CAPITOL CAMPUS REA Vol. 6 No. 3 Burke Defines Role Of Student Court By Urn Adams There is a student organization on campus that assures students, who are in violation of the University policies and rules, of a fiur hearing. That group is student court hi an interview with this year's Chief Justice Michael Burke, he explained that the function of the court is two-fold. Most often the panel hears traffic violations. He stated that traffic court is held for students who want to appeal parking and sticker violation. Cases are adjudicated either on written evidence and/or appearance by the violator. Burke defined the courts power in these cases as being able to reduce fines which are too high or rescind tickets which are not deserved. Cases of a more serious nature are Shlock shuts down all power systems and lies dead. Branch Campus Heads Meet At U.P. By Kama Pickens SGA President Clifton Bshbach was “T f camp “ ses Capitol’s representative at the Council of " ere ™ ssed ? at . afternoon. Every Branch Campus Student Government, bninchhad a bud * et * ls / e f. A held Saturday October 2, at University l° mn ? ltte€ ““"tod to t look 'the where and whys of the cuts. Capitol These meetings are held four times a to ° k less of a beating than most of the year. The main purpose is to promote campuses, Bshbach said, communication between the different * «hement gnpe according branches of Penn State University. * p hbach ' “ bick of communication “The meetings widen my perspec- between University park s Concert tive,” Bshbach said. “I can see what Committee and the student governments other campuses are doing. It promotes a branch campuses. The Concert feeling that the branch campus isn’t Committtee sets a deadbne for the second class ” purchase of tickets for any event The Lise Ortenberg, representing the ® GAis not notified of the event until a Organization for Town Independent ~. ew days before the ticket deadline. They Students, (OTB), spoke to the group. do “ ot enough time to determine OTB provides information and services ®tudent interest, which in turn for students who wish to transfer from a detennines the number of tickets to buy. branch campus to University Park. upcoming Sha Na Na concert Although Capitol hasn’t much need for exemplifies this lack of communication. OTB, Bshbach said he would like to get SGA received notification of the event on somebody to fill the post on a part time September 29. Ticket deadbne was basis for the few people who wish to d ’ said, transfer All branches of Penn State University Steve Moyer, president of the Press are connected by a teletype system, ft Association, discussed future plans for ,!!f as ?“88® ste d that the Concert the Pennsylvania Association of News Committee bypass the U.S. Mail and use * jhp iplpi.vnp Sr e A;^irr Sed , S , U t gn>UP °/ ?! SGA won’t know what has been 2 on would “nentated decided until the next meeti for the branch campuses and would scheduled for December 11. Capitol Campus Penn State University also heard by this judicial body. Serious violations, as defined by Buike, are abridgement of University by-laws such as, theft and violations of the University Drag laws. Buike said in these instances court room procedure is followed. Defendants may be advised by a faculty member, present witnesses, and may examine and cross examine witnesses. Burden of guilt rests with the university. The university must obtain evidence by ethical means and then present that evidence in clear and convincing teims. Richards Dr. Winston A. Richards, associate professor of mathematics and statistics at Pennsylvania State University- Capitol Campus, has returned from an O.A.S. (Organization of American States) summer mission to Trinadad and Tbbago. The objectives of his mission, according to Richards, were to assist in the training of junior level statisticians from the Central Statistical Offices of Trinadad and Tbbago and the Eastern Canibbean countries, to offer enrichment courses to senior technical and professional staff of the Central Statistical Office, and to provide consulting services to the Ministiy of France. The first module in basic statistics was attended by 31 statistical officera who came from St Lucia, St publish its own newsletter, according to Eshbach. Buike explained that in these cases the court has the power to recommend sanctions to Dean Jeny South (who makes the ultimate decision on sentencing) ranging from a reprimand to expulsion. Deliberation is held until a unanimous decision is reached. When asked how selections are made for the five member panel which makes up the court, Burke responded that students were recroited during orienta tion. A screening board, including himself, the SGA president and one senator made the appointments. Qualifications, according to Buike, Assists Statisticians Vincent St Kitts, Dominica, Antigua, and Trinadad and Tbbago. The course was offered at the University of West Indies. While there Dr. Richards was accorded all the priveleges of a visiting professor. On his return to Capitol Campus, Dr. Richards reported that the exercise was an extremely stimulating and rewarding one, and he had some evidence to support this enthusiastic statement A silver bowl engraved with a normal distribution having a 95% confidence interval maiked off, was a gift presented to Dr. Richards by the junior statisticians A Canadian goose by any other name is undoubtedly a Branta Canadensis. DER Oct. 7,1976 included maturity, integrity, ability to act in a disciplinary capacity, and good academic record. K a judge is removed for any reason, the screening committee reconvenes and applicants for the vacancy are subjected to the same process. The process for making an appeal is explained in depth in the student policy and rules book which eveiy student received during registration. If students have any questions or desire further explanation of any of the rales they should contact either Buike or Dean South in the Student Affairs Office. as a symbol of their appreciation of his services. hi. his consultative role Dr. Richards was able to offer some advice to the Ministiy of Industry and Commerce on computerizing their information on prices and on setting up a Data bank. He also advised the Division Heads of agricultural statistics, trade statistics, travel statistics, and vital statistics on the employment of network analysis as a method for monitoring and increasing the timeliness of their respective publications. I>. Richards was accompanied on this summer mission by his family.
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