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WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 25,2008 Vol. 34, Iss. 4 - 28 pages FREE - Take one Fairfield fraud follow-up: Teachers upset with lack of involvement, lenient punishment BY KEITH CONNORS "All of the faculty are on the same page," Glenn Sauer said as he shifted his glasses upward. Well over three months have passed since Sauer, chair of the biology department, received an alarming phone call. "I was the bridge," Sauer said, recalling his role in the StagWeb grade-changing incident. "Once we realized the magnitude of it, I contacted Dr. Grossman and the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences." , "First, the professor who saw the discrepancy alerted me. Sure enough, the first thing I did was look at my grades and saw that one of them was different," said Sauer. He added that other biology faculty who had the student were notified and told to check their grades. Two additional grade changes were found in the first semester o f .^. the academic year. .^r^SSSSj^^ In the opinion of Sauer and JZZgF'*" '"""^S^ tne majority of the professors jgg^iastji ^fe» involved, the lack of faculty involvement from that point forward is troubling. "Technically, a situation like this is in Dr. Grossman's domain," Sauer said. "But we feel that we should have been notified right away. There really should've been more frequent and direct communication." Professor Richard DeWitt of the philosophy department echoed similar sentiments, but even went as far as to say that certain guidelines do exist in the University's current Aca-demic Handbook that mandate more faculty involvement. "In terms of procedure, there is one in place for things like academic dishonesty," DeWitt said. "Dr. Grossman suggested that academic dis-honesty guidelines do not cover this case, which they [do]." Photo Illustration by Jon Ollwerther Missing identity: While the student has not been identified, a faculty mem-ber made an inquiry to the Fairfield Police, who will have the report for "The Mirror" by next week. However, the cheat-ing was not a criminal act because the faculty member's identity were not technically stolen and the grades belonged to Fairfield. feROR WWW.FAIRFIELDMIRROR.COM The independent student newspaper of Fairfield University Splish splash, we can't take a bath Photos by Jon Ollwerther/The Mirror Water no more: A construction worker installing traffic signal equipment on the corner of North Benson Road and Barlow Road ruptured a water main break early Tuesday morning. As a result, the University and surrounding neighborhoods suffered low water pressure, discolored water and in some cases, no water at all, as in the Village area of campus. DeWitt's reference is directed towards Fairfield's Undergraduate Course catalogue, which mandates a defi-nition of academic dishonesty, as well as a step-by-step procedural system following an incident. First, the catalogue defines "falsification of academic records or grades" and "falsification or fabrication of data" Check next week for the police report and further updates on the cheating scandal at Fairfield as forms of academic dishonesty. According to the catalogue, "in the event of such dis-honesty, the professors may record an 'F' for the course" and "when appropriate, expulsion may be recommended." As for Grossman's final decision itself, Sauer felt that the punishment certainly does not meet the level of the crime. "The faculty failure in the course would be a more appropriate response," Sauer said, in response to Grossman's decision to mark the final grade as "with-drawn." SEE "FACULTY" ON P. 4 killK Women's soccer ties UConn, Pete Francis interview Commentary Campus Life i Entertainment —l Sports "A crystal 'Clear' controversy" p. 10 "Bonjour, ne ho: new ways to say hello to study abroad" p. 13 "A lone dispatch: Pete Francis plays the Fairfield Theater Sep. 24th" p. 19 "Making it eight" p. 28
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Title | Mirror - Vol. 34, No. 04 - September 25, 2008 |
Date | September 25 2008 |
Description | The Mirror (sometimes called the Fairfield Mirror) is the official student newspaper of Fairfield University, and is published weekly during the academic year (September - May). It runs from 1977 - the present; current issues are available online. |
Notes | A timeline for Fairfield University student newspapers is as follows: The Tentative, Nov. 7, 1947 - Dec. 19, 1947; The Fulcrum, Jan. 9, 1948 - May 20, 1949; The Stag, Sept. 23, 1949 - May 6, 1970; The University Voice, Oct. 1, 1970 - May 11, 1977; The Fairfield Free Press & Review, Sept. 10, 1970 - Apr. 24, 1975; The Fairfield Mirror, Sept. 22, 1977 - present. |
Type of Document | Newspaper |
Original Format | Newsprint; color; ill.; 11.5 x 17 in. |
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Publisher | Fairfield University |
Place of Publication | Fairfield, Conn. |
Source | Fairfield University Archives and Special Collections |
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SearchData | WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 25,2008 Vol. 34, Iss. 4 - 28 pages FREE - Take one Fairfield fraud follow-up: Teachers upset with lack of involvement, lenient punishment BY KEITH CONNORS "All of the faculty are on the same page," Glenn Sauer said as he shifted his glasses upward. Well over three months have passed since Sauer, chair of the biology department, received an alarming phone call. "I was the bridge," Sauer said, recalling his role in the StagWeb grade-changing incident. "Once we realized the magnitude of it, I contacted Dr. Grossman and the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences." , "First, the professor who saw the discrepancy alerted me. Sure enough, the first thing I did was look at my grades and saw that one of them was different," said Sauer. He added that other biology faculty who had the student were notified and told to check their grades. Two additional grade changes were found in the first semester o f .^. the academic year. .^r^SSSSj^^ In the opinion of Sauer and JZZgF'*" '"""^S^ tne majority of the professors jgg^iastji ^fe» involved, the lack of faculty involvement from that point forward is troubling. "Technically, a situation like this is in Dr. Grossman's domain," Sauer said. "But we feel that we should have been notified right away. There really should've been more frequent and direct communication." Professor Richard DeWitt of the philosophy department echoed similar sentiments, but even went as far as to say that certain guidelines do exist in the University's current Aca-demic Handbook that mandate more faculty involvement. "In terms of procedure, there is one in place for things like academic dishonesty," DeWitt said. "Dr. Grossman suggested that academic dis-honesty guidelines do not cover this case, which they [do]." Photo Illustration by Jon Ollwerther Missing identity: While the student has not been identified, a faculty mem-ber made an inquiry to the Fairfield Police, who will have the report for "The Mirror" by next week. However, the cheat-ing was not a criminal act because the faculty member's identity were not technically stolen and the grades belonged to Fairfield. feROR WWW.FAIRFIELDMIRROR.COM The independent student newspaper of Fairfield University Splish splash, we can't take a bath Photos by Jon Ollwerther/The Mirror Water no more: A construction worker installing traffic signal equipment on the corner of North Benson Road and Barlow Road ruptured a water main break early Tuesday morning. As a result, the University and surrounding neighborhoods suffered low water pressure, discolored water and in some cases, no water at all, as in the Village area of campus. DeWitt's reference is directed towards Fairfield's Undergraduate Course catalogue, which mandates a defi-nition of academic dishonesty, as well as a step-by-step procedural system following an incident. First, the catalogue defines "falsification of academic records or grades" and "falsification or fabrication of data" Check next week for the police report and further updates on the cheating scandal at Fairfield as forms of academic dishonesty. According to the catalogue, "in the event of such dis-honesty, the professors may record an 'F' for the course" and "when appropriate, expulsion may be recommended." As for Grossman's final decision itself, Sauer felt that the punishment certainly does not meet the level of the crime. "The faculty failure in the course would be a more appropriate response," Sauer said, in response to Grossman's decision to mark the final grade as "with-drawn." SEE "FACULTY" ON P. 4 killK Women's soccer ties UConn, Pete Francis interview Commentary Campus Life i Entertainment —l Sports "A crystal 'Clear' controversy" p. 10 "Bonjour, ne ho: new ways to say hello to study abroad" p. 13 "A lone dispatch: Pete Francis plays the Fairfield Theater Sep. 24th" p. 19 "Making it eight" p. 28 |