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September 13, 1966
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Section n Page 7
He Didn't Know He Was Guilty
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I By BILL ROBINSON
Chairman, Men's Honor Council
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d- iiviui was a nesnman irom
a small town in eastern North
student's character and repu
tation in order for the council
to better understand some
thing about the student. The
defendant then returns to the
council room and the trial is
continued with the investiga
tor's statements. The material
defendant may or may not an
swer. The Attorney General
tries to assign a defense coun
sel to the accused so that this
a Pent mnv tolb- t v. At i
. Carolina. He was doing about ant belfore aTyone eL
aveJ(aSe, rk academically- The accused may select a
.pretty tair actually for his defense
hp w?rSt . rrcrni f Ty; .amon the student body wh witnesses are called in one by
f 1?Mii , if StUdent 15 under 5urision of t h e one to relate their part in the
"ff ?u-y j . , particular council. case. They may be cross-ex-
: Everything seemed to be As soon as all the investi- amined by the council, the de-
: going along fine untU-one day gation is complete, the appro- fendant and his defense, and
, John was accused by a fellow priate council (in this case, the the investigator.
student of cheating on a quiz. Men's rnunrin yA -rv,a aa i ttipn re-
ine Student told John after trial somewhere nn namnnc nnoctAH in xn1ain aeain in his
These trials are conducted in own words just exactly what
complete secrecy unless the happened. The council then
defendant requests otherwise, further questions the defend-
A minimum of seven mem- ant in order to fully under-
' class that he had seen him
tlook on the paper in front of
rhim several times.
THE HONOR CODE
"You are on your honor not to cheat, steal,
S or lie: and if you see another student doing so,
$ you are on your honor to report him to the ap
propriate student council."
w
g THE CAMPUS CODE
ijij "You are bound by your responsibility as a
gentleman to conduct yourself as such at all
times, and further to see to it, insofar as possible,
: that your fellow students do likewise."
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v John couldn't believe it!
i. Here he was accused of
cheating. All he could remem-
ber was the two or three times ,
ihe had glanced on the other
paper to check several of his
i answers that he wasn't sure
tof. He didn't really mean to
do anything wrong.
j
r Now what was to happen?
The above is an introduc
tion to a case of a student
who was accused of violating
Hhe Honor Code. In the re
l mainder of this article let's
Urace the story of John's case.
'; The accusing student inform
ed John of the twenty-four
v nour period in wnicn ne nad
to turn himself in voluntarily, to testify only to the truth i
After that time, if John hadn't not to withhold informati
turned himself in to either the
Dean of Men, the Attorney
General's Staff or a member
?of the appropriate Council,
then the accuser would have
Ho do so.
4 After the accusation, the At-
bers, including a chairman
hear the case.
The physical appearance in
the council room is informal
so as to put the defendant
at ease, but a formal atmos
phere is conveyed throughout
the trial.
Many persons think the
council members wear long
black robes and long drawn
faces, but this is not the case.
The defendant, investigator,
defense, and all witnesses sit
facing the council. A clerk is
also present in order to record
all testimony.
When the trial begins, the
chairman reminds the defen
dant that he is on his honor
and
information.
An opening prayer follows, af
ter which the defendant has
his charge read to him.
stand the case. After this
there is a summation for the
defense and the defendant is
asked if any of his constitu
tional rights have been violat
ed. When all testimony has been
heard, the council room is
cleared so that the council
may deliberate. Full discus
sion of the case takes place
and a secret written vote is
taken to arrive at a verdict.
A two-thirds vote is. required
to find a student guilty.
He may also be found not
guilty, or guilty of a portion
of the charge. If guilt is es
tablished, the council deliber
ates upon an appropriate sen
tence, which should be both
punitive and corrective for
the student. Sentences are
imposed by a simple majority,
except suspension, which re-
He then deads either euiltv. auires a two-thirds vote
not cuiltv. or indefinite (not The student returns to the
room and is given the verdict
and if guilty, the sentence of
the council is announced to
him. If sentenced, the defend
ant is responsible for uphold-
trial, a member of the Attor
ney General's Staff will coun
sel with the student, who may
have already been given a
summons earlier in person, in
private and in writing.
This summons explains the
sure if guilty of the specific
charge, etc.) He mav also
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I for investigating the case and hearing or termination of the
bringing the student to trial. hearine.
i. What happens to John is de- Postponement may be grant- mg his period of punishment.
termined by the procedures ed because of procedural er- if the student feels that he
J? governing the handling of vio- rors before the trial an im- has been given an unfair trial
lations of the Honor System. properly executed summons, or has other reasons to ques-
At a preliminary conference an unclear and vague charge, tion the verdict, he may ap-
!?with the accused which must etc. Termination may be grant- neal his case to the Faculty-
Kbe at least 72 hours before the ed if the council has no juris- Review Board within 72 hours.
diction over the case, or if otherwise the decision of the
the accused has already been council is final,
tried for the same offense. And now, let's get back to
terjhis, the student is in- John. He decided to get a good
formed of the order of proce- friend who was a junior to be
dure, and leaves the council his defense counsel. His prob-
room. Character witnesses are lem now was to decide how
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place of the preliminary con
jfference, and the time and
-place of the trial. During the
5; preliminary conference, the
I4 accused is informed of the
composition of the council
hearing his case, specific
w cnarge, possiDie pcuainco,
rights to have a defense coun
sel, to summon material wit
nesses, and to have five char
acter witnesses to speaK on
f his behalf.
I He also is told of his rights
I to disqualify council members
for valid reasons, to have a
t separate hearing, and to face
I his accuser. These rights and
I others are included in the Stu
t dent Constitution, a copy of
i which is given to the student.
At this time the investigator
fe may ask any questions per
I taining to the case, which the
could readily admit his guilt,,
but then he wasn't really sure
that he had cheated. John was
finally advised to plead indef
inite. During the trial John had
some excellent character wit
nesses to speak for him. There
were also several material
witnesses who admitted hav
ing seen John look at the pa
per. The two papers in ques
tion did have several answers
which were identically wrong
on both papers.
John had now begun to rea
lize how wrong his actions
were. He had looked at the
otner paper because he was
unsure of his own answers. In
high school he had the same
thing, but if caught, the teach
er usually didn't do anything.
But now he was here in col
lege. Things were different. He
had an added responsibility to
himself, to his fellow students,
and to the University. John
had let himself down by re-
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sorting to copying someone
else's paper. He now wished
that he had listened more
carefully to the talks on the
Honor System during Orienta
tion. Perhaps then this inci
dent would not have happen
ed. John at first was bitter to
wards the student who turn
" ed him in, but finally realized
that it was his own fault. This
student was only doing what
he was supposed to do under
the Honor System at Carolina.
Each student before he en
tered the University had to
pledge that he would uphold
the Honor System that he
would not lie, cheat, or steal,
and would report others he
saw doing likewise.
If a student doesn't learn
the basic principles of hones
ty, integrity, and how to con
duct himself as a gentleman
before he leaves the Univer-,
sity, then he most probably
never will.
John, this boy who is just
like you or me, was suspend
ed indefinitely by the Men's
Honor Council. An indefinite
suspension usually lasts for at
least one academic semester.
However, there is a chance
that a student can be read
mitted to the University be
fore that time.
The council recommended
that John be shown leniency
when he applied for readmis
sion because of his co-operative
attitude and complete hon
esty throughout the trial. On
an indefinite penalty, the de
fendant must appear again be
fore, the council to show that
he is ready to be taken off
Tils sentence.
This boy is perhaps today
again a student at the Uni
versity. He now realizes his
mistake, but is working hard
not to let it happen again. He
is a much stronger person in
his belief in the Honor System,
which is primarily here for
the individual student.
If the individual shirks his
responsibility, the system is
weakened, if only just a lit
tle. It is the responsibility of
each student to know and un
derstand the codes of conduct
here at Carolina.
If you have neglected your
duty in learning about the
Honor System, I would sug
gest that you go back and
learn all that you can. Don't
let what happened to John
happen to you.
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