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Greg Hodges

"It is time for the students of this university
to re-examine the Honor System," asserted
Greg Hodges last night. "This is my primary
interest."

Mr. Hodges, candidate for President
of the College, spoke with The Cavalier Daily
last night, before beginning his final tour
through the first-year dormitories before the
election on Wednesday and Thursday. He
expressed hope that the students were aware of
his views, but wished to clarify his major
points.

"My opponents and I differ in our stands.
One seeks directionless change and a larger
platform from which to express his personal
opinions, opinions which have not always been
well-received by the Student Council. The other
opponent is content to maintain the status quo
except for the implementation of minor
procedural changes, such as the inclusion of the
power of compulsory process.

"Compulsory process," Mr. Hodges explained,
"is the cherished right of a court of law to
require the presence of an individual. It is the
power to subpoena, jealously guarded by the
judicial system, and it is a power often not
granted to governmental agencies, one of which
is the University."

But Mr. Hodges was emphatic in pointing
out that "neither directionless change nor the
implementation of minor procedural rules"
approach the real issue of the campaign. "The
real issue," he said, "is fairness. Is the Honor
System fair, and is it a system which our
student body wants?"

"I feel," he said, "that the Honor
Committee should make a provision requiring a
referendum at least every other year. This
would also have the effect of placing the
legislative power in the hands of the students
and of leaving the Honor Committee with the
judicial authority.' Mr. Hodges then went on
to explain his thoughts on change in the Honor
System. "Perhaps the system needs great
changes, and always it needs the implementation
of relevant procedural rules. More
urgently, however, the system needs student
support, and support can be no better achieved
than through students telling the committee
what type system they want.

"It is the students' system, and for a long
time this has been overlooked." Mr. Hodges
concluded his remarks by saying, "the students
want to identify with the system and they will
be better able to do this if they have a system
which is a mirror image of their ideas about
honor.

"The personalization of the Honor System is
my platform, and for that platform I solicit
your support."