An open honor trial will be held Sept. 10, the Honor Committee announced in a press release Wednesday.
The accused student in the upcoming trial is Stephanie Garrison, who was slated to graduate with the class of 2006, but was found guilty in her first trial, held in January 26. She was granted another trial in May.
While Garrison participated in May graduation ceremonies, she was not eligible to receive a diploma.
Garrison said she is accused of lying about fulfilling a University Judiciary Committee sanction following an alcohol related incident in the spring of 2005.
Forty-five tickets will be made available to interested students at 8 a.m. Sept. 4 at the information desk in Newcomb Hall. The trial will be held at 11 a.m. in the Newcomb Hall trial room, on the fourth floor.
According to Vice Chair for Investigations Andrew Siegel, the Committee is looking into possible ways to broadcast the trial on-Grounds for students who are unable to get tickets.
In the last March's open honor trial, Engineering student Steve Gilday was found guilty of lying in an incident that stemmed from a test correction he submitted for regrading
"We'll be following the same procedure we follow in any potentially open trial," Honor Chair Alison Tramba said. "The trial procedure is identical and our preparation for it will be very similar" to any other trial.
Garrison said she elected to hold an open trial because she wants the system to be held more accountable to the student body.
"I am not having a trial to fight the system," Garrison added. "I can't do this by myself. What I'm doing is opening it up."
As in all honor trials, if Garrison is found guilty, she will be expelled under the single sanction. In her case, she would lose credit for all coursework completed in her second semester of fourth year and remain ineligible for a diploma.
-- compiled by Maggie Thornton
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