Oregon daily emerald., November 13, 1969, Page 4, Image 4

Faculty
Conduct Code revamp proposed
By WANDALYN RICE
Of the Emerald
A proposal for a sweeping change in
the University’s conduct program is cur
rently under study by the Student Conduct
Committee.
The proposal, the result of approxi
mately nine months’ work by an ad hoc
faculty committee, would change the
name of the code from Student Conduct
Code to University Community Code, and
would include faculty members and staff
under its jurisdiction.
The report recommending these changes
was presented at the Nov. 5 faculty meet
ing and was postponed pending review by
the present Student Conduct Committee.
One of the most controversial aspects
of the proposal, the inclusion of faculty
as well as students in a University - wide
code, was the result of a determination
by the committee made up of half faculty
and half students, that “we should make a
start toward community government,” ac
cording to William Simpson, chairman of
the committee.
“Faculty have to follow certain rules,
too,” he said, “and the code should for
mally recognize this fact.”
Under the proposal, rules governing the
conduct of faculty members would be re
printed from the Administrative Manual
and included in the University Community
Code, where students could see them.
Also, the new code would include equal
traffic enforcement for faculty, staff and
students, including a joint traffic court.
In addition, the proposal provides for
a new offense, to apply to both faculty and
students, involving “prejudiced or arbi
trary action which affects the formal sta
tus of a faculty or student member of
the University community.”
Under this provision, Simpson said, a
student would be able to file action in the
University Court against a faculty mem
ber who he thought had given him an
unfair grade.
If the court found in the student’s fa
vor, however, it would not be able to
change his grade. Under the proposal, the
court could order a notation entered with
the court’s findings on the student’s rec
ord and a letter with findings sent to the
head of the affected department.
This, Simpson said, was decided by the
committee in order to avoid interferring
with the instructor’s right to give a grade.
“Some faculty members feel that allow
ing a court to change a grade is an in
fringement on academic freedom,” he said,
“and we wanted to keep out of that.”
Besides the changes involving the fac
ulty members, the committee report in
cludes changes in the function of the Con
duct Committee by creation of a Univer
sity appeals board.
DORM COURTS PROPOSED
Another provision of the committee
proposal is to create dormitory courts
and to divide the roles of counselor and
proctor.
According to the report, “The Univer
sity should have no greater and no less
concern with discipline in the dormitor
ies than it has with discipline in off -
campus housing.”
However as long as regulation is nec
essary, the report continues, the disci
pline and counseling functions should be
separated and special “proctors” should
be named to keep order.
The recommendations concerning the
faculty and the ones on the dormitories
were named by two members of the Stu
dent Committee as special areas of concern.
The offense of arbitrary and prejudicial
action has some problems, according to
William Lacy, chairman of the Conduct
Committee.
The way the provision is drawn, he said, ;
is very broad, but “does not change the •
student’s grade, which seems to me what
the student would be concerned with.”
In addition, both Lacy, a professor of
law, and Don Chalmers, student member
of the Conduct Committee, said they were
concerned about creation of the position
of “proctor” in the dorms.
“EQUALITY” QUESTIONED
“We haven’t been able to figure out
where we’d find the people to do the job,”
Chalmers said. “They seem to me to be
University-hired baby-sitters.” '
Chalmers, however, said the inclusion
of the faculty under the code did not go '
far enough.
“There are some offenses listed as ‘per
tinent to students only’ that could also ap
ply to the faculty. Things like the use of
violence or misuse of University property,”
he said.
Lacy, however, said that “just because
these things are not listed for the fac
ulty does not mean it’s all right.”
The question, he said, is how a faculty
member should be dealt with—whether he
should face the same court as a student.
“I personally feel that as a faculty
member, I am subject to much more ex
acting standards than are students,” he
said, “and that the difference in roles will
mean there should be a difference in
rules and methods of enforcement.”
Grape purchase cuts scheduled
The University grape purchases
will be adjusted further down -
ward in the future after 75 pounds
of grapes served at dormitories
Tuesday were left uneaten, ac
cording to Richard Romm, assis
tant director of dormitories.
Romm said that a total of 266
pounds of grapes were purchased
and served at dormitories lunch
time Tuesday and that a full 75
pounds of these were left over.
“We’ll adjust our purchases
downward . . . based on a per
centage figure,” he said.
Grapes already purchased, how
ever, will continue to be served
until used up, Romm added.
A representative of the grape
boycott, Jean Oliver, commented
on the relationship between these
purchases and a recent poll con
ducted in dormitories to deter
mine purchasing policies which
indicated that only 25 per cent of
the dorm residents favored the
University’s purchasing of grapes:
“Our position is that since only
25 per cent requested grapes be
purchased it is only common
sense that they shouldn’t have
bought so many. They bought
enough for 40 per cent.’
Graduation forms due
The list of all degree candidates
for the Dec. 12 Graduation Convo
cation is now being compiled by
the Registrar’s Office. The last
day upon which an Application
for Degree can be filed for inclu
sion in this list is Nov. 14.
All transcripts from other
schools must have been filed and
all current University work fin
ished not later than Dec. 19.
Any student who has applied
previously and did not receive
the degree must re-apply. Like
wise, any student who does not
meet the above deadlines must re
apply for a future date.
CHI PSI FRATERNITY
WANTS
PEACE
join us
in
support of
the moratorium
november 13
november 14
Honorary offers
$2,000 fellowship
Five fellowships for graduate
study are being offered by the
national freshman women’s hon
orary, Alpha Lambda, for the
1970-71 academic year.
The amount of each fellowship
open to any member of the hon
orary who graduated in 19C7, 1968
or 1969 is $2,000. Attendance at
a graduate school which has a
chapter of Alpha Lambda Del
ta, is encouraged.
Applicants, who have main -
tained a scholastic average of
3.50 throughout their college ca
reer, will be judged on scholastic
record, recommendations and
soundness of project and pur
pose, as well as need, to some
extent.
Graduating seniors may apply
if they have maintained a 3.50
grade point average to the end
of the first term of this year.
Application blanks and infor
mation may be obtained from
Charlene Blackburn, offices of
Student Services, Emerald Hall.
Practicality overrides
use of eternal flame
BRADFORD, Pa. (AP) — It
took just six hours to find a
practical use for an eternal
flame lit in honor of Veterans
Day by townspeople.
Cemetery officials are thinking
about removing the torch after
police found several youths toast
ing marshmallows over it Mon
day.
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