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Council Did Not Have Right'

According to Mr. Buxton
the basic charge is that "the
honor council did not have the
ultimate right to expel her."
He said, "Mary Washington's
honor system is based a great
deal on the University's honor
system and that these two
systems differ from those at
other state supported
institutions in that "students at
the other state-supported
schools do not have the final
authority to expel a student."
This difference is enough to
make the other systems
constitutional," he added.

Mr. Buxton stressed that he
was not just interested in
getting Mrs. Bright back in
school. "The whole question of
the Mary Washington honor
code as it relates to Mary
Washington College is my main
concern."

"If Mrs. Bright were simply
readmitted, would she be
forced to accept the honor
code? Would she be allowed to
matriculate? These are the
questions I must consider," he
added.