6The Daily Tar HeelMonday, February 24, 1986
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By TRACY HILL
Staff Writer
During the quiz, Lynda heard paper rattle. She then
saw a girl look at something crumpled in her hand and
figured her classmate was cheating.
Lynda, an assumed name, first rejected what she saw.
Then she got angry and wanted to report the incident.
UI was really, really mad," she said. "But I kept it in
until after class. That's when I started getting doubts.
... I had a battle going on."
The Honor Code, written in The Instrument of Student
Judicial Governance, prohibits academic lying, cheating,
plagiarism and stealing. But because UNC classes are
ordinarily very large, the temptation and ease of cheating
is great for some students.
"I hate to see a person cheat because it really puts
a bind on the person who sees it," said Lynda. "You
do not realize how heavy the Honor Code is until you're
in that situation."
Student Attorney General Mary Evans said she receives
about 40 to 50 reports of alleged Honor Code violations
in a typical month. And although the processes of the
student judiciary are designed to allay the fears of both
witness and defendant, the gravity of the situation still
places strains on those involved.
"When . . . (students reporting an alleged offense) come
to me . . . they are either furious or in tears," said Evans.
Accused students are normally very worried also. "I
think students worry unnecessarily . . .(that) they will be
taken straight to court," she said.
The process of taking a case to the Honor Court is
methodical and time-consuming. The Student Attorney
General must first determine if a reported offense should
be heard by the Honor Court. If it falls within court
jurisdiction, an investigation is made to see if there is
sufficient evidence for a case. The defendant of the official
charge is then notified if a case is determined.
The rights of the defendant are explained in detail at
a conference. Defendants are presumed innocent until
proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, Evans said.
The Honor Court handles alleged violations of the Code
of Student Conduct. A new court chair, Tory Johnston,
and three vice-chairs Jeff Michael, Fred Evans and
Felicia Washington were elected Feb. 17. .
The Student Supreme Court is a separate body that
deals with Student Constitution violations. Assistant
Attornev General Walker Poole said this includes election
rules, Student Congress voting procedures and student
government executive branch powers.
Evans staff spends a week to 10 days building a case
before it goes to the Honor Court. All evidence is open
to the defendant. "There's no such thing as a surprise
witness ... or secret evidence," she said.
If the Court finds the defendant innocent, the file is
destroyed; everything is shredded. For those found guilty,
a separate hearing is held to determine appropriate
punishment. "For an academic offense," said Evans,
"suspension is the norm. There are very few exceptions."
Every defendant has the right to appeal a case to the
University Hearings Court.
The Instrument calls academic work "a joint enterprise
involving both faculty and students Both must share
responsibility for ensuring its integrity."
Associate Professor of economics Thomas J. Kniesner
said that at a university the size of UNC, there should
a balance of responsibility between students and faculty
in upholding the Honor Code.
But large class sizes place an extra burden on the
integrity of the system, he said. Kniesner's Economics
10 class has 330 students.
"Time is a problem in huge classes," he said. Some
departments don't have enough staff to photocopy exams
on their own. Kniesner said the tests were then sent out
for duplication, increasing the risk of theft.
Kniesner takes precautions by spacing students' seating
during exams, passing out multiple exam forms and
having four graduate students proctor the exam with him.
Evans said UNC students have many privileges such
as take-home exams. "I feel that we're very lucky to be
given the amount of freedom we have right now." She
added that most measures professors take against cheating
aren't bothersome.
"Some of the other things I feel fly in the face of what
the honor system should be." Evans said. "Ideally, students
wouldn't have to check books out of the library. But
you have to be realistic.
"Some people would be surprised, in some ways, at
the integrity of students," Evans said. "It would be hard
to do the job that I do if I didn't have faith in other
people.
"Recognizing human nature . . . and taking into
account the physical realities of the classroom, you must
just cross your fingers and put people on their honor."
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By JEAN LUTES
Staff Writer
Did you feel like a number when you
applied at Carolina? Thanks to the
Carolina Contact and Carolina Fair
programs, more students are getting
personal attention, rather than the
"number treatment," after being
accepted by the University.
The Carolina Contact and Carolina
Fair programs were established in 1984
by the Admissions Office to encourage
"top-flight" high school seniors who had
already been accepted at UNC, said
Anthony Strickland, assistant director
of undergraduate admissions.
In the Carolina Contact program,
UNC students write individual letters
to high school seniors inviting them to
visit the campus and offering to serve
as personal tour guides.
Carolina Fairs are held in the spring,
allowing prospective students to visit
the campus, meet other high school
seniors and Carolina students, and talk
to representatives of various campus
organizations.
Katharine Kelley, who started the
programs, said that in the past UNC
had done little to personalize admis
sions. "It's something we've been
needing to do for a long time," she said.
"The philosophy behind the program
comes through the word 'contact,' " she
said, "To say to people that we care
if you come here. UNC is not just a
big, impersonal university."
"Everybody feels like a number when
they come to Carolina," said junior
Michele Killough, who has worked in
both programs since last year. "It's not
a recruiting program, but just lets them
(prospective students) know what
Carolina is really like."
Admissions Representative Sylvia
Perry said the Contact program is
designed to let students see firsthand
what the University is about. "It's just
what the name implies, a personal
contact to give personal impressions,"
she said.
On the average, Strickland said,
about half the accepted students enroll
at the University. In 1984, when the
program was tested on in-state high
school seniors, 59.6 percent of students
contacted enrolled, while 48.6 percent
of students not contacted enrolled.
The program was expanded to
include out-of-state applicants in 1985.
In North Carolina, 66 percent of those
contacted enrolled, and from out of
state, 52 percent of those contacted
enrolled.
About 600 UNC students are
involved in one or both of the programs,
Strickland said. The North Carolina
Fellows program, the freshman and
sophomore honorary society Phi Eta
Sigma, the Order of the Bell Tower,
and students recommended by their
departments are participating in the
programs.
"We have accomplish'' "'V
about one-tenth the money other
schools spend," Strickland said.
After the heavy recruitment policies
adopted by many institutions in the late
1960s and early 1970s, he said "it
became apparent that to stay where we
were in the late 70s we had to do
something."
He cited several studies done in the
Faculty
late 1970s on accepted students who
didn't enroll at Carolina. The studies
found four main reasons why students
chose not to come to UNC.
Two of the reasons were lack of an
engineering school and lack of non-need-based
financial aid, which Strick
land said the Admissions Office could
do little to change.
The other two reasons were lack of
personal contact during the admitting
period, and lack of recognition of
applicants as good students. "It was
these two issues we felt we could
address," he said.
"We emphasize the personality of the
place and the individuality of our
students," he said. "That's what we want
to show off. We never knock another
school."
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hiring black faculty and women.
The report said the chairman of the
faculty should be allowed to appoint
two "Coordinators of Mentoring" to
promote interaction between senior and
junior faculty members. There would
be one coordinator for academic affairs
and one for health affairs.
"The Committee on Black Faculty
believes that mentoring will best be a
contribution if it is informal and
complements the official relationship
between a faculty member and a school
or department," the report said.
A center for the study of Africa and
Afro-American studies was also recom
mended in the report. Library holdings
Renwick
m the North Carolina Collection and
the Southern Historical Society "offer
an opportunity for leadership in
research" in African and Afro
American studies, the report said.
Also Friday, Fordham said that cuts
in higher education, state aid, and
federal research included in President
Ronald Reagan's budget cuts were
major threats to the University.
With cuts in governmental aid, the
University would have to rely more on
private donations, Fordham said. The
Reagan tax reform plan would hurt
chances for increasing private donations
to higher education by decreasing tax
incentives for contributions, he said.
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and administration would make a
statement like that."
Renwick said if the faculty really
meant that students should make their
own decisions, then academic require
ments should be their decision also.
"What the hell's the difference
between 'mandatory' and 'require
ments' ?" he said.
Renwick said a committee had been
formed to decide about mandatory
tutorial sessions on campus, but he was
not on the committee because he
supported mandatory tutorials. Dr.
Mark Appelbaum, of the psychology
department, is chairman of that com
mittee, Renwick said, and he (Appel
baum) had stood up at the faculty
meeting and said: " 'No, we don't need
a mandatory tutorial program. ... I
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uWe need to re-drill some new wells,"
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The minority advisors who do peer
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MWeVe never had a minority advisor
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