University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Internships Good but not Glamorous The job ad reads experience required. The familiar Catch-22 of how to get experience when you can ' t get a job has stymied the eagerness of many college students. A number of University students discovered the value of on-the- job training while still in school. Through internships, they gained practical career experience, and some formed decisions about the future. Not all internships were glamorous. Radio- Television-Film stu- dent Pat Cosgrove worked for Texas and Pacific Film Video. During the filming of a commercial one afternoon, he was put in charge of warding off overly-vocal birds by throwing rocks at the surrounding trees. Cosgrove, who also worked at the media center in the Educa- tion Building and as a waiter, said the experience and the people I ' m meeting are the most important thing. Robyn Fahey, a pharmacy student, spent long hours writing a cat- alogue of drugs and their dosages during her internship at St. David ' s Hospital. She worked 40 hours a week without pay for 12 semester hours credit, as required by the State Board of Pharmacy. She said it was beneficial experience however. You get to learn the ins and outs of the business, and it ' s a chance to ask questions as a student, not as a professional, she added. Missy Webb Robin Fihcy prepares intravenous solutions is a pharmacy intern at St David ' s Hospital. 1 Pat Cosgrove, a Radio-Television-Film student, works in the media center at the Education Building as pan of a work-study program through the Universtiy. 216 Internships

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Elizabeth Femea, professor of Middle Eastern Studies, recollects her past as a student. Fic! Facer. ' [he University, i. One of Ac posei J w) s,nsctol )illltmt rfci pic enrolled with power to control even the i O. but they don ' t. You have the richest uni- versity in the country and one of the lowest paid staffs. The student-teacher ratio is terri- ble, too; but students don ' t take control. Professors are humans too; they arc not permanent fixtures behind desks and podi- ums. They mow lawns, have families, shop for food and one professor even admitted that, sometimes, the only way to get through summers is to sit in bleachers and drink beer. Professor Fcrnca said she spent a great deal of time with her students and her research because that was her love, but she also enjoyed gourmet cooking, movies, and when she was younger, mountain-climbing and hiking. Of the stereotyped stodgy mathe- maticians, many of the professors are musi- cians ranging from concert pianists to fid- dlers. Professors spend most of their time with research, meetings and teaching. Most profes- sors wonder that students do not come by to sec them just to talk and learn. When stu- dents come to you and thirst for knowledge, that ' s what ' s rewarding. Some professors such as Robert Crunden have informal meetings in the tavern simply to get to know other faculty members and students better. Professors do have other sides to their lives than school, but from their viewpoint, they teach because they love it. It certainly is not for the money. Robert Cronden, professor of Ameman Studin. meets with his student hefeMon

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The most blatant method of test cheating copying, is dramatized by sophomores Kevin McLaren and Ann Wissel 1 Ifclkhfc Stealing an unadmmistered test is a serious violation of institutional rules and could result in expulsion Cheaters Risk Odds Since the value of an academic degree depends on the absolute integrity of the work done by the student for that degree, it is imperative that a stu- dent maintain a high standard of individual honor in his scholastic work. (Regentt ' Raia. Part One, Chap- ter IV, Section 3. (17).) Cheating is wrong and has no place at any univer- sity. Nevertheless, scholastic dishonesty made Uni- versity headlines several times in 1979 and 1980, shaking both the athletic department and the law school. Reported accounts of scholastic dishonesty at UT have been on the rise since 1978, partly because the faculty has been responsive to the Dean ' s request to report all violations of scholastic dishonesty to the Dean of Students Office. Previously, when a stu- dent admitted to cheating, the matter was settled between the student and faculty member and the incident went unrcported. It is important for these cases to be reported as subsequent violations may result in more severe penalties, said David McClintock, Assistant Dean of Students. According to McClintock, some students give in to cheating because of inordinate pressures to suc- ceed. The students believe that they must make a good grade if they are to get a good job after gradua- tion. Others, he said, say they didn ' t know what they were doing was cheating. For the benefit of those who do not know if they have been cheating, the UT General Information Bulletin lists nine forms of cheating under the head- ing of Scholastic Dishonesty. Taking an exam for another person or letting another person substitute for one ' s self, and buying or stealing the contents of an unadministercd test both made the list and are. as McClintock pointed out, serious violations which could result in expulsion from the University. He added that every year 10 to 15 students are expelled from UT for cheating. Bnin Vinitck Possession of crib notes constitutes a violation if they have brai prohibucd by ihc test admimstratnr