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Non-Profit Organization
Special Greek Issue
VOLUME XVI, NUMBER 4
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1975
Omicron Delta Kappa Proposes
Honor Code For N. C. Wesleyan
The Wesleyan Circle of
Omicron, Delta Kappa, a
national Honor Society, has
spent many long and tedious
hours putting together an
Honor Code for our campus.
After communication with sev
eral colleges and universities in
a two state region they have
compiled what they think is the
code best suited for Wesleyan.
The code which follows is just a
proposal for you the student
body to read and think about.
Final approval must come from
the student body and the
faculty. The Decree hopes that
you will read it carefully and
consider all of its possibilities.
THE HONOR CODE
PREAMBLE
Convinced that only the
highest moral standards are
compatible with the objectives
and purposes of North Carolina
Wesleyan College and deter
mined that honesty, decency,
and integrity are the proper
standards for both nation and
citizen, we, the students of
SPECIAL
GREEK ISSUE!
North Carolina Wesleyan Col
lege, do hereby adopt and
promulgate the following Ho
nor Code.
ADMINISTRATION
The Honor Council of North
Carolina Wesleyan College
shall be elected by and from the
student body. This election
shall take place not before the
15th of March nor after the 30th
of March. The Council shall be
composed of three seniors,
three juniors, and two sopho
mores. Included in this group
must be at least two men and
two women. The Council shall
serve for one year.
The Chairman, a rising
senior, shall be elected by the
newly elected members of the
Council and the senior mem
bers of the outgoing Council.
The Vice-chairman, arising
junior, shall be elected in the
same manner.
The Chairman shall appoint a
Council member from each
class to an Investigative Com
mittee. This appointment shall
be done prior to each case. One
member of the Investigative
Committee shall act as clerk of
the Council. The Chairman, the
Vice-chairman and the re
maining three members shall
make up the Judiciary Council
who will sit in review of the
case.
The Chairman, with the con
sent of those sitting in review,
shall have the power to appoint
another student from the
student body at large to sit in
trial should a member of the
Judiciary Council be absent or
ruled ineligible.
A non-voting faculty adviser
shall be selected by the Pre
sident and Academic Dean of
the College with the advice and
consent of the Honor Council.
This adviser shall be in at
tendance at all of the trial
proceedings.
The Dean of Students, as a
non-voting member, shall be in
attendance at all of the trial
proceedings.
INFRACTIONS
It becomes necessary in
order for such a system to be
effective that each student
acknowledge that he will not
accept dishonorable conduct
among his fellow students.
Therefore the responsibility of
the student to report infrac
tions is a vital part of this
Honor System. There are four
major classifications of Honor
Code infractions, as follow.
Other violations are under the
jurisdiction of the judicial
system of the S.G.A.
CHEATING: A student must
neither give nor receive help on
any test, examination, or any
other pledged work. Such
violations include copying, col
laboration, or use of crib notes
or textbooks during a test.
PLAGIARISM: The act of
taking another person’s words
or ideas and not giving him due
credit for them is plagiarism.
Ideas include unique methods
of treating subjects as well as
original thoughts and opinions.
The unacknowledged use of
research or writings by others
is plagiarism.
LYING: Deliberate mis
representation of the truth is
lying. Forgery is considered an
act of lying, such as the
unauthorized signing of college
documents, as is the deliberate
issuing of worthless checks.
STEALING: The taking of
another’s property without
paying for it or being given
permission to use it is stealing.
An example is taking books
belonging to another and
selling them.
PROCEDURE
I. Any person believing that
a breach of the Honor Code has
been committed must challenge
the student accused of the act
and offer him the opportunity
to report himself to the Honor
Council. If the accused does not
report himself to the Honor
Council within 24 hours, the
accuser must report the case or
be held in violation of the Honor
Code. Only in those cases
wher« a direct challenge is not
feasible may he report the
suspect directly to any member
of the Honor Council, who will
in turn notify the accused of the
accusation against him.
II. The investigative com
mittee shall then investigate
the case and summon the
defendant and any other
persons having pertinent infor
mation.
III. As soon as the investiga
tion is completed and the
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SPECIAL
GREEK ISSUE!
Campus Greeks Announce Rush Plans
The two week rush period
begins January 15 for the five
Greek systems on the Wesley
an campus. The first week,
January 15th through the 17th,
will involve the sororities; the
second week, January 21st
through the 24th, will involve
the fraternities.
Organization for the respec
tive one week rush periods
began prior to the Christmas
holidays. During this time, each
fraternity and sorority esta
blished their formal rush
program. No individual Greek
member may entertain any
prospective rushee outside of
his established rush program.
Each system has the right to
choose when they “Go invita
tional” at which time the
parties given are closed. A
rushee may attend only with a
personal invitation. At the first
open house, which is usually in
the respective lounges, a
rushee will sign his name to a
guest book. From this list of
rushees, the Brotherhood or
Sisterhood will select those
that will receive future invi
tations. As the week progress
es, the list will become more
selective. At 2:00 a.m. on
Saturday, January 18th, for the
sororities and Saturday, Jan
uary 25th, for the fraternities,
silent period will begin. This is
a period when members of a
Greek system must refrain
from any communication with
the rushees. During this time
each potential rushee will be
voted on by the Brotherhood or
Sisterhood; bids for pledging
will be sent out to the rushees
on Monday, January 20th, for
the sororites and Monday,
January 27th, for the fraterni
ties by the IFC Faculty Re
presentative. Silent period will
last until 5:00 p.m. Tuesday,
the 21st and Tuesday, the 28th,
. or until the bids are accepted.
The purpose is to allow time for
a prospective pledge to decide
whether or not he or she
desires to affliate with a
particular fraternity or sorori
ty. Tuesday, January 21st,
marks the first official day of
pledging for the sororities;
Tuesday, January 28th, marks
the first official day of pledging
for the fraternities. Pledge
period can last a maximum of
ten weeks and usually lasts
from six to eight weeks. The
pledges are voted on again at
the end of this period, and, if
they are passed and they
accept, they go through an
initiation.
Alph Delta Chi, the oldest
Greek system on campus
begins its Rush Week with an
open house in their lounge on
third floor. South Hall. They
will close rush for Wednesday
night and go invitational.
Carlyle Taylor, president of
Alpha Delta Chi described rush
as “A formal invitation to the
campus to find what the Greek
systems have to offer.”
Nu Gamma Phi also starts off
its rush on Tuesday night with
an open house in their lounge,
located on the third floor. South
Hall. Wednesday night will be
closed and serious rushing will
begin. Greg Williams, Presi
dent said, “Rush is a great time
for us and the prospective
pledges to get together.”
Sigma Omega will hold their
fifth rush beginning January
21st. They will begin with open
lounge on third floor Edge
combe on Tuesday night.
Wednesday night will be
invitational with a closed func
tion. Pete Van Keuren, presi
dent of Sigma Omega, sees
Rush as an opportunity for
students to look at all Greek
systems on an equal basis.”
Pi Epsilon will begin rush on
Wednesday night, January
15th, in their lounge located on
the east end of third floor North
Hall for all girls that have been
at Wesleyan for at least one
semester. Thursday they will
go invitational; Mary Ann
Brinser, president, sites rush as
a time “The sorority introduces
to the rushees the meaning of a
close sisterhood.”
Sigma Phi Delta will have
their lounge on third floor
North Hall open on Wednesday
the 15th also. Thursday night
will be their first closed party.
The president of Sigma Phi
Delta, Sue Anderson, sees rush
as “A chance to meet people,
have a good time, and get
acquainted with sorority life.”