The Honor Committee held a popular assembly meeting Monday evening for students to discuss the future of the honor system.
The conversation focused on what students valued most about Honor in its current form. The assembly attracted a handful of graduate students in addition to undergraduates, which helped give the Honor Committee an idea of what honor means outside the undergraduate experience.
Honor Chair Faith Lyons, a fourth-year Commerce student, said more than 100 students showed up and it “was a more diverse group than we were expecting.”
Currently, the Honor Code operates under a single-sanction system of discipline, but there has been discussion in recent years on changing this system to be more accommodating of individual circumstances.
Alternatives discussed at the meeting include the dual-sanction system, which would limit students to two honor offenses before expulsion, and the multi-sanction system.
Although the Honor Committee is required to propose a constitutionally binding referendum in February, Lyons said Honor still has work ahead of them.
“If the system is going to change we’ve got a lot more learning to do,” Lyons said.
Correction: This article previously incorrectly stated that the dual- and multi-sanction system are the primary alternatives under consideration.
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