Student Code of Conduct: Gambling Verboten
Published: Friday, April 22, 2005 Online-Casinos.com
GAMBLING VERBOTEN
Arizona Student Code of Conduct says so...
Arizona college students trying to supplement their allowances with online gambling coups were the among those targeted in an article in the Arizona State University Web Devil student publication this week, pointing out some interesting items in the Student Code of Conduct.
The Student Code of Conduct (available at www.asu.edu/aad/manuals/sta/sta104-01.html) is a lot like a dictionary: It's there, but not enough folks use it. Yet, says Web Devil hundreds of students are busted every year and even everyday activities can be violations of the code.
One aspect of the code of conduct concerns gambling - students are prohibited from gambling on sporting events, and cannot gamble "...in a computer account or electronic format, any card, book or other device for registering bets."
That means they're not supposed to participate in online poker tournaments if money is changing hands. They can't place sports bets on the Internet. And they shouldn't even round up a couple friends on Friday night for an old-fashioned poker game where hard cash is involved.
Web Devil argues that better knowledge of the code is essential. Most students have participated in at least one of the forbidden activities at one time or another, and knowing what activities can be punished puts things into better perspective.
Students must take responsibility for their actions and become familiar with what's considered appropriate behavior, opines Web Devil. But by the same token, administrators need to do a better job informing students about possible violations of the code of conduct. Professors hand out syllabi and plagiarism policies on the first day of class. Why not give out copies of the code of conduct?
The article ends on a cautionary note. Even though the code is chock-full of legal jargon and could put an insomniac to sleep, ignorance won't be an adequate excuse for those charged with a violation.
