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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1966)
Student Court Rules Graduate Student Refuses Sanction By JAQ1 THOMPSON Emerald SUIT Writer A graduate student was placed on disciplinary probation for the remainder of this term for contempt of a minor court by the Student Court Friday. A sanction imposed earlier by Traffic Court was upheld also. The student pleaded guilty to a charge of Section I.B. 3.f. of the Student Conduct Code, which is “violation of any University rule approved by the Student Conduct Committee for the in fraction of which sanctions may be imposed under this Code.” The defendant had failed to carry out a four-hour work sanc tion by May 1, as set down by the Traffic Court April 13. The defendant had been convicted as a “habitual violator.” His eight traffic violations, which occurred from Sept. 23 to March 3 of this school year, four of them within three days, amounted to $40 in fines. The defendant had never reg istered his car at the University or read the campus parking rules because he had never planned to bring his car on campus. His wife, however, took the car to her classes after she had been ill and did not feel like riding her bicycle, the defendant stated. She incurred six of the eight vio lations. In his statement, the defendant said he had purposely not car ried out the work sanction be cause he felt it did not live up to the philosophy of the Code. Defendant's Statement “The Code was created to make us more responsible for our ac tions ... to make men and women out of us,” he said. The work sanction was like “hand-slapping . . . sending me into a corner . . . what you’d expect of high school or grade school." he said. "I decided the work sanction was not valid, so 1 decided not to do it. Four hours of picking up paper is a waste of my time,” he added. “If they (Traffic Court) thought it (his violations) was serious, which they obviously didn’t, they should've punished me . . . put me on probation. If not. just an admonition or warning would’ve been sufficient,” he said. “I paid all my fines, that was enough to insure I won’t do it again . . . $40 is a lot: I just don't have $40 lying around,” he con tinued. He also felt the nature of his work sanction was not appropriate to his violation. r orm or Protest Ignoring the sanction was the only way the defendant thought he could protest it. He was not informed of his right to appeal the sanction until too late, he ' said. “I would’ve appealed if I'd known I could have,” he said. The Court pointed out all stu dents are responsible for knowing the contents of the Code, and the right to appeal is stated in the Code. The Court said it could not rule on whether the work sanc tion was “sensible," since this was not an appeals hearing. The defendant was on trial for con tempt of a minor court, of which he was self-admittedly guilty. Since he was guilty, disciplinary probation was imposed, and the work sanction still remained. The defendant may appeal to the Conduct Committee, and ask for a de novo (new) hearing of his case. It might be possible then, that the work sanction could be removed. Morgan Describes Law, Bombing in Birmingham By VANCE WE LTV Emerald Staff Writer “In Alabama, if a white man kills a Negro, he gets his wrist slapped; if he kills another white man, he may get life imprison ment; but if a Negro kills a white man, he will get the death sen tence," said Charles Morgan, an Alabama attorney, in an address before the Law School Friday afternoon. Morgan is the director of the Southern Regional Office of the American Civil Liberties Union. He was the Birmingham attorney who stood up before the Young Men’s Business Club the day aft er the Birmingham church bomb ings in 1963 and indicated the community for the guilt which they all shared. "Who did it?” he asked, “Who j threw that bomb? . . . We all did it!" Morgan lashed out at “every governor who ever shouted for lawlessness and became a law vio lator . . . courts that move ever so slowly . . . newspapers that timorously defend the law . . . Campus Briefs Petitions are now available for chairman of the SU Talent and Recorded Classics Committees in room 301 SU. Deadline for the petitions is Wednesday. All Decoy member meet at 4:45 p m to day in the turnaround of the library for tapping of new members. Wear your sweat shirts and long pants. Today is the last day to petition for J Homecoming 1966 chairmanships. Pick up i petitions in room 301 SU and turn them in by 3 p.m. today. Sophomore Class Secretary petitions must be turned in no later than 3 p.m. today if the candidate wants to be interviewed. The Chinese Student Association will sponsor two movies at 8 p.m. today in room 221. Allen. The movies. "How the Main land China was Lost to the Communists" and "The Social Reformation in Taiwan Today." arc m English and free to the pub lic. the coward in each of us who, clucks admonitions.” He described Birmingham as "a city where four little Negro girls can be born into a second class school system, live a segre gated life, be ghcttoed into their ] own little neighborhoods, be re stricted to Negro churches.be des-! tined to ride in Negro ainbu lances to Negro wards of hos pitals and from there in Negro hearses to Negro cemeteries.” Advises l.aw Students The harassments and threats to , his safety because of his outspo ken views on civil liberties forced him to give up his law practice i and prominent place in the At lanta law community He advised the law students against going into practice solely . to "live in a big house with a nice lawn and a gardener, play golf on Thursday ... or even all day Thursday, and have a bright son (but not TOO bright) who can go to a prestige col lege.” He stated that this is the attitude of the attorneys in Alabama who don’t want to threaten their position* by "rock ing the boat.” "If you take an unpopular stand and stick by it," he said, "you may not make lots of money, but at least you can sit back at the end of your career and say, 'at least I did SOMETHING."’ fan Be lamely Life “However,” he said, "that can mean a pretty lonely life.” from Birmingham, Morgan went to Washington, D C . where he was employed as assistant council to the American Associa tion of University Professors He is the author of a book, A Time to Speak" describing his experi ences in Birmingham. Presently, he serves ns direc tor of the Southern Regional of fice of the ACLU. He also served as the principle attorney in the one-man, one vote Alabama apportionment rase and represented the Negro plain tiffs who gained admission to the : University of Alabama's Hunts ville center despite Governor Wal lace's stand in the schoolhouse door in Tuscaloosa. What Will You Do with Your Personal Possessions When School Is Out? STORAGE— Reasonable Low Ratos PACKING-By Exports SHIPPING—Ono Pioco or a Van Load—Anywhoro AfORTM AMmmCAAt UAA/ L/A/MB WORLDWIDE MOVERS Eugene Moving and Storage Co. 260 ferry Str**t 345-0151 WEEKLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS All meetings held in the Student Union unless otherwise indicated. MONDAY 11:45—Faculty Interdisciplinary Seminar—Fac. A Noon—Spanish Language Table Bureau of Municipal Research ASUO Cabinet Luncheon Honors College Social Science Staff Outdoor Recreation Conference Planning Committee U of 0 Counseling Service and Religious Director’s Assn. 3:00—SU Staff Meeting Philosophy Club Faculty Library Committee— Fac. A 4:00—Sigma Xi Initiation—Gerl 2 5:00—Phi Beta Kappa Initiation— Gerl 2 6:30—Sigma Alpha Mu Phi Beta Kappa-Sigma Xi Banquet Orides Business Meeting—Gerl 1 7:00—Ar chons The Bitterlick Singers—Spiller Lounge Student Publications Board 7:30—Folk Dance—Gerl 3 8:00—Fierens Classical Guitar Concert—Music Aud. 9:00—Friars Courtesy of the TUESDAY 7:30—Oregon Christian Fellowship Noon—Japanese Language Table Italian Language Table 1:00—Student Traffic Court 2:00—Upward Bound Staff 3:00—Student Involvement in University Affairs Canoe Fete Steering Committee Pi Mu Epsilon Initiation—Gerl 2 3:45—The Bitterlick Singers 4:00—Mortar Board Faculty Student Council Y Dialogue Planning Committee 6:00—Rally Board (Old Members) 6:30—Rally Sauad Practice Alpha Lambda Delta Initiation— Gerl 2 7:00—Student Involvement in University Affairs 8:00—Woodwind Quintet with Robert M. Trotter, Piano —Music Auditorium WEDNESDAY 7:40—IFC Breakfast with Dr. Flemming Noon—French Language Table Film Society 2:00—European Business—Mr. J. Kopp Jantzen—School of Business 3:00—Student Involvement in University Affairs 4:00—Faculty Senate SU Board Meeting WEDNESDAY 5:30—Amphibians—Gerl Pool 6:00—SU Personnel Committee Interviews AFROTC Orientation 6:30—Badminton Club—W. Gym Men’s PE 7:00—Browsing Room Lecture: “Poetry and Criticism of John Crowe Ransom” Dr. Handy Bridge—Fac. Club 7:30—Dramatic Readings of La Dama Del Alba 8:00—The University Singers— Music Auditorium 9:45—Coke ’n Combo THURSDAY Noon—Russian Language Table Chinese Language Table 1:00—Professor van den Berghe Lecture—Sociology Dept. 3:45—The Bitterlick Singers 4:00—Student Activities Committee 4:00—International Coffee Hour— Gerl 1 6:00—SU Personnel Committee Interviews Alpha Lambda Delts Initiation— Gerl 2 6:30—Panhellenic—Gerl 2 7:00 & 9:00—Ed. Movie: “Of Human Bondage”—150 SC THURSDAY 8:00—Romaldo Giurgola—AAA 106 LA A Ballad for Stephen the Mart; —Arena Theatre The Children’s Hour—UT The University Symphonic Ban Robert Vagner, Condueto Niel Wilson, Baritone - Sheldon High School FRIDAY 8:00—Symposium—Psychologies Services 11:45—BA Faculty—Graduate St dent Seminar, Rogers— speaker Noon—German Language Table Portuguese Language Table 3:30—Char la 4:00—Jurgen von Hollander Le ture—German Language 4:00—Friday at 4:00 6:00—African Student Associatio 7:30—AAUP Annual Meeting 8:00—A Ballad for Stephen the Martyr—Arena Theatre The Children’s Hour—UT Shrine Circus—Mac Court SATURDAY Shrine Circus—Mac Court 8:00—A Ballad for Stephen the Martyr—Arena Theatre The Children’s Hour—UT SUNDAY 9:45—COS First Baptist Church 7:00 & 9:15—Film Society: “Destr Rides Again”—UT 8:30—COS College Hour—Ann Judson House CO-OP STORE
