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Honor Council activity on rise
Six found “guilty” ofplagiarism, cheating
By Gariot Louisna
Editor in Chef
Three students were suspended and three others were sanctioned with “Final Disciplinary Probation” as of Friday by the Honor Council for academic violations, including plagiarism and cheating, according to a report released Thursday by William Sandler, Dean of Students and secretary of the Honor Council.
Last year, the Honor Council investigated 33 cases, said Jim Fatzinger,graduate advisor to the Council. This year, the Council has already investigated 15 cases.
“We’re seeing cases brought by facul • ty, staff and students,” Fatzinger said "This year were seeing that students
•re holding othfr stwlc.i«;. account-
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Five of the six students were disciplined for plagiarism, while a sixth for cheating. All of the students, except for one, pled “guilty” in hearings before the Honor Council. All of the students are required to attend a University-sanctioned ethics seminar and will remain
on Final Disciplinary Probation for the remainder of their studies at UM, according to the report.
All six cases are unrelated and the students were brought before the Council in separate hearings.
In the first case, a sophomore pled “guilty” to plagiarism and was suspended for one semester.
In another case,a senior pled “guilty” to plagiarism and was suspended for two semesters by the Council.
Charged with plagiarism, a junior in a third case pled “guilty” and was sanctioned with Final Disciplinary Probation.
In the next case, a senior pled “not guiltv”to charges of plagiarism, but was found guilty by the Council and suspended for two semesters. The student is also required to complete 30 community service hours.
Charged with cheating,a sophomore in the fifth case pled “guilty” and was sanctioned to Final Disciplinary Probation.
in the final case, a senior charged with plagiarism plctl “guilty” and was
also sanctioned with Final Disciplinary Probation The student is also required to write a three to five page paper on plagiarism and submit it to Sandler.
Sandler would not release any further information on the cases in order to protect the confidentiality of the students found guilty in each case.
Giant bear, super hero work to save planet
By Jessica McNeill
Mews Eciita
A 17-foot inflatable polar bear towered over the Rock outside the University Center (UC) Friday. Symbolic of the “Globa! Warming Campaign” being held by Earth Alert and the World Wildlife Fund, the bear held a sign that read: “Tell President Clinton to stop Global Warming and save my home. It’s time to turn down the heat.”
Global W'arming, arguably one of the biggest environmental problems the nation faces today, has already started to melt some of the polar ice caps, the home of many polar bears, said junior Kristina Trotta, treasurer and fundraising chair of Earth Alert, UM’s on-campus environmental student group.
The melting of the ice caps will not
only result in the loss of habitat for the animals, but also in the loss of wildlife itself, Trotta said.
But, Trotta said, polar bears aren’t the only ones suffering from Global Warming. Almost everything on the planet is feeling its effects.
“Any environmental problem that you can think of can be related to Global Warming,” Trotta said. “We need to take care of this problem first.”
To raise awareness of this growing problem, several members of Earth Alert and the World Wildlife Fund stationed themselves at the Rock, prompting passers-by to sign the petitions, “Internet cards” and the giant postcard on the table.
The petitions will be sent to world-
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Miami 35, Pittsburgh 7
JORGE GALVEZ / Photo Editor
JUMP START: Tight end Ivan Mercer celebrates his first touchdown of the season, which began Miami’s scoring run in the second half. The Canes went on to defeat the Pittsburgh Panthers, 35-7. See the story on page 5.
Cannes Festival invites Canes to attend
HAL GOLDSTEIN / Humcane Staff ENVIRO-CRUSADERS: Earth Alert and Captain Climate (right) collect signatures on th$ Flock to end Global Warming, Friday.
Event in France extremely selective
By Erin Hastings
Hurricane Staff Writer
The excitement ran high on Friday as students waited a half an hour for program director Ted Bettridge, of The American Pavilion/Kodak Student Program, to arrive and give a presentation on the chance to be a part of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival held in May.
The American Pavilion has been in existence for 13 years and was founded to serve as a business and hospitality center for American filmmakers, publicists and journalists at Cannes. From the Pavilion’s inception, Kodak has teamed up with it to bring film students to the Festival.
“In the beginning, we started with just 20-or-so students, most of who were Americans studying at the Center for Critical Studies in Paris," said Bettridge. “Over the
next few years, the number of students applying for the Cannes program continued to increase and we felt it was an exceptional opportunity to expand the existing program.”	/■
The Cannes Film Festival is being held in France along the Riviera from May 9-20. However, students are scheduled to arrive May 5 and stay until the 22nd.
The Festival, unlike the Sundance or Toronto Film Festivals, is closed to the general public. Tickets are not sold, but rather given to participants with festival accreditation so students would normally be locked out of the event if not for this program.
But, as with anything that sounds too good to be true, there’s a catch or two.
Students must work for the Pavilion or be outsourced to a number of participating companies doing anything from waiting tables-to working a T-shirt booth six hours a day—every day—while at the Festival.
Along those lines, the brochure
states that the program wants students to take an active rather than a passive role in the Festival.
But in exchange, students are allowed to do whatever they want before or after their shift, that includes movie screenings, parties, industry functions, seminars or listening in on panels that have included industry hotshots such as Quentin Tarantino, Robert Duvall, Spike Lee and Kevin Smith.
“Ron Howard was the chairman of this program two years ago and every single day he brought another amazing director to the Pavilion to talk to the students," said Bettridge. “He got Martin Scorcese to come in and chat,”
The second catch is the expense of the trip. The program fee is $1,825, not including airfare, cost of the application fee ($45) or spending money. The program fee pays for room and two meals daily, festival accreditation (which means students will be able to attend screenings in the official competition and have access to most Festival events), workshops
and lectures with film professionals.
College credit is optional but since it is the first time the program is working with University of Miami, details need to be worked out, said Bettridge.
Scholarships are available to cover the hefty fee for the Festival but chances of being selected drop down to 1 out of 5 rather than 1 out of 2 (without needing financial help).
“We provided about 24 scholarships last year, but there were another 20 people who found outside ways," said Bettridge
“If money i> a concern, don’t let it be, I will do everything in my power to find a way to get you there is you are really interested," he said.
The application process requires you to send a resume, at least one job reference, a non-official transcript, one letter of recommendation from a professor, the application fee and two passport-size photos for accreditation.
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