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Senate passes stricter academic integrity code Changes include disciplinary conference, students allowed to have outside representative By Katishi Maake @TheHavocRat Staff writer The University Senate passed an amendment to this university’s Code of Academic Integrity on Wednesday to create a stricter pol icy a nd rei n force students’ rights in the adjudication process.
The approval of the amendment, which passed by a 76-0 vote with five abstentions, did not come as a surprise to many of its proponents, said Austin Trupp, undergraduate senator and chairman of the Student Judiciary Executive Board. Because it was a fairly tame bill, it was expected to pass, he said. “This has been seen as a natural
move by most [student judiciary] members, so there hasn’t been strong reactions either way — it was just expected and supported,” the senior business student and government and politics major said. One functional change to the code is the implementation of a disciplinary conference, at which students will be permitted assistance and support from an outside representative. Undergraduate senator president loh addresses the University Senate on Wednesday. After Loh’s State of the Campus See SENATE, Page 3 speech, members voted to amend the student academic integrity policies. tom hausman/the diamondback
BREAKING DOWN THE BOXES
Noise from construction projects draws student ire Pile driving at Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center to end mid-December By Rokia Hassanein @rokiahass Staff writer
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Construction crews began demolishing the Knox Boxes on Friday. About 22 of the 29 units will come down to make way for Terrapin
Loud bangs and dings will continue to accompany students’ walks along Campus Drive for the next month, accord i ng to Faci l ities Management officials. Bill Olen, director of Capital Projects, said this noise is from pile driving at the Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center construction site, a process of putting poles into the ground when constructing a building’s foundation, that began the first week of November and is expected to last up to four weeks. The pile drivers are creating a temporary wall while the excavation for the ground floor and basement of the building begin, Olen said.
Row, a new residential development aimed at students. The property’s sale closed in August and displaced hundreds of student residents.
Activist, author, filmmaker shows work in College Park
JOHN LIAM GODFREY, 1993-2014
‘Literally just always there for us’
Rothchild advocates peace in Israel By Rokia Hassanein @rokiahass Staff writer
Senior was known for writing passion, giving personality By Taylor Swaak @tswaak27 Staff writer As he stood surrounded by hundreds of supporters at Friday night’s vigil in front of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity house, John Godfrey began to realize the mark his son had left on so many lives. “I re a l ly d id n’t h ave a hu ge insight into that world and the mag-
jack godfrey (center) was a senior journalism major known for his interest in writing. He was a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He died Thursday in his off-campus home. photo courtesy of shady mostafa nitude of the impact that [Jack] had on so many individuals,” Godfrey said. “It was very moving, very gratifying for me to see that, and for his mother as well. … The fact that Jack touched so many lives in such a profound way is what we’re
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all clinging to.” For those who knew and loved John “Jack” Liam Godfrey — a university student who always wanted to know, “What’s good?” — it is a See GODFREY, Page 2
Having been raised Jewish, Alice Rothchild said she grew up with a deep love for Israel. “This was a part of my genetics, and I later began to look at it through different political perspectives,” she said. T he physicia n, f i l m m a ker and author began studying the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in depth in 1997. Last summer, she spent time in Israel and the West Bank, which led to the release of her second book, On the Brink: Israel and Palestine on the Eve
of the 2014 Gaza Invasion. On Sunday, Rothchild brought her speaking, book and film tour to St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in College Park, where she talked about this new work and showed her documentary, Voices Across the Divide. Shane James, president of Students for Justice in Palestine at this university, said Rothchild’s work brought a fresh perspective to College Park. “It looks like she’s done a lot to illuminate the realities of discrimination against Palestinians on the ground and is invested in an antiracist, pro-equality position about Palestine,” the sophomore secondary education major said. Rothchild spent 10 days in Israel See rothchild, Page 3
SPORTS
OPINION
TERPS MOVE ON
GUEST COLUMN: The Terrapins’ rude conduct
Mael Corboz and George Campbell scored yesterday to push the Terrapins men’s soccer team into the Big Ten semifinals with a 2- 0 victory over Rutgers P. 8
Football team’s pre-game behavior embarrassed alumni P. 4 DIVERSIONS
FRYING THE COMPETITION Bobby’s Burger Palace holds its second fry-eating contest P. 6