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...present form is unfair in both conception and procedure. Although it embodies the entire judicial process--it charges students, then tries and decides their cases--the CRR's procedures incorporate none of the usual judicial safeguards, It can deny students the right to counsel and admit hearsay evidence, but students can only appeal CRR decisions to the committee itself. While all the cases that come before the CRR involve students, its composition (seven Faculty members, four undergraduates, two graduate students, and one senior tutor) allows the Faculty to control the CRR's decisions...
...original CRR was composed of three Faculty members and three students. In 1970, however, the Faculty changed the CRR to include seven Faculty members and only four students, and allowed it to admit hearsay evidence...
...Adams refused to repeat his confession on the stand, the tape made by the lie detector expert was barred as hearsay evidence, and the all-white jury took only 90 minutes to find Pitts and Lee guilty of murder all over again. They would have been convicted, said a shaken defense attorney, even "if the Twelve Apostles testified for them." Refusing to give up, Miller* and others continued to fight until Governor Reubin Askew agreed to order a new investigation a year and a half ago. Askew personally participated in part of the inquiry and sent his legal aide...
Evans said these attitudes stem from popular beliefs that are reinforced by the media. "There's no hard data on the performance of students," he said. "They have to take their opinions on hearsay, because the kind of information they're talking about is confidential...
...Reading Test. The misconceptions about this test really abound. Some think it decides what track you'll be in for the next four years. Others, through upper classman hearsay, will spend hours practicing by reading books, baseball cards, milk cartons, anything they can find. Actually, this is about the only pleasant exam you'll take in the next several years, so enjoy it. A basic reading knowledge of English, however, is required...