Code constitutionality
may be in
By BRUCE BECKER
Daily Collegian Staff Writer. •
The University's Discipline Code may
violate the 14th Amendment and the
laws on privacy of records, accoridng to
Linda S. Kaiser, executive assistant for
Undergraduate Student Government
Legal Affairs.
• Kaiser said she was informed of this
possibility last month when she attended
the 4th Annual Convention on Student
Legal Rights in Kansas City, Mo. '
1, According to Kaiser, Trudy Hayden, of
the American Civil Liberties Union, told
her that the University's policy that
allows qualified personnel to have ac
cess to students' • medical and
'psychological records violates the
'Buckley Amendment, which guarantees
~ t,tle privacy of those records.
'l,"Kaiser said she feels that the problem
arises from the fact that the University's
discipline code was written in 1970,
before the Buckley Amendment was
passed into law.
According to Donald T. Suit, director
,of the Office of Conduct Standards,
however, the allegation is not true.
"That doesn't make sense because we
don't do that," Suit said. He added the
University does this only when a student
is considered a potential threat either to
the University or to himself. Suit noted
• that the courts have upheld the legality
;of opening a student's records under
those circumstances.
'Pattee's hours
are lengthened
Beginning tonight and continuing
• through Nov. 18, Pattee will extend its
hours of operation until midnight.
The library will open at 7:45 a.m. daily
and close at midnight, except Saturday
and Sunday. Saturday the library will be
Aven from 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., with only
.•the Reserve Reading Room remaining
open until midnight. Sunday the library
will be open from 1 p.m. till midnight.
• On Nov. 19 the library will be open 7:45
a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Nov. 20 the library
will be closed all day. Term break hours
for Pattee beginning Nov. 21 will be 7:45
a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. The library will
be closed on Saturdays and Sundays.
The Pollock Undergraduate and East
Hall libraries will continue their daily 7
p.m. to midnight hours tomorrow
through Nov. 21.
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Suit said the only other time
University officials are allowed to have
access to a student's records is if the
University requires him to undergo an
• examination. Then, the University is
'entitled to see the results of the
examination, according to Suit.
Kaiser also said she was told by
Michael R. Smith of the University of
California's Berkeley campus that the
discipline code violates the 14th
Amendment, which guarantees the right
to due process. She said that under the
current system, a student must be given
a penalty for a second offense which is
worse than the penalty received for a
first offense. According to Kaiser, this
violates due process since the nature of
the first offense is not taken into ac
count.
Suit disagreed, saying, "I don't know
how that could possibly be true." He
added that the discipline code is
reviewed every year, both by the
University and by people outside the
University.
Suit also pointed out that the discipline
code has been challenged three times in
court and has been upheld all three
times.
"Right now I would say we exceed the
requirements of due process," Suit said.
However, despite these apparent
problems in the discipline code, Kaiser
said she feels that the University is
better off than a lot of schools, where any
violation of the law is taken to local
authorities. She pointed out that in some
schools, fights are tried as simple
assault cases.
Overall, Kaiser said, the University
has many advantages over other
schools, but that it is lacking in many
areas as well. "A lot of people that I
talked to said that • they didn't have
anything like Legal Affairs, OTIS, or •
disciplinary systems," she said.
Kaiser added that students in many
schools are allowed to help prepare the
budget, and have several members on
the board of trustees. Another ad
vantage students have at some schools is
that they are allowed to sit on faculty
tenure review committees. She said it is
difficult to fire ineffective faculty
members' at the University because
research is given a higher priority.
Kaiser said she also would like to set
up a consumer relations board modeled
after the one at Kansas State University.
The board would consist of two students,
two businessmen and two town
residents. This panel would arbitrate
disputes between students and business
owners.
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Dorm letter-writing contest set
By MARY ELLEN WRIGHT
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
A dorm letter-writing contest will be
held this week as part of a campaign
encouraging students to write their
legislators, Undergraduate Student
Government President Grant Ackerman
said.
The contest will be a part of what
Ackerman has designated "Write
Harrisburg Week." Ackerman said an
attempt will be made to get "each and
every concerned student on this campus
to write a letter" to Harrisburg con
cerning the budget crisis.
All dorm resident assistants are being
encouraged to have house meeting with
their floors to inform students of the
budget situation and on how and to
whom to write letters, Ackerman said.
$.20 each
3 for $.55
He said the dorm floor that writes the
highest percentage of letters in relation
to the number of floor residents will win
$25 in cash and as many free campus
movie tickets as letters written.
He said each student could potentially
write a maximum of two letters one
each to his senator and congressman.
Ackerman said the letters will be
taken by the RA's to the dorm area
coordinators. He said they would be
sorted according to individual senators
and congressmen and taken to
Harrisburg next week.
Ackerman said there also will be a
letter-writing information table set up on
the ground floor of the HUB for town
students.
Ackerman said University Park
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put the money down on a ticket for your summer vacation.
Whether you fly first class or tourist depends on how many books you've
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again next term.
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By BRUCE BECKER
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
The University Concert Committee
decided last night not to try to find a
group to replace WAR for All-U Day.
According to committee chairman
Rob Harris, the only groups available on
such short notice were the Spinners and
Taj Mahal. The Spinners were asking
$16,000 and Taj Mahal requested $4,000,
a figure which did not include sound,
lighting or a warm-up group.
"Basically, we aren't scheduling
anyone else because with such a late
date there was very, very little
available. There was nothing worth
doing for the price available," Harris
said.
Harris also reported to the committee
that he had received confirmation from
Jerry Garcia that he will appear at the
University Dec. 11. Jazz musician
Grover Washington also has confirmed
his appearance at the University on Dec.
19.
According to Harris, rock group
Genesis has lowered their price and
possibly may appear at the University
next April. The group previously had
been asking $25,000, but has lowered
their price to $15,000, plus $B,OOO for
sound and lighting equipment. The
committee decided to further in
vestigate the possibility of landing the
group.
by Ken Kasper
Genesis' manager also wanted the
University to book Carly Simon the same
weekend of the Genesis concert, Harris
students should write letters to do their
part in the lobbying effort. He said that
because the statewide rally in
Harrisburg is scheduled for the first day
of University Park's finals period, few
students will be able to attend the rally.
Ackerman said he would ask the USG
Senate tonight to appropriate funds to
send a busload of students from Penn
State's Capitol Campus to Harrisburg
on the day of the rally.
Since that campus' schedule runs
about two weeks behind University
Park's, Ackerman said, Capitol can send
700-800 Penn State students to the rally.
Ackerman said he is impressed with
the work being done by Capitol Campus
on the rally.
"I feel we have dedicated Penn State
students down • there that are really
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said, but the committee felt that having
both acts in one weekend would not be a
good idea.
In other business, the committee
decided to look into the possibility of
booking unknown bands in an effort to
appeal to a wide range of tastes - and
provide cheap weekend entertainment.
According to publicity chairman Jeff
Bryant, groups that coUld draw enough
students to justify the expense could be
booked for $5OO to $l,OOO.
Two possible groups Bryant men
tioned were the Asparagus Valley
Cultural Society a comedy group
and the House of Assembly, a reggae
band. Both groups are playing
Philadelphia, according to Bryant.
The committee was interested in the
idea, but afraid that it would have no
place large enough to hold the concerts
'until Schwab has been renovated. They
said they are looking for student feed
back on the idea.
Another possibility the committee
discussed was booking groups looking
for exposure. The William Morris
publicity agency, which predicted that
Stevie Wonder and Bruce Springsteen
would become superstars, wants the
UCC to book "A Group Called Slim,"
according to a UCC member. The group
would cost, only from $l,OOO to $1,500 and
possibly could be presented as a free
concert.
Bryant said he felt that any unknown
group that later became successful
could return to the University.
willing to put in the time and effort for
the good of this University," he said.
Ackerman said the four state-related
universities (Penn State, Pittsburgh,
Lincoln, and Temple) along with Drexel
University and the University of Pen
nsylvania will be sending students to the
rally.
Appeals are being made to alumni and
parents of students, to attend the rally or
at, least contact legislators, Ackerman
said. He estimated that approximately
3,000 people will attend the Nov. 15 rally.
Ackerman said any students from
University Park wishing to attend the
rally will have to provide their own
transportation to and from Harrisburg.
More information on the rally can be
obtained by calling the USG office at 863-
0295, Ackerman said.