Student's death sparks investigation into cheating ring

[D3vils Buddy]

I am not American or really know how American Unis work, but when they say "GMU Police", do they mean a police office employed by GMU or a Police officer from the GMU Area.

I've read stories before of Universities conducing the investigation into crimes etc and am just curious.

[Peachy]

Universities often have their own legitimate police force that are allocated to campus and funded the same way the "real" local police force is, and they typically patrol on campus and a few blocks out from it. They're exactly like regular police, but they have extra training and experience with dealing with college students and the shit that they get into.

[SquidsEye]

That is such a weird way to do it, every exam I've ever had has been written specifically for that year and is usually given out for people in the next year to use as a study tool.

[Ohm]

In the article it just says that there are images of exams - it doesn't say that they knew the exact questions on the exam. That's why it feels silly to call it a cheating ring. From my experience it was usually an old google doc of old exams. At large state schools you can even search online with professor's names and find their past exams online. It feels like an overreaction and it makes me uncomfortable that they're dragging this plot around a person's suicide.

I also wonder why they search this guy's laptop in the first place. I wouldn't want all my computer files investigated if I died.

[Peachy]

If the students violated the syllabus or the university code of conduct, it's cheating. It's as simple as that, to be honest.
They searched his laptop because he died. They probably wanted to find out why.

[The_J_Hat]

Depends on the class and the quality of the professor, really.