Pro v. Con: Honor Council offers opportunity to improve student life
Bryan Doherty, Opinion Editor
February 25, 2013
Filed under Pro V Con
This is the pro argument on the Honor Council. To view the con click here. The Honor Council has been long in coming. Finally, the student body is getting what it has been so deprived of for years. Honor councils are a staple to many private schools and universities. When they are managed effectively,... Read more »
Pro v. Con: Student Honor Council guaranteed to fail
Lauren Fabiszak, In-Depth Editor
February 25, 2013
Filed under Pro V Con
This is the con argument on the Honor Council. To view the con click here. With the new changes to the Honor Council, it is impossible to think that students will be less likely to get into trouble. Students deciding the punishment of their classmates will make students more likely to be punished... Read more »
Honor Council picks student panel
Sydney Setree, Managing Editor
October 16, 2012
Filed under News, News around JC, Top Stories
After six years of development, the Honor Council will be established this year. The Honor Council will be a board of students who act as judges in cases where fellow students break the honor code. According to guidance counselor Larry Hensley, it is “designed to almost replicate the adult review board... Read more »
Brain Droppings: Administration’s response to Twitter scandal lacks backbone
Scott Novak, Opinion Editor
February 10, 2012
Filed under Brain Droppings
The actions of the administration concerning the recent Twitter scandal are, to quote William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” Though the administration took disciplinary action, that indeed signifies nothing as far as addressing the real problem is concerned. The... Read more »
Administration moves forward in plans for Honor Council
Grace Kim, Online Chief
February 8, 2012
Filed under News, Top Stories
Within about three years, there will be a fully functional Honor Council in place, according to Dean of Students Thomas Vierheller. The purpose of the proposed honor council is to have students review fellow students’ cases of academic integrity. To read past coverage concerning the Honor Council,... Read more »
Briggs revises Honor Council plans
Allison Siegel, Print Chief
March 29, 2011
Filed under News
Students met with Dean of Students Thomas Vierheller and Music Director Daniel Briggs on March 15 to learn more about the Honor Council that will be put into place during the 2011-2012 school year. “We really wanted to finally address [the Honor Council] with students and the whole process. We... Read more »
Honor Council shares reins with students
Lindsay Powell
October 11, 2010
Filed under Opinion
Creating an Honor Council for students next year can only aid in the process of shaping the school into a disciplined academic foundation. By allowing a student to have a voice when it comes to issues of academic integrity or immoral actions between individuals in the JC community, the Honor Council... Read more »