ENVER (CPS-CUP) ——- Even hough a Michigan court rul- d last year that dorm rooms re constitutionally prote- ted against arbitrary sear— hes by university security fficers, most American stu- ents who live in dorms are . till subject to Searches by allege officials armed with 'nternal search warrants. The legality of these un— ‘verSity-issued search warr— nts has not been tested in , he courts, but many schools re beginning to scrutinize re carefully their own se- rch and seizure policies in ight of the Michigan ruling hich gave dorm rooms the ame Fourth Amendment prot- ctions as an adult's "home, elling or lodging."
The Michigan case invol— ed the entry and search of me dOrm rooms on two stu- ents at Grand Valley State olleges. The searches were wnducted without warrants md no consent had been gi- en. During the searches, rijuana'was found ing the students' rooms and the un— iVersity judiciary council suspended the two for one term. "’ '
Current search and seiz- ure fiblicypat most universi- fies gives seturity officers M housing officials the fight-to enter a student's room without notice if there m "reasonable cause" or just.cause" to be suspici— ous that the room is being uSeu for.the purpose of vi-' olating university rules.
In some caSes, search wa- rrants are isSued if another mudent, faculty member or Maff member suspects that« Molen property is in a Mudent's dorm room. mhigh University in Penn- wlvani , the person with me complaint must obtain a"dean's warrant" which fives them the right to mter and search a student's mom.and seize the stolen Moperty if they find it.
aeu’lty Elected
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The U.P.E.I. Faculty Asso— fiation recently elected five knate representatives. Re-
flected were: Ninian LeBlanc,
wendell MacIntyre, and Andy rew Robb. New members are: Timmas MacLellan, Religious StUdies; and Donald Gillis, Er%ineering.>They replace Lothar Zimmerman, Modern Languages and Satadal Das— guPta, Sociology.
Terms for the five will mm from September 30, 1976
The Delaware attorney general's office has begun an investigation into the search and seizure policies at the UniVersity of Delawa- re where dean's warrants are available when someone has "reasonable cause" to believe University rules have been broken. Attorney General Richard Wier said he thinks the deans's warrant is a "blanket warrant*(whic—. h) may not comport with the Fourth Amendment."- '
Since violations of univ-
ersity rules which would re-'*
quire a search wOuld also probably violate civil law,, Wier said, a dear's search' might constitute an inappr- opriate enforcement of the
law. . At the University of
'North Dakota, dorm resident assistants and head residen- ts can go to the Personnel
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Dean for written permission to enter a student's room if they think a "serious violation of university or housing regulations is ta— king place within the room
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The housing contract at Northeast Missouri State
’University specifies that
University officials rese-
_rve the right "to enter a
student's room when proba— ble cause has been establ~ ‘ished." The director of safety and security at the Missouri school claimed that "discretibn is used
at all times when entering
a student's room," but pro- bable cause seems to be
interpreted loosely.
An example of probable cause, according to the
vsecurity officer, would be
an unidentified telephone caller reporting a stolen
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television in a specific room. More generally, the university can enter a stud- ent's dorm room for the pu— rpose of determining if the' general "order and secruity" has been violated.
Some legal observers dou— bt the legality of the inte— rnal search warrant even th— ough the Michigan court ad— vised the plaintiff in the case to explore the possib— ility of using university warrants for searches. An associate professor of law 7 at the University of North Dakota said he was "quite skeptical that the univers— ity could or should implem— ent a system of internal authorization "base d on the Michigan court's opinion. "The whole tenor of the op- inion is againSt-administra— tive officials serving in
_such a position," he said.
Sixl’rof‘s Apply for Tenure
' \Six Professors at U.P.- E.I. have applied for tenure in the latest round of revi— ews.The six are: W.A. Bart- lett (Music), J.A. MacDOug- all (Mathematics) , Carl‘Mat- his (Music), Terry Pratt (English), Fred Dreger (Pol- itical Science), and G.L. Watson (Sociology).
They are presently going through the major portion of
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food faddists who advocate eating the pits of cherries, peaches, apricots and other »fruits for disease preven— tion are running the rish of poisioning themselyes, according to Dr, Mary Clark of the Public Health Depart— ment of Santa Clara, Calif— ornia.
Dr. Clark said this week that chemical components in the pits break down during ligestion to form cyanide,
- a fatal poison.
Tje warning was issued following the near death of a woman in Palo Alto who was diagndsed as having cyanide poisoning following the eat- ing of apridot pits, which are available in many health food stores.
The public health officé ial said the pits can be safely eaten only if they are first roasted for about
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the procedure - application to the university tenure comr mittee. The committee consi—' sts of the three deans, five professors and one student. It is chaired by Dr. Madan of the Physics Department.
. The reccommendations of the committee Will be sent to the President - probably next December who will in turn make reccommendations to the Board of Governors.
.The Board has the final say, although in practice it will rarely deny tenure to'some— one who has been reccommend- ed for it. It will, however, often accept someone who ei- ther the Committee or the President has turned down.
In view of the performan- ce of the process over the last few years, it is likely that at least four of the ' five will be accepted.
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