Cheating reports prompt changes at Syracuse law school

By: The Associated Press

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 8:23 AM EDT

SYRACUSE --— Officials at Syracuse University's law school are limiting bathroom breaks during final exams after getting reports of cheating by first-year students.
According to an e-mail sent by three deans to first-year students in the College of Law, students will be allowed to use the restroom only once during an exam. The move comes after the deans said they received reports of students using cell phones and looking at notes in the bathrooms while exams were in progress.

The dean's e-mail also said some students had been accused of changing answers after the exams by logging into the exam software program.

One of the deans, Tomas Gonzalez, declined discuss the details addressed in the e-mail.

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karl the 2nd wrote on May 12, 2009 1:01 PM:

" FG, my girlfriend just graduated SU (with high honors!!!) and has said that a LOT of kids have abused privileges up there and have tried to cheat off her.

But you have a valid point, to be sure. What they should do is ban the damned cell phones during exams! Or have a monitor in the bathroom during exams. "

Farmer's Gal wrote on May 12, 2009 11:49 AM:

" On the other hand, I sure wouldn't want to be a law student having her menstruel cycle during the exam. Maybe they should just have proctors in the bathrooms....

(Looking at it from the perspective of an honest student being penalized for the cheats). "

karl the 2nd wrote on May 12, 2009 9:12 AM:

" That's just great--nice to know that some future lawyers and/or judges were too stupid and lazy to pass their exams without cheating--meaning they really DON"T know the Law--someone's life could depend upon it!

KICK THE BUMS OUT!!! "

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