted serious health threat. through vapors suspended in air and direct Over the summer, the Residence Life Of- contactwithapersonwhoisalreadyinfected. fice (RLO)researched extensively the risks Since allof thefirst year students andover of meningitis and Hepatitis B on college 90% of upperclassmen at Davidson live on campuses. An article that appeared in the campus, RLO decided to take immediate Journal of the American Medical Associa- actioninorder topreventapotentialtragedy. tionreported studiesofincidents ofmeningi- As Leslie Marsicano,Dean of Students and tis.Itwasfound that firstyearstudentsliving Director ofResidence Life,pointsout, "One on college campuses were at high risk of death is toomany." contractingtheillness.RLOalsolearned that It was decided that no student would be students on college campuses were at high allowed to storehis orher toiletries in ahall risk for Hepatitis B. bathroom unless it isequipped with shelves HepatitisBisavirusthatcausesinflamma- built specifically forthispurpose.RLOplans tionand damageof theliver. Ifthis damage tograduallyremoveallshelvesfromallbath- issevere,itcanleadtodeath.HepatitisB can roomsbeforethestartofnextyear."Sincethe Class of 2005 welcomed becontractedinseveraldifferent ways-from risk is not urgent," saidMarsicano,"weare By Nidhi Paul Thereisalso thesmallpercentagefromparo- contact withbloodorbody fluids,from sexual Writer chialor foreignschools. contact, or by sharing any items, such as seeDisease,page2 Staff Thedistributionofstudents from— different The Office of Admissions and Financial states is more varied than usual 38 states THIS WEEK Aid isexcitedabouttheclassof2005. Once and 16 foreign countries are represented. v INSIDE again,itsaysithasmanagedtoadmit themost This year only 44%of freshmen came from talented,diverse,carefully selected and all- the Southeast (19% from NC), the second around bestclass inits history. largest groupbeing from the Mid-Atlantic, News: School reaches a conclusion with - _ „, „ . News 1-5 Overthepastfew years,Davidsonhasbeen with 21%. This year'sinternational popula- TheOutpost. slowlyincreasingits selectivity.Despitethe tioncomprised4%of theclass,andrepresent factthat thenewest classis oneof thelargest countries suchas Argentina,Bulgaria,Ghana, Perspectives: Students sound off on the toenterDavidson,the percentageofstudents India,Japanand Venezuela. retirement announcementofNorthCarolina Perspectives...............................6-7 acceptedoutofallapplicantshasbeendimin- Threequarters of theclass graduatedin SenatorJesse Helms. ishingsteadily. Every new class thatcomes the top 10% of their high schoolclass. The in is comprised of the best students in that top academic interests this year remain al- Sports:Footballruns winstreak tonation- applicantpool. most the same as last year. Nancy Cable, best 18 games. Sports.......... 8-12 ................. The class has an almost even split of Dean of AdmissionsandFinancial Aid, said students from public and private schools, with the public schools winning by a tad. seeNew Students,page4 News Wednesday, September 5,2001 required tobe vaccinatedfor them tobeable replied, "No,but we are noticing more and Disease hadtheHepatitis frompage1 to live on campus. On the Pre-Admission moreenteringstudentshave HistoryandPhysicalMedicalForm,required B [vaccine] series administered." Thenum- Briefly looking for more convenient ways for stu- tobe completed by ber of entering students who dents tostore theirstuff." Indorms such as all students before have been vaccinated for Sentelle andCannon, vanities werebuilt in- beingabletoliveon Meningitisisincreasing too. NotedSociologist toSpeak side therooms so that students wouldhavea campus, the vac- It would seem thatoverall on "ModernSlavery" place tostore their shower caddies. cines for Hepatitis lookingfor studentsfindstoringtheirtoi- w4te Sociologist KevinBales will deliver an Toiletries such asrazorsand toothbrushes B and Meningitis letriesintheirrooms is ami- more convenient addressentitled"NewSlaveryintheGlobal areof themain concernbecause theymaybe are listed as op- norinconvenience given the onWednesday,September5at contaminated with infected body fluids. tional. ways for students risks theywouldbetakingby Economy" theGalleryRoom ofChambers. Soaps, shampoobottles,and other such toi- When asked to store their storingtheminthebathrooms. letries don'tcontribute directly tothe spread whether itshouldbe sti^f.^ "Carrying toiletries too and of Hepatitis B and Meningitis, but leaving required that stu- -DeanLeslieMarsicano from the bathroom isa small AD to sponsor Clinic them inbathrooms makes it difficult for the dentsbe vaccinated inconvenience,"commented ort TrainingWorkshop housekeepingstaff tocleanintheareaswhere forthese infections, Annette Welty'04, "but its Reproductive Rights Alliance of these items are left. This leads to unsanitary Marsicano replied, worth it in the long run to IDavidsonwillholdaClinicEscortTraining conditions,increasing the risk of acquiring "No, Ido not think it should be required, keepeveryonehealthy." Workshop on Saturday, September 15. small and the commends students for their theseinfections forthestudents andthehouse- because the risk is relatively Marsicano Contact Kindiya Geghman at kigeghman relativelyexpensive." compliance points keepingstaff. vaccines are withthenewrules. Asshe @davidson.edu. Vaccines areavailable forbothHepatitisB Whenaskedthe samequestion,Jan Poole, out, "It's in everyone'sbestinterest to com- Health Center and Meningitis, although students are not Head Nurse of the Student ply." NotedIndianDancer to Present Public Workshop Counting rock Belk Arena SonalMansinghwillpresent afree dem- Crows onstration on Wednesday, September 12. The workshopwill begin at 5pm intheC. Matt Whited CountingCrows didn'tlet down theenthu- so far? Shaw Smith 900Roomof theUnion. PhotographyEditor