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Academic Senate hears proposed code revisions By Pat Dinsiage Staff R&porter James Griesen, UNL vice chan cellor for student affairs, presented proposed revisions to the Student Code of Conduct to the Academic Senate for review at a meeting Tuesday in the Nebraska Union. One revision states that all cases of academic dishonesty will be reported to the student judicial affairs officer, Griesen said, whether or not disciplinary action is brought against the student Deans of University of Nebraska Lincoln colleges are “philosophi cally opposed” to that proposal, Griesen said, because a file on academic dishonesty could affect students’ future employment op portunities even if they were not brought before the judicial board. But members of the Student Judicial Board say a historical rec ord of academic dishonesty would be helpful because it could affect the ruling if a student is brought before the board, Griesen said. In other action, the Academic Senate elected 1990-91 officers and executive committee members. James McShane, associate pro fessor of English, was re-elected as senate president. George Tuck, professor of news-editorial jour nalism, will fill the renamed posi tion of president-elect - formerly called the vice president - for 1990 91. Senate secretary for the coming year will be Deanna Eversoll, eve ning programs director in the Divi sion of Continuing Studies. Members of the 1990-91 execu tive committee are Connie Ahlman, Cass County extension agent; William Ahlschwede, associate professor of animal science; Royce Ballinger, professor of biology; Jim Hejduk, associate professor of music; Sandra Herzinger, associ ate professor and cataloging chair woman for the libraries; Linda Shipley, chairwoman of the adver tising department; Jack Sicgman, professor of sociology, Don Uer ling, associate professor of educa tional administration; and Sally Wise, associate professor of law and director of the law library. LPD unit strives for traffic safety From Staff Reports Efforts by the Lincoln Police Department’s Traffic Safety Unit are starting to improve safety in Lincoln, according to the group’s leader. ‘‘I think we’re beginning to have an impact,” said Lt. Frank Rowe. The unit, which started its enforce ment operations Jan. 18, is financed by a three-year grant from the Na tional Office of Highway Safety. The grant provides for five officers and three vehicles, with equipment and Rowe’s salary coming from the city. Rowe said the goals of the unit are to encourage people to comply with traffic regulations and to reduce acci dents. To achieve those goals, the unit enforces traffic regulations and is exempt from routine police calls except in emergencies. ‘‘We’ve been issuing a lot more citations than we have in the past,” Rowe said. He estimated that the unit has issued 6,000 to 7,0(X) citations and warnings so far. In addition to enforcement, the team has tried to promote traffic safety by working with the Mayor’s Com mittee on Traffic Safety and sponsor ing bicycle rodeos for youth, Rowe said. Psychology Continued from Page 1 During the 1970s and early 1980s, about 300 UNL students majored in psychology, he said. But during each of the past five years, the psychology department has grown by about 100 students, he said. “During that entire time,” Ber man said, “we have had no increase in faculty.” The department has 20 faculty members for about 800 majors, he said, which translates to about 40 psychology majors for each faculty member. “It’s the worst faculty-to-major ratio that I’m aware of,” Berman said. ‘‘In my opinion, it’s worse than business.” In addition to all the students who are psychology majors, Berman said, many non-psychology majors also are taking psychology courses. Although UNL administrators have given the psychology department money to add another faculty mem ber next semester, at least five more are needed, he said. Berman said officials have been sympathetic to the overcrowding in psychology courses, but there’s not much they can do. ‘‘It’s going to lake new monies to solve this problem,” he said. Berman said the psychology de partment currently is handling the situation by giving registration prior ity to psychology majors who are ready to graduate. But because some other students end up being turned away from psy chology classes, Berman said, he sometimes hears complaints from students and irate parents, Berman said he thinks more people are majoring in psychology because it combines the best disciplines from other fields, while also giving indi viduals the opportunity to help oth ers. “(But) I don’t want to make it sound too good because that might encourage more people to become majors,’’ he said. Dead Week Continued from Page 1 He said he doesn’t have an exact number of complaints, but that it is much lower than last semester’s number. Part of the reason could be that complaints first semester often come from classes taught by new instruc tors who aren’t completely aware of the violations, he said. By second semester, those instruc tors usually know the policy and abide by it, Gilbertson said. He said the primary complaint he hears concerns instructors scheduling tests during Finals Week and then moving them to Dead Week. The policy states that final exami nations arc to be given only at the regularly scheduled time published in the schedule of classes, or at an other time during Finals Week “mutually agreeable to all concerned.” The only tests that may be given during Dead Week are laboratory practical exams, make-up or repeat exams and self-paced exams, the policy states. The policy also states that proj ects, papers and speeches scheduled for completion during Dead Week must have been assigned in writing by the end of the eighth week of the semester. The topic, however, does not have to be specified by then. Gilbertson said that when his of fice receives a complaint and there is a violation of the policy, he contacts the instructor. He said he informs the instructor of the violation and tells the instruc tor that if the violation isn’t corrected, it could result in action by the Grade Appeals Committee or by the Profes sional Conduct Committee. It then is up to the instructor to correct the situation or run the risk of having the student take his or her complaint to the committees, Gilbertson said. The ombudsman’s office can lake no action against the instructor, he said. Mohling said ASUN can help stu dents through the process of filing complaints and bringing their com plaints to the committees. “We would help them sec the complaint through to the end,” she said, ‘‘or at least lead them in the right direction.” Math Continued from Page 1 “We hope that by bringing stu dents to campus, we will generate a real gcxxi pool of students for the future,” he said. In addition to promoting math education, Lewis said, the depart ment also must promote careers in math. 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