Task force supports keeping conduct code
Officials and students agree
the Student Conduct Code
should not include riots,
but just on<ampus activities
Danielle Gillespie
Safety/Crime/Transportation Reporter
University officials and students
agree that changing the Student Con
duct Code to include off-campus ac
tivities may not be the right answer
for preventing future riots, nor is it
the proper punishment.
In a meeting held Thursday, a task
force composed of community and
University officials met to discuss re
vising the Student Conduct Code to
include riotous activities, with the ul
timate result a resounding ‘no.’
After meeting for two hours, the
group of about 20 individuals con
cluded any change to the conduct
code wouldn’t prevent riotous activi
ty from occurring in the future.
Associate Vice President for Institu
tional Affairs Jan Oliver said the Uni
versity has discussed adding off-cam
pus riotous activities to the conduct
code, but no decision has been made.
“I think if we made the change, in
terms of results, I don’t see it as a so
lution,” she said.
ASUO Outreach Coordinator
Jesse Harding said there are other
ways to reach students other than
threatening to expel them from
school. He said he thinks the riots
were an alcohol-fueled event, and it
would be more effective to educate
students about alcohol consumption
through programming.
Student Affairs Vice President and
Dean of Students Anne Leavitt said
she does not think the Student Con
duct Code should be used as a preven
tative measure.
“It’s a catch-and-release program
that may not change social behav
ior,” she said. “It’s just not preventa
tive — it occurs after the incident.”
The University first developed the
Student Conduct Code to deal with ac
ademic dishonesty in the 1960s and
currendy, the code only applies to on
campus activity, Director of Student
Judicial Affairs Chris Loschiavo said.
“The purpose of the conduct code
is to create an environment that is
conducive to learning,” he said.
Loschiavo said he is unsure about
applying off-campus activity to the
conduct code because it is not meant
to enforce laws. In fact, many of its
regulations, such as academic dis
honesty, are not a violation of any
federal or state law, he said.
Loschiavo said he is not sure what
the proper punishment should be for
riotous behavior because there are
different degrees of participation
concerning riots.
Suspension and expulsion only
occur when a student is perceived
as a safety risk or if he or she has
cheated academically more than
once, Loschiavo said.
He said he is unsure if adding ri
otous activity to the list will solve
the problem.
“Just because we suspend a stu
dent, that doesn’t mean they’re leav
ing the community,” he said.
Loschiavo added that it would be
difficult for the University to extend
its jurisdiction beyond campus be
cause it doesn’t have easy access to
crime reports from the Eugene Police
Department, as it does from the De
partment of Public Safety.
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Finally, the union requested an
immediate 50-cent wage increase
for all members, and employers
met them halfway. A 25-cent
increase will take effect today, and
another will be implemented in
November 2004. Employers will
also give union members lump
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members’ portion of health care
premiums.
Many union members were sur
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proposal from the employers.
“(The deal) was as fair as it was
going to get,” West 11th Avenue
Safeway employee and union
member Catherine Unruh said.
Some members still are not sat
isfied with the new proposal.
East 18th Avenue Safeway
employee Doug Poxell said he
voted against the deal.
“Once (the employers) sta:rt
taking benefits away, it never
ends,” Poxell said. “I don’t like
the idea of giving away anything.”
A strike in Eugene would have
led to others ,dn surroi^nding
counties and would have had an
impact nationally, Clay said.
“Whatever happens in Eugene
sets the pattern,” he said.
The latest deal was made after
the national Joint Labor
Management committee stepped
in and asked to mediate the con
flict Wednesday. The two parties
finished negotiations at 5 a.m.
Sunday.
Sawyer said much of the cred
it for reaching the agreement is
due to JLM.
“They had the wisdom and
insight to get involved,” Sawyer
said.
Local 555 spokesman Rick
Sawyer said that if the union
voted to strike, arrangements had
been made to begin at about 10
p.m., after all votes were counted.
Roman Gokhman is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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Gary McLeod and Barbara Gresser count ballots at the Doubletree Hotel in
Springfield after the evening session of labor negotiations.
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