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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 33, No. 3 18 March 1970

drugs & discipline

drugs & discipline

Students who 'abuse drugs' are liable to expulsion from Canterbury University.

This warning comes from the University's Disciplinary Committee. A student who was convicted on a charge of growing cannabis last month was warned when he applied for readmission that any further drug use-would end his university career.

This incident has recalled the concern expressed by some Canterbury students in 1968 when new discipline regulations were brought into force. These provided that "the Professorial Board shall have full disciplinary powers over the conduct of all students ... in any case where the Board considers that the interests of the University or the students are effected."

The regulations are such that the possibility of punitive action by University authorities after a student has been convicted (or acquitted) by a Court of Law has not been excluded. Provision exists in the regulations for hearing representations from students charged with breaches of discipline, but it is not mandatory to give such hearings (" . . . the Board shall . . . give any student charged . . . such opportunity as it thinks fit to make representations regarding the matters.")