WKRN: Pledge condemns cheaters to Hell, MTSU students asked to sign

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Pledge condemns cheaters to Hell, MTSU students asked to sign
http://www.wkrn.com/global/story.asp?s=11445552
Posted: Nov 04, 2009 6:17 PM EST

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Frustrated over cheating allegations, one professor at Middle Tennessee State University took the idea of a traditional honor code in a controversial direction.



Suspecting that one of his MBA candidates had just cheated on an exam, Professor Thomas Tang had each of them sign a pledge that said if they had cheated, they'd be condemned to an eternity in Hell.



http://frank.mtsu.edu/~ttang/">Professor Thomas Tang, Middle Tennessee State University

The pledge went on to say if the student cheated they will "be sorry for the rest of life and go to Hell."

"He issued this pledge and asked them to sign it," explained Tom Tozer, Director of News and Public Affairs at the university. "Certainly some students had called the department chair and complained that they were asked to sign this they found it offensive."

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Tang said he based his pledge on an academic study showing students who read the Ten Commandments before an exam were less likely to cheat.

As for the last part, about going to Hell, Tang said he would probably leave that out in the future.

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