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Show DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Tuesday, November 27, 2012 SUU continued from Page 1 u BUSINESS SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY 351 West University Blvd. continued from Page 1 Cedar City, UT 84720 (435)586-7793 demeanor, and was also givfax: (435) 865-8337 en a notice on SUU Public email: publicsafety@suu.edu Public Safety Safety letterhead stating if she returned to the campus, Rick Brown which is public, she would Chief be arrested for criminal trespassing. "I'm concerned about standards," Frost said. "There's been a problem with plagia26 November 2012 rism ... It's setting students Belinda Frost up for failure." Frost said her complaints to Mark Atkinson, dean of the School of Continuing and Hand Delivered Professional Studies, which Dear Belinda, oversees the ESL program, went ignored. Calls to AtThe University is conducting an investigation in which you are an alleged party, therefore effective kinson's office on Monday immediately you are trespassed from all property owned or operated by Southern Utah University. If afternoon were not returned. you need to return to campus for any reason, a written request needs to be addressed to Southern Utah In an email made available to University's Human Resources department, if approved, they will in turn notify the University Police of the date & time that you will be on campus. The Daily Utah Chronicle, Atkinson urged his employYour presence on Southern Utah University property other than approved times may result in your ees to, "never give informaarrest for criminal trespass. Unless otherwise notified in writing this trespass notice remains in effect tion to anyone about such infor one year from the above date. quires related to wrong doing [sic] or any other matter." Frost also said Robert Chief Rick Brown Goodman, assistant direcSUU Police tor of the ESL program, told her the program had no official policy on plagiarism and each teacher sets their own standards. Calls to Goodman's office were also not returned Monday afternoon. However, according to a university policy on SUU's website amended in May 2012, plagiarism in any form constitutes academic misconduct, and can result in a failing grade, a designation COURTESY BELINDA FROST on a transcript that the student cheated in the course In a letter hand-delivered by chief of SUU police, Belinda Frost is told she is no longer or expulsion from the uni- permitted to return to campus and could potentially face criminal charges for trespassing. versity, if the professor believes the student violated entire passages copied and ify the accuracy of the docu- were not returned. the policy. Students who pasted directly from Wiki- ments as of Monday evening. Frost acknowledged writare found to be engaging in pedia, including underlined The papers were part of ing a paper in a second lanacademic misconduct more words and phrases, revealing a third-level course dealing guage was difficult, but enthan once are subject to a hyperlinks from the online with writing and composi- couraged her students to get judicial process that may re- articles, according to docu- tion, taught by Nina Hansen. a bad grade instead of plagiasult in expulsion. ments obtained by The Salt A number for Hansen was rizing. The papers Frost made Lake Tribune. The Daily Utah not available as of Monday e.andrews@ copies of allegedly contain Chronicle was not able to ver- evening, and emails to her chronicle.utah.edu Now Hiring Student Account Representatives Flexible Hours, Excellent Experience, and High Earning Potential As a Student Account Representative (SAR) for University Media Sales Group, you will gain valuable experience in marketing, sales, interpersonal communication, planning, forecasting, and many other areas important to your post-college career. SARs work with outside clients to develop marketing plans within University media outlets as well as other media products. fit 3 Get ahead of the rest... Commissions up to 22% 20 hours per week Excellent Resume Builder Potential Internship Credit Contact: Paul Kennard 801-581-7751 Email Resume: p.kennard@utah.edu schools," said School of Business alumni relations director TJ McMullin. "In determining these rankings, Business Week takes into account many factors, including alumni support, job placement, internships and ethics. To determine alumni support, the magazine conducts surveys about alumni giving. After one semester, students are counted as alumni, so the number of students who participate add to the number of alumni who support the school." McMullin cited the ongoing lists of college satisfaction in US News as proof most successful schools are the schools whose students are dedicated to increasing the national reputation of their alma mater through charitable donations. Flagship universities such as Dartmouth and Stanford have donation rates from alumni that dwarf those of the U, which has a low percentage of student donations of II percent. "Schools such as Dartmouth and Stanford have a long tradition of alumni involvement and giving that was forged over many years," McMullin said. 'Although we have very generous alumni and donors, we have not been staying in contact with and educating our alumni on our need for their support as well as, and as long as, schools like Dartmouth and Stanford." Although tuition covers daily upkeep and salary requirements for staff, a large portion of necessary business school expenditures comes from alumni gifts. As in all U colleges, most items beyond daily operating expenses need funding from external sources. "Our expectation is to educate students about the many extracurricular activities that they receive from alumni dona- tions, like Week on Wall Street, study trips, Beta Alpha Psi, and scholarships and the new Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building," McMullin said. "None of these things are paid for by their tuition. We understand the heavy price our students pay for their education, but feel that it is a great value for the quality of education they receive." Edwards said the student population was very receptive this year, partly because of a dedicated group on the Business Student Alumni Board, which illuminated the school's need for donations. "Students were much more receptive then I originally expected," Edwards said. "Once students learned that tuition only covers a part of the costs required to fund their education and that even a small donation to something like a scholarship fund could increase the value of their degree, they were willing to help out." Students indebted by the U's tuition rates have had differing views on the subject of charitable donations. Thomas Roberts, a junior in the Business School who changed majors to pre-med, said he isn't certain giving back to the school is an honor. "I understand that they have to get donations, but asking for them from me is the wrong way to do it," Roberts said. "Alumni have money. I don't because I'm in debt because I go to the U." Although McMullin and Edwards said the response was overwhelmingly positive, they acknowledged they did receive their fair share of negative response. "Yes, a handful of students reacted negatively to our invitation to give back," Edwards said. "In observing this I asked myself one question. Who is happier? The student giving back or the student refusing to help? I think you know the answer." dj.summers@chronicle.utah.edu |