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1 1 dt Weekend April 1, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN DTWEEKEND LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 TOMORROW’S WEATHER High Low April Foolin’ Fashion majors take cue from late designer 76 53 Thursday, April 1, 2010 Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 www.dailytexanonline.com Students fail to recognize plagiarism By Collin Eaton ported academic and non-aca- Daily Texan Staff demic cases, which include dis- Each semester, one UT chem- ruptive classroom behavior and istry lecturer has at least 50 stu- cheating. Of those cases, 421 re- dents in his or her classes who sulted from academic dishon- are unknowingly guilty of cheat- esty, which includes plagiarism ing when they use old informa- and unauthorized collaboration. tion gleaned from online sourc- Faculty members who are unable es to answer exam, textbook or to resolve issues with a particu- homework questions. lar student can send the case to Chemistry lecturer Conrad the office’s Student Judicial Ser- Fjetland said most of these stu- vices, a body that can either hold dents — who use Web sites like a hearing to determine disciplin- CourseHero.com, a “social learn- ary action or give an administra- Chris Kosho | Daily Texan Staff ing network” — do not under- tive disposition in which a stu- Former Longhorn quarterback Colt McCoy walks through the Halls of the Moncreif-Neuhaus Athletic Center on Wednesday before stand that using these materi- dent agrees with the charges and he threw in public for the first time since injuring his shoulder during the BCS National Championship game. als is considered plagiarism. waives his or her right to a hear- Course Hero and similar sites ing. Of the reported academ- provide students with specif- ic dishonesty cases, 186 were re- ic course information compiled ferred to judicial services in the from real classes and assign- 2008-2009 year, but only seven Colt tackles doubts at Pro Day ments. Its Facebook page cur- students were suspended from rently has 265,415 fans. UT for academic dishonesty. By Laken Litman der against Alabama in the nation- put it all together [at Pro Day]. I felt “Using these sites as study Rutgers University manage- Daily Texan Staff al championship game in January. A really good about [my performance]. I aids is one thing, but when you ment and global business pro- Calm, unnerved and confident, Colt strong Pro Day performance was man- went out and killed it.” go there specifically to find an- fessor Donald McCabe, whose McCoy put an end to all questions re- datory for McCoy. Including his warm up, McCoy swers, that’s when you’ve expertise includes college cheat- garding his shoulder during Texas’ Pro “I’ve been waiting a long time for threw about 90 comeback, play action crossed the line,” he said. “Some ing, said there is data to support Day on Wednesday. this day,” McCoy said. “About three and deep balls to ex-teammates Jordan students don’t really specifically the assertion that engineering Since doctors advised the former weeks ago, my shoulder was cleared Shipley, Quan Cosby and Nate Jones understand what plagiarism is. students cut corners more often Texas quarterback to not participate in to be 100 percent and I started work- — all former favorite targets of Mc- That’s the most common [exam- than liberal arts students. McCa- the NFL Combine in late February, he ing and chunking the ball deep, get- Coy — and Brian Carter, a member of ple of cheating] I see. I basically be said engineering students use had yet to publicly show his health af- ting my accuracy and my quick release tell the students that if you go to solution manuals to solve prob- ter pinching a nerve in his right shoul- back, and working on my feet, and I FOOTBALL continues on page 6 these sites and you look at this lems in their textbooks to man- report, you have officially cheat- age their time more effectively. INSIDE: Find out how the rest of the Horns fared at Texas’ Pro Day on page 7 ed in the course.” In 2008-09, there were 1,089 re- PLAGIARISM continues on page 2 Low census return rate Event prepares students for Easter By Karishma Hossain could a ect state funds Daily Texan Staff By Destinee Hodge the state from the federal gov- Students have prepared for & Gabrielle Cloudy ernment. Easter weekend with Rez Week, Daily Texan Staff “[There is] more than $400 bil- a four-day celebration at Grego- College students are not the lion that can be allocated through- ry Plaza that included worship, only ones late to turn in their pa- out the states,” city spokeswoman prayer, speakers and concerts. pers. According to a recent study Samantha Park said. “Unless we Rez Week, short for Resurrec- by the U.S. Census Bureau, the fill it out, we can’t get it.” tion Week, has been an ongo- city of Austin has a return rate of The census is conducted every ing, 96-hour event, which lasted 39 percent on census forms. The 10 years and uses the data to help Monday through Thursday and forms are officially due today. the government determine how to was hosted by the UT campus “It’s scaring the hell out of us,” allocate federal funding to states ministries, the body that over- said Constable Bruce Elfant, who and the cities within them. sees all Christian organizations works for the 5th Precinct for Tra- A 2001 study showed that it cost on campus. vis County. “We don’t know why local and state governments more “The purpose of this event is they’re not sending them in.” than $2,900 for each person who to explore repentance, prayer Elfant said that unless they didn’t return their census forms. and mission in hopes of under- know the reasons behind peo- If Texas residents do not turn in standing how God wants us to ple’s failure to submit their census their forms, the state will lose out prepare for revival on the UT forms, nothing can be done to fix on millions of dollars in funding campus,” said Celia Lugo, the the problem. that could go toward public need, event’s coordinator and an ad- Texas is ranked 48th in the na- including University funding. vertising senior. tion, with a 44-percent return rate, “Two of the lowest areas [for This year’s theme is “Break- and the state is being monitored, census filing] in Travis County are ing Ground,” taken from the Bi- according to the Census Bureau West Campus and Riverside,” El- ble verse Hosea 10:12, which Chris Kosho | Daily Texan Staff Web site. fant said. reads “Sow for yourselves righ- If Texans do not fill out the A major issue is that some stu- teousness, reap the fruit of Mechanical engineering freshman Travis Brack worships with hundreds of Christian students at Rez forms, the low population rep- dents who live off campus are Week, a multi-denominational campus-wide celebration of Jesus Christ which takes place every spring semester at the Gregory Gym Plaza. The event concludes tonight with music and prayer. resentation will mean lower EASTER continues on page 2 amounts of money allocated to CENSUS continues on page 2 E-Bus moves toward stricter policies, monitoring By Audrey White es where necessary, Whited said. she said. for the E-Bus service in what Blan- Daily Texan Staff “When we have an overcrowd- The information from the ca Juarez, UT’s alternative trans- Starting tonight, students will ing issue, our operator will ask swipes will only be used to moni- portation manager, said was a have to swipe their UT student dispatch to call for Q-Buses, extra tor the numbers of people getting “goodwill act to the city and the IDs before riding the E-Bus. buses we use,” she said. “Swiping on the bus. No information will University.” Because of increased The E-Bus, provided by Capi- will help us plan better, so we can be collected about ages or other ridership and the changing econ- tal Metro Transit, transports stu- have operators who run Q-buses demographics of riders, Whited omy, UT will now have to pay for dents between campus and down- focus on different areas where we said. She also said bus operators part of the services. Juarez said town Thursday through Saturday see a lot of overcrowding.” will be available to help students this will increase the importance nights for free. The swiping mea- Non-students riding the bus are line up, get on the bus and swipe of monitoring ridership because sure is an effort by Cap Metro and expected to pay a $1 fare or use a in a timely fashion. UT can use that information to cal- the University to better track how $2 day pass to ride the bus, but “We have the operators sitting culate how much it has to pay for many people are using the E-Bus this is hard to monitor when large right there to help those who can’t the service. as well as which stops and routes crowds haphazardly surge onto get their card through on the first “Before, we could only offer Derek Stout | Daily Texan Staff are most popular, Cap Metro the bus, Whited said. If everyone few tries,” she said. “Our opera- recommendations for the service,” Sen. Kirk Watson addresses the crowd at the Count Me Latino Census spokeswoman Misty Whited said. is having to swipe, it will make tors are really good about trying she said.

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