<p>That story’s been repeated ad nauseam, across campuses countrywide. How would your counselor even know (especially as a visitor) which courses required which books? And at campus libraries, course books on reserve are checked out for 2 or 3-hour slots at a time, and they’re handed to the students by a librarian (or student assistant) who retrieves them from a protected storage area. Plus, you check it out with your ID card and number – it’d be impossible to deplete the library’s stash of books for course X. </p>
<p>I’ve also never had a course that had required materials on reserve at the library. Your textbook and lecture notes are plenty to study from.</p>
<p>As for cheaters, yes, they exist. They exist everywhere. Some professors don’t really have the effort to prosecute them, others will happily haul the offender to the Academic Senate and get them expelled. And you can’t write off the possibility that one of your classmates will turn you in. Carl Hoeger offers a “bounty” for turning in one of your classmates w/proof of his or her cheating – meaning extra credit for you and lots of trouble for them. Don’t even think about it.</p>