It might have been a joke to the
Cavalier Daily when the issue of the
code of conduct was brought up,
but it is no longer funny. To
continue our metaphor, the Board
has refused our humblest
pet. And what does the CD say?
"In the resulting referendum when
only a meager number of students
voted (perhaps hoping that the
issue would vanish from
inaction) . . . . ." It was the CD that
hoped the issue would die. These
hopes were rejected before, they
are rejected today. The assertion
that only a meager number of
students voted (when all the niceties
are finished) is a lie, no more, no
less.
"The philosophic
rationalization" was only an
explanation of the code that was
drawn up. The Board could very
easily have acted upon the code if
they had chosen to do so. The
resulting code was heavily based on
their former code. The most
notable difference is the absence of
interim suspension. It is clear that
this is why the code was not
accepted.
It was not a very radical code.
Many times the "radicals" were
voted down. Their main "victory"
was a restatement of what Father
Hesburgh had said at Notre Dame
and what Nixon had applauded.
Ironic? I know because I sat
through all the meetings. It is too
bad the Board of Visitors are
unwilling to work with the
students. Their actions label them
unworthy of our respect.
