Article: UC-Berkeley code of conduct revisions could curb students' rights

Kevin Deenihan & Emma Schwartz
University Wire
11-10-2003
(Daily Californian) (U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- University of California at Berkeley administrators are preparing sweeping changes to the Student Code of Conduct that would dramatically change how students can defend themselves against university disciplinary charges, according to a final draft of the revisions obtained by The Daily Californian newspaper.

The revisions -- part of a regularly scheduled review of the code -- would remove students' right to have a lawyer speak for them during disciplinary proceedings and tighten the reins on a student's ability to open a hearing to the public.

These changes are part of a broader ...

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