If Committee members find specific rules and procedures too difficult to follow, they should change those rules, not throw them away altogether. The new bylaws are plagued by inconsistencies. On one hand, the Committee seems to have students' best interest in mind by changing the power of the executive committee. Beginning in 1997, all five members of the executive committee, instead of only three, will have a vote in executive decisions, enabling the committee to see more sides of every issue. At the same time, the new bylaws mysteriously fail to delineate a code of ethics for Committee members.
Students have the right to question the absence of such a code.
A system that rejects procedure in favor of individual discretion may seem like the easy remedy for the Committee's difficulties. But if the Committee truly wishes to return to the honor system's original ideals, it should leave less room for error and inconsistency while hammering out the kinks in this mixed bag of new bylaws. You may not reproduce the contents of this paper in any shape or form without the express written consent of The Cavalier Daily .