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Amendment up
by ERIC VEST
Brand Editor
In this Friday's assembly the
student body will be asked to
vote for or against a proposed
amendment to the Student
Congress Constitution. The
amendment was proposed in the
Wednesday March 24 meeting
of the Student Cpngress.
It was the result of weeks of
work by a Student committee
and the Deans of Student Life.
The amendment is officially
designated "Article III: The
Judiciary Department."
The amendment was published
in the Tuesday March 30 edition
of the Brand. The Student Con-
.gress Constitution requires that
all proposed amendments be
printed in the Brand two weeks
before its submission to the
Student Association for approval
or disapproval.
Probably the most important
issue of the judicial amendment
is the area of student discipline.
Under the proposed amendment
the Student Judicial Council
will have "jurisdiction over all
matters of student discipline
which may from time to time
be assigned to them by the
proper authority." (Section 3)
The reasons for the formation
of the proposed council is four
fold. First students are more
aware of reasons behind other
student's actions than may be
administrative officials. Second
probably no group is more con-
cerned about student problems
than students themselves. Third
action by students on student
Dr. Richardson addresses
joint Texas Legislature
Dr. Rupert N. Richardson pres-
ident emeritus and distinguished
professor of history at Hardin-
Simmons University will ad-
dress the Texas Legislature
tomorrow in commemoration of
San Jacinto Day. The address
is scheduled for 11 a.m.
In calling for Dr. Richardson's
appearance before the legislative
bodies of Texas the Concurrent
Resolution No. 37 said at one
point "Whereas this illustrious
historian scholar writer and
lecturer is eminently qualified
to give the oration before the
xTexas Legislature that is cus-
tomary in celebration of San
Jacinto Day during a legislative
session and Members of the 62nd
Legislature would consider it a
great honor to have Dr. Rupert
N. Richardson address the House
of Representatives and the
Senate convened in Joint Session
on this April 21 a date revered
by all Texans. . . "
The resolution bears the sig-
natures of Lt. Gov. Ben Barns
as President of the Senate and
Gus Mutscher Speaker of the
Texas House and shows an ap-
proving signature of Gov. Pres-
ton Smith.
The resolution describes Rich-
ardson "as the foremost living
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matters can be more of a de
terrent to violations than' possi-
bly could action by administra-
tive officials. Fourth a student
offender may be more likely
to accept the decision of his
peers than he would accept the
decision of administrative off-
icials. All student dicipline cases
that the council handles will be
those the student involved wish-
es to bring before the council.
A student may refuse his case
to be heard before the council
according to Dean Alvin Austin.
There is another exception
when student discipline cases
may not be heard by the council.
This is when the case involves
violation of civic or criminal
law. It is clear that the proper
city state or federal authorities
will handle these cases.
If adopted by the Student As-
sociation the council will not
begin hearing all cases that will
be available. The necessity of
this policy is to allow the Stu-
dent Judicial Council time to
form its procedures. The council
will take on a larger work load
as time progresses and it gains
experience.
The decision that .the council
arrives at on disciplinary cases
are not binding but will be re-
ferred to the proper administra-
tive official for final decision. In
this case the proper officials are
the Deans of Student Life.
The process is not without
avenues of appeal. If a student
does not agree with the decision
of the Judicial Council he may
authority on the history of the
Southwest." At another point
it says "As a writer Dr. Rich-
ardson's influence is tremendous
reaching throughout the English-
speaking academic community
with his authoritative scholarly
works."
The resolution futher des-
cribes Dr. Richardson's active
role in numerous professional
and historical activities his ed-
ucation and writings.
The resolution concludes "Re-
solved by the House of Repres
FIRST
NATIONAL
BANK
for voting this
appeal to the Student Conduct
Committee. This committee is
a standing University committee
having existed previously. It is
student-faculty composed ap-
pointments being made by the
President of Hardin-Simmons.
According to Dean Austin the
Student Conduct Committee
even has the jurisdiction to re-
view and pass on student dis-
ciplinary cases that he has dealt
with if the student so desires.
If a student is not pleased
with the ruling of the Student
Conduct Committee he may
appeal to the President of Hardin-Simmons
for a final decision.
Another issUe of the proposed
amendment is the tenure of
office of the council members.
Appointed members of the coun-
cil "shall serve for the remainder
of his tenure at the University
so long as he is a full time stu-
dent progressing toward a de-
gree." (Section 2)
By remaining on the council
as long as a member is a student
at H-SU the council is taken
out of the politicial arena of
student voters and the Student
Congress.
Of course a member of the
council may be removed by a
aA vote of Student Congress "if
he does not fulfill the require-
ments of his office." (Section 2)
The difficulty of removing a
member of the council though
exists in that first it may be
difficult to get of Congress
members to a meeting; and sec-
ond to get that to agree.
Other provisions of the pro-
posed amendment is that one
entatives of the State of Texas
the Senate concurring that
Dr. Rupert N. Richardson his-
torian scholar Christian leader
and great American be and is
hereby invited to address a
Joint Session of the Texas Leg-
islature ..."
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member of the council will be
elected by the Student Assoc-
iation. Three of the members
will be appointed by the Pres-
ident of Student Congress and
three by a faculty-student com-
mittee appointed by the Pres-
ident of Hardin-Simmons. Stu-
dent Congress must then ap-
prove the appointments.
To qualify as a council mem-
ber a student must be a junior
and have completed at least 30
of his 60 hours at Hardin-Simmons.
The member must have
a 2.5 GPA at the time of his
election or appointment and
must maintain it during his
membership term.
Others areas of jurisdiction
560 must cast ballots
In the April 7 meeting of Stu-
dent Congress the election on
the proposed judicial amend-
ment was set for assembly April
23. Those excused from as-
sembly will be allowed to vote
in the office of the Dean of Stu-
dent Life. The amendment pro-
vides for a student committee to
hear student discipline cases re-
ferred to it by a proper
authority.
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of the proposed Student Judicial
Council are interpretations of
the Student Congress Consti-
tution settling of election dis-
putes and being present at
counting of ballots of jfall Stu-
dent Association elections.
No Brand reporter will re-
port the hearings. All proceed-
ings will remain confidential.
The Judicial Council is not a
court of law and therefore free
from the student public's right
to know. The purpose is to pro-
tect the student being discip-
lined. There is the possibility of a
court report in which types of
cases and the decision on them
may be reported in the Brand.
Installation of new officers
will be April 21 in Room 210 in
Moody Center and will be cater-
ed by Saga Food Service. '
The purpose of the assembly
voting is to help get the some
560 votes needed to make the
voting valid. Even then a ma-
jority of the votes must be in
favor of the amendment for it to
pass.
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The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 51, Ed. 1, Tuesday, April 20, 1971, newspaper, April 20, 1971; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth98793/m1/3/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.