What9** Uoiny On Mterc?
Farris Case Nof Dead, Tho Buried
by AI Karr
Emerald Columnist
At the outset, we'd like to get
a few things straight about this
column. It is about campus
events, and Is Intended to in
clude comment on them and re
marks about things, some of
them important, some Just, inter
esting, which go on "behind” the
more obvious news.
(That does not mean, how
ever, that this Is a gossip col
umn. It Isn’t. Wo dent care If
Freddy has been seen with
Gert lately, instead of with
Martha, or that Professor Glop
spoke harshly to his wife this
morning.) Hut we will discuss
the goings-on which are re
Ja'ted to student activities.
End of introduction.
• • •
Donald DuShane, dire* lor of
student affairs, said last Decem
ber that the ASUO senate would
n«k the ASUO constitutional
V'mmittee for Its opinion on the
charges made against the opera
tion of the student court by J.
Kelly Karris, lav/ student. But,
he sad, if the committee felt it
was not qualified to make an
opinion, the opinion of the law
school faculty would Ire sought.
Thursday night the constitu
tional committer reported to
the senate that it (the com
m.'ttce) “is not qualified to
l>ass on any questions of la.v
that are raised under the laws
of the State of Oregon or the
constitution of the state or the *
I nlted St iti-K, To secure an
authoritative answer on these
questions, nn opinion of the
attorney general would have to
Ik- sought by the appropriate
authorities of the University.”
Whether the law school faculty
or the attorney general is the
flext. authority to consult (and
we would agree with the com
mittee that the attorney general
is the appropriate one), one of
the two must be consulted next.
RuShnne's aforementioned state
ment makes this the next logical
step for either the senate or the
University administration.
As DuShane told the senate,
the I'nlversfty has apparently
answered, at least for the fu
ture, Farris’ charges that there
Is no “contract" with the stu
dent to fine for parking viola
tions. The answer was to place
a parking tine statement In fu
ture ft) catalogs.
But still unanswered are two
major points: that, contract or
not, the court’s operation vio
lates due process protection of
- property rights, and that the fac
ulty’s discipline power cannot be
delegated to the student court.
The committee report said that
the delegation of authority by the
faculty to the student court is
rot In violation of the ASUO con
stitution. And that is certainly
true. But Farris' contention that
the delegation Is Illegal has noth
ing to do with the ASUO con
stitution. His point Is based on
statutes passed by the Oregon
state legislature.
These two laws, contained in
Oregon Revised Statutes, state: •
“The Ktjfte Board of Higher
Education may, for each insti
tution, division and depart
ment under its control; (h) en
act rules and bylaws for the
government thereof, Including
the faeulty, teachers, students
and employes therein," AND
“The president and profes
sors eonstitute the faculty of
tho I nlvcrslty of Oregon and
as such have the immediate
government and discipline of it
and the students therein; . .
Farris contends that “imme
diate” means that the discipline
function cannot be further dele
gated, such as to the courf. We
hope ho’s wrong, but we don’t
know. Competent authority
should be asked to give a legal ]
opinion on the point.
K. J. O'Connell, professor of j
law and chairman of the ASUO
constitutional committee, told us j
that the committee's report to j
the »onute> expressly means that j
the committee cannot rule on
such statute matters it is only
concerned with the ASUO con-1
' stitution and that competent:
legal authority should be con- i
suited.
If the ASUO constitutional
eommfttee’s opinion means j
anything, then "appropriate
authorities of the University”
should consult the attorney
general. There are at least two
major points which have never
been answered, and cannot Ik>
urttil the attorney general’s
opinion is given.
Speaking of the student court
nnd traffic violations, a postcard
sent out by the court to a vio
lator, ljad an amusing sidelight
on the matter. In the place on the
card where the violator is told
to pay his fine at Emerald hall
or appeal the citation to the
court, someone had Crossed out
everything after the “or,’ and in
serted- -"ELSE!"
• » »
Campus elections are exactly
two months away— May 5. And
nobody on campus is giving a
thought to them. Well, almost
nobody.
* • *
Interesting little incident on
construction of the new joum
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of the now school, and watch
the construction. The other day
one of them suddenly called
oift to a workman, “Hey, you’re
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wrong place!” The workmen
stopped dumping concrete, went
over to consult his own plans.
Sure enough, he was dumping
it in the wrong place.
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