Volume X, Number 2 The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Uctober 2b, 1989
issuing Privileges
by Jenny Gardner
After Mny hours of hard
Mork last year and this year,
Student Swemeent Associa
tion has issued a nett set of
junior/senior privilege
guidelines. They are as
follOMSI
1. Students mst apply for
privileges nith his/her RA.
2. Privileges are subject to
RA approval.
3. Privileges coee into effect
Mhen the RA signs the card
and issues it to the student.
4. An RA May revoke privileges
teeporarily on the grounds erf
f^ing grades, poor conduct,
etc.
5. Seniors May apply for
privileges Monday Oct. 9.
6. Senior privileges Mill be
issued on the basis of 4th
quarter grades until 1st
quarter grades com out.
7. Juniors May apply for stage
I privileges at the end of
the 1st quarter, and stage II
at the end of the 1st
seMester.
The neN stage I privileges are
as folloMs:
Signing' off caepus (eith an
M's signature) until 10>30
p.M. Nonday-Thursday. To
receive this privilege, you
Must have no pimding judicial
hearings, no level Ills, only
one grade belOM C*, and no Us
on residential life report.
The new stage II privileges
are as follows!
Staying in dom, but out of
rooM after 12 a.M.
Honday-Thursday and Sundays
for phone use, shower,
socializing, etc. Also
included in Stage II
privileges art having
two 2-hour curfew extensions
per quarter. To receive this
privilege you wust have no
Level lls in the past four
weeks. No wore than two
unexcused absences in
the last quarter and no wore
than 5 cuwulative unexcused
absences. You Must also weet
stage 1 criteria and have no
sort than one grade below a
B-.
When asked how she felt
about the new guidelines, SGA
president Nora Gardner
coMwented, *Ue've worked hard
with the residential life
staff and found out that
they're really cooperative.
S8A has done its best to cater
to the needs of the students
and the staff and I feel that
the advantages far outweigh
the disadvantages.*
Qofting Together with the Director
by i_isa Senzel
At the Director's
Retreat, August 16th arid l7th,
faculty, staff, administra
tors, and studerits charted
goals for NCSSM's second
decade.
Resident Advisors,
Housekeeping staff, twenty
studerits, and many others
boarded activity buses at 6 AN
each day. In the Durhaw Arts
Council building downtown,
Director Friedrick urged
everyone to consider group
interests over personal ones
while defining goals for the
school.
Brainstorwing sessions
and intense discussions
resulted in a draft of ‘ a
Mission Btatswent for NCSSN.
The statewent includes
the interided good effects, the
clientele, and the
restrictions for the school.
In sMaller groups,
participants suggested
five-year and ten^ear goals
in the areas of outreach,
residential life, and
acadewics. These goals
specify how NCSSN can
accoMplish its Mission.
"1 thought it was two
days well spent. It helped to
get to know the people better,
and to put everyone's ideas
together about how to better
the school," said Hattie
Evans, a Mewber of the
housekeeping staff. "Since
the retreat 1 have seen an
overall differdnee in the
school," she added.
The students were drawn
p «
froM the Dotm Assistants, Peer
College Counselors, Student
Government Associatiori
officers, and Orientation
CoMMittee weMbers, who caMe to
school early this year.
"The idea of the entire
coMMunity cowing together,
including studerits and
parents, was refreshing, and
it gave we a great outlook for
the year," said Associate
Principal Dr. Joan Barber.
According to the
Director, weMbers of various
departwents at NCSSN are riow
reviewing the program goals
and Mission statcMerit. This
winter, students and staff
will, vote on approving these
doeuwents, which will then be
submitted to the Board of
Trustees.
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Cowing next issue: Relieving fishtank overflow.
Jr. Reps Chosen
by Leighann Fake
Juniors Harjot Singh and
Derek Brown were ele^ed by
their class as repi^sentatives
for the Honor Code CoMMittee
on October 27.
Currently, the coMMittee
IS reviewing the work done by
the coMMittee in the past,
getting to know each other,
and Making adjustMents to
oetter represent the different
groups within the NCSSN
coMMunity.
"Although reviewing and
redefining the past work of
the coMittee way sees like a
waste of tiMe, I think we're
waking some real progress in
analyzing what the honor code
should be," coHwented Ross
Little, co-chair of the
coMwittee.
"We want everyone
involved to feel that they
have been heard," Dr. Jon
Niller, chairman of the
coMittee, said. "All of us
know what honor Mans, but we
have different definitions,"
Hiller said. The coMittee
Must find SOM coMMon ground
and create something that
everyone can follow
enthusiastically. Ideally,
the Honor Code coMittee would
like to COM up with scm fina
proposals this year. Niller
said he would like the
coMittee "to get further down
the road" from where it is
now.
The coMittee will not be
able to progress beyond the
self-analyzation point until
the Mission statewent in
completed sometiM in January
or February. This way be a
set back, but Dr. Niller sees
it differWly. He fNls that
it will take that much tiM
to truly understand each
other’s views of honor and
define what the honor code
should hold. To that end,
anyone is 'invited to attend
coMittee Meetings, which take
place on Thursdays at 3:30 pw
in the Watts board room.
Speak -
Students, faculty, and staff debate at the Director's Retreat.
by Lisa Senzei
At the first speak-up of
the year, students and
resident advisors discussed
the PA/Wellness program,
privileges, and the new gyM
with Dr. Youngblood, Dr. -
Barber, and Branson Brown.
From 6i30 to BiOO PN on
Nonday, Septewber 2S, the open
foruM occupied New Lobby.
Dr. Barber passed around
copies of the old privileges
and listened to suggested
changes. For example,
the old privileges included
restaurant runs, which have
becoM outdated; state law now
requires van drivers to be
over 16.
Several RA's coMMfited on
the old privilege system. *I
felt like the grade require
ment for being out of your
room after midnight was too
low; everybody got it," said
RA Nike Sunzenhauscr. "When I
would try to encourage a
student to go to bed, 1 didn't
have a leg to stand on."
S8A Vice President Alan
Cline announced a meeting for
anyone interested in writing
the proposal for the new
privileges.
Students suggested
expanding the Physical
Activity program at NCS^^/to
include wore than just testing
every quarter. Coach Brown
brought up the idea of holding
seminar classes in racquet-
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