Student board reviews conduct

During its final meeting of the 2009-2010 academic year, the Student Government Association passed two key resolutions that will be in effect next fall.

Student development has decided it is going to implement a new Student Conduct Review Board. The new system consists of a board that reviews students’ behavior and decides what actions to take after they break a rule from Indiana Wesleyan’s Student Handbook and code of conduct.

SGA wants students’ voices to be heard in determiningwhat course of action should be taken concerning a student who has broken the conduct code. However, there was some concern about whether enough research was going into this new review board. The constitutional amendment regarding the Student Review Board will be tabled until next fall.

Meanwhile, two resolutions passed Monday night at the SGA meeting. The first approved the creation of a work group to further research the idea of a Student Conduct Review Board. The second consisted of a Student Handbook Resolution, which will allow administrators to reevaluate the Student Handbook and some of its policies.

SGA President Cory Sprunger is hopeful about the idea of the Student Conduct Review Board.

“Many universities have students regulating other student’s behavior. This is also a dramatic step in making SGA a more credible institution and not just something far off in the distance,” Sprunger said.

While SGA is confident in the resolutions that were passed Monday night, some senators have concerns. One of those senators was G.B. McClanahan (sr), commuter senator.

“My major disagreement is that those with authority on the student handbook committee, who have the power to say we will/will not enforce something, have very limited authority,” McClanahan said.“Their ability to determine whether or not a rule will be enforced is limited to a certain number of things in the handbook. I think we need some of the big shots (board of trustees or people who have that kind of authority) on this type of committee so they can determine what we will enforce and what we will not enforce.”

Only time will tell if these resolutions pay off and the Student Conduct Review Board will be beneficial to Indiana Wesleyan or not.

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