The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Friday, November 13, 2009 - 7 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, November13, 2009 - 7 SMOKING BAN * From Page 1 cy are still unknown. "The policy was made by the president,"he said. "No one knows how this decision was made." Warner added that the goal of the policy is to promote a health- ier community. "Secondhand, smoke-related illness is not the principle issue," he said. Laurita Thomas, associate vice president and chief human resources officer, said one of the reasons the University is imple- menting the policy is to save money on health insurance for faculty. "We are about creating a cul- ture of health," she said. "There is a compelling interest of the University community regard- ing a culture of health and health insurance costs." . LSA senior Jonathan Slemrod, who was in attendance at the event and is the president of the University's chapter of College Libertarians, said he believes this policy shows a complete disregard for students' rights. "It's one thing if the University said that there shouldn't be smok- ing in high traffic areas, smoking outside doors, but this policy goes way beyond that," he said. "To completely ban something that's legal is going way too far in my mind." "I'mnot a smoker myself, but it's a violation of my individual rights," Slemrod added. "There is a rea- sonable middle ground and some sort of compromise that can be reached." Engineering senior Sarah Led- ford, who also attended the event, said she is weary of the policy because it could stifle the student body's freedom. "I don't like this whole idea that they are coming and intrud- ing into our lives and telling us what we can or can't do," said Ledford. "I don't think they should be dictating what we can do with our own bodies. It's kind of ridiculous." LSA junior Graham Kozak, who attended the event, said he is also anxious about the initiative, espe- cially the fact that Warner said he was unsure of how the decision was made to implement the policy. "It was kind of bizarre that they didn't know who originated the policy," he said. "Questions should have been addressed with somebody who actually decided on the policy," Ledford said, referring to War- ner's comment. Kozak added that the policy strips students of the chance to make individual choices. "It was all about promoting the culture of health on campus, as opposed to encouraging us to make responsible decisions as adults," said Kozak. "They need to respect us as adults. We don't need to be babied by this University." Speaker: Learn for learning's sake Notre Dame prof. says online tools could boost cheating During a lecture last night, Susan Blum, author of "My Word!: Plagiarism and College Culture," said sociocultural pressures to suc- ceed in college are a driving force for students to seek easy and effi- cient means for achievement. The event was sponsored by the Center for Ethics in Public Life, which provides funding for research, seminars and symposiums centered on promoting the discussion and awareness of ethical issues. Blum, an anthropology pro- fessor at the University of Notre Dame, told the 70 people gathered in the Hussey Room of the Michi- gan League that plagiarism may be symptomatic of a larger issue. "Individuals function in a sys- tem or structure that they them- selves did not make," Blum said.' "Our high-achieving students have learned how to compete ina system that teaches efficiency, speed and temporary attention." Blum said rules for plagiarism exist as part of an unspoken con- tract when students enter an aca- demic institution. She described it as an understanding that students offer tuition, effort and completion of requirements in return for cre- dentials and a degree. "By plagiarizing, students remove the effort - they don't do the actual task and the contract is violated," she said. She identified two types of pla- giarism - inadvertent and delib- erate. Inadvertent plagiarism involves errors in citing, an issue which Blum attributes to problems of education. Deliberate plagiarism is when a student intentionally steals work from another source and takes it as their own. But Blum said that solving the problem is a matter of fixing mixed incentives. "It's happening because faculty are really busy," Blum said. "They are rewarded for writing. They'rereward- ed for grants. They're rewarded for research. They're not rewarded for spending 10 hours tracking down sourcesofpapersthatlooksuspicious.' She added that most students get away with cheating or plagiarism because it may be overlooked due to discrepancies in training and standards of plagiarism in other countries. With the recent surge of online media offering pre-written essays and the convenience of SparkNotes, Blum said educators are concerned that these tools are fostering an increase in plagiarism. "It's not necessarily making it easier to plagiarize," Blum said in an interview. "If people want to plagiarize, they will." Blum said instead that the Inter- net has altered our perceptions of sharing. She adds that definitions of authorship are also changing, blur- ring the line between what is con- sidered plagiarism and what isn't. She added that students should embrace education for the sake of learning, which would ideally decrease plagiarism. "Students have accomplishments such as grades, and accomplish- ments such asunderstanding,"Blum said. "Celebrate learning for its own sake, not just for high GPAs." Though policy for the College of Literature, Science and the Arts doesn't require plagiarism to be reported by professors or faculty, LSA senior Justin Bristol, president of the LSA Honor Council, said the University has about150to 200 cases of reported plagiarism every year. Bristol, who spoke at the event, said cases turned in to the dean's office are subject to a hearing with honor council members in addi- tion to community service require- ments and educational sanctions. HEAR THE STORY BEHIND THE STORIES Listen to Michigan Daily Radio on WCBN-FM-Ann Arbor 88.3 FM * Tuesdays and Thursdays 6 to 6:30 p.m. PROMISE From Page 1 from the state. "There certainly isn't a consen- sus on the part of legislature and the governor about the priorities," Granholm said. "I believe we must invest in education. The legislature believed it was more important, or at least the Senate, believed it was more important to cut then to pro- vide the funding that would protect education from being deeply cut. We disagree. It is a philosophical disagreement." Some senators have identified the possibility ofslowingthe phase- in of an earned income tax credit to help fund business tax cuts. Gra- nholm said the Senate should use this revenue to fund the Michigan Promise Scholarships instead. "They have already made a commitment to raising revenue, although for a different purpose," Granholm said. "Because the earned income tax credit can only be phased in, or frozen, flowed down, that revenue can only be used for specific purposes, and not for busi- ness tax cuts. What we need to do is persuade the legislature to redirect those savings to the Promise." Last year the earned income tax credit was at 10 percent, and is sup- posed to increase to 20 percent next year, which would cost the state $150 million. But, under the proposal, that percentage would be dropped to 12.5 percent to raise money for the state - money Granholm says should be re-routed to resuscitate the Promise Scholarship. Despite already cutting $1.9 bil- lion from the state's 2010-2011 budget, lawmakers in Lansing are facing a looming $1.4 billion deficit projection for next year. Some colleges in the state like Saginaw Valley State University have already decided to provide funding for students who lost the Promise Scholarship. However, the University of Michigan will only provide the scholarship for those students who demonstrate finan- cial need for the scholarship, Cyn- thia Wilbanks, vice president for government relations for the Uni- versity told the Daily in October. Despite this effort on the part of the universities, Granholm said the responsibility to finance the schol- arship program lies on the shoulders of the state legislature, noting that if universities provide funding to stu- dents for the scholarship, they will be taking money away from other important university programs. "This is a state commitment and the universities that have made that decision are doing that out of tremendous leadership and benev- olence" Granholm said. "This is a state commitment and the state has to make a commitment to higher education." The state legislature will take the time between now and the end of the year to "do clean-up work" on decisions that were made during the year, Granholm said, predicting those projects being cleaned up will include the reinstatement of the Promise Scholarship. The state Senators have said they will not reconsider any bud- get items from last year, a fact Gra- nholm acknowledged. 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