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Dissent: It's not up to the Honor Committee

Written by Daily Princetonian Editorial Board, Staff
Published: Monday, April 14th, 2008
The majority's effort to grapple with the ethical question posed by psychostimulants like Adderall is admirable and necessary in a community that values academic integrity. Any attempt to have the Honor Code address the use of such substances, ...(back to the article)

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    12:03 p.m. on April 16th, 2008
    Posted by Crusty Alum

    I don't think you sound petty at all Huzzah. The same could be said for all "honor codes" that are only academic in nature. I just hold PU to a higher standard. Those other codes, and Princeton's, should be "honest" and just call themselves an "Academic Code". There's nothing wrong with that, it just doesn't have the patina that true "Honor Codes" or "Honor Systems" have. That the school tries to pretend it has an honor code is dishonest. In my mind, there are very few schools that have a true honor code -- the service academies, Washington & Lee University, and UVA all come to mind.

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    1:13 a.m. on April 16th, 2008
    Posted by Huzzah

    At the risk of sounding petty, Crusty Alum, can't the same be said for almost every academic "honor" code in this country? Or am I just missing something here?

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    6:31 p.m. on April 14th, 2008
    Posted by Crusty Alum

    I know that. It wasn't an honor code then either. It's an academic code, that they try and attach the word "honor" to it is a joke.

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    5:22 p.m. on April 14th, 2008
    Posted by @Crusty Alum

    It didn't consider theft a violation when you were a student either.

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    11:03 a.m. on April 14th, 2008
    Posted by Crusty Alum

    An honor code that doesn't consider "theft" a violation is not worthy of the name.

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