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Schedules in the mail
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B v Lorraine Bring ef
PE Staff Writer   ,      .* •
A v ss schedule adjustment -
Mriod (Drop and Add), for any*
rtudent who submitted*' course
jMuests for Winter Semester ,1973
during advanced registration, will
tike place next Monday -through
Thursday in the University Center
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Winter Semester 1973 schedule
tirds denoting what course requests'
were given by the  computer  are
^^^^^^^ ..."  *s"
being .nailed* out from the
Registrar's Office' thU week* according > to William- Dunham,
associate'registrar, aad co^oVdhiater
- oi the registration system, .'•' '*'
t, This drop and add period' will
allow students -to complete an, incomplete schedule by adding courses
or 'making other adjustments,
.Billing statements will be,based
aon> how a student's' schedule stands
after ,the adjustment period, said
,Dunham.   . . -s   •
Corrected statements , and
billing statements will ha .sent to
permanent addresses - during -the
week of Dec. 18. Payments are due
by Jan, 12 or the registrstkra'will be
void. .      * « "
' - "Although v the adjustment
period- wijl take .place- during final
exam week, it was felt drop and add
should^ be provided for .those
•students'who have the time and wish
to* make adjustments before billing
statements are sent,,"- ss,id Dunham. •
Students  who  ate   unable   to
make adjustments* during 'the week -
of Dec. 11 may change their class
schedules' during the* drop and. add '
period Jan. 15-17. , •
The following is a time schedule
according to class rank for next
week's, class schedule' adjustment,
period. Students are asked to come
' at their scheduled time or anytime
thereafter. Numbers will not be
given out, as done previously.*
WINTER'SEMESTER 1973
Seniors and Graduates - Monday,
Pec. 11
CLASS SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENT PERIOD
Ballroom — University Center.
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Sophomores-Wednesday,'Dec 13 '■
12:00 - I, J, K
12:30 - L
1:00 - M
^:30 - N, O -
2:00 - P, Q
2:30 - R
3:00 - S
3:30 - T, U, V
4:00 - W    ■
5:00
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6:00
6:30
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6:00 - C
6:30 - D. E
7:00 - F, G
7:30 - H
•Juniors - Tuesday, Dec   12
Freshmen - Thursday, Dec 14
p.2:00 - I, J, K
112:30 - L,
1:00 - M
liSOT- N, O
2:00 - P, Q
2:30- R
3:00 - S
3:30 - T, U, V
4:00 r W'
5:00 - X, Y,
5:30 - A, B
6:00 - C
6:30 - D, E
7:00 - F, G
7:30 - H
12:00 - I, J, K
12:30 - L.
1:00 - M
1:30 - N, 0
2:00 - P, Q
2:30-R
3:00 - S      ,
3:30- T, U,V
4:00 - W
5:00 -•X.'Y,
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A-Senate approves
"ion list
: DUCK NO. ONE: Where theheU's Johnson? The idiot said he'd go fishing.
,'  'DUCKNO. TWO.-There he is. GET YOUR FEET UP, JOHNSON!
* ' JOfflVSOAM'MTRYINGl I'M TRYING! ... God is it cold!
LiFE ojnin by mik* fi«Tow»
By Bruce Lesnick
LIFE Staff Writer
Distribution of a final exam
week ' plan, approval of the
December graduation list and a
decision allowing the Honors
Program to continue determining its
own class groupings highlighted
Academic .Senate Monday..'-..:.,\Y **,,„»
The exam w«.k |ssut a-vsr M
make it to the floor of the Senate so
no action Was taken on the document
prepared by the'Executive Board.
The    plan    calls    for    the    im-
out on
By Bruce Lesnick   •
LIFE Staff Writer
Caiman Levich, recently-elected
chairman of Academic Senate, won't
take over that duty until next fall. In
the meantime, as chairman-elect, he
serves on the Academic Senate
Executive Board and most likely, will
continue to be one of the mere
colorful and outspoken of Academic .
Senators — in addition to being'a
fell-time professor of ■ physics, f: •
Levich first came?to <5MU- in
jl967 but resigned one. year later to
liccept the physics department
[thairmanship    af    Seton  . -Hall
I" University.1-"'He returned to CMU in
1970.
< Levich served in the biophysics
division of the; N&y.a};, Medical
Research Institute in Bethesda, Md.,
Jtid worked for six years' with the
Armed Forces Radiobiology
Research Institute of the. Defense
I Atomic Support Agency. He'earned
'is undergraduate degFegl, from
Morningside College and hi^ PhJD.
from Catholic University" 6f America.
CM LIFE talked wit^ Levich
|bput his views on A-Senate. and
isademic issues at CMU. •
Question: What are, the functions
and powers of Academic  Senate?
Answer:   Senate   is   most  -vitally
concerned' with-Academic -programs
and' the   merit, of   courses   and
curricula.   Senate   -wrestles - with
-'''problems such aS setting reasonable
core"re'quirements for each curricula.'
In short, A-Senate sets University
policy' on all academic matters.
Question:  When Senate  passes  a
■ - motion ^-r  such as the new- with-
>, drawal _ policy . which   was ' later
. .reeciHdo$ti-.%: ^when does the motion
take affect?    .
Answer:  In, the past  the  motion
would take  effect -immediately.  I
^TiinlsypuVe7 going ..to. see .two things
in the future, though. One Will be an
effective date packed onto each piece
, of..legislation. The other 'will. be_ a
reluctance to pass legislation which
.disrupts the-current school year.
' Question; Why did the Senate pass a
' neW liberal withdrawal policy, then
- iiarcfai^and •aa^^T&sciad.it==-- -
Answer:* I imagine because Senators
. received a lot of .flack about-it from
their, own departments. There are a
, couple of ways of looking at this. One
point of.yiew, is there's no point In
penalizing a student for. failing. The
,'.  student has already.lost out in time
and money. The other is concerned
about the overall effect and whether
it will lower the quality of-education
here which' is what I. am concerned
.about.   - '„.    '
I am concerned about it because
if* it   becomes   well' known "that
education is devoid of quality in a
professional sense at CMU,' then it
will have a sad. effect' on a student'
seeking      .employment       after
.graduation.'The student is cheated
by quality reduction'even .though he
doesn't think so at the time.
Question:   What  do  you  think  a
reasonable withdrawal policy would
be?-y..\ --:----.vl.j. -J'* y' -     -.
Answer: A student should be able to
withdraw .from a class for any reason
for the. first, nine weeks' of the
semester. • Let' the president, the
. provost of' anybody else make the
judgements in unusual cases such-as
illness or family stress- after that
-^time." Nme .wejekSiis/weUpast niid-
terms. A student' should kpow by
then if he's failing or not. Anything
more than that would tend to
diminish the amount a student puts
in,to a class and gets" out of it in a
pragmatic way. It' would be so much
like auditing, knowing-one could just
quit a < class at any time with no
penalty.      ...
Question: You've said- you'd like to
see the .policy on repeat courses, -
withdrawal and grading considered
as one; package. Why?
Answer:  Because  grading,  repeat -
policy  and' withdrawal  policy  are
intimately linked to the evaluation of
educational quality. They are not
separable..*..
Question: Why did you s* strongly
oppose  dropping, the  Speech   101
requirement-from the curricula?
Answer: .1 believe curricula should
be attacked as a whole instead of in a
piecemeal fashion.  But  more ..importantly -I believe every student
should be able to meet a minimum
speaking requirement and if he can't,
he should "be able to get help.
Question: How do. you feel about
having an exam week?
Answer:" I'm in' favor of having an
exam week although statistics show
we" can't" add  a   week   onto   the
semester. It would have to come put
.of the present number of weeks.    .
Question: Do you feel students have
, made   contributions   to   Academic
■ Senate?   .,    -;, ^ ..
. .Answer: There have been students of
responsibility, and integrity who
have contributed much, especially at
the committee level. Some students
have shown a profound grasp on
proposals., On the other hand, it's
hard for me to believe the student
coming into the University has as
much expertise as the faculty and
administration in all academic
matters.
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, re Central's education
standards lower, thatt those. ,bf other
Mlleges arid univclr«tti*»," in'
Michigan?    "       "■ %        ''*y.N*
That' question,  when'on^of
WI
ed response.*
Ping, replied
Orally true lat high
A there has Been & "
in grad*
reflect-»\
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■• •   5He• was. quick to add -he didn't
' believe it to be .a student-teacher
problem, but a socjetal one... ^
. ii' ■ Surprised at-soine<of the .work;
' studcHta turn • in < when  they  are!
:" %capabl»'«f a-much higher quality, and '
1 .more'surprised the.•instructors";
.   accept) it,- Ping - conteadSii (feei*)vty'fl.
>   theory   of   doing   Only, What  is*
, .  necessary to get by1 is at fault. »
:t ?!To say this is*n excellent piece   '      "We have a^oodcross^sectiori of
v Jotfcb, Or thUt work waSjpopply 4on0, * * students Intellectually. -^Central! has
^t?ha^,ht th* minds of-many.' become / g>ot'a'gob:4stu4en*€'ibody,real!iyv;The
f sufpectl'STib* make a detisioh' sin*y" \ capAbOitfes ar*ftherV^Ping 'said.^
"   "       Questioned about the fact .that'
r.ppwimucfiv'or'by- what standards; £
vfrn% knpw," Jie said.       .   » i.'   -
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stfllfail*. HkjB mihe.iare.th^t^this.is
impmfr^" m .-/.'] hv' ■ •'j ■
v..».* H«j- continued,, saying he /feels
' fe.of theieaso,n'fojt:4he4ac)t of
' intejlectuali  ftomf^Ab,'frfyP*
^eralposed to r>rp.vost Char^^y   growing   reluctance Jo>> ni>ke
m Dec.  1,  ilUcted  a carefully.   .jufgeWrtW "'  "'
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rpal basis  for  judgement on  the
matter: ..-y   .    ,*' ■ . ..'.■»
When asked if he thought this
iJackof standards will affect graduate
careers,   he  remarked - he- feels
=«. students are prepare^ well enough
.to be * success in their fields', but
may not bCasiwell prepared as they
»-expect to be.    -t      ' ■*
."Are Central's standards. low?
*f In- terms* - of : comparison   to   the
/•University of Michigan or Michigan'
State Univ»?jrsity, J would* say yes,
Eastern'; Michigan,- I don't  know",
maybe. Northern Michigan, no .-'.. I
don't think ?so,*r. commented Ping.
.* ^     "In." terms of what I feekih/ey
could be and I would like them to be,
' yes t' would   say  out*: standards
.  educationally are low," he concluded.
Question: What do you feel are the
-greatest challenges this University
and Academic Senate will have to
meet in the next several years?
Answer: Survival. If we' reduce
education to a meaningless process,
it's perfectly clear that education
won't remain a viable function.   -
It may very well be that we
have already gone too far in reducing
the level of instruction.
You know what I'd like to see
over the long haul? I don't think
people should come' directly from
high school to college. Perhaps a
student should go into some type of
apprenticeship program first to find
out if his chosen profession is what
he really wants to go into.
But,- how many people really
know what they want to go into right
out of high school? I think a' great
deal of student discontent comes
from this.' t   ' '   .
'-Question: Do you . think the
University, should ever, make it a
requirement that a student not come
directly from high school to college?
Answer: No, encouraged not
required. There are^exceptions both
ways. A good record at a university
takesa helluva lot of work. It takes, a
lot of motivation. A student should
be sure what his'family of interests
- are!-before he starts to pursue'them.
Question: Any final comments?
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Answer: Yes, ever$ student here is
buying' time and instruction and
■should he sure.he's receiving it.
When yoU're presented, with a
curriculum -*■ the kind of expertise
needed to prepare you for a vocation
or living -* you are entitled to
question what Senate does. Every
student should insist 4hat degree
means something. >
plementation of an exam week for
the 1973-7.4 school year by including
it within the framework of the
present 16 week semester.
The December graduation list
was approved by the Senate, but not
until Eric Kadler, chairman of the
department   of   foreign   languages
department  had  his   say   on   the
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"I   would   like   to   raise   the
question of the value of these approvals,"   said   Kadler.    "Suppose
there is a student on the list who
cannot     write tone   paragraph   in
English."
Provost Charles Ping asserted
A-Senate approval implies if a
student on the list, meets all
University requirements then he is
approved and it is really just a
formality.
The list was approved by A-
Senate with only one dissenting'vote
coming from Henry Le Van Fulton,
associate professor of English. -''
Controversy errupted over an
item in the University Curriculum
Committee minutes of Nov. 1.
Richard V. Dietrich, Dean of the
school of Arts and Sciences tried, in
effect, to halt the power of 'the
director of the Honors Program to
designate to the Registrar's Office
which courses in the program: can be
substituted for subject group
requirements  on  each  curriculum.
"Suppose there is a student j
on the list who cannot write one j
paragraph in English" -   |
■-.-.- Eric Kadler 1
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Dietrich's motion called,for the
indefinate Suspension of this power
until "rational and guidelines" foj* it
are provided by the director of the*
honors program. , ' V  ;
After   lengthy   discussion   and
debate, A-Senate voted the Honors
Program director should.'retain thii
power through the 1973-74^ school
year   when   the   entire   Honors
Program will be evaluated. >
In other action,  A-Senate apj
proved, with various amendments;
the   University   Curriculum   Corns
t mittee minutes of Nov. JL, .and, ,the
, University Graduate Committee
- minutes of Nov. 9 and No. j$,'.1V  '.
Academic  Senate Chairman
John Schmidt announced the Senate
meeting will be Jan. 8,1973 at' 1 p.m.
' in Pearce 138. -There are a large
number of documents, including* 11
sets' of minutes from the University
Curriculum Committee, '.which., the
Senate must act on before Jan. <15,
according to Schmidt. . .
A 'report   on-   depjartnVen'tal'
. evaluation "Was again discussed- and
ammended by ,the Senate nut still rib
: action was taken on the jdocumenta's
a; whole.    « i-- i*..,- i-:'
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