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Committee considers rearranging workflow

By Maggie Streng | August 30, 2010

The Honor Committee is working to improve the efficiency and continuity of its procedures by shuffling long discussions and brainstorming sessions to its procedures committee. Committee Chair Charles Harris said he is hoping for extensive conversations between small groups of people to take place in the procedures committee, rather than the Committee's weekly meeting with all Committee representatives. "We don't want to stifle discussion, but sometimes small debates form in front of a large audience," Harris said.

Honor aims to increase engagement

By Maggie Streng | April 30, 2010

After spending a term focused on procedural issues, the Honor Committee's executive board members said they plan to hold more conversations that will encourage students to think actively about the system during the fall semester.

UJC weighs past labors, future plans

By Maggie Streng | April 30, 2010

As the semester comes to a close, members of the University Judiciary Committee are working to improve outreach programs and maintain strong levels of internal diversity. So far, UJC has succeeded in diversifying the organization, Chair Will Bane said. Two years ago, 83 percent of the students who took the test for joining UJC were white, Bane said.

UJC votes down Kaye

By Maggie Streng | April 26, 2010

At last night's meeting of the University Judiciary Committee, members debated whether UJC should endorse a non-discrimination resolution by Queer and Allied Activism. Queer and Allied Activism President Seth Kaye approached UJC last Sunday for its support for a resolution opposing a statement by University alumnus and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli that asked state universities to remove gender identity and sexual orientation from their anti-discrimination policies. Kaye also approached Student Council, which passed the endorsement unanimously Tuesday.

Honor Committee to continue student engagement initiatives

By Maggie Streng | April 20, 2010

As the academic year comes to a close, members of the Honor Committee worked to finalize upcoming initiatives for next year at its meeting Sunday evening. Committee Chair Charlie Harris said the Committee will continue its overall goal of the past term of engagement so as to make honor relevant to every University student. "We're recognizing that there are many different types of students at U.Va., and we need to think about what resonates with each one of them," Harris said. In particular, members of the Committee currently are working to develop and implement educational initiatives for student-athletes, a "unique community with a different set of pressures than most students," Harris said. Plans include incorporating honor into orientation sessions for student-athletes and providing this community with more resources. "We need to be more sophisticated in how we communicate with the student body," Harris said. In addition, the Committee has finalized a student honor module that will be effective this fall for all current University students.

Board assesses Honor diversity challenges

By Maggie Streng | April 2, 2010

The Diversity Action Board hosted an annual forum Wednesday night to discuss challenges related to diversity faced by the Honor Committee. The panel discussion, titled "Is Honor for Everyone?," featured Assistant Dean of Students Nicole Eramo, fourth-year College student and men's varsity basketball player Jerome Meyinsse and Graduate Arts & Sciences student Tim Lovelace. Eramo reflected on improvements the committee has made through the years, such as ensuring proper representation in random jury selections, providing diversity sensitivity training and improving minority recruitment and outreach. She added, however, that she was unsure as to when diversity problems ultimately could be resolved. "There's a lot of particular work we need to do on this issue.

Honor elects new leadership, contemplates year

By Maggie Streng | March 30, 2010

[caption id="attachment_34067" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Former Honor Committee Chair David Truetzel addressed the Committee for the last time Sunday night, as the newly elected leadership prepares to take the reins.

Widespread cheating leads to honor forum

By Maggie Streng | March 25, 2010

The Honor Committee sponsored a forum last night to discuss ethical academic responsibility and the differences between faculty and student expectations of academic ethical principles. The forum was held in the wake of strong faculty and student response to the statistical analysis of the final examination results for PHYS 142E, held in spring 2008.

UJC holds first public mock trial

By Maggie Streng | March 23, 2010

[caption id="attachment_33860" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The University Judiciary Committee staged an open mock trial Monday evening in Newcomb Ballroom.

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