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The Collegiate
Fa^e 2 JNovenib«*r II, 1981
VIEWPOINTS
Is Nothing Sacred?
By Stan Melhmiu
First of >11, this is not going to be an answer or rebuke to Dr.
Schneider’s letter to the editors in last week’s paper. I am very
grateful to Dr. Schneider for answering my questions about the
English department, as we all should be. He has taken the first step
in opening better lines of communication between teachers and
students, which is something we desperately need. Perhaps some
other faculty members will follow his example. What this is going to
be is an editorial against what is known as the Longo rating system.
It is a method of ranking soccer teams, and it is used in our district
(District 26) to determine who
plays who where in the district
tournament. It is also very
ineffectual.
Let me try to explain. The
Longo system uses a method
which divides teams into five
classes: A, B, C, D and E. An A
team is supposedly the best, an
E team the worst. Under the
Longo system, if an E team
beats an A team by one goal, it
gets 350 points. If an E team
beats another E team by one
goal, it gets 50 points. To
complicate matters, however, if
an E team beats another E team
by four or more goals, it gets
200 points. If an E team beats
an A team by four or more goals, it gets 500 points. The team with
the most points at the end of the season is ranked number one. All
this is designed so that at the end of the season the best team will be.
ranked first, and the worst team ranked last.
It does the exact opposite.
ACC went undefeated in the district, 7-0. High Point lost one
district game (to ACC), Elon lost two, and Guilford lost three. There
are only four teams allowed in the district tournament. Common
sense tells us that since ACC beat every team in the conference, we
should have been ranked number one. But that’s not what happened.
The team that was ranked number one, and therefore given the
privilege of hosting the tournament, was Guilford—the team with the
most losses. The team with no losses at all—ACC—was ranked
fourth. Even though ACC beat every team in the district, it was
ranked last and was forced to play all tournament games on the road.
1 think it’s obvious that we need a better system than this.
Why not simply place the team with the least winning percentage
first, and the team with the worst percentage last? We need a fairer
method of ranking than this. Our soccer team was robbed of a home
field advantage, and our soccer fans were robbed of some good
soccer.
Elditorial Policy
The opinions eipreased «re those of the writers and do not
neM*Mrily reflect the views of the CoUegUte or Atlantic Christian
College.
The Collegiate
Editor John Speight
Assistant Editor Lisa Boykin
Sports Editor Stan Meihaus
■Business Manager Lynda Owen
Advertising Manager Michael Nixon
Arts Editor Nancy Tissot
Photographers Jeff MacLennan
Harold Williams
Adviser Michael Fukuchi
Staff: Sandy Aldridge. Tommy Elliott, Shereen Heath,
Debbie Jennings. Ernie Lee, Michael Nixon, Andrea
Robinson, Bill Sledge, Maurica Smith, Tony Turley and
Martv Williams.
ACC Strengthening
Developing Programs
By Dr. Harold Doster
The program entitled
Strengthening Developing Insti
tutions is within the Title III
authorization of the United
States Department of Educa
tion. Atlantic Christian College
applied for a five-year program
under Title III. The primary
focus of this program relates to
the fulfillment of student educa
tional needs. The retention of
students from matriculation to
graduation, therefore, repre
sents the primary emphasis
around which the four activity
centers are to be developed.
Atlantic Christian was funded
for one year rather than five.
ACC received a one-year grant
to establish the four activity
centers and build a basic foun
dation upon which the goals and
objectives of the program might
begin in 1981-82, with the hope
that the programs could conti
nue until the goals and objec
tives are met. ACC will apply
for renewed funding for the
coming year.
Four Activity Centers
The four activity centers are:
1) The Learning Resource Cen
ter, 2) The Center for Student
Counseling and Development,
3) The Center for Personnel and
Program Evaluation and Devel
opment, and 4) The Manage
ment Information Center.
Learning Resource
Center
The Learning Resource Cen
ter might be visualized for
program purposes as a triangle.
The base of the triangle is being
established as the Media Re
source Center where all audio
visual equipment at the college
will be properly catalogued so
that it may be retrieved readily
and utilized by teachers within
the classroom. Some of the
equipment and materials will be
housed on the second floor of
Hardy Center where there will
be a production laboratory for
making audio-visual materials
for faculty and student utiliza
tion. Other equipment will be
housed close to the individual
points of utilization in the
various campus buildings. A
media specialist, Mr. Glen J^.
Wilson, has been employed to
work with the faculty and stu
dents in the supply and produc
tion of audio-visual resources
and the development of instruc
tional support services.
Learning Place ^
The second side of the'
Learning Resource Center tri
angle could be visualized as the
“Learning Place.” Tutorial
services under the direction of
Dr. Thomas MacLennan, who is
the Director of Activity One, will
be provided here. The Learning
Place will have faculty members
and student tutors to assist in
delivering assistance in areas
such as study skills^ reading,
writing, mathematics and other
related areas.
Center for Student
Counseling and
Development
The second major activity of
the Project will focus on t
student developmental model.
Its major concern is extracurri
cular, co-curricular and other
out-of-classroom learning expe
riences of the student. Coun
seling will be a major compo
nent in this Center. The
Director of the Center -will be
responsible to the Dean of
Students.
Center for Personnel
and Program
Evaluation
and Development
The third activity is the
Center for^ Personnel and Pro
gram Evaluation and Develop
ment. Dr. Bill Hancock, the
Director of the Center, will wort
with faculty and staff in identi
fying ways to strengthen pro
grams and individual develop
ment. The Center will establish
ways in which to enhance
methods, Cjf, evaluation and to
broaden the options for program
development.
Management
Academic Advising Information Center
The third side of the triangle
relates to academic advising.
Beginning in the second semes
ter, a team of faculty members
will work directly with the
present advising system to
strengthen the preparation of
advisers and refine the system
for greater effectiveness.
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The fourth activity center
involves institutional research
and the computerization of at
information base for all college
activities. Personnel involved
are a director of institutional
research. Dr. Barbara Sessoms;
a computer analyst, Mrs. Adele
Gray; a programmer, Mrs. Ruth
Lowell; and a data-entry spe
cialist, Mrs. Jo Ann Boyette.
All phases of college life will be
touched as this Management
Information System is devel
oped. Future decisions in the
areas of college planning wiD
rest on data retrievable through
this system. Present computer
activities from business man
agement, student records,
alumni records and develop
ment records will all relate tothe
work of the Computer Center
and the Director of Institution*!
Research.
Together, these activities wiU
enhance the college’s service
to students. Each area shouW
be in operation by November I •