Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1720-02-09-.01 - ELIGIBILITY

(1) Student editors and staff members who receive stipends must have an overall grade point average of at least 2.0 average for each term of their tenures in office.

(2) Editors and staff members who receive stipends from one publication may not serve in other student leadership positions carrying stipends or in positions on other publications which carry stipends,

(3) Nominees for editorship of the major publications shall be at least of sophomore standing by the end of the semester in which they are nominated.

(4) Staff members holding non-stipend positions who are placed on academic or disciplinary probation cannot continue to serve without approval of the Dean of Students.

(5) Editors of staff members receiving stipends must be a full-time student at UTC carrying at least 12 credit hours except for a second semester senior who lacks less than 12 hours in fulfilling his degree requirements.

(6) The term of office for editors of the Echo and Sequoya Review begins at the close of the spring semester and ends at the close of the spring semester in the following year.

(7) By two-thirds vote of those present, the Publications Board, when necessity clearly requires it to do so, can suspend any of the foregoing stipulations.

Notes

Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1720-02-09-.01

Original rule filed September 15, 1976; effective October 15, 1976. Amendment filed August 31, 1982; effective November 15, 1982. Repealed by Public Chapter 575; effective July 1, 1986. New rule filed May 27, 1986; effective August 12, 1986. Amendment filed August 19, 1994; effective December 29, 1994.

Authority: Public Acts of Tennessee, 1839-1840, Chapter 98, Section 5 and Public Acts of Tennessee, 1807, Chapter 64.