Contradicting the code

Proposed changes to the University’s Code of Conduct are meeting resistance from a group calling the draft the “Queen’s Patriot Act.” Students for Accessible Education members said they fear specific clauses in the proposed code will infringe on their right to civil disobedience and force students to snitch on their peers. The code, which was last revised in 1991, was placed under review in accordance with a recommendation made in May 2005 by the Senate Committee on Non-Academic Discipline (SONAD). (back to story...)

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