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continued from page 1A
“This is an important step in the
evolution of OSU,” he said.
During the decision process,
White said OSU has been working
on a plan for an implementation of
their campus proposal, and he said
the school would be more than
ready to have a campus open in
Bend if the state board decides in
their favor.
OSU’s planned campus would
provide nine undergraduate ma
jors, two graduate majors, four mi
nors and one graduate certificate
program. It would build on OSU’s
existing system of extension offices
and a distance learning program
that is currently in place on the
COCC campus.
While he was happy with Cox’s
recommendation, White also said
he thought the strength of the Uni
versity’s competing proposal
helped to make OSU’s just as
strong.
He said if OSU is chosen to open
the branch campus, administrators
would make sure it was a “coopera
tive venture” with the University of
Oregon to ensure that the best of
both proposals is put in place for
Bend.
The University of Oregon al
ready has some programs in place
with COCC for distance learning,
and White said that if chosen, OSU
would work to ensure those pro
grams are still viable options for
students.
“That’s clearly something we’re
going to honor and work with,” he
said.
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addition to the pledge, all students
are required to report anyone who
is not being loyal to the code.
“The code helps build a better
community, because it’s a philoso
phy of appropriate conduct,” Lud
wick said.
He said the code has become an
integral part of the law school, be
cause students are expected to con
duct themselves in an ethical man
ner, which will help them prepare
for the real world of law and being
an attorney.
“It creates a visible emphasis on
honorable conduct, and attorneys
are expected to be honorable and
uphold the law,” Ludwick said.
Ludwick said that while it may be
uncomfortable for students to report
cheating by their peers, he said they
still have to, because to knowingly
let unethical behavior slide is also a
violation of the honor code.
“It’s a self-reporting system, and
that’s the beauty of it,” he said.
Chris Loschiavo, director of stu
dent judicial affairs, said honor
codes are needed throughout the
entire University because of rising
numbers of incidences of academic
dishonesty. There have been 33 re
ports of academic dishonesty since
X
fall term.
But he said there needs to be a
general acceptance among the ma
jority of students and faculty for the
code to be implemented.
“Finding students who are inter
ested is key to getting this started,”
he said.
Loschiavo said there currently
aren’t any future plans to look into
establishing an honor code for the
University, but he hopes to eventu
ally have the issue voted on in a stu
dent election.
“Odds are it would be a lot more
successful that way, so we can see if
students really want this,” he said.
Loschiavo said honor codes
could reduce the level of academic
dishonesty around campus because
students would know their peers
are watching them.
“There’s that deterrent effect, be
cause anybody could report you,”
he said.
Monica Wells, a first-year law stu
dent, said she knew upholding the
honor code was expected of her be
fore she came to the University.
“It makes you more aware,” she
said. “When you have to sign a pa
per at the end of an exam, it makes it
more real.”
She said lawyers are expected to
uphold ethics codes and can be
sanctioned if they don’t, so it is im
portant that law students begin
practicing honorable behavior ear
*y
“Now when we graduate, we’ll be
ready for the real world,” she said.
But Wells said she is not sure if
honor codes would be successful
for the entire University.
“I'm not sure how well it would
work at the University level,” she
said. “We’re older students, and I
don’t know if undergrads would
take it as seriously.”
But Ludwick disagrees. He said
the honor code is practical for the
entire University to use and said he
would help University officials if
and when they wanted to imple
ment the code.
“Maybe making students uphold
honor codes at younger ages could
formulate good adult behavior earli
er,” he said.
But for now, one idea everyone
seems to agree on is that honor
codes cannot end academic dishon
estly altogether.
“If somebody’s going to cheat,
they’re going to cheat, and I don’t
know how much an honor code is
going to change that,” Wells said.
Loschiavo agrees, but is still opti
mistic.
“Honor codes wouldn’t knock
out academic dishonesty, but I think
it would reduce it,” he said. “If we
could at least knock it in half, that’s
an improvement.”
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