Three-Fourths of Students Here Have Cheated 9 'If Cheaters Were Kicked Out

MADISON MEMORIAL LIBRARY Faculty suggest curb on weekday partying By TOM 1)1 LAN beer is not allowed in dor- The Faculty Senate voted mitories. Thursday to recommend to Several senators expressed the administration that all dissatisfaction with the incentives initiated by the current policy at Thursday's office of food services "to meeting, and the original increase alcohol consumption motion was negated by the one during weekdays be discon- the senate passed. tinued." The action was directed at The recommendation was Tuesday and Thursday night made in an effort to curb mid- activities in the Warren week partying. Campus Center. Popcorn was The original recom- free on Tuesday nights and mendation, proposed by the beer, though now sold at the Student Relations Committee, regular price, was once sold at called for the continuation of discount prices on Thursday the existing alcohol policy on nights. campus, but the motion was Although the discount is no tabled at a senate meeting longer offered, Thursday earlier this month. nights have remained the traditional weekly social According to the college event in the campus center. student handbook, the current One senator suggested college alcohol policy allows weekends "begin at noon consumption of beer in dorm Friday rather than Thursday rooms, but not in dormitory nights." hallways, lounges, or other WHY STAY IN a crowded dormitory when it's so nice out? Photo by Mark Thompson Another said that he didn't public places on campus. Keg (Continued on Page it) Vol. I.IV Tuesday. April 26, 1977 Madison College, Harrisonburg, Va. No. 50 Three-fourths of students here have cheated 9 'If cheaters were kicked out... 'Students unfamiliar with system9 By SANDY AMANN and Several students indicated they By SANDY AMANN and More than half of those surveyed ROGER WELLS believed situational ethics would be ROGER WELLS think "stronger faculty enforcement" "If Madison threw out everyone most appropriate if they ever wit- Most Madison College students would make the honor system more who cheats, a good many would be nessed an honor code violation. have little or no knowledge of the effective. Forty-six per cent believe gone," wrote one student on a Breeze Factors to be considered, they said, workings of the college honor system, "better education of students about survey about cheating and the ef- included whether the violator was a and more than half believe the system the mechanics of the system" fectiveness of Madison's honor code. friend, the seriousness of the is "not taken very seriously" or is would make it more effective. The student's observation is violation, and in what class the of- "almost totally ineffective." Twenty-three per cent believe correct. fense occurred. Of 371 students surveyed by The publishing names of convicted Seventy-six per cent of Madison Seven of the 371 students surveyed Breeze, only two per cent knew what violators would be a deterrent, and 22 students have cheated at least once or said they had reported an honor code the Honor Council takes into con- percent believe "opening bearings to twice in their school careers, ac- violation. Six of the incidents did not sideration when setting penalties, as the public" would make the system cording to the survey, designed to result in convictions, according to the explained in the student handbook, more effective. produce a 95 per cent statistical respondents. The seventh did not and only 27 per cent knew what The college handbook states that chance of certainty. know the outcome of the incident. penalties the Honor Council has the "all Honor Council hearings are Moreover, 20 per cent cheat "once power to set. considered closed hearings." or twice per semester." Fifty-six per According to the handbook, when As other ways to make the system cent responded that they have Cheating correlated with setting penalties the Honor Council more effective, students suggested cheated "once or twice in entire should take into consideration that the Honor Council more strongly school career." Less than one per Grade Point Average whether the student reported himself enforce the code by giving violators cent said they cheat "regularly to get or was reported by another student or stricter penalties, and that students by" Of those who had reported faculty member; the degree of (Continued on Page 8) Though the Madison student violations, most sa-d they would not in seriousness of the violation; the handbook mandates that witnesses the future. student's record of previous Judicial report all honor violations, 78 per cent The survey considered variables or Honor Council convictions, and the said they would not. such as class rank and Grade Point age and class level of the student Would report A marked difference in response Average (GPA). involved. was found between those who said The degree of cheating increased they never cheated, and those who as the GPA decreased. The Honor Council has the power to honor violations had. Of the non-cheaters, 38 per cent Sixty percent of those students with set the penalties of a written warning said they would report an honor code a GPA from 3.75 to 4.0 had never and probation. The council may violation, while of the cheaters, only cheated, while forty per cent had recommend suspension, but such a half that proportion, 19 per cent, cheated once or twice. recommendation must be reviewed 78% would report violations. (Continued on Page K> by the college Judicial Council and forwarded to the college president for a final decision. Nearly half, 46 per cent, of those How many students cheat? surveyed said they thought the honor system "deters some but is not taken very seriously," and 17 per cent said wmmm the honor system is " almost totally wmmm. |:j:j$;Neyer , 24 per cent ineffective." Another 27 per cent said mmmr the honor system here is "marginally effective." Only two people surveyed said the 22% system is "very effective." In the survey, designed to have a 95 ffigOnce or twice 56 per cent :•:•:•:•:•:•:•:•:•:•:•:•:•:•:•:■:•:•:• per cent degree of accuracy, about :,:':::::::::x::::¥:%v WAV /one fourth of those surveyed correctly named Bob Snyder as the president of ' the Honor Council. Only three per cent .WAV of those surveyed could name John HI! Every semester 20 per cent Lounsbury as the Student Advocate ilNoil Coordinator or William Johnson as »>>>>s»>;«w» the Judicial Coordinator. liiiF TheDwrfwt'd Your Compliii Homt Furnishing Center" Memorable Graduation Gift This adult size bean bag features a heavy 28 oz. vinyl in a purple & gold combination with the Dukes bulldog mascot. All seams are triple sewn and reinforced, inner liner with zipper. 50 in stock, if oversold allow 2 weeks for special orders. Open Every day 9:30-.5:00 Thursday and Friday Court Souore '« 9=00 *34.88 1,537 cases sold in 2 hours 16 minutes ? ? ? I It happened at the 76-77 Werner's College Appreciation Night "Great bunch of people to do business with" -Werner's Breeze ads bring r Call 433-6596 THE BREEZE, Tuesday, April 26, 1977, i Editorial & Opinion Page 3 Decision on Concorde: 'Americans sacrificed for money and politics' By KENT BOOTY First of all. the Concorde seriously Aviation Administration (FAA), its It seems that New York City is depletes the atmosphere's protective loudness at takeoff is twice that of a greater than those of most subsonic always battling something- ozone layer, permitting more solar 707. four times that of a 747, and eight jets. According to legislators and bankruptcy, the Cincinnati Reds, its radiation to reach the earth. This will times that of a DC-10. The statement experts, our supersonic friend largely negative and crime-ridden eventually result in an increase in the obviously had little impact. vibrates structures, rattling pictures, public image. number of nonfatal skin cancer cases. "The loudness of the Concorde," lamps, dishes and other household And, now, the Concorde. According to testimony by James the document continued, "will be furnishings. The Concorde, as you may know, is L. Buckley. New York's recently annoying...and will interfere with Perhaps I should write a letter to the Anglo-French supersonic jetliner defeated senator, "emission of communication." In June of last year Coleman suggesting that he move to that was granted temporary landing nitrogen oxides from Concorde, a the FAA received 85 complaints of its Dulles, pitch a pup tent near the rights in the United States in early possible cause of ozone reduction, are noise from Dulles area residents. The runway and experience first-hand the February of last year. The decision, three times greater than those of the complaints included "frightened effects of the Concorde. After all, I announced by then-Secretary of Boeing-707 or DC-8 and 32 per cent children, ear pain, nausea, severe could tell him, why sit in some stuffy Transportation William Coleman greater than the combined averages head and chest pains and pollution- Washington office when you could be after a month of unusually intense of the 707, 747. DC-8 and DC-10." aggravated allergies." out there testing the Concorde's noise Congressional hearings, allowed the The Environmental Protection Third, the Concorde is a safety level while taking an afternoon nap or aircraft to land at Dulles and Kennedy Agency (EPA) also found that Con- placing a long-distance call to an old risk. Several researchers and friend? Airports for a 16-month trial period. corde's carbon monoxide emissions aviation engineers have said that the Mindful of both environmentalists' are four times those of the 747 and 10 sufficiency of its fuel reserves is an I could also suggest that he take his protests and the business com- times those of the DC-10.

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