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State Briefs
12 student cheats
kicked out of IIGA
ATHENS (MNS) -
University of Georgia fac
ulty, staff and graduate stu
dents reported more than
300 cases of academic dis
honesty during the 2005-06
school year, according to a
report released Monday.
Officials expelled 12 stu
dents out of about 200 who
violated UGA’s academic
honesty code for plagiarism,
unauthorized assistance,
lying and tampering.
University officials
expelled two students in fall
2005 for unauthorized assis
tance because they “failed to
respond to notification that
they had been reported for
academic dishonesty,” said
academic honesty coordina
tor Deborah Bell, adding
that being expelled for a first
violation is “very unusual.”
An academic honesty
panel of faculty and stu
dents reviewed the cases,
found the students violated
the honesty code and recom
mended expulsion, Bell said.
Last year, 10 students
were expelled for violating
the honesty code a second
time.
By comparison, students
who violate the student code
- which also includes behav
ior out of the classroom,
such as underage drinking
are suspended after a sec
ond alcohol or drug-related
offense.
The types of academic con
duct violations have been
consistent over the last few
years but the number of
academic dishonesty cases
has increased each year, said
Bell.
“It’s not necessarily
because more cheating is
going on on campus, but
because we have a process
for handling (academic mis
conduct) that faculty are
allowed to participate in,”
she said.
Since fall 2000, when an
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instructor or student reports
alleged misconduct, the case
usually is resolved within
a week through a discus
sion between the student,
the instructor and a trained
facilitator. If the case isn’t
resolved through discussion
or the student wishes to
appeal, the case goes to an
academic honesty panel.
Before 2000, an academic
honesty panel heard allega
tions of academic miscon
duct and often took months
to resolve a case, even then
without the instructor’s
input.
“Students on campus are
also taking academic integ
rity more seriously” and
reporting it more when they
see it happen, Bell said.
Last fall, the student
academic honesty council -
- a small group of students
trained to educate other stu
dents about academic hones
ty - launched a plan to post
a plaque with an academic
honesty statement in every
classroom on campus.
Camden inmate
injured on river
WOODBINE (MNS) -
An inmate at the Camden
County Jail was hospitalized
Saturday after he crashed
a Sheriffs Office personal
watercraft into a private
dock while with another
prisoner. The Sheriff’s
Office couldn’t explain why
the men were there or what
they were doing.
Riley Harrell, the owner
of the dock, said there were
no law enforcement officials
in the area at the time of the
accident.
Harrell said he saw two of
the watercraft “criss-cross
ing and running around in
the water” near his dock on
Crooked River late Saturday
afternoon and walked away
just before he heard a crash.
When he returned to the
waterfront, Harrell said he
saw a personal watercraft
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wedged under an 18-foot
metal ladder on his dock.
Harrell said he asked the
two men if they were officers
when he saw the personal
watercraft both bore labels
that said “Camden County
Sheriff’s Office Water
Patrol” and “Bill Smith
Sheriff.” The men said they
were not.
Lt. William Terrell, a
Sheriffs Office spokesman,
refused to name the inmates,
provide their criminal back
grounds or say how they got
out of jail, if they were super
vised, how they got the keys
to the personal watercraft,
why they were riding them
on the river and who would
pay for the medical bills and
repair the dock.
“I don’t know what hap
pened,” Terrell said.
The sheriff also was
unavailable for comment.
Berry announces
"misplaced" data
ROME (AP) -Officials at
Berry College say personal
information on more than
2,000 students who applied
for financial aid was “mis
placed” by a consultant,
creating a possible security
breach.
In a statement posted
Wednesday on Berry’s Web
site, President Stephen R.
Briggs said college officials
were notified late Monday
afternoon that information
from federal student aid
forms collected during the
2005-06 academic year had
been misplaced by a finan
cial aid consultant.
The data included names,
Social Security numbers and
reported incomes related to
2,093 people who submitted
a federal aid application to
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2006 ♦
Obituaries
SYLVIA TABOR SHEAUf
Sylvia Tabor Shealy of Blowing Rock, North Carolina,
died Monday, September 18, 2006, of complications from a
massive stroke. Bom on March 19, 1936 on the Tabor farm
in Houston County, Sylvia is the daughter of the late Floyd
Hunt Tabor and the late Sara Gilbert Tabor.
Sylvia was an honor student at Perry High School,
where she was active in cheerleading, the debate team and
the drama club. She was also active in the Perry United
Methodist Church and the 4-H organiza
tion. After graduating from Perry High
School in 1954, Sylvia attended Wesleyan
College in Macon, where she earned a BA in
education in 1958.
Sylvia married Thomas Theodore “Sonny”
Shealy of Reynolds in 1957. After a brief
residence in Tampa, Fla., Sylvia and Sonny
lived in Macon for 23 years where Sylvia
taught elementary school and was active in
the Macon Junior Women’s Club, the Junior
League of Macon and Forest Hills United
Methodist Church. They moved to Atlanta
in 1981 and resided there until they became full time resi
dents of Blowing Rock, North Carolina and an active mem
ber of the Sandy Springs United Methodist Church, where
she served as president of the United Methodist Women.
In addition to her husband, Sonny, and countless other
relatives and friends, Sylvia is survived by her children,
Sandy Shealy Wilhoit and her husband, Dr. Randy Wilhoit,
of Greenville South Carolina; Tommy Shealy and his wife
Jan Shealy, of Charlotte, North Carolina; Sara Ann Shealy
Vaughan and her husband, Woody Vaughan, of Atlanta;
and by her eight grandchildren, David Wilhoit, Chris
Wilhoit, Kevin Wolhoit, Loren Shealy, Claire Shealy, Mathes
Vaughan, Sally Vaughan and Ann Thomas Vaughan.
A funeral service will be held on Friday, September
22, 2006 at 1 p.m. at Sandy Springs United Methodist
Church in Sandy Springs. In lieu of flowers, the family has
requested that donations be made to the Sandy Springs
United Methodist Church or to the Blowing Rock Methodist
Church. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. today
at Sandy Springs Chapel Funeral Directors, 136 Mt. Vernon
Hwy., Sandy Springs, 404-255-8511.
.IF.RBY H. TALLEY
WARNER ROBINS - Jerry H.Talley, 69, passed away
Monday. A memorial mass will be at 1 p.m. today at Sacred
Heart Catholic Church. Interment will be private. In lieu
of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to Sacred
Heart Church Building Fund 205 S. Davis Drive Warner
Robins, GA 31088.
Gingrich defends the pope
By DEVLIN BARRETT
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton and
former House Speaker Newt
Gingrich, longtime foes in
American politics, forcefully
defended Pope Benedict XVI
on Tuesday against a wave
of Muslim criticism over a
speech last week.
When asked about the con
troversy prior to her speech
at an American Cancer
Society event, Clinton, D-
N.Y., said the pope’s follow
up statement should have
been enough to settle the
matter.
“It’s just outrageous and
offensive that people would
be threatening violence
against him based on what
he said, especially when
there is so much they should
be working on together,”
Clinton said.
The former first lady has
a huge lead in her Senate
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re-election bid this year. Her
opponent, Republican John
Spencer, had criticized her
Tuesday for not speaking
out in the pope’s defense.
After appearing onstage
with Clinton at the cancer
event, Gingrich was even
more outspoken about the
religious tension.
“I think what he said in
his entire speech ... is that
Islam has to come to grips
with having a genuine dia
logue of mutual respect,”
said Gingrich, a Georgia
Republican when he was
in the House. “Everything
you’ve seen of the vicious
ness and the evil that has
been said since then by
fanatics reinforces the pope’s
speech.”
Both Clinton and
Gingrich, who as House
speaker sparred for years
with President Clinton, are
considered potential presi
dential candidates in 2008.
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