The Dartmouth 11/12/14

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VOL. CLXXI NO.154

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Dozens of students linked to cheating in religion class More than 40 students implicated after professor reports potential honor code violations Balmer asks the 43 students who had submitted responses via clickers but had not attended class on October 30 to stay after class.

Students take online midterm through Canvas. More than one student reported cheating.

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To keep track of attendance and enable student participation in the large class, Balmer uses TurningPoint clickers. Each clicker is registered to a student.

Balmer approaches Judicial Affairs Office.

Judicial Affairs director Leigh Remy speaks to students about academic integrity and the judicial process.

Balmer conducts polling experiment, first asking students to respond using clickers as usual, then distributing a paper version of the same question.

“Part of what I do with the course is present ethical situations in the world of sports. We present the case and talk about it from an ethical perspective. Sometimes I ask them to make a judgement. They can say yes or no, true or false with the clickers.”

“I explained that curiously a week ago on Thursday, none of them was in class and all of them were registered as having been in class. I read relevant passages from the Dartmouth Honor Principle. Then I introduced Ms. Remy to talk about the procedures. She had a handout she gave them.” — Balmer

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Religion professor Randall Balmer points students to Canvas for a copy of the syllabus, which includes a link to course policies, including the Dartmouth Honor Principle.

SPORTS

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the world of sports, what happened on August 22, 1926? A. Fenway Park sold beer for the first time B. The Philadelphia Athletics played a Sunday afternoon baseball game in violation of Pennsylvania’s blue laws C. First regular season game of the newly formed National Football League was played in Canton, Ohio D. Lou Gehrig began his streak of consecutive games played, eventually setting a record 2,130 (which stood until it was broken by Cal Ripken Jr. in 1995).

Balmer compares paper answers to those collected via clickers: “It turns out that 43 students who said they were there were not there.”

Sports, Ethics and Religion “A survey of the origins and development of the culture of athletic competition in America, with roots in the Greek athletic ideal and in the ‘Muscular Christianity’ movement of the nineteenth-century England. We’ll examine the peculiar (religious?) passion that Americans invest in sports as well as the role that sports has played as an engine for social change. We’ll look, finally, at some of the ethical issues surrounding organized sports.” — Course syllabus

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B y Priya RAMAIAH The Dartmouth Staff

Forty-three students may be implicated in an academic dishonesty case after religion professor Randall Balmer found a discrepancy between the number of students digitally submitting answers to in-class

questions and the number of students present in class on Oct. 30. Balmer held the accused students, enrolled in “Sports, Ethics and Religion,” after class on Tuesday so that judicial affairs director Leigh Remy could inform them of their rights and possible disciplinary action. Balmer said he was also

aware of cheating incidences during the class’s midterm exam, which was administered online. He said multiple students told him cheating occurred during the test, even after he told students that they were not allowed to click out of the exam to Google questions. Balmer said he has not

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principle. The Committee on Standards saw 36 students for academic honor principle violations last academic year. Thirty-nine percent of violations involved cheating, and 17 percent involved unauthorized collaboration. SEE CHEATING PAGE 5

Kilimo ’14 wins College celebrates Veterans Day Rhodes Scholarship B y ESTEPHANIE AQUINO

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decided if he will remove the 43 students from the class. Remy was not available for comment by press time and did not respond to emailed questions sent Tuesday evening. Unauthorized collaboration and giving and receiving assistance during an examination or quiz violate the academic honor

B y SASHA DUDDING AND SARA MCGAHAN The Dartmouth Staff

Newly selected Rhodes Scholar Miriam Kilimo ’14 is doing research and on-the-ground work in her hometown of Nairobi, Kenya, this fall, but she will enroll at Oxford University soon. Once there, the scholarship will fully support Kilimo’s master’s degree in women’s

studies. At Dartmouth, Kilimo majored in anthropology, which she said has informed her research on female circumcision in Kenya and how the practice relates to women’s identity and sexuality. She said she hopes to pursue a Ph.D. after obtaining her master’s, ultimately joining academia in Kenya as an SEE RHODES PAGE 3

Students walking across the Green at 11 a.m. yesterday heard the Baker Library bells resonate with service hymns in a moment of observance for Veterans Day. Last Thursday marked the launch of a weeklong commemoration of Dartmouth students and alumni who previously served in the military, which included the Third Annual Veterans Day Banquet and a Veterans Day breakfast. With thousands of Dartmouth students and alumni

serving in World War I and World War II, Dartmouth has a rich tradition of military services honored annually each Veterans Day. Tuesday morning, the Hanover Fire Department Honor Guard’s presentation of the flag and the national anthem opened the Veterans Day breakfast at the Hanover Inn, where speakers reiterated the importance of remembering and honoring those who dedicate time to the military. “When we celebrate like this, we honor our veterans

that serve,” master of ceremonies Michael Lauria ’05 Med’18 said. “Coming home to Dartmouth and recognizing the current generations that served and for mer generations that served and learning about entire classes that have served is truly phenomenal. I’m honored to be a graduate of this college.” Former College President James Wright echoed Lauria’s message and spoke about the history of military service and remembrance at SEE VETERANS PAGE 5


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