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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


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

The new Army and West Point: Freshmen will be Freshmen, this cheating isn’t too bad. Disgusting.


41 posted on 12/22/2020 11:57:56 AM PST by Midwesterner53
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To: Truthsearcher
Agreed, everything is downstream from culture. We’re witnessing what happens in all aspect of life when secular culture has taken over our society.

When the culture of the great state collapses, everything disintegrates. Look at Rome during the crisis of the 3rd century, Constantinople before Turkish conquest, or the Ching Dynasty in the late 1800s.

42 posted on 12/22/2020 11:58:11 AM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: Leaning Right

POC.... West Point is woke now.


43 posted on 12/22/2020 12:03:19 PM PST by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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To: BenLurkin

Wasn’t there a cheating scandal in the mid-70s? 76, 77 iirc ? What’s the precedent.


44 posted on 12/22/2020 12:06:04 PM PST by ameribbean expat (Attention! All persons having the corona virus...please report to the nearest IRS office. Thank you.)
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To: BenLurkin

Cheating on school exams is worth national news, but an ENTIRE NATIONAL ELECTION being cheated and switched - “meh... fake news...”


45 posted on 12/22/2020 12:10:22 PM PST by joethedrummer
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To: ealgeone

The ones who weren’t kicked out were probably the sons of important people, you know like McCain.


46 posted on 12/22/2020 12:22:24 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not my current tagline.)
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To: BenLurkin
West Point Motto:

Duty, Honor, Country

The Cadet Honor Code states that a cadet will not lie, cheat or steal, nor tolerate those who do. A cadet who violates the Cadet Honor Code shall be separated from the United States Military Academy.

Here is an excellent in depth look at the 1976 cheating scandal.......

1976 Cheating Scandal

47 posted on 12/22/2020 12:22:53 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Hot Tabasco
The Cadet Honor Code states that a cadet will not lie, cheat or steal, nor tolerate those who do. A cadet who violates the Cadet Honor Code shall be separated from the United States Military Academy.

They must not have cheated, the word is they are not being separated, just on some watch list.

48 posted on 12/22/2020 12:26:28 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: CatOwner

The main lessons from 2020 may well turn out to be:

1. Lying, cheating and stealing pays.
2. Laws are for the little people (Unless their lawlessness in politically useful)
3. As George Carlin said “If voting mattered, they wouldn’t let you do it”

If Biden actually takes office, that is my take away from all this.


49 posted on 12/22/2020 12:29:38 PM PST by Chuckster (Friends don't let friends eat farmed fish)
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To: jz638
I don’t know how you justify the decision not to expel.

I'm suspecting that the decision not to expel may revolve around the cadets either being related to "important people" or members of "protected classes". In other words, people who would not have gotten in on pure merit, and thus may have difficulty passing a test on a hard subject that would be objectively graded.

50 posted on 12/22/2020 12:32:34 PM PST by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Pls cite UCMJ article(s) regarding cheating on a calculus exam.


51 posted on 12/22/2020 12:33:17 PM PST by A strike (Add Roberts and Barr to the Gitmo list, maybe first.)
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To: CatOwner

BEST POST !


52 posted on 12/22/2020 12:33:52 PM PST by A strike (Add Roberts and Barr to the Gitmo list, maybe first.)
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To: 1Old Pro
I just posted what the original honor code used to stand for, not for what is being interpreted today.....

Check out the link to the 1976 scandal I just posted....

53 posted on 12/22/2020 12:34:02 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: BenLurkin

Throw them out. It will be a lesson for incoming students.


54 posted on 12/22/2020 12:35:03 PM PST by Exit148
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To: elcid1970

THE CORPS HAS!!!!!!!!!!!


55 posted on 12/22/2020 12:39:35 PM PST by slorunner
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To: BenLurkin

If Joe Biden can get installed as POTUS, all these Cadets should get A’s in calc


56 posted on 12/22/2020 12:50:47 PM PST by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change.)
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To: A strike
During my illustrious 6 year "career" in the United States Armed Forces I never ran afoul of the UCMJ. Not a single court-martial,not a single Article 15. As a result I am very unfamiliar with specific articles but I know that there are numerous articles that deal with the many types of dishonesty that a soldier/sailor/airman/Marine might engage in that could get him/her in trouble.

Perhaps an Army/Navy/Air Force JAG officer could weigh in on this.IIRC there is at least one Freeper who is one...I interacted with him/her once.

57 posted on 12/22/2020 12:56:56 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (STOLEN ELECTION 2020)
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To: BenLurkin

I thought cheating brought instant expulsion. Defining deviancy down.


58 posted on 12/22/2020 12:57:34 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: BenLurkin

Surprise! They’ve got good examples of how to cheat.....people in high political places are the best examples!!


59 posted on 12/22/2020 1:05:03 PM PST by Dawgreg
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To: 1Old Pro

Actually, for the most part that would be a good thing. It just might send a message.


60 posted on 12/22/2020 1:24:11 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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