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University of Iowa anti-war protests, 1968

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Probation Catches Up 
  [handwritten] 2/23/68
With 5 Demonstrators 

  Five persons arrested during the Nov. 1 antiwar demonstration here who were not students at the time but are students now have been placed on disciplinary probation, Dean of Students M. L. Huit confirmed this week. The four join some 80 other students who were placed on probation soon after the demonstration.
  Four of the disciplined students had been registered at the University at one time or another prior to the demonstration. The fifth student had never previously attended the University but had been accepted as a student prior to Nov. 1, Huit said.
  Huit said that persons could normally register at any semester after they had been accepted by the University. He added, however, that a person was not considered a student unless he was presently registered.
  The students placed on probation are: Mary M. Gammon, A3, New Brunswick, N.J.; Jon R. Miller, A4, Cedar Rapids; Steve Morris, A1, Iowa City; Eli Rosengard, A3, San Diego, Calif., and Kathleen Chimera, of Sandusky, Ohio. Miss Chimera, who was a freshman, is not registered at this time, according to the Registrar's Office. 
  "This action was taken to assure that the new or re-entering students were aware of the policy of the Board of Regents concerning the students' involvement in the future in any kind of obstructive or disruptive activity," Huit said. 
          Regents Approve Policy 
  The regents' policy referred to by Huit was approved Feb. 9, several days after the close of Registration, at which time the four students had been placed on probation. The regents' regulation, adopted after proposal by Pres. Howard R. Bowen states in part that:
  "Admission or re-entry to the University as a student may be qualified or denied to any person who, while not registered as a student, acts in such a way that if a registered student had done the act the registered student would have been subject to the disciplinary proceedings contemplated by section 1 of these regulations."
  Huit explained that the board had approved at its December meeting Pres. Howard R. Bowen's Dec. 12 speech concerning the University's course of action in the event of disruption. He said that the Regents had merely codified the regulations at the Feb. 9 meeting. He noted also that his office had been empowered with the authority to impose conditions upon entering and re-entering students even prior to the regents' statement. This authority, he said, was based on  long-standing custom and practice. 
           Long Standing Practice 
  He said that there had been no written authorization for the dean of students to set conditions for incoming students but that it had been a practice of long standing at the University. He explained that such conditions as probation would be imposed upon a student's registration only if the action of the student had had a "very real relationship to his involvement with the University" and if the student's actions might threaten the University community. 
  Huit said that the University could impose any kind of conditions upon registration subject to channels of due process. He gave academic probation as an example of a form of condition frequently imposed. 
  A student who receives such disciplinary action for conduct prior to registration may appeal the action to the committee on Student Conduct (CSC), just as he might had he been a student at the time of the conduct he disciplined for, Huit said. 
  The University "flagged" the records of 16 non-registered former students or persons accepted as students who were arrested Nov. 1, Huit said. When a student's record is "flagged," he must have the permission of the dean of students to register. Huit explained that his office "flags' 'students' records for a variety of reasons. 
         Students Receive Letters 
  Each of the five disciplined students received a letter specifying the terms of their probation. The letters were not sent before Registration because the University had not known which of the sixteen students would register, Huit said.
  "It is normal and usual procedure to flag the records of students in many  different kinds ' situations," Huit said. As an example, he cited the case of a former student who had been charged with assaulting women off campus and had "had his record flagged to assure that his presence on campus would not continue to jeopardize the safety of women students on campus." 
  George N. Bedell, associate professor of internal medicine and chairman of the CSC, said Thursday that only Rosengard had formally appealed his probation. Bedell said he would accept appeals until Monday.

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Probation Catches Up [handwritten] 2/23/68 With 5 Demonstrators Five persons arrested during the Nov. 1 antiwar demonstration here who were not students at the time but are students now have been placed on disciplinary probation, Dean of Students M. L. Huit confirmed this week. The four join some 80 other students who were placed on probation soon after the demonstration. Four of the disciplined students had been registered at the University at one time or another prior to the demonstration. The fifth student had never previously attended the University but had been accepted as a student prior to Nov. 1, Huit said. Huit said that persons could normally register at any semester after they had been accepted by the University. He added, however, that a person was not considered a student unless he was presently registered. The students placed on probation are: Mary M. Gammon, A3, New Brunswick, N.J.; Jon R. Miller, A4, Cedar Rapids; Steve Morris, A1, Iowa City; Eli Rosengard, A3, San Diego, Calif., and Kathleen Chimera, of Sandusky, Ohio. Miss Chimera, who was a freshman, is not registered at this time, according to the Registrar's Office. "This action was taken to assure that the new or re-entering students were aware of the policy of the Board of Regents concerning the students' involvement in the future in any kind of obstructive or disruptive activity," Huit said. Regents Approve Policy The regents' policy referred to by Huit was approved Feb. 9, several days after the close of Registration, at which time the four students had been placed on probation. The regents' regulation, adopted after proposal by Pres. Howard R. Bowen states in part that: "Admission or re-entry to the University as a student may be qualified or denied to any person who, while not registered as a student, acts in such a way that if a registered student had done the act the registered student would have been subject to the disciplinary proceedings contemplated by section 1 of these regulations." Huit explained that the board had approved at its December meeting Pres. Howard R. Bowen's Dec. 12 speech concerning the University's course of action in the event of disruption. He said that the Regents had merely codified the regulations at the Feb. 9 meeting. He noted also that his office had been empowered with the authority to impose conditions upon entering and re-entering students even prior to the regents' statement. This authority, he said, was based on long-standing custom and practice. Long Standing Practice He said that there had been no written authorization for the dean of students to set conditions for incoming students but that it had been a practice of long standing at the University. He explained that such conditions as probation would be imposed upon a student's registration only if the action of the student had had a "very real relationship to his involvement with the University" and if the student's actions might threaten the University community. Huit said that the University could impose any kind of conditions upon registration subject to channels of due process. He gave academic probation as an example of a form of condition frequently imposed. A student who receives such disciplinary action for conduct prior to registration may appeal the action to the committee on Student Conduct (CSC), just as he might had he been a student at the time of the conduct he disciplined for, Huit said. The University "flagged" the records of 16 non-registered former students or persons accepted as students who were arrested Nov. 1, Huit said. When a student's record is "flagged," he must have the permission of the dean of students to register. Huit explained that his office "flags' 'students' records for a variety of reasons. Students Receive Letters Each of the five disciplined students received a letter specifying the terms of their probation. The letters were not sent before Registration because the University had not known which of the sixteen students would register, Huit said. "It is normal and usual procedure to flag the records of students in many different kinds ' situations," Huit said. As an example, he cited the case of a former student who had been charged with assaulting women off campus and had "had his record flagged to assure that his presence on campus would not continue to jeopardize the safety of women students on campus." George N. Bedell, associate professor of internal medicine and chairman of the CSC, said Thursday that only Rosengard had formally appealed his probation. Bedell said he would accept appeals until Monday.