Student Organization Discipline Board’s Role

This Discipline Board is designated to handle organizational or group types of cases or situations and not individual situations Individual students will always be accountable to the Assistant Deans of Students or their designee While students’ due process rights will be respected, it is not the intent of the Student Organization Discipline Board to incorporate all of the processes as in a normal court of law

Specifically, the Student Organization Discipline Board will:

Review all evidence available to them.

Mediate disagreement inside the University community as well as between the community and other organizations. Determine responsibility based on evidence of a violation of Associated Student Government and University policies or regulations, and/or provision of the University of San Diego Code of Conduct. Impose appropriate sanctions or penalties when necessary.

The Student Organization Discipline Board shall conduct hearings on cases referred to the Board At such hearings, the Board shall review all evidence and may question witnesses in order to determine the facts and, if necessary, impose sanctions

An accused organization is presumed to be innocent, and this presumption follows the organization until responsibility is proved by a “preponderance of the evidence ” Discipline Board members, as fact finders, must consider all evidence properly before them In so doing, it is their responsibility to weigh the evidence calmly and dispassionately Members will not allow bias, sympathy, or prejudice any place in their deliberations, for all organizations are equal before the Board