Here is another article from today's paper. The information on the infractions that are consistently presented in these articles certainly conflict with MoBros information. With all of the press that this has been getting, it definitely tarnishes the image of all UNLVSOD grads. Good luck trying to get jobs!
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jun-20-Tue-2006/news/8055184.html
Jun. 20, 2006
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
Name those in scandal, grad urges
BY SEAN WHALEY
REVIEW-JOURNAL CAPITAL BUREAU
A graduate of the UNLV Dental School said Monday that the public should be told the names of the 10 students who forged faculty signatures on university documents including patient records.
And the attorney representing the state Board of Dental Examiners said any students involved in the incident could face licensing obstacles if they apply to practice in Nevada.
"The board is currently conducting an investigation," said John Hunt, general counsel to the Board of Dental Examiners. "This investigation could possibly affect the licensing of any of those students who may have been involved in the incidents being alleged at the dental school."
The application that must be filled out for licensing requires disclosure of any action taken by a university against an applicant under threat of perjury.
The application asks in a morals section: "Have you ever been dropped, suspended, expelled or disciplined by any school or college for any cause whatsoever?"
If the applicant answers yes and includes the information, then the request for a license can be debated on moral grounds, according to Nevada law and administrative code. Failure to include the information could result in a license being denied.
One of the graduates of the same dental school class is calling for the release of the names of the 10 people who gave her entire class a black eye.
"Their names should be released, so everyone knows the rest of us did our work properly," graduate Kelley Dunay of Henderson said.
The withholding of the names leaves all of the graduates tarnished because the public will not know who cheated and who did not, she said.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas officials have refused to release the names of the students, citing the federal Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, which protects their identities.
Dunay also takes issue with the punishment that the university gave the students, who were allowed to graduate with the rest of their class.
The students were ordered to perform 1,500 hours of community service in oral health over a period of five years. How that would be enforced was unclear.
The students also had 30-day suspensions placed on their transcripts, making the documents unavailable during that time for licensing or other programs.
Dunay said the students should have been required at a minimum to repeat the year's worth of work and "do it the way we had to do it, honestly."
Further information about the scandal might come to light Friday, when a review of the incident conducted by the chancellor's office is released.
Chancellor Jim Rogers asked for the investigation, which is being conducted by Deputy Chief Counsel Bart Patterson.
"In my mind, they are pretty serious issues, and I just want to see exactly what happened," Rogers said in an interview on Thursday. "I was not informed as it was happening, and that makes me very uncomfortable."
Several regents also asked for the review.
The UNLV dental school determined earlier this year that 10 members of its first graduating class of 71 students were caught using the computer password of a part-time faculty member to sign off on their own patient treatment plans, diagnoses and other work.
Typically, everything has to checked off by an instructor.
The acts were deemed to be violations of the honor code in the School of Dental Medicine.
Patterson said he expects to be able to complete his report by Friday.
"It's going fine," he said Monday. "The dental school has been very cooperative with me."
Patterson said he does not foresee the need to interview any of the 10 students involved in the incident because the full transcript of the hearing has been made available to him.
"I'm looking at very broad categories, whether there was any compromise in patient care, whether the student grades were impacted in some manner and whether they met all the required competencies regarding their skill levels," he said.
Other issues being examined are the experience of the administrators involved, what a similar action as a licensed dentist might provoke in the way of penalties from the state Board of Dental Examiners and any comparable situations at other schools, Patterson said.
A cheating investigation has been reported at the New Jersey Dental School, where allegations of students trading credits earned for clinical work are being reviewed, he said.
Dunay, who worked for years as a dental hygienist before attending dental school, said the infractions were serious.
"They don't really get it," she said of the students. "I know how important patient records are. This is way more serious then they think."
Dunay said she decided to speak out publicly because of comments in the dental community about the unidentified students.
"I shouldn't have to protect myself, the school should protect me," she said. "But I guess I have to protect myself. I haven't done anything wrong, and I want the community to know it."
You are putting forth quite the effort to defend people who, cut and dry, used a licensed doctor's password without authorization. Simple as that. Who are you protecting/campaigning for? Yourself? Why the ENORMOUS effort to convince us here that what was done wasn't wrong? It's starting to get a little fishy. No more posts from me here... I've stated my peace. 
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