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Academic dishonesty not clearly defined By Moriah Carty A college degree can mean the difference between earning a livable wage and living paycheckto-paycheck — but that degree hangs on academic honesty. Syllabi handed out at the start of each semester often include some reference to plagiarism and the punishment that stems from such writing violations, but the bound-
aries of what is and is not academic dishonesty are still unclear. Each campus department handles possible plagiarism differently, said Robert Burford, student conduct officer in the Dean of Students Office. Some departments have a specified policy teachers should use. Others let faculty decide for themselves. No matter who makes the decision though, the
policy should match up with UNM’s Academic Policy, he said. “We want people to do their own work and not use anybody else’s work to portray as their own — basically cheating off others. They need to do their own work so we are not watering down the education here,” Burford said. For spring 2014 there were 29 total incidents of plagiarism, up nine from the spring 2013
semester, he said. Information from Fall 2014 violations will not be available until later. Ultimately, if there is a situation in which the student has plagiarized, it is up to the teacher on how they want to proceed, he said. When academic dishonesty is reported, the Dean of Students Office sends an email to the student in question, to let them
know the office has been notified, Burford said. On the second offense, the student has to meet with Burford and is either put on probation for at least a semester or is suspended. Burford has been the student conduct officer for 13 years, and said when a student comes to him, he usually doesn’t see them again.
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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY IN COLLEGE AND GRADUATE SCHOOL: A survey of more than 63,700 US undergraduate and 9,250 graduate students over the course of three years (2002-2005) revealed the following: Reported Actions Paraphrasing/copying few sentences from Internet source without footnote Paraphrasing/copying few sentences from written source without footnote Fabricating/falsifying a bibliography Copying materials almost word for word from a written source without citation Turning in work done by another Obtaining paper from term paper mill
Undergraduates 36% 38% 14% 7% 7% 3%
Graduates 24% 25% 7% 4% 3% 2% Source: Rutgers University
Campus looking to expand LGBTQI resources
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By Moriah Carty
New research on campus may widen UNM’s resources for a minority group – the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and intersex community. Kristopher Goodrich, program coordinator and assistant professor of Counselor Education in the College of Education’s Department of Individual, Family and Community Education, is researching how to add diversity
within counseling sessions at UNM. The program focuses on understanding the best ways to counsel LGBTQI individuals. People within the LGBTQI group are an important part of the community on campus, he said. “If we are to work for effective change, we must be responsive to everyone. The changes that we make for the most marginalized people among us can only affect positive change for all of us,” Goodrich said in a press release.
Goodrich stressed the importance of developing the program because LGBTQI individuals tend to have higher dropout rates, more healthrelated issues, substance abuse problems, relationship issues and even issues with suicide. According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, LGBTQI relationships often have a power and control dynamic.
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Online business offers coffee tree adoption By Sayyed Shah
For many people, the idea of getting coffee from their own coffee tree is a wild fantasy. But for customers at one student’s new online business, it’s a reality. At Apasionado Coffee, customers adopt a tree on the coffee farm and get specialty coffee straight from the adopted tree to their cups, said Emily Lilo, an associate scientist at the UNM Prevention Research Center and cofounder of Apasionado Coffee. The venture is one-of-a-kind and, Lilo said, completely sustainable – for every tree people adopt, farmers plant a second one to support conservation and reforestation of the cloud forests of Bolivia. “We are not a coffee shop. We skip the coffee shop and bring the coffee straight from our farm to your door,” she said. “Only members can get this coffee. It is exclusive access. Once you have adopted a tree you can or-
der as much coffee as you want when you want it, roasted to your taste and brewing preferences.” Apasionado Coffee’s farm is located in the Yungas region of Bolivia, just outside of the town of Coroico, according to ApasionadoCoffee.com. “Since we don’t have shops, but sell online, our coffee can go anywhere in the world. We currently have adoptees from the U.S. to Europe to Singapore,” Lilo said. The area of Bolivia where Apasionado Coffee farm is located is surrounded by a forest that is being clear-cut for the production of coca, used to make cocaine, she said. “This coca production is terrible for the land, since they slash and burn the land to grow it, and the coca plants themselves sap the soil of minerals and nutrients, making the land usable for only one to three years, after which, the coca farmers
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Coffee page 3 Emily Lilo, associate scientist at UNM, pours a cup of coffee grown from trees that are adopted.
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