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You can be too thin Freedom fighter Meet the player Bulimia, an eating disorder on the rise among col A University of Miami exchange student helped No. 1 golfer Tracy Kerdyk explains the 'plan of at lege students, is the focus of a new treatment pro Afghan rebels in their fight for freedom. gram at the Counseling Center. tack' she and teammates use on the course. News — page 4 Accent — page 8 Sports — page 10 TTTH E MIAMI *&j*. Volume 65, Number 35 URRICANE University of Miami Friday, February 19, 1988 Honor Council Reaching out Program hears 17 cases hopefuls Cases deal with plagiarism, copying from neighbor's exam visit UM By KAY HOWELL "collaborating in an unauthorized Staff Writer manner on a take-home assign Honors candidates ment." Since the University of Miami Probable cause was not found in compete for entry Undergraduate Student Honor one of the student's cases and it Code and Council was implement was dismissed. After appeal, the ed in September 1986, 17 cases other student was given a repri By JEFFREY SCHWARTZ have been heard, with two others mand. Staff writer pending resolution Wednesday. In another case, a senior busi Of the 17 cases, six resulted in ness student was accused by a About 80 students visited the suspension, five in disciplinary professor of plagiarizing a paper University of Miami last weekend probation, one in disciplinary assigned to him to make up for a to interview for a unique honors warning, and another in a repri quiz he alledgedly cheated on. The program which guarantees them mand. Two were dismissed, and student admitted the charge after early placement in the graduate two were determined to be out of the preliminary hearing. He was school of their choice. the jurisdiction of the council. placed on strict disciplinary proba The Honors Plus Program is Bill Mullowney, executive secre tion after presenting the plea of designed for incoming freshmen tary of the honor council said, "I extenuating circumstances. who want guaranteed placement think it's really important for A junior in the College of Arts in either the Medical School. Law students to see how certain types and Sciences was accused by a School. School of International of misconduct are being treated." professor of submitting a plagia Studies or Rosenstiel School of The honor council, begun by rized paper. At the preliminary Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. .students to deal with academic hearing probable cause was found. Next year, the School of Business dishonesty, has been deciding The student admitted to the charge Administration will also be includ many different types of miscon and was suspended for a year. ed. duct cases. Many have dealt with One junior engineering student students cheating on exams and and two sophomore students in the The students are admitted into plagiarizing homework assign College of Arts and Sciences were the College of Arts and Sciences ments. accused by a professor of submit for their undergraduate studies. Three cases involved students ting plagiarized computer pro The interviews were held in copying other students' exams. In grams. Their cases were dismissed order to further select program one, according to the summary for lack of probable cause. members from the students who report, a junior engineering stu A sophomore in Arts and Sci have applied, said Dr. John Fitz dent was accused by a professor of ences was charged by a professor gerald, director of the Honors "copying answers from the paper to have submitted an assignment Program. of the student sitting nearby." containing plagiarized material. According to Eileen Campbell, The council found probable The council found probable cause. administrative assistant to Fitzger cause in the case. The student was The student pled guilty and was ald, high school students came charged, pled guilty and suspended suspended for one semester. After from as far away as Oregon and for one semester and two summer appeal, the selection and appeals California to interview for the committee upheld the decision of program. International students sessions. were also invited but did not In another case, a senior engi the honor council. attend this session. neering student was accused of a Two cases involved students The candidates were housetM tn similar copying infraction, but no allegedly attempting to obtain the residential colleges with stu probable cause was found and the teachers' manuals for exams. In dents presently in the Honors case was dismissed. one, a senior business student was Program and the Honors Plus In the third case, 11 engineering accused by a professor of trying to Program. In addition to the inter secure an instructor's manual and view, students received informa students were accused by a profes tion and toured the campus. sor of having "suspicious similari claiming to be a UM professor. ties" on their exams. At the At the preliminary hearing, the preliminary hearing, "three stu charge was changed to "attempt About 50 of the students were dents admitted the charge and ing to violate the honor code." The candidates for the medical pro were placed on final disciplinary student pled guilty and was sus gram, Fitzgerald said. probation." pended for one semester. Upon The Honors Plus Program in At the final hearing, six of the appeal, the original decision was Medicine, Fitzgerald said, is the remaining students were found upheld. most competitive and well known not guilty "in the absence of clear In the other case, a junior in of the programs. Each year about and convincing evidence to sup Arts and Sciences was accused by 800 high school students inquire port the finding of guilt." a professor of taking an exam MIKt ROY/Hurricane Staff about the program. Approximately The last two were found guilty from a professor's desk and trying 300 apply, and around 100 stu and suspended. Upon appeal, the to sell it to another student. dents interview for the up to 5 sentences of the latter two were Probable cause was found. Todd Rowe left, and Phil Lacy play an intense game of volleyball at the new spots available. reduced to final disciplinary pro The student admitted the charge courts in the Apartment area. bation. and presented the plea of mitigat "That just shows you how Plagiarism was found in five of ing circumstances. The student competitive it really is," Fitzgerald the 17 cases. In one, two junior was placed on final disciplinary said. "The Medical Program is nursing students were accused of Please see page 4/CASES distinctive because it gives the opportunity for students to enter Medical School in their junior year." The three other current pro Visiting committees evaluate schools, library grams for Law, Marine and Atmo spheric Sciences, and International By ANDY SHIPE however, many members of the committees pay their own Studies receive about 750 inquiries ContHbuWtg Editor Suggestions for improvement expenses. combined. Recently, the Visiting Committee on the Libraries met The University of Miami is routinely visited by made to Board of Trustees with Library director Frank Rodgers. "Those programs are in their committees providing outside advice on the development of Foote and UM Provost Luis Glaser usually meet the "They've been very effective in terms of how the first year, so they will take time to the University. Every other year, a Visiting Committee committees before and after their visits. Foote, the library does its job," Rodgers said. "I find them very grow," Fitzgerald explained. reports the problems of each of the schools and the Otto G. committee chairperson, and the dean or director discuss the helpful." According to a brochure mailed Richter Library to the Board of Trustees. findings in an exit interview and at the next Board meeting. Rodgers said that the first time a Committee inspected to potential candidates, criteria for President Edward T. Foote planned these visit Student matters are handled by the Board of Trustees the library, a rainstorm the previous day caused water acceptance include a combined committees in 1981. The Secretary of the University, Cyrus Committee on Student Affairs instead of by a visiting leakage through the tiles on the walls. SAT score of 1300 or an ACT Jollivette, also vice-president for University Relations, committee. The Board committee works with Dr. William The committee went to the Board of Trustees to discuss score of 30, and a top 10 percent handles the clerical aspects of the two-day visits. Butler, vice president for Student Affairs, and meets several the puddles of water on the floors of the stacks. high school class ranking. In Jollivette said Foote "articulated a vision of the times a year. "We urged the University to do something right now, addition, three letters of recom University in which he saw the University as mature but The committees are funded by the University for one and by golly it did," Rodgers said. The result was the mendation from high school teach not yet fully defined. He wanted it to have the benefit of meeting every other year. With 14 schools at UM and the waterproof tiling currently on the library's outside walls. ers are required. outside guidance and outside advice." library, the University will have about seven meetings a Jollivette said the committees also give advice to the Medical program applicants also Each committee is chaired by a member of the Board of year.If a school wants annual meetings, it must fund them Development Division on how to raise funds. must submit achievement test Trustees and the inspectors consist of other Board members, itself, Jollivette said. scores in English composition, alumni, leading citizens in the community, and nationally The costs are mainly travel expenses for committee "We feel it is an expenditure that is beneficial to the second level mathematics, and recognized experts in the field.

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