This year has been a landmark one for the Judicial Committee, having over 12 cases so far this year.

So, in order to test if Lakeside students are truly good students, last month Tatler funded a top-secret experiment to evaluate general student honesty by deploying four wallets filled with upwards of $20 per wallet and detailed contact info. They were dropped around various classrooms and social centers across campus, including Bliss, Moore, and the WCC.

The results were telling. All four wallets were confirmed to have been picked up, and the owner was contacted. They were all returned on the same day they were dropped. At that point, we allowed them just to keep the wallets.

Of course, there are certain distinctions between academic dishonesty and the wallet initiative. Though this experiment has a small sample size and may not be an accurate or reliable assessment, it serves as an important message to us students on campus. While some metrics may be amplified to spin a narrative that Lakeside students are dishonest, the reality is quite different: there are good people on this campus. The wallet experiment will always be a lasting reminder that, despite perceptions, Lakeside students truly do have each other’s best interests at heart.