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[handwritten] DI March 12, 196_(?) [Claimed ? not shown] University Takes Steps To Punish Nov. 1 Violence One student has been placed on probation for acts of violence against demonstrators in the Nov. 1 anti-Marine protest at the Union, M. L. Huit, dean of Students, confirmed Friday. The office of Student Affairs is gathering information for charges against two other counter-demonstrations and is considering charges against a fourth, Huit said. "The charges will go directly to the Committee on Student Conduct for adjudication by the committee," he said. The students will be charged with violating Chapter 1 Section 1 of the Code of Student Life. Section 1 states, "The standard of conduct for persons attending the University is the practice and usage of good society. The University expects every student to conduct himself at all times and on every occasion in accordance with good taste and to observe the regulations of the University and the laws of the city, state, and national government that apply to matters of conduct." Approximately 80 demonstrators were placed on probation for their activities Nov. 1 under the same clause of the code. The CSC released eleven students from the probation so as not to jeopardize their cases in the civil court. The committee also found one demonstrator innocent of violating University rules and removed the probation of another because he had not registered at the University before February. The terms of probation were also narrowed for several of the 38 other students who appealed. [handwritten] 3/16/68 THE DAILY IOWAN IOWA CITY, IA. Tues., Mar.[?] 1[?], 19[?] Page 3 Discipline Held Off On Dec. 5 Arrested The University will not take disciplinary action against students arrested in the connection with the Dec. 5 antiwar demonstration directed against Dow Chemical Co. until after their trials in District Court and Police Court. County Atty. Robert W. Jansen asked the University not to hold any hearings until after the Johnson County Grand Jury had not met in January, John W. Larson, a lawyer who is an assistant to Pres. Howard R. Bowen, revealed Monday. Larson said that after the grand jury had returned indictments against 10 persons, 6 of them then students, Jansen had requested that the University postpone any hearings until after the court trials. Larson said he understood the criminal trials might not be heard for another year. Larson said that, while Jansen's request applied directly only to the 10 District Court cases, the University would also hold in abeyance the cases of students facing Police Court action. Sixteen persons, 13 of them students, are awaiting Police Court trials. "Jansen didn't want potential witnesses in the grand jury proceeding giving testimony in any hearings we might have. He didn't want to risk having the evidence rendered inadmissible in criminal trial." Larson explained. "On the other side of the story, student felt that their criminal defenses might be prejudiced by the University's taking action." he said. "Both points of view were reluctant to have University hearings before civil court proceedings." Since no hearing can take place, no disciplinary action will be taken pending the trails, Larson said. "The action taken by the University following the trials will be based on the facts and the circumstances at the time," he said.
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[handwritten] DI March 12, 196_(?) [Claimed ? not shown] University Takes Steps To Punish Nov. 1 Violence One student has been placed on probation for acts of violence against demonstrators in the Nov. 1 anti-Marine protest at the Union, M. L. Huit, dean of Students, confirmed Friday. The office of Student Affairs is gathering information for charges against two other counter-demonstrations and is considering charges against a fourth, Huit said. "The charges will go directly to the Committee on Student Conduct for adjudication by the committee," he said. The students will be charged with violating Chapter 1 Section 1 of the Code of Student Life. Section 1 states, "The standard of conduct for persons attending the University is the practice and usage of good society. The University expects every student to conduct himself at all times and on every occasion in accordance with good taste and to observe the regulations of the University and the laws of the city, state, and national government that apply to matters of conduct." Approximately 80 demonstrators were placed on probation for their activities Nov. 1 under the same clause of the code. The CSC released eleven students from the probation so as not to jeopardize their cases in the civil court. The committee also found one demonstrator innocent of violating University rules and removed the probation of another because he had not registered at the University before February. The terms of probation were also narrowed for several of the 38 other students who appealed. [handwritten] 3/16/68 THE DAILY IOWAN IOWA CITY, IA. Tues., Mar.[?] 1[?], 19[?] Page 3 Discipline Held Off On Dec. 5 Arrested The University will not take disciplinary action against students arrested in the connection with the Dec. 5 antiwar demonstration directed against Dow Chemical Co. until after their trials in District Court and Police Court. County Atty. Robert W. Jansen asked the University not to hold any hearings until after the Johnson County Grand Jury had not met in January, John W. Larson, a lawyer who is an assistant to Pres. Howard R. Bowen, revealed Monday. Larson said that after the grand jury had returned indictments against 10 persons, 6 of them then students, Jansen had requested that the University postpone any hearings until after the court trials. Larson said he understood the criminal trials might not be heard for another year. Larson said that, while Jansen's request applied directly only to the 10 District Court cases, the University would also hold in abeyance the cases of students facing Police Court action. Sixteen persons, 13 of them students, are awaiting Police Court trials. "Jansen didn't want potential witnesses in the grand jury proceeding giving testimony in any hearings we might have. He didn't want to risk having the evidence rendered inadmissible in criminal trial." Larson explained. "On the other side of the story, student felt that their criminal defenses might be prejudiced by the University's taking action." he said. "Both points of view were reluctant to have University hearings before civil court proceedings." Since no hearing can take place, no disciplinary action will be taken pending the trails, Larson said. "The action taken by the University following the trials will be based on the facts and the circumstances at the time," he said.
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