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The Voice Of Whittier College Since 1914 February 14,2002 QUAKER CAMPUS http://web.whittier.edu/qc « Undergarments stolen from room CRIME by Rose Ochoa QC Asst. News Editor A female student who returned to her room from the restroom observed a suspicious male leaving her room on the third floor of Wanberg Residence Hall at approximately 7:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8. He exited down the stairs and continued in an unknown direction. The student returned to her room to find one of her dresser drawers open and realized that some of her undergarments were "missing. At 7:48 a.m. she called Campus Safety to report the incident. The suspect was described to Campus Safety as a medium built Hispanic male about 5'8" and 180 lbs. He is said to be in his mid- thirties and mustached. He was wearing a dark baseball cap, a blue long-sleeved flannel shirt, blue jeans and tennis shoes. The suspect was not found by Campus Safety in the residence hall or in the surrounding areas. After further investigation, another resident claimed to have observed a similar-looking man on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at approximately 2:15p.m. walking through the first floor of Wanberg. These two incidents are possibly related, according to Assistant Chief of Campus Safety John Lewis. In reference to resident hall security, Lewis has increased Campus Safety patrol in the area and has posted a crime alert bulletin throughout campus. "All doors are working with consistency, [but] the building is only as secure as the residents who live there," he said. He insists that locking room doors, completely closing all entrance doors and not letting strangers in are all vital steps in maintaining a safe environment. He encourages people to call Campus Safety if any suspicious behavior is observed. "This is a reminder that we have to be vigilant in our environment and community. You are never wrong in calling Campus Safety," he advised. REBECCA WOLF/QC MANAGING EDITOR COR 2002 Inauguration Whittier College President Katherine Haley Will inaugurates junior Jess Craven into his role as the Council of Representatives (COR) President on Thursday, Feb. 7 in the Campus Inn. "This College is a production plant of diversity and greatness," Craven said. For a full story on the 2002 COR Cabinet inauguration, see page 5. Downloading the workload does not pay off Failed honesty in the dot com world becomes a business ACADEMICS by Eva Sevcikova QC News Editor One click of a computer mouse can do quite a bit: pay for one's bills, order a box of chocolates or a new pair of boxers, find a life partner or offer the latest news about a race in the Olympic Games that ended a half hour ago. It was, however, quite a few clicks on the Internet that several years ago made Associate Professor of English and Literature and the Writing Program Coordinator Susanne Weil sit in her office and cry. Two students in the English classes pulled papers off the Internet and each turned them in as their original work, Weil said as she remembered how surprised and appalled the faculty and she were. "I COR and more COR agendas and letters aplenty. Read 'em and weep! Opinions, Page 3 couldn't believe it," she said about the students, who were in good standing with the faculty. The two students did not get caught right away. It was when they attempted to boast with their papers by submitting it to the annual Scholarly Writ- ^^^^^ ing Contest organized by the English Department that Weil nailed them. "I read it, and I thought T couldn't have written it myself.' SoIGoogledit,"Weil said. Weil is referring to justoneofmanymeth- ods available to professors to identify plagiarism in student papers—a well-known search engine: Google.com. In addition, there exist services that give access to "firewalls," or protected Web sites that do not show up in Google, according to Weil. Many services, when returning the paper-in-ques- tion to the professor who requested identification, can even highlight the suspicious passages in red. The two plagiarists were sus- "Because of the technology, it makes it easier for students to download [papers]; on the other hand, it makes it easier for us to catch them." dAve pAddy Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature pended from the College and did not apply for readmission, Weil said. "Each one of them was bright enough to write a good paper without this kind of help," Weil said about the students who chose to download their workload. Literally dozens of Web sites are available now offering essays and papers to anyone interested. Some of these Web sites create entire databases of student essays and attempt to gain legitimacy by justifying their existence by research purposes. Others shy from euphemism and are not ashamed by the nature of their business, which in simple words, is cheating. With the current state of technology, ordered papers can arrive via fax or e-mail as soon as 24 hours after submitting an individual's credit card number. Prices vary, but with the boost many of these Internet companies have experienced, prices from $4.95 to $19.95 are not uncommon. Topics range from business management and marketing to culinary science or sex education. Occasionally, versions in several languages are available. Many sites offer various discounts if the regis tered user refers a number of potential customers. "Because of the technology, it makes it easier for students to download this kind of work; on the other hand, it makes it easier for us to catch them," Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature dAve pAddy said. Plagiarism in this context is a lot more insidious, according to Weil, who had many encounters with this form of cheating. "It ruins the point of the research process," she said. "It makes me really sad when students do this. They didn't learn when they could have learned. In a way I also feel I failed them to teach why research is important." Cases of plagiarism are in no way typical only for large research universities where students blend with several hundreds other people in large lecture classes and hope See ACADEMICS, page 5 ISSUE 16« VOLUME 88 What's that smell? Love and sex together at last? Not really, but see some of both in this section. Campus Life, Page 6 C.I.A. has dead clown Performance art venue holds a funeral for a Parisian clown who died in 1912. A&E, Page 10 Hey, new sports, cool Tennis, baseball and softball all started their seasons and are swinging away. Sports, Page 16
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Title | The QC, Vol. 88, No. 16 • February 14, 2002 |
Publisher | Associated Students of Whittier College |
Description | The Quaker Campus (QC) is the student newspaper of Whittier College. The newspaper has been in continuous publication since September 1914. |
Subject | Student newspapers and publications -- Whittier College (Whittier, Calif.) |
Date | February 14, 2002 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 16 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
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Repository | Wardman Library, Whittier College |
Rights-Access Rights | Property and literary rights reside with Wardman Library, Whittier College. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections. |
Date-Created | 2013-11-05 |
Image publisher | Whittier, Calif. : Wardman Library (Whittier College), 2013. |
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Title | 2002_02_14_001 |
OCR | The Voice Of Whittier College Since 1914 February 14,2002 QUAKER CAMPUS http://web.whittier.edu/qc « Undergarments stolen from room CRIME by Rose Ochoa QC Asst. News Editor A female student who returned to her room from the restroom observed a suspicious male leaving her room on the third floor of Wanberg Residence Hall at approximately 7:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8. He exited down the stairs and continued in an unknown direction. The student returned to her room to find one of her dresser drawers open and realized that some of her undergarments were "missing. At 7:48 a.m. she called Campus Safety to report the incident. The suspect was described to Campus Safety as a medium built Hispanic male about 5'8" and 180 lbs. He is said to be in his mid- thirties and mustached. He was wearing a dark baseball cap, a blue long-sleeved flannel shirt, blue jeans and tennis shoes. The suspect was not found by Campus Safety in the residence hall or in the surrounding areas. After further investigation, another resident claimed to have observed a similar-looking man on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at approximately 2:15p.m. walking through the first floor of Wanberg. These two incidents are possibly related, according to Assistant Chief of Campus Safety John Lewis. In reference to resident hall security, Lewis has increased Campus Safety patrol in the area and has posted a crime alert bulletin throughout campus. "All doors are working with consistency, [but] the building is only as secure as the residents who live there," he said. He insists that locking room doors, completely closing all entrance doors and not letting strangers in are all vital steps in maintaining a safe environment. He encourages people to call Campus Safety if any suspicious behavior is observed. "This is a reminder that we have to be vigilant in our environment and community. You are never wrong in calling Campus Safety," he advised. REBECCA WOLF/QC MANAGING EDITOR COR 2002 Inauguration Whittier College President Katherine Haley Will inaugurates junior Jess Craven into his role as the Council of Representatives (COR) President on Thursday, Feb. 7 in the Campus Inn. "This College is a production plant of diversity and greatness," Craven said. For a full story on the 2002 COR Cabinet inauguration, see page 5. Downloading the workload does not pay off Failed honesty in the dot com world becomes a business ACADEMICS by Eva Sevcikova QC News Editor One click of a computer mouse can do quite a bit: pay for one's bills, order a box of chocolates or a new pair of boxers, find a life partner or offer the latest news about a race in the Olympic Games that ended a half hour ago. It was, however, quite a few clicks on the Internet that several years ago made Associate Professor of English and Literature and the Writing Program Coordinator Susanne Weil sit in her office and cry. Two students in the English classes pulled papers off the Internet and each turned them in as their original work, Weil said as she remembered how surprised and appalled the faculty and she were. "I COR and more COR agendas and letters aplenty. Read 'em and weep! Opinions, Page 3 couldn't believe it," she said about the students, who were in good standing with the faculty. The two students did not get caught right away. It was when they attempted to boast with their papers by submitting it to the annual Scholarly Writ- ^^^^^ ing Contest organized by the English Department that Weil nailed them. "I read it, and I thought T couldn't have written it myself.' SoIGoogledit,"Weil said. Weil is referring to justoneofmanymeth- ods available to professors to identify plagiarism in student papers—a well-known search engine: Google.com. In addition, there exist services that give access to "firewalls," or protected Web sites that do not show up in Google, according to Weil. Many services, when returning the paper-in-ques- tion to the professor who requested identification, can even highlight the suspicious passages in red. The two plagiarists were sus- "Because of the technology, it makes it easier for students to download [papers]; on the other hand, it makes it easier for us to catch them." dAve pAddy Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature pended from the College and did not apply for readmission, Weil said. "Each one of them was bright enough to write a good paper without this kind of help," Weil said about the students who chose to download their workload. Literally dozens of Web sites are available now offering essays and papers to anyone interested. Some of these Web sites create entire databases of student essays and attempt to gain legitimacy by justifying their existence by research purposes. Others shy from euphemism and are not ashamed by the nature of their business, which in simple words, is cheating. With the current state of technology, ordered papers can arrive via fax or e-mail as soon as 24 hours after submitting an individual's credit card number. Prices vary, but with the boost many of these Internet companies have experienced, prices from $4.95 to $19.95 are not uncommon. Topics range from business management and marketing to culinary science or sex education. Occasionally, versions in several languages are available. Many sites offer various discounts if the regis tered user refers a number of potential customers. "Because of the technology, it makes it easier for students to download this kind of work; on the other hand, it makes it easier for us to catch them," Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature dAve pAddy said. Plagiarism in this context is a lot more insidious, according to Weil, who had many encounters with this form of cheating. "It ruins the point of the research process," she said. "It makes me really sad when students do this. They didn't learn when they could have learned. In a way I also feel I failed them to teach why research is important." Cases of plagiarism are in no way typical only for large research universities where students blend with several hundreds other people in large lecture classes and hope See ACADEMICS, page 5 ISSUE 16« VOLUME 88 What's that smell? Love and sex together at last? Not really, but see some of both in this section. Campus Life, Page 6 C.I.A. has dead clown Performance art venue holds a funeral for a Parisian clown who died in 1912. A&E, Page 10 Hey, new sports, cool Tennis, baseball and softball all started their seasons and are swinging away. Sports, Page 16 |
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