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Show Judge views colleges, sensitivity to studenls A Salt Lake District Judge believes that "colleges should be sensitive to student needs." Judge Merrill C. Faux insisted that adults should realize that "times have changed," and that the tolerance of and the opportunity for student expressional grievances should be made available. However, Mr. Faux also instituted the responsibility of the youth to respect the laws, "the wisdom of the legislature." He said, it is only when the grievances have merit that they are worth considering; discommunication between generations occur when the grievances are connected with violence. A district court judge since 1957, he has presided in numerous Salt Lake trials in which youth's expressions of feelings, through narcotic use and protests, were not in accordance with the law. Judge Faux stated that the Utah Legislature deems the possession and use of certain designated drugs unlawful. The courts consider this misuse of narcotics as a felony, and the offender may be sentenced to the sfc penitentary. Despite this, Judge Faux k made attempts to react to L' emotional needs of youths in Si Lake City. On occasions, ill: youth has pleaded guilty to a offense charge, Judge Fans !i placed him under the super of a probation officer t reorientation. In reaction to nation conditions of protesting tto? sit-ins on college campuses,? Faux also expressed concent the lack of merit in grievances. While these s commonly entailed t-disturbance t-disturbance of the peace, is-and is-and battery, and lie?5-(misdemeanors), lie?5-(misdemeanors), he described, rapid transfer into f; students turn to the in and participation in nots. After 25 years practitioner, bothasaj lawyer, District J concludes that only tj conformance of the laws in the expression can the generation 0 dissolved. |