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Judicial Council helps uphold Carolinian Creed tudents on the Carolina Student Ju dicial Council provide an educa tional peer review process to de termine accountability of student conduct. Three to five students on the coun cil hear and decide outcomes for stu dents alleged with violations in the res idence halls, or serve with faculty and staff members to hear and decide on cas es involving university misconduct. Student members also meet week ly as an organization to plan philan thropic activities, campus wide educa tional programs, and socials. Memoersmp on me Carolina stu dent Judicial Council is intended to rep resent a cross-section of students. Student members are expected to par ticipate in an extensive training and de velopment program, comply with an ethical standards statement, and be in good academic and disciplinary stand ing throughout their term of service. Students should also exemplify a com mitment to community and a willing ness to demonstrate their ideals about how students should interact and treat each other. In addition to playing this role in USC’s judicial process, individual board members promote community and our shared ideals in relationships and com munities in which they are involved by serving as role models, opinion leaders and resource people: as role models - they maintain and model a commitment to excellence and the ideals in our Car olinian Creed; as opinion leaders - they stimulate discussion and encourage appreciation and consideration of Creed ideals; as resource persons - they de velop, use and share their skills, knowl edge and awareness of services and opportunities to challenge and support our community’s commitment to the Creed. Students on the Carolina Student Judicial Council are also instrumental in helping the Office of Student Judi cial Programs coordinate Carolinian Creed Week. This week (Nov. 1-5) is Carolin ian Creed Week, and will feature stu dent events ranging from the Council’s “Game of Life” program on Monday night to the Residence Hall Association’s sponsorship of a national speaker’s pre sentation entitled “Journey to a Hate Free Millennium” on Wednesday night. The Council values standards of be havior and programming based on the Carolinian Creed because allegiance to the ideals of the Creed can prevent stu dent misconduct. The Carolinian Creed is a comple ment to the university’s conduct code. It has been called our “summary of r? r* I values,” a “statement of purpose,” and “a statement of standards we hope will govern relationships in the communi ty.” Council members hope to show by example that, even though there are no judicial repercussions for not abiding by the Creed’s ideals, adhering to its tenets can create a campus culture of respect and civility. Applications for membership are available in February through Student Government, the Office of Student Judicial Programs, and University Hous ing. For a complete listing of events for Carolinian Creed Week, please see the ad in this edition of The Gamecock. If you have questions about the Car olina Student Judicial Council, please contact the Office of Student Judicial Programs at 777-4333. a* i k 1 i 1999-2000 Carolina Student Judicial Council Elizabeth Allison Edward Bender Justin Brown Jamae Campbell Camber Cautfaen (President) Nancy Claris: Ushilia Cowens Brittany Doleac Trey Duckett Holley Hughes Den Johnston Niko Kruger Kim Lawrence Douglas McCartha Christine Melchers Kyle Peterson Tasha Reid Deidre Scott Meredith Seibert ReidSherard Robert Snipes Joe Sobieralski Patrick Warren Rachel West Michael Williams Sarah Wolf - Michael Harmon