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Mankiewicz Opens Seminar Actual Violations Honor statement THE Notre Dame Community, We, the members of the Notre Dame Honor Council, after considerable deliberation have decided that we will suspend all of our administrative activities and that all council members will take an indefinite leave of absence until such time as the Notre Dame OBSERVERServing the Notre Dame and St. Mary's College Community community determines the future of the Honor Concept. We have found it necessary to take these actions for several VOL. Ill, No. 79 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1969 reasons. The Honor Council, as it was originally conceived, must reflect the community’s commitment to academic honesty. The current situation makes it apparent to us that the community is no longer committed to this concept. We are convinced that the total number of cases reported represents only a small fraction of theMankiewicz opens seminar actual violations. We are further convinced that, while most year, and then gave the podium not a pivotal point of Senator individuals seem to uphold personal honesty, they do not considerLast night, berore a large audience in the Library to Dean Lawless of the Law Kennedy’s campaign. Mr. the honesty of thers to be their concern. In this context the penalty Auditorium, Frank Mankiewicz, School, a personal friend of theMankiewicz said he believed it system has failed to serve a constructive purpose for the violators. the press secretary of the late Senator, who introduced Mr. was Indiana which was a pivotal We can no longer, in good conscience, continue to levy penaltiesSenator Robert F. Kennedy, Mankiewicz. point for Senator Kennedy, “a only on the few violators that are brought to our attention whileinaugurated a Seminar on state in which he captured the Mankiewicz recollected many other violators are granted impunity. Robert Kennedy’s 1968 -support and respect of rich and We, the forty members of the Honor Council, refuse to accept campaign.any He was first of a longer the burden of enforcing a concept which is ignored by then u m b er of speakers closely student body. Since we have become aware that the Council noaffiliated with Senator Kennedy longer represents the dominant concept of Honor in the communitywho will speak on their relations we have had to make this difficult decision. We now ask the with the late senator and the senator’s campaign. community to carefully consider and to finally decide the fate of the Honor Concept at this University. We, as in the past, will remain Chuck Nau, Student Body dedicated to the original goals of the concept. Vice-President, opened with Respectfully submitted, comments on Senator Kennedy’s The Student Honor Council spring visit to Notre Dame last SLC moves on Dining halls, h Yesterday at 3:00, the permission accorded to all providing the sole formal liaison S tu d e n t Life Council members of the Student Life between the Student Body and subcommittee investigating the Council to attend, provided that the Director of Food Services on events surrounding the recommendations be formulated all matters concerning the Pornography and Censorshiponly by the subcommittee; improvement and efficiency of Conference met in a brief closed the operation of the Dining Halls session. Charles Nau, chairman 3) that any member of the and shall cooperate with the S e n a to r Kennedy's April 4 poor, black and white.” of the committee, read a Student Life Council who Director of Food Services instopover at Notre Dame—his statement of intent to the entire chooses to attend any of said future planning.” speech which was the kick-off of Mankiewicz stressed Senator Council which met at 4:00 in hearings be entitled, so far as his primary run in Indiana and, Kennedy’s hope of “coalescing The Dining Hall Board will the Center for Continuing feasible, to participate in the in fact, of all the primaries the black urban poor and the make monthly reports to the Education. The subcommittee is questioning and discussion.” throughout the nation of whichlo w er middle-class white, a Student Life Council with a composed of Professor James Mr. Kennedy was a part. With coalition which, though not copy of the report going to the Massey, Professor Charles Allen, Dean of Students, Father many of the audience who had easy, went exceptionally well for Student Senate. Rev. Thomas Blantz, C.S.C., James L. Riehle C.S.C., participated, Mr. Mankiewicz Robert Kennedy.” Five student representatives Brother John Scholte, C.S.C.,disqualified himself from remembered Senator Kennedy’s will serve on the Board, and they Nau, and Michael McCauley. participation in any hearings of second visit to Notre Dame on Concerning the future of teh arc to be selected by the Student This committee will meet today discussions due to the fact that a May 6 of last spring and the Democratic Party, Mankiewicz Senate. They will then serve a at 12:30 to discuss procedure number of students participating longest motorcade in politicalsaid that “the Party as it exists term starting November 1st and for its investigation. in the hearings may be brought history which took Senatortoday cannot effectively deal up on disciplinary action by theex tending to the following with the problems facing the The only action taken by thi Kennedy from South Bend University. October 31st. nation, but that because of its Student Life Council last night through Indiana and eventually into Illinois. deliberately vulnerable nature, concerning the Pornography Due to concern over student The members representing the the party is open to reform.” He Conference investigations, was Administration will be interest, SLC members Scott and Mankiewicz spoke highly ofsaid that although Hubert the passage of a proposal by appointed by the President of the Richard Rossie expressed Senator Kennedy’s reception in Humphrey does not hold the Professor Edward Murphy dissatisfaction with the current University. Indiana, which he called “a position needed to bring about dealing with the SLC hearings. The SLC continued in its frequency of meetings. As a microcosm of all that which was change in the Democratic Party, The proposal, listed in three discussion of the Hall Life result of a motion by Rossie, the going on in America in the years “ such in d iv id u a ls as Ted parts, goes as follows: SLC will meet every Monday Report but, due to lack of time, covered only a few pages.leading up to 1968 and which Kennedy, Edmund Muskie and until the Hall Life Report has 1) th a t a sten o g rap h ic was lost with the death of George McGovern are creeping been completely presented and Discussed was the role and transcription (by a court responsibilities of hall rectors.Robert Kennedy.” upon the public scenes and voted upon. responding to their party’s stenographer) be made of the Hopefully, parietal hours and Contrary to current opinion, hearings, access to which shall be Also passed last night was a drinking on campus will be Mankiewicz said, Oregon was need.” accorded to all members of the resolution on the dining halls covered at the next meeting. Student Life Council; presented by Barney Gallagher, Dining Hall subcommittee The meeting adjourned at TMff; “IVe couldn't bar police" 2) that notice of all hearings chairman. The resolution setsud 6:15 and the Council will meet The following is the text of a initiate legal action, stressed that be given to all members of the a Student-Administration Dining again next Monday at 4:00. statement issued yesterday by the members of the University S tu d en t Life Council, with Hall Board “charged with the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, community should be given an President of the University con­ opportunity to b eco m e cerning the Administration’s acquainted with the facts and Soph yearbook suppposition in regard to the St. make a decision in a calm, Joseph County Prosecutor’sacademic atmosphere. Knorr eleborated by saying that seizure of Andrew Norcn’s film “ These deterring efforts already heavily debt-ridden, It was announced yesterday because of an insufficient num­ failed, and when an irresponsible Knorr was unable to specify a on Friday. that subscribers to the now- ber of prepaid student sub­ “On behalf of the University public statement was made late definite date for these refunds. defunct Sophomore Yearbook scriptions, the Supplement was community, I should like to Thursday that state law, in effect Supplement would be reim­ The original decision to cancel not able to meet the publisher’s thank personally Mr. Philip was to be violated Friday at a bursed in full as soon as the debt the Supplement was reached by minimum contract obligation of Faccenda, Dean William Lawless, certain time and place, it was incurred for operational a joint committee composed of700 copies. Knorr said that and the other members of the evident the University had no expenses is repaid. Sophomore Class Presidentbarely 100 subscriptions were University administration for legal right to bar entry of the John Knorr, the editor-in- Barry Doyle, Vice-President Jim sold. th e ir attempts to prevent prosecutor and his deputies to chief for the' ill-fated Supple­D’Aurora and Editor Knorr last The Supplement itself, a disturbance and maintain a spirit campus. ment, stated in an interview December 8 in a class council chronicle of the ’68-’69 of civility, rationality, and good “The events that followed yesterday that Sophomore classmeeting. Sophomore year, planned towill in the University com­ were, of course, beyond the con­ councilmen of the various halls highlight the outstanding munity during the past few trol of the University adminis­ In regard to the cancellation, would return the Supplement activities of the Class of ’71, troubled days.
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