The University Council is overstepping its bounds on the NIU Judicial Code and should stop now.

Its actions are wrong for two obvious reasons: one is the overwhelming opposition from students on the body; and two is professors should teach, not enforce and interpret rules.

The council voted Wednesday to send a proposal to the rules and governance committee for further study. The proposal would amend the NIU Constitution to allow the council to amend the Student Judicial Code.

The council has no business in the judicial code and should stop messing with it. Professors teach. They do not play with the law or the Judicial Code.

There is no legitimate reason for the council to move in this direction.

If council members try to hide their motives by wrapping themselves up in some drivel about helping the students, they should be forewarned that logic will not hold water.

Hiding is the most appropriate word because nobody seems to want to talk about the real reasons for the change.

If they want to improve NIU, then do it in the classrooms. Everybody knows education is underfunded. But a resourceful professor will find the best possible way to overcome this obstacle.

Teachers are supposed to be some of the brightest people in the community. Certainly, they are capable of thinking resourcefully. And that’s why they are teachers.

NIU has its own law-enforcement policy and already pays people to enforce it.

It should cease and desist before it really screws something up.