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...feel our role here is to intimidate cheaters," Jay Halfond, head of the Classrooms and Examinations Office that deals with every cheating case, said yesterday. "We just want to create an atmosphere so that it will be difficult to cheat...
...Halfond and his squad of 60-70 proctors are specially trained to deal with cheating cases, and with each new case they become more familiar with students' practices...
...intimidate students caught cheating, and we allow them to complete the exam on the chance that they are proven 'not guilty,'" Halfond said. "Cheating is such a serious offense, I wouldn't want to jeopardize anyone's case...
...Halfond said that in his experience, most of the students caught cheating have left crib sheets in bathrooms. accidentally leaving their names on them or leaving identification nearby...
There is a cadre of 60 to 70 proctors--graduate or professional students working for $2.50 to $3 an hour--that Halfond commands nowadays. He gives them an intruction sheet and a few directions at the start of the exam period. If they see students cheating, proctors are supposed to wait until the exam is over to confront them. If a student falls ill during an exam, a proctor is supposed to escort him to the Health Services, wait for a physician's verdict, and call it in to the Registrar's Office. If the student is genuinely sick...