You can find the special edition of the BG News covering the Pike cheating scandal in 1980 on the BGSU Scholarworks website but good luck finding a physical copy.
BG alum Patrick Hansford, who shared this artifact with me, explains:
As I recall, Winter Quarter was wrapping up. It was Finals Week and the news broke. The Pikes (Pi Kappa Alpha) had been implicated in stealing exams, furniture, artwork, and other items. This was national news with Good Morning America covering the story.
While the BG News did not publish during Finals Week (even intrepid news hounds need to study for finals), the BG News was on the spot publishing a four-page tabloid “Extra” edition. I grabbed a copy as soon as they were delivered to Rodgers Quad. Shortly afterward, one of the guys on my floor came by and said the Campus Cops were collecting the BG News. I immediately stashed my copy away for safekeeping. It didn’t take long, but you couldn’t find a copy of the BG News anywhere on campus. It was clear that the Administration was trying to control and censor the news.
-Patrick Hansford
Here’s a link to the Scholarworks version of the edition and here are some images of the actual artifact Patrick supplied:
