HC Honor Council Web Page

7 December 1997

Present: Rachel Batsford, Jamie Biggam, Bill Dawe (Co-Chair Elect), Tim Dutcher, Kara Garcia, Daphne Heidkamp, Peter Ingebretson, Elizabeth Jackson (Secretary), Morgan Lloyd (Chair), Alex Lowry, Laura McTighe (Co-Chair Elect), Anthony Minko, Lea Monte, Emily Picon, Rob Tambyraja, Christina West, Dan Zibel

Special Guests: Chris Buck (from Colby), Siobhan Feeney, Becky Pastner, Candace Shih, Ben Smith, Luke Somers.

I. Introductions - For the benefit of our special guests, we went around the room and introduced ourselves.

II. Election Results - Bill Dawe & Laura McTighe were elected Honor Council Co-Chairs in last week's election. Their term officially begins the first meeting in January. In the meantime, Bill will be attending all Honor Council meetings as a non-consensing Honor Council member so that he and Laura will be up to speed on all Honor Council projects and issues when they take over next semester.

IV. Exam Posters - Morgan, motioning to the crayons, markers and paper on the table, noted that we would be making posters for exams throughout the meeting. These posters are Honor Council's way of reminding you not to discuss the FORM, CONTENT, or DEGREE of DIFFICULTY of your exams. Look for them around Stokes, Gest, and Chase.

VI. JSAAPP - Tim reported that JSAAPP will be giving out free pizza at 8 PM in Barclay, Lunt, Gummere and HCA on Tuesday night before Snowball. Their hope is that if people have food in their stomachs before going to pre-parties, there will be no hospital trips as a result of alcohol poisoning. Please drink safely, know your limits, and look out for your friends. Emily noted that JSAAPP is in the process of finalizing the party guidelines. She also mentioned that they are discussing having the school pay for food & non-alcoholic beverages at parties. In addition, she reported that, if things go as planned, Lunt basement will be a 'party space' as of next semester.

VII. Alcohol Meetings - Morgan and Elizabeth reported that they had been to a meeting with SC Exec Council, JSAAPP head, Adam Freed, and Customs Committee Head, Kate Sedgwick. The meeting was a continuation of Tuesday night's larger discussion about the significant number of alcohol poisonings this semester. Elizabeth and Morgan noted that the results of this meeting were the mass email from JSAAPP that went out over the weekend and the Alcohol Do's & Don'ts signs which should appear in your bathrooms this week. Also, Morgan noted that Elizabeth posted two articles about the physiological effects of alcohol poisoning on the comment board. They are both in direct response to the MIT death, but have interesting information about what exactly alcohol poisoning is.

VIII. Pseudo Computing Abstract - Peter has finished writing the pseudo abstract designed to begin discussion about how computing issues relate to the Honor Code. It will be edited and released early next semester.

IX. Elections for Class Representatives - Elizabeth reported that she and members of SC Exec Council recently discussed the possibility of doing a joint HC/SC ballot for next semester's SC Exec Council and HC Class Representative elections. The logistics are still being worked out, but Honor Council agreed that joint balloting was a good idea, given that the elections are scheduled for roughly the same time period. Speeches will be different nights. Nominations for Honor Council Class Representative and Student's Council Executive Council will be due at the end of the first week of classes next semester. Questions? Contact your local HC/SC representative.

XII. Honor Council would like to wish everyone good luck on their exams. We hope that you all have relaxing, restful, and fun Winter breaks.