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Pithy Saying: b,;~~~:-~~:~~~~h!o~J~~~e~i~t:~ t~n~~?~! Wednesday, September 10, 1975, Volume 2, Issue 1 it." Karl Marx Honor Court Referendum Passes Baron Tayler and penalties in the school The Honor Court referendum bocks, except revoke their semester." A great number of freshman class. wjuch was put before the student borrowing privileges, there are a complaints were voiced under the One of the new major provisions newspaper as soon as all appeals body last semester for a vote, small nwnber of students who old code, that the faculty members in the revised honor code is, "The have been completed ... The entire passed by a vote of 258 in favor, to misuse their borrowing privileges, were being too lax in "making it facultymemberresponsibleforthe Honor Board shall meet at the end 106 against. About30percentof the and it is these students at which physically difficult to cheat," and course involved must inform the of each semester to review the student body voted on the issue,and this clause is directed. 'I'his.paper therefore, backhandedly en- Dean of academic affairs within 24 circumstances and penalties in of the 364 votes cast, 69 per cent was informed by a reliable source couraging cheating. Most faculty hours. The faculty member does each guilty verdict for the favored the referendum, barely last semester that there were two members felt that it was the not have the option of Unilaterally semester." surpassing the 67 per cent majority students on campus possessing students responsibility to prevent disposing of the situation." Under This new clause has two major needed. . - over 130 overdue books. cheating, not theirs. Admittedly, it the old system, it was theoretically effects. Firstly, by publishing the The referendum, once passed, The next major change to appear is the students who must make the possible for the faculty member to circumstances, as well as the changed the honor board and honor is, "The student is expected to major effort to stop cheating, but divise a-penalty in private with the penalty for each guilty verdict, any system considerably. When report all instances of academic now the faculty are also en- student and not involve the honor student who might be predisposed reading the new honor system honor violations. This notification couraged to do more on their part, court. This means that all to cheating, and sees any thoroughly, the first change that is a social responsibility ... " and this should help the situation violations, no matter how small, similarity in his "tool-proof" becomes immediately apparent is This is quite a departure from considerably. i dealing with any subject, will go method and that of the convicted, that, "Academic violations consist the old rules of the honor code, that before .the honor court. This will immediately think twice of both cheating in course work, made not reporting a violation a In the section of the honor code should, in practice, rule cut the before cheating. Especially when and misuse of library materials violation in itself. Now it is ex- describing its constituency, some possibility of one faculty member he reads the penalty the Honor and borrowing pr}vileges." This pected that a student will report changes will be noted. Instead of privately giving a student a small Board gave in conjuction with new clause encompassing "library the violation because it is his social having the large number of penalty for a violation, and those circumstances. materials and borrowing responsibility, not because he students on the honor board, as another faculty. member giving privileges" should have far himself will be guilty of violating was the previous practice, and a a student a large penalty for the Secondly, by keeping a record of reaching effects if it is enforced the honor code if he doesn't. few faculty advisors, "The honor same violation. strictly. The library now loses Greater responsibility has been board shall consist of six fulltime The last major change instituted all circumstances and penalties, approximatelY''' $25,000· wotth of placed upon Uie faculty, under the students, and six full-time faculty in the new honor code, and perhaps the Honor Board, over a period of a to years, be able should few books each year, basically through new code, to help deter cheating. members." Also, "Student the one that will have the greatest establish a system of penalties to outright theft, and' also people who "For the faculty, this means members shall be elected. by the effects over the long run is, "The fit each of the different types of check out books not returning clearly establishing guidelines at student body, and will serve until Honor Board shall keep a record of violations that it encounters, them. Although there is virtually the beginning of every course, and graduation." The vacancies will the circumstances and penalties thereby making the penalties more nothing the college can do about then making it physically difficult be-filled each year by students involved in each guilty verdict, and non-students who don't return to cheat during the rest of U-;e elected from the sophomore and shall publish both circumstances uniform and just. Scrimshaw's Genesis Baron Tayler If you've After a hot and steamy ultra- the two have discussed the idea of many as 500 were left in the grille reality. hurdle was the ourselves. an article that got we an idea about could The last major secret top level executive meeting, taking ever the newspaper, and unread. The paper seemed to have write, write to us about, or even it has been decided to reveal to the instituting sweeping changes. But too much blank space in it, and name of the new paper. What do better, write the article yourself, work, how, and more importantly, the actions never follow the relied on pictqres tooheavily. But you name something that hopefully of and we'll print it. Remember, will a new set standard why, SCRIMSHAW came to be. discussions, and the status quo has the major complaint heard from SCRIMSHAW is only as good as the The story you are about to read is remained. Once again the dis- the students was that a paper that newspaper quality end in- true, and none of the names have cussion turns to the newspaper, was printed 'every two weeks volvement, and will continue for staph behind it. to come? many years After many been changed to protect the in- and things get serious. The major couldn't possibly keep up with hours of throwing names around, nocent. Any discrepency between problem: one of the students current issues on campus, and "the name SCRIMSHAW was set- Recall the following story and true life is works already, and would have to around the world. This is not to say tled upon. Why SCRIMSHAW'? purely coincidental. give up his job. The other has that the people (or person as the Announced The time: early first semester responsibilities to the yearbook. case was) who were putting out the Well, if you, look the word last year. The place: a hot and Without a sizeable staff to support GOLDBUG weren't working. They "scrimshaw" up in the dictionary, Yes folks, its finally happened. smelly dorm room in Rouzer. The them, there was no way to carry were, and very hard, to say the it will tell you that scrimshaw is Detroit isn't the only one that can situation; a number of students the plans through. Jan term was least. But he paper just wasn't the art of carving in ivory or recall old models, we can do it too. have been sitting around bulling starting in a few days, and things relevant and responsive to the whalebone. Anyone who has tried So we are. Heres the inside story on for the past couple hours about all would have to wait. students needs or interests. Its to scrimshaw will tell you that .it the inside story. sorts ot-subjects, ranging from The time; late Jan term. The style was as outdated as its name. takes a huge amount of planning For every issue that we print a theology, to the honor system, to place; a freezing smoky dorm Seventy years of GOLDBUG were and forethought, and an infinite certain number are saved by us to the social life (?) at WMC. The room in Rouzer. The situation; Our enough. . amount of care and skill to produce file away in our morgue. (Can you a beautiful carving. scrimshaw discussions continue far into the two conspirators have met once The changes which would be think of a more appropriate place night, and fmally there are only again. One of them has found out instituted were as follows: The :.0 keep a paper like this'?). Well, two people left. It is these two that the financial status of the name would be changed, it would This is how we, the staph of over the summer our offices were in the following months turn into GOLDBUG, and has calculated the be printed once a week, news items SCRIMSHAW feel about our paper, cleaned by a rather over efficient the co-conspirators that eventually projected costs of the changes . from world news would be in- which we produce for your en- clean-up crew, and a large portion change the course of newspaper which could be made to the eluded, a crossword puzzle would joyment. Although you may not of the morgue was thrown away. involvement with the students and newspaper. Luckily, all of the become a regular feature, a realize it, because SCRIMSHAW Included in the losses were the WMC in general. The discussion changes ~n be instituted within minimum of pictures would be seems to appear automatically total morgue files of the first roles around to the newspaper, at the present budget, and the only used, a new five column format every Wednesday for you to read, volwne of SCRIMSHAW, printed that time called the GOLDBUG, on thing left to do is actually assume would be utilized, and probing, there is a tremendous amount of last semester. which both these students work, control of the paper quietly, and controversial, relevant articles planning and work which all of us So we're recalling old issues of and what could be done to improve surprise the whole campus. This is would be the backbone of this new on the staph put into the paper. SCRIMSHAW. Anyone possesSing it. Many ideas are thrown around, easier said than done, and after paper. Please don't think we're patting any of Volume 1, issues one and the subject dies, but the seed some talking, the present editor of ourselves on the back because through }2, of SCRIMSHAW is has been planted. the GOLDBUG agrees to let the SCRIMSHAW is a success. To hereby asked to drop them off at The time; late first semester teer two try their plan. Back to our story. With the green continue its high standard of the post office. Just drop them in year. The place; a cold and small At about this point, it is ap- light to go ahead, and no staff to quality, we need your involvement. the campus-mail slot, and we'll get dorm room in Rouzer. The propriate to explain exactly what it help them with the first issue, the SCRIMSHAW is always looking for them. We realize the sacrifice that situation; with nothing else to do was about the GOLDBUG the two two went to work to put out a paper a larger, more diverse staph, so as we're asking you to make, but just but study for finals, the two con- wanted to change, and what they in less than five days. U the to present as many facets of every think of the contribution th8t spirators are once again sitting planned to about it. The major reception was good, a staff would issue possible. We need your you'll be making to the con- around bulling about life in problem was-apathy. Of the 1100 hopefully assemble, and the new feedback in our editorial pages, so tinuation of this rag that we call a general. In the ~t couple months, copies printed every two weeks, as paper would be a continuing we'll know where to improve newspepertt