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October 27, 1982
Vol. 6
Disciplinary Board renders verdict
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same case was dis-
cussed: three students were found
using the school’s computer sys-
tem in an attempt to gain
unauthorized information. So
far this year this has been the
by Buck Downs
“We’re not trying to kick stu-
dents out of UD, just set them
straight,” said Linda Sweet-
man, Dean of Students, after a
meeting of the Disciplinary
the poem, such as Telemachos’
increasing maturity and Odys-
seus’s homecoming. Morgan com-
pared the use of these images to
the use of musical motifs in con-
temporary cinema.
Morgan occasionally inter-
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by Todd English
At its October 12 meeting,
UD’s student government ex-
pressed deep concern over the
condition of student-admini-
stration-faculty relationship here
at UD.
A definite need for positive
action was stressed by SG presi-
dent Jim Frederick. Frederick
said that since depersonaliza-
tion in student-faculty relations
was becoming so prevalent, stu-
dents should ask their parents to
write to Dr. Sasseen.
According to Frederick, Sas-
seen said that many parents
have written to him about the
excessive drinking allegedly pres-
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Gareth Morgan, first of the Odyssey lectures, spoke on music
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enough to warrant convening
the Board. Says Sweetman: “If I
feel that a student’s actions pos-
sibly merit suspension or expul-
sion, then I feel it is necessary to
call together the Board. Some-
thing that serious requires more
than one person’s judgement.”
In the past, the Board has
rarely considered more than one
or two cases a year, an indicator,
Sweetman said,” of the kind of
students we have here at UD.”
The Board carefully examines
each case brought before it
before reaching a conclusion,
hoping to insure a fair decision/
Thoroughness is the most im-
portant thing,” said Sweetman.
“We want the students to feel as
though they are being treated
fairly.”
One of the students involved
in the proceedings, when asked
whether or not he was treated
fairly, said: “I feel that Dean
Sweetman and the Disciplinary
Board did their best to be sure we
were treated fairly, although I
think that they took a little too
long in reaching their decision. I
mentioned at one of the meet-
ings of the Board that they
seemed to pay little heed to the
fact that I missed a lot of class
time coming to the meetings.”
One board member deemed
this comment ungracious, at
best.
Although Sweetman refused
to name the members of the
Board, she did state that it nor-
Photo by Julie Loupe
Money distributed
by Todd English
UD’s 1982 Charity Week raised
over $16,000 for the various
charities to which it contributes,
according to Charity Week
Treasurer Bill Hoelscher.
Hoelscher said, “Considering
that the arrest of teachers was
restricted and that the new
freshman drinking policy was in
effect, we did very well.” The
amount of money raised approx-
imately equaled what was raised
last year.
Most of the money will be
divided between two organiza-
tions: the diocese of Dallas’
Catholic Community of Appeal,
which will receive $5350, and the
Notre Dame Special School,
which will receive $7500. The
rest of the money has yet to be
allotted.
The casino, which ran for four
nights, collected a profit of $4360
for the Charity Week drive. The
Auction and the Dance-A-Thon
together netted over $4000. How-
ever, not all of this money has
been collected, due to unpaid
pledges for the Dance A Thon
and unpaid lOU’s for the auction.
Hoelscher said that the raffle
turned out “better than expected.”
“We had to buy the prizes, but if
the next class would attempt to
have the prizes donated, money-
making potential would be out-
standing,” said Hoelscher. Prizes
this year included a new Ford
Escort, a color television, and a
portable stereo.
The jail was the most profita-
ble of the booths, gaining a total
of $850. However, in terms of
total number of participants, liqui-
dation was the most successful
in drawing patrons.
Family Day, sponsored by the
Freshman class, generated $1500
in profit, and the Sunday collec-
tion for Charity Week totaled
$3100.
SG dismayed
ent at UD. Frederick then said
that if it was so easy for parental
involvement to be successful
with the drinking stipulation,
perhaps it could be equally suc-
cessful in dealing with student-
administration relations.
Parliamentarian Faulkner said
that he believed “one of the
major assets of UD is its size and
personalized attitude, unlike big
state schools. We hope, with the
new administration, that these
qualities will not be lost.”
Steve Nelsen, chairman of the
Administrative Affairs Commit-
tee, said that a recent meeting
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rupted his formal lecture to tell
how modern occurances still
parallel the Odyssey. His audi-
ence chuckled at the story of a
Greek fisherman who captured
his wife and her lover in bed, not
in the magic net of Hephaistos,
but in his own fishnet.
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mally consists of two faculty
members, two students, and one
member of the Administration.
The Dean of Students also
serves as a non-voting member.
Although most cases consi-
dered by the Board are serious
enough to warrant suspension,
the board may also recommend
disciplinary probation with par-
ticular stipulations such as rem-
oval from campus residency, or
removal from the Rome pro-
gram for underclassmen. “If the
Board decides that either sus-
pension of expulsion is war-
ranted, it makes its recommen-
dation to the President of the
University,” states the UD Stu-
dent Handbook.
However, according to Sweet-
man, suspension and expulsion
are used only as a last resort.
“As a Christian community, we
have a responsibility to approach
this in a way that will teach the
student and, if possible, keep
him in the community,” said
Sweetman.
Welshman sings of Odyssey
by Mary Hansen
With a gentle Welsh accent,
Professor Gareth Morgan
brought Homer’s Odyssey to life
on Thursday, Oct. 21 in Lynch
Auditorium. Morgan traced the
theme of music and minstrels
through the Odyssey.
Morgan, a student of oral peo-
try, is a Professor of Classics
and Education at the University
of Texas at Austin. Morgan’s
lecture was the first of a series of
events, including speakers, ex-
hibits, and films, entitled “Odys-
seys Remembered.”
Morgan illustrated his talk
with many passages read aloud
in both English and ancient
Greek. His audience sat silent as
he animated the characters and
situations of the Odyssey. The
passage read in Greek brought
out the musical quality of the
epic which is often lost upon
struggling Lit Trad I students.
Morgan explained that while
all Greek noblemen knew poe-
try, it is reasonably certain that
Homer was a professional bard.
Therefore, Morgan argued, it is
natural that Homer would use
music and musical imagery
extensively in his epics.
Morgan pointed out that fe-
male singing in the Odyssey is
always connected with danger
or sorrow. Women led the fun-
eral dirges. Kalypso, Circe, and
the Sirens all sang “ominously.”
Notably, Penelope never sings.
Homer uses images of danc-
ing and singing to end scenes
and emphasize high points in
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