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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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1 posted on 12/22/2020 10:39:15 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

One person’s cheating is another person’s justification to remove Trump from office.


2 posted on 12/22/2020 10:41:20 AM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021)
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To: BenLurkin

First, the cheaters are dishonest, so kick their butts out.

Second, the cheaters are stupid, so kick their butts out.

and they were probably ugly too.


3 posted on 12/22/2020 10:41:55 AM PST by Born to Conserve
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To: BenLurkin

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


4 posted on 12/22/2020 10:42:10 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone; Born to Conserve

You are both correct, in my opinion.


5 posted on 12/22/2020 10:43:17 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Can’t rehabilitate lack of Character.


6 posted on 12/22/2020 10:44:48 AM PST by dpetty121263
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To: BenLurkin

> 55 cadets have admitted cheating and have been enrolled in a six-month rehabilitation program focused on ethics <

Really? Just a rehabilitation program? Why even bother? Just make them write “I will probably not cheat anymore.” 50 times on a sheet of paper.


7 posted on 12/22/2020 10:45:17 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: BenLurkin

> enrolled in a six-month rehabilitation program focused on ethics.

Oh FFS, if you don’t know cheating is wrong by the time you’re in college WTF is a “program” going to do? It’s like the annual sexual harassment training they force everyone in the military to sit through.

This is a reflection of modern US culture. You’re going to see more and more amoral shitbags enter the officer corps, and there’s not much you can do about it because we’re past the point of no return. The upshot for leftist politicians is it’ll be a lot easier to put down protests to whatever their latest outrage is.


8 posted on 12/22/2020 10:46:02 AM PST by shaven_llama
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To: BenLurkin

This is no surprise. Don’t the liberals claim math is racist?


9 posted on 12/22/2020 10:46:05 AM PST by ladyjane
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To: BenLurkin

Throw out every cheat. Is there no honor?


10 posted on 12/22/2020 10:48:14 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: hal ogen
Throw out every cheat. Is there no honor?

If we did that, there would be no Congressmen or Senators.

11 posted on 12/22/2020 10:49:18 AM PST by 1Old Pro ( )
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To: BenLurkin

Did someone cheat to try and steal the election for class president? /sarc


12 posted on 12/22/2020 10:50:54 AM PST by Perseverando (Antifa, BLM, Libs, Progs, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder.)
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To: BenLurkin

That should eliminate a few more godless liberals from our officer ranks.....


13 posted on 12/22/2020 10:53:01 AM PST by G Larry (Authority is vested in those to whom it applies.)
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To: shaven_llama

Agreed, everything is downstream from culture. We’re witnessing what happens in all aspect of life when secular culture has taken over our society.


14 posted on 12/22/2020 10:55:54 AM PST by Truthsearcher
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To: BenLurkin
"A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do." - I guess the cadet honor code no longer applies.
15 posted on 12/22/2020 10:56:50 AM PST by Flag_This (China delenda est.)
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To: BenLurkin

How many Football players?


16 posted on 12/22/2020 10:56:51 AM PST by Keyga8tor ( )
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To: BenLurkin

On one hand, they’re 18-19 year old kids. A 19 year old enlisted man would get an article 15, do the corrective training and you move on with your mission. That your may be ruined, but if you want to make a career, for the most part you just had a setback.

On the other hand, they are a group of over fifty cadets who were given a golden opportunity that many other candidates and they pissed it away in their very first year. That’s a failure of leadership, it’s a failure of integrity, and that list of names is going to get out. Imagine any one of them trying to lead a platoon or heaven forbid one of them reaches company command. I don’t know how you justify the decision not to expel.


17 posted on 12/22/2020 11:01:18 AM PST by jz638
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To: BenLurkin

why not expulsion rather than a second chance for those found cheating? Is this what we want our military leaders to ne?

What? Many at the Pentagon already are?

Never mind.


18 posted on 12/22/2020 11:05:11 AM PST by llevrok (Mayberry was a CIA front.)
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To: BenLurkin

Affirmative Action Recruiting


19 posted on 12/22/2020 11:07:09 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: jz638
I don’t know how you justify the decision not to expel.

Let me guess, Diversity and Racism!

20 posted on 12/22/2020 11:07:59 AM PST by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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