Cheating in Academic InstitutionsCheating has always been a problem in the history of academics. Academic institutions continue to develop new ways to prevent cheating; while at the same time, cheaters find even better ways to cheat. This conflict also raises many moral questions. To address these issues, academic institutions create honor codes that show students that cheating is unacceptable and morally wrong; however, some students find their own reasons to circumvent this code. As one student, John Smolik, said, “Cheating is the answer.” (Clayton 20) John Smolik did not believe this himself, he was simply expressing what is a popular belief among students. The article, "A Whole Lot of Cheatin' Going On," states that an increase in cheating has been caused by a lowering of accepted moral values. The article presents four major themes. These themes are evidence of cheating, closer-watching universities, high-tech. cheating and the expectation of honesty. Cheating in academic institutions is a reality, says Mark Clayton. He begins his article by mentioning student John Smolik in a short little anecdote. The anecdote relies on an emotional hook by having the student say the opposite of what is morally acceptable. This is a very effective technique for using pathos to entice the reader to continue further in the article. Clayton then explains that Smolik was simply expressing a view that many students actually believe. I think he did a great job of keeping the reader interested. I found that I was definitely drawn in and wanted to read to find out more. Clayton then moves on to establish some of his philosophy. He cites a Cente statistic...in the middle of the article...cheating streaks and what academic integrity is supposed to be. Clayton shows that creating student-run honor codes can be helpful in gaining insight. Ultimately, this article is more of a statement than an argument. This mainly serves to support the reasoning that cheating is not the right course of action in virtually every situation. Clayton gets this message across using, for the most part, logos. The logos appear in the form of multiple statistics and surveys about the ways in which students can cheat and how often they do it. Pathos also plays a role in the anecdotes told throughout the article describing students' ideas about cheating. Students need guidance on this measure and educational administrations are doing a good job getting the message out. As long as they don't give up, cheating will never become an epidemic.