(Trigger warning: assault)
All of UBC and UBC Okanagan's academic and non-academic discipline reports from 1996-2014 are available online for your perusal (thanks to /u/yvery for reminding me!). They range from your standard forged medical note to elaborate, ostentatious and sometimes horrifically stupid ideas.
In our first edition, we looked at some highlights from the most recent four years. Volume 2 went back to ’06 and volume 3 took it to the turn of the century. For our final installation, we're going back as far as the reports do: 1996. The class of 2018 was just being born. Mission: Impossible was released. Bill Clinton was elected. A lot of things were different — UBC students' propensity for cheating was not.
1996/97
A student’s conduct at the close of an examination was careless and inappropriate.
Discipline: A letter of reprimand
A student wrongfully submitted an examination under a false name and attempted to benefit from the results of an impersonation.
Discipline: A mark of zero in the course and suspension from the university for 12 months.
1997/98
A student was involved in misconduct involving the inappropriate use of the university’s computing facilities. (GeoCities porn? Really hoping it was GeoCities porn).
Discipline: A letter of severe reprimand and suspension of the university’s computing privileges for eight months.
A student submitted an altered transcript and a fraudulent letter with a forged signature in support of an application for transfer of credits from another university.
Discipline: A suspension from the university for 12 months and degree not to be awarded prior to May 1999 convocation, regardless of when the degree requirements are met.
1998/99
A student left the examination room without submitting an exam paper and subsequently engaged in a cheating scam in an attempt to secure a grade for the course.
Discipline: A mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the university for four months.
1999/00
A student assaulted another student in a class.
Discipline: A letter of severe reprimand.
A student defaced university property with graffiti.
Discipline: A letter of reprimand.
A student assaulted a campus patrol officer.
Discipline: A suspension from the university for 24 months. On appeal to the Senate Committee on Student Appeals on Academic Discipline, the suspension period was reduced to 12 months.
A student surreptitiously wrote a midterm examination under a false name in a course in which they were not registered and attempted to remove the paper from the classroom at the end of the examination.
Discipline: A suspension from the university for 18 months.
A student stole the homework assignments of two individuals and submitted their work as their own.
Discipline: A mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the university for 12 months.
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