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...these standards, everyone at Harvard would be expelled for cheating. What professor in his right mind would leave the unlocked solution to a problem set on the course's website if he didn't want students to use it? And, perhaps more importantly, what normal student would not at least check his or her answers if the solution were posted on the web? By making the answers available to the students on the website, the professor gave away his right to call the solution private information...
This type of mistake happens at Harvard all the time. Just last semester, in Social Analysis 10: "Principles of Economics," there was a problem set in which almost all of the solutions were written in the course pack. Those who found this pleasant gift used the answers to improve their performance on the problem set. Perhaps the purpose of putting the answers in the reading was to encourage students to actually read the coursepack. In that case, students should be commended for doing all of the work assigned for the class. Using the answers in this sense is a part...
...second charge made against the Dartmouth students is even more preposterous than the first. Asking a TF for help on a problem set should not constitute cheating. The very purpose of having TFs is to help students understand the material that they didn't understand in lecture. Despite their best efforts, professors occasionally give problems to students that are too difficult for the course, and TFs often have to fill in the gaps of knowledge required to solve these questions. If a TF gives more help to a student than the professor wants, the student should not be held responsible...
...with youth support for the issue. A nationwide survey revealed that up to 80 percent of Americans support moderate gun legislation and youth show even more support. Rather, it seems that most young people are not aware of the severity and urgency of our nation's gun violence problem...
...problem is not just a matter of when to exit the conference, however, but how. The council has already committed to other similar Ivy-wide conferences, and a council member is also the president of the Ivy Council. This leaves the Harvard delegation in the tricky situation of attempting to leave the association it leads. But politics aside, we urge the council to make every reasonable effort to either find a cheaper way to participate in the conference or withdraw until funds for participation are more readily justifiable...