The Honor Committee passed an amendment last night clearly stating its ability to administer registration blocks and transcript holds affecting students who are brought up on honor charges and are not cooperating with the processing of their case in a timely manner.
Previously, the by-law dealing with this issue read that the Committee has the ability to place a registration block and/or a transcript hold on accused students who do not "communicate with the Committee in a reasonably timely fashion ... unless and until matters with the Committee have been resolved."
The passed amendment states that the registration will be blocked and/or transcript held on those students "unless and until, in the judgment of the Committee, the student is cooperating in the timely processing of his or her case."
The amendment will go into effect March 1, following the conclusion of University-wide elections.
The ability to place registration holds and transcript blocks is "just kind of a firming up and clarifying tool we have at our disposal in making sure people get processed in a timely manner," Chair Charles Harris said. Registration blocks usually incentivize students to cooperate when they are at the University, and transcript holds do so if they are temporarily away, Harris said.
Under the by-law's current phrasing it was unclear whether the Committee possessed that authority, he said.
"[This clarification] gives [the] executive committee a few more tools," Harris said. "It's not used frequently, but in the cases where we do need to do things like this it is a frustrating process."\nHarris said cases that are processed and tried in a timely fashion are favorable to all involved.
-compiled by Valerie Clemens
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