February 23, 2007

Air Force Academy Restricts Students to the Campus for Cheating and Other Misconduct

By SARA LIPKA

The superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy restricted all 4,300 cadets to the campus for a week as a penalty for recent misconduct, including cheating and downloading pornography.

In a speech this month, Lt. Gen. John F. Regni told the cadets he was suspending their off-campus privileges to give them time to reflect on the meaning of honor.

"It was sort of a fatherly challenge of let's take a good, hard look at who we are," said Johnny Whitaker, an academy

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