MAROON AND GOLD Supplement Page 2
March 20, 1970
FOUR FOUND GUILTY (Continued from page 1)
testify that they were prejudiced about
the case."
Pete Fleming, chief justice of the
Honor Court, was asked to comment. He
said, "I am not at liberty to discuss
anything about the case."
EDITORIAL:
A SMLL VICTORY
By Larry,Sage
The administration won a small vie- '
tory when the Honor Court found the four
Veritas staff m.embers guilty as charged.
Guilty of what? Guilty of using
so-called obscene words when under recent
legal definitions t;his is not true. Were
they found guilty for other motives rather
than XKMtH actually breaking any laws?
Since the plaintiff in the case was
the administration, it would appear feas
ible to say that the court was favorable
to the administnation's wishes and pre
judiced against the four students.
In other words, it seems they were
found guilty, not because they tru|:y were
but because it was necessary for the
administration to win the case.
If the four students were exoner
ated, the administxration would .have
lost face. Rather than admit they were
wrong, they passed the case onto the
Honor Court, having the court find the
students guilty; thus, indirectly saving J|
face.
It is shameful that things like
this happen...That four students must
bear the mark of "guilty’’ in .order that
the administration keep its clean face.
At least the students were not
suspended, but by some grace they reached
a light sentence. Maybe this is a siS’'
that there is '’sprae hope" for Elon, or
is there?