Giving credit
On occasion, I have to give credit where credit is due — even to administrators! If you read Valerie Hopkins’ (’09) latest e-mail to the student body, it contained as an attachment a information packet that will be going to any student facing an Honor Council or Judicial Council proceeding. Within this packet is a section on relevant student rights information that I and the SA’s policy department crafted. Some of this information is very, very important. For example, any testimony that a student gives in a college disciplinary hearing can be used against them in a criminal case. Pretty heavy stuff. I have to commend Dean Gilbert for working with the department in ensuring that the information become readily available to any student facing possible sanctions. Dean Gilbert certainly did not have to include the student rights information, and I applaud him on his decision to do so willingly. This packet should be up on the web in the very near future, and I’ll be sure to link to it when it gets up.
Yesterday, I had my big meeting with Vice President for Student Affairs Ginger Ambler on the state of current proposed revisions to the Student Handbook. It was a very productive meeting, and worthy of a better synopsis than I can give at 3:00 am after having reading boatloads of Renaissance-era court documents. Good stuff, truly.
Also, most exciting news of the day: I finally got my hands on the bylaws of the Publications Council (albeit, un-updated since the mid 90s, during the Sullivan presidency), compliments of Mark Constantine. It seems like no one in SA was able get ahold of them, but I have them now! Very exciting. We should have some fun with this.