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Volume 81, No. 5 e E·~~~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=~~)~~~~~~J?~~gr?~.5~~~~~8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~T~~B~~~~-~~~~~ln~~;~~; •·· I . ~a SG committee 1 be failed to screen the IC icy mid Two guilty prior to appointments By Danielle Deaver factors, as a reason to prevent them from Editor in Chief running for the positions. ool One of the individuals has three charges The integrity of the judicial system was on his record: underage consumption of IS has 1 called into question recently when it was alcohol, failure to comply with a university ,.] revealed that sitting members of the Judi­ official and the honor violation of decep­ cial Board and/or Honor Council have judi­ tion. The other individual has violations for cial offenses on their records. underage consumption of alcohol and in­ At least one of the offenders is a member decent exposure, Hipp said. of the Judicial Board. The two members came onto the boards "It appears that there are at least two with the offenses already on their records. people with offenses on theirrecords,"Clay They were found guilty through adminis­ Hipp, the judicial adviser, said. trative hearings and not through the Honor a The offenses were not noticed by the SG Council or Judicial Board. Elections Committee, charged with screen­ Hipp said that he will report his findings ing candidates for the Judicial Board, be­ to the Judicial Council, which oversees the cause the committee has not screened can­ judicial system. The Judicial Council can Noel Fox/Old Gold and Black didates for at least the past three years. The then decide ifaction should be taken against Operaman, hello! committee is supposed to inten:iew all can­ the two board members. l didates and has the power to request disclo­ A selection process for the Honor Coun­ I sure of their judicial records. cil and Judicial Board is outlined in SG's (e . , • . This group of people is waiting for tickets to see former "Saturday Night Live" star Adam Sandier at 8 p.m. Oct. 13 in Brendle Recital Students with judicial or honor violations constitution, which states, "The Elections Hall. Students had camped out all day in front of the Student Union office in the Benson Center waiting to purchase the $15 tickets are not prohibited from serving on either Committee shall conduct an interview with that went on sale at 9 p.m. board, although the Elections Committee may use their records, along with other See Candidates, Page A3 ) .. ...... .. ' . ' ;: . _.. ,. .- .. _.. ~· ....... - ·-. n 1 !I Hearn delivers 'State of tile University' address r l By Mark Rabuano the university and higher education in general. that the university is different from; he insisted that the taken higher education," he said. Old Gold and Black Reporter Hearn said that the single most important issue was university should never lose its soul. He said that what Hearn insisted that people choose undergraduate what it means for the university to be a national the university has to do is prepare itself for public institutions as they shop for groceries at the store. He On Sept. 22, President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. ad­ institutio.n. "I hope it means that we take the values and ich scrutiny. said that rankings like that of U.S. News and World !S dressed the scholarly community of the university in institutional culture that is unique to us and contribute Hearn said that higher education is entering a period Report are both a symptom and a cause of this feeling, n his "Second Annual Address to the Faculty and Staff'. to the nation and the world," Hearn said :s in which the enterprise of "the university" is going to noting that the issue with the rankings is the largest- v With a captive audience of university professors and Hearn said that he wanted the university to avoid the be looked at closely. staff, Hearn spoke ofmatters ofgeneral interest to both homogeneitywhichhe said exists in the "elite" schools "The consumer movement has completely over- See Hearn, Page A4 S I' ·Judicial reform proposal may be implemented soon II By Tim MacPhail cil and Judicial Board into one body, the the subcommittee, said that they expect to selection process of students to the HEB. ts, Old Gold and Black Reporter Honor and Ethics Board. ' The proposed judicial system would have the support of SG and other student Currently, students elect members to the lf According to Ken Zick, the vice presi­ essentially combine the current Honor leaders before the plan is executed. Judicial Board and Honor Council by popu· It The Judicial Council Subcommittee on dent for student life and instructional re­ "The Judicial Council understands that Jar vote. Under the proposal, a nine-mem· Judicial Reform will likely finalize its re­ sources and a member of the subcommit­ Council and Judicial Board into one any system of honor has to be embraced by ber Election Committee made up of the .. cently released proposal by the end of the tee, the Judicial Council was given all au­ body, the Honor and Ethics Board. the entire (university) community," Zick four SG executive officers, the two co· semester and begin to implement it next thority in matters ofjudicial reform in 1972 . :· said. "My hope is that we'll be able to chairpersons of the HEB, two legislators semester. , .. by then-President James Ralph Scales. receive the endorsement of student leader­ and one student member of the Judicial The proposed judicial system would es­ Though Student Government does not implemented, Zick and Robert Lovett, a ship circles on this campus," he added. IC sentially combine the current Honor Coun- have to approve the reform for it to be professor of English and the chairman of A point of disagreement has been the See Judicial, Page A4 Ballots.,· ', from this week's SG elections counted Program review of n Legislators, freshman Hgnor.Coullcil, SBAC representatives elected e 11 for languages By Reagan Humber three chosen were Brian Sumner, Tom Fussaro and News Production Assistant Chad Brown. Sumner, whose father chaired the Honor Council30 Seventy-three candidates were elected into office for years ago, is excited to begin his work in an organiza­ has concluded legislature, freshman Honor Council and freshman tion that he calls chall~ng. "It's a very difficult job­ Student Budget Advisory Committee in the annual sanctioning studentif,,fl;iattis," he said. Student Government election Tuesday. With the recent proposal to change the judicial sys­ By Charles Starks Because there:were fewer candidates than last year, tem, Sumner hopes that he can make a strong contribu­ Managing Editor the recent student election was somewhat dishearten­ tion. "Traditions are hard to carry on because change is ing to SG: "I was a little disappointed because I 0 to 15 often advocated," he said. "However, the miracle ofthe Anyone who has taken an intemlediate-levellan­ less candidates .ran than last year," said senior Tina Honor Council is that it's student-run. When students guage course knows how difficult it can be to learn a Oarlucci, the SG speaker of the house. point out their own faults, that shows maturity and language while meeting for only one hour a day -;!'Overall the election went pretty well. With a voter responsibility." during a single semester. As part of its recently ~nout of only I ,000, it was typical for the beginning In a contest among three candidates, freshmen elected completed program review, the Romance languages (C of the year." Kristy Eyler to the SBAC. Eyler has wanted to work department, which teaches French, Italian and Span­ ty, -Remaining vacancies in the legislature will be filled with student treasury since high school. She said that ish, has been looking at ways to change the way these by appointment her position as the freshman representative on SBAC is courses are taught. i•f!Weres.ted ~ents,_ ,including those who lost in the "a way to get my feet wet, since I will be working mainly The program review also identified numerous other eleCtion,fuay'still pick up applications. The orientation with the treasurer." strengths and weaknesses in the department, which for legislators will be Sept. 27. For legislature, five out of seven candidates will are currently being addressed by subcommittees made The first Committee meetings will be Sept. 30 and the represent Babcock Residence Hall. The new legislators Noel Fox/Old Gold and Black up of faculty members, according to Candelas New­ General Assembly will first meet Oct. l. are senior Amy Speas, sophomore Suzanne Davis and ton, a professor of Romance languages and the de­ Junior Tina Carlucci, the SG Speaker of the Nine candidates from the freshman class campaigned partment chairwoman. for the three spots on the freshman Honor Council. The See legislature, Page A3 House, posts the results of Tuesday's elec­ • tion outside of the SG office• See language, Page A4 A2 Thursday, September 25, 1997 Old Gold and Black Nef.,! 1 Piccolo fund:~( Student trustee "i raises cash I to be appointed . ' By Heather Seely didates. The Student Life Commit­ for research Contributing Reporter tee interviewed the remaining three (Hena, junior Bill Goodwin and Junior Omaar Hena, the Student sophomore Lori Hunt) and nomi­ Sept.