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Newspaper Page Textwould tend to think that students would tend to be rough on other students but hopefully those applying will be sincere about their responsibilities on the committee and will seek to administer just treatment. The following are examples quoted in the Student Code of Conduct of unacceptable behavior: 1. Abuse of any person on university premises' or at university sponsored or supervised functions. 2. Theft from or damage to university facilities or damage to or theft of property from a member of the university community. 3. Intentional disruption or physical obstruction of teaching, research and other institutional activities. ! Possession or use of drugs prohibited under Federal and- or State statues on university premises. 5. Possession or use of drugs prohibited under Federal and- or State statutes on university premises. 6. Possession of firearms or weapons on university premises except where authorized by established University policy or necessary to the pursuit of educational objectives. The University Judicial Committee according to Ann Pope, selection committee member, represents “student handling of student offenses.” The jurisdiction of the University Judicial Cdmmittee covers only non academic violations and would not conflict * with the Honor Code. Positions on the Judicial Committee are being filled by application. Interested students should apply before Wednesday. March 3 according to the Judicial Selection Committee. The committee which is general judicial body of Mercer University Com munity” is being formed to replace the Disciplinary Committee of the University Council. The Judicial Com mittee also functions under the council. It is composed of nine selected by the president of SGA, two students selected by the president of the Student Bar xriation and three faculty members selected by the president of the University. The University Judicial Committee is" the court of original jurisdiction for all violations of the Student Code of Conduct and also hears appeals. Linn Dillard, a member of the selection committee says. ‘T Volume Ul Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, March 1, 1971 No. 15 In MemoriUm Audie David Mallott 1951-1971 The Viet Nam war is “right in every sense of the word,” columnist James J. Kilpatrick, told a Mercer student audience last week. Kilpatrick, speaking in the sixth lecture of the Insight series in Willingham Chapel, said he disagreed that it was an “immoral war," and said it was right morally, politically and Strategically. Kilpatrick, calling himself the “token conservative" in Mercer's Insight Series but praising the university for the series, addressed a few remarks to the state of change the nation is undergoing and how Washington is coping with this change. He then released the floor for a lengthy in depth question and answer period. On President Nixon. Kilpatrick said he felt the President waa in good physical condition and on “top of his job." Kilpatrick said be felt the President was doing an ex cellent job in the area of foreign affairs and was conducting excellently and with vast skill the, “unwinding of a war which be inherited.” In the Middle East the President has walked a tight rope in balancing Israel and the Middle East and has kept ef fective control of the situation, he added. However, the President has not done well in his domestic policy. Kilpatrick pointed out, and he let the conservative faction down with his proposed welfare plan. He also said he felt the President was wrong in extending the vote to lS-year- oids in national elections. Later during the questioning Kilpatrick waa questioned on the extension of the vote in the youth. He replied that he felt it was outside the realm of power of the national government to do of this and that it was a power reserved to the states. Nevertheless. Kilpatrick pointed out that he felt the President's revenue sharing plan with the states and cities was an excellent proposal. However, “I don't expect it will pass because it still has to pass over the dead body of Wilbur Mills, who happens to in excellent health.” He also said he felt the the President's proposal for massive governmental reorganization was sound Kilpatrick okays war in Viet Nam

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The Mercer Cluster. (Macon, Ga.) 1920-current, March 01, 1971, Image 1