TUESDAY
NOVEMBER 2, 1993
Volume 16, Number 15
Texas' ONLY Independent Student Newspaper
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firearms at C By Brian Wheeler
News Editor
UTSA's Chisholm Hall residents
found out last week that the problem
with illegal fireanns in schools has ex­tended
itself to their donnitory.
Last Tuesday, Oct. 26 at approxi­mately
10:30 p.m., the UTSA polke de­partment
was alerted
"When we checked the serial num­bers
on the weapons we discovered they
were stolen. Then we contacted the
agency where the crime was reported
and since it was another county we con­tacted
the Texas Rangers," said Chavez.
A .45-caliber Colt automatic pistol
was later recovered from an individual
who had allegedly purchased it from
ROTC. I would never have expected
this from him."
Karen Whitney, assistant vice presi­dent
for student life and on-campus hous­ing
liaison, said, "I was shocked to learn
these types of things are occurring in
Chisholm Hall.
"I imagine there is no way to prevent
it. This just tells me that UTSA is part of
to illegal weapons in11ur. d .. ·
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San Antonio and
San Antonio is
part of society.
Right now in our
society there are
a lot of guns ami
occasionally
Hall. the dorm."
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over there and knocked on the door. The
resident opened the door and the officers
saw some guns hanging in the closet
because the door was open."
ThepoHcequestionedJames Hannon
Wulfkuhle, a sophomore from Del Rio,
and charged him with possession of frre­anns
at an educational institution and
impounded the weapons and ammuni­tion.
"It's a felony to have any kind of
weapon on campus," stated Chavez.
The items seized included 16 boxes
of ammunition. two rifles, three hand­guns,
a BB gun pistol, and various
weapon accessories such as handcuffs
and holsters.
Wulfkuhle. Wulfkuhle wasalsocharged
with possession of stolen property. A
Bexar County magistrate set bail at
$5,000 for each charge. Wulfkuhle was
released on Oct 29 after posting bail.
His roommate was also questioned
but not charged with any offense; how­ever,
both students were evicted from
the residence hall by Bach Management
which operates the facility. Wulfkuhle
was suspended by UTSA pending a full
university investigation.
Juan Cisneros, a Chisholm Hall resi­dent,
said, "I was shocked. He gradu­ated
from high school with me in Del
Rio. He was a good student and in
guns come to campus," stated Whitney.
She praised the university police for
their response saying, "It's the kind of
thing where immediate action is most
appropriate."
Shelly Dominguez, a Chisholm Hall
resident, said, "I didn't know anything
until I heard on the news. I feel unsafe,
nobody said anything."
Chavez said, "Firearms or any kind
of weapon are all illegal on the univer­sity
campus. It's a felony-that means
prison time."
He explained that state law prohibits
on-campus residents from having weap­ons
even if the weapons are legal.
UTSA releases revi
Rachel Dupnlk
Contributing Writer
This fall. UTSA facultyreceivednew
guidelines and procedures regarding
scholastic dishonesty but no substantive
changes were made to the existing policy.
These new guidelines were implemented
to promote scholastic integrity at UTSA.
The regents' rules and regulations
defines scholastic dishonesty as, "[but
not limited to], cheating, plagiarism,
collusion, the submission for credit of
any work or materials that are attainable
in whole or in part to another person,
taking any act designed to give unfair
advantage to a student or the attempt to
commit such acts."
In terms of the scholastic dishonesty
policy and its definition, no formal
changes were made. Instead, the policy
focuses on clarification of procedure
and students' rights were focused on.
Karen Whitney, assistant vice president
for student life, said, "In terms of the
policy, it was not a change except in
trying to explain it more thoroughly to
UTSA grade point average comparisons
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Female Students
Male Students
Fore1gn Students
Non-Texas Res1dents
Texas Res1dents
0 0 .5 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
Grade poln le
UTSA approves philosophy degree
The University ofTexas at San Anto­nio
will offer a new bachelor of arts
degree in philosophy which received
final approval at the Oct. 28 meeting of
the Texas Higher Education Coordinat­ing
Board in Austin.
Originally proposed in UTSA 'sear
years, the degree program came to the
forefront three years ago as part of the
university's strategic planning process.
It was approved by the Univer.sity of
Texas System Board of Regents m ~eb­ruary
and forwarded to the Coordmat-ing
Board. . .
"We are very pleased wath th1s ac-tion,,
said UTSA president Samuel
Kirkpatrick. "Approval of this p~ogram
is an additional sign of our matunty as a
comprehensive university."
With a complement of faculty al­ready
in place and most of the required
philosophy courses already being of­fered,
student advising for the new de­gree
program will be implemented im­mediately.
Four new organized courses
for junior and senior level students wi11
be added to the curriculum. With a
special studies class and additional ad­vanced
level courses, tiTS A may gradu­ate
itsflrst philosophy student as early as
December 1994.
"When the university was founded,
there was an understanding the univer­sity
couldn't do everything at once,"
said Alan Craven, director of the divi­sion
of English, classics and philoso-phy.
"Now, we've reached the point
where we can fill out the different kinds
of degree offerings that a maj~r ins~tu­tion
has to have. Philosophy 1s an Im­portant
part of a comprehensive univer-sity,"
Craven said .
The division offers various phlloso­phy
courses, taught by seven faculty
members, which support its general hu­manities
degree. About 20. to 2~ stu­dents
are expected to major m P~I!O~­phy,
a survey conducted in the dJvJston
indicated.
The new program offers ~n alterna­tive
for students seeking a liberal arts
degree. "Philosophy is an excellent
preparation for post-graduate w?rlc or
professional schools," Craven saad.
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faculty; it expands it (the policy). I
tried to make it into a more read­more
thorough handout for the
"
Students' rights as well as faculty
.. lJIUU:)•u•~•u·~~ were among the topics
addressed in the document.
said, "I think clarifying, dis­and
explaining students' basic
of due process and the definitions
Clllheatin~ and the importance of con­and
discussing allegations with
are things that not all faculty
a background in or an understand­!
want to set up an approach for
so it will be easier for them to do
guidelines established include
combating scholastic dishonesty
examinations and ways students
scholastic dishonesty. The
are exact in informing fac­the
various methods students use
-.w~rrm scholastic dishonesty.
~"' "~ were given more informa­to
took for as the signs of
so that they can respond to it,"
Whitney. Among the infor­faculty
received was a list of 23
ways in which "students may
commit scholastic dishonesty."
With such strict guidelines, one may
wonder why such measures are taken.
Whitney stated, "We are at an institute
of higher education, and I think we have
to have an environment that does not in
any way tolerate cheating. I am deter­mined
that if someone cheats on this
campus they will be held accountable
for it."
The changes were made for several
reasons; however, maintaining academic
integrity played a key role in the revision
process. "The University of Texas at
San Antonio is serious about all of our
students acting with integrity, and the
failure to have integrity and act dishon­estly
will not be tolerated," stated Karen
Whitney.
In relation to scholastic dishonesty as
a whole, Whitney said she felt that
"tiTS A students have quite a bit of in­tegrity."
Out of 17,000 students, only a
dozen instances of scholastic dishon­esty
were reported last year. This was
another reason revisions were made.
Whitney said, "I fmd it hard to be­lieve
that there were only about 12
incidents last year of actual cheating. As
much as I want to have faith in our
students, Ifind that there must be a Jot of
under-reporting or a lot of activity going
on that is not being properly monitored."
While the faculty has a responsibility
to monitor and report scholastic dishon­esty,
a student has an obHgation to
report any dishonest act he may witness.
"To know that cheating is going on
and to not do something about it, that
student is actually violating our policies
on scholastic dishonesty," stated Whit­ney.
Although new guidelines and proce­dures
are now being implemented, Whit­ney
stated, "Even at the height of aware­ness
about this policy, I am not expect­ing
a large percentage of students to be
involved in cheating. I am just con­cerned
that we are not appropriately and
aggressively addressing those few that
are cheating."
Whitney is pleased with the faculty
reaction to the new approach. "It has
been very positive. I think they feel like
they have got something they feel like
they can use, ... and they, above all,
don't want to tolerate anything that di­minishes
the value of the education
they're trying to provide."
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new:nd was voted Into membership Oct. 27 by the Interfraternity Council. Theta Chi started
J IY 1s and currently has 38 members.
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