Plagiarism Conviction Likely to Result in Suspensior
By JA()I THOMPSON
Kmrralit Stuff Writer
A student convicted of plag
iarism in Student Court will
probably receive one of the most
severe sanctions which can be
imposed under the Code of Stu
dent Conduct.
The sanction will be either ex
pulsion or suspension from the
University.
In a court session Tuesday,
members of the court and other
officials connected with the
court emphasized the importance
of students being aware of the
seriousness of the punishment
they can receive for plagiarism.
Current student understanding,
the court feels, seems to be that
disciplinary probation, a much
lighter sanction, is the common
penalty for plagiarism.
Based on Past Sanctions
This understanding may stem
from the fact that in the past two
years the sanction for plagiarism
has been disciplinary probation,
with only one exception.
At the beginning of this year,
however, the court adopted a pol
icy which states in part that the 1
saunction for plagiarism will
“normally be expulsion or sus
pension unless there are mitigat
ing circumstances.'’
The court upheld this policy
in a lengthy hearing Tuesday by
unanimously supporting its ear
lier decision to suspend a stu
dent for the coming winter term.
Appealed to Committee
The student, a social sopho
more, but academic freshman, had
appealed the court's previous de
cision to the Conduct Committee.
The Conduct Committee, in view
of the counsel’s misunderstanding
and consequent inadequate prep
aration at the time of the first
hearing, requested that the court
re-hear the case.
The primary question was not!
of guilt, but whether suspension'
was too severe a sanction for
plagiarism in this case. The defen
dant had already pleaded guilty
to copying from a western civi
lization testhook on a paper for
English composition.
The contention of counsel
was that the defendant had al
ready ‘‘learned his lesson.”
Lesser Sanction Suggested
His argument was that sus
pension could not do any more
to impress the defendant with
the seriousness of his offense, nor
any more to insure that he would
not do it again, than a lesser
sanction could. He also felt the
best interests of the University
by deterring more instances of
plagiarism, would be served just
as well by a lesser sanction as by
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Centuriannes
•Seven University coeds have
been selected for membership in
Centuriannes, coed honorary for
the University’s Army Reserve
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