Spring Break
Darwish back on campus
by Jillian Wagner
News Editor
News | 4/15/08
Posted online at 12:22 AM EST on 4/18/08
/ Last updated at 6:09 PM EST on 4/18/08
Mamoon Darwish (TYP) is now allowed back on campus after the University Board of Appeals lifted his suspension in a hearing last Wednesday.
University Police arrested Darwish on the night of Feb. 16 after his involvement in a fistfight on South Street due to an earlier, undisclosed incident. The charges for this undisclosed incident were later dropped.
Neither Darwish nor Laura Cohen '09, the director of the Student Union's Office of Student Conduct Advisors and Darwish's advisor throughout this process, would disclose any information on the undisclosed incident.
The University Board of Student Conduct suspended Darwish from campus in a Feb. 29 hearing. Darwish's suspension was originally deemed to be in effect until May 2008.
"I believe the Board made a fair and balanced decision. [Darwish's] right to due process and procedural fairness were upheld during [Wednesday's] hearing," Cohen said.
Darwish was unavailable for comment after repeated requests.
According to an e-mail sent to the Justice by Cohen Thursday, Darwish had a sanction hearing for the fistfight case on Wednesday, during which the "Board of Appeals reheard all witnesses and all were cross examined."
Sanctions recommended during the appeal may still be modified.
According to the Rights and Responsibilities handbook: "Upon completion of the appeal hearing, the Appeals Board may uphold the original decision and sanction imposed, find the student not responsible, or increase or decrease the sanction. Any sanctions shall not take effect until approved or modified by the Dean of Student Life or the Director of Student Development and Conduct."
According to Cohen, the sanctions recommended in the hearing are disciplinary and residential probation, which will be in effect until December 2008.
The Rights and Responsibilities handbook says, "The status of residence probation reminds the student that his/her infraction has become part of their record and that repetition of similar or other unacceptable behavior may be cause for removal from the residence halls."
University Police arrested Darwish on the night of Feb. 16 after his involvement in a fistfight on South Street due to an earlier, undisclosed incident. The charges for this undisclosed incident were later dropped.
Neither Darwish nor Laura Cohen '09, the director of the Student Union's Office of Student Conduct Advisors and Darwish's advisor throughout this process, would disclose any information on the undisclosed incident.
The University Board of Student Conduct suspended Darwish from campus in a Feb. 29 hearing. Darwish's suspension was originally deemed to be in effect until May 2008.
"I believe the Board made a fair and balanced decision. [Darwish's] right to due process and procedural fairness were upheld during [Wednesday's] hearing," Cohen said.
Darwish was unavailable for comment after repeated requests.
According to an e-mail sent to the Justice by Cohen Thursday, Darwish had a sanction hearing for the fistfight case on Wednesday, during which the "Board of Appeals reheard all witnesses and all were cross examined."
Sanctions recommended during the appeal may still be modified.
According to the Rights and Responsibilities handbook: "Upon completion of the appeal hearing, the Appeals Board may uphold the original decision and sanction imposed, find the student not responsible, or increase or decrease the sanction. Any sanctions shall not take effect until approved or modified by the Dean of Student Life or the Director of Student Development and Conduct."
According to Cohen, the sanctions recommended in the hearing are disciplinary and residential probation, which will be in effect until December 2008.
The Rights and Responsibilities handbook says, "The status of residence probation reminds the student that his/her infraction has become part of their record and that repetition of similar or other unacceptable behavior may be cause for removal from the residence halls."
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Sheila DiLorenzo
posted 4/18/08 @ 4:45 AM EST
?If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos. (Continued…)
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