The judicial code saga continues with another student blockade.

University Council Committee B Chairman Norman Magden said students have until March 18 to tell the committee they want to attend the meeting to give input on who should have control of the Student Judicial Codes.

In other words, students have two days before Spring Break to et the committee know if they’re interested. However, even if students were able to juggle midterms and plans for vacations with a quick phone call, they might not be able to fit in the room.

That’s right, UC Executive Secretary J. Carroll Moody doesn’t expect more than 24 speakers. That’s OK though because it is scheduled to be in Room 304 at Lowden Hall. This room is undoubtedly comparable to the Duke Ellington Ballroom.

Ever since English Professor Jim Giles pushed for the council to have control of the codes instead of the Judicial Advisory Board, students’ voices have been ignored.

When the proposal was brought before the UC, students protested, but the council tabled it to another committee, Committee B for “pass the Buck.”

It has already been proven the current system ain’t broke. Giving faculty control of the codes would only leave students at the mercy of a group of unknowledgeable inflated egos.

Faculty have enough problems now fitting research, teaching and various committee duties on their slates. And now they expect to handle a load of judicial problems.

Judicial Director Larry Bolles has said faculty’s judicial experience is limited to incidents of academic misconduct.

So faculty will take their tremendous ability in ferreting out cheaters and apply that to making new judicial codes for problems such as theft, harassment and assault.

Some faculty have been holding a grudge for the past two years. For those who are unaware: once upon a time there were some clever communications students with “reg stamps.”

These students were some of the many unable to get classes. To remedy this problem, they borrowed some registration stamps for indeterminate amounts of time. Eventually, they were caught.

The students’ teachers decided to flunk some of the students. But these were put on hold by the administration until due process could take its course. The end result was that some of these students retained the grades they earned throughout the semester.

To some faculty, this meant their power to give grades was overridden. Fuses were lit.

With faculty getting the power to change the codes, they will have received their long-awaited just desserts.

Unfortunately, students are the cherries on top and the first to be swallowed in the bureaucratic garbage that would overwhelm the student judicial process.

If the proposal passes, the UC will be setting a trend of faculty whiners using students as bargaining chips in their battle against the administration.

It’s time to stop playing with students and get around to educating them.