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Page 2 The Pendulum Thursday, September 13, 1984T1 Speedier action expected on disciplinary cases News briefs By Vicky Jiggetts Staff Writer Among the changes that have taken place at Elon College during the summer is a re vamping of the judicial system. In the past, disciplinary cases were on hold for months before they were ever reviewed. Now officials expect speedier ac tion on the cases. According to Pat Morgan, associate dean of student affairs for Personal Develop ment, several cases were two to four months old before adjudi cated. “There were so many cases that were backed up and they could not be completed as quickly as they should be,” she said. “The more serious cases were handled first and the cases with minor charges were being pushed to the bottom of the stack. I think with the new system, we should finish a majority of the cases within two weeks maximum. Most will be completed within days after they occur,” Morgan predicted. In the new judicial system, students have the right to go be fore hearing boards. Morgan said, “Hearing boards are places where you have your cases heard and find out what the outcome is.” The Area Hear ing Board is composed of two area coordinators who are not involved in the incident and three students (one appointed by the Area Council, one resi dent assistant who is not con nected with the incident, and one SGA representative appointed by the president of the SGA.) She said that one alternate student will serve in another student’s absence. Morgan added that the Elon Hearing Board will hear the more serious cases such as cheating, drug-related inci dents, felonies or fraud. She said that three students are appointed by the SGA presi dent and two faculty appointed by President Fred Young. When a person goes before a hearing board, he or she can have an advisor from the col lege community. Morgan said, Freshman Elections ^ Filing for freshman class elections is being held through i tomorrow. The offices of president, vice-president and secret- I “This advisor will be a sup- gj,y/treasurer of the freshman class are open as well as senate- i port person.” She said that of three precincts. Elections will be held 1 when students go before a fj-om Tuesday, Sept. 18 to Thursday, Sept. 20. All freshmen are >| eligible to run for office. |i hearing board and are scared, it is always helpful to have someone with them who they trust and feel comfortable being around. If students choose to do so, they can go straight to an admi nistrative hearing and not go before the hearing board,” said Morgan. “If they choose to plead guilty, then can get it over very swiftly,” she said. The quickness of the adminis trative hearing option is good.” Morgan said that the admi nistrative hearings will be based on precedent. This means that all cases that have the same charge will generally have the same outcome. For ex ample, Morgan said, all first violations for visitation will al ways be an official reprimand. Morgan continued, “The stu dents have so much power in the system and that is what’s important. They have a say in Apply to Graduate All seniors planning to graduate in December, January, or May of this year need to see the registrar to file for graduation. The deadline for filing is October 31. I Off Campus Interviews For Seniors On Nov. 7-8,1984 more than 50 major employees will travel to | Wake Forest University to provide information on their orga- | nizations and interview graduating seniors for full time posi- p tions. Interested Elon students should submit a maximum of | eight copies of their resume to Steven C. Reinhartsen, director | of cooperative education (113 Alamance) Sept. 20. These will be | forwarded to specific employees who will then contact those | students they would like to interview. | Orchestra rehearsals begin See Cases page 11 TKE continued from page 1 policy violation was the main reason for the fraternity’s dis missal from the house. Klepcyk said violations occurred a year ago and then again last spring. He said the senior administrators of the college felt that loss of the TKE’s house was a fair admi nistration of penalty enforce ment that would be applied to any college occupants, whether on campus or in Greek housing facilities. “We try to be fair in the application of poli cy,” he said. Meetings were held before the end of the last school year with administration officials and fraternity members. “No harsh words were said at all,” said Teramo. “I feel that the administrators did what they felt was right by the rules of the college, but I think they made a mistake,” Teramo said. He ex plained that he felt the TKEs were just a victim of circumst ance. Teramo and Klepcyk had similar ideas concerning the fair application of penalties for rule violations and said that under similar circumstances, other college individuals or organizations would receive comparable punishment. Teramo’s main regret con cerned approximately $1,750 raised by TKE alumnae and brothers to fix up the house be fore the start of the 1983-84 school year. Teramo said the brothers worked together in order to raise the money and were disappointed that the im provements were made just prior to the loss of their house. The college matched funds raised by the brothers to bring the dwelling up to local house code standards. Klepcyk also said that he had no hard feelings against the TKEs and recognized that they have done a lot of constructive work for the college. He said the community fire depart ment apparently contacted the college when trying to locate a suitable training exercise site. Since the house had been heavily vandalized over the summer, apparently by local teenagers, the college adminis tration decided to allow the site to be used, Klepcyk said. Teramo said in the long run it may be beneficial for the TKEs to have already lost their house since there is a possibility that all Greeks may lose their houses in the near future be cause of town rezoning. The fraternity president knew nothing of the house burning until he received a newspaper clipping athome from a friend showing a photo of the house iin flames. “I think it’s ironic that they burned the house,” said Tera mo with a smile of disbelief The frat’s Greek Week T-shirts last Spring showed a sketch of their fraternity house in flames designed and drawn by the father of a member. Encircling the sketch of the smoking and flame filled house, the slogan read, ““ House.“” The 1984-85 season of the Elon College Community Orchestra began rehearsals last Monday in the rehearsal hall of the Carlton building on the Elon College campus. All interested community folk are asked to attend with a special invitation extended to string players. There is also a need this year for experienced Burning Down The orchestral trumpet players. Four concerts are scheduled this season, the first being a ^ 10th anniversary “Pops” con- | cert at the end of October, fol-i i. lowed by the annual Messiah | performance with the Elon Col- | lege Community Chorus, and | two spring concerts in March : and April. ■ Dr. Malvin N. Artley of the : Elon College faculty is the founder and director of the^ orchestra. Adventure Starts Here e Can you picture yourself iwinging down a clifi? Or shooting the rapids? Or crossing a river using only a rope and your own two >>hands? You’ll have a chance to do all this and more in Army RCTTC. Adventure training like this helps you develop many of the qualities you’ll need as an Army officer Qualities like self- confidence. Stamina. And the ability to perform under pressure. If you’d like to find out more, make a date to see your Army RCTTC Professor of Military Science. ARMYROTC. BEALLYOUCANBE. Contact Capt. Webber Carlton 303 584-2278
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