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West Point facing worst cheating scandal in decades
cbs ^ | 12/22/2020

Posted on 12/22/2020 10:39:15 AM PST by BenLurkin

Lt. Col. Christopher Ophardt, spokesman for the academy at West Point, said Monday that 73 cadets were accused of cheating on the calculus exam in May after instructors noticed irregularities in answers. All but one were freshmen, or plebes, in a class of 1,200. The other was a sophomore.

After an investigation by an honors committee made up of trained cadets, two cases were dropped for lack of evidence and four were dropped because the cadets resigned, Ophardt said. Of the remaining 67 cases, 55 cadets have admitted cheating and have been enrolled in a six-month rehabilitation program focused on ethics. They will be on probation for the rest of their time at the academy. Three more cadets admitted cheating but weren't eligible for the rehabilitation program.

The remaining cadets accused of cheating face administrative hearings to determine if they've violated the honor code and recommend penalties, which could include expulsion.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: army; calculus; cheating; plebes; potus; usma; westpoint
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To: ealgeone

why isn’t cheating a removable offense....you know...duty, HONOR, country.


You mean like “Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity”?

It depends on what the definition of “is” is?

Free and fair elections?

Impeachment hearings?

West Point is not leading the way here.


21 posted on 12/22/2020 11:10:19 AM PST by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: llevrok

When congress has a taxpayer funded slush fund to buy out sexual harassment complaints you know the end of the republic is not far off.


22 posted on 12/22/2020 11:12:35 AM PST by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: BenLurkin

IIRC Academy cadets and midshipmen are subject to the UCMJ. If I’m correct...let the trials begin!


23 posted on 12/22/2020 11:14:01 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (STOLEN ELECTION 2020)
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To: Flag_This

When I was a cadet the Honor Court was the most feared council on campus. A cadet convicted of violating the Honor Code was given the choice of resignation or expulsion.

The grim news was read over the P.A. at sunrise.

This insured I kept my eyes locked straight ahead during exams. Cheating scandals are usually conspiracies like this one, but the Code kept the honest folks honest.

What’s really sad is seeing West Point degenerate into a reflection of today’s corrupt common culture rather than the fortress of eternal values that it once was.


24 posted on 12/22/2020 11:15:51 AM PST by elcid1970 ("Pres. Trump doesn't wear glasses. That's because he's got 2020.")
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To: BenLurkin

I’d be willing to bet that a cheater, 50 years ago, got kicked out and no shot at “rehabilitation “. Just doesn’t sound right.


25 posted on 12/22/2020 11:16:35 AM PST by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: Flag_This

> “A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.” - I guess the cadet honor code no longer applies.

It’s 2020, man. Rules are being dropped left and right. Well, mostly left.


26 posted on 12/22/2020 11:20:34 AM PST by shaven_llama
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To: llevrok

why not expulsion rather than a second chance for those found cheating?”

Possibly there are a good many affirmitive action candidates among their number and holding them to standards would “look bad”.


27 posted on 12/22/2020 11:20:36 AM PST by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: ealgeone

I think pictures of the cadets might answer some questions.


28 posted on 12/22/2020 11:22:50 AM PST by Captain Walker ("More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of." - Alfred Lord Tennyson)
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To: BenLurkin

Boy oh boy, have standards slipped.

The Honor Code - I will not Lie, Cheat, or Steal; nor will I tolerate any that does.

There was a time, not too long ago, when every West Point cheater would be expelled as unfit for service.

Our Nation is truly lost....


29 posted on 12/22/2020 11:26:26 AM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: BenLurkin

West Point might as well be considered a public school. They sure seem to take punishment just as serious.


30 posted on 12/22/2020 11:27:14 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: ealgeone

Why? Probably because they are members of a protected class (black, Queer, transexual, female, etc.). Rules only apply to white male heterosexuals.


31 posted on 12/22/2020 11:28:48 AM PST by Glide Plane
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To: BenLurkin
55 cadets have admitted cheating and have been enrolled in a six-month rehabilitation program focused on ethics. They will be on probation for the rest of their time at the academy.

Incredible! In the old days, they would have been kicked out and probably given a bad-conduct discharge to boot.

32 posted on 12/22/2020 11:32:17 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: BenLurkin

Cheating is a battle tactic. We did it om D-Day. It is also an election tactic acceptable to Democrats, but only if they do it.


33 posted on 12/22/2020 11:38:04 AM PST by Daveinyork
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To: jz638

There is something else to consider. Harsh penalties deter future misbehavior by others. But now cheating just gets you a stint in some sort of rehab class.

That’s not much of a deterrent.


34 posted on 12/22/2020 11:38:13 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: clee1

“Boy oh boy, have standards slipped.”

A guy on my dorm floor in 1980 was kicked out for cheating on a test. Yes standards have slipped.


35 posted on 12/22/2020 11:46:20 AM PST by setter
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To: setter

“A guy on my dorm floor in 1980 was kicked out for cheating on a test. Yes standards have slipped.”

Public University not West Point I want to clarify.


36 posted on 12/22/2020 11:47:17 AM PST by setter
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To: BenLurkin
... enrolled in a six-month rehabilitation program focused on ethics

Same cure used by the FBI. Training. Works, or else they wouldn't do it, right?

37 posted on 12/22/2020 11:49:35 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: BenLurkin

When you continue to lower the standards for those who get in, this is what you get. While the Academies have had cheating scandals in the part, it appears to be more commonplace thanks to the lower standards. Since the largest category of nominations comes from congressional nominations, and you consider the total lack of ethical standards and character of most of those in Congress you understand why.


38 posted on 12/22/2020 11:53:36 AM PST by falcon99 (qu)
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To: BenLurkin

The service academies are a relic of a more honorable era of American culture and military excellence.


39 posted on 12/22/2020 11:54:54 AM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

“Affirmative Action Recruiting

almost guaranteed, plus add in sports players o the cheater pool ...


40 posted on 12/22/2020 11:57:01 AM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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