Miami Hurricane, February 19, 1988

              You can be too thin
Bulimia, an eating disorder on the rise among college students, is the focus of a new treatment program at the Counseling Center.
News — page 4
Freedom fighter
A University of Miami exchange student helped Afghan rebels in their fight for freedom.
Accent — page 8
Meet the player
No. 1 golfer Tracy Kerdyk explains the ‘plan of attack’ she and teammates use on the course.
Sports — page 10
Volume 65, Number 35
University of Miami
Friday, February 19, 1988
Honor Council hears 17 cases
Cases deal with plagiarism, copying from neighbor’s exam
By KAY HOWELL
Staff Writer
Since the University of Miami Undergraduate Student Honor Code and Council was implemented in September 1986, 17 cases have been heard, with two others pending resolution Wednesday.
Of the 17 cases, six resulted in suspension, five in disciplinary probation, one in disciplinary warning, and another in a reprimand. Two were dismissed, and two were determined to be out of the jurisdiction of the council.
Bill Mullowney, executive secretary of the honor council said, “I think it’s really important for students to see how certain types of misconduct are being treated.”
The honor council, begun by students to deal with academic dishonesty, has been deciding many different types of misconduct cases. Many have dealt with students cheating on exams and plagiarizing homework assignments.
Three cases involved students copying other students' exams. In one, according to the summary report, a junior engineering student was accused by a professor of "copying answers from the paper of the student sitting nearby.”
The council found probable cause in the case. The student was charged, pled guilty and suspended for one semester and two summer sessions.
In another case, a senior engineering student was accused of a similar copying infraction, but no probable cause was found and the case was dismissed.
In the third case, 11 engineering students were accused by a professor of having “suspicious similarities" on their exams. At the preliminary hearing, “three students admitted the charge and were placed on final disciplinary probation.”
At the final hearing, six of the remaining students were found not guilty "in the absence of clear and convincing evidence to support the finding of guilt."
The last two were found guilty and suspended. Upon appeal, the sentences of the latter two were reduced to final disciplinary probation.
Plagiarism was found in five of the 17 cases. In one, two junior nursing students were accused of
“collaborating in an unauthorized manner on a take-home assignment."
Probable cause was not found in one of the student's cases and it was dismissed. After appeal, the other student was given a reprimand.
In another case, a senior business student was accused by a professor of plagiarizing a paper assigned to him to make up for a quiz he alledgedly cheated on. The student admitted the charge after the preliminary hearing. He was placed on strict disciplinary probation after presenting the plea of extenuating circumstances.
A junior in the College of Arts and Sciences was accused by a professor of submitting a plagiarized paper. At the preliminary hearing probable cause was found. The student admitted to the charge and was suspended for a year.
One junior engineering student and two sophomore students in the College of Arts and Sciences were accused by a professor of submitting plagiarized computer programs. Their cases were dismissed for lack of probable cause.
A sophomore in Arts and Sciences was charged by a professor to have submitted an assignment containing plagiarized material. The council found probable cause. The student pled guilty and was suspended for one semester. After appeal, the selection and appeals committee upheld the decision of the honor council.
Two cases involved students allegedly attempting to obtain teachers' manuals for exams. In one, a senior business student was accused by a professor of trying to secure an instructor's manual and claiming to be a UM professor.
At the preliminary hearing, the charge was changed to “attempting to violate the honor code.” The student pled guilty and was suspended for one semester. Upon appeal, the original decision was upheld.
In the other case, a junior in Arts and Sciences was accused by a professor of taking an exam from a professor’s desk and trying to sell it to another student. Probable cause was found.
The student admitted the charge and presented the plea of mitigating circumstances. The student was placed on final disciplinary Please see page 4/CASES
Reaching out
M/KE ROY/Hurricane Staff
Todd Rowe, left, and Phil Lacy play an intense game of volleyball at the new courts in the Apartment area.
Visiting committees evaluate schools, library
By ANDY SHIPE
Contributing Editor
The University of Miami is routinely visited by committees providing outside advice on the development of the University. Every other year, a Visiting Committee reports the problems of each of the schools and the Otto G. Richter Library to the Board of Trustees.
President Edward T. Foote planned these visit committees in 1981. The Secretary of the University, Cyrus Jollivette, also vice-president for University Relations, handles the clerical aspects of the two-day visits.
Jollivette said Foote “articulated a vision of the University in which he saw the University as mature but not yet fully defined. He wanted it to have the benefit of outside guidance and outside advice."
Each committee is chaired by a member of the Board of Trustees and the inspectors consist of other Board members, alumni, leading citizens in the community, and nationally recognized experts in the field.
Suggestions for improvement made to Board of Trustees
Foote and UM Provost Luis Glaser usually meet the committees before and after their visits. Foote, the committee chairperson, and the dean or director discuss the findings in an exit interview and at the next Board meeting.
Student matters are handled by the Board of Trustees Committee on Student Affairs instead of by a visiting committee. The Board committee works with Dr. William Butler, vice president for Student Affairs, and meets several times a year.
The committees are funded by the University for one meeting every other year. With 14 schools at UM and the library, the University will have about seven meetings a year.If a school wants annual meetings, it must fund them itself, Jollivette said.
The costs are mainly travel expenses for committee members who come in from outside Miami, Jollivette said;
however, many members of the committees pay their own expenses.
Recently, the Visiting Committee on the Libraries met with Library director Frank Rodgers.
“They've been very effective in terms of how the library does its job,” Rodgers said. “I find them very helpful."
Rodgers said that the first time a Committee inspected the library, a rainstorm the previous day caused water leakage through the tiles on the walls.
The committee went to the Board of Trustees to discuss the puddles of water on the floors of the stacks.
"We urged the University to do something right now, and by golly it did,” Rodgers said. The result was the waterproof tiling currently on the library's outside walls.
Jollivette said the committees also give advice to the Development Division on how to raise funds.
“We feel it is an expenditure that is beneficial to the entire University,” Jollivette said.
Legislator urges involvement
James Burke speaks at Senate meeting urging students to make Florida better
Burke
By BARBRA SPALTEN
Associate News Editor
Florida State legislator James Burke advises students to get involved to help themselves and their community. In honor of Black Awareness Month and Student Government Week, the Florida House of Representative’s Speaker Pro Tempore spoke at Wednesday's SG senate meeting.
Burke urged students to be active and register to vote. "Get involved in the great issues of the day," he said.
Burke is a 1973 graduate of the University of Miami Law School. In 1982, he was elected to the state legislature and in 1986 he attained his current position.
Burke spoke about leadership and fighting apathy. "A lot of things students do haven't changed much," Burke said, adding that things students don't do are also the same.
“It's not the critic who counts," he said. "It’s the man or woman in the arena who gets up again and again who counts.”
He said that more money put toward child care could prevent future welfare spending. He also said the underprivileged need sympathy.
“Act wisely and give your gifts to the homeless," he said He advocated helping people in jails. “Many people there could use a kind word."
Burke said the students could imporve Florida’s future.
“Florida is great but it has the potential to be a better state. You can do what we didn't do; you can make it better by coming together."
The senate also passed a resolution asking the faculty to allow students to take no more than two exams in one day. The Academic Affairs Committee of the senate will review implementation of the resolution and, on April 1. they will forward the resolution to Provost Luis Glaser.
Dukakis to speak Thursday at University Center Rock
Democratic Presidential candidate Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts will speak at 4 p.m. Thursday, at the Rock, behind the University Center.
The speech is sponsored by Llniversity of Miami Student Government, Young Democrats, Students for Dukakis, the Student Bar Association, and Pi Sigma Alpha, the political science honor society.
Dukakis won the New Hampshire Democratic primary on Tuesday, and currently leads in delegates in the race for the party nomination this summer.
Gregg Rothschild, field co-or-dinator for the Dukakis campaign in Dade county, said the format and topic of the speech has not been decided yet. Dukakis will be introduced by UM President Edward T. Foote II.
According to Rothschild, Dukakis hopes to finish first or a close second in the Florida Primary on Super Tuesday, Mar.
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8. “He’s received such an enthusiastic response every time he's come here,” Rothschild said.
Dukakis will be in the south Florida area for a series of fund-raisers and rallies all day Thursday.
Rothschild said other presidential candidates may speak at UM. “If this |speech| is successful, I'm sure they would want to.”
One topic Dukakis might address is education. Rothschild said. “[Dukakis has an| outstanding record on education and |is] often praised for education in Massachusets.
“He has said that ‘No young man or woman should be denied a quality education simply because they can't afford it.' That theory is- the guidance of his policy in Massachusetts and would be the guidance of any national policy."
— ANDY SHIPE
Program hopefuls visit UM
Honors candidates compete for entry
By JEFFREY SCHWARTZ
Staff Writer
About 80 students visited the University of Miami last weekend to interview for a unique honors program which guarantees them early placement in the graduate school of their choice.
The Honors Plus Program is designed for incoming freshmen who want guaranteed placement in either the Medical School, Law School, School of International Studies or Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. Next year, the School of Business Administration will also be included.
The students are admitted into the College of Arts and Sciences for their undergraduate studies.
The interviews were held in order to further select program members from the students who have applied, said Dr. John Fitzgerald, director of the Honors Program.
According to Eileen Campbell, administrative assistant to Fitzgerald, high school students came from as far away as Oregon and California to interview for the program. International students were also invited but did not attend this session.
The candidates were housed in the residential colleges with students presently in the Honors Program and the Honors Plus Program. In addition to the interview, students received information and toured the campus.
About 50 of the students were candidates for the medical program, Fitzgerald said.
The Honors Plus Program in Medicine, Fitzgerald said, is the most competitive and well known of the programs. Each year about 800 high school students inquire about the program. Approximately 300 apply, and around 100 students interview for the up to 5 spots available.
"That just shows you how competitive it really is," Fitzgerald said. "The Medical Program is distinctive because it gives the opportunity for students to enter Medical School in their junior year.”
The three other current programs for Law, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, and International Studies receive about 750 inquiries combined.
“Those programs are in their first year, so they will take time to grow,” Fitzgerald explained.
According to a brochure mailed to potential candidates, criteria for acceptance include a combined SAT score of 1300 or an ACT score of 30, and a top 10 percent high school class ranking. In addition, three letters of recommendation from high school teachers are required.
Medical program applicants also must submit achievement test scores in English composition, second level mathematics, and either biology, chemistry, or physics.
Students accepted into the program have an average SAT score of 1400, and have graduated in the top five percent of their class.
Fitzgerald said many students who do not get accepted to the Honors Plus Program still attend the University.
A committee composed of faculty of the Medical School interviews candidates. Fitzgerald said their decision is based on the student's motivation, maturity, perception of the medical profession and overall interview performance.
"While attending the University their freshman year, the student must maintain a 3.4 GPA and complete the required curriculum." Fitzgerald said.
Fitzgerald said that the Medical Program has a fail-back plan, which is open to any student who wants to enter the Honors Plus Program. At the end of freshman year, a student with the required GPA will receive an invitation to enter the Honors Plus Medical Program in the sophomore year.
The selection process is the same and selected students can enter the Medical School in their senior year.