Serving the Notre Dame- St. Mary's Community Friday, October 15, 1971 HLC resolution vvins vvill go to Hesburgh by Fred Schaefer The Student Life Council last night voted 16-8 to adopt two parts of its Hall Life Committee report, setting up sanctions for assault, larceny, and the sale or distribution of drugs, and suggesting that the halls be allowed to determine their own parietal hours. The proposal will now go to University President Father Theodore Hesburgh for action. If he takes no action, it will go before the Board of Trustees October 22. The existing rules on parietals will be in effect unt.il the SLC's proposal is approved. The minimum sanctions for assault and larceny will be disciplinary probation for at least one full semester, if the proposal passed. The proposed section on drugs reads: "The selling and or distribution of drugs-the penalty must be no less than suspension from the university for at least one full semester. We recommend that the Dean of Student or the University Board in meting out more than the minimal penalties, should consider a difference in the intrinsic ha.zard Last nights meeting of the SLC potential between marijuana and other narcotics." The committee had considered disciplinary guidelines for the use and possession of drugs, but agreed that rather than disciplinary action, attempts should be made to rehabilitate the individual before any other steps are considered. The committee also reported, "Where drinking and parietal hours are concerned, we believe that no minimum guidelines can be Resolutions. of theSLC recommended because of the very broad spectrum of possible violations of the present rules. Moreover, we believe that there are properly matters to be handled by the hall." They then reminded the halls to"construct rules that are in ac­ cordance with Indiana State Laws."The SLC adopted the committee­ Recommended Disciplinary Guidelines sponsored move to drop that rule number five, concerning parietals, in Under Existing Rules and Judicial Procedures the Student Manual, despite the objections of Dean of Students Rev. James Riehle. C.S.C. Riehle contended "The recommended changes The Notre Dame Community feels that the following offenses seriously are beyond the scope of the committee. They exceeded their respon­ harm it and its members: sibility, and are completely out of order. The changes suggested are 1) Assault too broad for us to consider in one and a half hours." Instead of Rule 2)Larceny Number Five, the SLC adopted a resolution contending that, each hall 3)Selling or· distributing drugs. should be allowed to set the policies it feels are most appropriate to develop and maintain the good order of that hall. These would be Assault and larceny merit no less than disciplinary probation for at subject to approval by a supervisory board (e.g. the Student Life least one full semester. Council, the Student Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees) The selling and-or distribution of drugs merit no less than suspension which would give approval contingent on that individual hall showing from the University for at least one full semester. maturity, responsibility, and the ability to use this freedom wisely." We recommend that the Dean of Students or the University Board in <continued on Page 2) meting out more than the minimal penalties, should consider a difference in the intrinsic hazard potential between marijuana and other narcotics. The Committee considered disciplinary guidelines for the use and Rubin decries schools, possession of drugs, but agreed that disciplinary actions would not be the proper procedure in this area. Rather, every attempt should be made to Nixon,Attica,hard drugs rehabilitate the individual before any punitive steps are considered. Where drinking and parietal hours are concerned, we believe that no by W. Dennis Duggan minimum guidelines can be recommended because of the very broad A stoned Jerry Rubin last night denounced the American school system, calling it a "fraud" before well over a thousand people in spectrum of possible violations of the present rules. Moreover, we believe Stephan Center. that these are properly matters to be handled by the hall. However, we Rubin described the high schools and colleges of America as recognize that certain actions that take place within a particular hall babysitting agencies where our parents send us to keep us out of may effect the university community as a whole, and we wish to remind trouble. He said they operate on the Pavovian response principle the halls of their duty to construct rules that are in accord with Indiana where everyone is conditioned to salivate on command. He also state law. described the testing methods of our educational system as something similar to the excretion processes of the body. To steel ourselves against the corrupting influences of the system, Rubin suggested that, Recommended Changes in the Rules "People should smoke dope all the time they are in school." Rubin related his recent ex­ No specific recommendation is made at this time to change any Rule periences in Attica, New York other than Rule Number Five. However, the Committee suggests that the where he posed as a criminology Student Life Council, as a body at large, consider as soon as possible the student from N.Y.U. He termed implications of Rule Number Seven, page 24. the Attica deaths as "pure It is the view of this CommitteP that University Rule Number Five, murder" and said he had evidence that three prisoners stated in pages 23-24 of the Student Manual, as presently constituted, were removed from their cells deals with matters which concern the good order of the individual hall after the uprising and executed. and therefore University-wide rules are not appropriate. We recommend Rubin described the village of that this rule be deleted. Attica as the closest thing to Nazi Instead, in regards to visitation, each hall should be allowed to set the Germany that he has seen but it policies it feels are most appropriate to develop and maintain the good is still a pretty normal town order of that hall. These would be subject to approval by a supervisory except that Blacks aren't human - beings there. He suggested that board (e.g. the Student Life Council, the Student Affairs Committee of the Governor Rockefeller be indicted Board of Trustees) which would give approval contingent on that in­ for the murders that took place at dividual hall showing maturity, responsibility, and the ability to use this Attica. freedom wisely. Rubin was especially critical of President Nixon, accusing him of Upon reasonable evidence of general noncompliance with the hall's packing the Supreme Court, and stated policies, the supervisory boards shall have the authority to impose suggesting that all mental restrictions or restrict hall privileges. hospitals be opened up, setting This is a general principle which would apply to all matters of good the patients free, and putting order in the hall and the same procedures outlined above should be Nixon in. He said that our followed. ·t . ql I ' political goal should be to simply fl ., ,,, ' defeat Nixon. His plans for 72 call '·- I for, "Doing to the Republicans what we did to the Democrats .... Just li~e Chicago." ']u<-continued on page 6) Jerry Rubin -- --~---------- ---~ Page 2 THE OBSERVER Friday, October 15, 1971 SLC passes hall autononty bill HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAT! (continued from page 1) (from the rah-rahs in the tower) It continued, "Upon reasonable by, either the hall board or the of the 3-page document saying, evidence of general non com­ dean of Student of the University ''The administration feels that pliance with the hall's stated Board. parietals are a gift to be given to ND THE ROMA SMC policies, the supervisory boards Professor Edward Cronin good students, I feel they are the Pizza - Restaurant- Lounge shall have the authority to im­ objected to the report, contending right of a student." pose restriction or restrict hall "The students of several years University Vice-President and 219 N. Michigan - South Bend privileges.'' ago weren't responsible enough Board of Trustee Phillip J. The one part of the Hall Life in regards to the Honor System. Faccenda said, "I question if the Reasonable Prices Committee's report that was not They really blew the Honor Code. committee has thought through immediately accepted was sent I don't feel that the students are the position. Our present orry outs or Deliveries to your room back to the rules committee. It any more mature now." He also (judicial l system is ridiculous, concerned changes in the existing expr€ssed the fear that with the but this is beyond ridiculous. It judicial procedure. individual hall determining leaves me speechless." He Call 234-3258 (Keep it - use it) That section suggested that a parietals, "There will be 20 rules questioned if hall boards would case would go to the hall judicial for 20 separate halls, and Notre turn violators over to the St. ·-:"'".~ board, in consultation with the Dame will no longer be a com­ Joseph County Sheriff. :\lusic by John ="ichols Open till 4 am Fridays Assistant Dean of Students and munity." SBP John Barkett commented, the rector, instead of going to the Floyd Kezele defended the "I'm satisfied with the way it Dean of Students, as it presently report, saying "We want to bring went. I hope the proposal will be Notre Dame - Saint 1\fa.ry's Theatre would according to the section, it back in to the halls, and make it accepted. The logistical details it presents John Webster's the board would then determine if more of a hall matter." implies can be worked out.