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WEDNESDAY. MARCH IS, 1B67
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THE OKLAHOMA DAILY, University of OUahomi
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Dean Brown also emphasized
that counseling, not discipline is
recommended in many cases.
IF ANY STUDENT feels the
penalty recommended by the
board and approved by the dean
is unfair or if new evidence has
been discovered, he may appeal
his case to the student conduct
committee, composed of four
students and three members of
the faculty. One of these students
must be a member of the board
which originally heard the case.
This committee may recommend
any penalty it feels appropriate.
Students in university housing
may also appeal individual
checks, without waiting until af-
ter three campuses to come be-
fore a judicial board, explained
Dr. Dorothy Truex, Dean of
Women.
For example, if a coed feels
that her counselor has given her
a PDA check she does not de-
serve. the coed may appeal to
the officers of her dorm. The
president of the dorm then gets
the counselor and the girl to-
gether to talk over their differ-
ences.
If the counselor still feels justi-
fied in giving the check, the stu-
dent may take her case to the
steering committee of the Presi-
dents Council. If she still is not
satisfied, she may appeal to the
Women’s Residential Judicial
Board and. finally, to the student
conduct committee.
Although most of the student's
rights are protected in the pro-
ceedings of university judicial
boards, the student is not pro-
tected from double jeopardy
For a single offense, a student
may be tried in Oklahoma courts
and be brought before an OU I
judicial board.
FOR EXAMPLE, in the case
of theft by a student off campus
in Norman, the student's case
could be heard by both the Stu-
dent Advisory Judicial Board and
an Oklahoma district court.
There are centain advantages,
however, to the university's juris-
diction over theft by a student If
the theft is on campus, the case
may be kept strictly within the
university and does not give the
student a criminal record.
Larry Tawwater, Midwest City
sophomore and chairman of the
Men's Residential Judicial Board,
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The judicial system at OU
“follows the spirit of fairness—
not necessarily legal process,"
explained Dr. Jodie Smith. Dean
of Student Services
“We try to find the middle
ground between in loco parentis
and due process," said Dr. W.
R. Brown, dean of men
Only in the University Judicial
Tribunal, which hears cases in-
volving suspension or dismissal
from the university, are legal
rules observed.
In all other judicial boards, the
procedure is that of an informal
hearing.
A CASE begins when a coun-
selor, the governing body of an
organization or a student reports
an infraction of the rules. Then
the assistant dean of men or the
assistant dean of women thor-
oughly investigates the case, col-
lecting facts and getting ail sides
of the story.
In some instances, counseling
instead of discipline may be rec-
ommended. and the case never
reaches a judicial board
If discipline seems to be need-
ed. the assistant dean explains to
the student that he may request
a hearing before the appropriate
judicial ooard or may ask for
administrative determination of
penalties. The student is told the
nature of the offense and what
the penalty will be under ad-
ministrative determination
If, however, he decides to go
before a judicial board, the stu-
dent is told the time and place
of the hearing and signs a state-
ment saying he has been inform-
ed of his rights
EXCEPT FOR the University
Judicial Tribunal, the proceed-
ings of all judicial boards are
confidential The hearings, how-
ever, are tape-recorded to be
played back for the Dean of
Men or Dean of Women or for
an appeal board.
At the hearing, the student may
supply a written statement to the
board and may bring others in
to testify in his behalf The
board questions the student, and
the student has opportunity to
question the board At the end
of the hearing, the student may
make a concluding statement. He
then leaves the room while the
board discusses his case and
votes on the type of punishment
to be recommended. The student
is then brought back in and in-
formed of the board's decision.
But the board's recommenda-
tion is nothing more than a rec-
ommendation The final say on
the degree of punishment admin-
istered belongs to the Dean of
Men or the Dean of Women. The
dean has the power to accept the
recommendation or to modify it
in any way.
In practice, few recommenda-
tions of the board are changed
administratively. Last year only
ten decisions were modified by
a dean Four of these were chan-
ged to lesser penalties, six to
greater penalties
NEVERTHELESS, the m a i n
power of the judicial boards lies
not in the power to decide- pen-
alties. but in the effect on the
offender of being judged by his
peers rather than merely by the
administration
Janie Potts. Wellston senior
and AWS president, felt that the
deans should approve the boards'
recommendations, since the pen-
alties are administered by the
university.
However, in the opinion of Stu-
art Robbins. Austin, Tex , law
senior on the Student Advisory
Judicial Board, the decisions of
the student boards should be fi-
nal. as they are for the student
traffic court.
Dean Brown commented that
the student judicial boards tend
to recommend harsher penalties
than the offenders would have re-
ceived under administrative de-
termination of discipline
The least severe penalty is a
letter of reprimand from the
board itself or from the Dean
of Men or the Dean of Women
A copy is placed in the student's
personal folder in the office of
the Dean of Students, but is not
noted on Ute student’s official
transcript
According to the Student Guide.
end DELI OPEN DAILY 9 11
felt that the OU judicial system
works pretty well.
Robbins agreed that the sys-
tem was very effective. He re-
marked. "Students are fortunate
to have these boards which work
for the students as well as the
university."
Miss Miller and Susan Shepard,
Dallas. Tex., senior and AWS
vice-president, agreed that it is
better for student offenders to be
judged by their peers, who know
what is going on and understand
the situation better.
Miss Miller thought the boards
could be improved if the justices
were given more training.
Dean Truex and Dean Brown
termed the boards “very fair”
and “excellent.”
Dean Brown considered the stu-
dent justices "better qualified
than the run-of-the-mill. 12-man
juries in civil courts” and “in
general, sound logical thinkers."
In Miss Shepard's opinion, if
students could see how the
boards operate, they would be
pleased with the way their fel-
low students handle the situation.
Miss Miller called being a
justice, a maturing experience
and said. "If students could go
to the judicial boards meetings,
it would be worth all the rules
they could read."
(The last article of the series
will discuss the student traffic
court.)
However, if a transcript is re-
quested during the probation per-
iod. a letter noting the probation
will accompany it. After the
terms of probition arc fulfilled,
no letter will accompany the
transcript. "However," says the
Student Guide, “if a specific
question is asked as to whether
the student has been involved !n
any discipline situation, there is
no alternative but to give an ac-
curate answer to the question "
Although general probat on re-
stricts the student's activities in
no way. restrictive probation pro-
hibits the student from receiv-
ing honors or holding respons.ble
positions during the probation
period.
Ann Miller, Oklahoma City
senior on the Women's Res den-
tial Judicial Board, thought that
general probation is more effec-
tive than restrictive.
"Most of the offenders don't
belong to many organizat.ons,”
she said, "and they need activi-
ties and participation in the life
of the university to kceo them
irom further violations of the
rules."
When a student is put on pro-
bation. a letter stating this is
sent by the dean to his academic
dean, admission and records, his
parents, his advisor, and his
counselor or fraternity or sor-
ority president.
At the end of probation the stu-
dent is brought before the judical
board again, and his case is re-
viewed in the light of question-
naires sent to his counselor
IF THE TERMS of probation
have been fulfilled, another letter
is sent by the dean explaining
that the student is no longer on
probation
The practice of reviewing the
case at the end of the probation
period was started this year
Suspension is normally used
only for repeated misconduct.
In contrast to other penalties,
dismissal becomes a permanent
part of the student's academic
record, even if he is later rein- '
stated
Despite all these penalties,
"The true meaning of discipline.”
said Dean Brown, "is not punish-
ment, but that development of
self-control and teamwork which
enable man to strive for per- I
fection and accomplish great-
ness."
Robbins agreed that the board's
work is more remedial rather
than penal The very fact of
coming before a board makes
the offender realize the serious-
ness of his offense
Ann Miller. Oklahoma City
senior on the Women's Resi-
dential Judicial Board, felt that
the purpose of the board was to
bring about a change in be-
havior.
773 ASP AVE GROCERY
Campus Judicial System
Students Peers Recommend Actions
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Waltz, Susan. The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 53, No. 113, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 15, 1967, newspaper, March 15, 1967; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1828981/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center.