The Lance VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4 WEEK OF MARCH 22. 2004 HIV Resurgence on N.C. College Campuses Staff Reports A study conducted in 2003 found that HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is growing gready in our state. The study looked at the reported HIV cases from January 2001 until February 2003 in Durham, Orange, Wake, Guilford, Forsyth, Mecklenburg and Pitt coun ties. In Durham, Orange, and Wake Counties, 146 men and 88 women tested positive for HIV. Among them, 25 men were students at NC pub lic, private, and community colleges. Eighty- eight percent of all of the men had engaged in a sexual act with other men. In Guilford, Forsyth, Mecklenburg, and Pitt counties there were 28 HIV cases among college students over the period studied. In all, 56 students at 30 North Carolina schools have tested positive for HIV. Since then, the numbers have been ele vated to 84 students at 37 schools. Sl Andicm Pcesli)rtmaii O Communi^ Honor Code [•TP ■* Tb-tlC iiraif liMloeiafbdfaniar, I • TobellOllGKladBiiyandkiHlceriUmiHi, « ToWliCSpCClflldidrtliBpicnpeyaedpeflmdiedM • Aodto Uve in harmoB^^ Mtacrf inijMmlMHlB'NMcltsiifliin'tlniODannMtlCf'i I Academic Dishonesty Emil Boomgarden The Lance Academic dishonesty is something that every educational institu tion faces and is a concern shared by student, faculty and staff alike. Although we at St. Andrews prefer to think we are different from most other colleges and universities, in this case we are not. The school policy is to leave matters of academic dishonesty up to the faculty to deal with. The Saltire spells out this policy on page 46 as follows, “The facul ty members will report the incident and any action taken, including any impact on the student’s grade to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and to the student. According to the severity of the reported academic dis honesty or in multiple reports of academic dishonesty, the Dean of the College may take further disciplinary action and such action will become part of the student’s permanent record.” According to Academic Dean Robert Hopkins, there are no cases that he is aware of “where action has gone all the way to the Dean of the College.” Hopkins refers to the Saltire for the school’s position on academic dishonesty while admitting that academic dishonesty is “a significant con cern for the College.” According to the Saltire, page 46, “Acts of academic dishonesty including but not limited to cheating and plagiarism are violations of the Community Honor Code.” Plagiarism, according to Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, as cited in the Saltire is “to steal, purloin, and pass •See Dishonesty, P^e 10 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Highpoint Team Results firom the March 22 Show: First Place: Virginia Tech and Wake Forest with 33 points Second Place: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and St. Andrews with 32 points Third Place: Virginia Intermont with 30 points IHSA Regional Qualifiers: Jesse Grayton- Novice Flat Jency Bennitt- Novice Flat Katie Butterworth- Novice Flat Stacey Mike-Intermediate Flat Angela MacFawn- Open over Fences IHSA Regionals are Friday, April 2, 2004. Please come out and support the IHSA team!!! IN THIS ISSUE... OP-ED 2-3 LANCE NEWS 4-5, 11 GANZA 6-7 SPORTS 8-10 OFF THE WALL 12

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