Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Current Event

My event is about 34 graduate students who got caught cheating.

I read the article "Duke's business school punishes 34 graduate students for cheating" in CNN.com, on May 2, 2007.

On May 1, After finding consistencies in exam answers, a professor decided to check other assignments that had been handed in. A judicial board later investigated the final exam and other assignments, resulting in the punishment of 34 graduate students. Nine students face expulsion from the competitive two-year program, which will cost first-year students in 2007 almost $50,000 for tuition, books and a laptop computer. Another 15 students could be suspended for one year and receive a failing grade in the course. Nine others are set to get a failing grade, and one student could receive a failing grade on an assignment separate from the exam. Four others were found not guilty. This was considered, the largest cheating scandal ever at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business

1. Where it came from and the date it was published: CNN, POSTED: 5:15 p.m. EDT, May 1, 2007.
2. Title of the article and the author: Duke's business school punishes 34 graduate students for cheating, CNN.
3. Who: 34 graduate students.
4. What: 34 students caught cheating.
5. Where: Raleigh, North Carolina.
6. When : May 1, 2007
7. Why: Their tests where all alike.
8. How: Teacher noticed their tests had the same answers.

Mrs. Book's article
1. Where it came from and the date it was published: CBC news, April 18, 2007.
2. Title of the article and the author: Fire leaves 300 homeless in Fort McMurray, CBC news.
3. Who: estimated of 300 people lost their homes, however nobody was hurt.
4. What: Fire burnt 94 units at Edgwater Court, housing complex.
5. When: Tuesday, April 17.
6. Where: Fort McMurray.
7. Why: Fire is under investigation.
8. How: Fire ripped through apartment building.

1 comment:

Mrs. Book said...

Daniel,

What an interesting article! I did not hear about this cheating incident, but it makes me think of how often this goes on at a University level. I sure wouldn't want my doctor cheating on his final exam!

Mrs.Book