Senate to discuss judicial charter

Will consider UA amendments to draft Despite previous comments to the contrary, the Faculty Senate Executive Committee will discuss the most recent draft of the Student Judicial Charter at its meeting next Wednesday, Chairperson-elect Peter Kuriloff said yesterday. "It's very appropriate for us to talk about this," said Kuriloff, a professor in the Graduate School of Education. "If you believe that the undergraduate education experience is vastly more than what happens in class then we have an obligation to [oversee other aspects of student life]." Despite Senate Chairperson William Kissick's previously stated opinion that putting the issue on the SEC agenda might not be necessary, it "now seems like an appropriate time to discuss it," the Medical School professor said. SEC will hear from Radiology Professor David Hackney, the senate secretary-elect who served on the original oversight committee for judicial reform. In addition, SEC will consider amendments and suggestions proposed by the Undergraduate Assembly and the First Amendment Task Force, according to Senate Past Chairperson David Hildebrand, a statistics professor. Hildebrand added that it was not necessary to develop an official collective recommendation at next week's meeting. "On something like this, the important thing is to get good ideas," he said. "We just want to take a thoughtful look at it." But Kissick noted that the senate still might decide to bring a "statement of the collective voice" to Provost Stanley Chodorow. The official comment period on the most recent draft of the judicial charter ended October 6. But Chodorow previously indicated that he would be willing to consider any comments made by the senate before sending the revised document to the schools for approval. Kuriloff said the issues that might be discussed include who should speak for students at hearings, who should make the various appointments necessary and whether hearings should be private or public. "How this works and how [the Code of Academic Integrity] fits into it is central stuff," Kuriloff added.