SENSE OF  SENATE RESOLUTION
    CONCERNING AMENDED STUDENT JUDICIAL CODE
            Faculty and Student Development Committee January 29, 1998

 Whereas:         The University Judicial Board (UJB) and its procedures established  in the Student
                            Code of Conduct is a necessary forum for hearing  matters related to student
                            conduct, both for maintaining due  process in all matters relating to student
                            conduct, and in the spirit  of a University Community which is regulated by its
                            own  members, and

Whereas:             The Faculty representation on the UJB has involved membership  on the hearing
                            panels and the Chair of the UJB has been drawn  from the Faculty membership,
                            and

Whereas:             The Chair of the UJB has had a considerable administrative burden  in
                            documenting the various stages of the process, notifying parties  involved in the
                            process, assigning members to serve as Preliminary  Action Officer and to the
                            hearing board, and to scheduling and  coordinating these efforts, which has not
                            been inconsiderable, and

Whereas:          The Vice President for Student Affairs has amended the Student  Judicial Code to
                            appoint a Judicial Affairs Officer to replace the  Chair of the UJB for the purpose
                            of handling these administrative  details while maintaining the membership of the
                            faculty on the  Board and assignment as Preliminary Action Officer and member
                             of the Hearing Panels,

Therefore, be it resolved that:

                            The Faculty Senate of the University of Alabama in Huntsville endorses the
                            changes made to the Student Code of Conduct changing the title of the
                            Coordinator for Student Conduct to the Judicial Affairs Officer and appointing that
                            officer to replace the faculty Chair of the UJB for the purpose of administrative
                            duties, while maintaining faculty membership as the PAO and as members of the
                            Hearing Panels.