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As a member of the J-School's Class of 2007 I am appalled at the media response to this pretty minute situation. We learned (yes, in Ethics) about the rumor mill that influenced the MSM in the wake of Katrina and somehow, we have elevated a small situation which involved a handful of students into a schoolwide fiasco. It reminds me of when I used to play the "telephone" game as a kid. It starts out with "oh, one or two people cheated" to "alert the media, this is the j-school cheating scandal." It's absolutely ridiculous on all fronts. But, as one professor pointed out, you can't put the toothpaste back into the tube. So, I guess we just deal with it. Also, regardless of whether the school finds out who/how many students were/are involved, it is apparent that most students have not grasped the overarching lesson to be learned--in the session today, students focused on finding out who told the administration, not who did the cheating. If we are ethical, as the vehement discussion that was had this afternoon suggests, why don't we feel the need to focus on those who actually had the unfair advantage?