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Student Discipline

The fourth matter to be considered was
listed as, "elements of procedural fairness
recommended for student disciplinary
proceedings, exclusive of the Honor
Committee."

Kevin Mannix, Student Council president,
sent a letter to Mr. Williams questioning the
goals he enumerated for the committee. Mr.
Mannix's letter stated, "We understood that the
primary charge of the Committee was to
prepare a recommendation as to whether or not
students should be able to formulate their own
statement or responsibilities (code of
conduct)."

"Since the four functions you have listed to
not seem to have covered this point clearly."
the letter continued, "Council requests that
such a charge be formally made to this
committee. If not, I believe the
committee-particularly the student
members-should take this to be one of the
general objectives of the committee to be
achieved via the other specific functions."

Mr. Williams' letter also made known for the
first time the faculty appointees to the
committee. He added, "The committee should
commence its deliberations as soon as possible,
making initial recommendations upon which it
has reached agreement this semester, and
preparing a general statement during the fall
session."