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of Finals Week Bipeiriemice
By Jim Williams
"If you nice people will excuse me, " said the interview
subject, "Fm going to go briefly crazy.
"Goo-goo-googly gna morph. Take the green wons
away, but leave the black ones. My wall paper told me so.
I'm tired of taking these phornight mid calls. Look out for
vrench
in the works
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Elephant Gerald. There. Now, you were saying..."
"How are your final exams?" .
Penny Mundane smiled pleasantly, took mother sip of
tea, and bit a chunk out. of one . of my sofa pillows.
"That's wliat I thought you said," she answered plea
santly. "Well, they're not too bad, I guess. In fact, I
hardly have any."
I had wanted to talk to a typical student about the
Finals Week Experience, and Penny Mundane seemed
typical. Attired in pre-faded jeans an! a hand-embroidered
strait jacket, she seemed to exemplify the freshman facing
this UNL institution for the first time. -
"So you're not having any trouble?"
. Nice teacher v '
"No, actually it's (drool, drool) quite simple. In my
first class we're not having a test at all. The teacher was
quite nice about it. I know you people don't like final
exams,' he said, 'and neither do 1. 1 feel if a student really
knows the material and has been doing the class work he
should be able to show it without having to cram for a
test. It's contrary to my educational philosophy. So I'm
not going to give a final " c " - f
"What are you doing in mat class, then?" : T
"He's giving us a 5 ,009 ;word. research papeXaM daily
quizzes for the next two weeks- Alter that, it's all (snort,
champ) gravy." '
"What a nice fellow."
"It's nice to not have to worry shout it. I couldn't be
lieve how lucky I was when I got to my next class."
There was a brief scuffle, but I got a handkerchief in
her mouth and waited until she quited down. .
Very ccncliarate'-
"The teacher in that class said she was going to give an
open-book final. She even passed out the questions in ad
vance so we could study for them. I thought it was very
considerate of her."
"I always think open-book tests are hard, myself," I
said, "because you have to be more specific."
"Well, yeah, but I don't mind. This is the first
question: 'Compare and contrast the role of the Magyars
as an organized minority in the administration of the
v Austro-Hungarian Empire with the role of the Bavarian
margraves in the consolidation of Germany. Cite specific
references from each of the 18 books read this semester.
Be brief, concise and exact.' Now if this weren't an open
book test, think how tough it would be." .
"Uh-yeah, I see your point Please don't eat that note
book, I need it for my next class. Any more teachers try
ing to mdce finals week easier for you?"
Jest s qsk
"There was kind of a problem with one of them. The
teacher didn't want to give a final, just an hour exam. But
she wanted to schedule it during dead week. Everybody
started complaining' and she said dead week was just a
tradition that didnt have any oficM standing. Then -'
somebody said the Faculty Senate had voted on it. The
teacher decided that if it bothered everybody so much,
she'd just give a quiz. I thought it was very open-minded
of her."
"What's the quiz?"
"Fifty essay questions that count for half our grade."
"How nice."
"I could hardly believe it myself. People talk about
how impersonal a big university is, but here it seems like
all the faculty really keep your convenience in mind,
m even have a full day to get home for Christmas."
An expression of pleased gratitude from this thought
lingering on her face, she began pounding her head against
the wall.
. "I pounded mine, too.
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White House to be 'just Plains Home1
By Arthur Hcp .
; Good morning, housraives and other shut-ins. It's time
for another heartwarming chapter of "Just Plains Folks"
the true-b4ife story of a humble littk ol peanut farmer
and Tils struggle to prove that love, honesty, mrtue and a
good press never hurt no case.
As we join up with Jsst Raia Jiasiy today, seena like
he's just been elected Fruil-t cf ttz United States,
much to his surprise.
That's bira, on the porch his bundle little cT cabin,
-xking, whittling, during on a wisp of hay, eating just
innocent
bLjstander
pisn frits and wHtlisj; "Dixie" aS at the same time. Aid
tzrs comes his pretty (but practical) wife. Just Plain
Hczdyzn: Ch, Jinmry, Tm so ex-died about moving
north to Vair-ox I do think we're going to have a
Jirrrsy: That's rijht, honey. Tm aiming to invite three
' cr .four Jjacdred thousand of our closest friends. Now,
Czi you go tzZz in you don't have a thirg to wear.
Rcr-'va: Of course not, 2y. I stUl have that perfect
ly Z'-l hcrril E2 the laa trne you tock me
cm dzr.ttr Lcff us, tissx was ia Aiknta'back in 1971.
ll'ij: TThs try I cocr tzts you anywhere? Est Fra
riit proud you aren't ona of those ferndss who throws "
away a dress before it's hdf wcrn cut. YcSlts the hit.
of every paper ia the cotisiry except Werners Wear Dsly J
And who Eseds them? Vr-t . -:
Rosslyxa: What ihcot yea, im Ais you gssng to gt . ;
a3 gussied tip? : j,- ' t . '
Jimmy: You bet. Our failMiil fkss2y retasar, Jsst -Raia
Jody, wants cie to wear scstellir cCd a mcrnirg
coat I told him IH niwtaritie if thjygot
some place cp there to rent one. - -
Eosslyna: And dca't fort siss, daar." ID-Jt, j-jst
think, after the ba3 well be all abns ia the biz fftite
House. . -
Jimmy: Well, cot exactly. You're fcrtt that for
two years' duriz the csmpra I spent every n:t as the
pest of some just plafa fcka scssrsshsre. And I fctittd
each cf thera to speed a nhtwiiEs after I was clscttd.
Est we got plenty cf rpace-cy oral cfuse, the Abe
Rosalynn: Abe who? - ;
'Jimmy: The one my trsir, Js TLhi-ZZy, calls-;
, "The Robert E. Lee Esdrocm." Ycsirree-fcob, yea and
tie and Jest Fisia Amy and Jest Usa Hiz f-T-ian are
going to make it the very tmO. Jet flan democratic '
(with a snia3 d") Tslite Ilcsce yea errr did see. Us Jsrt
Fbins Folks are oir to cre it like Just Flains Heme.
. F-osslisi: Yea meaa it's to be so desocrstic
yoa won't hire zzy cocks cr msis cr chmffrars cr bsids
or helicopters -cr alrf!ia i cr . . .
-Jimmy: Dang it, Ryua. Not x'i democratic!
VcIL fiicnis, don't fcr-ct to tune iajsia next time.
Meanwhile, keep ia c:J that cIJ tit cf Jurt FLiis Fclks
rdoa: C!cthcs don't crie the rcaa-kis'a he's a red
snrt drtser.
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letters
Ono tost not enough
Maybe Steve Wheeler believes that the Scholarships
and Financial Aids Committee placed "the students
receiving the 'best' grades to receive the 'best' scholar
ship " I disagree.
The way Regents Scholarships are set up is: From tests
taken in a student's senior year of high school, the regents
determine the four-year scholarship winners. Alternates
may win one-year awards on the basis of four-year awards
which are refused.
The thing which seems unfair to me is that four-year
winners must keep a 3.75 cumulative GPA, whereas one
year winners must keep a 4.0, Going through three years
of college trying not to ever get even a B is close to
impossible. . " '"
If the regents are going to base their scholarships on
grade point averages, they should do it completely. Why
don't they just give out all one-year scholarships to begin
with, and make it competitive based on GPA after that?
I don't see why one test in high school should allow some
students, to have their tuition paid with a-3.75 while
others are pressured into getting straight As.
Lynne E. Tirnmerman
3.5 requirement fair
Four-year Regents Scholarships are given on the basis
of scores from the SAT and ACT tests. I feel this is one
good way to determine these scholarships, but there are
many people who do well on the tests and poorly in
school. Some of the four-year Regents Scholarship
winners are among this group.
To take into consideration those "people who may not
do well on the SAT or ACT tests but do well in school,
one-year Regents Scholarships are available if the student
has a 4.0 CPA for two semesters, and to keep the scholar
ship, he or she must keep a 4.0 GPA for another full year.
I believe the university is keeping a double standard
when the students who really work just, to get a one
year scholarship but end up with a 3.9 GPA are refused
while a student with a 2.75 can roll merrily from party, to. .
party and know hell never have to shell out S300 a
semester for tuition, IVe seen this happen: - 1
I believe the new system of requiring a 3.75 GPA for
the four-year Regent Scholarship holders is a much more
reasonable and a more fair system than before.
Helen Autenrieth
Both right . : J
- Concerning the controversy over the new CPA require
ment for the Regents Scholarship: I think both sides have
good arguments. There is something to be said. for
academic leeway, as expressed by Rex Seline and Jim;
Williams. But there is also a sound principle behind the .
raising of the requiment, as Steve Wheeler almost pointed
out. 2.75 was a little low. : : '
I just think that the committee went a little bit too far
(as Paul Raschke did with his style and profundity).
How about a 32? -
- Dan Kurtenbach
Four-year regents
. , scholar.
Cow stU being dcZicd . " ;
I recently have noticed the paths being worn through
the newly seeded grass area south' of Love Ubiiry. It
appears n37y students tad Jacuity members are tocoa
sidkate and lazy enoai to cut comers across the 'new:
grass, rather than spend the extra few seconds required to
keep oa the walks. I was encosrard to see the grounds .
dept. instill new sidewalks between Mueller Tower and
Love library this last year where muddy "cow paths""
previously scarred the weedy terrain. The new grass and
he trees made that part cf the campus lock a lot more
pleasant. (The grass and trees were not native, but what
Ikxt spring, however, the luii green carpet will show
the scan cf counties cut comers. Attempts wSl
cadoubt2y be made to stop the trespasaas, uarg steel
pests and wire as a last reseat. The area then resembles
more a farra than a cdfegs campus. If, hcvicvrr, people
would learn rerpect for others property (private or
public) at some tine during their eiacstica at UNL, such
nsedlcss procedures would not be needed.
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