.Poet gives reading at award ceremony The Michigan Daily -Weesaye ar2,1994 -3 Naval Academy cheating may not affect 'U' policies Hopwood award ceremony honors student writers By JESSICA HOFFMAN FOR THE DAILY Pulitzer Prize-winning poet John Ashbery might be a good role model for student winners of the University's Hopwood award. The Hopwood may be the first of many literary prizes for these students - perhaps even a Pulitzer. Essays, poetry and fiction pieces were recognized at. the Hopwood award ceremony in Rackham Audi- torium yesterday. Six RC and four LSA undergraduates won prizes judged by selected members of the. University English department. The Hopwood Awards, pre- sented three times each year, are sponsored by a bequest from Uni- versity alum and Broadway play- * wright Avery Hopwood. The one-and-a-half-hour cer- emony centered around Ashbery's reading of his own poetry and fic- tion. This year, two students are winning the Hopwood Contest for the second time. Repeat winner David Rothbart, an RC sophomore, won $400 for his fictional piece "Detroit." He said he is planning to finish another 50-page manuscript for yet another Hopwood entry on Feb. 8 - the same day he has a paper due for an English class. "Maybe she'll give me an exten- sion on my paper," Rothbart said. The Hopwood ceremony didn't consume too much of Rothbart's time, however. LSA sophomore Bich Nguyen, another repeat winner, agreed, "It was very quick." Among the 10 undergraduate re- cipients of the award, most were not veteran creative writing award winners. "I'd never been to a literary award ceremony before, so I didn't know what to expect," said winner Holly Spaulding, an RC first-year student. "When I came to the University, I was trying to identify the writing community," Spaulding added. The ceremony began with the presentation of the awards. English Prof. Nicholas Delbanco, director of the Hopwood program, did the honors. Ashbery then read from his work which ranged from a light hearted sestina about the cartoon "Popeye," to philosophical "prose- poetry." JONATHAN LURIE/Daily Pulitzer Prize-winner John Ashbery reads a selection of his poetry and fiction at Rackham during the annual Hlopwood award ceremony last night. .Two years later, Iraq still feeling effects of Gulf War By MEGAN SCHIMPF DAILY STAFF REPORTER Following a widespread cheating scandal last December at the United States Naval Academy (USNA), which promotes an image of pride and honor, University of Michigan honor code of- ficials say they do not believe that simi- lar incidents will occur here. "I don't see a real correlation," said Mary Curtis, an associate in engineer- ing administration who works with the college's honor code. "On behalf of the college, it's unlikely that we'd impose anything on the Honor Council over something like this." The Naval Investigator General (NAVINSGEN) released its report last week following its six month investiga- tion at USNA, located in Annapolis, Md. After an Electrical Engineering fi- nal Dec. 14, 1992, officials at USNA were notified by e-mail that the exam had been compromised - some of the 663 students had cheated by circulating a copy of the exam around the dorm the night before the test. Some of the students, called mid- shipmen, told NAVINSGEN they did not know the test they had was the next day's exam, and thought they were studying good "gouge" - an old exam that students can study from. All non-engineering majors at USNA are required to take the notori- ously difficult Electrical Engineering 311, which most students find irrel- evant, according to the report. USNA conducted an internal inves- tigation involving the violations of the 42-year old Honor Concept. The Midshipman Honor Concept simply states, "Midshipmen are per- sons of integrity; they do not lie, cheat or steal." NAVINSGEN conducted another investigation six months later that im- plicated 133 midshipmen. It is unlikely that all of the students will be expelled, but none who are implicated by NAVINSGEN will be allowed to graduate until their names have been cleared, said an USNA first- year student. NAVINSGEN criticized USNA for allowing the Honor Board, which de- termines if a violation of the Concept has occurred, to decide such a large number of similar cases because a "double-ended conspiracy" was pos- sible, meaning the midshipmen may have conspired to lie together and de- feat the purpose of the Honor Concept and Board. Several University committees are weighing changes in academic codes of conduct. A report is expected soon. Honor Boards presume that the mid- shipmen standing before them are tell- ing the truth, NAVINSGEN said. They added the incident has shown the "shallow commitment" to the Honor Concept of the midshipmen. "Despite the clear words of the Honor Concept, that midshipmen are persons of integrity expected to apply the highest standards of honor, duty, loyalty, and character, (we) found that many midshipmen do not measure up to these ideals," the report said. At the University of Michigan, the College of Engineering, Medical School, School of Dentistry and School of Pharmacy are the only schools within the University that have student admin- istration in their honor codes. All schools, however, have procedures for handling cheating, said University As- sistant General Counsel Daniel Sharphom. He said he does not believe the scandal will affect the University. An LSA student and faculty policy committee has been meeting to make recommendations to the college about a range ofjudicial issues. It is expected to issue a report soon. Assistant Dean Eugene Nissen said he has not heard that an honor code will be recommended, but that it is possible. LSA students who are accused of cheating and deny the charges have to go before a board composed of two undergraduate LSA students and two faculty members. The board listens to the case and decides if any wrongdoing has occurred. The medical school does have an honor code, but passed a rule in August that exams would be proctored and that backpacks would not be allowed in exams. After an objection from the Honor Council, the rules were repealed for this semester. "The administration is well-mean- ing in that they don't want cheating," said fourth-year medical student Eben Rosenthal, co-president of the Honor Council. "But you eitherhave an Honor Code or you don't." Rosenthal said the HonorCouncil is working to decide the extent the code and administrators will govern students. By DAVID ADOX FOR THE DAILY Although many Americans have heard little about Iraq since the Per- sian Gulf Warended almost two years ago, Basil Denno told a group gath- ered in the Michigan League last night about the devastating effects the war Sias had since the fighting stopped. Denno spoke about his recent trip to Iraq, which was part of an effort to deliver medical supplies to needy citi- zens. "Our mission was to help the suf- fering people-mainly the children," said Denno, who worked as part of the Humanitarian Aid For Iraqi Children Organization. The U.N. embargo against Iraq, which is still in effect and being en- forced, allows humanitarian aid to be delivered. However, help has not been plentiful because corporations fear the stigma of associating with Iraq. A graphic video documenting the devastation of Iraq was shown before Denno's speech. Pictures of charred bodies and the remains of a town that reportedly did not have any military significance were featured in the video produced by journalist Ramsey Clark. Denno emphasized that because of modern war technology, the Iraqi people never got a real look at the people who were attacking them, and many said they did not feel animosity toward American citizens. He related the story of an Iraqi military official who told him, "The multinational forces never even saw our faces, they don't even know who we are. They don't even know that we breath the same air, we eat the same food, and we have the same chil- dren." Engineering senior Steve Hempel was one of about 25 people who at- tended the speech. "To me it's not surprising what the U.S. military did in Iraq. It's really disturbing to see what we don't know about what goes on there - on our behalf," he said. Elyse Semerdjan, a second-year Rackham student, emphasized the importance of remembering the lin- gering effects of the war. "People are forgetting things like this - that people are dying in the aftermath." Rami Kishek, chair of the Arab- American Students' Association, which sponsored Denno'so speech, said the invitation was extendedbecause, "A lot of people have forgotten about Iraq since the war." He added, "Many people don't know that the sanctions are still being imposed and they don't know that a lot of people are suffering because of the bad economic conditions. So we decided to make this event to create awareness." Amendments to code of non-academic conduct to be addressed By HOPE CALATI DAILY STAFF REPORTER The open meeting to amend the Statement of Student Rights and Re- 0ponsibilities will be held from 6-8 p.m. tonight in the University Club in the Michigan Union. The Michigan Student Assembly, the Office of Student Affairs, a Greek- affiliated group and another group of students are scheduled to present amendments to student jurors. At least 26, or a majority of the panel of student jurors, must approve the amendments. The changes will be *oted on by the University Board of Regents later this month. Some members of the administra- tion, faculty and student body have characterized the amendment process as tough. The intent of the a ment procedure, written in p MSA Rep. Rob Van Houwelin has since graduated, was to li extension of the code of no demic conduct. Vice President for Stude fairs Maureen Hartford saidt will not be the only chance to p amendments to the panel ofs jurors. Another meeting to ame code could be arranged if a group, such as the Senate Ad Committee on University (SACUA), has amendmentst pose. Hartford said she worri meeting might not come off. "Our major fear in all of in open meeting amend- that we won't be able to get the stu- part by dent hearing panel members together," ng who Hartford said. mit the The Student Relations Commis- )n-aca- sion of SACUA is considering changes to the document, but will not nt Af- present anything at tonight's meet- tonight ing. The commission did not have ropose time to prepare any changes before student this meeting. Committee Chair Roman Hryciw nd the said, "Maybe it's alright that we don't nother have any amendments now. Maybe dvisory we need to wait and see what hap- Affairs pens." to pro- Hartford said if proposed amend- ments are not brought to her office ed the early enough this term, then Student Affairs may wait until Fall term to this is call another amendment meeting. CODE AMENDMENTS Below are amendments to the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities that will be voted on by a panel of student jurors at an open meeting from 6-8 p.m. tonight. The Michigan Student Assembly has submitted a number of proposals including: N allowing students to be represented by an attorney; * limiting the code to campus, unless the accused student has been convicted of a crime in a court of law; restricting the code to apply to actions that threaten the safety of the University community; and, clarifying that the code is the over-arching policy to govern non-academic conduct. READ THE DAILY I 1tAJLY< I DL"ET n| 6 Fabulous *MAGIC® Vegetarian - * EACH .o Entrees for Buy a Veggie Entree and'get your Chinese Food Like Magic "FABULOUS 5" Frequent Buyer Card " punched...get it punched 5 times and eat your 6th Correction William Clements donated the Clements Library to the University in 1923. The University subsidizes asmall partof the library's book purchases. This was incorrectly reported in yesterday's Daily. Ham Mon.- Sat. 11-9:30 reet Sunday 12-9:30 DNot valid with other offers Expires 2/28194 veg ie IIIru ...FREE! 613-615 E. 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