February 27, 1979

RY mVWNF vwciv $_' l million needed to construction projects, The General Assembly complete the library addition. including a dorm and stadium stripped nearly <3 million The library money the seats at JMU. intended for eonstruction legislature approved goes The House rejected the projects at James Madison toward the initial phases of Senate amendments and the Assembly cuts University in the state budget construction . budget was referred to a it approved Saturday _ The money the General conference committee, which The legislature turned Assembly refused to grant largely accepted the House down JMU's request to issue would have gone toward later version $1 6 million in revenue bonds stages For example. JMU's for n 136-hed dorm and$l for request had included $1Rn,n0fl The only revenue bonds dorm, seating additional seating at Madison for furniture to be used in the approved were $1 million for Stadium addition, according to Dr Ray renovation at the College of H also cut the Sonner. vice president for William and Mary's football appropriation for the library university relations stadium It was reportedly addition from $771.ono to They had originally accepted because it involved itWIJW) approved only the Mon.nnn for repairs. and not new from budget JMU had originally sought the library addition. The construction. $5 million from this session of Senate increased the library The General Assembly the General Assembly -- appropriation to $771 .Win and agreed to the conference revenue bonds for the dorm added$31 7 in revenue bonds committee report Saturday .ind stadium seating and the for construction college night This is the List issue of The Rreeze until after spring break The Breeze will resume publication Fridav. t?ie cBtbeze March If, Vol. 56 Tuesday February »7 I«»?«» James Madison University, llarrisonburg. Virginia No. W Cheating declining, survey shows One-third have been dishonest By KRIS ( WILSON friend The student who commented: Although students don't want to "Why would I go to college to see turn in other students. 82 percent how much someone else can learn?" believed that professors should turn spoke for the majority responding to in students they see cheating. n recent survey by The Breeze to see Although the survey indicated how many students cheat most students at JMU do not cheat, Rv an almost two-to-one ratio, most also think the university honor students surveyed said they do not system is ineffective, and do not cheat Of 346 students responding to know how the system works the survev. 64 percent said they had One student said he knew the code never cheated at JMU. while 33 is ineffective because: "I have percent had cheated once or twice, .-cheated and haven't gotten caught." and only 3 percent cheated Of the 346 respondents. 59 percent regularly did not know how the JMU honor mate by L»wr«»c« B»«c»««» However, even though the svstem works, and 52 percent majority of students said they thought it is ineffective Only 36 observe the honor code individually percent said they knew how the In 1977, 76 percent cheated by not cheating, they would not system operates, and 27 percent actively uphold the| honor code by thought it effective. with the lly KRIS CARLSON fhey see cheating, as required by the turning in a cheater! as required by remaining students having no The incidence of cheating has honor code that is outlined in the the honor system opinion 95 percent of the JMU been cut almost in half over the past Student handbook here. This trend Eighty-two percent of the 346 students surveyed had never turned two years, if a survey by The Breeze extends back even to the 1974 students said they would not turn in in another student for cheating. is correct survey, and has remained fairly anv student they saw cheating The Of the eight cases where a student In a 1977 survey of 371 students. 24 constant over the years. students, however, were more said he had turned in another percent said they had never The 1974 survey established the willing to turn in strangers they saw student for cheating, six would do it cheated Sixty four percent say they fact that 70 percent of the men on cheating than friends, with 21 again Only two of the cases led to have never cheated according to the campus, as well as 7n percent of the percent willing to report a stranger, honor council convictions. most recent survey. women, would not report any hut onlv 7 percent willing to turn in a Continued on Page 3 Two years ago. 56 percent of the student they saw cheating. The students surveyed said they had percentage rose to 7R percent in cheated once or twice. In the most 1977. and most recently. 81 percent recent poll, that figure had fallen to of the students surveyed .said they 33 pen-en t would not report .a-fellow student In 1977. 76 percent of those that was cheating. surveyed said they had cheated at Only seven students out of 371 had least once in their college career turned' in a student they saw The 1979 survey shows only 36 cheating in the 1977 survey, and only percent who said they have ever eight out of the 346 in this year's cheated, practically the same as in survey had previously turned in a M7 L In a l<»74 survey by The Breeze student cheater. 33 percent of said they had cheated ;it least once. Another trend thai has However, the 1974 survey was not remained constant over the years is as detailed and did not list the a lack of knowledge of how the honor frequency of cheating svstem operates here About half Although the surveys show that the student population in 1974 knew cheating has apparently decreased the details of how the system works, ■ at JMU since 1977. other factors with that figure declining to 36 related to cheating have basically percent in 1979 This question was remained the same JMU students not asked of the students in the 1977 .still will not turn in fellow students survey for cheating most still don't know In addition to being naive about the details of how the JMU honor the honor system's operation here, svstem operates: most still think students are also unaware about cheating is more prevalent that it how manvstudentsJactually cheat at actually is: and, most still consider JMU In both of the latest surveys, the same things as cheating those potted perceived cheating to However, even though less JMU he more prevalent than it actually students are cheating now. they still is will not report other students that (Continued on Page 2) Pnfio 2.THF IIKFI /V. Tuesday. February 27. 1979 Bill opening college boards passes to meet behind closed doors who said open meetings would Sonncr BY IWVAYXK YA\< FY The hill would make the prevent free and open Freedom of Information Act when discussing disciplinary The vote Friday was the The Virginia Senate Friday action against students or discussion of many sensitive .second time this session the unanimously passed a bill applicable to state college topics that come before, the boards of visitors The FOIA when considering donations Senate had voted on the bill opening meetings of state from private individuals who hoard college boards of visitors to requires public meetings They also said persons It had earlier amended 20- except when discussing wish to remain anonvmous. l'i the House of Delegate's the public The bill, sponsored bv Del. would he reluctant to serve on certain legal and personnel hoards of visitors if the. version of the bill A House^ The bill now goes to matters A R "Pete" Giesen (R- Senate-conference committee Governor John Da I ton. who An additional provision Stauntoni, was opposed meetings were public accepted the Senate version has until Friday to veto it would allow boards of visitors chiefly by college officials However, James Madison and the House went along last Otherwise, it becomes law. University's vice president for wee% whether he sjgns it or not. university relations said last Senator Nathan Miller (R- Dalton supported moves to week that while boards of visitors would still prefer to Rockingham> was at a loss to open boards of visitors Q2M2EM explain why the vote, which meetings during his campaign meet in private. the. amendment relating to had been so close last month, but has thus far refused to was unanimous Fridav indicate whether he would discussion of disciplinary sign the bill. cases and contributions made '1 really don't know why." the hill more tolerable he said. "Except that a lot of "We don't know whether That amendment times the people that vote the Governor will veto it or not "removes the major concerns against a hill, when they know until it's on his desk." a 'OooooooO that most of the universities it's going to pass, are willing Dalton spokesman told The to accept the minor changes." Breeze last week. 1 had." according to Dr Rav Honor officials cite visibility, 'better students' priorities " five students pled guilty and By mVAYNF YANCFY 56 percent. Coordinator the remaining 12 cases went to Honor Council officials Since the 1977 survey, the Efforts to increase Nelson also believes attribute the apparent Honor Council has become visibility have included inclusion of faculty members trial.. presentations on the honor Thus far this academic decline in cheating here to a more visible., officials said. on Honor Council juries has vear there have been only 8 more visible honor system "I remember when I was a system during each freshman helped by making professors reported violations One was and greater selectivity in freshman vou never even orientation session and more aware of the Honor recently the University Council and how it operates.

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