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·1· ·that your office door was --
·2· · · · · · · ·PROFESSOR BEA:· Not -- was closed.
·3· · · · · · · ·COUNCIL MEMBER:· Was closed, okay.· And
·4· ·was it locked?
·5· · · · · · · ·PROFESSOR BEA:· No, no, because I
·6· ·couldn't use my key and get in.· So if it was locked,
·7· ·my key didn't work.· It was closed but not locked.
·8· · · · · · · ·COUNCIL MEMBER:· Not locked, okay.· Thank
·9· ·you.
10· · · · · · · ·PRESIDENT ADOLF:· Professor, also
11· ·regarding that incident, in your statement, you say
12· ·that during Prianka's midterm Exam 3, you came and
13· ·found the door closed and then opened and her behind
14· ·the desk.
15· · · · · · · ·PROFESSOR BEA:· Yes.
16· · · · · · · ·PRESIDENT ADOLF:· But in her statement,
17· ·she says that happened during Quiz 4.· So for
18· ·clarification, when did that happen?
19· · · · · · · ·PROFESSOR BEA:· Yes.· That's why --
20· ·something I wanted to say, that there are things that
21· ·are inconsistent because the situation with the door,
22· ·it was in the Midterm 3, not on the 4.· The 4 is the
23· ·one that I notice something is strange, is when I
24· ·came to my office, and then I notice after the class
25· ·was over, I opened my -- well, I just moved my mouse
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·1· ·on the computer.· The window pop up and it was the
·2· ·answer key there.
·3· · · · · ·I remember clearly it's impossible for me to
·4· ·keep the answer key if my students take an exam.· It
·5· ·wouldn't make any sense.· I for sure had my answer
·6· ·key closed.· And when I came out for Quiz Number 4
·7· ·after the class, the answer key was there.· It's when
·8· ·I start really suspecting.· It's when I decided to
·9· ·make the fake answer key and things started.
10· · · · · · · ·COUNCIL MEMBER:· Professor Bea, did
11· ·Prianka take the Exam 3 at the same time as the rest
12· ·of the class?
13· · · · · · · ·PROFESSOR BEA:· No, she did not.
14· · · · · · · ·COUNCIL MEMBER:· She did not.
15· · · · · · · ·PROFESSOR BEA:· No.· Well, see, actually
16· ·she started as usual, about 10 or 15 minutes before
17· ·the class is started.· As usual, I went down to my
18· ·class.· I started the class as usual 5 to 10 minutes
19· ·before the class, and she came in my office.
20· · · · · ·And when she came down asking for the
21· ·phone -- using my computer for sending e-mail is when
22· ·I followed her out and saw.· Later in the middle of
23· ·the class, she came down and she said that she wanted
24· ·just to finish the exam in my class, but she had
25· ·started in my office.· She finished in my class.
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·1· · · · · · · ·COUNCIL MEMBER:· And that was on the same
·2· ·day as the rest of the class was taking Exam 3?
·3· · · · · · · ·PROFESSOR BEA:· Yes, it was the same day.
·4· · · · · · · ·COUNCIL MEMBER:· And can you reconcile
·5· ·Prianka's performance on Exam 3 with her previous
·6· ·performance in the class?
·7· · · · · · · ·PROFESSOR BEA:· Yeah.· In the previous
·8· ·exams, she was in the 90s.· You can have maybe there
·9· ·a copy of the roster there.· Was in the 90s.· This
10· ·one was actually only 47 points.· It was -- and I
11· ·remember because it was the second worst grade in my
12· ·class.· It's easy to remember, especially for a
13· ·person like her, that she's so brilliant.· She's been
14· ·so brilliant.
15· · · · · ·But the one that actually logged off my
16· ·computer, she wouldn't have access to my answer key
17· ·and she failed -- she failed the exam.· I cannot
18· ·forget that.· So it was 47 points, and it was the
19· ·second worst after the 43 another student got.
20· · · · · · · ·COUNCIL MEMBER:· Professor Bea, can you
21· ·please explain what you did when you looked at your
22· ·class roster?
23· · · · · · · ·PROFESSOR BEA:· As usual, when I finish
24· ·grading my exams, what I'm going to do is put in the
25· ·grades on that roster.· I have actually two.· One of
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·1· ·them is the paper that I use.· With pencil, I put my
·2· ·notes there.· And the second one is electronic, which
·3· ·is the one I use later for making calculations and
·4· ·sending my students the answers or the grades.
·5· · · · · ·So I notice that the 47 was not 47 anymore.
·6· ·It was 77.· So I opened my electronic roster, and I
·7· ·realized that there were four different grades,
·8· ·according to the one I had in my electronic that were
·9· ·changed in the paper one.· Not only the 47 was
10· ·changed to 77, but there were other three that you
11· ·can see in the examples we're having there, they were
12· ·also modified.
13· · · · · ·It doesn't make any sense either because at
14· ·that point, Prianka was 106 percent in my class.· Why
15· ·in the hell I'm going to add extra points for a
16· ·person who is more than a hundred percent?· And
17· ·everything just fell and fell perfectly.
18· · · · · ·Now I understand why she was acting that
19· ·strange.· Now I understand why she took the exam with
20· ·a fake everything, with a fake answer key.· Now I
21· ·think it makes more sense.
22· · · · · · · ·COUNCIL MEMBER:· Dr. Bea, is it possible
23· ·for the grade book to have been changed in any other
24· ·way?
25· · · · · · · ·PROFESSOR BEA:· You mean the grades?
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·1· · · · · · · ·COUNCIL MEMBER:· Yes, sir.
·2· · · · · · · ·PROFESSOR BEA:· In the statement Prianka
·3· ·says, that one exam, she asked me and there were two
·4· ·points of difference there.· Well, usually what I do
·5· ·in this case, I say, not the first time I make a
·6· ·mistake.· I'm human.· I asked the student to give me
·7· ·the exam or the quiz, and then I take it -- either
·8· ·the student comes with me after class and then I make
·9· ·the modifications in front of him or her, or simply
10· ·just I make the modification and on the following
11· ·day, I give them back.
12· · · · · ·But if you can see, the two points she says
13· ·is actually changed to six points.· So she said it
14· ·was two points.· Why I'm giving her six points if it
15· ·was actually a change I did?
16· · · · · ·I don't remember now what's the one I
17· ·changed, but I remember that it was two points it's
18· ·supposed to be changed.· Six points was what actually
19· ·changed.· I mean, I can make a mistake in this case,
20· ·but four mistakes?
21· · · · · ·Two points here is for additional
22· ·information.· It was after -- Midterm 2, for Midterm
23· ·2.· Take a look, and actually it was six points.· It
24· ·was 99 instead of 96 that she should have if I add
25· ·two points as she claims.· It was in additional
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·1· ·information Point Number 2, from her statement.
·2· · · · · ·But again, it wasn't the only one that was
·3· ·changed.· The most clearly was a 47 up to 77.· It was
·4· ·30 points of difference.· I never make those
·5· ·mistakes, no.· I have no reason because, again, she
·6· ·was so good.
·7· · · · · · · ·COUNCIL MEMBER:· Professor Bea, can you
·8· ·please explain what happened when you talked to Dr.
·9· ·Brien and Dr. Peterson about the academic public
10· ·folders?
11· · · · · · · ·PROFESSOR BEA:· Well, it was that Prianka
12· ·came to my office and she was saying that she got
13· ·some of the answers from my fake answer key and some
14· ·of the information she got from all of the professors
15· ·from folders, Professor Brien and other folders.· So
16· ·I asked them, and they told me that it's impossible
17· ·they have those answers because actually Professor
18· ·Brien, I don't think she has anything.· And
19· ·therefore, it's impossible.· And besides, how is it
20· ·possible they are going to do a reaction that doesn't
21· ·exist, and particularly, those that I already
22· ·mentioned.
23· · · · · ·So they said that they don't have anything in
24· ·their folders that can be used by any student to make
25· ·the wrong answers here.
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·1· · · · · · · ·PRESIDENT ADOLF:· Council, are there any
·2· ·further questions for Professor Bea at this time?
·3· · · · · · · ·COUNCIL MEMBER:· Professor Bea, what
·4· ·specific assignments are you calling into question?
·5· · · · · · · ·PROFESSOR BEA:· You can see -- let me see
·6· ·if I have -- I didn't bring the copy -- or did I?
·7· ·Yeah.· You mean the one that grades were changed?
·8· · · · · · · ·COUNCIL MEMBER:· Well, what do you
·9· ·believe she cheated on?
10· · · · · · · ·PROFESSOR BEA:· Well, I think she's
11· ·been -- well, proof I have only for -- with Number 5,
12· ·and it's a good guess also for -- with Number 4,
13· ·because I saw the answer key on my computer, and with
14· ·Midterm Number 3 because she dropped suddenly from
15· ·the 90s up to 47.
16· · · · · ·She says it was because she was sick or
17· ·something like that.· I don't have real proof of
18· ·that.· The only one I clearly have the proof is for
19· ·Quiz Number 5 because obviously it's the one that I
20· ·can demonstrate perfectly.· The other one is -- I
21· ·call it at most maybe circumstantial or it's just my
22· ·personal guess, but -- what else?
23· · · · · · · ·PRESIDENT ADOLF:· Council, are there any
24· ·further questions for Professor Bea at this time?
25· · · · · ·Seeing none, Council, this is the accused in
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·1· ·the case, Prianka Bose.
·2· · · · · ·Prianka, will you please read the oath of
·3· ·truth aloud?
·4· · · · · · · ·MS. BOSE:· On my honor, I do solemnly
·5· ·swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing
·6· ·but the truth.
·7· · · · · · · ·PRESIDENT ADOLF:· Thank you.
·8· · · · · ·Officially, it is alleged that you stole from
·9· ·Professor Bea and cheated in Chemistry 212,
10· ·specifically but not limited to Quiz 3, Quiz 4, Quiz
11· ·5, Midterm 2 and Midterm 3.
12· · · · · ·Would you like to enter a plea of in
13· ·violation or not in violation for stealing from
14· ·Professor Bea?
15· · · · · · · ·MS. BOSE:· Not in violation.
16· · · · · · · ·PRESIDENT ADOLF:· Would you like to enter
17· ·a plea of in violation or not in violation for
18· ·cheating in Chemistry 212?
19· · · · · · · ·MS. BOSE:· Not in violation.
20· · · · · · · ·PRESIDENT ADOLF:· The Rhodes College
21· ·Honesty Statement reads as follows:· The college
22· ·expects that all information presented will be true
23· ·and correct.· Be advised that if you willfully
24· ·provide false information, you will be in violation
25· ·of the Honor Code and you may be subject to
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