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1 someone performing at her level. No one else in the

2 class put those answers. There were even answers that
3 were made up that Dr. Bea said he created, multiple ones
4 in that case, and also the changed -- the roster with
5 only her grades were changed.
6 All of that led to the council believing she was in
7 violation and then consequently she was found in
8 violation of stealing and, additionally, she lied during
9 the entire process which also affected her sanctioning.
10 Q. How did she lie?
11 A. She did not admit -- we found evidence for her
12 stealing and cleating and she did not admit it. She also
13 presented no remorse for breaking the Honor Code. So ...
14 Q. And you decided on the penalty of expulsion; is
15 that correct?
16 A. Yes. That's what the council members decided. I'm
17 not a voting member.
18 Q. And what was the basis for consid -- or reaching
19 the conclusion of expulsion as opposed to some lesser
20 sanction?
21 A. Well, we discussed all sanctions and their merits
22 and what fits with each case individually; and in this
23 case expulsion was deemed most appropriate. The council
24 members felt that her actions during the process and
25 during the hearing, as well as the stealing and the
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1 cheating, were extremely egregious and definitely

2 warranted an expulsion versus her being able to reenter
3 the Rhodes College community.
4 Q. And you were present at the Faculty Appeals
5 Committee hearing; is that correct?
6 A. Yes.
7 Q. And you submitted a statement on behalf of the
8 Honor Council?
9 A. Yes.
10 Q. What was your understanding of the directive of the
11 Faculty Appeals Committee with regard to what the Honor
12 Council should reconsider?
13 A. I understood through Dr. Pohlmann's letter that
14 they agreed with our finding her in violation through the
15 facts and evidence but through -- in light of the new
16 evidence that she presented at that hearing with the box
17 that was FedExed and the papers that she had lost, they
18 wanted us to determine its validity and, if it was valid,
19 how that would potentially change sanctioning.
20 Q. All right. And tell the Court what the new
21 evidence was specifically.
22 A. New evidence was a FedExed package. Inside was a
23 bag with I believe binders or a binder and folders of the
24 test and quizzes that she had lost at the airport,
25 traveling from the Thanksgiving break.
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1 Q. All right. And did the Honor Council reconvene to

2 reconsider its sanction in light of this new evidence?
3 A. We did.
4 Q. What were the discussions?
5 A. We looked at the test and quizzes that were brought
6 in. We looked at the shipping bill and FedEx box. We
7 kind of discussed or at least the council members
8 discussed that they, you know, weren't experts in
9 handwriting analysis and really couldn't determine if the
10 tests were valid or not because they reflected the
11 changed grades on the roster.
12 So in determining that, you know, they weren't able
13 to tell if it's valid or not, they had to assume it was
14 but then they also turned and, you know, next discussed
15 the sanctioning and determined that even if those tests
16 and quizzes were valid that the sanctioning would still
17 stand for expulsion.
18 Q. Why was that?
19 A. The fact that four grades were changed in the minds
20 of the council did not weigh as heavily as the changed
21 answer key on the Quiz 5 and that was a lot more
22 egregious. So even without the changed grades, if she
23 would have just stolen that answer key and cheated, that
24 that would have been enough, given her -- the lying as
25 well throughout the process.
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