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Show mmm VOLUME 50. ISSUE 85 WEDNESDAY. MAY 16. 1990 i I - i WEBER STATE COLLEGE i : OUINN JACOBSON THE SIGNPOST A BIRD'S EYE GLIMPSE of WSC basketball team member Kurt Schawn's jump shooting at the Dee Events Center. The 'bird' captured the photo from the cat-walk 85 feet above the gym floor. ASWSC senate rejects student rights document Senators accept version that includes more detail about students' rights at Weber State By J. P. Nielson News editor of The Signpost ilk'.-, Campus The ASWSC Student Senate voted unanimously in Mondays meeting to reject the May 7 edition of the student rights and responsibilities code. This edition will be going before the faculty senate in their last scheduled session on Thursday, May 17. The senate meeting was attended by Grant Protzman, coordinator of planning and development and Sarah Toevs, chair of the student rights and responsibilities committee. "I guess wer'e here to getyour feedback on what you think of this shortened form of the document," said Toevs. "It really bothers me what the faculty is trying to do with this (the SR&R)," said Brad Wilson, business senator. "In fact, it really pisses me off." "I move that we reject this version (May 7) of the SR&R," said Scott Robinson, non traditional senator. The vote passed unanimously. Robinson then tried to postpone debate until a meeting later in the afternoon that was set up specifically to discuss the document. "It appears to me that since we already know what is wrong with this document we could just discuss it now; it's really pretty simple," said Wilson. "It's not that simple," said Robinson. "Let's wait until later this afternoon." The senate then postponed debate until they could get a copy of the latest (May 14) version of the student rights and responsibilities code which was being prepared by Rich Hill, WSC legal counsel. When the ' meeting reconvened, the senate decided to approve the May 14 version of the document because it delineates the responsibilities and rights of students. "It is not the bare bones version that the May 7 issue was," said Judy Hurst, ASWSC advisor. Included in the new edition are approximately thirty different infractions that students need to be aware of. The Senate also approved four amendments to the May 14 edition. They are: (1) Section 3-B-7, The right of reasonable access to and use of college services and programs such as securing financial aid, counseling, academic advisement, career planning and placement, library services, etc. (2) Section 3-B-8, The right to competent academic instruction and advisement such that student may: (3) Section 3-B-8, h. (new insertion between current g. and h.) Expect instructors to provide a syllabus which outlines course requirements and instructor availability, to be distributed the first week of class. (4) Section 3-B-8, k. (new insertion between current j. and k.) Have the right of intellectual inquiry including specifically the right of intellectual inquiry including specifically the right to engage in reasonable academic discussion and dissent within the framework of course material, class size, reasonable instructor availability, and other exigencies defined by the institution. "All students who are interested in the SR&R, need to talk to their senators and begin lobbying the faculty to let then know that this is something the students want," said Melinda Roylance, resident housing association senator. ASWSC sent copies of the May 14 edition with the proposed (See REJECT page 11) |