Responsible Student Body
Needed for Conduct Code
The University Student Con
duct Code presumes that the stu
dent body is composed of mature
and responsible individuals. The
whole philosophy of the Code is
based on this presumption.
The implementation of the
Code, since the program is only
entering its third year, is still in
the experimental stage, and
during the past two years many
important procedural improve
ments have been made However,
the structure of the system, while
subject to change at times, has
been fairly rigid.
For exaihple, Associate Dean of
Students Francis B Nickerson
co-ordinates the activities and
functions of the various groups
and committees that arc involved
in discharging the Code.
Nickerson has been in this ca
pacity since the Code was ap
proved He serves as executive
secretary of the Student Conduct
Committee, and the entire Uni
versity discipline program is han
dled through his oflice
Conduct Committee
The Student Conduct Commit
tee, composed of four faculty and
three student members, is the
policy-making body of the Code.
The Committee, however, may
take original jurisdiction in any
case, and serves as a court of
appeal from the Student Court.
Wendell Basye, professor of law,
is chairman of the committee.
The Court is composed of five
student and two faculty members.
The chairman is usually a third
year law student The Student
Court hears cases involving the
more serious offenses allegedly
committed by a student, or group
of students. A court prosecutor
presents the evidence against the
student or group; the accused
may hire a professional lawyer
to defend him, and there are ai-1
ways various Law School stu
dents willing to defend a student
It is wise to seek some sort of
legal aid if you are accused of
violating the Code
The minor courts, totaling six
during tlie lffci-145 school year,
are the busiest in terms of num
ber of case* heard because they
deal with the less important at-'
leged violations Dick Rapp will
serve as the advisor to the minor
courts for the upcoming year
Five students constitute a minor
court.
Traffic Court
Traffic court, consisting of five
students, recommends changes to
the Campus Planning Committee
about the use of cars on campus,
and hears the cases of students
who may appeal their parking
citations received on campus.
Various sanctions may be is-,
sued by the different judicial
bodies; but only the Conduct
Committee and Student Court can
suspend or expel a student. Even
more important, however, is the
fart that, according to the Code:
"No sanction or other disciplin
ary action shall be imposed on a
student by or in the name of the
University except in accordance
with the Code." This means that
students have a "right to a fair
trial.”
Serious Violations
The most serious violations,
with their accompanying punish
ments arc listed below:
English Prof
Dies Sept. 1
Norman Hubert Oswald, assis
tant professor of English, died
Sept. 1 in Eugene following a
brief illness. He was 57.
Oswald, who had been ori the
University faculty since 1946,
taught courses in satire and
Shakespeare. He was the Eng
lish department representative in
the interdisciplinary program for
the master’s degree.
Oswald received his B.A. de
gree from Heed College and his
M.A. and Ph D. degrees from the
University of California, Berk
eley. He taught at Berkeley be
fore coming to Oregon.
A memorial fund for Oswald
is in the care of Kester Svendsen,
head of the English department.
Expulsion or suspension from
the University or any lesser sanc
tion may result from commission
of any of these next offenses:
academic cheating and plagiar
ism; furnishing false information
to the University with the intent
I to deceive; forgery, alteration, or
misuse of University documents,
records, or identification cards;
physical abuse of another person
in the University community;
Malicious destruction, damage
or misuse of University property,
including library materials, or of
private property on the campus;
theft <although, students will not
usually be punished for an off
campus crime); vandalism or kid
napping committed on other cam
puses; participation in hazing;
lewd or indecent conduct; two or
more lesser offenses.
l/csser Offenses
Disciplinary probation of any
lesser sanction may result from
the commission of any of the
following offenses;
Possession, consumption, o r
furnishing of alcoholic beverages
on University owned or controlled
property (except in married stu
dent housing), in University
related houstng for single stu
dents, or at University-affiliated
or supervised functions; disorder
ly conduct; raiding of Univer
sity affiliated living organizations;
violation of closing hour restric
tions; violation of visiting hour
rules; violation of any Univer
sity rule approved by the Student
Conduct Committee, with such
punishments set.
The above rules relate only to
individual students and do not
apply to group offenses.
At the present time, the group
offense situation is very confused.
Some groups, such as the fratern
ities and sororities, are allowed
to judge one another, and what
happens to them is seldom pub
licly divulged.
There are other trouble spots,
either actual or potential, but
the Student Conduct Committee
has been attempting to iron them
out and will continue to do so.
Other areas that bear watching
center around closing hours—
University President Flemming
is pledged to removing closing
hours for sophomores and juniors
in the future; end-of-the-term
difficulty in the dormitories; lack
of equality in carrying out the
functions of the Code in respect
to where a student lives. In other
words, dorm students are under
more supervision than Greeks
and therefore, are more likely to'
get caught violating the Code.
However, the biggest problem
and the hardest to tackle stems
from the indifference shown by
the members of the student body..
Unless the students know and un- i
derstand the Code, the system
will not work.
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