\ Vol.' 71 '. Number :2 Inrormattou Now Se tember17 1997 Cheating NewVP· Wai'ver in DSSG introduced ByChan-juo'Moon ByHelen McFarlane 'I'he Day Session Student and MingWong Government (DSSG), in what In a move to helpaddress. thegrtiw- _ may be a legally questionable ing problem of academic dishon~ move, eleetedZeshan Hamid to Barochstudents will be required to replace David Huang, who could sign a waiver insome oftheirclasses not be seated due to his insuffi­ agreeingtoadhere totheCollege'spoli­ cient GPA. The vote was 8 - 1 ~es regardingcheatirig and p]agia- in favor. nsm. The College has alwayshad a strict policies regardingcheatingandplagia­ rismbut thisisthefirsttimethatstu­ dents will be required to sign a 00Il­ tract . AccordingtoRonaldAaron,Deanof Students the genesis ofthis contract dates back several years butthe idea itselfcameintofruitionduringthelast 'IheformerGJAmercy·Hot.elonwhatisDOW academic yearwhenthe Provost Lois ChronhOlm formed the Commission on Academic Honesty. Gramercy Hotel long g ,e, The increased lack of academic in­ tegrity became "a greatconcem to a but Jim Davis crusade on number of facul~..and more cases New D~·VP:ZesbaD Hamid bJimJgbt.to~VlCePres\dent'8. [were} . _" ,.~. .. _. ". .. -.'~ . '-~~~~'~';--' ~ .... ... .~;;>i~:>' ~~·::~;;';·~;.l~~e_~~~~~~'~"·:~J)Uj.,a&-. .- ·_-~·WbiihbasbOth· . -. .'. '.' the Gramer ,Ho:-':':eta~~ ··.~ej':··:Etiqta:.;?· <."", '.. Ultyrepresentationdecided tOprodtxe . t~·is-ali-DtK;.memOl'y.~Jim.:. ,.: .. ,... .' '., ":'- ";".;. a contract and a pamphlet, (thepam­ Davis continues his quest to get newgymnasiuDl'~hich.will in~­ .m ". :: ~ ; .. ;,'.' .. ,,_..,- '.': '.~ vice~PresideDt,tl!e:~arly phlet gets. distributed duringFresh­ his home back. What he used elude a pool, a theater, and a elected manSeminar),tomakestlJdentsmore to call home is now a huge ex- recital hall. The multimillion .date of the vote - .only two'days conscious about the issue. .cavation for the College'S new dollar project will be sponsored after the beginning of classes ­ Although it is up to the professor's building. by the State of New York and is legal.because it was made discretion whetherornot to have the The Gramerey Hctelwas one spearheaded by the Dormitory public during the summer and studentsintheclasssign theone page of the buildings that were de- Authority of the State of New was also the topie of this form, students are still expected to be molished in order to make room York (DASNY). semester's first Ticker issue , aware of the consequences of cheat­ for the construction of Baruch According to the 53-year-old which reported the need for an ingand plagiarism in the College. College's Site B, the new state- Davis, he and the occupants of election. of-the-art fac~lity which will re­ continued on page 4 place the current 360 Park Av- continued on page 2 continued onpage 4 VP Samuel Johnson elaborates on the 'No Children Policy' "The policy for staff and fac­ circulated by the office of the also a health risk according to ByTamim Islam .ulty was initiated and drafted Vice President of Student De- the state laws." In a tug of war between the by the Personnel department ,velopment. It states that "stu­ "We had to respond to a few administration and the staff and the office of Vice President dents will no longer be allowed 'aid' cases where a child was left and faculty of the. school, the James Murtha," said Samuel to bring children to classes." unattended in the hallway of students once again came up at Johnson, Vice President for Defending the policy Johnson our buildings while the parent the short end ofthe stick. As of Student Development and Dean said, "This policy is well in­ was in class," said Henry September 15, no unaccompa­ of Students, "I became involved tended." McLaughlin, director of secu­ nied children of students will in developing a parallel policy The administration and the rity, "the child became sick and be allowed in the class rooms or for the students." security personnel maintained we had to respond accordingly." the library. A similar policy has Student Policy: that allowing minors was a li­ He added that these were in­ also been put in effect for the An unsigned directive ex­ ability threat to the college. deed rarities, but he empha- faculty and the non-instruc­ plaining this policyas it relates "Liability issue was always continued on page 2 tional staff as well. to the students was issued and there," said Johnson. "And it is .' ~ " .j; .~ , --------_._------,------------------ Jim Davis Crusade VP Johnson explains 'No continued from front page Children Policy' the Gramercy Hotel were "basi­ turned a pitbull on us," said continued from front page cally forced out of their homes" Davis, "They tried to force us by. He recalls the final years out with mob tactics." sized that the liability fear was have yet to be fine tuned. of residency at. the- Gramercy Besides the inhumane· treat­ prevalent in these cases no mat­ "In a customer-service pro­ Hotel, after it was slated for ment that Davis and his fellow ter how few the actual numbers vider relationship point ofview, demolition for Site B, as being tenants were subjected to, he of the cases maybe. we should have some sort ofser­ the worse. feels that he and the tenants Trickled down from staff vice to fall back on," he said, got a raw deal. and faculty rules: "People come to a public college Once DASNY decided to con­ "The policy trickled down with lots of expectations." demn the two Single Room Oc­ from the staff to the faculty to He said that his office with cupancy (SRO) hotels, they the students," said Johnson. the help of Debra Bick-Duggan promised the tenants that they Various sources have claimed from the Office of Student Life would be relocated to another that this policy was hatched by would set up a committee with locale with comparative rents in the Personnel Department and representation from the student the community and be offered "the administrative heads on the body to fine tune this policy. $17,500 as compensation for grounds oflacking productivity Extreme situations: their eviction. among non-instructional staff. In the unlikely event that a The residents were paying Vice President Johnson added student-parent is unable to ar­ about $250.:$300 a month rent that the student policy was de­ range for child care services on Jim Davis at Gramercy but are now look­ veloped in an "attempt to treat a day of exam, no children will ing at 4-5 times the rent now. everybody the same." He did be allowed into the class rooms ''We went through two winters Many of the tenants were of­ acknowledge that "there is a said Johnson. However, he without heat and hot water, fered places at with poorer con­ qualified difference between the said, "The student parent has to sporadic electricity, and there ditions and higher rents. relationship between a student opt for an alternative test date." was even an incident where a Everyone but Davis took the and the college and the faculty "If (any student) miss an resident, 67-year-old Dalwyn compensation but are now and staff and the college." exam, I or my staff will write a Merck, was beaten up by a state struggling financially due to the The policy memo signed by 'Child Care Emergency' letter to official." increased rent they are now Ronny Widener, director of per­ the professor asking him or her sonnel, dated June 18, stipu­ to consider an alternative test lates that all faculty and staff date," said Johnson. But he make prior arrangements with cautiously added, "the alterna­ "I'm sure the students don't want to ruin their respective departments in tive test date is the professor's peoples' lives for their new building." regards to bringing children prerogative, not an official into the buildings. If no prior policy" arrangements were in place, the VP Johnson said that despite security personnel are in­ the indication that the students structed to call the respective of a particular demography will Davis claims these things forced to pay. Davis currently departments to handle the situ­ be hit hard in any unforeseen were done in an attempt to force lives in the Times Square Ho­ ation as they preferred. circumstances where the parent the inhabitants of the Gramercy tel, which also houses AIDS pa­ "Once the policy was in pla.ce failed to arrange for child care, Hotel to get out as quickly as tients. His room is about half for the staff, what do you 'do for the policy'in placewas"not -rm­ possible. "They [DASNYJ the size of his old room in the facuity and students?" said rrror-aL" But he added that he Gramercy but he is paying rela­ Johnson. Hence his department found "it a difficult policy to tively the same rent but lives took up the task to develop a manage." CUNY one of Nation's Leading Institutions for Minorities day-to-day because he will similar policy for the.students. "Postponing an exam will give Contents: never know when his rent may Student policy: the student-parent more time to CUNY Press Services all minorities. ranked 27th, City College 39th College 25th, and New York increase since it is not rent-sta­ The policy in regards to stu­ study," said Johnson, "not an They were LaGuardia Com­ and Hunter College 4E ~h. City Technical College 33rd. ditorilll: 6 bilized. dent-parents stipulates that headache when or if she or she More African-American stu­ munity College 4th, and tied for Two CUNY colleges placed in Both publications based their "My home was taken away "the children can be brought in will ever get a chance to take dents earn their bachelor's de­ 6th place Bronx Community the top 50 colleges granting national surveys on U.S.