The Honor and Social Systems Lyon students commit themselves to high standards of personal integrity through the Honor and Social Systems. These incorporate an honor pledge, a code of honorable conduct, standards of student behavior, and a series of procedures carried out by the Honor and Social Councils, which are chosen by the student body. Beginning in the 1920s, students and faculty experimented with an honor system, but this experiment was abandoned after World War II. The honor system was re-established in 1992, when the college community voted to adopt a new Honor System, reaffirming the institution’s commitment to standards of honor. The Honor System is based upon the belief that Lyon undergraduates are mature individuals, capable of acting honorably in academic matters without faculty surveillance, and that they should be encouraged to take responsibility for their own conduct as individuals and as a community. By signing the Lyon College Roll of Honor upon matriculation, students commit themselves to the ideals embodied in the Honor System — integrity, responsibility, and a regard for others — and recognize their own responsibility to assist in maintaining an environment in which honorable conduct is expected. The Lyon College Honor Pledge states: “I will abstain from all fraud in academic work. I will neither give nor receive aid on any form of test or assigned work where such aid is prohibited, nor tolerate this conduct in any member of the community. I will deal responsibly with such acts when I observe them. By my conduct and influence, I will endeavor to build a high standard of honesty and truthfulness in all academic work.” The Honor System is maintained and administered by the students through the Honor Council, made up of 22 students elected by the student body. The purpose of the Honor Council is to foster a spirit of honor on campus and to hear and act upon alleged violations of the Honor Code. The Honor Council is empowered to try students who are charged with Honor Code violations, and in the event of a conviction, to impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the College. The full text of the Honor Code is found in the Student Handbook. The Social System was developed in 1994 as an outgrowth of the Honor System and in keeping with the philosophy that students should assume a significant role in shaping their lives at Lyon. The system establishes a code of conduct by which Lyon students agree to abide. The Social System is maintained and administered by the students through the Social Council, made up of 15 students elected by the student body. The Council’s responsibility is to uphold the College’s Social System and to uphold the rights of each student during investigations and hearings. The Council investigates allega-
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