According to the 1999-2000 Honor Committee Case Statistics, more Asian students were investigated for honor offenses than any other minority for the second year in a row.
During the 1999-2000 school year, 13 of the 61 Investigated Panel cases involved Asian students.
Of the other minority groups at the University, 10 cases involved black students and five involved Latino students.
No Native American students were brought up on honor charges.
Of students charged with honor offenses, five Asians, five black and four Latino students were convicted and asked to leave the University.
The Asian community is the largest minority group, making up 10.3 percent of the University's undergraduate population.
"One of the problems is that Asian students aren't always aware of the Honor System," said Jennifer Na, president of alpha Kappa Delta Phi, an Asian sorority.
In a forum held last week, the sorority along with 50 Asian students learned more about the honor system from Ginny Rothschild, Honor Committee vice chair for investigations. Rothschild informed the group regarding changes in new statistics that may indicate a downturn in the number of Asian brought to trial. The new data will be released sometime in March.
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"I think [the Committee] has been able to reach out to all different groups," Rothschild said.
"We hope that this forum and others will help promote awareness of the Honor System in the Asian community," said Jane Luu, vice president of external affairs for alpha Kappa Delta Phi sorority.
While Asians are the largest minority group to be brought up on honor charges, they are the least represented on the Committee.
This year, no one from the Asian community is serving on the Honor Committee, but it has historically had someone, Honor Chairman Thomas Hall said.
Of the 22 Committee members, Darden student Tyson Toles is the only black member and the only minority.
The data is "discouraging to the Asian community," Na said.
The honor system is "not a tradition for Asian students like it is for many students," Luu said.
With University-wide elections slated to being at the end of February, students of the Asian community hope to gain more involvement on Grounds in both Student Council and the Committee.
The Honor Committee is targeting a diverse scope of students during spring recruitment, through education efforts.
"We are encouraging [minorities] to try out" for positions in the honor system, Rothschild said. "When students are brought up on charges they like to have students advising them that are of their same background."
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