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Possible Action

Kevin Mannix, the President of the Student
Council, who was vacationing during the two
meetings and unable to attend, discussed
possible action by the Student Council on the
new code.

Council members had suggested possible
rephrasing of some of the rules, which are, Mr.
Mannix said, for the most part too broad. Mr.
Mannix also said, "The interim suspension has
got to go."

President Edgar Shannon emphasized his
opinion on the new rules in an open letter to
Mr. Williams, and expressed his feeling that
student freedom has been increased. He writes
the new code "will significantly strengthen the
maintenance of academic rights and freedoms
within the University and the ability of the
student body through the Judiciary Committee
to protect itself from any interference with
these individual rights and freedoms."