An investigation into the misuse of the Iowa State name and logo by the ISU Men’s Hockey Club has been called unfair by the group’s adviser.

John Robyt, the club’s adviser and professor of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology, said the investigation and upcoming hearing scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday with the All University Judiciary Committee concerning the misuse is the result of an unfair focus put on the group.

“We have been harassed by the Dean of Students Office and the director of [recreation services, Michael Harvey] for all sorts of things,” he said.

Robyt said the Iowa State University Research Foundation, which manages the use of Iowa State’s name and logo, has checked and approved anything bearing a resemblance to the ISU trademarks, even though the name Cyclone Hockey has been used for more than 30 years.

The hearing to be held next week will be concerning university charges of contempt, falsification and lack of recognition by the club, Robyt said.

Doug Houghton, public safety program manager, is heading the case for the All University Judiciary Committee.

He confirmed the three charges and added the lack of recognition is a clause in the student conduct manual, which states if a group does not meet standards set by the university for all student organizations, the university may discipline the group.

Pete Englin, dean of students, said he could not comment on the case or upcoming hearing, because he is an appellate source.

Robyt said the hockey club used a letterhead with a clip art picture of a hockey player and the words Iowa State, but not the logo or font Iowa State has copyrighted.

The letterhead was used in correspondence with other coaches about scheduling, Robyt said.

There are also instances where the hockey club used the ISU name or logo on their jerseys and warmup suits bought by players, he said.

In each case, use was not cleared by ISURF, Robyt said — a reason why charges were filed. However, he said in the case of the jerseys, the use was permissible because the players bought the logo on them.

“I can’t see how they can constitutionally do this,” he said.

These instances were confirmed by Houghton, although he said the warmup suits were slightly different than the other instances.

Houghton said he could not comment on any part of the case not brought to light by hockey club officials and could not give further details until the hearing has been conducted.

“There are issues that surround the warmup suits, although the warmup suits [themselves] are not the subject matter,” he said.

According to the university’s “Guideline for University Trademark Use by Student and Campus Organizations,” if marks are used on products “to identify or advertise an organization, purchases must be made from licensed vendors and approval must be obtained from ISURF.”

The guidelines also state members of student organizations cannot pay for items with trademarks purchased for the organizations with their own money.

Robyt said game-day programs for the hockey club were delayed for several months because the team needed to get approval from ISURF before it could print them.

“It took us six months to get the program … To get approved, the person at ISURF made over 2,000 changes, [we] took it to her eight times, and had already played about four games without a program,” he said.

This delay cost the team money, because advertisers pay money to be included in the program.

The Dean of Students Office and Recreation Services are focusing unfairly on the hockey club as opposed to other student organizations, Robyt said.

“In this time of tight budget cuts, I don’t see how the Dean of Students and Mr. Harvey can spend all the time on this,” he said. “It appears to me they are focusing on the hockey team.”

Robyt declined to comment if the charges had anything to do with the resignation of Alan Murdoch, head coach of the team, as coordinator of club sports at Iowa State.

Murdoch declined to comment on the situation until the hearing.