Present: Bill Dawe (Co-Chair), Tony Distinti, Daphne Heidkamp, Ben Huebner, Elizabeth Jackson (Secretary), Alex Lowry, Laura McTighe (Co-Chair), Anthony Minko, Lea Monte, Shira Ovide, Emily Picon, Matt Stremlau, Rob Tambyraja, Christina West, Eric Wolpin

Absent: Rachel Batsford

I. Moment Of Silence

II. Ratification Results - For those of you who have not yet heard, the Honor Code passed. We needed 745 A and/or B responses. We received 605 A's and 149 B's for a total of 754 A's and B's. We also received 55 C's, 15 Invalid/Joke cards, and 6 cards that were left in the Campus Center the signatures of which are indecipherable. Comments will be posted on the Comment Board, the Honor Council Board, in the Dining Center and will be on reserve in Magill.

III. Committee Reports -

A. Web Page - Elizabethreported that the Honor Council web page is up and running. You can access it from the Haverford home page by clicking on Student Activities and Services, and then on Honor Council. Alternatively, you can reach it by the following address:

http://www.students.haverford.edu/code

B. JSAAPP - Emily reported that JSAAPP would be meeting tonight (Sunday) at 7, but since both she and Al would not be in attendance, due to their attendance at the Honor Council meeting, she didn't know what the meeting would be about, and will not be able to report on said meeting next week.

C. Committee on Rape & Sexual Assault - Benreported that the committee has begun serious discussion of "policy type stuff." They have touched on training, abstracts, contact people and the issue of choice of venue (i.e. the ability for someone to choose between a Joint Panel vs. Deans' Panel). Laura added that the committee discussed whether or not Honor Council members should receive rape awareness/understanding training. The committee felt that such training could potentially bias Council members toward the victim, and instead they felt that Council members should add Impartiality Training to their semesterly Mediation/Diversity/Awareness training.

Last semester, Council discussed the idea of replacing full abstracts with minute (abbreviated) abstracts in cases of rape or sexual assault. In order to open discussion of this issue to the entire community, Honor Council will be releasing a fake abstract the week of April 13 and will hold a discussion on Thursday, April 16 from 6-8 PM most likely in the Bryn Mawr Room. This fake abstract is based on the rape scene from "Higher Learning" and will include both a full abstract and an abbreviated or "minute" version. The discussion will focus on whether or not the "minute" abstract is a viable alternative for rape and sexual assault cases in terms of preserving individual confidentiality and addressing community information and education.

D. Re-release of "Charlie" Abstract - Last week (see other side), Emily introduced the idea of re-releasing the "Charlie" abstract and holding a community discussion in order to educate the community about a case that was, and in many ways still is, so important to both Haverford and the Honor Code. Due to the fact that there are several other abstracts to be released this semester, and the fact that Honor Council would like this discussion to be well attended and productive, Council decided to postpone the re-release of the "Charlie" abstract until the second week of next semester. Elizabeth added that this would make sense given that a quarter of the community is about to leave, and a quarter of the community will be new next semester. In addition, she suggested that this could become an annual discussion, held at the beginning of each year in order to educate the new members of the community on this pivotal case and remind the old members of the community of its importance.

E. HCO Retreat - Christina mentioned that this weekend's HCO retreat went very well. She added that they held two mock trials, one of which resulted in resolutions to separate the confronted party and send her through the spanking machine.

IV. Confidential Stuff

V. Moment of Silence