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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2015
VOLUME 108 • ISSUE 149
IN THE NEWS 1888 Van Gogh painting sold for $66 million Panera Bread plans removal of ingredients from kitchen US approves two companies to operate ferries in Cuba and Florida Attorney General Loretta Lynch visits Baltimore, Md. — The New York TImes
SPORTS
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A STUDENT USES THE answers written on her palm to cheat on a test. Reports show that over 800 students violated the Code of Academic Integrity just last year.
Cheaters never win
Arizona hosts Oregon for three-game weekend series
Over 800 students at the UA violated the Code of Academic Integrity in the last year, raising concerns
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Baseball hosts Washington over weekend
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ARTS & LIFE
An oasis from finals is near at Reid Park Zoo Page 12
OPINIONS Criminalizing addiction only makes more casualties in the drug war Page 4
QUOTE TO NOTE “As soon as a ‘small government’ starts passing laws Republicans disagree with, the bigger state government suddenly knows best, and power is usurped from the local community” — Jacob Winkelman OPINIONS - Page 4
BY ANNIE DICKMAN The Daily Wildcat
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ith finals week upon us, students and professors alike are preoccupied with the tests, papers and projects that determine the majority of many students’ grades. This stress will cause some students to cheat, violating the UA’s Code of Academic Integrity . “Cheating isn’t new; it’s been around forever,” said Chrissy Lieberman , associate dean of students. Over the past five years, there have been 3,566
Finals Survival Week relieves stress on Mall BY TERRIE BRIANNA
The Daily Wildcat
Finals week approaches as various UA organizations set up events to help students cope throughout the week. Finals Survival Week’s goals are to educate students on how to take care of themselves, teach them effective ways to study and provide stress reduction programming. The events kick off this afternoon on the UA Mall with a water park until 4 p.m. The water park includes four-story water slides that aim to release stress and provide some fun. Before that, from noon to 2
p.m., there will be yoga, back rubs, therapy dogs, a photo booth, fresh fruit, ice cream and giveaways on the Mall. “The goal isn’t necessarily to distract students; it’s to help students be successful,” said Lynn Zwaagstra, director of Campus Recreation. “Many of the Finals Survival Week programs consist of tutoring support, study support, expanded hours and locations for quiet study time and the like.” Yoga and Spinning are two free fitness programs offered by Campus Recreation. According to Zwaagstra, these
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violations of the Code of Academic Integrity , according to data from the Dean of Students Office. The colleges with the top three numbers of violations are the College of Science, with a total of 1,311 violations over the last five years; the college of Social and Behavioral Sciences, with 731; and the College of Humanities, with 655. Cheating can take many forms, from the classic idea of looking at another student’s test to copying a sentence from Wikipedia. Plagiarism is overwhelmingly the most common form of academic integrity violation, according to
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Students awarded by Parks and Rec BY AMBER WHITE
The Daily Wildcat
Jean Hickman, the Tucson Clean & Beautiful Adopt a Park and Public Areas program coordinator, manages 1035 sites consisting of streets, traffic circles, washes and parks around Tucson. Over the years, groups within the community dedicate time and energy to keeping Tucson clean and beautiful by adopting a site. The sites are owned by Pima County Natural Resources Parks and Recreation, COT Parks and Recreation, TDOT and Pima County Regional Flood Control District.
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“The main purpose of having a group out there helping clean up a site is to support the maintenance staff and report any issues they find,” Hickman said. “We expect them to be observant and report any maintenance issues with infrastructure and equipment on public property. We do not take this lightly, and it is a serious commitment.” Hickman said the groups are required to do cleanups at least once per month for six months and report back to her to receive recognition. Groups must also have at least five people interested in adopting a site for a request to be considered. The UA African Student Association was presented with a certificate of gratitude on May 2 at the Dunbar Cultural Center to honor the club for adopting the street section two years ago from Campbell Avenue to Speedway Boulevard to Broadway Boulevard through the organization Tucson Clean & Beautiful. It marked the 307th ongoing Adopt-A-Park and Pubic Areas project to be coordinated through the Tucson organization, according to a press
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