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Proposed Student Government Constitution
Smoke Signals, Wednesday, April 2, 1980 — Page 3
The ad hoc committee appointed by Dean B. Franklin Lowe Jr. to study the Col
lege Judiciary System has recommended the combining of the present student and
faculty judicial bodies into one composed of representatives of both the student
body and the college faculty-staff.
This recommendation has been approved by the faculty-staff and now must
receive student approval before going to the board of Trustees for final action.
The recommendation has been approved by the new judiciary are incorporated
into the proposed Student Government Constitution printed here with under Article
II Judicial.
Any questions students may have atwut the operation of the proposed judiciary
should be directed to their SGA representatives or to any member of the ad hoc
committee: Andrea Eason, chairman; Herman Gatewood, Earl Dilday, G«orge
Hazelton, James Dewar, Linda Ownes, Roy Winslow and Rowland Pruette,
faculty-staff members, and Janet Whitaker, Mike Burke and Ron Thompson, stu
dent members.
The new constitution and the proposed re-organized judiciary will be voted on by
the student body at a date set following the Easter break. If approved they will
take effect at the beginning of the 1980-81 school year.
THE CONSnrUTION OF THE CHOWAN CCMXEGE
STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCUTION
We, the students of Chowan College recogniziiig that aU powers and respon
sibilities are vested in the President of the Collie, and tfarough hhn certain
privileges and powers have been delegated to the administratioD, faculty, and
students, do establish this constitution for the C3>owan Cdlege Student Govern
ment Association.
Article L L^islatnre
Section L Membersliip
Membership in the Student Legislature shall be cotnpoMd oi one representative
from each floor or section in residence halls and thm representaUves for day
students to be elected in September.
A. Vacancies that occur between elections shall be filled upon request ct the
residence hall presidents subject to the approval of their residence 1^ councils
within a two-week period.
B. Legislators, at the time of their election and during their term of office, shall
have and maintain the following standards:
1. Shall have and maintain an average of 2.0 or above on all woftattenovted.
2. Shall be a full-time student of Chowan College.
3. Shall not assume any other office without having submitted a letter of ap
proval in triplicate to the S.G.A. President, S.G.A. Faculty Sponsor, and the Dean
of Students.
Section 2. Legislative Power*
Legislative power in the student body shall be vested in a Student Legislature
which has the following powers:
A. To appropriate funds for activities wiiich shall prove beneficial to the general
welfare of the student body.
B. To approve or reject by a majority vote all appointments made by the S.G JL
President.
C. To override a veto of the S.G.A. President with concurrences from fifty-one
percent of the membership.
D. To establish precedures for the execution of its business.
E. To try impeachments (neglect of duty) of all student officers appointed or
elected. No person shall be convicted of impeachment without coocuRence from
fifty-one percent of the membership. When the Vice-President of the S.G Ji. is tried
for impeachment, the Treasurer of ttie S.G.A. shall preside.
F. To require written reports from chairmen of standing committees and from
Presidents of all organizations receiving appropriations from the S.G.A. an^or
collecting dues or sponsoring money^naUng projects.
G. To propose and receive from memben of the student body proposals for
changes in niles and regulations which are necessary and proper to premote the
general welfare of the student body. Upon approval of the voting majority of the
Student Legislature, the proposals may be forwarded for considmtion to the pro
per faculty-student committees.
H. To appeal recommendations ol the faculty-student conunittees to the ap
propriate dean and then to the President of phowan Cdtege irhofie dedsion ia fini^
Such an appeal requires a voti^ majority. lia.'U
I. To regulate the functioning of all standing'or'spediQ committees under its
jurisdiction.
J. To invite a person or group of persons from tlie College community to
meetings of the Student Legislature for business purposes. Such invitations should
be made with the approval of the Executive Cabinet or Student Legislature.
K. To appoint a student correspondent who is not a memiier of the Student
Legislature to write articles for “Smoke Signals” giving facts about matters
discussed and made part of the minutes of meetings (rf the Student LegUlatnre.
L. To appoint ad hoc committees composed of members of the Legi^ture.
M. To approve regulations governing student elections.
Section 3. Presiding Officer
The S.G.A. Vice President shall preside when the Student Legislature is in ses
sion. The S.G.A. Treasurer shall preside in the absence of the Vice President.
Section 4. Meetings
The Student Legislature shall meet during the first and third weeks of each
month or may be convened by the Vice Presidoit of the S.G.A. to discuss urgent
matters if requested to do so by the S.G.A. President.
Section 5. Hinntes
Minutes of meetings of the Legislature shall be recorded by the Secretary of the
Student Government Association.
Section (. Committees
The following standing ccnnmittees shall be composed of monbers of the Student
Legislature who are appointed by the S.G.A. Prudent at the beginning of each
academic year.
A. The Elections Committee, composed of the S.G.A. Executive Cabin^ shall
have the responsibility of handling all elections as defined in Article IV.
B. The Regulatory Committee, composed of four monbers and the Auditor who
serves as chairman, shall:
1. Direct written inquires to the Dean of the College and Dean of Students con
cerning academic averages and conduct records of all appointed and elected of
ficers and Committee members approved by the Student Legislature.
2. Examine financial records of all College-spMisored organizations and stan
ding committees and make a report to the Student Legislatute at the end of each
semester.
3. Request the resignation of legislators who accumulate more than three
unexcused absences from meetings during a semester.
C. The Student Activities Committee, composed of the Social Co-Qiairpersons
and four members, shall have the responsibility of selecting speakers, bands,
movies, and other forms of student activities approved by the Studrat Legislature.
D. The Special Events Committee, composed of four members and a diairman,
shall cooperate with other students and faculty organizations in planning for the
following special events — Homecwning, including the parade, entertainment,
dance, and crowning of the Homecoming (^een; Football Day for Parents; ^>ring
Festival; and the S.G.A. Awards Banquet.
E. The Budget Committee, composed of four members and the S.G.A. Treasurer
who serves as chairman, is responsible for making recommendations to the Stu
dent Legislature for approval by a voting majority.
F. The Campus Improvement CiHnmittee, composed of four members and a
chairman, shall deal mth the improvement and beautification of the campus for
the benefit of student life.
G. The Constitution Committee, c«nposed of the S.G.A. Executive Cabinet,
shall review and make recommendations for revising and amending the S.G.A.
Constitution before April 1 of each year.
H. The Student Energency Loan Committee, composed of six members, shall
make decisions concerning the validation and extent of emergency loans provided
for students.
Section 7. By-Laws
The By-Laws of all organizations sponsored by Chowan Cdlege shall be review
ed and approved by a majority vote of the Student Legislature upon the recommen
dation of the chairman of the Regulatory Committee.
Section 8. Veto Power
The S.G.A. President shall have veto power over the Legislature. The President
of Chowan College shall have final veto power.
Section S. Advisors
Two faculty/staff members, appointed annually by the Committee on Commit
tees shall serve as advisors to the Student Government Association.
Section U. Qnomm
Fifty-one percent of the members of the members of the Student Legislature
shall constitute a quorum.
Article n. Jndicial
Section 1. Honor Code
TTie Oiowan College Honor Code is: “We will not lie, cheat, «■ steal, nor tolerate
among us those who do.”
Section t. CampusCode
The Chowan Cdlege Campus Code is: “We are bound by our responsibilities as
ladies and gentlemen to conduct ourselves as such at all times. ”
Section S. Cooncils
Hie judicial power of the Student Government Association shall be vested in a
Residence Hall Council for each residence hall and the Chowan College Judiciary.
A. The purpose of the Residence Hall Council shall be to work witt members of
the residoice hall staff in planning and implementing residence hall programs and
activities and to help interpret and enforce college & residence hall regulations
and procedures.
B. The purpose of the dnnran College Judiciary shall be to hear the evidence in
volving students wiio are accused of breaking the rules and regulations of Chowan
College and to make recommendations as to guilt or innocence and penalty to the
Dean of Students.
Section 4. Jurisdictton
A. The Residence Hall Council shall have original jurisdiction over infractions
of residence hall regulations except those cases which might result in
(1) payment for damages to College or individual property exceeding |25; (2)
fines an^or work detail exceeding 10 hours based on the work study rate of pay;
(3) periods of social campus exceeding two weeks in duration; (4) preliminary
suspensions; and (5) suspension.
B. The Chowan C(dlege Judiciary shaU have original jurisdiction over major
rule infractions that are not delegated to Residence Hall Councils.
Section 5. Membership
A. The Residence Hall Council shall be composed of Residence Hall officers —
president, vice president, secretary-treasurer, and social chairmen — and a
number of council members, one for each unit (wing or floor), elected according to
guidelines approved by the Head Resident, the Associate Dean of Students and
Director of Itesidence Hall Life. Head Residents shall serve as advisers to the
Residence Hall Council.
B. The Chowan College Judiciary shall lie composed of four faculty/ad
ministrative staff members and one alternate and three student members and one
alternate.
1. The faculty/administrative staff members shall be appointed by the Com
mittee on Committees.
i. The staident members shall be appointed by the Executive Officers of the
Student Govemmoit Association prior to the end of each academic year to serve
for the ensuing year.
3. The alternate faculty/administrative staff member shall serve in the
alMwnce of another faculty/administrative staff member.
4. The altonate stu^t member shall serve in the absence of a duly ap-
printed student member.
5. nie diowan Cdlege Judiciary shall follow the procedure for conducting a
hearing as set fwth in this Constitution.
Section (. Qnalifications of Candidates and Members
A. Student candidates will:
1. Have been enrolled at Chowan College for two full semesters.
2. Have a “C” average for the previous semester or previous mid-term
grading period, whichever is nearer to the time of appointment.
3. &ve a dear disciplinary record.
B. Student members must:
1. Maintain a “C” average on all work attempted and be in good acadonic
standing.
1 Not be a member of a Residence Hall Council.
C. Facutty/administrative staff members may t>e selected from any persm
classified as such.
Sectitm 7. Appointment of Officers
A. Hie Chairperson, Vice Chairperson and Secretary shall be appointed by the
Committee on Committees.
B. The secretary shall be a paid secretary of the college and not a member of the
Judiciary.
Section 8. Duties of Officers
A. The Chairperson shall preside over all meetings and cast the deciding vote in
caseofatie.
B. The Vice Chairperson shall assume the duties the Chairperson in the tem
porary absence of the Chairperson.
C. The secretary shall provide copies of the minutes of the hearing.
Section I. Duties of Members and Alternates
A. Memi)ers and Alternates shall be present at all meeting of the Chowan Col
lege Judiciary.
B. Any member who cannot hear the case objectively may ask to be excused.
C. The student being In-ought before the Judiciary has the right initially to
remove one student member and/or one faculty/administrative staff member if he
so desires.
D. An alternate will be seated to replace either a student member or a facul
ty/administrative staff member who has been excused or removed.
Section 11. Hearing Proceedings
A. At least five (S) members of the Judiciary must be seated to constitute a
quorum for a hearing to be conducted.
B. The accused student has the right to have present for a hearing an advisor,
who'ldiall be a current member ot the college community, i.e., a member of the
faculty, staff, or studoit body.
C. Voting shall be by secret ballot.
D. Hie Chowan College Judiciary shall decide whether the accused is guilty «-
not guilty as charged and shall decide upon a recommendation for penalty.
1. At the conclusion of the hearing, the student will be informed as to the
recommendation of guilt or innocence.
2. The Dean of Students will be informed as to a recommended penalty.
E. The recommendation(s) of the Judiciary will be reviewed by the Dean of
Students who has the authority to approve or alter the recommendation(s).
1. If approved, the accused student is notified according.
2. Ifnotapproved,theDeanofStudentswillmeet with the Judiciary to discuss
the case further, afterwhich the accused student will be informed of the final deci
sion.
(See Constitution, Page 12)
Blood Coal Surpassed Again
By KATHY FISHER
Chowan surpassed its minimum goal
of 200 donors by six for a total (rf 206
doners when the Red Cross bloodmobUe
visited the campus on March 24 ac
cording to Coach Steve Nelson.
Of the 206 donors there were only 199
actual donations. The remaining seven
were medical deferrals which means
that they wanted to give blood but could
not because of mescal reasons.
“All in all it was a good day,” stated
Nelson. Not many of the students got
sick and most of them got in and out
within in a half hour.
“I really appreciate the peo|de that
came out,” added Nelson. Even though
the weather was bad, enough students
diowed up to pass the goal. And ac
cording to the Red Cross workers
although not as many students showed
up for this spring visit as they did in the
fkll, more gave at Chowan than any of
the otlier colleges they visited this
spring.
^dents from both visits made up
about one-third of all the blood that
Hertford county will get this year. In
both visits a total of 516 donors par
ticipated. This was the last visit the
bloodmolHle will make to Chowan this
school year.
“I think that it was very successful as
a whole,” commented Nelson. He also
added that Chowan is the leading
candidate to receive the Red Cross
Blood Plaque for giving the most blood
this year within a group of Eastern
North Carolina Colleges.
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President Freddie Davis welcomes Keith Lawson (center) and Grant
Manes into Phi Theto Kappa. (Photo be Bennie Bridgewater)
Phi Theta Kappa
Inducts 49 Students
By HARRY PICKETT
Forty-nine Chowan students were
inducted into Chowan’s chapter of Phi
Theta Kappa, Monday night, March 17
under candlelight ceremonies.
Students, both freshmen and
sophomores, were initiated during the
30-minute program. Freddie Davis,
Qiowan’s PTK president presided over
the installation service.
Phi Theta Kappa is the national
junior college honorary scholarship
fraternity, which is open to students
with a tln'ee-point average, who are
recommended by a faculty committee
and screened and approved by the
student members of the organization.
Chowan’s chapter, sponsored aby
Professor Ed Wooten, is Iota Delta.
Davis told the aspirants they were
being inducted into “a scholarly
fellowship which embraces junior
colleges not only of your own state but
also of the nation. This society is Phi
Theta Kappa and your chapter is Iota
Delta.
“After initiation you will find among
the members an atmosphere of
scholarship, to which you must give of
yourself in order that the organization
may be meaningful to you.”
In taking the oath, the aspirants
repeated after Davis: “I...do solemnly
promise On this l7th day of March to
biiini'i lu .i
uphold the standards of Phi Theta
Kappa, and to make this object and aim
foremost in my mind, and I do solenuUy
pledge allegiance to my fellow
members and promise to aid them in all
worthy endeavors.”
Pledges initiated include Ab-
drebuzary Alkaje Ahmed, Edison S.
Amachree, Jeffrey Adams, Sharee C.
Atkinson, Sharon Banks, Babaye lyallu
Batubo, Janet Boyd, Michael Britt.
Terri Bunch, Elaine Chapman, Tina
Copeland, Joe Crowder, Kathy DeHart,
Michael Drake, Belinda Elmore.
John Fakankun, Heidi Gentry, Donna
Getz, Debbie Gorse, Nikki Goss, Keith
Greggs, Lisa Huffman, Linda Johnson.
Gabriel Asm Jumbo, Albert
Tonge Karakarisei, Greg Kaserman,
Darlene Keene, Ann Kellam, Steve
Laney, Keith Lawson, Diane LeBreux.
Nancy Loy, Grant Maness, Chet
Maxie, Maureen Mitchell, Murtala
Dashu Mohammad, Ann Mosely, Bill
Nash, Michele Newbern.
Mary Paul, Beverly Price, Kathy
Riddeck, Micliael Ritchie, Ricky Tang,
Ron Thompson, Bill Thweatt, Patsy
Vick, A.J. Wheeler and Patricia Willis.
According to Davis, PTK officers for
the 1979-80 school year will be elected
in May. F>resent officers Include Davis,
president; Lee Freeman, vice-
president: Ross Newcombe, treasurer;
Timothy Elliott, secretary; and Harry
Pickett, reporter.
Bite The Bullet
By KATHY FISHER
with the end of school and the
beginning of summer vacation, many of
us look forward to the summer sun and
fun, but in reality most of us will spend
the greater part of our time working.
Most students need to have a summer
job in order to have funds for the
coming school year. For the college
graduates there is the rask of finding a
full time or permanent job.
In the last past few years the task of
finding a summer job has become in
creasingly more and more difficult.
This is due primarily to the country’s
present econmic situation the
increased minimum wage. Only last
summer some of the college and high
school students in my community could
not obtain summer employment. There
were just not enough jobs to go around.
I just happened to one of the lucky
ones who did find a job but I did have
my doubts at first. I spent three days
going all over town filling out job ap
plications. I bet I tried every possible
place around!
On the fourth day I decided to take a
break. And guess what, that’s right I got
a call asking me to comoe to work. M a
matter of fact it was from the very first
place I put in an application. I still
wonder sometimes why it took them
four days to decide to hire me.
Maybe somebody who applied ahead
of me decided that they did not want to
work there or perhaps found a better job
I really don’t know. I guess that it really
doesn’t matter. What dos matter is that
I got a summer job and was able to save
some money to support my expensive
living habits here at Chowan.
This summer I will have to go
through this same ordeal all over again,
and hopefully I will be able to find
employment once more. But I expect
this year it will be a litUe bit harder to
find a good job than it was last year
because our country’s economic
situation has gotten worse.
Now that I’ve got myself worring
about getting a summer job, let me
leave this depressing subject and take
this time to wish everyone the best of
luck this summer and in the coming
school.
For those of you not returning to
Oiowan next year I hope that you don’t
encounter a difficult time in finding a
permanent job or in excelling at
another institution. This is my last
column for the Smoke Signals, and I
hope that you have enjoyed reading it
just as much as I’ve ejoyed writing it.
Well, this is good-bye. Ya’U take care
and have a nice one.
Judiciary
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judiciary will be reviewed by Lewis,
who has the authority to approve or
alter the recommendation(s).
If approved, the accused student is
notified accordingly. If not approved,
Lewis will meet with the judiciary to
discuss the case further, after which
the accused student will be informed of
the final decision.
Thompson said, however, that a
student has the right to appeal a
decision and-or penalty, rendered by
the dean of students, to the president erf
the college.
In other business, SGA agreed to allot
$4 apiece to students going on the
Parker-West Hall- sponsored trip April
19 to Kings Dominion.
According to Steve Laney, SGA
representative and president erf West
Hall’s dorm council, 92 students plan to
leave for the trip during the weekend
before Spring Festival. Two buses will
carry the Chowanians to the resort area
with the total cost coming to $15.
Students will pay $10 and West Hall and
Parker will each contribute 50cents per
person.
The legislature approved the
selection of “Jawbone”, a musical
group voted to perform here on May 10.
SGA vice-president Nancy Loy says the
group plays disco, rock and roll and
country.
A “Battie of the Bands” will be
sponsored by SGA on May 3 and 4. As of
the meeting, only two groups had en
tered, “New Breeze and “Bryan
Smith’s Band.” Students will select
whom they feel is the best band, and
SGA will award the winner a $200 prize.
Good Luck
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