The Residential Life Student Conduct Board is currently interviewing potential board members for the 2011-12 academic year, said Kara Helgeson, ResLife Policy and Process manager.
The board is made up of students and hears appeals from peers previously cited for violations by a student accountability official. The official is typically a ResLife coordinator, according to Helgeson.
Student Conduct Board hearings are closed to the public and are guided by varying procedures dependent on the severity of the student’s infraction.
If the punishment initially administered by the student accountability officer does not propose a change of the violator’s housing contract, then the board consists of three to seven student members. In cases where violators may have their housing contract altered and could face eviction, the board is made up of one to three student members and one to three ResLife staff members, Helgeson said.
The board is able to assign punishments ranging from warning probations and essays to compulsory attendance of ethics classes and removal from on-campus housing, she said.
Lloyd Moffett, psychology sophomore, said he believes students should have this level of control over disciplinary actions.
“Student opinions on how rules affect them should be heard,” Moffett said. “Decisions shouldn’t be left up to the administration