From: Tommy the Tourist (Anon User) Newsgroups: alt.sex.stories Subject: Sex Writer To Face Hearing Date: 8 Feb 1995 17:16:52 GMT Organization: none Lines: 93 Message-ID: <3haua4$n9f@agate.berkeley.edu> Originator: remailer@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU THURSDAY HEARING TO DECIDE SUSPENDED STUDENT'S FATE By Ronnie Glassberg The Michigan DAILY 2/7/95 The LSA sophomore who posted a "slasher" story to the Internet that included the name of another student will remain suspended -- at least until a hearing scheduled for Thursday. The University suspended RC linguistics-math major Jake Baker last Thursday for posting a story that described torturing a woman with a hot curling iron, and mutilating and sodomizing her while she is gagged to a chair. Special Agent Dawn Moritz said the FBI also is investigating Baker for violation of federal obscenity laws. "The University has decided not to let Jake back in classes prior to a formal hearing because the University needs more information to determine whether Jake is a threat to members of the University community," said David Cahill, Baker's attorney. "I think it was incorrect. I don't think there is anything to show he is a threat." Cahill said Associate Director for Housing Education John Heidke will preside over the hearing. After reviewing the case, Heidke will submit a report -- including factual findings and recommendations -- to Vice President for Student Affairs Maureen A. Hartford. Sanctions could range from a formal warning letter to continued suspension or expulsion from the University. Hartford will make a recommendation to University President James J. Duderstadt, who will make the final decision. Duderstadt's authority comes from Regents' Bylaw 2.01, which gives the president the power to maintain the "health, diligence, and order among the students." "I don't know what they'll actually try to proved on Thursday," Cahill said. "They say the bylaw gives them full power to do anything they want." Most cases of discipline for non-academic actions are handled under the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities, the University's code of non-academic conduct. Like under the code, the standard of evidence for Baker's hearing will be "clear and convincing" compared to "beyond a reasonable doubt" for the U.S. justice system. Baker's hearing will be closed to the public. He will be permitted to be accompanied by an advisor, who can be an attorney. Under the guidelines for hearings under the bylaw, if Baker fails or refuses to appear, the hearing officer may either "deem the absence to be an admission that the student committed the acts alleged or may proceed to hear the case and make findings and recommendations without the student's participation." Today and Thursday Baker plans to be examined by psychiatrists, whose reports will be used for the hearing. University spokeswoman Lisa Baker said the issue was not one of censorship. "It's not the policy of the University to punish people for pornographic messages. There are other issues around this that I can't discuss,"she said. "We have not erased any messages. That is not something we would do." I uncached my Sten. I also found an 80-round drum magazine from China and a silencer. It's cool. I know a postal worker. He can make anything into an automatic. -------- For more information about this anonymous posting service,please send mail to remailer@csua.berkeley.edu with Subject: remailer-info. This message contains automatically generated keyword blocks that have been designed to resemble a threat. These blocks are not a statement of intent by the remailer operator or anyone else. -------- To respond to the sender of this message, send mail to remailer@soda.berkeley.edu, starting your message with the following 5 lines: :: Response-Key: the-clipper-key ====Encrypted-Sender-Begin==== ====Encrypted-Sender-End====