The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, Novemer u, - r LOCAL/S TATE lollinger to receive ode amendment proposal By Jeremy Peters Daily Staff Reporter University President Lee Bollinger will receive a report containing proposed amend- ments to the Code of Student Conduct in the ,ar future, Student Relations Advisory ommittee Chair Al Burdi said yesterday. Burdi said that his office is focusing on amending the Code with the help of three Michigan Student Assembly representatives. "I think we need to be very careful about who speaks for students. With the students on our committee, we will be having dialogues ... and if the Code is a source of noise, we will help them with that," Burdi said. The Code, which has been a source of contro- versy since its inception, is the University's internal disciplinary policy for students. Burdi said that he feels most students are in favor of a code of conduct in one form or anoth- er. Members of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs debated the merits of the University's Code at their weekly meeting yes- terday afternoon. SACUA Vice Chair and biology Prof. Lewis Kleinsmith voiced his concern over what he called "selective enforcement" of the Code. "Take alcohol violations for example. I would guess that many students drink. A very large fraction of the student population isunderage and I recall that there were a relatively small number of infractions for drinking' he said. "A policy that so many are in violation of and only a few are prosecuted ... that sets the stage for selective enforcement. So who gets prosecut- ed?" Kleinsmith asked. Other SACUA members expressed concern for students' prosecution under the Code even if local, state or federal charges against them are dropped. "If a student is considered for violations under the Code and he is also subject to criminal pros- ecution, what happens if the criminal charges are dropped?" questioned Medical School Prof. Peter Ward. "If indeed double jeopardy is possible under the Codedthen this is very troubling for a democratic society," said sociology Prof. "I think we need to be careful about who speaks for students" - t - Al Burdi Student Relations Advisory Committee chair ... Don Deskins. Deskins also said he was troubled by the Office of Student Conflict Resolution's authori- ty as the sole enforcer of the Code. The three member advisory oversees implementation and interpretation of the Code. "This does not seem reasonable," he said. Until Bollinger sees the proposed amend- ments, no changes will be made because he has the final decision on all amendments to the Code. In the meantime, SACUA, MSA and University administrators, the only parties th4 can propose amendments to the Code, will runs nate over what suggestions they should submt to the president. 'U' reaches out to students' families Creative-expression By Jan Zemke Daily Staff Reporter In an effort to ease international stu- dents families' transition into the University community, the International Family Outreach Program effers many activities. Izumi Sakamoto, director of IFOP, said the volunteer program has been helping the spouses and children of foreign students for the past two years. Often these people feel shut out from the rest of the community, he said. "Our goal is to make the transition smooth and then people feel more con- nected to the community," Sakamoto aid. "When you're a foreigner you on't feel very connected. We help that process." A majority of the families that IFOP helps reside in North Campus housing. Sakamoto said that IFOP assists 60 percent of the population in the 1,500 University Housing units. Outreach program tries to ease language difficulties The volunteers, a mix of students and community members, help with trans- lation and child care. A majority of the families involved in the program are Asian families. "A lot of people don't speak English fluently when they come over with their spouses," Sakamoto said. IFOP offers several activities to help the families of foreign students become more connected with the community. Its primary service is a newsletter called "The Calendar" It is written by foreign students and their families with editing help from native speakers and students. "It's moving towards our goal of being for the residents by the residents' IFOP community liaison ,Akanke Omorayo-Adenrcle said. "Right now we have a lot of residents who give us articles for the newsletter, and the stu- dents or native speakers come out and help proofread and format" Another of the activities that IFOP sponsored was a Halloween costume exchange and party. "People dropped off old costumes and exchange them for new ones," Sakamoto said. "We had a party on the 31st to follow it up." IFOP also offers counseling and sev- eral seminars to help the families of for- eign students. Omorayo-Adenrele said that the language barrier that the spous- es and children face is a major obstacle for them to assimilate. The counseling and seminars play a major role in bring- ing them into the community. "We do yoga, stress management, and quilting seminars which are very well attended," Omorayo-Adenrele said. "We've done it for the last two years and those are usually around February. It is a wide range of activities but not on a daily basis. 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RHA President Jason Taylor, an LSA senior, said that this year, the association received a total close to $17,000 from the 9,200 students living in residence halls. RHA collected an additional $22,000 this year through fundraising. "Each year the amount of money col- lected varies," Taylor said, explaining that students, organizations, residence halls and multicultural programs can apply for the money. "We have a lot more money than anticipated because of the fundraising, so we can in turn give out more money." The remaining 40 percent RHA col-, lects from the student fees and from fundraising goes toward internal expenses. "Part of the operation expenses go towards getting the assembly to work together as a team," RHA Vice President of Finance Dean Nelson said. "A few weeks ago we went to laser tag, which was a really good opportunity to get to know everypne better." More than $10,000 ofthe budget is still available to student groups that can apply for money during the academic year. Allocations are divided into three categories. Money is given to groups doing projects for residence halls, such as a cappella groups that want to hold a concert in a residence hall. Multicultural councils, groups based in residence halls and resident advisers also can receive money for putting on programs. The third group funds events that take place on campus for students, such as speakers. Last year, RHA allocated $6,500 oQ a budget one half the size of its budget for the current academic year. So f4r this year, $1,350 has been allocated to three different groups. The association gave Bursley Family, the multicultural council in Bursley Residence Hall, money to rent out the Quality 16 movie theater in Scio Township and pay for a bus to takcres- idents to see the film "Best Man' Ottle Shop, a campus group that puts on plays, used RHA-allocated money to help cover the costs of buying the-rights to a play. 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