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THE GUILFORDIAN
Box 17717, Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C. 27410
Phone 855-9158
"All the News That Fits"
Editor Pat Townsend
Consulting Editor David Green
News Editor Forrest Hughes
Staff....Christopher Benfey, Annette Zitver Green, Sally
McAllister, Leslie Zeldin
Photographers Becca Enos, Don White
Judicial
Commentary
by Rose Simon,
Advisor to the Judicial Bo arc
It seems appropriate to add
to the judicial record publish
ed in another part of this issue
of the Guilfordian some
explainations, elaborations,
and miscellaneous informa
tion. Most students spend
their four years at Guilford
without having to become
involved in the judicial
process, and usually it is not
until a person charges another
with violating college regula
tions that either gives that
process much thought. None
theless, every student should
understand that those regula
tions are carefully set forth in
the College Codebook, and
since that Codebook was
approved by the Guilford
community (including the
Senate), the Campus Judicial
Board and the SAC Trial
Board have had to determine
how the established code
applies to assorted real cases.
It has been determined, for
example, that in order for the
honor code to have meaning,
the members of this commu
nity are obliged to respond,
and to respond truthfully, to
the questions of the judicial
boards. A student cannot
choose to answer some
questions, or offer some
testimony, and refuse to
answer other questions. If a
student should refuse to say
anything at all, the Board
must weigh the testimony
offered on one side of the
question against whatever
testimony may be offered on
the other side, and make its
decision accordingly.
In short, the academic honor
code does not acknowledge
the right of silence or
immunity against self-incri
mination in judicial investiga
tion or hearings. _
Students who have devised
various systems of defrauding
the food service will be
interested in knowing that
Epicure is not oblivious to
them. Checkers will be looking
closely at meal tickets for
traces of erased marks and
scotch tape. They realize that
in the past students have
managed to obtain extra meal
tickets (stolen from the
Epicure office and distributed
among friends) and they now
check numbers on both sides
of the ID card to be sure they
match. Cafeteria "white
cards" must be obtained from
one of the managers, who can
check the list of students on
the board plan and who can
record the transaction. Stu
dents caught procuring food
from the cafeteria or grill room
for which they have not paid
will be charged with theft.
The hearing procedure for
the Campus Judicial Board
falls into two separate parts.
In the first part, the Board
examines the specific charge
brought against the defendant
and restricts its examination
to the specific incident in
question. If and when the
defendant is found guilty of
that charge, the Board
entertains more general state
ments (character witnesses
and/or other pertinent back
ground information, such as
previous convictions for the
same offense) before deter
mining the sentence.
Members of the community
who wish to place charges
should contact Rose Simon
and/or Bob White, and those
who are charged with violating
campus regulations should
contact Rose Simon as soon as
possible after receiving a
copy of the charges and
notification of trial. Academic
violations and cases in which
the defendant firmly asserts
his innocence must go to the
Campus Judicial Board. A
student charged with a social
violation who also recognizes a
significant wrongdoing on his
own part may prefer to
undergo an Administrative
Hearing rather than a Judicial
Board trial. Administrative
Hearings involve the chairman
of the SAC, the Director of
Student Services (or the
designates of either), the
complainant, and the defen-
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Who Controls Our Food?
The world's food crisis
continues. Some 460,000,000
people-one in eight-suffer
from severe chronic malnutri
tion. Food prices soar.
Meanwhile the typical Ameri
can diet, with its preponder
ance of sugar and saturated
fats, is implicated in half of all
deaths in the United States.
Does that mean nothing to
you? Well, think about it this
way:
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reverence. It settles everything. Some think
It is the voice of God."
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More Words from A. Staunch Quaker
Dear Editor,
It gives me much satisfac
tion to point out Friends
distinctive peace testimony.
Today I related to our young
friend how Quakers have
opposed war, violence, con-
Old laws
never die
(CPS) Like old soldiers, old
laws don't die, they just fade out
of the public mind. But old laws
regulating food sales still exist in
yellowed sections of the law
books of many states.
For instance, it's still against
the law for a Nebraska tavern
owner to sell beer unless there is
a pot of soup brewing.
In Kansas, an old law forbids
eating rattlesnake meat in
public.
Carrying an ice cream cone in
your pocket is strictly forbidden
by a Lexington, KY ordinance,
while in Winona Lake, IN just
eating an ice cream cone at a
counter on Sunday is illegal.
And in Gary, IN it's against the
law to ride a street car or attend a
theater within four hours after
eating garlic.
dant. Witnesses are not
brought into this type of
hearing, as it represents an
attempt to reach an agreement
between the principals in the
case. If no agreement is
reached, the case goes to the
Judicial Board. If an agree
ment is reached, it is recorded
and signed by all four parties.
A violation of this agreement
on the part of any party will
cause the violator to be
brought before the SAC Trial
Board.
To arrange an Administra
tive Hearing, the charged
person must contact Rose
Simon.
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•Do you know why food
prices keep going up, even
when farm prices go down?
•Do you know who makes
the food you eat, or what those
"fine print" ingredients in it
do?
•Do you know that sugars
and fats—the prime suspects
in the national epidemic of
obesity, heart disease,- and
bowel cancer-constitute sixty
percent of the American diet?
See Page 3 for more information on "Food Day".
scription, preparedness for
war and, of course, war taxes.
The young friend agreed but
thought this sounded too
negative, which is a minor
point as I take such joy in
taking an opposing position.
I went on to emphasize how
friends have shown wonderful
ability to counsel the rulers of
nations and how we are
respected and admired on this
account.
The young friend was
thoughtful for a long time. "I
wonder", and it was evident
that he was about to carry the
idea too far, "why our
reconciling activities are not
applied to ourselves? Quakers
have been divided for the last
150 years."
I started to interrupt to
clarify the situation (why
can't the younger generation
be more respectful) but he
continued, "The different
groups of Quakers at the
College hardly ever speak to
each other. Did you know
there was a military recruiter
on campus? Don't you think
our Distinctive peace testi
mony would be more effective
if we could unite our
witness?"
I was overjoyed at the
glimmer of Truth contained in
his last statement. However I
felt constrained to add that our
distinctiveness does not de
pend on unity.
He looked right at me and
asked "Why are you so hostile
to certain groups of friends?",
and actually named some of
them.
"But you misunderstand
me." I said being inwardly
much exorcized. "I am always
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It sounds serious. It is.
Americans are eating them
selves sick while much of the
world starves. And more and
more, we can't even find fresh
wholesome foods at reason
able prices. Instead, we
swallow a hodgepodge of
foods, additives and ripoffs
dished out by grocery chains
and agribusiness. It's time for
citizens to start winning back
control of our food supply.
anxious for reconciliation if
they will only see the error of
their ways and accept Truth.
Until they do I must be very
firm and staunch in defending
Quakerism."
The young friend left
making some disrespectful
comments about my being
belligerent and uncharitable.
But we must remain peaceful.
Peacefully yours,
A. Staunch Quaker
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on Leave
Ken Schwab, director of
student services at Guilford
College, has obtained a leave
of absence this semester to
complete his doctorate at
Indiana University in Bloom
ington. He will resume his
duties at Guilford jn August.
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