Confession is Good for the Soul

Linda Russell recently called the University of Oregon and confessed: 34 years ago, she cheated on a final exam. The university has decided not to revoke the professional therapist’s degree, but she must write an essay on the importance of academic integrity and how “corrosive” dishonesty can be. Also, Fyona Campbell, who at age 16 set out on an journey to walk around the world, which took her from 1983 to 1994, has admitted she rode in a support truck for part of her crossing of the United States. “I shouldn’t be remembered as the first woman to walk around the world when I cheated. I broke the unwritten rule of the Guinness Book of Records,” she said. (AP, Reuters) ...“The problems of victory are more agreeable than the problems of defeat, but they are no less difficult.” —Winston Churchill (1874–1965)