“They remain on the team because West Point Superintendent Lt. Gen. Darryl Williams suspended the school’s policy of barring cadets who violate the academy’s honor code from representing the school in public.”
I am surprised by this move of West Point favoring money over honor. Why would the General suspend this?
Furthermore, why has the U.S. Army allow this corruption at West Point?
Oh to send a message. The Army should for forfeit its entire season.
Give the trophy to Navy.
I lived under a strict honor code many years ago in college. Cheating was not something you wanted to do. If you cheated, it was best to make it a solo activity as the danger was “creating a pattern.” And that is what happened here.
Now, having witnessed this type of thing first hand I can tell you there is always one or two cadets who are the hub. They either have an old copy of a test or they went in and stole the new one. Yes, that happens.
I am sure that once those central figures are discovered, they would have gotten the boot from my school. The rest would probably fail the course, do a shit load of tours (marching for an hour with a firearm....back and forth on a strip about 25 yards across) and be restricted to your barracks (dorm room.) And if you were an athlete you would not be able to participate until the tours were worked off.
The issue with the tours is these tours would not be “forgiven.” And you could easily get 150 tours for something like this. Walking with a 1903 would become your part time job. Every day. For the entire semester—rain, snow, hot or cold. And in Vermont it was usually cold and snowing.
The sad part is that the professors and support staff would ALWAYS spend the time with you if you needed help. Most of the time they would “help you” by working on problems very close to those on the test.
These kids are simply “stupid.” There is no other explanation.
(The Honor Courts were usually staffed by Jocks as well. They would be pissed at underclassmen doing stuff this stupid. It was all run by the students. There was “little Mercy” for this crap.)
The only thing worse is being caught stealing. If you stole ANYTHING you would be off campus within 90 minutes—appeal and all.