Spring Break
Advisory office re-named
by Deborah Frisch
Staff writer
News | 10/7/08
Posted online at 5:32 AM EST on 10/7/08
/ Last updated at 3:16 AM EST on 10/7/08
Lamarre stated, however, that "hearings don't occur very often. Most students who are documented work with a staff member to talk about their case. In a hearing a student may bring an adviser to be their assistant and source of support during the hearing."
Cohen said that in addition to the name change, OSRA will now have four separate offices to deal with residence life, campus safety, academic integrity and speech and protests, she said. An application will be sent by e-mail to all undergraduates to apply for the positions. Last year the office consisted of only the director.
She said her main goal "is to promote student rights and be a resource for students who feel like their rights have been violated."
McElhaney said the name change is "a result of a lot of the work we were doing last year, working more along the lines of individual advocacy."
In addition to the new focus for OSRA, McElhaney said last year an executive task force wrote a new student Bill of Rights, and "out of 1400 students who voted, there was a 90 percent approval rating, and now we are trying to bring the Student Bill of Rights into the Rights and Responsibilities, but both [the administration and the Student Union] have to be willing to compromise, and some changes need to be made in the Student Bill of Rights, and there are some legal issues we have to get straightened out with general counsel."
Cohen said that in addition to the name change, OSRA will now have four separate offices to deal with residence life, campus safety, academic integrity and speech and protests, she said. An application will be sent by e-mail to all undergraduates to apply for the positions. Last year the office consisted of only the director.
She said her main goal "is to promote student rights and be a resource for students who feel like their rights have been violated."
McElhaney said the name change is "a result of a lot of the work we were doing last year, working more along the lines of individual advocacy."
In addition to the new focus for OSRA, McElhaney said last year an executive task force wrote a new student Bill of Rights, and "out of 1400 students who voted, there was a 90 percent approval rating, and now we are trying to bring the Student Bill of Rights into the Rights and Responsibilities, but both [the administration and the Student Union] have to be willing to compromise, and some changes need to be made in the Student Bill of Rights, and there are some legal issues we have to get straightened out with general counsel."
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