By Shawna Moake
Three minutes is all the Student Honor Association is asking for from students to complete a survey about awareness of the Honor Code on campus, and all who participate will receive a free cup of hot chocolate.
'The purpose of this survey is for us to have adequate information to be a good resource to students and faculty, to come to the faculty and say this is how students feel and go to students and say this is how your fellow students feel,' said Celi Rios a SHA member in charge of the booths around campus.
Today the booth will be located by the Joseph Smith Building during the morning so students can come participate while walking to class. On Thursday and Friday it will be by the George Albert Smith Field House during the same time.
SHA uses the information from the surveys for their presentations around campus to help teach students about the importance of the Honor Code.
'It''s not the Student Honor Association preaching to the students; its students speaking with students and helping each other understand the Honor Code,' said Joe Miller, SHA president.
One of the biggest concerns made from male professors in the past was that they didn''t know if it was appropriate for them to say anything in regards to immodest students, and this survey will help the teachers know exactly what the students want the teachers to do in these circumstances.
'I think that if the person is really immodest the teacher should talk to them after class and suggest that they change, but if it is not a big deal then just let it go,' said Leo Mihal, a sophomore majoring in business. 'We all know what we are supposed to do. The ones that are not abiding by the rules know what they are doing because we all have a knowledge of what we signed in the Honor Code.'
Many students believe that teachers need to be policeman while others think that professors should not do anything at all because it is the student''s choice, but both students and professors have to play a part in helping others keep the principles of the Honor Code, Miller said.
'The best way to teach about the Honor Code is not by pointing fingers and coming down on somebody, but to teach to uplift, strengthen and educate somebody in a respectful manner,' Miller said.
SHA hopes for lots of participation from the student body because the results are for the benefit of the students and the faculty in the classrooms.
'I would do it because I would be curious about what they are asking in the survey, and I really like hot chocolate,' Mihal said.
The survey is only eight questions long and takes only a couple of minutes to complete.
SHA wants students to take it seriously and is looking for good feedback from what the students perceive are important factors of the Honor Code.
'We want to have a good representation of the student voice,' Miller said.