Suffering Continues/ 8
Ladyhawke Flies./10
Basketball · r;::::::;:;; iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!=ii Emphasized/ 12
Working Students Could be Hurt
M O.U 's ·Effects Cause Confusion by Kevin Vaughan and Robert Davis Editor, NeiDI Editor, The Metropolitan
The document drafted by the Joint Budget Commit-
~ of the Colorado Legislature calling for an end to
:tSC's open enrollment policy has caused confusion among education officials-both on and off campus. According to Ken Curtis, associate vice president
and·dean of MSC's AdmWions and Records office, the biggest cnange which MSC will see if the document is approved is a change in the deadline by which students apply for admmion to the college. The so-called "Memorandum of Understanding" was drafted by the JBC and requires 80 percent of MSC students to meet two of three entrance requirements: . •A high school grade point average of 2.5 ..
•Rank in the upper twO-thirds of high school graduating class. •A score of 810 on the SAT or 19 on the ACT. Curtis said presently students can apply for admission to Metro as late as 10 days before a particular semester begins. That deadl~ne, he said, would be moved back-to at least a month before a semester
begins.
.
'°This has always been different from most institutions in that it's designed to allow the working person to go to school at a moment's notice," he said. He said working students who suddenly realize they need tQ._ further their education don't plan ahead for college tbe way graduating high school students do. And that, he said, makes Metro the perfect choice for them to continue their education. Legislators have said the memorandum's guidelines are needed to consolidate higher education in Colorado and to raise academic standards at all of the state's schools. According to S.t anley Kaplan, who runs the Stanley Kaplan Education Center in East Brunswick, N.J., money should not be used as an excuse for upping admissions requirements. "I'm a great believer in upping standards," Kaplan said. "But I don't want standards to be used as an excuse for saving money." Curtis agreed with Kaplan in the money should not be used as a predetermining factor for upping standards. "It's (the MOU) to cut down on the number of students going into four-year colleges and put them into junior colleges," Curtis said. "You're doing something for the state at the expense of the students." Kaplan, however, said that it's not the job of fouryear institutions to work on skills which students should have learned in high school. "I don't think it's the objective of four-year colleges to work on these basic, basic skills," Kaplan said last week. But Curtis said that many students attending MSC are employed full-time and could not afford to start school at a junior college elsewhere in the state. "You go into one of these classrooms and ask some of these students if they would be willing to go somewhere else for their education," Curtis said. He predicted the answer would be no. Kaplan said that if four-year colleges were to carry the burden of beginning training for students it would cont. on pap 4
MSC Elections Set
Boys Just Want to Have FWl
· -photo by Jim Bailey
This student took advantage of Monday's warm weather and went for a swim at "Metro Beach" in front of the Studeqt Center.
The Metropolitan State College Student Government is up for election this week: The polls will be open on Wednesday· and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. The election booth will be located in the main corridor of the student center. Official results of the election will be announced on April 26. The president, vice president and 25 member Senate is up f9r election, so get out and vote.
.""- .,..