Honor Council Minutes
14 November 1999

“Fill out the survey or die.”  Ben, Keeper of the Peace

Present: Lev Miskoen, Debbie Perlman, Maura Purcell (Chair), Mike Ranen, Lucy Lyon, Karen Muñoz, Ben Smith, Scott Burau (Secretary), Caitlin Costello, Jenn Louie, Terry McMahon, Nomi Barst, Mike Freedman, Celeste Moore, Ethan Sorrelgreen

Absent:  Noel Pacheco

I.      Moment of Silence

II.     Universal Discussions
         Maura & Scott will be meeting with Dean Tolbert and Ellen Tichenor in order to set up the workshops and activities to be held this weekend for Honor Council’s bi-annual mediation/diversity trainings.  We will be staying on campus Friday night for some social “bonding”, and then we will get serious on Saturday.
         Council has decided to hold off on the surveys to make room for JSAAPP’s survey on alcohol to be administered this week.  Watch for tabling efforts by JSAAPP with your friendly SC & HC representatives helping out.  We will be tabling with our own survey on cheating after this one is finished.
         Maura has been in contact with Providence College as they attempt to construct an honor code for their institution for higher education (gosh, that’s fancy).  They have a copy of our Honor Code and have requested examples of abstracts, the JSAAPP guidelines, and a small array of other Havergoodies.  We will probably send them a copy of an abstract from a mock trial and wish them luck in their honor coding.  Terry suggested that we also send them a copy of the Practical Guide to the Code.
         There have been folks working on ‘dry activities’ for this and future weekends.  The big dry weekend is still in the works for activities.  This hasn’t been told to me, but I imagine that anyone who wishes to help out with this endeavor is more than welcome.  (Remember that these minutes are really just my opinions!)  Rumor has it that a game of Manhunt is in the works…

III.     Confidential Portion

IV.     Momento del Silencio

The minutes are short today, but as stated above, they are still just my opinions and not the official view of Haverford College or the other students within its walls.  The walls.  THE walls that no thumbtack will stay in.  Well, sometimes you can get lucky and one will stick, but that’s after you’ve beat the livin’ hell out of about ten others.  I hear if you angle them just right and then hit them with a hammer, they’ll stay.  Sure they will.  I’ve tried that, and those plastic tips shatter and fly into your eye.  Yep, real swell.  Does this all apply to dorms other than HCA?  If not, please drive through.