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Students have a few more days to weigh in on proposed revisions to the Student Conduct Code.

The comment period, which was extended at the Board of Trustees meeting last week, will expire at noon Friday.

After that, a final draft will be issued, and the board's Educational Policy and Strategy Committee will discuss it in a conference call the week of Sept. 22.

The board had originally planned to vote on the revisions to the code at its meeting last week.

The most controversial revisions have been those to clarify UF's alcohol policies.

Under the proposed regulations, common-source containers, such as kegs, mini kegs and beer balls, would be banned from on-campus locations, including Greek houses, and off-campus locations in certain situations.

Activities such as drinking games, keg tipping and alcohol luges would also be outlawed under the regulation.

The rewrite also calls for the removal of the Student Honor Court's ability to hear academic dishonesty cases.

Students charged with academic dishonesty can have their cases heard by the student-run court, sponsored by Student Government, or the Student Conduct Committee, which is composed of students and faculty.

The latter option has been heavily favored, as the honor court has heard 22 cases since 2000.

The regulation changes were posted Aug. 4. On Aug. 28, Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, held a forum on the regulations to gather student input.

Ben Dictor, a UF student senator, said the time period UF has given students to comment has been too short.

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"I really don't think the time period is adequate for the sort of magnitude of these changes," Dictor said.

He urged students to take advantage of the comment period and make their voices heard.

Student Body President Kevin Reilly said he is glad UF has extended the comment period because it will allow more input.

However, Reilly said the length of the comment period has been "more than adequate."

"The normal time period is three days, so we're going to be approaching almost two months here," he said.

Alligator Staff Writer Katie Sanders contributed to this report.

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