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Vol. 91, No. 98
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reconsider grade scale
Eugene Stolzfus, former International Volunteer in Vietnam,
addresses students at an informal Hyde Park session.
A group of 30 campus leaders
has circulated a petition request
ing the Chancellor to call a spe
cial meeting of the Faculty Sen
ate to reconsider an amendment
passed by the Senate last Tues
day which alters the present grad
ing system.
Dick Schulze, ASUN president,
acting group spokesman, was op
timistic that students will be in
cluded in an evaluation of the
present grading system in an at
tempt to remedy the situation
which the amendment is directed
toward.
The amendment provides for the
immediate inclusion of "p 1 u s"
grades in the current grading sys
tem. It is aimed to solve the prob
lem existing under the four-point
system of the overall grade aver
ages of the freshman, sophomore,
junior and senior classes. The
present class averages are below
the 1965 averages which were
based on the nine-point system.
The inclusion of plus grades
would in ffect place the Univer
sity back on the nine-point sys
tem. Group objects to action
Schulze said the group, which
met Wednesday and Thursday
nights, objects to the procedural
action taken by the Faculty Sen
ate in adopting the amendment
prior to contacting the student
body.
He said a petition signed by a
minimum of 25 faculty members,
holding the rank of associate pro
fessor and above, will be pre
sented to the Chancellor Friday.
The petition states:
Whereas, the students are di
rectly affected by the grading sys
tem and should be consulted before
the system is modified or chang
ed, and
Whereas, the students were
not consulted about the recent
modification; therefore
WE THE UNDERSIGNED, as
members of the University Sen
ate request the Chancellor to call
a special meeting of the Univer
sity Senate on Tuesday, April 23,
1968 for the purposes of reconsid
ering the recent modifications of
the grading system and providing
a means for students to be in
volved in any evaluation of our
present grading system.
Purpose to reopen issue
Schulze said the purpose of the
petition, provided for in the by
laws and rules of the Board of Re
gents, is to open the issue again
for discussion.
He said the students would pro
pose at that meeting the estab
lishment of a long-range study
committee, including student rep
resentation, to seek remedies to the
disproportionate amount of stu
dents on scholastic probation at
the University.
It is this situation which
prompted the hasty action by the
Faculty Senate Schulze said.
Students not contacted
In soliciting faculty members
support for the petition, Schulze
said it was apparently an unin
tentional oversight that students
were not contacted regarding the
amendment.
He was optimistic the students
and faculty would work in har
mony to bring about satisfactory
remedies to the problem.
Schulze said there were definite
available channels open between
the faculty and administration to
the students which were not used.
He listed the Chancellor's Student
Academic Freedom Committee,
the Student Affairs Committee of
the Faculty Senate, and the Facul
ty Senate-Student Senate Liaison
Committee as means by which
the students could have been in
formed of the impending amend
ment. Faculty may reconsider issue
He added the group was ex-
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ASUN President Dick Schulze announced Thursday he has
called a special Student Senate meeting Friday afternoon for 12:30
e in the Nebraska Union to discuss an amendment passed in Tues-
day's Faculty Senate meeting.
Schulze said the purpose of the meeting is to bring the Sena-
i frs up to date on the planned action of a group of student leaders
i who oppose the amendment. They met Wednesday and Thursday
I fvenings to determine available action open to students.
I That amendment which will go into effect immediately would
recognize tne average of a student who is above the halfway point
U the next highest letter grade. A student with a 97 percent aver-
age would receive an A plus, equivalent to 4.5 grade point credits.
I A student with a 93 percent average would receive an A, worth
1 4.0 grade point credits.
hausting every formal channel of
appeal open to students, but
thought the Faculty Senate would
reconsider the issue.
Professor Royce Knapp, who
presented the amendment, said
Wednesdav the amendment stem
med from the findings of a facul
ty committee appointed to investi
gate the grading situation.
The Chancellor initiated the in
vestigation after a deans' study
revealed that, depending on the
college, 35 to 48 percent of the
freshmen at the University were
on scholastic probation.
Problem in grading scale
"We found little evidence of cur
riculum change or higher stand
ards. Therefore we had to con
clude that the problem was in the
grading scale," Knapp Said.
"Evidently the four-point sys
tem is being misused here." he
continued. "At this University, a
2.0 average is the minimum aver
age to stay in good standing, but
it is also the exact middle of the
grading scale.
"The University is the only
school in the Eig Eight with a
drop out rate of 1,000 students a
year," Knapp said.
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f Not all dropouts
"These kids didn't just flunk out,
either. Some dropped out because
they didn't think they would b
able to graduate," he explained.
"The change will decrease the
chances for 'C students to go
on scholastic probation," he said.
"We expect 20 to 25 per cent of
the freshmen to be put on schol
astic probation, but four or five
out of ten is impossible."
The amendment passed Faculty
Senate by a two-to-one margin.
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'reeszen is preside
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Students have elected Craig
Dreeszen, Mike Naeve and Cheryl
Adams, all members of the
Party for Student Action (PSA),
as new ASUN Executives.
The three were elected in re
sounding victories at Wednesday's
General Election which saw only
2,369 students turnout to vote.
The Student Academic Freedom
document and affiliation with the
Rational Student Association were
also approved in the election.
Election Commissioner Ed Hilz
termed the voting turnout
'sparse."
The election procedures them
selves went pretty much accord
ing to plan, although . there were
few minor problems," Hilz said.
The official results are:
President
CTaig Dreeszen (PSA) 1568
Dave Shcnka 571
Write-ins 43
First Vice President
Hike Naeve (PSA) 1102
Paul Canarsky ,- 399
Ed Wenzl 229
Second Vice President
Cheryl Adams (PSA) 1555
Write-ins 104
SAP Document
Yes 1304
No 345
NSA Affiliation
Yes 1138
No 496
College of Agriculture ,
(Four Seats)
John Wirtn (PSA) 274
Fred Bvesiger (PSA) 272
Kent Boyer (PSA) 261
Jack Adkint 251
Proposed School of Home Eco
nomic Advisory Board Constitu
tion For 69
Against , jo
Amendment to Agriculture Advi
sory Board Constitution
Yes , ici
No 7
College of Arts and Sciences Sen
ators (Eight Seats)
Mary McClymont (PSA) 261
Carol Madson (PSA) 242
by
landslide
Ron Pfelffer 232
Diane Theisen (PSA) 212
Dave Landis 202
Mark Schreiber 202
Tom Lonnquist 198
Bill Mobley 193
Margaret Van Cleave (PSA) 188
Bob Zucker (PSA) 1S2
Rick Russell (PSA) 179
Jim Humlicek (PSA) 168
Dick Wegener 163
Joseph Voboril gi
Mary Nelson '133
Jeanne Aukins 101
Bernie Siebert i.eg
Dan Goodenberger 88
Bill Smitherman 24
Timothy McNaney "'eo
Write-ins 20
Arts and Sciences Advisory Board
English '
Nancy Griffin 390
Write-ins 32
Languages
Mary Lym Nelson ....367
Write-ins 15
Natural Science and Mathematics
Don Stenberj 432
Write-ins n
Social Sciences and philosophy
Kay Bradley 211
Owen Evans 173
Write-ins 17
School of Fine Arts
Write-ins 109
School of Journalism
Susie Jenkins 398
Write-ins 28
Engineering and Architecture
Senators
(Four Seats)
Jim Sherman ...185
Bill Chaloupka 143
Mark Moseman m
Trinidad Balagtas, a Fili
pino who is to receive her
doctoral degree from the
University in June, was
awarded the Foreign Student
of the Month Award by Peo
ple to People, not by the Ne
braska International Associ
ation as reported in Thurs
day's Daily Nebraskn.
Glenn Nees 126
Jim Ochsner 119
Tommy Woodruff 96
Del Stork 86
James Wobig 83
Art Denney 77
Write-ins 12
Teachers College Senators
(Eight Seati)
Sue Thompson 298
Scone Cotner 278
Helen Larsen 273
Chris See man 267
Georgia Glass (PSA) 247
Curt Donaldson (PSA 240
Paula TeigeJcr . . .232
Gary Toebben 227
Mike Nelson 203
Carol Masa ....198
Ron Murdock 150
Ed Wensel 140
Lynn Trimpey 135
Bruce Blanchard 132
Write-ins 19
Teachers (ollege Advisory Boards
Elementary Education
Paula Telgeler 286
Write-ins 78
Secondary Education
Susan Thompson 332
Liz Lueder 247
Pamela Morris 148
Write-ins 23
Special Education
Susie Borgens 270
Write-ins 28
Business Administration Senators
(Four Seats)
Tom Morgan . 116
David Rasmussen 114
Tom Wlese 113
Teena Kodiacek 94
Brian Ridenour (PSA) 92
Gary Rosenbaum 70
Jerry Sieck C3
Steve Fucheser 64
Roger Roemich (PSA) 64
Dave Green 53
Graduate and Professional
Senators
(Eight Seats)
Larry Anderson 112
David Bingham 112
James Donat .....109
Dennis Collins 102
Bruce Cochrane 99
Write-ins 180
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