2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22.2004
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Sushi and salad
Nobuya Nishio, Ehime, Japan, sophomore, and Anna Morita, KU graduate from Fukui, Japan, prepare lettuce for a Daikon salad while Mike Ediger, associate director of International Student and Scholar Services, awaits instructions at Ecumenical Christian Ministries last night. Nishio and Morita taught Ediger and several students how to make Niku-jaga, a Japanese meat and potato dish, as well as thick-rolled sushi and Daikon salad.
School to go beyond grade 'F'
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wichita State looks to institute 'XF' grade for those caught cheating
WICHITA — Students caught cheating or plagiarizing at Wichita State University could soon get slapped with a grade of "XF" on their transcripts.
The Student Government Association and the University's Faculty Senate are pushing for the new grade, saying it will add teeth to penalties for cheaters.
"It does sound a little bit odd from a faculty member's perspective that students would come forward and say, 'Hey, if I screw up, punish me even more,'" said student senator Sarah McAndrew. "But it's something that if you don't cheat, you don't have to worry about it."
Currently, faculty can deal with cheating students by either flanking them in the course or expelling them from the University. But some professors said students can escape any ramifications by dropping the course, if the questionable conduct occurs early enough in the semester.
"It's an excellent idea because it calls attention to a real problem," said Faculty Senate President Will Klunder.
Since 2000, Kansas State University has used an XF grade, which started at the University of Maryland in the early 1990s.
At Kansas State, 46 of the 168 students who have received an XF have chosen not to take that school's reform program, which requires a semesterlong academic course.
"I know there are faculty who say, 'Why are you giving them a second chance?'" said Helene Marcoux, associate director of Kansas State's honor system. "It's not about policing and punishing — it's about educating."
In most cases, students can get the X part of the grade removed by undergoing some sort of reform program. At Wichita State, students and faculty are suggesting cheaters take an ethics seminar.
punishing us about educating.
Philosophy professor Dan Russell,
however, said students who plagiarize
know what they're doing and should
have to live with the results. Besides,
he questions an ethics course made up
of the university's worst students.
"Who's going to be the poor instructor who's going to teach the thing?" he said.
STATE
Adult bookstore protester camps to send a message
SALINA — Other than a few "older" women who made obscene gestures as they drove by, a week on the roof of an adult bookstore was mostly a positive experience. Ray Morris said Friday as he prepared to come down from his perch the next morning.
The 38-year-old consultant for a Salina cosmetic company spent a week of vacation living on top of the north Salina business to protest local
"I can't stress enough that I am not promoting porn," Morris said. "I'm promoting the idea of choice. Everyone has a right to choose whether they want to enter these stores."
efforts to have the town's two adult book stores investigated for obscenity.
A Salina group wants a grand jury to investigate whether the two stores are promoting obscurity by selling sexually oriented products.
A similar petition drive in Abilene resulted in grand jury indictments against the Lion's Den adult bookstore on Interstate 70 west of the city.
A petition calling for the grand jury was deemed invalid last week because people who signed it didn't identify their voting precincts. Organizers are starting another signature drive, this time providing a computer database showing people the precinct boundaries.
Morris withstood several nights of rain that were made worse by a hole in his tent that caused his belongings and food to get wet.
"Dozens have come up said they are glad that someone is doing something," Morris said. "It's been 99 percent positive, and I'm glad I did it, and I'd do it again."
The Associated Press
Wednesday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. In the article, "Info service overhaul." Alisha Ashley's name was misspelled.
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ON CAMPUS
Hallmark Synopsium Series sponsored by the KU School of Fine Arts will feature Kim Dickey, ceramics artist, tonight at 6 in the Spencer Museum of Art.
Faculty Recital Series sponsored by the KU School of Fine Arts will feature Concert Choir/Chamber Choir with Dr. John Paul Johnson and Paul Tucker tonglait at 7:30 in the Corpus Christi Church.
- Latin American Solidarity will hold a Fair Trade Rice and Beans Dinner tonight at 6:30 with a presentation following at 7 in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center.
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ON THE RECORD
The Department of Student housing reported to the University of Kansas Public Safety Office that the control panel to an elevator in Oliver hall had been damaged sometime Tuesday. The damage is estimated about $500.
The Department of Engineering reported to the KU Public Safety Office that someone had stolen an electrical hand sander and an electrical plainer sometime between 5 p.m. Nov. 12 and 10:25 a.m. Nov.17 from Learned Hall.
A 25-year-old KU student reported to Lawrence Police that someone had stolen DVDs from his home around 11 p.m. Tuesday in the 2200 block of Breckenridge Street. His loss is estimated at about $420.
Lawrence police arrested a 20-year-old KU student around 4 a.m. Friday. He was charged with driving while intoxicated and minor-in-consumption.
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