Student Life

Student Activities and
Organizations

 Student Government: Student Government at
 the University of Florida is a cooperative orga-
 nization for advancing student interests and is
 based on mutual confidence among and
 between the student body, the faculty, and the
 administration. Considerable authority has been
 granted the student body for the regulation and
 conduct of student affairs. The criterion in
 granting authority to the Student Government
 has been the disposition of UF students to
 accept responsibility commensurate with the
 resources at its disposal to fulfill its mission,
 including the allocation of approximately four-
 and-one-half million dollars per year in student
 activity and service fees, substantial authority in
 the regulation of co-curricular activities, and
 administration of the Student Honor and Traffic
 Courts. The University of Florida faculty and
 staff feel that training in acceptance of responsi-
 bility for the conduct of student affairs at the
 university is a valuable part of the educational
 growth and development of the individual stu-
 dent.
 Student Government is a body politic, occu-
pying its franchise under grant from the Board
of Regents and subject to its continued
approval. Student Government is patterned on
the state and national form of government but
adapted to the local needs of the student body.
Powers are distributed into the three branches:
(1) legislative, which is embodied in the Student
Senate; (2) judicial, which is embodied in the
Student Honor Court and the Traffic Court; (3)
executive, embodied in the president and the
treasurer of the student body. Members of all
three branches are elected directly by the stu-
dent body, of which all UF students are mem-
bers. In addition to elected offices, many
appointed positions have been established in
Student Government, including Cabinet and
sub-Cabinet, Student Honor Court, and the
Traffic Court posts.
 Student Government, recognizing its limita-
tions as a true "government," attempts to exer-
cise influence on governments at all levels
through conferences, lobbying, research, and
the advancement of proposals for change.
 Students may apply for various positions
within the student government structure by
contacting the Student Government offices on
the third floor of the J. Wayne Reitz Union.
 Student Senate: The Student Senate is com-
posed of representatives selected from the col-
leges and living areas on and off the campus
and, in general, acts as the legislative branch of
Student Government.
 Religious Activities: The University of Florida
welcomes the contributions of religious tradi-
tions to the campus community. The churches,
centers, and organizations associated with the
university offer a rich variety of programs and
ministries. There are also interdenominational
and non-denominational activities fostered by


the Department of Religion and the Campus
Ministries Cooperative.
 Social Fraternities: twenty-eight national
 social fraternities have established chapters at
 the university. The general work of the fraterni-
 ties is supervised by the Interfraternity Council,
 composed of the president of each fraternity.
 The national fraternities at the University of
 Florida are Alpha Epsilon Pi, Alpha Gamma
 Rho, Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Tau Omega, Beta
 Theta Pi, Chi Phi, Delta Chi, Delta Upsilon,
 Kappa Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Kappa Sigma,
 Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi
 Delta Theta, Phi Beta Sigma, Phi Kappa Sigma,
 Phi Kappa Tau, Pi Kappa Alpha, Pi Lambda
 Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Mu,
 Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma
 Pi, Tau Epsilon Phi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, and
 Theta Chi.
 Nineteen women's sororities have estab-
 lished chapters at the university. Fifteen have
 built chapter houses and four live in other hous-
 ing arrangements. These living quarters serve as
 the center of the activities of the individual
 sororities. Primary jurisdiction in sorority mat-
 ters is vested in the Panhellenic Council. The
 chapters at the University of Florida are Alpha
 Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Xi Delta,
 Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha Omicron Pi, Chi
 Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Delta
 Phi Epsilon, Delta Sigma Theta, Kappa Alpha
 Theta, Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi
 Sigma Sigma, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Gamma Rho,
 Sigma Kappa; Zeta Phi Beta and Zeta Tau
 Alpha.
 In addition to the above listed social fraterni-
ties and sororities, there are approximately 170
honorary or professional organizations and
approximately 200 special interest (non-academ-
ic) organizations.

Academic Honesty

 The University of Florida expects students to
be honest in all of their university classwork.
Therefore, students are required to commit
themselves to academic honesty by signing the
following statement as part of the admissions
process.
 "I understand that the University of Florida
expects its students to be honest in all of their
academic work. I agree to adhere to this com-
mitment to academic honesty, and understand
that my failure to comply with this commitment
may result in disciplinary action, up to and
including expulsion from the university."
 This statement serves to remind students of
the obligations they assume as students at the
University of Florida. Matters of violations of
academic honesty are adjudicated by the Stu-
dent Honor Court, the Health Center Student
Conduct Standards Committee, and faculty.

Academic Honesty Guidelines

 CHEATING: The giving or taking of any
information or material of academic work con-
sidered in the determination of a course grade.
Taking of information includes, but is not limit-
ed to, copying graded homework assignments


from another student; working together with
another individuals) on a take-home test or
homework when not specifically permitted by
the teacher, looking or attempting to look at
another student's paper during an examination;
looking or attempting to look at text or notes
during an examination when not permitted.
Tendering of information includes, but is not
limited to, giving your work to another student
to be used or copied; giving someone answers
to exam questions either when the exam is being
given or after having taken an exam; informing
another person of questions that appear or have
appeared on an exam in the same academic
term; giving or selling a term paper or other
written materials to another student.
 PLAGIARISM: When an individual
 attempts to pass off the work of another as the
 product of his or her own thought, whether the
 other's work is published or unpublished, or
 simply the work of a fellow student. Plagiarism
 includes, but is not limited to, copying home-
 work answers from your text to hand in for
 grade; quoting text or other written materials
 without citation thereto on an exam; term paper,
 homework, or other written materials submitted
 to a teacher when requested by the teacher to
 present your own work; handing in a paper as
 your own work which was purchased from a
 term paper service; retyping a friend's paper
 and handing it in as your own work; taking a
 paper from fraternity/sorority files and hand-
 ing it in as your own work.
 BRIBERY: The offering, giving, receiving,
or soliciting of anything of value to influence a
grade. Bribery includes, but is not limited to,
offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting money
or any item or service to a teacher or any other
person so as to gain academic advantage for
yourself or another.
 CONSPIRACY: Planning with one or more
persons to commit any form of academic dis-
honesty, including but not limited to, giving
your term paper to another student whom you
know will plagiarize it.
 MISREPRESENTATION: Having another
student do your computer program and hand-
ing it in as your work; lying to a teacher to
increase your grade; or any other act or omis-
sion with intent to deceive a teacher as to the
authorship of oral or written materials submit-
ted or presented to a teacher which would affect
your grade.

Student Conduct Code

I. Introduction: Students enjoy the rights and
privileges that accrue to membership in a uni-
versity community and are subject to the
responsibilities which accompany that member-
ship. In order to have a system of effective cam-
pus governance, it is incumbent upon all
members of the campus community to notify
appropriate officials of any violations of regula-
tions and to assist in their enforcement. All con-
duct regulations of the university are printed
and made available to all students and are
applicable upon publication in the Independent
Florida Alligator, the Undergraduate Catalog,