Miami Hurricane, March 23, 1990

              Has Honor Code deterred cheating at University?
This is the first report is a series examining the effectiveness of the Honor Code.
By LAURIE L. THOMAS
Contributing Editor
The University of Miami adopted a campuswide Honor Code in fall 1986 “to protect the academic integrity of the University of Miami, to encourage consistent ethical behavior among undergraduate students and to foster a climate of fair competition,” according to Article I of the Code.
Before ratification of the Code, cheating
at UM was becoming quite a problem and students were getting fed up, according to Elissa Lieberman, a 1986 alumna and former chairperson of the Academic Affairs Committee. The committee is a part of Student Government, then known as the Undergraduate Student Body Government.
Lieberman said in one instance, an entire set of test scores was invalidated because a majority of the class was suspected of cheating. Then, each school or college handled cases of academic dishonesty according to its own standards. However, students were frustrated with this policy. If
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a professor only gave two examinations during the semester and one score wasn’t counted for some reason, the grade for a semester’s worth of work was based on one mark.
Several instances of suspected widespread cheating were chronicled in The Miami Hurricane during the 1984-85 school year.
Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. William Butler said when he arrived at UM
in 1965, there was an Honor Code and Council in place. According to him, a scandal erupted in December 1965 when an exam was stolen from a professor’s office and widely circulated on campus.
Butler said the problem was of such magnitude and involved so many potential guilty parties it became impossible for the Council to do its job. Therefore, he and former UM President Henry King Stanford took over.
“It became impossible for the Council to function the problem was so overwhelming," Butler said. “We had to examine the philosophy, the practices and the way
SG gives go-ahead to tuck-in service
Senators may put students to sleep
By MICHAEL R. MORRIS
Contributing Editor
Car washing, bed tucking and new faces topped the agenda for the Student Government senate meeting on Wednesday.
Students will be able get tucked into bed by SG officals if the administration approves a bill passed by the senate at Wednesday’s meeting.
SG President Troy Bell, author of the tuck-in bill, admitted it was “not one of the more serious projects Student Government has undertaken.” He added, however, it offers some benefits.
*'lt give» us Bn informal channel to the students,” Bell explained.
An SG tuck-in will consist of milk and
cookies, a bedtime story and perhaps a recording of ocean sounds according to Bell.
Students who want to be tucked in or want someone else to be on the receiving end will pay from $2 to $4. All tucking will be done during a one-week period.
Bell said 120 people took advantage of the service when it was offered as a pilot program two years ago.
"A lot of students were very enthusiastic,” Bell said.
In order to ensure student security, the tucker, a member of the senate, supreme court or cabinet, will be accompanied by one resident assistant or a master or assistant master of the residential area.
Bell claimed to have spoken with Dr. Robert Redick, director of Residence Halls, about the bill. Redick said he has no recollection of speaking with Bell about the bill, adding that he needs to do.
“I sat down with Dr. Redick, sat down with a number of the RCs [residence coordinators] and worked it out,” Bell said in his author speech to the Senate.
“I’m not opposed” to the tuck-in concept,
Redick said. His opposition to the bill stems from the inclusion of resident assitants, who have other duties.
“I’d be opposed to that part of the bill,” Redick said. "I’d rather have [the resident assitants] mobile, looking for problems.” Redick also said he wanted to know where the profits from the $2 to $4 tuck-in sales
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“[It’s] pretty expensive for milk and cookies,” Redick said. “Most people who do tuck-ins do it for fundraising.’
Bell also authored a car wash bill passed by the senate which is awaiting approval by
need for »me place to wash them. He made comparisons to the University of Florida and
Tulane University to illustrate what he termed a lack of services.
Come fall, students with a $10 deposit, Cane Card and driver’s license, will be able to borrow a car-wash kit complete With sponges, hose and bucket. Space in a parking lot will be set aside for car washing. For a small fee, students will be able to buy soap, wax and Armorall.
Christian Kline was confirmed as the ninth Supreme Court Justice by the senate, filling the last vacancy in the court.
Kline, president of the University of Miami Pre-Legal Society, said he wants to make some changes in the way the court works.
“My opinion about the present Supreme Court is that it’s a little hesitant to carry out its duties because it’s not sure how far its authority extends,” Kline said. “I’d like to change the procedures for appealing to include witnesses.”
In a 12-11-4 vote, Prittee Desai was confirmed as Arts and Sciences senator, defeating Joanna Stavropoulos. Desai, a sophomore, has worked in the cabinet and plans to run for office in the April elections.

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The beat goes on
Iron Arrow members Thomas Pfeiffer, left, and Joe Fernandez escort honor society tappee Russell Maryland to the ceremonial mound yesterday. For a list of tappees, see page 2.
things were set up.”
1966 saw the dissolution of the Honor Code and Council, at the mutual consent of students and faculty. At this juncture, the baton for decisionmaking in cases of academic dishonesty was passed on to the schools and colleges.
Because of the previous problems, some schools and colleges were reluctant to relinquish control to students again. Deans and professors were content to mete out punishment to dishonest academicians. Lieberman said she wrote to various uni-
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Festival events designed for all
Clowns abound at Carni Gras
By CARRIE PERRICONE
Stall Writer
For the young and the young-at-heart, there’s something for everyone at this weekend's Carni Gras festival, according to senior Lora
DaveUa, comm>U«e chairperson.
Colorful booths and tents wilt dot the lawns and sidewalks between
the university Center and Otto C> Richter Library during the annual festival at the University of Miami.
Carni Gras has been a UM tradition since 1951 when the Holsum Bakery near U.S. 1 in South Miami (current location of the Bakery Centre), was told its old, wooden water tower would have to be replaced with an aluminum one. On that spring day in 1951, the sisters of Chi Omega sorority used the old water tower wood to put together a carnival, the Chi Omega Sun Festival. It featured food and game booths.
The annual event gradually developed into Carni Gras — the largest student-run carnival in the Southeast. Last year, however, the event was canceled because of financial and administrative problems. The 1988 festival was $2,000 in the red.
In hopes of attracting Dade County residents and visitors to this year’s event, three continuous
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Bush
praises
players
Champs tour D.C.
By TOM B. HIGGINS
News Editor
WASHINGTON — The University of Miami football team continued to reap the spoils of its successful struggle to claim a No.l ranking when President George Bush honored the 1989 national champions in the White House Rose Garden on March 9.
“What is it about the water in Miami?” Bush questioned jokingly. “No wonder they call it ‘Quarterback U.’ ”
The president praised the team, highlighting the triumphant championships in 1984 and 1987, November’s defeat of Notre Dame and the 1990 USF&G Sugar Bowl Classic victory.
Calling it a Titanic struggle, the president recounted the Hurricanes’ win over Notre Dame’s then top-ranked defending national champion team, adding that many consider the match-up the game of the year.
“And not only have you played great games, but you have produced some of football’s greatest players," Bush continued, citing
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RHONA.WISE/Speciai to the Huriicane
Hurricane player Marty Golloher helps a girl trace a name on the Vietnam War Memorial.
UM alymna Estefan recovering
From Stall Reports
Doctors operated yesterday on University of Miami jfan' the singer who brought the Miami Sound Machine international acclaim, to fuse
alumna Gloria Estefi
two vertebra and brace the spine with two steel rodsjwtefan was injured in a bus crash on a snow-covered PennsylvatJT road Tuesday around 12:15 fp.m. Thrown from her seat on the bus, she broke a vertebrae in her lower back.
Surgeons expeat Estefan to recover fully fronwie four-hour operation, yet she wilraot be able to perform for three to six months.
“I certainly can’t picture anything happening that would leave her unable to give concerts," said orthopedic surgeon Dr. Harry Schmaltz in a Miami Herald report.
Her husband Emilio Estefan Jr., 38, suffered bruises and a cut on one hand. Nayib, their son, broke his right shoulder.
Pennsylvania state police said the band’s bus was
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Estefan
lodged between two tractor-trailers in the westbound lane of Interstate 380 about 20 miles southeast of Scranton near the Pocono Mountains.
The bus was traveling from New York City to Syracuse, N.Y., as part of the Get on Your Feet tour. One tractor-trailer had jacknifed earlier and traffic was backed up. The bus was stopped behind an 18-wheeler, and another tractor-trailer driven by an Ontario man slammed into Estefan’s bus, slamming it into the one ahead.
Police said driver Geraldo Samuels was charged with driving a vehicle at an unsafe speed.
Bus driver Ron Jones told police he did not see Samuels coming as he was waiting for the road to clear. At the time of the crash, Gloria was sleeping in a bunk and Emilio was talking on a mobile phone with the band’s secretary in Miami. Gloria was thrown from the bunk and Emilio was knocked unconscious.
Jones used the phone to call the band’s road manager in Syracuse at the Onodaga County War Memorial, where Tuesday’s concert was to be held. The call was
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By DEREK IIEMBD
Assistant Spoils Editor*
If David Macaulay had his way. he would strip the Empire State Building of its outer skin and plunk it down in the Saudi Arabian desert.
He would do this only after numbering the concrete slabs, “so I would know how to put it back together,” Macaulay said.
A renowned author who has won numerous awards for his books on the world’s great architectural achievements, Macaulay took a captivated Beaumont Cinema audits
ence through a "Building Books” series of slides and elaborate illustrations Wednesday night as part of the Residential Colleges Lecture Series.
By night's end, he had uprooted a number of famous buildings and even went as far as to tamper with the great pyramids. All this is in an attempt, Macaulay said, “To convey how drawings can bring about a whole new perception of the world around us.
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Macaulay: Inspired by curiosity.
White trash
‘Aryan-race’ newsletter hurts whites, blacks and the University.
Opinion — page 6
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When a nationally-known comic plays at your campus.
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Accent — page 8
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Westhead headed here?
Loyola-Marymount coach a candidate for UM’s hoops coach vacancy.
Sports — page 12
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