The Banner, No. 13 - May 16, 1986

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BANNER
Issue 13
California Baptist College
May 16, 1986
Cheaters   Sometimes Prosper
A Look at CBC's Problem
Cheating is a campuswide
and semester-long problem faced
by both students and faculty at
Cal Baptist College.
"I know it's happening, and
it's frustrating," says Ed Reed,
Professor of History. "It's the
worst I've seen it in years."
Reed teaches two large
sections of general education
history and resorts to what he
calls "high school" techniques in
order to keep cheating to a
minimum: he arranges seats, has
two forms of every test, uses pop
quizzes, and proctors tests.
He feels that his lower
division courses are seen as
obstacles by students and must be
overcome in any way possible.
"The students in my survey
classes seem either less qualified
or less concerned or probably a
combination of both this year, in
comparison with other years," he
says. "But 1 want students to
know that teachers are more aware
of the cheaters than students
might think. I have my eyes
open, and I just might pin some
people to the wall before the
semester is out."
Reed went on to say that he
is sure to have proof in hand
when he confronts a student with
cheating. Any student caught
cheating in his class receives an
"F" grade and is immediately
dismissed from the course.
Having faculty deal with the
problem in the classroom is the
best procedure according to
Academic Dean Stephen Carleton.
"The faculty are closest to
the problem, though it does cause
them a lot of extra work,"  he
stated. "It's a constant concern
for the faculty."
Documentation is the key
when a monumental problem is
brought to his attention.
"Well-documented cases
which are unable to be resolved
in the classroom result in a
conference with the accused
student, the vice president of
student life, and myself."
The student then has the
right to go before the Appeals
Committee which hears academic
cases.
"It's a tough problem,"
Carleton went on to say.    "We
need to develop the standard that
it's not alright to cheat. But if
our students haven't been able to
instill a sense of integrity within
themselves by now, then I'm not
sure what to do."
But it's not only the faculty
and administration who are
concerned about cheating on
campus. Students are angry with
other students.
"It makes me so mad," stated
a sophomore student. "The only
reason that this one guy in my
class is making better scores than
I am is because he cheats and I
don't."
One Business Administration
major said that she's watched two
girls cheat their way through
every class she's had with them.
It makes her angry that they get
"A's" while she gets "B's."
"I watched it haappening all
the time in my history class with
Mr. Reed," stated a junior student.
"I couldn't believe people would
dare to be that blatant."
"It makes me happy when
the   cheaters   get  nailed,"   said
by Barbara Sherrill
another Business Administration
major. "I don't know who they
think they are."
But on the other side of the
coin, cheaters are quick to defend
themselves.
"I don't know what the big
deal is. It's just a survey course,"
stated a freshman.
"I had to cheat in order to
get through the course," said a
junior. "There's no other way I
could pass Accounting."
Beverly Gardner, instructor
in Accounting, disagrees: "We're
on a small enough campus that
individual help is readily
available to all students," she
stated.
Gardner's Accounting classes
are data-oriented courses in which
homework is easily copied, which
she feels to be the major
problem.
"I've added pop quizzes and
changed my tests so that those
who don't do the work outside of
the classroom can't pass my
class," she said.
Gardner has had to deal
personally with only a couple of
incidents of cheating, and those
were mainly on makeup exams.
"Dr. Tuck has challenged the
faculty to provide quality
education, and I think we have,"
said Gardner. "It's time for the
students to take the responsibility to do quality work. The
ball is in their court now. It's
time for them to grow up and
start acting like adults."
Cheating is reported to be
the number one problem in the
corporate      world       today.
ASCBC Deficit One Year Later
An estimated $4000 will be
paid on a $10,000 deficit incurred
by the 1985-'86 Associated
Student Council from an ill-fated
concert series one year ago.
The "Concerts for the
Hungry" series was the idea of
AS President Allen Payton. Any
profit from the three concerts was
planned to raise money for
Ethiopian Famine Relief.
Phil Keaggy, Greg
Buchanan, and Koinonia
headlined the consecutive
concerts.
Business Manager, John
Gibson, was quoted one year ago
as stating, "We won't pay off the
entire deficit in a year, but if we
make a little profit on everything
we do, a majority of the deficit
will be cleared."
One year later, Gibson's
attitude has not changed. "We
have been very aggressive in
paying off the debt. At the end
of last year, the Council had
planned to pay $5000, but now
we are very proud of the amount
we are paying back.
Gibson continued to state
that "we have had to skim money
from every activity in order to
pay this much. The Yule and the
Spring Concert cost less, so the
bulk of the money came from a
combination of these two.
The deficit has directly
affected student activities. The
traditional Fall Concert was
cancelled in order to put more of
an emphasis on the Spring
Concert (costs were split with the
Admissions Department) and to
save money.
Gibson, recently elected as
1986-'87 AS President, wants to
have a "first-class operation" next
year. "We won't be aggressive
next year where the deficit is
concerned. I want the Council to
concentrate on activities that will
keep students involved. If that
means only paying one or two
thousand dollars, then that's ok.
Gibson also mentioned that
administrative cost are increasing,
but the council will not receive
more money in its budget from
the administration.