“Students Accused of Cheating Return Awkwardly to a Changed Harvard” by Richard Perez-Peña
After reading this article, I’m not too surprised to learn that students at Harvard University cheated on an exam. Even though the students discussed in this article cheated by not following the instructions given by their instructor (as opposed to a more obvious method), I found it understandable for them to cheat. Being a student at Harvard puts a lot of pressure on each student to do well and cheating on a final exam is a guaranteed way to get a high grade for a particular class. I thought that stiffer punishments should’ve been given to both the educators and the students for failing to do right by the honor system. The professor should not have allowed the students to have a take home exam; take home exams give students the ability to cheat, albeit discretely. Although the professor has not been allowed to teach the same course, the students who allegedly cheated were allowed to return to campus and resume their classes with no more than a “slap on the wrist”.
“Women Bought and Sold in Nepal” by Katie Orlinsky
The topic of human trafficking seems to be a recurring theme in my first year at Baruch. Having already read an article about human trafficking in the United States, I knew that this article would only put another set of victims to the overarching problem. The way women are traded in Nepal and India is far less veiled than in Europe; women are drugged and thinly disguised before being transported across the India/Nepal border. The brief mention of Ms. Charimaya Tamang’s past and current efforts to reduce human trafficking in the area was generally somber. Now that I’m more aware of the glaring issue of human trafficking, reading articles about the topic is generally more depressing, but also humanizing.
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