THE BIG REVIEW: Stealing exam papers

A woman charged with stealing exam papers from the University of Otago has had her court appearance adjourned to next month. The 23-year-old is charged with burglary and has name suppression. She was due to appear in Dunedin District Court this morning, but was granted a registrar's adjournment to December 1. The 98 exam scripts were stolen from the Clocktower Building on November 7. The scripts had been completed by students taking at least six papers, mostly on the day of the burglary. The scripts, stolen from a secure area of the building which contains the registry office, had been recovered but were in an unusable state, so some students had to resit their exams. That is just not fair. If I were in charge, I'd give a 100% mark on all the affected scripts. And if you're one of those students who got a resit, please use this opportunity to do more study, especially if you don't think you did well enough to pass the first time.