Editor’s note: A correction was added to this story on June 8, 2004.

Due to an editing error, the June 3 article ‘Iowa State prosecutes violations internally’ incorrectly identified Jennifer Lescaleet, 2715 Hoover Ave., as a former ISU student who graduated in 2004. Lescaleet graduated in 2001 and is no longer a student, according to the ISU Registrar. The Daily regrets the error.

ISU students who were arrested and charged with criminal offenses during a riot in the early morning hours of April 18 have been, or will be, charged with student conduct violations.

Director of Judicial Affairs Bethany Schuttinga said administrative charges have been brought against 16 students under Student Disciplinary Regulations.

In addition to those charged with crimes during the riot, others may face administrative charges if they are identified as those destroying private or public property or causing other mischief.

“There is a potential for more [charges],” Schuttinga said.

She said information is still coming in from the riot pictures that have been posted on the ISU Department of Public Safety’s Web site.

Pictures and video clips have been displayed on the site for more than a month along with a request for help identifying the persons involved in the riot.

Although a number of the administrative proceedings have already begun or been concluded, some are delayed until the criminal court hearings have been decided.

“In some cases, the person requested a continuance until court was completed,” Schuttinga said.

The administrative judicial charges stem from Section 4.1.3 of the Conduct Code in the Student Disciplinary Regulations relating to off-campus violations. This section states that “conduct off campus in violation of the conduct regulations which affects a clear and distinct interest of the university is subject to disciplinary sanctions.”

Specifically included within the university’s interests are violations that “occur during or at university-sponsored events” or “occur during the events of organizations affiliated with the university, including the events of student organizations.”

The identities of those charged by the university may not become known — at least not through the university. Schuttinga declined to identify any student charged with violations of the conduct code, citing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

The act prohibits disclosure of private student educational records. ISU policy is that student disciplinary proceedings are an integral part of educational records and are exempt from discovery without the student’s explicit permission.

Jennifer Lescaleet was a senior in child, adult, and family services at the time of the Veishea riot and was charged by Ames police with interference with official acts. She said she graduated from Iowa State without ever hearing from the Office of Judicial Affairs.

That doesn’t mean she will not ultimately receive word of university judicial actions against her.

“The cases still need to be heard,” Schuttinga said. “We sent the letters [of judicial actions] to the address of record, which may be different from the students’ current address.”

Schuttinga added that if students do not respond to the university, hearings may be conducted in absentia. Penalties for students who have graduated, however, are much different than those for current students.

For students enrolled in the university, penalties for violations of the conduct code include disciplinary reprimand, conduct probation or deferred suspension for minor offenses. Penalties for major offenses can include expulsion.

For students who have already graduated, penalties could be sanctions or probationary status on the students’ records if they apply to re-enroll or enter graduate school at Iowa State, Schuttinga said.

Landis Thompson, senior in management, was charged during the April 18 riot by Ames police with failure to disperse. He went through the university judicial process two weeks ago and was given a conduct probation for his role in the riot.

“I’m not really going to fight [the probation],” Thompson said.

He said, however, that he is finishing up his coursework and will be graduating this summer.

The findings of the judicial process do not appear on students’ official transcripts unless the students were suspended from the university, Schuttinga said.