University of Virginia Library

PREAMBLE

The University of Virginia is a
community of scholars, based upon
mutual respect and trust: a
community whose students have
proven that they are capable of
enlightened self-government by
conducting the Honor System. The
University is committed to
preserving the exercise of any right
guaranteed to individuals by the
Constitution. It is clear that in a
community of learning,
infringements of such rights cannot
be tolerated. Members of the
University community assume an
obligation to conduct themselves in
a manner compatible with the
University's function as an
educational institution and to be
free to learn in an atmosphere of
mutual respect and understanding.
To fulfill its function of imparting
and gaining knowledge, the
University has the responsibility to
protect individual's rights and to
discipline those who would infringe
upon such rights.

As a way of making operative
the University's fundamental nature
and purpose, the students address
themselves to their rights and
accountabilities by defining the
relationships of the institution to
its members and of the members to
each other.

The Student Judiciary
Committee has final jurisdiction
thin the University community
regarding General Accountability
and Sanctions.