Faculty Council Opposes Paul's CRR Reform Plan

The Faculty Council reportedly decided yesterday to oppose a proposal by William Paul, McKay Professor of Applied Physics, to reform the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities.

The Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life (CHUL), however, voted to support two of Paul's points--equal representation for students and Faculty on the CRR and a requirement of a two-thirds majority of the entire CRR for suspension of a defendant.

Faculty Council chairman Harvey Brooks, dean of Engineering and Applied Physics, would only say yesterday that the Council discussed details of scheduling for this Tuesday's Faculty meeting.

John R. Maynard '63, assistant professor of English and a Council member, said last night that the Council's position on the CRR is essentially unchanged. The Council proposed last week, in a set of resolutions that the Faculty will consider Tuesday after it votes on Paul's proposal, that the CRR "continue the improvement" in its procedures.

The CHUL refused to take a stand on Paul's proposal as a whole, after a straw vote showed nine members supporting it, ten opposing it, and six abstaining.

The 14 student members of the CHUL voted unanimously Monday night to support Paul's plan, but a number of them switched their position at the full CHUL meeting. Opposing arguments impressed some of them and some felt that supporting two of the plan's points was enough, David L. Johnson '74, Adams House delegate, said last night.

Besides the call for continued improvement the Faculty Council's proposals include the appointment of CRR factfinding officers and the withholding of accused students' degrees until the students are "restored to good standing."