MONDAY, MAY 3, 1982
Cabrini College, Radnor, PA 19087
VOL. XXVIII, NO. 12
SGA elections are controve rsia I BY
r IT'S FEEDING TIME in the newsroom. See story, page 6. (Photo by Liz Kanaras)
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Drop/add changes 1n fall BY GINNY GRUERIO
The colors of the leaves on the trees will not be the only changes on the Cabrini campus come fall 1982. The drop / add scheduling will be decreased from a twoweek free period to one-week , according to Sister Antonina Avitabile . regi strar . In prev ious years , a student ¡ could drop or add a course with no penalty for a two-week period at the beginning of the semester, after which a $15fee was charged . " The changes were made primarily so that teachers could teach seriously sooner," said Sister Avitabile , " without the disruptive coming and going of students ." She related that other area schools have a one-week drop / add period and believed that a two-week period served no real purpose . $he believed students took undue advantage of the free two weeks without realizing the amount of paper work involved. The procedure involves filling out a drop / add card which must then be signed by the advisor . The name is crossed off the roster and the new cour se is added . A new card is then filled out and filed . Sister Avitabile initiated the idea to Dr . Joseph Romano , vice president for academic affairs . He set up an ad hoc committee consisting of Sister Avitabile , Dr . Margaret Reher , professor of religion and
Howard Buzzard , assistant" professor of business administr ation . According to Sister Avitabile, the faculty was asked for suggestions and they were taken up at the meeting of the Academic Council ; the majority believed that a oneweek period was sufficient. Jo Harris Brenner , assis tant to vice president of academic affairs agreed that a one-week drop / add period was more typical of other campuses . " Two weeks prolongs the clerical procedures in the registrar's office ," she claimed, " without any compensating benefits to the students. It is disruptive to the instructors and students with the repetition of announcements and hand-outs ." Robert McGee, associate professor of mathematics , is one chairperson who doesn 't agree completel y that one week is sufficient time for a student to reflect on dropping or adding a course. " I'm thinking in terms of freshmen and sophomores ," he explained , " who are more naive. They don 't know how to play the game yet like juniors and seniors. " He continued : " Take the case of the typical freshman who has not had the choice of picking courses. He attends a calculus class, gets panic stricken and runs to his advisor . I advise him to stick with the class a little longer .
After a few classes , he becomes more rational. " Maria Nickels , a sophomore , said she had no occasion to drop oradd in her freshman year . However , she did finally drop an English class late in the semester this year because she didn't like the elective. " I added geography ," she said , "because I intend to go into travel , anyway , and I felt it was more beneficial. "The new changes are fine, as far as I'm concerned, " she added . " That's just the price you have to pay ." Sophomore Annamaria Farnschlader, a mathematics secondary education major , echoed the sentiment of Nickels as far as the effect the change would have on her . " If a course isn't offering me anything , I'm going to drop it regardless of the fee," she said . Mathematics / computer science major, Michael Hawley, sophomore , felt it wouldn't make too much difference to him either. "Usually I pick a course and stick with it, "he related . Sister Avitabile believes the new change will force students to take more serious consideration before selecting courses . " Some students are just shopping around for certain teachers - they are looking for an easy A," she contends, " now the shopping spree will only last one_week ."
FRANCINE KUTERBACH
Student apathy and the selfnomination system at Cabrini College has caused the recently scheduled student government association election to be very controversial. Dane Linn, '83, is the candidate for president and Sulamon Allyn, '83, is the candidate for vice president . The two are runn ing unopposed. Many students at the college are questioning this occurrence. William Fontana, '84, who is currently vice president of the S.G.A. is the chairperson of the Election Committee . According to Fontana, every opportunity was given to the students to nominate themselves on the posters located in the cafeteria . "The self-nomi nation posters were up for five days, according to the constitution, and then the time was extended . The elections were announced on the radio at the 12:25 p.m. announcements and Dane and I went around and talked to people to try to get them to run. " Dane Linn , current president of the S. G.A. is concerned with the apathy of the students, regarding the election for the executive board . "No one realizes the importance of the student's government . We are a body of students who are a voice to the administration . A lot of students just sit back and let the administration make decisions for them." Linn said the S.G.A. has been consulted on their opinions throughout the year . Linn emphasized the fact that he always intended to run and will be at Cabrini for both semesters next year . Linn said he tried to recruit stu dents to run. Linn's running mate, Sulamon Allyn, feels the problem with a lack of candidates is not apathy. ,Rather , he said, students didn't have the time to accept a position . "Students have a lot of work and they just don't have the time to put in the effort." Allyn feels the team will do a good job . ¡ Linn said some students had expressed a desire to run for positions after the post were taken down. Evetta Borden, '83, is a commuting student who wanted to run for president . Borden said, "I don't live on campus and don't
eat lunch in the cafeteria and therefore didn't sign up." She doesn't feel she was kept out of the election deliberately but feels improvements should be made in the nominating system . "The posters should be taken out of the cafeteria where people can sign your name or even cross other people's names off the list ." Other students expressed a desire to use the option of a " write-in" vote on the day of the election. Fontana said , "No write -ins are allowed ." According to Fontana, the candidates for the executive board of the S.G.A. are scheduled to be: President-Dane Linn. The job of the president is to represent the student body in all matterswithin his sphere of authority . The president must have junior status. Vice President-Sulamon Allyn. The vice president presides at meetings of the S.G .A. when the president is absent . He shall become president if the president resigns or is re moved . The vice president can be of sophomore or junior status. Social Activities Chairperson - Margaret Heffernan. This job includes working with the treasurer of S.G.A. to allocate funds to the approved clubs and organizations . This office is open to a sophomore or a junior . Treasurer-Jeffrey Brun . The treasurer handles class funds and makes financial records available to the Ex ecutive Board of the S.G.A. The treasurer can be a sophomore, junior or senior. Social Activities Assistants -Patricia Hession, Larry Comroe, Joseph Miller , Carol Wahl, David Pilla , There are two assistants elected. The candidates can be a member of either sophomore, junior or senior class . Recording SecretarySandra McNamara and Theresa Hundermark. The recording secretary takes minutes for the S.G.A. and for student body meetings and keeps permanent records of them . This position is open to a sophomore or junior. Corresponding SecretaryDonna Degnan and Theresa Giudice . The secretary must handle all written communication of the S.G.A. and of the student body . Sophomores, juniors and seniors are eligible .