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

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Fuse Funds SHOKT TAKES DOE,UT For Institute U.S. Department of Energy ' s announcement March 24 that it had .1 the University as the location ii theory institute promised bring leading plasma theorists from world to Austin and to naki ' -. ersity ' s 15-year-old ii Center one of the img centers for basic fusion IX )K pledged to provide $5 ii over a five-year period for the ;h the University adding funds. The institute will hav : nianent staff in addition to Prcsi the 1 ' nsion ed by Dr. ltd by IX)F. . :nic Kncrgy Texas Expe- i i I cr and n of the Texas ma containment device ix-rature and pressure : ! to initiate a fusion cd. Constructed at 3 cost of ; TliXT mer of I .. ' ,., : ! cheap Jentil . Enrollment figures at the University increased for both fall 1979 and spring 1980. A record-breaking total of 44,079 students attended the University in the fall, a 2.3 percent increase over fall 1978. Spring enrollment of 41,965 students was a 3.69 percent rise over spring 1979 figures. Enrollment reports showed Texas, California and New York contributed the largest number of students to the University, with Pennsylvania, Illinois, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Florida providing significant amounts. More than 5,000 students came from Travis (Austin) and Harris (Houston) counties. The controversy which rucked the man- agement of KI.RN I ' television station and spurred clarification of the Universi- ty ' s relationship with the Southwest Texas Public Broadcasting Council, which holds the station ' s license, began in February, when Panorama 90. produced by University instructor and KLRN-V news and public affairs director Bill Anderson, .nccled after a film on natural child birth was aired on tin ( ompi.cinis were sent to the Federal iiunications Commission in the spring alleging problems with the man- agement and possible fraudulent activity during a 19 T 8 matching fund pledge drive at the station. 218 Short Takes

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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

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B OM Iron, T, Scholars Increase The number of National Merit Scholars .it the University rose- V percent in ir i )-so. moving the University from 26th to 15th place nationally XX ' ith I ' M) National Merit Scholars enrolled, the Univcr- ranked third behind Rice University, which had 498 Merit Scholars, and Texas A M University, which had 19-1 Also, for the second consecutive year, the University ranked first in Texas and 19th nationally in the number of students with scholar- ships from the National Achievement Scholarship Program for out- standing Negro Students. Deadline Extended The : Baking a class pass 1 mbcr mee: if they v. The proposal was submitted for appr- .ird of Regents to go into effect in 1V V A committee, organized to investigate the allegations, interviewed more than 40 n and Communication Center employees. It recommended that both Harvey Herbst, general manager, and Larry White, station manager, be fired. A Committee to Save KLRN U, organized in June, asked the FCC to exam- ine rhc relationship between the Univer- ,nd SWTPBC Herbst resigned August 10, and Ander- son was fired when the Council decided not to fund his position. Ronald Bassett, associate dean of communication, v.- sen acting general manager in September and SWTPBC and the University organ- ized a three-member committee to re- define the relationship between the two entities and to work with a second com- mittee appointed by President Flawn. David Anderson, professor of law and SWTPBC member who resigned from the Council in July, filed another complaint with the FCC alleging the station retali- ated against employees who voiced criti- cism of the station. Two other members TPBC resigned in the fall. In October, Neil Fcldman, a former member of the Committee to Save KI.RN requested air time to present the opposing viewpoint to the station ' s pro- gram KI.RN U Under Fire under the FCC ' s fairness doctrine and was refused. Bassett resigned as acting general man- ager in late November pending the SWTPBC and the UT System Board of Regents approval of a new contract between the Council and the University The contract, approved by the Regents December 7, put control of the stations in the hands of the council and authorized inter? i UT students. Professors Lose Lawsuit Three to Appeal Decision Three of eight professors appealed a lawsuit against former University President Lorene Rogers and the LIT System Board of Regents of 1975 after they lost the case in U.S. District Court in March of that year. Eight plaintiffs filed suit against Rogers and the board four and a half years ago claiming they were denied salary raises because of their political activism. Judge Jack Roberts ruled March 13 that the constitutional rights of the professors were not violated according to the evidence and testimony presented in a two-day trial The plaintiffs: Larry Shepley and David Gavcnda, physics; Philip White, Standish Meac ham, and Tom Philpott, history; David Edwards, government; Forest Hill, and Edwin Allaire, philosophy, said they came together after rcali ing their cuts were a patten those who were outspoken and a White, Gavcnda and Shepley plan to appeal to the th -causc statements by Rogers pertaining to i uning the professors ' salaries made during the case warranted a need for appeal, said David Richards, the plaintiffs ' attorney. orene R . Shan Tikn- 219