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merely due to a lack o f continuity. She arg u ed th a t su b stan tiv e Last W ednesday, Senate voted changes had been made during the to postpone a decision on the pro sum m er and that students leaders p o s e d c h a n g e s to th e C o d e o f h ad n o t b ee n in fo rm ed o f th e se changes. Student Conduct and D isciplinary “C hanges to residences are a Procedures, over the objections of complete and utter surprise to me,” the D ean o f S tud en ts. It w ill be Small said. b r o u g h t b a c k to S e n a te on A rts S en ato r Joe W ong told Novem ber 23 after a further round S enate th at SSM U w ould like to o f consultation. see a to ta l o f 13 ch a n g es, som e Student representatives claim th at last sum m er fu rth e r am en d minor, others substantial, made to ments to the code were made with the proposed amendments. H e c ite d c la u s e 15(b) as a out their knowledge. prime example of student concerns. P G S S S e n a to r P au l W h ite T his clau se deals w ith a ju d icial told Senate, “I requested but could n o t get the m o st re c e n t a m e n d element of the Code. “U nlike in a court of law, stu ments of the Code one month ago.” dents w ould be presum ed guilty. At the beginning o f the Senate The burden o f proof would fall on m e e tin g , Je n S m a ll, S SM U V P U niversity Affairs, asked Dean of the (accused) person,” said W ong, e x p la in in g h is c o n cerns with that clause. “There is nothing in this hour The S tu d e n t which has lead me to believe E le c tr o n ic C o m m u n ic a tio n s C o l that anything should be le c tiv e o f M c G ill changed.” U n iv e r s ity a lso h as Dean of Students, c e rta in r e s e rv a tio n s ard in g th e im pact Irwin Qopnik reg of the proposals on the privacy of student on line communications. Students Irw in G opnik to rem ove According to their interpreta discussion of the proposed changes tion, an accusation against a stu from Senate’s agenda. dent could lead to the suspension “T his is a request to discuss changes together so the best possi o f a student’s right to privacy. b le p ro p o s a l c a n b e b ro u g h t to Dean Gopnik has scheduled a Senate,” Small argued. G op n ik refu sed th e req u est, fu rth er m eeting about the code fo r all interested parties on Nov. 16, at in sistin g th at an ex ten siv e longrange series of meetings had taken 2:30pm, in Leacock 232 place last year. Gopnik argued that the request to chan g e the code o rig in ated at S en ate an d “ it w ill b e g o o d fo r Senate if it came to Senate today.” By Scott Brodie G opnik ex p ressed sym pathy w ith students’ concerns w hich he M c G ill’s L in d a T h y er w ent felt arose from a lack o f continuity out with a bang last weekend as she in student leadership. But, in his rounded out her university career m ind, this did not ju stify further by w in n in g th e w o m e n ’s 5 km d e la y s to th e r e w o rk in g o f th e event at th e C a n a d ia n Code of Conduct. I n te r u n iv e r s ity A th le tic U n io n “There is nothing in this hour c r o s s -c o u n try ru n n in g c h a m p i which has lead me to believe that onships held in London, Ont. a n y th in g s h o u ld b e c h a n g e d ,” The fifth-year medical student Gopnik said. finished the race in a tim e o f 17 S m all took e x c ep tio n to the m inutes, 46.62 seconds — break idea that students’ concerns were By Irene Bloemraad
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“She ju st went for it from the start and basically said, this is my cham pionship and if anybody else wants it, th e y ’re going to have to com e and take it from m e.” M cG ill w om en p laced sixthoverall in the team event, as Rosie M u llin s p u t in a g u tsy p e r f o r mance, finishing in 14th position. “ [M u llin s ] is a g irl w ho always shows up to run. Come hell or high water, she’s always there,” See X -C o u n try Page 18