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ANTHRAX
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Cipro to doxycycline because
the body withstands the xioxy-
cycline belter.
Yet it seems that Van-
derkam's “anthrax envy” is
spreading.
According to a Nov, 5 Busi
ness Week article on the newest
drug to carry headlines. Cipro
is becoming more of a celebri
ty than a cure for paranoid
Americans.
Ics name continues to grace
the front page of newspapers
every day, soundbites of news
promos plug ii, and as Business
Week noted, news anchors like
Tom Brokaw endorse it, as he
did one night by holding up the
bottle and saying, "In Cipro we
trust.”
As for Vanderkam, she will
continue her editorial duties,
fact-checking opinion pieces
and reading the occasional
hard-copy letter. Her life goes
on as normal.
“I think we were in far more
danger on Sept. 11 being in the
flight path toward the Penta
gon, and even then, we weren’t
in too much danger,” she said.
Byrum has had a few weeks
to adjust to being in the center
of the anthrax hub-bub, and her
fejff has gently subsided.
“lily'parents have actually
been more afraid than I," she
said- "Before anthrax was
found in the building where I
work, I had the choice to open
the mail with plastic gloves.
The staff member who opens
the mail when 1 wasn’t work
ing started using them, but 1
never did.”
Now she prepares to return
to the Longworth building next
week, her first appearance
since the anthrax citing nearly
a month ago.
Her fear of contracting the
disease is not as severe as
before. Plastic gloves, on the
other hand, are a different
story.
Byrum opens mail begin
ning Monday.
Corner
-Meredith Students will be receiving “Student Advantage” cards
sometime in the near future. These cards will allow students to receive
discounts at local and national merchants.
Student Life
~Therc will be o second Forum held
Tuesday. November ZT*' from 6-7:30
in Belk Wntng Hall.
Senate
"Senate approved a new
Meredith or^nizotion called
‘Artist Alliance."
~ Anyone interested in
starting a new orgonlzation
should contact Senate.
PLAGIARISM
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ing the Honor Code.”
Honor Council support
counsellor Amanda Griffin
agreed that some students do
claim ignorance or accidental
plagiarism. However, Griffin,
who works with students who
come befwe Honor Council by
answering their questions and
providing moral support,
added. “Most cases that i’ve
worked with have been blatant
forms of plagiarism.”
Dr. Louise Tbylor. professor
of English at Meredith, advises
students who are uncertain of
plagiarism guidelines to ask
their professor. She also sug
gests that students should find
out the preferred form of docu
mentation for the particular
course, such as APA. MLA or
Chicago style, and visit the
Meredith Learning Center for
additional assistance.
‘There is also a handout
available from the English
department that discusses
proper use of someone else’s
words as opposed to poor
scholarship and plagiarism.”
she said.
When in doubt, “over citing
is better than under citing,” she
said.
Raw] explained that plagia
rism cases have involved
upperclassmen as well as fresh
men and transfer students in all
disciplines.
However, she does cite
material from the Internet as
the most common form of pla
giarism.
‘The Internet is making pla
giarism a greater temptation-
especially in lifting papers,”
said Rawl. However, she
warned, “Internet plagiarism is
so easy to detect.”
Many students believe that
academic dishonesty is a wide
spread and often undetected
problem, according to a 1999
US News & World Report poH,
which explained that “90% of
students believe that cheaters
are either never caught or have
never been appropriately disci
plined.”
Rawl is aware of this prob
lem also.
‘The Honor Council views
academic dishonesty as the
most serious violation because
it affects not only the student
but the rest of the community,”
said Rawl.
She also added that academ
ic dishonesty diminishes the
perpetrator's education and is
unfair to students who com
plete their work honestly.
Heidi LeCount, director of
Residence Life, is currently
serving as adviser to the Honor
Council while Ann Gleason,
dean of students, is on materni
ty leave.
LeCount said, “Students
who plagiarize may compro
mise the value of being a
Meredith graduate. Meredith
College is highly regarded in
many majors and disciplines,
and the Honor Council serves
to keep that reputation in tact.”
Rawl emphasized that pla
giarism is a serious offense,
one for which employees can
be fired and graduate students
expelled from graduate school.
“I don’t want a single
Meredith graduate to get ‘
caught at academic dishon
esty,” said Rawl.
Griffin explained that Honor
Council sanctions against pla
giarism are intended as “more
of an educational experience to
show the student that it is pla
giarism and it is wrong.”
Rawl agreed and explained
that sanctions are intended to
“get to the root of the prob
lem.”
For instance, depending on
the circumstances of the acade
mic dishonesty, the Honor
Council might assign reflection
or research papers, apology let
ters, counselling center ses
sions, sessions with the direc
tor of academic advising or
sessions with a Learning Cen
ter tutor.
In more serious cases, stu
dents can be suspended for a
semester or mwe.
She added that while the
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Attend the workshop.
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freufiadby:
Dr. Jean Jackson
Fridajr, November 9th
10:00 a.m.
Career Center, 2nd ^rlc Center
Meredt^ College
Career Center
760-8341