Stetson Reporter

I , fllb UIG lOlfff 1 A lliill ■Til Will i JILIL M it JIL ?o!um® 91. Number 6 S'ehon Urhw/jifV DeLoi.a F~ia. October 20, 1978 Judiciary Council Changes: Vote Expected John Draper, president nf the Student Assembly, announced this past week that fere will he a general election oa Nofember 1. Twe p«iiaosoatheSl*B are to he voted on as well as tie aophorntwt representative to the Judiciary Ceanefi. As this paper pea te press, there is still sortie question as to whether the JudJciarv Council constitution, which has been fetfised, will alao be on the ballot. The proposed chanfes to tine foaasil conflation are pote nfiaJly far more jm.portanl than anything Stetson students have been allowed to tote oa Im fears. Signups lor three positions began last Wednesday and run through next Friday. The proposed changes in the Judiciary Council have been In the making since the arrival of Dr. Garth Jenfcsas as *>ean of Stud-ent Affairs. Hie awre significant revisions inrlude changes or elarif'cations of the position af lire Dean at Student Affairs in indicia! proreedings, rano?*! of 'oiscipUn&ry warning" m a penalty, a change sjf wording so that ail hearings are cfesed unless otherwise desired by the defendant would have ta sbjn a "stales-neat of rights'* Wore a conference with the Peaa, a conference with the. Dean. A statement released by the council, plaining the revision, stated "the propped censBofioo will benefit all who aiight be iavolv ed in dtatfpURary proceedings since te written specificity wiB facilitate more consistent eon- Smith Revitalizes Dorm Policy «URK MOVER m^« rf,^_ ,__ # 8} MARK MOVER Once again confasion reigns supreme mi tt* Slelswi earapaa—this time regarding an old policy when has recently been raven added weif ht by the Ofiiee af Student Affairs. The vase in point is what is referred to as "room <ren- ifjUdation'* both the wotmen's and men's resideace hails, dure ,«aui. it is easiest and simple* ts salve tbe uiaovr b> rtsiBulttng the Student HandboA, given sal to all Stetson stoderits at the begmranji et Ihe year. On page W this fatsijk "status that "If, daring the rtwse of te year, vacancies jtoufc! scenr in the residence halls, ii amy ne necessary to nwsolidate rooms and-or fxrespnts If spare is available and a student pteferf a single rocm Ihe student will be ehsrged accordingly. Oh* iously the charge for oic student m a rooai * 'SLifde' s <hoaW be higher lira is "ksi fur «srli of fwc> j)ti:deirfj. ii a rown «" nOL-PUrT' i <ii»d jet thrift*; flir nurse tt th** year many stad*ris last r«n> iaates ffor une reason at anotheri without being reassigned to a mom with some other person or assessed adsBttoratl cost for living m a "single" room. As complaints began to come In during the first month of this year Kemper SniiUi, Use new Director of Residential life, elected to do something ahout it. He seat letters to the hundred or so residents in singles giving ibeffi m* following options' 1, Select & riawnmate, I. Have a roaraaate assigned, or 3 Be relocated within He resSdeiice hall. iNote that a resident coaii not be relocated in a different residence hall, en*a if if meant that tere would he one additional person ia a darro who would be left in a single room.) Aside from the increased equitahilif}1 of this system fhe inereasing problem nf lack of spre weald be alleviated .at least, temporarily and there would be no mtra-r-fess ruomrnale^ •tor is--s.»,:fss'ts. ,-: fresfinai • satiw, rtitalaf wit tte.) 'Tte mn mm $emt mkkmts hall poop; aatl dteentaed tt with (hem, Snlfb saM. "tte statts ia»derai»i i .... aad «#li ijsloli if," Be wiitod ttial "this ts naihiMf ianowflte,, Jt is sothiag iiare flau what any gaol: hswag prograia would do." CotripJauits registered by stadents who are being forced lo worry about tenting roomniates because of desertions te? semester are beginning to be raised, but Smith claims that in te aitare shuffling daring the year will be eaannated. la con t p, 4 sidefatinn of all rases '* A great part of the revisions r*present an attempt to further the proac *• factor in all j wUml procswiitogs. Owe of the major chaag« reverses the wording if the oM ca#- sti lotion w that all proeeedinga wiB be closed ual^ otterwise requested by the defnedant in the ease. According to the release froai te ombjcIj "Ms make* the naatter a mare pritale one between tte intent and the coancl. rattier than an impersonal pahlir hoarinj." A related change fenitwes the presently eristfag requiremeni that the preaident of te council inform the chatrtnaii nf the Legal Affairs conunittee et the name tt a siefenJanfii-s. The legal affairs committee was onguiaDy created as one of the standing committees of the Stadent Assembly, its purpose is to provide studooi adwsew far #feadants who desire Mp from semeone familiar with the t'OiincB's precedares aad rales. -In the new constitution. * aeeorsiinf to M|«rs, -'tie iavestigatiria: comanttee will iastead infomi the stadent af the purpose nf the lepl affairs, and who to contact in te ewnt that lie is interested in hairfng a legal repreflgfl- tatrfe." ■ -J don't like the idea of giving defeaiBOts' names to the head of iegai AJfairs,"aaidMyers. "ft should be tfae«#9fee of the aladent whether Legal Aiairs finis oat noeat hfs feing broeglt in front of tte CosbkB," he stated. Another imprtant reidsion elarfBettecircaB*Bice» under which the dean may individually consider s ewe. According to tbe cooncO. "leser «tliBaoa$ Irwofrlag lift nanctioas of reprimand or si»iplt«ry probtliae tnay he heard by Uie dean if the stadeat se repeats, and if tte dean agrees to consider the case. "lore serious viofaBois,8' tte: statenwit taHtfKBBt, "which would rfflnit in suspenaion or «tpW» nMst M heard by tbe eewidi," Fartfier elariflcatittis isai with fiw policies eaoosruiBf witnesses. etiden« and a re^uireia«t for defeniwt awareKss of his rights. "One deBaife change from paal prpcetlare is that the student shall be #We ts sign a sta teroent of Ms rights before the l»gtonirig af a eoafcreaee with the Heal,'' slates fhe release. Assembly Begins Second Full Year s%&UhjrinesCaii,e The first mffl«ting of tte Student Assembly was called to order en Oetofer 13, Itffl at foor-thirty p,m. by Presideat Jnhn Draper. The aweting »as opeaeii with a moment ef silence and tea aBendanee was taiei, John told te Assembly asraberrs a few important item*aad bits of a*ws. One Item in prticuhr was that te Student Assembly and the Union Board were getting along very well. The two gtmrnaaeats have been able to work oat fJheir differenc«a, thanks to a little cooperation on both prts. Tlie tJnkw Board has given tte Asseinblj- half of the isKirt, oiiJaide of te cafeteria far the Asseoiblv inenibers* naaies. Nert, Jnhn told te seinbers about the University Foroai. TheForatn isan activity toget the teachers and the student, topther. This year the Forum will be held N'flvxrntJ i' id aad il The tear hers and student* will apend 1 xbysfne&lilpg to taoweach other aad talking a Bout the ^sala and idea Is of the school. John stressed that the Forum » aa -extremely beneficial'" activity and he said that it was, a -'worthwhile project" Anoter iterre that John tsroaijht up was te idea af teeping a Student Assembly scraphook. The sarapiWMrt; will be kept ap by Saren Horton, rtpresentottve frtan Chaadafffl Hall Its piirpwe is to give te Assernhij an ide# af changing attitades on caakpts ani ts show "what hu «v cmrred in tte pst™where we've been—where we're lining.'" The first real business in the aneeBat *** fhe ^lectioi uf the Coaimittee Chairmen. Toey are as follows: Afjadetnir Affairs, Mehaei I>gob/er: Campos Affairs, Kegtna Sargent^ Cultural Aiairs. Mirl eggers: Elections Cwnmittee, Cl&thy Wilhaais; Legal Affairs, Steve Medina; and Senior Affairs, Cathie Clenuner. John said that - Tanwhlr resuib occur with committee*." s& hopefuQy