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EDITORIAL: The punishment of 34 cheating Duke students serves as a reminder that cheating is unethical, dishonest and a huge waste of money.
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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OPINION
》 OUR VIEW
Cheaters waste a pricey education
With May beginning to bloom, most people think of flowers or warm weather. Students see these first few weeks of May as finals time. Cramming for tests, writing papers and making note cards, these are the attributes of the first few weeks of May for almost every student.
Last week 34 students at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business didn't prepare for May. These students were caught cheating in the prestigious business school. According to a report in the Middletown Journal, "The average age of students in the first-year class is 29, and more than 1,140 people applied for only 411 available spots in the program."
So not only are these students cheaters,but they're deep into adulthood and have competitive test scores,resumes and academic ability.
So these "students" — using the term loosely — each compete for a spot in a competitive school, they spend nearly $50,000 a year
Getting caught cheating next week would be infinitely worse than losing a few points on a test. We're all paying to be here — or our parents or the government are — so don't waste all that money for a quick fix to something you could have controlled to begin with.
— Tasha Riggins for the editorial board
Students, especially in large lecture classes with multiple-choice tests, can almost always find an opportunity to cheat. What University of Kansas students need to remember next week is that cheating not only cheats the academic system, but it also cheats that person using the answers written on her hand.
for tuition and now they're getting kicked out because they didn't want to learn. These students went through an arduous process to get into this school and learn, and then they cheated to avoid learning; that's irony at its wasteful finest.
Clearly, we would not want these people managing our money anyway. Not only do they lack ethics, but they can't perform a basic business task.
Any good business student should perform a basic cost-benefit analysis before following with a transaction. I'll help them examine it: getting a C on a test is better than being at least $50,000 in debt with no degree and crime, like a big scarlet letter, on your permanent record for up to three years. Clearly, we would not want these people managing our money anyway. Not only do they lack ethics, but they can't perform a basic business task.
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trade the experiences I have had as a mother for the typical college life. Motherhood, planned or not, should never be seen as "condemnation."
》 LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letters debate abortion
Although abortion can be reduced to a matter of differing philosophies, we can't forget the real people affected
Abortion is an issue riddled with philosophical implications. The point at which a group of cells can rightfully have "humanness," the value of human life and others are all interesting to debate. It's a fascinating subject to think about, but abortion goes beyond syllogisms.
There is a massive difference between arguing "Rationalism vs. Empiricism" and abortion.
I'm all for universal health care. Adoption agencies and foster homes are not as good as children deserve.
In the abortion debate, it is easy to forget that real people are affected. It is also easy to forget that the opposing sides care deeply about the mothers; the real difference lies in the solution to the problem of an unwanted pregnancy.
It is easy to forget that real people are affected. It is also easy to forget that the opposing sides care deeply about the mothers.
I'd even be for having a universal maternal care program.
No sane person would argue that pregnancy is easy. Even before they "gain personhood," babies take a lot of time and money — but so do I being here at the University of Kansas. The solution is to help with the effects, not abort the cause.
But if abortion is continued to be seen as just another means to lead a lifestyle without regard for the consequences, I am only reminded of the words of Mother Teresa:
"It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish."
Zach Gardner Lawrence, Kan., freshman
》 LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Single mothers can pursue motherhood and school. They shouldn't be told it's impossible to have both.
This is in response to the letter to the editor on Monday. While I do agree with Ms. Johnson's statement that "in a perfect world birth control would be 100 percent effective and abortions would be legal everywhere," I feel it necessary to comment on another assertion she made: "Raising a child takes money, time, and energy. A student, at the high school or college level, has none of these to devote to a child."
I have been raising a son on my own for almost eight years, and have been in college for five. I was 18 years old when I got pregnant. Many young women my age would have opted for abortion; I chose not to.
It has taken a lot of time, money and energy to be both a good mother and a good student,but I will never regret the decision I made. While I've missed out on
While I've missed out on things like dorm life, spring break trips to South Padre Island and all-night keggers, I would never trade the experiences I have had as a mother for the typical college life.
Many women are unaware of it being possible to raise a child on one's own and to be a successful college student. Ideally, all young people should be educated about their options before and after pregnancy. The fear that one cannot be both a mother and educated keeps all too many women from choosing motherhood, and all too many single mothers from choosing to educate themselves.
This does not mean that abortion should not be kept safe and legal; it simply means that more efficient education of young women is necessary in order to allow them to make the best decisions they can about what to do in the case of an unexpected pregnancy.
Molly Easley Lawrence, senior
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