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"I wanted the committee to hear various women and doesn' t know [the By Lori Wright Lyman was scheduled to meet it possible change of party On Nov, 7 Matt Chaffee *93 was how to tab*ag for ait answer," EDITOR with the Student Affairs Committee procedure]from the horse's mouth," indefinitely suspended for verbal In a Dean's bearing, the J-board said Seitzinger. sexual abuse, physical assault of chief justices arealtowedto question State liquor inspector Jim Lyman While Lyman was looking into fellow students, sexual assault of the accused, but they do not take paid a surprise visit to Dean of the guest list system becau se it meant fellow students, and threatening partirt the decision making process. Students Janice Seitzinger last the possible illegal sale of alcohol, fellow students. Deans Victoria Hershey, Mark Thursday. He said he was here to Seitzinger said she felt comfortable The charges were Serdjenian and Paul investigate Colby's guest list system with the procedure. brought before a Johnstondecidedthe at parties. "I'm under the belief it's a proper Dean's hearing rather case while Justices But, after sending Colby way to do parties," she said. than the Student "Rich 8usnack'9l and administrators into a flurry, on Otherwise, she said, "we would Judiciary Board at the Susanna LaPrad'e'91 Tuesday he called to say that the have to scrap the the guest list request of the observed. guest list system was acceptable as system" and resort to a cash bar at plaintiffs. Rusnacksaid that long as no money was collected at parties. Chaffer' s he believed the door. Regarding the liquor inspector's roommate also ¦defendants would decision to let Colby continue with The investigation was sparked testified against him benefit from a. J~ by Keith Dupuis' fall from a Student its guest list procedure, Van in the hearing. board hearingwhere Center window on Sept. 28, ¦ Valkenburgh said "yesterday he's Matt Chaffee T . ~ .. file rphoto The sanctions students make according to Director of Safety and famce Seitzinger ' telling us one thing, today he's imposed oa Cha ffee include decisions-"not behind closed doors Security Mark Van Valkenburgh. telling us another...we're sitting immediate &nd indefinite where it's in the administration's After the Waterville police reported on Monday night to discuss Colby's here, and we don't know what to suspension and required alcohol hands." the accident to Lyman, he "was party procedure, but at the last do." and relationship counseling. In He said that "Sometimes a required to investigate," said Van minute he was unable to come. "I probably got three more grey addition, Chaffee will be put on student [on J-board] can ask a said Seitzinger, relieved that Valkenburgh. \ Both Seitzinger and Van hairs," permanent disciplinary probation question that the Deans would not Lyman "interviewed [Dupuis] Valkenburgh believed that Lyman's Lyman decided to hold off on the should he return to Colby. think of, or correctlyinterpret what and found areas of alcohol practice supervisor did not want to pay him investigation^ "He (Chaffee] needs help/ said a student is ttying to say/'Q Surveyas uncovers academic dishonestya/ who declared they cheat often, and the 32 that there is a high degree of competitiveness that she has never had a serious problem with By Alyssa Schwenk percent who said they cheat very seldom. among her classmates to do well. students cheating. and Amy Alderson Thirty-one of the 101 students surveyed "It's so frustrating. I had one friend who "I'veseen students'eyes wander.If they're STAFF WRITERS also felt that six to ten percent of their aware that I'm aware, then they stop it." classmates cheated, 26 felt that one to five She said that since learning in math is percent cheat, and ten felt that over 50 percent "It's so frustrating. I had one cumulative, as it is in many subjects, it is TheRutger'sCheatingSurveywasrecently cheated. friend who never went to class difficult to cheat on one exam and expect to issued to Colby juniors and seniors to get Junior Beth Grohs became frustrated about and would just photo-copy do well on the next. the "I wish that we could all learn without their point of view on plagiarism, cheating, student-cheating the day the survey came lecture notes to study from the and other forms of academic dishonesty. The out. tests," she said. "Learning for the sake of results were handed into Dean of the College "1 filled out the survey and said 'no' to a night before the test. What learning is a beautiful idea . However, it is the Earl Smith's office, where they are now on question on whether or not I had ever seen would happen if Colby had an tests which force self-discipline." file. someone cheating at Colby. Later that day, I honor code?" Of the 101 students who returned the witnessed a classmate cheating," she said. survey,47 percent said they seldom cheat on Grohs is a pre-med student with a major in -Beth Grohs '92 exams and tests, as opposed to the 20 percent biology and a minor in chemistry. She said ^ never went to class and would just photo- copy the lecture notes to study from the night before the test. What would happen if Colby By Hilar yRobbins had an honor code?" In uniform One factor that may lead to cheating, is the pressure to achieve good grades. Fifty-three percent of Colby students surveyed felt that this pressure to do well was very high. Professor Yeager Hudson of the Philosophy Department, who has been teaching here 31 years, feels that this statistic is accurate. "I think the pressure is high. There arc Dean Earl Smith's office pitoto by Sarah Pohl other places where it's higher, but Colby is houses cheating surveys. right up there," Hudson said. "There's pressure on students to achieve well, but First-year student Jono Med wed said, "I'm there's a great pressure on faculty to achieve completel y against cheating. In an well too. I've had a few cases of [students'] environment like this, there is no room for it. plagiarism over the years. [But] it's actually If you're in college it's because you want to be quite rare." here. Therefore, you should do the work When faced with a case of plagiarism, honestly because you came here to learn." Hudson said he calls the student into his If a student is caught cheating or office and points out the problem. He finds plagiarizing, college policy dictates that he or that usually the student has used a resource she may be dismissed from the course with an or idea without documenting it. In one or two F, and may also be suspended or expelled . A cases he has flunked the student, for the work, report is sent to the Dean of Students, a copy but has not found it necessary to fail a student of which remains in the student's file. for the class. Some students are willing to risk this. These men are carrying their dummy rifles , but on Veteran ' s Day, some members of tlie Colby Mathematics Professor Carol Bassett who "You do what you have to in order to get by," Military Affairs Club donned dress uniform for a vigil commemorating the war dead. In addition , has been teaching at Colby since 1974, said said one student. ? they placed wreathes on tlie war memorials. News and Features Wonder Years may feature No fake I.D.s at the Spa § News Briefs . Anyone wanting to buy a beer at the Spa is now required Colby sweatshirt to present a Maine State I.D. The Spa should only have been Computer Committee sets accepting state I.D.s from the beginning of the year, but has been "wishy-washy," said Director of Dining Services Mary goals Attenweiler. The new system is following the example of The Computing Committee, which was formed to advise bars in town, which are now only accepting state I.D.s the administration about all computer-related subjects, has because of a new la w which puts liability into the hands of the set goals for Colby's computer systems over the next five bartender. 'The manager has run into two fake I.D.s this years. semester, which made me realize that I needed to tighten Committee Chair Dale Skrien said in his UNIX note things up," said Attenweiler. (A.K.) "Hardware and Software Goals," computers must be easily available in the classrooms, residence halls, and all faculty offices. In addition, there should be "a well-stocked software lending library," and all faculty should have access to the Gehrke leaving software necessary to "their teaching, research, and other Gretchen Gehrke, physician assistant at the Health Center, college activities. will leave Colby at the end of the semester to attend graduate " A modern Colby sweatshirt David HansonofComputerServicesaskedthatall students school. She was filling out applications last week and did not and faculty be required to have certain practical skills, from name any of her UNIXto HyperCard familiarity. (Z.G.). Dan Lauria, the actor who plays the father on The Wonder possible destinations, Years, has offered to wear a Colby sweatshirt on the show if but said she plans one canbe found from the late 1950s or early 1960s.
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