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The letter is dated January 20, six days after the Faculty vote that put 52 students on probation and gave five others suspended Required to Withdraw sentences.
According to Haney, Hopkins is "in the same position as someone placed on probation who then withdraws for the Spring term." Haney added that this ruling does not amount to a suspension in that the Board will be "more flexible in looking at what the student does while he is...
"It seems to me to be quite a harsh punishment, compared with probation," Hopkins said yesterday, adding that he may petition the Board for some new decision. Hopkins suggested that he be allowed to take his leave without conditions and instead be put on probation for his first semester back...
Haney said that this case had been treated along with the other students put on probation and had not been brought individually before the Faculty for a vote.
Glimp said that there is some possibility that Hopkins will be on probation when he returns, although it seems "unlikely." Ordinarily a student who withdraws while on disciplinary probation does not remain on pro when he returns.