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USC needs a win over Cal tonight to improve its chances for a tournament bid 20
Los Angeles subway artwork attracts Metro riders. 8
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WEATHER
Today: Mostly cloudy. Higft 65, low 46.
Tomorrow: Showers.
Spring Break: I he Daily Trojan will resume publication Tuesday, March 21
Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912
www.dailytrojan.com
March 9, 2006
Cheating definition questioned
Administrators and students disagree about what actions constitute cheating.
By ADRIAN FL0RID0
SUff Writer
Even before he had received his midterm exam, James knew he had nothing to worry about.
He and his friends had concocted a plan that guaranteed them a passing grade. If the smartest students had prepared well enough, James could even hope for a B-plus.
“The smart students always sit in the front, so the people who were really good at cheating would sit in the second row, the next level of cheaters would sit in the third row, and the rest of us would be in the back," said James, a senior majoring in sociology who declined to give his last name.
This way, his friends sitting in the second row could steal responses from the unsuspecting students sitting in front of them. As the period progressed, the answers, through subtle glances and slightly raised answer forms, would make their way toward the back ol liie classroom.
Those students in tiie bark of the room took fewer risks and were less likely to get caught, but also had the disadvantage of copying responses that their friends ahead of them had purposely answered incorrectly in order to ward off suspicion from the professor, James said.
“You have to get some wrong.” he said. “If everyone in the class had the same answers, the professor would know that something was up.”
While James admits that the sort of system he and his friends devised might not be common at USC, academic dishonesty in all forms is rampant on campus, he said.
“I think the school sets you up to have to cheat When a foreign language teacher gives 30 homework assignments, students feel like they have to cheat in order to survive," James said.
Course notes
A student-run Web site, www.uscoursenotes.com, sold notes for several business and accounting courses.
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Trojans taste, drink to Dionysus with new Food and Wine Society
The club was approved by USC because it agrees to work with professionals.
By J. CHRISTINA HUH
Staff Writer
You don't just chug it or throw back a shot of it.
You look at it. Swirl it. Smell it. Sip it. Ponder it. Then you spit it out.	»
Tasting wine i* a slow and methodical process compared to other methods of imbibing alcohol.
The process fully engages the taster's senses: from observing the hue to feeling the weight of the wine on one’s tongue, every step of the wine tasting process fleshes out the character of the wine for the taster. Introducing student* to the
proper way to taste wine is one of the main goals of USC's new Food and Wine Society, the first alcohol-related student organization to be approved by the university.
"That's a part of it that I'm going to really evangelize through the club, is the idea of moderation and tasting." said Danny Laseke. who started the society. “It's entirely different than just drinking. What 1 want to do is teach people how to actually taste, where you can really get an idea about the flavors and what you're drinking and learn and also enjoy it" O
This unique aspect of the club is the reason that the society was approved, said Doug Moore, executive director of risk management “Their idea is to get students involved with moderate alcohol tast-1 see Wine oage 13
Quick
Facts
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The Food and Wine Society is the first alcohol-related group to be sanctioned by the university.
UCLA Extension offers three wine-tasting courses taught by food and wine experts.
Served The Food and Wine society had its first social event, a wine tasting and mixer. Wednesday night.
Vol. CXi VIII, No. 39
Vanessa Rodriguez l Oaily Trojan
Jab Oliver Mayer, left, leads a boxing class at Founders Apartment complex Sunday evening as his dog, Nature Boy, watches the action. Mayer began teaching the class last semester. (Below) Mayer gives a strong left to the pads during the session.
theboxingplaywright
By LOIRE TSUI
Contributing Writer
Right cro*x. I oft hook.
A man throws punches in front of the mirrors in a makeshift gym.
The room reeks of sweat.
Another man wraps his wrists with tape. A mustard-colored dog lumbers from man to man, sniffing and licking.
Oliver Mayer, the leader of the pack, delivers a powerful double-left-hook-right-hand combination to the punching bag that hangs from the ceiling in the middle of the
room.' *
A playwright, professor and resident
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INSIDE
Missouri
lawmakers'
resolution Jans the flames of the church
and state debate. 4