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Pago Two
RAMBLER
Thursday, April 21, 1983
Forging Foibles
It’s hard to image a teacher who is not sensitive to the
problem of plagiarism. Students who submit work that is not
their own are far too common and do it far too regularly than
is healthy. Academia despises the practice for moral and prac-
tical reasons. Students who copy don’t learn and plagiarism
makes objective evaluation meaningless.
According to Newsweek Magazine however, a Maryland
high school English teacher has recently shown that students
are not the only ones who succumb to the temptation of taking
advantage of another’s work. Kathryn Megyeri, a teacher at
Winston Churchill High School in Pontiac, Md„ published a
“nonfiction” article in the March 29 issue of Women’s World
that describes the events leading to a 16-year-old’s abortion.
The article, which was published under Megveri’s name and
earned her $500 dollars, contained a letter which is nearly
identical to a fictional letter published in Churchill High’s
literary magazine and written by senior Brenda Way.
When school officials started to investigate Megyeri’s
literary output, they discovered that she also had evidently
copied parts of a Washington Post article to write a story (pub-
lished under her name) that appeared in a Minnesota news-
paper. Kathryn Megyeri said that she believed that “once
something is published, it’s public and you can use it.”
One can only hope that Megyeri is not representative of
public school educators nationwide. An individual who can go
through 16 years of schooling and not learn that plagiarism is
wrong is not an individual society wants teaching its youth.
Megyeri is not an evil person, but it is difficult to believe she
is an effective English teacher with that sort of blind spot
concerning the ethics of writing.
Kathryn Megyeri is still teaching at Winston Churchill
High School. She is still (presumably) checking her students’
work to make sure it wasn’t copied. Last week she submitted
a statement concerning the affair to the Montgomery County
School Superintendent — in writing.
EDITORIAL BOARD OF
TEXAS WESLEYAN RAMBLER
Editor...................................Michael Holland
Managing Editor..............................Shelby Lee
Staff......Robin Blackmon, Geno Borchardt, Susan Coultas,
Brent Dacus, Greg Duvall, Charlie Hausman,
Roger Stephens
Proofreader...................................John Fabel
Cartoonist .................................... Sarah Hill
Photographers ..................Ernest Todd, Lisa Schwab
Sponsor .............................. Dr. Michael Sewell
The Rambler is published weekly during the school year,
except holidays and examination periods by Student Publica-
tions at Texas Wesleyan College.
The mailing address is Texas Wesleyan College, Fort
Worth, Texas 76105.
Texas Wesleyan College is an equal opportunity employer
in all aspects of its operation.
Michael Holland
An Unjustly Situation
Lonnie Slaughter was sen-
tenced to life in prison a little
over a week ago. I.onnie Slaugh-
ter was Involved in the beating
and murder of some elderly Poly
residents last year. Lonnie
Slaughter says that he was there,
but that he did not kill anyone.
The murders were grisly ones.
It shocked anyone who read of
the details. Given the bare facts
of what happened those nights,
I have no problem with sending
the perpetrators to prison for
life (20 years, in reality).
But Lonnie Slaughter is a 16-
year-old black man. All of the
sudden my "liberal sensibilities”
have difficulty accepting what
happened those nights and ac-
cepting the justice of the punish-
ment.
Everyone who hears of a crime
or injustice (illegal or not) wants
to see the situation rectified.
Social man needs to see cri-
minals punished, if only to con-
vince ourselves that we will be
punished if we break the rules.
It's why you tattle on your cou-
A musical Salute to the United
States of America will be pre-
sented at Wesleyan on Monday,
April 25, and Tuesday, April 26,
in the Fine Arts Auditorium.
The Program will feature the
Wesleyan Wind Ensemble, the
Wesleyan Singers, and Karen
Johnson Waters, pianist, dean of
the School of Fine Arts. The
concerts, both of which start at
8 p.m., are free and open to the
public.
Wind Ensemble Conductor
Stephen Ehrich called the con-
cert "a celebration of American
music and composers.” The pro-
gram includes Sousa marchs, a
choral setting of the Pledge of
Alligence, an arrangement of
ALUMNI SISTERS
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tees. In 1963, Dr. Oneal was
awarded a honorary Doctor of
Humanities degree from Wes-
leyan.
In '80, Dr. Oneal made possible
the extensive renovation of
Oneal-Sells Hall, the adminis-
tration building at Wesleyan.
The two sisters donated portions
of their extensive antiques and
special collections to furnish the
Annie Norton Room of the build-
ing as a memorial to their
mother.
On the day that Lois Norton
Hard was to enroll as a student
at Wesleyan she became a bride
Wesleyan she became a bride
instead, as her fiance J. Lyle
Hard was called to service for
WWI. Because married women
did not attend college in those
days, Mrs. Hard instead became
a leader in community organiza-
tions, although she kept a strong
interest in college activities. Mrs.
Hard has been a lifetime mem-
ber of Polytechnic United Meth-
odist Church and is active in the
Fort Worth Woman's Club, the
Progressive Study Club, the
D.A.R. and the Magna Charta
Dames.
A trust fund was established
by Mrs. Hard in order to main-
tain the J. Lyle Hard Memorial
Drama Award, given to a Wes-
leyan Theatre student each year
in honor of her late husband. For
further information see the
schedule of events on p. 3.
sins when they're smoking cigar-
ettes behind the bam.
But my emotional need for
justice is frustrated by Lonnie
Slaughter's age and race. I can-
not conceive a 16-year-old doing
what Slaughter did. I cannot con-
ceive of sending a 16-year-old to
the state penitentiary for 20
years. Justice (to be satisfying)
needs to occur in the realm of
reality. The individual’s reality.
Your and my reality.
I also cannot trust myself to
yearn too strongly for the
punishment of a young black
man. To do so smacks of racism,
an evil we all try to purge our-
selves of. I realize that ulti-
mately my concern Is actually
rooted in racism, but I console
myself with the hope that knowl-
edge of a disease Is the first step
towards a cure.
Lonnie Slaughter will, of
course, appeal. I wish I could
support or oppose him in his
appeal, because it Is so easy to
take sides in a battle (in a court-
room or on the street). But I
can’t take a side. I can only sit
in frustration as I see a situa-
tion where no one can possibly
win, where justice cannot pos-
sibly be served, where people
have died for no reason.
English; the words sound fami-
liar, but nothing makes sense.
The third annual Southwest
Computer Show at the Dallas
Market Hall will provide an in-
expensive way to sift through the
maze of hard- and software op-
tions available and provide a
means to make some intelligent
decisions about your own com-
puter needs.
The show, which runs from
April 29 through May 1, offers
the opportunity to learn about,
try out, and compare thousands
of products, including computers,
peripherals, services and an ar-
ray of software packages. Acces-
sories such as printers, hand
disks, modems, memory cards,
game cartridges and video dis-
plays will also be shown. Pro-
moters say the 300 displays will
represent every major computer
manufacturer and will present
computers and software suitable
for nearly every imaginable use.
The doors will open at 10:30
a.m. on the 29th and 30th and
will stay open until 6:30 p.m.
On the final day, May 1, the
show will run from noon until
6 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults
and $3 for children.
Musicians Salute U.S.
Show Compiles Computers
You have in your hand $500
to spend on one of the most im-
portant purchases of your life.
You are ready to buy a compu-
ter. But when you walk into the
showroom, the sales talk sounds
like a combination of Middle
English and Jamaican Pidgeon
songs from the Civil War set
for wind ensemble, and a choral/
instrumental arrangement of the
"Battle Hymn of the Republic."
The highlight of the concert will
be Gershwin's “Rhapsody in
Blue” with pianist Waters being
accompanied by the Wind En-
semble.
The concert begins the pre-
paration for summer 1984 tour
of Europe by the Wesleyan mu-
sical groups. The groups in-
volved in the three week tour
will be the Wind Ensemble, the
Singers, and the Wesleyan Jazz
Ensemble. Cassette recordings of
the Salute to the USA will be
available for purchase at the
concert. Funds from their sale
and other contributions will be
used to help finance the Euro-
pean trip.
opens Thura., April 21 and runt through tho 23. Big Mama it playad
by Pam Latham, and Big Daddy by Stovo Hanabutt.
Photo by Brigltta Luack
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