A University of Delaware student tries the oldie-but-goodie, "Ignorance IS an excuse!" defense:
A University of Delaware student who was suspended after he was caught cheating on a test in a corporate ethics class is suing the school to be reinstated. Frank Tenteromano, a senior, contends in his Chancery Court lawsuit filed last week that he did not know the quiz in the class Seminar in Corporate Governance was, in fact, a quiz.He claims the class was not told it was a quiz, other students were "collaborating" and that the seminar "by its very nature, encouraged collaboration and discussion," according to the lawsuit.
Neither Tenteromano, who is a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y., according to a campus directory, nor his attorney, Jason Powell, of Wilmington, could be reached for comment Friday. University officials would not comment. In the school's response to the lawsuit, however, attorneys said it was clear the professor was administering a quiz on March 10.
Tentoramano's choices at this point are to be (A) so corrupt that he cheats on ethics exams, or (B) so dumb that he doesn't realize when an exam IS an exam. He's obviously gone with Plan B.
Before the university judicial system reviewed the matter, Tenteromano "boasted that he 'look(ed) forward to seeing (the University) in court' " in an e-mail, the university said...While the other student involved received a lesser punishment, Tenteromano had three previous violations of the school's code of conduct, including for alcohol, and had been put on "deferred suspension" until graduation, according to court papers.
Verdict: Corrupt and dumb. What a winning combination.
Posted by kswygert at May 9, 2005 08:30 PM