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NEWS THE BATTALION Monday, January29, 2001 osu Continued from Page 1 Aggies remembered the 10 victims of the crash. “There was a moment of silence before the basketball game today,” Bowen said. “There are flags for the Big 12 Conference schools hung around Reed Arena. The OSU ban ner in Reed was lowered with a black band on it as a tribute to the people who were lost.” Bowen said there will be a memo rial service later this week, and he is considering sending a delegation. Dr. J. Malon Southerland, vice president for student affairs, said condolences will continue to be sent to OSU officials. “We certainly regret this tragedy and know how hard it hits them,” Southerland said. Texas A&M administrators are not the only ones expressing their sympathy to OSU. The A&M Stu dent Government Association (SGA) will also send condolences on behalf of the student body. “We are sending flowers to OSU first thing Monday morning, and Stu dent Body President Forrest Lane will draft a letter on behalf of the stu dent body to express our sincere well Quake Continued from Page 1 The earthquake’s epicenter was located near Bhuj, in the Kutch dis trict of India. Mukheriji said 500 peo ple are feared dead in her hometown of Ahmedabad, and officials said the death toll could rise as more bodies are dug from collapsed buildings in different parts of the city. “Bhuj has been the most affected, with 15,000 deaths reported from there,” Mukheriji said. “In Anjar, 400 schoolchildren remain trapped under a building, with hope receding by the hour even as their cries for help and water fade away.” She said pleas for money and sup plies were received from groups and non-govemment organizations work ing in Saurashtra and Kutch. “A temporary Website has been set up to handle queries and carry wishes,” said Rob Ferguson, execu tive vice president of student gov ernment and a senior political science major. “We are definitely thinking of them and will do everything we can to help them through this.” In October 2000, A&M partici pated in the Big 12 Student Gov ernment Conference, which was hosted by OSU. Ferguson said stu dent government members from both schools discussed many com mon issues and interests. Now OSU and A&M students share a common sense of grief as well, because both student bodies have been involved in a major tragedy, Ferguson said. “In November 1999, our campus faced such a terrible tragedy,” he said. “For three very visible students and others on that plane to die, words can’t express the sympathy that should go out to OSU.” Lane a senior political science major, said he feels the need to re turn the respect paid by OSU to A&M during the 1999 Aggie Bon fire collapse. “The loss of any student is diffi cult because it affects so many stu dents around them,” Lane said. “Certainly our thoughts and prayers are with them, and I hope they know that.” up-to-the-minute news and press re ports at www.growthcircle.com,” Mukheriji said. “The objective of this site is to also connect individu als who can volunteer time, money or supplies directly to the [non-gov ernment organizations] that need them most.” Thousands of homes have been destroyed, leaving many homeless. Conditions are so bad that many res idents have left their homes and are camping out on the highways wait ing for help to arrive. Indian students across the cam pus, country and world are trying to reach out to anyone who can help. “We’ve been in touch with the [Center for Environmental and Tech nology] and the schools on campus in Ahmedabad, Gujarat — alma mater and second home for some of us,” Mukheriji said. “Most of the stu dents there left for Bhuj last night, where the real help is needed.” Cheating Continued from Page 1 one give to students in 1997 will measure the students’ self-reported and anonymous instances of cheat ing. The faculty will also take a sur vey, aimed at uncovering their per ceptions of cheating. In the survey, 14 kinds of cheat ing are defined, ranging from work ing with others on an assignment to cheating on tests or writing papers for others. In 1997, 57 percent of Aggies re ported cheating on a test, and 61 per cent admitted to plagiarism at some point in their academic career. The same survey reported that only one student did not know the Aggie Code of Honor. “A&M has serious problems here,” Kibler said. He said A&M does not have a large public interest in academic honesty, and it is not stressed to stu dents enough. Schools that have the lowest rates of cheating are campuses with strong honor codes, Kibler said. In most cases, the process of promoting aca demic integrity starts with the ad mission process itself every student admitted to the University of Vir ginia is sent a video emphasizing the importance of not cheating, he said. On campuses with the lowest rates of cheating, professors make it clear the first day of classes that cheating is unacceptable, Kibler said. “Those campuses that pay the most attention to those issues are the most successful,” Kibler said. ‘They make a point to get their message across, and students there are very aware of the importance of honor and integrity. I think that would make all the difference at A&M.” The assessment committee will take the results of this spring semes ter’s survey — which Kibler does not expect to be significantly different than the 1997 poll — and prepare a recommendation for the administra tion, faculty and students. “The only way we can be suc cessful in seeing the numbers [of ad mitted cheaters] go down is if it be comes a campus-wide effort,” Kibler said. “It’s not that this is an insur mountable problem. By taking this on as a campus, we can probably do some good things.” —News in Brief— Bus driver dies, causes accident ROSE LAKE. Idaho (AP) — The driver of a bus carrying 33 high school athletes, cheerleaders and two coaches slumped over and died, sending the bus ca reening off the road and into sev eral trees. Twelve students were treat ed and released from hospitals after the Saturday morning ac cident. Troy Schueller, a wrestling coach at Kellogg High School in northern Idaho, suffered a broken jaw, broken teeth and a broken leg. The driver was identified as George Wild, 63, of Osburn. He likely suffered a stroke or heart attack, Idaho State Police said. The passengers were traveling to a wrestling tournament. Texas jury orders manufacturer to pay $80 million ALICE, Texas (AP) — A jury has ordered the manufacturer of a tire sealant product to pay $80 million to a Texas couple that was injured while changing a tire in 1998. Melissa Elizondo, 20, and Robert Perez, 21, were injured in an explosion as Perez was at tempting to fix a flat tire with the Tradco product, called Patch-A-Flat. 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