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1 >*-.>* * ; ; 'it*-.: "*'*1^;-. . <>* J. i "V ; ?**>? ..> - ^\ ; "> ;,v\-.S ^ri ^ - . * . %-< ; " ,^' GAMEGOCK Hiureday, June 9, 1977 University of South Carolina. finliimKio VoL TXVTTT? No. 52 Judicic revisio puilll? By SYLVIA WISE Gamecock Staff Writer A revision of the rules concern! being studied by President Wil advisors is expected to be rep Trustees soon. Dr. Leonard Lanfranco, Chair Committee on Academic Re revisions are aimed at clarifying by present rules in the studer system. The revisions clarify defi plagarism, and all non-academ stealing, will be removed from revisions provide more appeals fc imposition of more penalties by academic responsibility. The re protect students' rights as well who is making the accusation. Hie Student RnvpmmMif Ruhr revisions to Lanfranco's commi submitted many of these student to the President's legal advisor* ONE OF THE problems with th been the lack of use by both the fa the individual committees on ace up in each college. These comix posed of three faculty members bers, although the law school's He solely of students. The commi Business Administration met six College of General Studies, which students, met only twice to disc One explanation for the infreqi that many cases are settled in I nee. ii a pro lessor tninxs tnerc cheating or plagarism in (Hie of h the student and mete out his own feels he is being treated unfai hearing before the committee. Hi that the committee hear the cai himself. Because no records are say how many cases are kept bet member. In a Gamecock survey conduct* cent of USC students interviewed least once a semester on test assignments. Only 0.2 per cen caught. Of the 305 students contacted, "no opinion." /?on the insi National marijuan reform group orgo this summer on cc P09? 6 L 1 _ -. ? .. ?- - , v * V. /* > v. ; , si ns ?d ing cheating infractions liam Patterson's legal or ted to the Board of man of the University sponsibility, said the CAtYia mv\mAmo AQIICA^ , 0VIIIV |SA UU1V1UO VCIMtT^U \*. government judicial : itions of terms such as lc violations, such as the cheating rules. The r students as well as the college committees on visions are designed to as the faculty member nitted proposals for the ttee and the committee proposals with their own i. le system in the past has culty and the students of idemic responsibility set littees are usually com OIIVH IWU SlUWTIll IIKt^IIlunor Council is composed ittee in the college of th times last year while the tr has approximately 1,200 sa uss possible violations. th uency of the meetings is he he faculty member's of! may be an incident of 11 is classes, he may call in gt punishment. If a student b? irly he may demand a le professor may also ask C< se rather than handle it he kept, it is impossible to cl ween student and faculty pi id last semester, 37.2 per th said they had cheated at of s, homework or other hi t said they were ever at of 58.9 per cent responded bt th ide a law Board < inizing USC impus f< - /./A/AM, Scuth. Cai " ampus Me \j/ | mi 1 jMF *. \ ?hm[ f '** ** 'f ?*lJ& n * MANY FEEL IT is good for facult; e option of bringing the matter befoi yring to handle the situation thema Ving most students would nrofpr tn t e professor gives them and avoi >wevcr, object to closed-door sessio Dr. Lanfranco said, "Because it is n feel it should be a matter of record, liliy party couldn't come back and sen violated." Richard Mims, chairman of the )llege of General Studies, thinks tarings would slow down the problei assrcom. "To stop cheating we iblicity," he said. ONE OF THE MOST active commi e law school's Honor Council, which students elected from their classes, is heard approximately five cases it the preliminary hearing level. Ano the Honor Council is that the cases >ard are almost evenly divided betw< e faculty members. of Trustees raise I student fees :>r fall 1977 Pegs 3 ? J tss.Ws A VMWWWAWW olinian Library Lil 111? i members to have One reason the e the committee or of the other com elves. Other agree, students are awj ake the punishment Chairman of the d publicity. Some, has been functi< ins. know it is arour at always clear-cut, One reason th At a later date the Council is that tl say his rights had the Honor Counc the Honor Code t committee in the orienting each fi > more committee Russ Putnam i n of cheating in the should be done ( really need more member should I beginning of eac mnrnkAt* Illinium OUUUIU ittees on campus is Putnam thinks is composed totally cases brought b The Honor Council revisions are in i the past semester says that "a stu ther unusual aspect the offenses list brought before the does not report t ?en the students and See CHEATING . Baseball team plays Baylor Saturday in College World Series 5 . . . . . ... .. -V> i.WWVVAWWWWNN'v\W \ VuOWWrtWilW. .> >:^qj ^^^?^1BPv^kPIB ^y^P?s^f. ** \'; J^JBH /'..^? -k*p' I e*w www T s Honor Council is more activc mittees of its type on campus are that it is available. Kath) Honor Council, said, "It's a t )ning for several years and id." e law students are aware of le Law Student Handbook sti[ il instruct all classes on the pi wo weeks before examination reshman class. of the Student Supreme Court >n a campus-wide basis. "Ev ?e given a rundown on the sy; h semester," he said, "and e go over it with his classes." ; the committee will also be g< y students against other stuc iplemented. Although the Sti dent who possesses evidence ed above has been committe he offense" is guilty of an in( i, page 9 -on the ou1 Weekend forecast Columbia: Continued dry, high* lows in 60s BmcKm: PnnHn ?8 <Viw kitfki ?V...UW,U ?? J ? Big IRS lows in 60s Mountains: CwrtiMMd dry. high lows in ft* i v.* *?v wsjf/sf.w HH i Hi ?AMaCOCK ! than most is that the teen Crum, radition. 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