At the request of the accused student, and subject to the discretion of the chairperson of the judicial body, a representative of the student press may be admitted, but shall not have the privilege of participating in the hearing. In hearings involving more than one accused student, the chairperson of the judicial body, in his or her discretion, may permit the hearings concerning each student to be conducted separately. The adviser may be an attorney. The accused is responsible for presenting his or her own case, and, therefore, advisers are not permitted to speak or to participate directly in any hearing before a Judicial Body. The judicial investigator and the accused shall have the privilege of presenting witnesses, subject to the right of cross-examination by the other party and by the Judicial Body.
All procedural questions are subject to the final decision of the chairperson of the judicial body.
The judicial body's determination shall be made on the basis of whether there is substantial evidence that the accused student violated the Code of Student Conduct. There shall be a single verbatim record, such as a tape recording, of all hearings before a judicial body. The record shall be the property of the University. Except in the case of a student charged with failing to obey the summons of a judicial body or University official, no student may be found to have violated the Code of Student Conduct solely because the student failed to appear before a judicial body. In all cases, the evidence in support of the charges shall be presented and considered.