Nickerson Says
Student Court System
Not Favorably Received
Ity BON COWAN
Fineralcl Newt* editor
The University's .student court
system is not being too favorably
received by students and facul
tv, but this attitude should im
prove as they learn to understand
the new discipline system
Francis Nickerson, associate
dean of students, made this obser
vation Thursday as he reviewed
the court system's first f e w
months in operation.
Most students I have dealt
with have not wanted to go tie
fore the- court,” said Nickerson.
"They are not at all sure that
justice is improved by appearing
before their own peers.”
Nickerson said this problem to
lx- expected where tiie court mem
bers are untrained and inexperi
enced In time stodents will be
come familiar with tin- system,
In- said, and realize the sincerity
and dedication of court members
and tiii- value of the new conduct
code
Ilud to Change Thinking
"It's doing bolter than I an
ticipated," he rommented ‘‘We
had to change the- basic thinking
of so many people."
The court system, set lip fall
term, is unlike a normal court,
ht explained, since it does not use
‘worn testimony or actual law
yers and operates under unclear
Iv defined procedures.
"Our acts do have the force
of law," he said, but ' we have
to be more careful than the court
is, because we can't always be
sure that our procedures are le
gal ”
t'nder the new student disci
pline code, there are six minor
Courts for dormitory complexes,
the student court to handle more
serious offenses and the Faculty
Student conduct committee as an
appellate group
Ambiguities Present Difficulties
Fall term the court system had
numerous procedural difficulties,
and the minor courts were only
recently set up. Nickerson said
these and other difficulties are due
to ambiguities in the discipline
code as well as a lack of experi
ence among court members
I think there are problems in
herent in the code itself.” he
commented. He said certain dis
agreements he has with the code
are probably shared by others
and will be worked out through
continual changes based on ac
tual experience
lie also noted that educators
and legal experts have comment
ed favorably on the code
Faculty attitude is a problem
facing the court, according to
Nickerson. "They are very much
divided" in their opinion of the
court system, he said, and many
will not report cases.
This results in an unevenness
of justice since much of the sue
Governor...
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be developed because of all the
tourists. Which will then make
them major beaches, and then
the log burning process will
have to begin here, also.
Of course the whole Oregon
coast may become a smoking
danger, but I don’t think so If
the log burners and patrollers
switch olT beaches everything
will be alright. When a major
beach is being burned then a
minor beach will be free, and
then when the minor beach has
become a major beach and is
being burned, a major beach,
which has since become a minor
beach, can be used. Thus tour
ism won’t be affected And it
might even increase. The Burn
ing of the Beaches might be
come world famous and a tour
ist must.
Log burning would also solve
tlie annual Seaside riots.
1 bet that if he really wanted
to, our Governor could provide
even more industry. Why, he
could ask the highway depart
ment to start tearing up Ore
gon’s highways or burn its cars
or something. Think of the job
possibilities there.
cess of the court system depends
on the willingness of the faculty
to report cases.
Another major problem the
court encountered was a some
what negative attitude on the part
of dormitory counselors toward
the court.
This is also being overcome,
he said. "I think there’s evidence ,
that counselors are beginning to
be quite free in referring cases.
They were more reluctant at first
to refer cases to the student
courts, he said, since they feared
they were losing necessary power.
They are now being given au
thority in more cases than they
were at first and dormitory!
courts are "running beautifully.”
The six minor courts handled
27 cases as of last week and the
main court has handled 15 cases
Nickerson said this indicates;
"some counselors are obviously
not sending cases to courts."
Large Range of Cases
The main court has handled
everything from four plagiarism
and cheating cases, resulting in
suspension to cases involving late
hours violations Even so, they
are operating six weeks behind
schedule.
Resides the plagiarism cases,
another student is on strict disci
plinary probation for lewd and
indecent conduct. Nickerson said
two students even withdrew from
school to avoid going before the
court Only one case was appealed j
to the conduct committee and
this was denied.
These cases will set precedent
for the handling of future cases
of a similar nature, such as with
the penalty of suspension in the
plagiarism cases.
Legal aid is provided for de
fendants by law students but
Nickerson said this has been used
very little since students are re
luctant to involve others in their
cases.
Emotionally Involved
This is a problem since these
students tend to be emotionally
involved in their own cases and
need tho advantage of outside le
gal help. So far this has not been
a serious problem since most de
fendants have admitted to guilt,
Opinion Group
The Kmerald Opinion Re
search Committee will accept
new members during the next
two weeks. The committee pro
vides students with an oppor
trinity to plan and conduct
opinion surveys. Interested
students should attend a meet
ing at 7:30 p.m. Monday in
Room 301 Allen Hall. For fur
ther information students may
contact I.arry I»err at ext. 478.
lie said.
A non-voting secretary of the
court, Nickerson said, “I don’t
think we'll really know what my
role will be until next fall.” This
can he determined by studying
this year's procedures.
He is not willing to be a police
man or prosecuting attorney and
has been "trying to present al
most as impartial an attitude as
I can."
“This present situation is al
most a contradictory state of af
fairs,” however, since he is re
quired to present cases to the
court.
Presents Evidence
Information on cases is sent
to him, then he talks to the ac
cused and the accuser to deter
mine if the matter is important
to be sent to the court If it is
important enough, then he pre
sents the evidence to the court
and the court holds a hearing.
The counselor is sort of an
“army of my office,” he said,
since he is usually the person
who must bring the case to his
attention.
Court hearings have so far been
open to the public, but the Fae
ulty Student conduct committee
will meet Monday to make a def
inite determination on this. “Our
professional orientation is toward
closed hearings,” he comment
ed, since coverage by The Emer
ald of an open meeting is likely
to result in more harm than good
Members of the student court
arc Frances Dougherty, professor
of physical education; Simeon
Orowther, senior in history; Joan
Yasui, senior in foreign lan
guages; Mitchell Rohse, junior in
political science; and Gretchen
Koenig, junior in elementary ed
ucation Another faculty mem
her, Chaoin Clark, associate pro
lessor of law, resigned six weeks
ago and has not yet been replac
ed
Board Holds Decision
On Co-op Architect
“There is no need to make a
decision now, when we are deal
ing with something as important
as this,” said Jerry Utti, mem-;
her of the Co-op Board of Direc
tors at its unofficial meeting last:
night.
The hoard decided Thursday
night to wait for responses from i
more architects and for an for-1
mal recommendation from the
committee investigating ways to
achieve the best architecture.
Open Competition Cast Choice
Most of the board agreed that
they considered the idea of an
open competition as the last of
the four choices remaining. But
Utti suggested this possibility be
retained for further considera
tion.
According to Robert Bosworth,
assistant professor of architec
ture, competition would not be
an abdication of the board’s re
sponsibility, but rather it would
extend it by having experts make
a quality decision.
The letter from the American
Institute of Architecture in
Washington implied that a com
petition for such a building might
cost about $5,000. The letter also
suggested that “perhaps the job
is rather small for such a pro
cess.”
Other Suggestions Offered
Reporting for the advisory
committee, John Kenyon, assis
tant professor of architecture
pointed out that, "for a building
of $400,000, it would be ridic
ulous to decide for or against this
method on the grounds of cost.
The main point in favor of a com
petition, apart from its stimulat
ing nature, is its fairness, for not
only colleagues try who have
shown an interest in doing so,
but the present architect could
too if he wished.
“Other suggestions from col
leagues in the School of Architec
ture and Allied Arts have amount
ed to a panel or committee help
ing the board, an extension of
this one, or a new one to examine
and criticize proposals from the
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LOYAL’S TEXACO service station.
Three station men make mad dash to
get through door. Smallest and fastest
gets to pump island first.
“Hello there. Need some air?”
CUTE LITTLE THING: “Yes, is your
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green car parked over there?’’
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much does she want for the car?”
LOYAL: “70 bucks. Make someone
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pen to know her phone extension0”
LINDA: ‘‘Let me see: it’s 493.”
LINDA: “Can you higher my bike
seat?”
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bike seat?”
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present architect,” Kenyon said.
“We feel that this could become
the truly unethical situation,” he
went on, “is we were passing
judgment on the designs and
sending them back with sugges
tions without the power to really
help in a fundamental sense.”
Kenyon reported that the re
plies of letters to ten outstand
ing architects have indicated an
interest, but that it is premature
to mention their names. “All ex
pressed initial willingness to take
on the job,” he said.
No reply has been received
from the letter to Alvar Aalto,
Finnish architect.
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Michael NoMc. Phillip Perlman, Larry Hod
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