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A college student was photographed carrying 11 mobile phones to check on his classmates. He sparked controversy because he refused to reveal the owners of the mobile phones. It also highlighted fraud and management disputes in the campus governance system of colleges and universities.
A college student had 11 mobile phones hanging from his body and was running towards his classmates in the campus playground. After the footage was exposed, it sparked heated discussions among netizens. Some joked that it turned morning jogging into an “armed escort.” What’s even more worrying is that after the school discovered the student, he claimed he was helping for free and refused to reveal the identities of other cell phone owners, saying he was unwilling to betray his friends.
According to photos circulated on the Internet, the student carried several mobile phones on a magazine-like belt and ran with 11 mobile phones at a time to complete the Campus Health Run for his classmates. After the incident was exposed, many netizens ridiculed him for his loyalty, and some even praised him for his “high integrity”. However, some believed that it would not be difficult for the school to trace the owners of the mobile phones due to the apparent number of mobile phones. He called on the students involved to actively admit their mistakes and not implicate the substitute runner.
In recent years, many colleges and universities have included campus running in physical education assessments, requiring students to record running mileage and times through designated sports apps. To complete the task, some students have come up with coping methods such as finding someone to run on their behalf, cycling to brush data, carrying mobile phones with several people in relay, and even using plug-in software.
The paper reported in May 2024 that many universities had publicly called on students to act with integrity. Nankai University’s physical education department said at the time that it had received reports from students that someone had posted information circulating on the Internet, causing serious disruption to the teaching of public physical education courses. The school had notified the public security department and warned that any violations would be dealt with seriously.
The Department of Physical Education of Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology reported on May 15 of the same year that 27 students were involved in cheating on moving clocks, and reminded that extracurricular exercise is an important part of physical education classes and final grades. Wenzhou Vocational and Technical College also pointed out that there are incidents such as cycling and shaking mobile phones, relay running, and finding someone to run on campus, and require students to eliminate data falsification.
To prevent cheating, some universities have strengthened monitoring through technical means. A teacher at the physical education department of a provincial university in Wuhan said the school would coordinate with sports software platforms to plug the loopholes. If more than 80% of a student’s gait trajectory and gait data are found to overlap, the relevant running results will be invalidated. The High-Tech College of Xi’an University of Science and Technology has launched an abnormal behavior detection system in the app background, and students are required to hold their mobile phones in their hands or put them in their arm pockets while running, so that their arms rotate normally and their mobile phone screens remain on.
However, the mandatory running system has also caused controversy. Some students believe that completing specified mileage each semester will simply add to their burden, so they choose to pay someone to run for them. Some students even said that they would cycle around the playground to complete check-in, and even the entire dormitory would take turns carrying their mobile phones for the relay run.
In this regard, Professor Mao Zhenming of Beijing Normal University once pointed out that the physical fitness of college students needs to be improved, and college sports should be compulsory to a certain extent, but humanistic care and scientific nature cannot be lost. He believes that sports apps that encourage students to exercise are efforts in the new technological environment, but schools should think about how to prepare students to leave the dorm and go to the playground instead of blindly controlling them or adding to the problems.
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A college student hung 11 mobile phones in the campus playground to complete the health checkup task of his classmates. After the footage was exposed, netizens joked that it looked like an “armed escort” and became the center of heated discussion.
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According to reports, after the school searched for the student, he said he was helping for free and refused to disclose the identity of other mobile phone owners, emphasizing that he did not want to betray his friends, which sparked more discussion.
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The article notes that many colleges and universities include race in physical education assessments. To meet mileage requirements, students raced on behalf of others, brushed up their data while riding, and cheated by using mobile phones and plug-ins during the relay. School monitoring is also being strengthened.
