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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1976)
Reporter denied court admittance By BRENDA TABOR Of the Emerald The Emerald was denied ac cess to a student conduct court hearing Thursday night involving seven students charged with a serious crime." Steve Barnes, student conduct coordinator, would not specify the nature of the charges until 48 hours after the hearing when a re port of the hearing and imposed sanctions will be published. The defendants names are not published in hearing reports. Barnes cited section II. B 2. of the conduct code in denying the Emerald reporter's right to remain at the hearing. The code states during the hearing the defendant shall have the opportunity to ap pear alone or with any other per sons to advise and assist him The court defender told the Emerald reporter she would not be allowed to remain at the hear ing if any of the defendants ob jected. The defendants were then called out of the room individually where the student defender repor tedly questioned them as to whether the reporter should be al lowed to remain. The reporter was not allowed to witness the questioning After the completion of the sup posed polling of the defendants, the senior court panel member told the reporter that due to the objections of the defendants, she would have to leave. A court member indicated in discussion with the reporter be fore the hearing that she probably would not be allowed to attend the hearing. Barnes attempted to explain the situation to the reporter and man aging editor of the Emerald out side the hearing. He denied the hearing was a trial, and claimed that therefore, it was not open to the press Barnes said reporters had never been allowed at the tri bunals for as long as I have been conduct coordinator. He defined the tribunal as a counseling session," with expul sion of a student a rare sanction Barnes agreed that the code is an example of “in loco parentis.' This Roman principle states that the university is a guardian of stu dents. The principle of “in loco parentis" is alive and well in the student conduct code, he said Denial of public access to the hearings is to protect the students rights, claimed Barnes. He cited the Buckley ammendment, which protects the confidentiality of stu dent records, to back the state ment “The students think they re being protected," he said while motioning to the hearing room. Barnes said the defendants were brought to the tribunal be cause of the “seriousness of their crimes." They decided to enter guilty pleas before the hearing, according to Barnes. The coordinator said he didn't attempt to settle the case without a hearing. “I arbitrarily reject the more serious cases from adminis trative settlement." he said. The Beef Box By CAROL MURKOWSKI Of the Emerald Beef #1: What happened to recycling of newspapers, Emeralds and other papers in the EMU? I constantly see these being tossed into the garbage cans by the EMU staff in the eating areas. According to Adell McMillan, director of the EMU, the official pol'cy is to recycle papers from all offices, the dining room, and the Fishbowl in the EMU. Every student office is equipped with barrels, boxes or corners fo[ recycleable papers, and there is a large box in the dining room for that purpose. However, the custodial staff has learned from experience that some persons who use the Fish bowl do not pick up after themselves; more often than not, papers are left strewn on tables and floors, and as a result the Fishbowl staff picks up papers in that area. McMillan checked with the EMU s custodial supervisor, and informed the Beef Box that if the job wasn t being done, it was probably a case of new staff members who weren't aware of their auty. At any rate, if the papers are still lying around, you might remind someone on the staff that they're forgetting part of their job — or better yet, pick up a few yourself! A suggestion that the EMU or the Emerald plan to imple ment is a special box in the Fishbowl wherein persons could leave used Emeralds for others to read. Have a beef? The Beef Box will appear every Friday, beefs permitting. V_____/ COMING Feb. 6 & 7th Holy Modal Rounders 8 pc. Band 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. $1.00 cover charge College Side Inn 30th & 1-5 ID Required /—nr-or<~)omrror x~x x a ~k xtocxocxtootx-x'xtooooooc Galactic ghoul gobbles streaking space ships (CPS) — Scientists have disco vered what appears to be another "Bermuda Triangle” in which craft flying through a certain area en counter weird difficulties such as broken gear and disrupted radio transmission. Relax, however, if you’re plan ning a trp, unless it's to Mars. 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