BRIEF: Attorney says U. mishandled hearing

Wallace's case was heard by the University Hearing Board instead of the Honor Court, according to the complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia last week. Violations of the Code of Academic Integrity are supposed to be heard by the Honor Court, which contains four undergraduate members and three faculty members, according to University Policies and Procedures. Wallace's attorney, Weldon Williams, said the hearings were "unfairly loaded against" his client since the Hearing Board has fewer undergraduate members than the Court. "That would be like if you were accused of a crime and taken before traffic court [and they] found you guilty for murder and put you in jail for 50 years," Williams said. "They have no authority." Each panel of the Hearing Board, contains one undergraduate student, one graduate student and three faculty members, according to Policies and Procedures. Associate General Counsel Neil Hamburg declined to comment on the issue. -- Stephen Glass

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