General Elections!
Vote for your class’s representatives to the Honor Council here!
This year’s candidates are:
Class of 2011: Kathryn A Weaver
Class of 2012: Rudyard Dyer
Class of 2013: Jennifer Arnspong and Kathryn Geskermann
What is the Honor Council?
The Honor Council is the student-led branch of the college judiciary that oversees the Honor Code on all tests and examinations given at St. Olaf. Composed of ten students and a faculty adviser, the Honor Council is responsible for investigating possible violations of the Honor Code, holding hearings, and administering penalties to students found responsible of violating the Honor Code.
What’s new for the Honor Council?
The Honor Council has two major events going on this spring: a student-wide referendum on proposed changes to its Constitution and elections for new members. The dates for these events are:
- Wednesday, April 28 – Applications for new members are due.
- Thursday, April 29 – Student-wide referendum on amendments to the Honor Council’s Constitution
- Monday, May 3 – Saturday, May 8 – General election for new members
- Thursday, May 13 – Tentative faculty vote on Constitutional amendments
Constitutional Amendments
The Honor Council is currently in the process of amending its constitution, which requires votes before the SGA Senate, the student body, and the faculty. In sum, these changes:
- Re-state the Honor Code pledge to include “I have neither given nor received assistance not explicitly approved by the professor…”
- Begin keeping records of students found responsible of an Honor Code violation, to be used only by the Honor Council and the Dean of Students in assessing penalties for repeat violations of the Honor Code.
- Include a new article within the Honor Council Constitution to include responsibilities of faculty members with respect to the Honor Code. Many of these responsibilities are already stated within the St. Olaf student handbook; adding them to the Constitution underscores that the Honor System is a joint faculty-student effort.
- Reform the process by which officers (President, Vice President, Secretary) within the Honor Council are elected.
- Clarify that Honor Council student body representatives must be elected by a majority vote; if more than two students run for the Honor Council, the Honor Council President will organize a primary.
The Senate approved the changes unanimously on April 20; the student body approved them in a referendum on April 29. They will go before the faculty for a vote on Thursday, May 13.
Proposed changes
Current Honor Council Constitution
Honor Council Bylaws (updated April 14, 2010)
Note: The Honor Council is not affiliated with the Student Government Association or Oleville.com. SGA is hosting this site and related ballots to better serve the student body.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 | General Information
