University of San Diego Digital USD USD Vista USD News 2-4-2021 Vista: February 4, 2021 University of San Diego Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.sandiego.edu/vista Digital USD Citation University of San Diego, "Vista: February 4, 2021" (2021). USD Vista. 1103. https://digital.sandiego.edu/vista/1103 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the USD News at Digital USD. It has been accepted for inclusion in USD Vista by an authorized administrator of Digital USD. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ON NEWSTANDS WEEKLY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 VOLUME 58 ISSUE 12 The Official Student Newspaper of the University of San Diego since 1968 THE USD VISTA Editorial: Academic integrity Beyond bid day HALLIE WILTSHIRE violations on the rise at USD ASST. OPINION EDITOR When thinking of the college USD’s interim vice provost sent out a mass email addressing the experience, one of the first ideas rise of cheating during a global pandemic that comes to mind is Greek life. Across the United States, provost, sent an email to the 2020, the first remote learning websites for exam answers, he nine million college students are TYLER PUGMIRE USD student body regarding an semester, there were a total of said. members of Greek organizations. NEWS EDITOR increase of academic integrity 32 academic integrity violations Cases have risen at However, for many, the words infractions that have happened reported to the office of the universities across the globe, “sorority” and “fraternity” On the first day of the since shifting to an online provost, according to Dr. Pace. with as many as 100 cases of hold a negative connotation. Spring 2021 semester, Roger learning format. This was an increase from 23 cheating at the University of The portrayal of sororities and Pace, Ph.D., interim vice In the fall semester of infractions in Spring 2020, and British Columbia on a single fraternities in popular culture is more than 400% increase math midterm, as well as at is of, at their best, party- and from the five cases in the Fall Texas State University where social-based organizations, and semester of 2019, the last there has been a 33% increase at their worst, racist and elitist semester to be fully in-person. of cheating cases reported. As organizations that promote These numbers are likely stated in an email sent to the alcoholism and sexual violence. lower than the actual count student body, the main offense With 26% of USD’s student of students that have been at TSU comes in the form of body participating in Fraternity & caught by professors because visiting third-party websites Sorority Life (FSL), the presence of some professors refrain from during exams in order to find such organizations is ubiquitous. reporting to administrators and answers. It is nearly impossible to scroll prefer to handle the situation One of the more popular through Instagram without independently. This has become websites students look to for seeing at least one post about a problem for administration homework and test answers a Greek life event. Despite the because they are finding it more is Chegg, which has begun significant levels of participation, difficult to find serial violators reporting to universities if most members of FSL claim that of the academic integrity policy, they suspect foul use on their USD’s Greek system is different according to Pace. website. Chegg’s stock price from other larger universities. Plagiarism has been the has tripled since the COVID- Although this may be true on most prominent form of 19 lockdowns and classroom some level — as USD does not violation to the academic restrictions that began Mar. 13, have FSL housing, which often acts as the epicenter of deplorable Academic dishonesty rose by over 400% from Fall 2019 to Spring 2020. integrity guidelines, followed 2020. behavior — the toxicity that is Photo courtesy of Wulan Sari/Unsplash closely by using third-party See Dishonesty, Page 2 ingrained in the Greek system at large still persists. Toreros fall to No. 1 Zags, 90-62 See Bid Day, Page 4 Sullivan’s 16 points among silver linings as USD makes Gonzaga MORE bend, not break STORIES were taking good shots and out- Torero mistakes helped the Zags where you’re just handing them ERIC BOOSE scoring the visitors early, head build momentum and find more points,” Scholl said. “So, we felt Spring semester SPORTS EDITOR coach Sam Scholl attributed his scoring opportunities. like we gave them nine points team’s strong start more to their “We just had some what we in the first half, just on our own changes After the first ten minutes ability to stop the Bulldogs. call ‘atomic bomb turnovers’ self-inflicted mistakes. When See News, page 3 of Thursday night’s game, the “We were doing a really good or ‘runout turnovers,’ where you’re trying to beat the number University of San Diego men’s job in transition defense,” Scholl we turn it over and it leads to one team in the country, and our basketball team held a five-point said. “(Gonzaga) are so powerful, a breakaway dunk or layup, See Gonzaga, Page 11 lead against the top-ranked and they can score in so many Twitter blocks Gonzaga Bulldogs, but that ways, and they are so fast and Trump would be the best they could explosive scoring in transition. I See Opinion, page 5 do. The visiting Zags scored 15 felt like we did a great job of not unanswered points to take the letting them have any transition lead before cruising to a 28- points, we did a great job of point victory, continuing their no second-chance points, no Marvelous unbeaten start to the season and offensive rebounds, we had five Marni handing the Toreros a seventh guys really determined in their loss in just nine games. role to get rebounds to finish See Feature, page 8 Despite being heavy possessions.” underdogs, San Diego was the But the Toreros could not stronger of the two teams in the keep the Bulldogs’ potent offense Olivia Rodrigo early stages of the game, holding down forever. A collection of GU to five points in as many turnovers and fouls did not help. tops charts minutes. And, while the Toreros After a strong start to the game, See A&C, page 9 Don’t miss the latest news. Winter sports Find us online: recap See Sports, page 12 @USDVista @theusdvista uofsdmedia.com Finn Sullivan led the Toreros’ offense, finishing with 16 points and six assists. Photo courtesy of Chad Cushing/USD Athletics 2 THE USD VISTA ◆ FEBRUARY 4, 2021 NEWS Honor code infractions climb during online learning Cases of cheating have increased by over 400% as USD announces another semester of remote learning until further notice Dishonesty from Page 1 answers, according to Pace. “We are hoping for a and we know that there are times, it seems as though most of These violations occur more USD professors have been grassroots effort, where faculty concerns from students about the cheating comes from a “time often in the STEM departments notified through the college deans can encourage students (to take privacy there.” crunch” as Pace says. He also because most exam questions are that these infractions are on the their exams without any outside based on formulas and numbers, rise, and have been asked to come help),” Pace said. “We are not “We are not recommending the use of whereas an English or philosophy up with their own questions, as recommending the use of the the Respondus Lockdown Browser, and exam comes in the form of essay opposed to those from a textbook. Respondus Lockdown Browser, we know that there are concerns from students about privacy there.” - Roger Pace, Ph.D. Administrators aimed to noted that there does not seem alleviate the urge to cheat on to be many cases of premeditated exams by sending out the mass cheating at this time. email, and do not plan on sending Less than a week after the another blanket statement to the email by Pace, while San Diego student body, but are exploring remained in the purple tier, Gail other ways to encourage honest F. Baker, Ph.D., provost and vice learning. president, announced that the “My goal with the email was spring semester would be starting to motivate students to rethink remotely. Classes will remain how they’re approaching it and online until the county can enter even though that there may be the red tier, and when professors easy ways around the work, that is feel it safe enough for themselves never an adequate substitute for to deliver material in a socially learning the material,” Pace said. distanced, in-person classroom. As students navigate their While classes remain online, way through a global pandemic, USD officially has more than it is clear that no one is entirely 1,000 students living in on- Cases of cheating have risen at universities across America as they navigate online learning. aware of what anyone may be campus housing, according to Tyler Pugmire/The USD Vista going through and, in uncertain Pace. 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