Executive Committee of the Student Body

February 1, 2008

A member of the Student Body has decided to withdraw in the face of an Executive Committee Hearing after having been charged with information indicating that he/she may have committed an honor violation in that he/she may have plagiarized on his/her Philosophy assignments and/or misrepresented him/herself to the professor.

Minutes from the January 28th, 2008 Executive Committee Meeting

(Saum excused; Adamson and Christopher tardiness excused)

• President Josh Payne called the meeting to order at 6:40pm.

• Isaiah Goodman, President of the Captains’ Council, came before the EC requesting recognition of his group as an official organization. The EC approved its recognition.

• Payne informed the EC that the Yearbook wanted to take the group’s picture. The EC decided a weekly meeting would be the best time for that to happen.

• Payne reported that the Traveller Committee will do a trial run of the Twomey Commission’s new Express route within a few weeks. Payne also explained Traveller’s plans to limit the Dispatch service to a five-mile radius of campus. Members of the EC expressed excitement and concern for both of these developments and determined that proper advertising to the student body was necessary before implementing such changes.

• Payne informed the EC that Provost Aprille wants Vice President Jordan Campbell, as Head of the Classroom Access Committee, to create a similar committee for feedback regarding the renovations to the main floor of Leyburn Library. Senior Representative Smith Gardner, Sophomore Representatives Denis O’Leary and John Twomey, as well as 2L Representative Ryan Germany, all volunteered to serve as members of the committee. Senior Representative Kirk Adamson suggested Campbell contact the student members of the University Library Committee to provide input as well, which the EC all agreed was a good idea.

• Payne led the EC in a discussion of its official statement on plagiarism. The EC ultimately determined that such a statement was important as a guideline to students regarding plagiarism, but there was no need to specify further with additional terms of what constituted plagiarism.

• The EC decided to move its remaining meetings before February break to Tuesdays at 7:00pm to accommodate everyone’s schedule.

• The EC set the dates for the upcoming officer and class representative elections. The Officer Election process will kick off with a required informational meeting the week of February 14th, with the campaign beginning February 24th, and the elections on March 3rd, with runoffs on the 5th and 7th as necessary. The Class Officer Elections will begin with the required informational meeting the week of March 10th, with the campaign kick-off on March 16th and the election on March 24th, with runoffs on the 26th and 28th as necessary.

• The EC approved the minutes from the last two meetings.

• Payne informed the EC that the next breakfast with President Ruscio would be Tuesday, March 4th, and the group’s farewell lunch with the President was scheduled for Wednesday, April 9th. Payne told the EC he would try to change the lunch so as not to conflict with undergraduate exams.

• Payne adjourned the meeting into closed session at 7:31pm.

• Payne reopened the meeting at 8:27pm.

• Payne adjourned the meeting at 8:27pm.