The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 21, Ed. 1, Friday, April 7, 1978 Page: 4 of 8
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H-SU BRAND
April 7 1171
In student handbook
Administrative cheating policy outlined
BY MARCUS WHTTMORE
Braid Staff
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In order to get a more complete
collection of positions held on cheating
and to satisfy the natural trio of academic
structure an attempt was made to assess
the nature of an "official" administration
position.
As a matter of logic Dr. Jim Tanner
Vice President for Academic Affairs was
contacted. "Cheating incidents are rarely
brought to my attention and there are no
set academic administrative policies" he
said.
"OK what aezt?
Dr. Tanner suggested a visit to the Dean
of Student Life and a look at the Student
Handbook.
All right a trip over to Mary Francis
and an appointment with Dr. Ross
Johnson. His immediate response was "I
always felt it was an academic matter but
let's look in the Student Handbook."
Two-sentences on page 41 give the
University's official position: "Written or
other work which a student submits in a
course must be a product of his own ef-
forts. Cehating plagarism or other forms
of academic dishonesty shall not be per-
mitted." Bat what do yea do when a major in-
cident arises?
"Well I've never had to handle one"
Dr. Johnson said. "It falls into the
academic realm of each professor but if
they want to make it into a disciplinary
matter we can handle it"
There is a provision for academic and-or
disciplinary hearings and a defined
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process can be followed. This includes the
right for a student to ask for such a
hearing if he feels that he has been cheated
by a professor. This is all described under
the 'Student Rights' section of the hand-
book. In the last few weeks several sides of
the cheating issue have been explored and
one question is sure to be asked: So what?
That's a good question and prompts
some explanation.
We have all seea in our nation a tlood of
bribery official corruption tax shading
welfare fraud shoplifting and other ac-
tions which rob everyone. These all point
to the errosion of personal responsibility.
The incidence of such behavior in our
schools deserves attention because it
Cheating: How many notes are passed?
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affects the quality of future leadership.
The honor system in many institutions
has been highly attacked and many have
discarded it. West Point has softened its
expulsion rules and the University of
Florida and John Hopkins have trashed
their codes and introduced proctors.
One university official commented "If a
student spits into someone else's test tube
he could become the physician who says he
performed some diagnostic test on a
patient but actually didn't"
A college professor said "I can think of
a number of students who'll never get near
my appendix or take care of my legal or
financial endeavors."
Through the presentation of this series
it is hoped that the issues discussed will
encourage new or reinforced ideas and
standards.
The evidence is in: cheating and the
acceptance of such as the norm is
destroying the mmost necessary element
in a free and efficient society the element
of trust.
Unless we are willing to combat this
trend we will have to become satisfied
with living in a second class society.
Presentation to highlight board meeting
BY RONNIE HOWELL
Bread Staff
The H-SU Board of Development will
hold its regulaar spring meeting Friday
April 14 according to Dr. Clyde Childers
vice president for development Prior to
the meeting board members will attend a
noon luncheon with Dr. Lynn Craft
president of the Baptist Foundation of
Texas as the guest speaker.
Highlighting the afternoon meeting will
be a special film and tape presentation
relating the current captial needs at H-SU.
This will be shown by Dr. Paul Teague an
H-SU trustee from Wichita Falls
Discussed in the presentation will be a
package of improvements to the overall
appearance of the H-SU campus which will
cost over $2.6 million. Specific im-
provement items mentioned include the
completion of the new athletic complex
remodeling of Mary Frances Hall en-
closing of space on the second floor of
Moody Center joining of Cowden-Paxton
Hall to Mabee Hall and installation of full
air conditioning in Anderson and Blanche
Lange halls.
Construction on the new PE complex is
scheduled to end next summer and the
building will open in time for the 1979-80
school year. Although no problem is seen
in meeting this timetable an additional $1
million in campaign pledges are needed to
insure a debt-free completion of the
structure.
A large reshuffling of faculty offices is
due to take place in the coming years if the
proposed improvements are implemented.
Cowden-Paxton will in effect lose its
existence and become a permanent ex-
pansion of Mabee Hall providing ad-
ditional space for the ROTC department.
This will enable the business and
education faculty to move its offices to the
second and third floors of newly-
modernized Mary Frances Hall.
The first floor of Mary Frances will
likely be taken over by the alumni office
allowing either the Student Life or
Religious Actaivlties office or both to
move to Moody Center in place of the soon-to-depart
university bookstore. The
bookstore will inhabit the old drugstore
building next to the campus on Ambler and
Hickory.
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Dr. Stan Nelson director of the
Missionary Journeyman Program for the
Southern Baptist Convention's Foreign
Mission Board visited HarduvSimmons
Tuesday April 4 to address the university
chapel audience and to speak with
potential missionaries.
Nelson serves the Foreign Mission
Board as associate secretary for
missionary personnel. While at Hardin-
Simmons Nelson interviewed prospective
journeymen and other students who are
interested in overseas missionary work.
Under the Journeyman Program young
college graduates are selected and trained
for a two-year period of missionary ser-
vice overseas. As director of the Jour-
neyman Program Nelson supervises the
recruitment selection and training
aspects of the program.
During his 10 years of service with the
FMB Nelson has recruited and trained
almost 1000 young people who have
served in 70 nations around the world. He
has visited many countries where
Southern Baptist Missionaries serve and is
widely sought after as a speaker and in-
terpreter of missionary work.
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The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 21, Ed. 1, Friday, April 7, 1978, newspaper, April 7, 1978; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth98908/m1/4/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.