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Wednesday, December 3, 2003
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 105, Issue 67
Funding losses
may force cut
of GED program
Federal funding cuts may cause the High School
Equivalency Program to end after this school year
By Chelsea Duncan
News Reporter
As students in the University High School Equivalency Pro
gram prepare to finish up the term, supporters of the program
worry this group may be one of the last to graduate.
The program, which helps migrant and seasonal farm work
ers obtain General Educational Development certificates, could
be in its final year of operation if pending federal budget cuts
are passed.
"After 37 years, it's really scary to think this project won't be
around to serve these students who are in need," HEP Director
Emilio Hernandez lr. said.
The U.S. House-Senate Conference Committee has proposed a
$ 19 million funding figure for 11EP programs nationally, Univer
sity Federal Affairs Director Betsy Boyd said. The figure is $6 mil
lion more than President Bush's recommendation for the Sen
ate s proposal and $5 million shy of the House recommendation,
which would have guaranteed full funding. The House is expect
ed to vote on the funding — which is part of an omnibus spend
ing bill — next week, and the Senate will vote sometime in Janu
ary, she said.
Hernandez said this figure means eight of the 59 programs in
the nation will likely be cut. Although the University's program
has always received funding, he said it could still be cut depend
ing on the criteria used by the U.S. Department of Education.
"What we're worried about is how those projects will be taken
out," he said.
Hernandez said it is one of the larger programs in the nation
and larger programs could be targets because they cost more.
Turn to FUNDS, page 3
Students design,
construct ‘chapel’
for recycling uses
University architecture students are designing the
open-air gathering place as part of a fall-term class
By Caron Alarab
News Reporter
As an architecture student, Sarah Wagoner has always want
ed to see her building designs come to life. With little con
struction experience beyond helping her parents remodel
their home, she jumped at the opportunity to take a class this
fall in which students design and build a sustainable facility
in Eugene.
"It's rare that you get to be able to point to an actual structure
and say it's your accomplishment of one term," the third-year
graduate student said. "It all sounded pretty interesting."
Wagoner and 14 other architecture students are designing and
building a unique open-air gathering place in Glenwood for
BRING Recycling, one of the nation's oldest non-profit recyclers.
The 300-square-foot pavilion-like building is part of BRING's
new Planet Improvement Center and has been christened "The
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Student Judicial Affairs
Director Chris
Loschiavo said 33
students have gone
through the Office of
Student Judicial Affairs
on accusations of
academic dishonesty.
"The goal of the
student conduct
process is education,"
Loschiavo said.
Adam Amato
Photo Editor
Cheating students may face severe
repercussions and sometimes threaten
their peers’ quality of education
By Jennifer Marie Bear
News Editor
If you get caught
cheating, you can expect
to receive an F in the
course. Some students
might consider this a
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Monday: Why students cheat
Tuesday: Ways students cheat
Today: Repercussions of cheating
Thursday: Ways to stop cheating
Friday: Profile of a cheater
harsh punishment, but University officials say the stu
dent conduct process is intended to be a learning expe
rience, not a small-minded punishment.
"The goal of the student conduct process is educa
tion, not to have something haunt you for the rest of
your life," Student Judicial Affairs Director Chris
Loschiavo said.
So far this term, 33 students have been processed
through the Office of Student Judicial Affairs on accusa
tions of academic dishonesty, Ixxschiavo said.
Although the student conduct code isn't intended
to be excessively punitive, students who are caught
cheating will face serious repercussions, Loschia
vo said.
A first-time academic dishonesty violation will
earn a student an F in the course, and if the stu
dent intentionally cheated, he or she will also
be required to go through an educational pro
gram on academic integrity.
But repeat offenders can expect harsher
consequences for their transgressions.
Loschiavo said students who are caught
cheating a second time will most likely be sus
pended. But he said this is very rare and has
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