Despite scandals and bad ink, more and more students want to go Greek

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We had test banks. They were tests that profs had handed back. The profs knew that these tests might “make the rounds” for future students to study from - whether that was within Greek systems or just among friends (“hey, I know you’re taking Econ 201 next quarter, I’ll save my notes and tests for you”). I don’t see the issue, personally. We were still STUDYING from these tests. Cheating would be breaking into a system and getting a test that hadn’t yet been administered or that the prof didn’t hand back.

Whether this constitutes cheating depends on the rules of a given college.

For instance, showing someone an old exam to someone who is currently taking the course can be considered an academic honor violation at my college as demonstrated when one student was punished by the honor board at my LAC for doing precisely that. Worse, it didn’t matter that the board conceded she did it unwittingly.

While her punishment consisted of writing an essay, she was also placed on judicial probation for the rest of her time there. This meant another honors violation would mean a suspension at the very least.

While I personally felt this case was unreasonably extreme, it does illustrate what may not be a big deal by some colleges/individuals might actually be to others.