Page 2-Thursday, June 3, 1982-The Michigan Daily Judge backs Princeton in plagiarism ease TRENTON N.J. (AP)- Princeton University is entitled to block a senior from graduating with her class next week because she plagiarized portions of a Spanish term paper, a judge ruled yesterday. "I personally wish Princeton Univer- sity had reviewed this case with a greater measure of humanity," said Superior Court Judge William Dreier. "I, however, cannot mandate com- passion." DREIER SAID "judicial restraint" forbids him from interfering with the university's decision to withhold Gabrielle Napolitano's diploma for one year. Napolitano had claimed the punish- ment was too harsh and filed a lawsuit to obtain her diploma with 1,029 other underclassmen next Tuesday. "Private institutions must remain free of inordinate governmental-in this case, judicial-control," the judge said. NATHAN Edelstein, attorney for the 21-year-old English major from Stam- ford, Conn., said he wo ild confer with his client before deciding whether to appeal the ruling to the Appellate Division of Superior Court. During the two-hour hearing, Napolitano remained silent and slowed little emotion. She refused to comment after the ruling as she left the cour- thouse with her parents. The university's disciplinary com- mittee recommended withholding Napolitano's degree after ruling twice that she plagiarized portions of a 12- page Spanish term paper. The commit- tee reaffirmed its findings after Dreier asked them to review the case. Univer- sity President William Bowen upheld that decision twice, the latest time on Sunday. EDELSTEIN claimed his client had not intended to deceive her Spanish professor and that her lack of reference to "secondary source" material in the 12-page paper was inadvertent. According to the testimony, the disciplinary committee did not contest Napolitano's otherwise outstanding academic record. The English major says she has a 3.7 cumulative grade- point average, was nominated for a Rhodes scholarship and hopes to at- tend law school. In a review of previous disciplinary cases involving alleged plagiarism, Edelstein noted penalties ofaten were less severe.1 But William Brennan III, the univer- sity's attorney, described Napolitano's paper as "riddled with plagiarism" and as a "deliberate act to defraud" Spanish professor Sylvia Molley. Brennan noted that Napolitano could have been suspended and forced to repeat the second semester of her senior year. He also dismissed Edelstein's arguments that Napolitano was under considerable academic pressure when the paper was written. Today The weather Some scattered clouds will stumble into town today. Besides that, the outlook is pleasant and clear, with temperatures in the lower 70s. Q Mooseloaf A LTHOUGH ALMOST every student complains sometime about bad school lunches, pupils in Oakland, Maine; have a legitimate gripe. Operating on the theory that what students don't know won't hurt them, ad- ministrators admit they frequently dish up moose meat in school lunches without telling students. School superintendent Ralph Atwood said his district has served moose for years, but students aren't told because they might get upset. The moose, killed in accidents or by poachers, are ground up and served in casseroles. School officials clain the critters provide good lean meat with no fat. One healthy moose can feed 2,000 students, they.add. Children, whose associations to moose are limited to Bullwinkle, reportedly are less than pleased with the menu disclosure. Q Mail order wasps ANYONE WHO has some live wasps just sitting around the house can send them right away to Cornell University and receive a free pound of honey. Researchers at the university recently offered the unusual swap in an effort to obtain wasps for a research project. "The public respon- se has been overwhelming," said Kenneth Ross, a graduate student involved in the project, who reported that thousands of wasps have Been mailed in. Ross said wasps are easy to collect this time of year, especially around pic- nic tables, where they are attracted to hamburger, hot dogs and other edible treats. Seems like you catch more wasps with honey than with vinegar.EQ Happenings Films CFT - Walkabout, 3:30 & 7:15 p.m., Don't Look Now, 5:15 and 9 p.m., Michigan Theater. Cinema Guild - Picnic, 7:30 p.m., Of Human Bondage, 9:35 p.m., Lurch. Miscellaneous Canterbury Loft - "No Exit," 8p.m., 332 S. State. School of Nursing - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, "On Death and Dying," 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Metro Airport Hilton Inn. Ark - Benefit concert for Amnesty International featuring Sandor Slomovitz, 9 p.m., 1421 Hill. Department of Theatre and Drama - "Androcles and the Lion," 8 p.m., Mendelssohn Theater. Intervarsity Christian Fellowship - meeting, 7p.m., 2003 Angell. Ann Arbor Support Group for FLOC - meeting, 7 p.m., 308 E. William. Folk Dance Club - ballroom dancing, 7 p.m., League. To submit items for the Happenings Column, send them in care of Happenings, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI. 48109. The Michigan Daily tr the' ! / . 4 Vol. XCII, No, 21-S Thursday, June 3, 1982. The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at The Univer- sity of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday mornings during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 49109. Subscription rates: $12 September through April (2 semesters); $13 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Saturday mor- nings. Subscription rates: $6.50 in Ann Arbor; $7 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. 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