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Vol. 83, No. 22 November 20, 1984 H
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
• Dr. R.E. Bellows , hypnotist performing Thursday night in the UC Ballroom, convinces (left to right) Cheryl Burget, James Frank, Monica Hake and Margaret Thomas that their shoes are stereo speakers. The performance was sponsored by UCAB. Vista photo by Italia Carson
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Administration reconsiders 'W' grade By Traci Baucom Associate Editor The office of Academic Affairs plans to rethink their decision which became effective Jan. 9, to change the grades of Withdraw while Passing (WP) and Withdraw while Failing (WF) to simply Withdraw (W), according
to Dr. Albert Lynd, assistant vice president for academic affairs. Lynd said although there are no current plans to revert back to the WP and WF grades, his office has received complaints from faculty that students are abusing the system. "As Dr. Perry (vice president
Prof speaks on suicide By Susan Garrett Briscoe Teenage suicide was the topic of a program held at All Souls Episcopal Church in Oklahoma City Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. One of the panel speakers was Dr. Margaret Isaac, associate professor of psychology. "If I fail in what I do, I fail in what I am," was a quote Isaac shared with the audience from a suicide note of a young girl. Isaac went on to say there was too much stress placed on students to make good grades in our schools. "We put tremendous pressure on our students to make A's. How many of us have A's?," said Isaac to the audience of teachers, parents, professionals and students. "Students should be rewarded for doing their best. Not every student is a straight A student,"she commented. If a student is making D's and F's, they need to change their courses. "We need to teach our children how to cope with failure," Isaac went on to say. "The need to be number one is translated from our football to our children," she said. Isaac said parents look for a list of problems and then go through the list and say, "This doesn't effect my daughter or son." Then they walk away relieved at the end of the list. "Listen to what your children are saying and listen to what could be underlying. An adolescent has more decisions to make today, like drug culture," commented Isaac. She requested that parents and teacher work together in co-op teams. "If you don't have the time for your children, how can teachers have the time?" she asked.
In this issue... Who's Who of CSU faculty...page 4 `Micki & Maude' preview. . .page 5 `The Nutcracker' set for performance. . .page 6 Fencing club place in tournament. . .page 8
of academic affairs) said at the beginning of the semester, the whole grading system is going to be looked at again," Lynd said. "This will include the W grade because that is what we have at the moment. Certainly it will be one of the marks looked at, and we'll need to decide if we're going to revise it." Lynd said one possibility the academic affairs council might consider would be moving the deadline for receiving the W grade from the last regularly scheduled
day of classes to sometime earlier in the semester. For example, he said, one possibility is the deadline could be moved to sometime around midterm and thereafter students would receive WP or WF grades. "There is considerable sentiment that deadline should be moved earlier into the semester," Lynd said. "There are many opinions as to when it should be." Lynd said academic affairs felt the WP and the WF, as it was, was inequitable so they switched quickly to the W grade.
"I think now the concern is some students, a small number, abuse the W grade by taking it right at the very end of the semester," he said. "Many of the faculty feel students should not be able to receive the W after a certain date in the semester." Lynd said academic affairs had made the decision when they implemented the change to look at how well it was working after it had been in effect one year. He says they won't consider any changes to the present system until the spring semester.
BSU to sponsor Thanksgiving feast CSU students will have the opportunity to participate in a mini-Olympics and Thanksgiving feast. International Olympic Day, sponsored by the Baptist Student Union (BSU), will take place 1-6 p.m. Friday in Whantland Hall. "This is the third year the BSU has sponsored the event," said John Reimer, associate director of the BSU. According to Reimer, there will be competitions between different intenational student organizations in volley ball, basketball, ping pong and a possible tug-of-war match. After the competition, an International
Thanksgiving Dinner will begin at 7 p.m. in the BSU. Reimer said that the dinner is free to any international student whether they compete or not. "Since obviously internationals can't go home for Thanksgiving break and the cafeteria is closed, they will have the opportunity to eat a good meal at a great price!" Reimer said. American students living in the dorms during Thanksgiving break are welcome to attend the competition and the meal, added Reimer. "If they want to compete, we have the flexibility to pick up teams," said Reimer.
Park says: 'No student directory' By Curtis Killman The campus directory, published by the university, will be streamlined this year due to lack of use and budget reasons, according to Joe Park, director of public relations and in charge of publications. The directory, which contained the addresses and phone numbers of students, administration, faculty, staff members and extension numbers for the offices, dorms and clubs, will not include the student listings this year.
"We found that by the time the book was available much of the information in the book was inaccurate due to the students changing addresses after registering," Park said. Park said the cost of printing this years' directory should be $847 for 500 copies, or $1.70 per copy, while last year the cost was $2380 for 900 copies, or $2.64 per copy and sold for $2 each. Park said he expected it to be available in the bookstore the week after the Thanksgiving holidays.
"This will be the first time since I've been here (19 years) that we haven't published the student listings," Park said.
Thanksgiving Break Thanksgiving break will begin at 5:00 p.m., Nov. 21. Wednesday evening classes will be cancelled.