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.
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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.
STUDENTS’ DUE
PROCESS RIGHTS
• Written notice of the charges
• Right to have an adviser or
counsel present
• Right to a formal hearing
• Innocent until proven guilty
• Right to present evidence on
one’s behalf
• Right to a hearing before an
impartial official
• Right to remain silent
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soldier, Austin Randolph, was
shot in the chest intentionally to
test the effectiveness of the vest,
but a cyst formed and he had to
be flown to the United States for
surgery.
"They gave him only a little time
to recover and then sent him back
to Iraq," Koski said.
Halverson said he also has a
friend serving in Iraq.
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.
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