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Students who are accused of cheating do not have to endure the conduct process alone — the Office of Student Advocacy provides professional representation for students charged with student conduct code violations. Director of Student Advocacy Hilary Berkman said her office provides a wide range of services to students who are facing charges of cheating. She said the Office of Student Advocacy can inform students of their rights, defend them in informal and formal hearings and negotiate settlements and sanctions. "Students come here because they really feel wronged by the charges," she said. "I think students need to know that even if they’re charged, that doesn’t mean they're guilty." Berkman said one of the most valuable services the Office of Student Advocacy can provide is requesting an incident report for the student, which basically contains the evidence being used for the cheating accusation against him or her. "It gives the student the opportunity to see exactly what the charges are and find information to rebut," she said. CHEATING continued from page 1 only occurred approximately four times in the last four years. An academic dishonesty viola tion will have further repercussions for students who want to gain ac ceptance into graduate school or the American Bar Association, Loschiavo said, because back ground checks are a part of the ad missions process. However, Loschiavo said student conduct records are completely confi dential, and not even a student's par ents can gain access to them without the student's permission. The only reason graduate schools and the bar association can take a peek at student conduct records is because their appli cation forms usually require students to sign a waiver to let officials look at the records. I le added that even though an aca demic dishonesty violation has seri ous repercussions, it's not something that will haunt students for the rest of their lives. Students' conduct records are erased six months after graduation, loschiavo said, and a cheating violation doesn't appear on transcripts or diplomas after graduation. But if it's a repeat offense and the student has a hearing and gets expelled, that will appear on his or her transcript, and the hearing committee can decide to add a notation to the stu dent's diploma. What about all the students who cheat and don't get caught? Many University officials say cheat ing has negative repercussions even for those students who elude discipli nary action. Laurie Jones Neighbors, a faculty consultant with the Teaching Effec tiveness Program, said many students fail to realize that their purpose in col lege is to learn. She added that if stu dents cheat, they're really only harm ing themselves by cheapening the huge investment they've made to their college education. "That's one reason 1 can let it go and not Google every paper to death," Neighbors said. "In the end, they've derailed their own learning." But Loschiavo said one student's decision to cheat doesn't just cheapen his or her education. It also refleas on the University as a whole, and thus cheapens every student's ability to market themselves as a future worker in the job force. "Your degree is devalued every time someone graduates who does n't know what they're doing," Loschiavo said. jesse Harding, a University student and co-chairman of the Student Con duct Committee, said cheaters don't realize their actions have conse quences for other people and can re ally cause harm. He added that many students have zero tolerance for cheat ing among their peers. "When someone else cheats, they feel cheated because they've put in the work and someone else didn't, but re ceived the same grade," Harding said. Teaching Effectiveness Program Director Georgeanne Cooper said many students think cheating does n't hurt anyone but the person who does it, but she said professors are actually pained by the culture of dishonesty that exists in today's universities. She said teachers want to be able to have faith in their stu dents, and it's distressing that they must constantly be on the lookout for cheating. "It's just a general area of sadness for all of us who teach that it's even an issue," Cooper said. "We want to spend our time teaching, not polic ing students." Contact the news editor at jenniferbear@dailyemerald.com. 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The College Democrats are also working with the University book store to secure book donations, and they plan to approach the Universi ty's ROTC program for help. "Every one of us is trying to do a little bit on our own," Koski said, adding that the group hopes to have the gift packages sent in time for Christmas, but is still fundrais ing to pay for shipping costs. Halverson is soliciting dona tions and can be reached at Chalvers@gladstone.uoregon.edu. Contact the campus/ federal politics reporter at chuckslothower@dailyemerald.com. CAMPUS Thursday Outdoor Program presentation of “Recre ational Roadless Areas Under Fire," 7:30-9 p.m., Ben Linder Room, free. Multimedia presentation will highlight three roadless ar eas in Oregon that are threatened by old growth logging. Write for tke Oregon Daily Emerald. i i \ i i i * For more information about freelancing call 346-5511. www.dailyemerald.com
