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When the final curtain eventually comes down--in metaphor only, as the Kirkland JCR is not well-equiped theatrically--the audience is left with a sense of relief and sadness. One is relieved that the troubled play has concluded and has even provided a moral--"try and cheat the government and look what happens." However, one is also saddened by the realization that the Kirkland House production was pretty much doomed from the start. Given the uncohesive script, with its shoddily constructed plot and poorly developed characters, the present production deserves at least an "A" for effort...
Smith's research, conducted between 1969 and 1981, concludes that the adolescents who go on to drink, smoke and take drugs as teen-agers and young adults are usually impulsive, pessimistic, unambitious, extroverted and have poor study habits. They also admit a willingness to lie, cheat and hurt others...
Reagan replied with an anecdote of his own. He told of a Marcos election worker who had allegedly pitched a supply of Aquino ballots into a ditch, and he doubted aloud that anyone would try to cheat by doing that. Said the President: "If he was really trying to get away with fraud, you'd think he'd have burned those ballots...
...doubt some undergraduates will respond that they'll be flattered if the University requires them to sign a statement promising not to cheat and obliging them to snitch on their classmates for breaking the rules. These students will proudly trumpet the honor code as a reflection of the respect and trust Harvard feels for its students...
...already against Harvard rules to cheat; students know from the day they enroll here that they have signed a tacit contract not to break the rules. An honor code is not necessary to remind students that they're not supposed to let their eyes wander onto their neighbors' bluebooks...