Vol. 4, No. 2 August 17, 2006 honesty cases. “Students have made IN THE it clear that decisions to cheat are First true test for new often made when they feel they don’t have enough time to do their own WORKS work honestly,” he says. “Sometimes the students probably are just too students teaches how busy to get everything done. Often, of course, they’ve simply put things off, are starting to write a paper the night before it’s due, and succumb to not to cheat the temptation to cut-and-paste from the Internet.” By Gail Hinchion Mancini The tutorial’s transition to an online Good moral judgment alone is exercise was the work of Chris Clark probably not enough to help a student Is it cheating to find homework answers online, or in the of the Kaneb Center for Teaching and succeed on the tutorial; they need to Learning. have read the code. That’s deliberate, Webcams back of a textbook, and make corrections before handing in the Flint says. “We do want our new broadcast virtual assignment? The new Web-based program students to be thinking about the takes freshmen, transfer and returning importance of academic integrity in hellos What if a student turns in a science experiment or a term paper that he or students through a series of case she did for another class? Is it cheating to recycle old work? general, but we also want them to ...page 3 studies in four areas where honesty be familiar with how those general When is it okay to issues frequently arise: acceptable principles are applied here at Notre use information from the collaboration with other students, Dame.” Internet? Or from your falsifying data, test taking, and roommate, for that matter? plagiarism. Throughout the summer, Two incoming freshmen who incoming students quickly took to the succeeded on their first try and who Incoming challenge, with 85 percent succeeding carefully read the student guide to undergraduates have been on their first attempt. the honor code before completing the pondering such questions exercise say it opened their eyes to this summer as part of The case studies are fictional the honesty issue. an electronic tutorial but reflect classic honesty dilemmas, that exposes them to the if not a flair for plot and character “It really made me think about University’s recently revised development. They feature such the different areas of cheating and We’re wired for how things that we don’t normally better cell phone Academic Code of Honor. instructors as Prof. Chirac, a French Students must successfully teacher; the “legendary” anthropology consider to be cheating really are,” coverage complete the multiple- teacher Michigan Smith; a forestry says Laura Verwilst of South Bend. ...page 3 choice tutorial before they instructor named Pine and an ROTC “I used to think of cheating as simply can sign the University’s instructor (teaching Aerial Warfare) looking off someone else’s test or honor code pledge, a named Prof. Weis. (A key requirement having a cheat sheet.” precursor to enrolling. of the honor code is that students Cory Hayes Hakanen, an reveal when they have worked with “We needed to do incoming freshman from Granger, others. Thus, Flint credits committee says the case studies helped something more to make colleagues with some of the punchier students familiar with illuminate the language of the honor content. Dottie Pratt conceived code. the honor code,” says Michigan Smith and Sam Gaglio’s Thomas Flint, a philosophy subcommittee invented the forester “The Honor Code pledge was professor and Faculty Prof. Pine.) more involved than I initially thought Honor Code officer. Along it to be; academic dishonesty and with Associate Provost Sometimes the fictional students academic know-how is a fine line, A little song in the case studies face a situation …a little dance Dennis Jacobs, he directed and I am glad that the ‘test’ cleared Incoming undergraduates are intimately aware the creation of the tutorial that is complexly nuanced. Often, up some issues that I may not have ...pages 4-5 of the University’s Academic Code of Honor, with assistance from several however, they just didn’t leave enough understood otherwise.” having taking an online tutorial created by faculty and student members time to complete their work. Thomas Flint, professor of philosophy, above, of last year’s University and several colleagues. ND Works photo Time, says Flint, is a big factor in Continued on page 2 Code of Honor Committee. Notre Dame’s The skinny on Latino obesity annual Latino Research Workshops complements affiliations the ILS has with the Get movin’ educated about why they got fat, why By Shannon Chapla it’s not good and what they need to IUPLR (Inter-University Program …Special RecSports do about it.” for Latino Research) and the U.S. When Rodolfo Valdez moved to the United States from Census Bureau. insert Venezuela 21 years ago, he lost weight because he couldn’t In Chicago, where the ILS conducts much of its research on the “With all five workshops the speak English and couldn’t order food. Then, as he became more objectives have been to develop the comfortable with the American lifestyle (obviously a little too city’s exploding Latino population, Puerto Rican native Aida Giachello is capacity to effectively use available comfortable, he concedes), he packed on 20 pounds. He has since founder and director of the Midwest data from the Census Bureau and figured out where he went wrong, has regained his trim physique, Latino Health Research, Training, other sources to conduct research on and, as an epidemiologist for the Centers for Disease Control and and Policy Center at the University Latinos,” says Timothy Ready, ILS of Illinois at Chicago. She also works research director. “This year, with Prevention (CDC), is trying to stop the increasing problem of support from the U.S. Department Latino obesity. with the center’s diabetes community action coalition. of Health and Human Services’ Weight gain eventually affects many Latino immigrants who, for the Office of Minority Health, we’re most part, eat healthier and get more exercise before coming to the U.S. than “The coalition promotes healthy working to help alleviate the problem They took the bus, after. The problem, which can lead to chronic illnesses like diabetes and heart eating and diabetes education through through culturally-informed and well- too disease, is being studied by Valdez and other public health practitioners and classes, health fairs, media campaigns researched interventions to affect faculty from around the country. Experts visited Notre Dame last month to and newsletters,” she explains. eating patterns and physical activity, ...page 6 participate in an Institute for Latino Studies (ILS) workshop titled “Latino “We also work with restaurants and ultimately improving the fitness and Obesity: Using Research for Understanding and Action” in an effort to address grocery stores to make sure they offer health of Latinos and reversing the the social, cultural and economic factors associated with obesity among Latinos. healthier options for their customers.” trend toward obesity and its many related health problems.” According to the CDC, overweight and obesity in the U.S. occur at higher The job is fraught with rates in racial and ethnic minority populations, and those of low socioeconomic frustrations for Giachello and her As some of the country’s status within those groups are most vulnerable to obesity. Its related diseases, colleagues. leading epidemiologists consider the information generated through the including diabetes, hypertension, cancer and heart disease, also are found in “Many people are in denial workshop, they’re drafting research higher rates among minorities. about having diabetes, believing it’s and grant proposals to influence a temporary condition or that they Valdez, along with experts from the Pan American Health Organization, policy work and program planning. various community-based health groups and colleges and universities, discussed only have ‘a touch’ of it,” she says. “Also, losing weight isn’t easy and At Notre Dame, new He knows why your the epidemiology of obesity across the U.S. and within Latino communities and collaborated on research methods, data sources and intervention models. He it’s difficult to teach people to change opportunities are emerging as well. neck aches their lifestyles. Those who do want to says much of the problem can be blamed on a “health transition.” “We are becoming more involved ...page 7 eat more fruits and vegetables can’t “First-generation Latinos just arriving in the U.S. are not typically obese,” afford them, and many who need help in addressing the health needs of Valdez says. “Actually, they are leaner than people who have been living here are illiterate, forcing the coalition to Latino communities,” Ready says. for some time because they eat healthier and get more exercise, but as they provide time-consuming one-on-one “We are expanding the ways in stay here longer they adopt the customs here, perhaps buying their first car, counseling. Also, there’s a constant which the University is responsive watching television and playing video games, and they start gaining weight. lack of funding.” to the needs and interests of diverse Third-generation Latinos begin to become healthier because they become more communities.” ndworks8.17.06.indd 1 8/15/06 3:21:11 PM PROFILE TECHNOLOGY UPDATES Russo provides new export to Britain: “Hello, out there!” Advice on offering Campus Webcams offer surprising financial aid ways to keep in touch By Gail Hinchion Mancini for financing higher education By Julie Hail Flory get a bird’s-eye view from each of 10 campus is on the cusp of change.