Wednesday, July 20, 1994 - The Michigan Daily - 3 Report: 95 cases tried under code fifth-year Engineering student Rich Beck watches himself on TV at the Advanced Technology Lab on North Campus. UMTV brings class to your room By Cathy Boguslaski DAILY STAFF REPORTER The University will be short one student this fall due to sanctions given to him under the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities - the code of non-academic conduct. This student is just one of the many statistics from the quarterly re- port presented to the University Board of Regents last Thursday. The case involved a male under- graduate student who allegedly stalked a fellow student, threatened the student with a weapon, and as- saulted the student, according to case summaries released by the Office of the Judicial Advisor. Through an administrative hear- ing, the student in this case was found responsible under the code for harass- ment, but not responsible for charges of assault and battery. He was ex- pelled from the University. The code is the University's most inclusive policy governing student conduct. Punishments under the code since its implementation have ranged from formal reprimands to suspen- sion or expulsion from the Univer- sity, according to the report. The code will remain interim until the regents vote to make it permanent. Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Ar- bor), a long-standing opponent of the code, said, "I'm a minimalist as far as restrictions on student conduct." Of the cases in the report presented to the regents, 95 were handled by that office, 53 were referred to other Uni- versity units, 22 were dropped by the complainant, and 45 substance abuse warning letters were sent. During the regents meeting, Baker expressed concern that some of the violations are serious offenses and should be handled by the police. Students who bring those com- plaints of a criminal nature under the code are advised of all their options, including the chance to bring crimi- nal charges, said Barbara Olender, the administrative assistant to the ju- dicial advisor. Regent Laurence Deitch (D- Bloomfield Hills) said he is reserving judgment on the code until Vice Presi- dent for Student Affairs Maureen A. Hartford brings it to the regents again. Hartford was to present the code to the regents after it had been amended. Several attempts to change the document were made, but the pro- cess itself proved problematic. None of the amendment meetings managed to attract the necessary 26-student hearing panel members, so the code went unaltered last spring. Another attempt to amend the code following the same procedure will be made this fall, Olender said. Baker also said that he would like to see a "cross-section" of cases handled under the code, includingsuch details as which issues and which authorities were involved. Of the 205 complaints handled by the Office of the Judicial Advisor between Jan. 1, 1993 and July 1, 1994, case summaries of26 caseswere avail- able. These case summaries list the alleged violation, the student's re- sponse, the type of hearing if one was held, and the sanctions if any were given. The summaries also include a brief description of the case, but do not include detail descriptions such as any police involvement. By Naomi Snyder )AILY STAFF REPORTER This next year will be a trial run or what could change University edu- ation forever: UMTV. Thisinteractive,user-operatedcable elevision systemmay be campus-wide n the near future. The system will eventually allow he University to broadcast classes to esidence halls and allow students to all-in questions during the class. Pro- essors could also offer office hours able. The Michigan Union already has 3 cable jacks in various locations that How for the transmission and recep- ion of UMTV transmissions; the ichigan League and North Campus ngineering classrooms also have ad- itional jacks. Student groups, dorms and Univer- ity departments - including the ol of Music, nursing and the com- unicationdepartment-already have ccess to cable stations that will allow em to try the new technology. Students and faculty can use these ew stations to broadcast on UMTV sing a small camera, TV monitor and ther simple video equipment. "The key here is that the equip- ment is modest in cost and that you don't need technologically advanced people involved. A faculty member or a student working part time could operate (the station)," said Engineer- ing Prof. Lynn Conway, who directs the UMTV demonstration project. "The primary goal this year is to get students involved in programming, so they can start to see the possibilities," Conway said. The Student Video Club, which is located on the 9th floor of South Quad, will expand next year and take advan- tage of the demonstration project. Randall Root, coordinator of office information systems in the Housing Division, said, "In the future (students) will have to join the video club to use the channels, but that's no problem." Besidesstudent-produced program- ming, departments will use UMTV channels to transmit information. For example,the SchoolofMusicwilltrans- mit concerts and recitals over UMTV, and use its channels to send lessons to their students in the dorms. Barton Polot, coordinator of the Schoolof Music's UMTVproject,said, "We know our students are going to be getting jobs in a world requiring more electronic skills and they need to learn about making music with the new media. We'll explore ways in which media will be an art form." The athletic department will have a UMTV station in order to broadcast live or replay non-revenue generating sports at the University. Engineering professors have already used the cable system to let students see lab demon- strations going on during class time, and to allow students to interact with those in the lab. Root said all 60 UMTV channels should be available in the residence halls by September. But most of the excitement comes from the fact that all different facets of the University can be involved in broadcasting or simply communicat- ing with each other. "People have been afraid of tech- nology and we wantto break that down. It's hard to make it simple, but we've been working to make it (that way)," Conway said. Many students involved are excited about the project. Joe Mancuso, a se- nior in Engineering, said, "We'll change what people think of TV." ijrrections: University salaries will be raised ased on merit and performance. nits will be given equal percent- ,e allocations from tuition revenue om which they are to give dividual assessments and raises. his was incorrectly reported in the mly 13 issue of The Michigan Wormer Vice President for 'niversity Relations, Richard ennedy, retired on July 1. This as incorrectly reported in the July issue of The Michigan Daily. CHINA GARDEN SZECHUAN, HUNAN & PEKING CUISINE DINE IN - CARRY-OUT - DELIVERY COCKTAILS - SUNDAY BUFFET VEGETARIAN DISHES VEGETABLE OIL USED FOR COOKING ALL DISHES FOR RESERVATIONS, CALL 971-0970 3035 Washtenaw Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Mon-Thur, 11am-10pm Fri, 11am-11pm Sat, 12pm-11pm Sun, 12pm-10pm Free Parking - Moderate Prices ISA Parties Welcome lNo'vo been s1mightooiog our Italio Ioodmork...