Council Fire, Handbook of McMurry College, 1983-84 Page: 22
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3. Cross-examination privileges are extended to the defendant.
4. Hearings may be opened to other than members of the hearing body,
the defendant, the defendant's Faculty Advisor, and court-approved
witnesses at the discretion of the hearing body with consent of the defendant.
5. Members of a hearing body will disqualify themselves from discussion and/
or voting on judgments in cases in which they, as individuals, may feel an
unusual personal or prejudicial relationship, so long as any such dis-
qualifications leave the hearing body with a quorum.
6. A quorum consists of a simple majority of the regular membership of
the hearing body with the following exceptions:
a. in the case of the College Judicial Board a majority quorum must
include at least one student member.
b. in the case of the Inter-Club Councils a majority quorum must
include at least one representative from each club.
7. All witnesses appearing before a McMurry College Judicial Body
shall be required to attest to a statement regarding the accuracy
of the testimony to be given. Form 1970.03 is adopted for this
purpose and is in effect both for initial and appellate hearings.
8. Twenty-four hour notice of a judicial hearing, initial or appeal, will
be sent in writing to the students concerned.
9. At the end of the spring semester of each year, all judicial body
records will be filed for any future reference with the Student Services
Office of McMurry College. Subsequent members of judicial bodies
may examine such records as necessary for their use in legal preced-
ence.
10. Judicial records (Forms 1970.01, 1970.02, and 1970.03) on individual
students and groups will be held in active files in the Student Life
Office for one year following the student's graduation or withdrawal
frcman McMurry College, thereafter to be placed in inactive files with
sole access being restricted to the members of the judicial bodies
established within these procedural guides.
11. The McMurry College Judicial Board recognizes as official and
adequate notice the mailing of written notices of hearings to individuals
or groups concerned provided that such notice will satisfy the 24-hour
requirement in Section II F-8.
SECTION II I. Amendment and Application
A. Amendment: Recommendations for clarification or amendment of these
guides are to be presented in writing to the McMurry College Judicial
Board, and when approved and announced to the administration, faculty,
and McMurry Student Government, shall be effective as amended and
announced, provided that any amendment exceeding the scope of Section
ID, 2B, must be submitted to the faculty of McMurry in accordance with
the provisions of the Faculty Constitution governing faculty committees.
B. Application: The Judicial procedure established herein shall be the
primary guide to the student judicial structure of McMurry College,
provided that no portion of it violates any provisions of the Constitution
of McMurry College and with the understanding that the judicial procedures
of any student organization shall yield to it.22
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