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Battalion/Page 3 November 3, 1982 Code violations provoke adesire for Honor Court “cent. Hu ? billion,!; 'ate watei its than so on acid trees, am * the wo: (l west, k it. We’re xpeditionj ne ta tastes: ( | ( my bout then lybacky; at selling dem to buy it the EPA, by Jennifer Carr Battalion Staff Several incidents of students violating the Aggie honor code have prompted the Student Sen ate rules and regulations com mittee to research the possibility of reviving the Honor Court at Texas A&M University. Greg Bates, vice-president of Student Government and chair man of the Rules and Regula tions Committee, said the Stu dent Affairs office has not effec tively dealt with several inci- ents at the University. Bates listed examples including a Corps of Cadets senior pulling his saber on a Southern Method ist University cheerleader, a stu- stealing computer time to change grades, and a student taking and wrecking a Texas A&M Flying Club plane. The plane accident endangered the lives of two other people, Bates 'said. Bates said these incidents were matters of honor as well as against the University’s disci pline code, but the breach of honor was not considered in the students’ disciplinary action. Bates, who also is president of the Flying Club, said the lenien cy of the students’ punishment makes a mockery of discipline and the Aggie honor code. The student who wrecked the plane was put on conduct probation. Bates said he thought the pun ishment wasn’t severe enough and tells other students they can break the rules and get away with it. Student Government has been considering reviving the Honor Court since last year, Bates said. The Rules and Regulations Committee is researching honor courts at other schools, includ ing the University of Virginia, Rice University, the University of Florida and the military academies, Bates said. The com mittee will present a proposal for a first reading to student government Dec. 8. The prop osal will be voted on after the holidays. Bates said the committee has no specific plans, but will consid er the committee’s findings from other schools along with the Texas A&M Cadet Court and the old University Honor Court. The old court also dealt with incidents other than honor violations. Bates said the court would probably consist of students appointed to the court by the student government president. The court would consider the cases brought before it and in each case would make a recom mendation to Dr. John Koldus, vice president of student ser vices, or President Frank E. Vandiver. Koldus or Vandiver would make the final decision on discipline. He said student body President Pat Pearson dis cussed the idea with Vandiver. Bates said the major dis advantage to the honor court is the responsiblity w ill be with stu- cients, who may not be as un biased and objective as someone hired by the University. But he believes the honor code is some thing that must be enforced, and that it’s up to students to enforce it. Honor, he said, is not some thing read in a book and for gotten. “It’s something to live by for the rest of your life,” Bates said. The code is “only asking that you live by accepted standards.” Bill Kibler, assistant director of student affairs, is in charge of discipline at Texas A&M. He agrees the honor code is not up held as it should be, and that students should police them- White males get ahead in business by Mary Ann Swick Battalion Reporter The people who get ahead in corporate America are white Re publican Protestant males who attended such schools as Har vard or Princeton, the division manager of labor relations for Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania said here Tuesday night. In 1978, the Harvard Busi ness Review showed those were ihetypes of people making it in the business world, Dr. John P. Fernandez told an audience at Rudder Theater. Those were the types of peo- who were getting ahead in the corporate structure, and still are today,” he said. At lower corporate levels, alies that* management looks for techni cians, electrical engineers, ng the issU lawyers, accountants and labor specialists, but for upper-level ;tet s shouldjl P os 'hons, they look for manage- decision e Texas 1 \ ate thatDl /ear-' :han thostf Itisobvi# • ge is noli e numbei 1 able also are the most critical of a very eft b™ the system is working, he >ar tying rial,organizational and adminis trative skills, he said. The search for those skills has led to the exclusion of women and minorities and also has forced'the exclusion of white males who don’t fit into the cor porate role, Fernandez said. In a corporation, minorities who are the most confident and .said. Those are the individuals most likely to be criticized by the white males they are making un comfortable and the least likely to be promoted, he said. Instead, minority women with average capabilities are promoted because they don’t cause problems for the existing management, Fernandez said. “White males that don’t ‘fit in’, don’t have to deal with race or sex,” Fernandez said. “Minor ity males have to deal with race, but minority women have to deal with both race and sex.” White males control society’s institutions and build up stereotypes and myths in peo ple’s minds until the people be gin to believe them. Minorities and women should develop a strategy to deal with the problems in business, Fernandez said. Top Drawer from Basics to Designers Levis - Sedgefield - Lee - Bill Blass - Calvin Klein - Ocean Pacific - lackey - Stanley - Blacker - Esprit - Jordache - and more. al econo® jased due die age oil -ve alcohif I clubs naintainl gal driiftS is little tir ic, for Jan? ! 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He said the problem with other people making judgments on his deci sions is that outsiders have no way of knowing exactly what went on in the hearing and they don’t always understand the ramifications of the punish ments given. For example, a student who is on conduct probation is not eli gible for financial aid from the University, must withdraw from any office he holds and cannot represent the University in any way. Most importantly, Kibler said, if the student gets into any other trouble while he is on probation, he probably will be suspended. Punishments range from a verbal reprimand to dismissal from the University indefinitely, Kibler said. The punishment is determined in a hearing and de pends on the severity of the offense, whether the student has been in trouble before and the student’s attitude. “My interest is, number one, I’ve got to temper whatever I do by the severity of the infraction,” he said. “Other things I look at are the more personal charac teristics of that student.” Kibler said if a student seems to realize the severity of what he has done and is truly repentant, he tries to give the student the benefit of the doubt. He said he must have a clear, obvious reason to choose a severe pun ishment. Kibler said he takes a chance on the students and said he usually is right. Those who come back again and again usually don’t stay around too long, he said. The B’nai BYith Hillel Foundation and The Texas A&M Theatre Arts Department present to you an evening with Elizabeth Swados Nov. 4 8 p.m. Rudder Forum “Elizabeth Swados, at 31, is already an internationally known writer, composer, and theatre director. She has received numerous honors including a Guggenheim Fellowship, three Obie Awards and the Outer Critics Circle Award. Her 1978 Broadway musical hit, Runaways, received five Tony nomina tions.” ADMISSION FREE This two piece sleeper is the “cat's pajamas.'' Offered in a soft feminine tuxedo front, this P.J. features a knid^- er length bottom. In a variety of LANZ. prints. See our other styles of LANZ on sale now. Vs OFF CULPEPPER PLAZA NIC/VISA/AMX MOSHER HAEE Gets Ready for the Fall with our Fall Fashion Show Nov. 9 at 8:00 in the Lobby of Zachry Engineering Center. Sponsored by: Kri<le-u-Foi*imil/Ar* Formal Wear Cliarli R. Rush and That Place II Reauty Salon All Proceeds Benefit Senior Citizens Tickets are on sale around campus and can be bought at the door. testers cordially invites you to their pre-Christmas fur showing and sale featuring Pam Mahoney Designer-Furrier of Dallas. Representatives will be available Friday and Saturday November 5 & 6, 1982 from 9 am. to 5:30 pm. 2504 Kent at Villa Maria Rd Bryan, Texas