Office provides a path
through legal red-tape
■ CONDUCT: Student
conduct code conflicts are
one type of problem
Student Advocacy
handies during the year
By Doug Irving
pCfUff
Am body of taws, from the
highest federal hilt to the lowest
institutional code, i an he frus
trntingly complex Laws at the
University are no different.
For students, the Office of
Student Advocacy is the solu
tion to this problem
The offii e was developed to
guide students through bureau
crati< red tap®, vague laws and
administrative problems
"We are here as a service to
students," said Audre Bon
student defender supervisor
"It’s lay advocacy We do not
function as lawyers "
The offii e sees many Student
Conduct Code violation con
flicts. Conduct code cases are
the most direct and easy to
understand, she said.
The student is notified by
mail of his or her violation
After bringing the i ase to the
office, a defender gets the stu
dent's file and then determines
whether there is a possible
defense. Thu defender also
advises the student whether to
seek a formal or informal hear
ing In a formal hearing, the
defender would also represent
the student and may negotiate
for lighter sanctions
The other major problem the
office sees are grievances
brought against faculty or staff
Since the residency rules in
Oregon were < hanged, the office
has also helped students with
residency disputes
Marlene l)r**M her. the office
supervisor, said sexual harass
men! c axes an* another problem
fre ed hv the office
Students often cannot net
any kind of educated, fully
informed support," she said
Because < ampin pro< edure
and state or federal pro» edure
differs the prot ess i an he
extremely frustrating
We hate to see a student
enter a complex sy stem like that
and unknosvingly and without
being fully informed find that
his or tier legal rights have
expired." she said
Drescher said that around 100
cases come through the offii t>
each term However, the office
receives only about IS sexual
harassment cases eat h year.
Student defenders are not
lawyers They must be able to
get i erlifu ilium to enter a formal
hearing, and only third year lays
students are granted this privi
lege Most use their positions in
the offii e as an internship
Because the office must advo
cate for all students, it cannot
ai i ept i ases involving com
plaints fie tween two students
Hv siding with one student, the
office would necessarily not
advocate for the other. In these
cases, the students are referred
to the Mediation offii e. Bonadea
said.
Bonadea said that there are
two peak times during the m ad
emu year when the office
rei eives the hulk of its work
Tlie first is within the first few
weeks of the school year, when
students are uneducated about
the conduct code and violations
abound. The second is towards
the end of the year. These are
mostly cases that students have
put off and must be dealt with
before summer.
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