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Friday, April 1, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Opinion
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Business school honor code may help curb cheating trend
William Shakespeare once wrote, "Take honor from me, and my life is done." Those are noble words, but many University students fail to live up to Shakespeare's standards, and they see cheating as the easiest way to get through college.
Larry Sherr, professor of business, has used surveys to determine that up to one half of his students have cheated on exams at the University of Kansas. But students and professors in the KU School of Business are taking commendable steps to curb the cheating trend.
steps to curb the creating a culture. The school has established an Honor Code Committee, which consists of students affiliated with business school associations, to consider establishing an honor code within the school. The code is still in the planning stages, but its promoters expect it to strengthen the ethics of business students. A similar code already exists in the School of Law.
A discussion of the proposed code is set for April 7 and will be open to all business students.
Kenneth Cogger, professor of business, said that such a code would help students develop ethics early and carry those standards into the business world. The code would not prevent all cheating, but it would bring attention to the problems caused by cheating.
Cogger said that many professions had their own ethical codes and that implementing a similar code in the School of Business would give students an earlier chance to develop high ethical standards.
"The code would help establish a concern about ethical behavior." he said.
David Shulenburger, dean of business, agreed that an honor code was an appropriate way to raise awareness of ethical issues.
The School of Business has taken an honorable stance by trying to curb cheating at KU. Now, other professional schools should examine their own commitments to honor and consider implementing similar codes.
Alan Player for the editorial board
It seems that green becomes gray when there is growth. but certainly appropriate when consider
Green space is disappearing
Not a great saying, but certainly appropriate when considering the ongoing and planned construction on the KU campus. Green space on the main campus is rapidly being replaced by buildings and parking lots.
buildings and parking lots.
What is still a very beautiful campus is in danger of losing its attractiveness. Too many buildings built too close together might be efficient but does nothing for aesthetics.
Students protested when plans for the Science Library were first unveiled. However, their attempt to save the trees and surrounding lawns on the library site resulted in only the largest treq, an elm, being left alone.
What was once a beautiful grove is a pit. A large building will fill that area soon, adding one more building to an already overcrowded slope.
overcrowded slope.
Now, that area is once again under attack. With construction plans under way for a $5 million parking garage next to Allen Field House and a $12 million human development center next to Haworth Hall, the University is planning to destroy another green space.
green space.
To replace parking spaces lost during construction, KU is designing a 150-space "temporary" parking lot to be built between Robinson Gymnasium and the Computer Center. While the lot is billed as temporary, it is doubtful that an oil-based lot can be returned to its original state, which includes several baseball diamonds and backstops. Moreover, that spot was suggested because it is the likely site of a new building. When
Another building, one less green, open area on campus. When will it stop?
Todd Cohen for the editorial board
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Iran-contra trials a cynic's delight
Although the comedy of the summer's hearings is gone, real issues remain
Well, I, for one, am psyched and primed. Let the show begin! The blessed and peaceful state of true Cynichood, for which I have striven mightily, will soon be mine.
I've lain in the beer and popcorn, made up a mess of peanut butter and ketchup sandwiches. I've practiced my cheers: "What a lie! Tell that I shed! Shet it, forget it! Deny, deny, deny!"
And for more intense moments, when one's inherent desire to peer deeply into the naked and ugly Truth comes to the fore. "Ask him again, ask him again. Harder! Harder!"
"What," you ask conveniently, "does all that have to do with basketball and KU's glorious ascension to the Final Four and more generous alumni?"
"Nothing, you idiot," I reply in my most condescending and curmudgeonly manner (one of the necessary accouvertures of the True Cynic). "The close observation of sweaty young men in short running back and forth for forty minutes, repetitively throwing a bit of leather at the same stationary glass and metal frames may hold interest for those who find such a display sexually titling or for those of limited mental capacity. (One who believes Olie North did NOT say, "The old man loves my ass", for example.)
But to my mind, such entertainment pales when compared to the dramatic twists and turns promised by the spectacle I have been waiting for lo these many months, described on promotional posters everywhere as "INDICTMENT EXTENIUM!!" - IRAN-CONAR - THE TRIAL!!!
Jay A.
Cohen
Staff Columnist
As an aficianado of both spy novels and Marx Brothers' movies (staples of a good cynic's mental diet), last summer's hearings provided me with a continuous source of amusement and delight. From the absurdist drama of the Liman-Sullivan confrontations to the surreal comedy of Henry Hyde's monologues to the slapstick antics of politicians stamped backward in terror at Ollie North and his polls, what more could a budding cynic ask as he sought to deepen his belief in the basic venality of human behavior?
I realize that the chances of judge and jury achieving the same comedic heights as the original cast are slim. But there were many loose ends and middles left unprobed, and even a cynic can hope that, as the possibility of prison sentences looms, some memories will be refreshed.
Perhaps even those of the American people. This, to a budding cynic, could be a disturbing turn of events.
As the horrific possibility of a George Bush presidency raises its ugly head, the trials yet may achieve something slightly more important than my entertainment.
They may remind the voting public that Bush achieved his current position largely by placing big wet kisses on the derrière of a president whose administration traded arms, to that peace-loving nation of Iran, for hostages (and lied about it). only to have more hostages taken. And that produced a rather inept gun-running operation that was sleazy at best, and probably illegal, and which managed to leave about $8 million in the hands of arms dealers, both of whom while testifying demonstrated a warm, human compassion for the dead and dying in Nicaragua similar to that of a snake in a nest of baby mice. And that is just the tip of the slushberg.
And Bush, who has boasted of his experience and leadership abilities, has only what will come to be known as the Reagan Defense: "Duh, nobody told me nuthin'"
And the Bush Corollary: "But I was against it." And a recent Washington Post-ABC poll found that one in three registered voters would be less likely to vote for Bush because of his role in the
ardar
the possibility that Olive North, John Poindexter and company will be largely responsible for putting a Democrat in the White House is the sort of sweet irony tinged with hints of justice that could set a fellow's achievement of true cynic-back back weeks, even months.
But not to worry, there's always the deficit and the oncoming recession to ward off those dangerous moments of optimism. Jay A. Cohen is an Alta Vista senior majoring in
forum was a fiasco
On Monday, March 28, SUA forums sponsored "Hitlerism and the Holocaust." This lecture featured Auschwitz survivor Helen Waterford and former Nazi youth leader Alfons Heck.
SUA forums paid their normal speakers' fee of approximately $2,800. This money comes from dollars allocated from the activities fee that is included in every student's tuition every semester. This fee would pay in-state tuition for more than four semesters for any student
capacity. When reviewing the superficiality and hypor-
sis that took place throughout the evening, the entire episode is quite depressing. Both Waterford and Heck displayed feelings of guilt and regret for their roles and places in the war. And
This event was held at Woodruff Auditorium and was well attended, up to about 80 percent capacity.
it was this guilt, especially from Waterford, that gave us this fore-mentioned episode Monday night.
Waterford claims that she hates no one and that she has no animosity for Heck and can sit next to this former Nazi with no ill feelings. How can someone not hold animosity toward another who represents bigotry, persecution and hatred toward people only because of religion? How can Waterford not resent being separated from her daughter for more than two and a half years?
Helen Waterford, Auschwitz death camp survivor, came to tell us all to never forget, yet she herself already has forgotten as she said: "How can I hate such a nice young man as Alfons?"
Arms:
Heck, who received a warm reception from many of the people attending this event, joked that leading 3,000 Nazi youths was easier than handling four condominium owners because he couldn't shoot the owners.
Heck also said that the only mercy he ever felt for a Jewish person was after a woman was machine-gunned in the back, survived, turned around, looked into Heck's eyes, and then was shot by an S.S. officer between her eyes, blowing her head off. "Yes, I felt bad about that," Heck said.
Yes, this Nazi received your money. Everyone was upset about the Ku Klux Klan. Everyone was excited about the Final Four. But no one asked Heck or Waterford how they could justify making a substantial profit off such an enormous tragedy as the Holocaust. Didn't anyone question this program?
Waterford said she regretted being separated from her daughter for two and a half years, but she did what she did to survive. How can Waterford not be upset about being separated from her daughter while she was in the Nazi death camp?
Heck said the greatest moment of his life was meeting Adolf Hitler and being presented the German military cross. However, after the Nuremberg trials, Heck said that he recognized the injustices committed.
hized the injustices.
Alfons Heck and Helen Waterford made a substantial profit from a presentation filled with jokes and lacking substance with regard to responsibility and punishment for Heck's crimes against the Allies and humanity. The program never addressed Waterford's material guilt for being separated from her child.
This depressing fisco cost University of Kansas students about $2.300. Way to go, SUA!
Craig Krueger Lawrence resident
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by Berke Breathed