Another Step Forward
Summer Courts and New Selection System Strengthen Courts
The Student court which will be in ses
sion during the summer term and the fur
ther clarification of the selection system
for minor courts should strengthen the
court system and increase student confi
dence in the Conduct Code.
The summer court will be composed of
five students and two faculty members as
is the court which meets during the regular
school year. Under the new court selection
system, one candidate will be elected from
each dormitory unit with the added stipu
lation that any student not elected as a
court candidate may apply for a position.
After nominations and applications have
been received, a screening committee will
review all candidates, making a list of
those acceptable for service on the courts.
The names of students accepted by the
screening process will be submitted to the
Student Conduct Committee and ultimate
ly to the University President for approval.
The code makes no stipulation that the stu
dent body president must approve court
members. Since students have a major role
in selecting the court members both
through the screening committee and
through the conduct committee, approval
by the student body president would seem
to be only an additional rubber stamp.
When current courts were made up, stu
dents were elected from each unit and then
complex courts were made up. The com
mittee’s indecision over the exact proced
ure for selecting court members and the
length of time before they were chosen
caused some reservations on the part of
dorm students and recommendations and
records were not gathered carefully in all
cases. The new system would have the
court members chosen and ready to begin
work as soon as fall term begins.
Adding a body to decide discipline ques
tions during the summer months fills
another weak spot in enforcement of the
code.
The complex courts have established
some precedents during the past year.
Another major need of the minor court
system is a uniform set of punishment rec
ommendations to govern sanctions handed
out by each court. Such recommendations
should not be inelastic but should rather
recommend limits for maximum and mini
mum sanctions for common offense.
The courts are proving themselves
through a long process of trial, hesitation
and error. With more attention to assure
equal sanctions and trial procedures in the
courts student acceptance, now increasing,
should become more widespread.
A Strong Stand?
J. Francyl Howard, the ever-vocal editor
of Albany’s Greater Oregon, discussed Fri
day’s primary election and particularly bal
lot Measure Number One in last week’s
paper. Howard was the author of the Oc
tober 15 referendum, the effects of which
are still being felt by higher education in
Oregon.
On the left side of last week’s front page,
Howard states that he sincerely feels Ore
gon needs the $30 million that will be pro
vided if the ballot measure succeeds and
supports the measure. In the next story he
is not as sure, qualifying his endorsement
with a long consideration of the finances
involved. In the story appearing on the
right hand side of the front page Howard
assures his readers that they cannot be
stampeded into making a rash decision. He
then announces that, if he gets signed state
ments from legislators vowing that they
will not allow taxes to be raised as a result
of the ballot measure, he will support the
issue. Tune in next week to see which side
of the fence the “Friend of Higher Educa
tion” finally falls off of.
Where the Money Goes
Many Forces Influence Scholarship Awards
A recent study by the American Coun
cil on Education has discovered that for
every scholarship awarded annually to col
lege students from families with incomes
below the $3,000 level, at least four were
awarded to students from families in the
$11,000 bracket. While the study may over
look some basic considerations such as the
comparative number of students entering
colleges and universities from the lower
income bracket, the study does point to
some disturbing trends in scholastic aid.
Elmer West, director of the AEC re
search project, found that many large
schools try to balance their enrollment
among all areas of the country by segregat
ing scholarships. While Americans differ
in dialect and some general attitudes from
region to region, the values to an institu
tion of higher education of having such a
geographically diversified student body are
indistinct at best. One further considera
tion here, however, is that students from
low income backgrounds frequently do not
apply to larger and more expensive schools,
possibly destroying the argument that
financial need is not considered as a major
factor in awarding scholarships.
A scholarship represents not only finan
cial aid but also serves as a measure of
recognition for scholastic achievement. For
this reason, students from higher income
families feel the need to compete for schol
arships even when funds might be avail
able from other sources. Low interest stu
dent loans are available and do not repre
sent a great financial burden to the student
who, although attempting to put himself
through school, can fall back on parental
assistance when necessary. The research
report suggested awarding separate types
of scholarships, one for competitive stu
dents seeking recognition and another for
needy students. Such a program might be
applicable to larger institutions with more
funds available for such grants than most
state institutions enjoy.
These are questions that must be pon
dered by scholarship officers at colleges and
universities throughout the country. The
fact remains that nearly 40 percent of all
students from families below the $8,000
income bracket who apply for scholarship
aid are denied this assistance. Students
generally eliminate themselves before ap
plying for such aid if they are academically
deficient. It is fairly safe to assume that
each of the thousands of students applying
for financial aid each year deserves the op
portunity to attend an accredited college
or university. It is also clear that funds are
not available for this type of financial aid.
Current federal legislation such as the
Hartke bill now being considered by con
gress and existing programs such as the
National Defense Education Act are steps
in the right direction.
Herblock
“I’ll Get You In There If It Kills You”
Letters to the Editor
Kirsch Questioned
Emerald Editor:
I’m glad to hear that baseball
coach Don Kirsch likes to write
“informative letters” to his
players. I’m sure his critical
research of deriving informa
tion from "various sources” was
in the best intent, however it
seems to me he should have
validated his obsequious con
elusions by talking to the re
spective candidates. Perhaps
his was a leaping without look
ing situation.
Possibly Mr. Kirsch’s sense
of ethics is different than mine,
for he said in defense that
“there was no coercion in the
letter;” yet the letter clearly
stated, “I think it is very im
portant that you and your
friends who arc interested in
the athletic program get out
and vote tomorrow for Luvaas.”
If this isn’t coercion, then no
such thing exists.
Granted the letter was the
fallacious appeal to authority,
but it could, and did, influence
many voters. The letter was
delivered on election day
(which by the way, is prohibit
ed by campaign stature) and
therefore the misinformation it
contained couldn’t be rectified.
I bet you’re “not particularly
happy to be involved in this
thing,” Mr. Kirsch. Anyone who
acted as you did wouldn’t want
to be caught—it’s only natural.
Steve Ashton
Senator-at-Large, elect
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Concerning Scandal
Emerald Editor:
In regard to the punishment
of the 30 male University stu
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dents for their supposedly lewd
and immoral conduct with a 13
year old girl, I feel that a pun
ishment as severe as expulsion
would be extremely wrong In
the first place being expelled
from the University for viola
tion of a morals clause in the
conduct code, would not only
ruin these young mens' chances
of being admitted to another
university, but also their chan
ces of finding a position which
would be equal to their qualifi
cations.
In the world today sex is a
very open and too often talked
of subject. The fact that a 13
year old girl, mentally dis
turbed or not, would plan asso
ciations with so many men is
not so terribly hard to believe
One must take into considera
tion that the rate of venereal
disease is highest between the
ages of 11 and 14 I am not
condoning the behavior of the
students or the girl in this mat
ter, but I feel that to ruin the
lives of 30 boys because of
something which no normal
healthy boy would turn down
when practically offered to him
on a silver platter, would show
the narrowmindedness of a so
ciety that is supposed to try
and help keep such situations
from oceuring.
Thank you
Penny White,
Freshman
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