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Iht m* 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.
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Title | The Banner, No. 13 - May 16, 1986 |
Subject | California Baptist University -- Students -- Periodicals. College student newspapers and periodicals -- California. |
Description | The Banner is the student newspaper of California Baptist University. It has been in continuous publication since 1952. |
Creator | California Baptist University |
Date | May 16 1986 |
Type | Text |
Language | en |
Rights | Copyright California Baptist University. All Rights Reserved. |
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Title | 1986-05-16-001 |
Transcript | Iht m* 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. |