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Show TEMPLAR TRUMPET, MAY 20, 1999 PAGE 15 Do we think cheating is no big deal? 4. ; By: v Curtis Soderborg In a 1998 survey, by Whos Who Among American High School Students, 80 percent ofhigh school students who were at the top of their class admitted to cheating in school. 53 percent said that cheating was no big deal. In a similar survey, conducted by the Josephson Institute for Ethics, 70 percent ofhigh school said that they cheated often or Clinton who has lied several times while under oath. Anregularly. Why do the majority of other example comes from a high school students cheat survey by Certified Checking regularly, and think that they Co. that reported that about 36 arent doing anything wrong? percent of all resumes contain One of the surveys found that some untruths. But despite many students feel like they these justifications for cheating, have to cheat in order to comstudents can't blame anyone pete with everyone else who is but themselves for their own students said that they had cheated on a test in the past year. And yet, 9 1 percent said that they were satisfied with my own ethics and character. Students in Utah aren't much different than the rest of cheating. the Nation. In a survey ofhigh At least part of the blame school students in the Utah should go on the adults who Valley who are members of the are setting an example of disLDS church, 69 percent of honesty. The most prominent boys and 65 percent of girls example of this is President dishonesty. What can be done to stop this cheating? In the survey by Who's Who Among American High School Students, 95 percent of the students said that they didnt get caught cheating. Many people might say that the solution is to make it harder for students to cheat, but it shouldnt be the responsibility of teachers to ensure that no one cheats. The desire to do what is right should be the reason for not cheating, not the fear of getting caught In order to stop this trend of cheating, individual students will have to decide for themselves that their personal integrity is more important than a grade. Elway, the greatest of all time? Maybe, maybe not. November of 1983, when he brought the Broncos back The from a 19-- 0 deficit to defeat of Magnificent 7. legend That was Elway really began before he the Colts, for the a down Lords played Elways greatest performance school. (Now pipe down of the time for the Mile High BYU fans, Stanford had more Broncos. It wasnt until the Mormons on their basketball 1986 playoffs, though, that team than the Y did this past Elway made a name for himthat they really shouldnt have won, but did thanks to the 21-1- 9. By: Brad Barton In this article, I am not merely Bart", I am also Bart the Riddler. So, I will begin this article with a riddle, pretty creative, huh? Oh well, riddle me this, riddle me that... I am a quarterback who has played for 16 years, won 2 Super Bowl rings, refused to play in Baltimore when they drafted me, and went to play for the Denver Broncos for my entire career. Heres another clue, I pro-sty- le brain, you will know that the answer to the riddle is a sure of Fame inductee by the name of John Elway. NFL Hall playing Through his 1 career he has had 47 4th Quarter comebacks to lead the Broncos to victories in games 6-y- vided the spark and led the Broncos to a 3 1 24 victory. Elway contemplated retiring but decided to come back yet frustrated with head coach Dan again. The Broncos nearly had a perfect season, but finished 1 and met the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl XXXIII, and ironically, Dan Reeves was Reeves ball-contr- offense ol and was angry when offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan was fired. In 1992, Reeves was -- 4-- 2, season, so thats why.) In fact, in Grenada Hills, California, Elway also got lots self. In this particular scenario, the Broncos were trailing the fired, and in came Wade now coaching the Falcons. Cleveland Browns, either, and after of attention from the New with 2 minutes left in regulation and 98 yards to go to send the AFC championship game into overtime. The notorious Dawg York Yankees organization to be a pitcher, instead of a quarterback. But Elway liked football, and with offensive mastermind, Jim Fassel, as the offensive coordinator at Stanford, the Cardinal looked very appealing to Elway. After a stellar career at Palo Alto, in which he finished 2nd in the Heisman balloting his senior year to Herschel Walker, ar played my college ball at (whatever happened to him) he offense. Stanford in a Who am I? All right, if any of you loyal readers have half a Super Bowl in 1 990, the franchise was in the midst of turmoil as over the next 2 years, Elway kept getting repeatedly was drafted by the Baltimore Colts with a chance to follow in the footsteps of the immortal Jonny Unitas. However, Elway demanded a trade to Denver, and in 1 983, took his lumps, as all rookie quarterbacks do. Ironically, the first of Elways miraculous 4th Quarter comebacks came against those same Baltimore Colts in 20-1- 3, Pound wasnt making things any easier for Elway and Company. However, with 30 seconds left, Ehvay drilled wideout Mark Jackson with a 1 2 yard TD pass to deadlock the game In overtime, the at 20-2Broncos had all the momentum and when Rich Karlis kicked a field goal to send the Bron0. cos to only their 2nd Super Bowl ever, Elway had arrived as one of the elite quarterbacks in the NFL. Despite making it to the Super Bowl 3 out of the next 4 years, the Broncos were humiliated in all of them by the New York Giants, Washington Redskins, and San Francisco 49ers, respeCXly. After the Broncos lost tome 49ers ifihe Phillips. That didn't work well 3 years, Phillips got the boot. In came Mike Shanahan to save the day for Elway and the Broncos. Elway then seemed revitalized and the Broncos had an NFL best 13-- 3 record in 1996, which was w hen the Jacksonville Jaguars upset diem at Mile High Stadium. Since then however, the Broncos have not lost a home game at anytime. But anyway, through all the turmoil and conflict, Elway never stopped producing and kept putting up championship caliber numbers. The very next season Elway and the Broncos finally got their chance and won difficult playoff games at Kansas City and Pittsburgh to earn a trip to Super Bowl XXXII against the Green Bay Packers. Although Elway did not play particularly well in this game, RB Terrell Davis pro Elway had a remarkable final day as he threw, for well over 300 yards, and a pair of touchdowns. He was definitely at the top of his game, and followed in the footsteps ofMichael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky by retiring when all was well. Now for the great debate, is Elw ay the greatest of all time? Personally, I think that it is kind of a tie with Elway, Roger Staubach, Jonny Unitas, and Otto Graham. (Notice, Jacob Dettinger, theres nobody named Joe Montana on this list) Other quarterbacks who are still in the NFL that will soon be able to join this list of prestigious passers are Dan Marino, Steve Young, Randall Cunningham, and Warren Moon. Well, loyal readers, that is all for now, this is Bart typing off on the tale of the |