Friday, January 18, 2002 On the road! Tech student What do you get when you TECHNIQUE serves as manager on John combine crazy Freshmen and “The South’s Liveliest College Newspaper” Mayer road tour. lots of iMacs? Find out. ONLINE http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/technique FOCUS page 13 ENTERTAINMENT page 17 Serving Georgia Tech since 1911 • Volume 87, Issue 19 • 32 pages Opinions 6 · Focus 13 · Entertainment 17 · Comics 26 · Sports 32 Athlete sues Tech CoC charges 187 with cheating Tony Kluemper gation for honor code violations. completed by different students. Computer Science department, over UJC process Assistant News Editor According to Associate Dean Boyd told the Atlanta Jour- because, according to Boyd, the Karen Boyd, the students have nal-Constitution that this is strictly professors need to be able to use By Jennifer Hinkel When students received their been accused of cheating on prohibited under the Tech Honor homework assignments to gauge Focus Editor final grades online over the win- projects in two introductory Code. “If you look in the code how well an individual student ter break, most assumed the fall computer science classes, In- of conduct, it says unauthorized understands the material. Tech defensive tackle Reggie Koon took semester was over and behind troduction to Computing (CS collaboration is prohibited,” said The students who are being the Board of Regents to court in late fall, them. However, for almost 200 1321) and Object-Oriented Boyd. The College of Comput- investigated will now have to arguing that the procedures applied during Tech students now under inves- Programming (CS 1322). ing makes it clear that students meet with members of Tech staff a Undergraduate Judiciary Cabinet hear- tigation by the Dean of Students The issue was brought for- must work individually on all as well as with members of the ing violated his constitutional rights and office, this is not the case. ward after programs developed programming projects or home- Dean’s Office to explain their did not follow due process of law. Because On Tuesday, the Dean of Stu- by Tech CS professors to de- work assignments. side of the story. Boyd and her of the contestation, Tech officials agreed dents office reported that 187 tect cheating found many sim- Collaboration among stu- not to enforce the disciplinary ruling that individuals were under investi- ilarities among the works dents is taken seriously in the See Cheating, page 5 would have suspended him through this semester. Koon was also able to keep his athletic scholarship and continue playing football. Snow forces some to skip semester start Koon’s legal argument stems from UJC By Daniel Amick miles per hour. hearings that addressed allegations that he Senior Staff Writer “No one was on I-20,” said had violated the Student Policy on Sexual Stille. “Rockdale is really close, Harassment and Sexual Misconduct with- Two weeks ago, a rare winter but [driving] still took a while. I in the Student Code of Conduct. Student storm blanketed Tech campus wouldn’t have come back [Thurs- justices at a Spring 2001 UJC hearing found and the rest of greater Atlanta day] if I’d lived farther away.” Koon responsible for the allegations brought with several inches of snow. A The Georgia Department of against him, but the Tech administration snowman sprang up in front of Transportation began heavy salt- overturned the findings because of an er- the Skiles Building and more ing and sanding of all interstates ror. A second hearing, this one 26 hours than one person was attacked by as soon as ice began to accumu- long, in September of 2001 again found a well-packed snowball. For late, but many local roads re- Koon responsible for the allegations; as a many, though, the snow posed mained treacherous. The Georgia result of the UJC recommendations, the major travel problems. Highway Patrol reported at least Dean of Students suspended Koon for the The storm system blew in one fatal accident. remainder of the academic year. from the Gulf of Mexico on Jennifer Steele, a second-year According to Koon’s petition to the Su- Wednesday, January 2. Snow- INTA major, was in Savannah perior Court of Fulton County, Koon could flakes continued to fall until when the snowstorm hit. After not cross-examine the witnesses against him, midday Thursday, less than 24 observing a frozen fountain in observe all of the witnesses against him, hours before Spring semester her front yard and hearing re- present evidence in his chosen order or classes were set to begin. By the ports of treacherous road condi- manner, subpoena witnesses on his behalf, time the system swept north- tions on the Interstate through or have a lawyer speak for him during the ward into the Carolinas, it had Macon, she reached a definite hearing. According to the Fulton County dumped 4.6 inches of snow in conclusion. Daily Report, Koon “blasted the proceed- the Metro Atlanta area, the sin- “We decided, no, we can’t ings as a ‘secret criminal trial’ in violation gle largest accumulation in ten go,” said Steele. She was not able of the U.S. Constitution.” years. The heavy snow and ice to return until Saturday. Koon’s lawsuit stated that many of the made students’ attempts to re- The snow also disrupted air justices at the September hearing had also turn to Georgia Tech hazard- travel at Hartsfield Internation- heard the case the previous Spring. Accord- ous. al Airport. Most of the delays ing to the Daily Report, “Koon argued that Roads and highways became were restricted to aircraft attempt- the justices should be disqualified because dangerous for drivers by Wednes- ing to takeoff, rather than in- they had prior knowledge of the facts of the day afternoon. Tech student Gage coming flights. Nevertheless, case and had already made a determination Stille attempted to make the rel- Delta Airlines canceled almost that he should be disciplined, but most of atively short trip from Rockdale 800 flights due to weather, deic- the justices refused.” However, the group to Atlanta that day. While cross- ing problems, and taxiway con- of justices present at the September hearing ing an icy bridge, Gage lost con- gestion. were, for the most part, different from the trol of his vehicle and wrecked, Georgia Tech was one of nu- Spring group, and none of the voting mem- totaling his car and injuring his merous Atlanta-area institutions By Daniel Uhlig / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS friend. Stille managed to return that closed its doors to staff on See UJC, page 5 Linvia Vue and Tim Lan enjoy playing in the snow that was left after to the campus safely on Thurs- a winter storm hit on January 2. Campus was closed the next day. day, but only by driving at 25 See Snow, page 5 Republicans to New north deck opens after year-long delay host Rep. Linder By Eleanor Baccay “There were cracks in the [park- or through an automated cash ac- The deck’s opening delay was dis- Contributing Writer ing decks] internal structure, and its ceptor. The price of a permit is cur- appointing to those Tech students The College Republicans columns needed to be repaired,” said rently $238, but is projected to be who would have liked to park in it will host John Linder, U.S. The long awaited North Cam- Rod Weis, Director of Parking and $475 next year when prices are stan- earlier. However, the many students Representative from District pus Parking Deck finally debuted Transportation. dardized for all on-campus parking. who were issued a spot this semester 7, on Monday, January 28 in with the start of spring semester. The The Parking Department was told The North Campus Parking Deck seem to be grateful for it. room 320 of the Student holders of B07 parking permits can that the deck was ready the day be- is located between State Street and First year graduate student Maneli Center at 7:00 p.m. now park their vehicles in a state-of- fore winter break began. Students Atlantic Drive on Peachtree Place. Noorkami said that she heard a little the-art facility that contains a total were informed by email at the start The deck provides Buzz Card entry about the parking deck’s faulty con- of 850 spaces. of the semester that the deck was and exit. Emergency call boxes are struction, but was not too concerned Tech tradition The anticipated opening of the open and that they could begin parking positioned in elevators and at the about it. reborn April 27 new parking deck was projected to their vehicles. entrances to the stairwells on every “Parking is very hard to get [at be in March of 2001, the supposed Approximately 700 permits will level. Although there is no video sur- Tech],” said Noorkami. The hand- After a one-year hiatus, end of a three-year building process. be sold, and so far over 300 have veillance of the pedestrian areas of some deck seems to be a great asset Tech Beautification Day, However, the deck wasn’t turned been sold to students. the deck, it is the best-lit deck on for the Tech campus. formerly sponsored by Fresh- over to Georgia Tech until Decem- The remaining parking spaces are campus through the use of the latest Perhaps Arun Sharma best men Council, will return in ber 12, 2001. Complications with to be used for daily parking. Visitors in lighting technologies. summed up the excitement about April. The beautification of the construction of the parking deck using the deck will pay a daily rate of “I am very glad that Tech has it in the deck when she said, “It’s parking Tech is set to take place on postponed its opening.