UA Codes and Judicial Committee

Cornell’s Codes & Judicial Committee
Agenda for March 24, 2009
314 Anabel Taylor Hall at 4:00 p.m.

1. Approval of minutes of February 17 and March 10, 2009, meetings. (1 minute)
2. Update from UA (14 minutes)
   1. submission of language for swimming or bathing in Fall Creek, Cascadilla, Beebee Lake as a violation of Title III, art 2, A 3 K). - on hold until April UA meeting
   2. Judicial Board recommendations
   3. other suggested code changes from the CJC’s previous meeting
3. Review MB’s suggestions regarding hearings for “minor cases.” (10 minutes)
4. Suggestions for changes to the Code (30 minutes)
   1. Scrivener’s errors and Kevin’s suggestion: amend just A.1 (no change is needed to A.2 or A.3) to read: It shall be a violation of this Title, as an offense against another person [OR THE UNIVERSITY] … [new text in all CAPS]
   2. Require witnesses to participate in disciplinary system (p. 27). New language from MB and Ginger.
   3. Violation of probation (see page 33 and 35) — new language from Kevin below
   4. Specify marijuana in A.3.d.
   5. Use parallel language when prohibiting underage drinking (A.3.b) as when prohibiting drug use; this would also clarify other violations.
   6. Provide more flexibility for the length of suspension.
   7. Budget-related discussion items: Simplify judicial board process (see item 3 above), income from fines
   8. Request from Tim Marchell: To be consistent with best practices regarding eliminating hazing, please add the following language to 1f (p. 17) (requested change in ALL CAPS): To haze another person. Hazing, REGARDLESS OF THE PERSON’S WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE, means an act that, as an explicit or implicit condition for initiation …
5. New business? (4 minutes)
6. Time, date, and location for next meeting (1 minute) — Possibly April 14? 314 Anabel Taylor Hall is available that day from 4–5 PM.

From Kevin:

I recommend that p. 33’s list of sanctions be changed in this way: omit the text in [brackets]:

(7) Probation for a stated period. [For any violation of this Code or of the terms of probation during the probationary period, the student may be subject to additional penalties for violation of probation, including suspension or dismissal.]

I propose changing p. 35 on compliance this way, in order to pickup the just-omitted language [new text in red]:

2. If an offender has not complied with the prescribed penalty or remedy within the specified time, the Judicial Administrator shall notify the Registrar, Office of the Dean of Students, and other offices on a need-to-know basis that the individual or organization is suspended, and the suspension shall have immediate effect and continue until the offender has complied. For any violation of the terms of probation committed during the probationary period, the Judicial Administrator may impose on the offender additional penalties, including suspension or dismissal. The offender may request an appearance before the Judicial Administrator in order to show the fact of compliance, to contest the violation of probation, or to argue for a lesser penalty. The offender may petition the University Hearing Board in writing for a review of his, her, or its suspension or other penalty imposed by the Judicial Administrator for noncompliance or for violating probation.