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The
Collegiate
October 7, 1981
Vol. 52 No. 7
This week’s Photo of the Week winner is Jeff MacLennan.
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Pass/Fail Proposal
Tabled Again
By Marty Williams
Last spring, in the faculty
senate, a motion was projjosed
that has not yet been decided
upon. This proposal was the
controversial pass/fail system of
grading.
Many students do not even
Icnow what the pass/fail system
is. It is a system whereby a
student opts to take a course
and to receive a P(pass) or an
F(fail) rather than a letter
grade. The grade received is
not counted in any way towards
the student’s GPA.
The motion last spring was to
make PE 101 Foundations into
an optional pass/fail course.
Cloyd, head of the PE
department, said that the mo
tion came as a surprise to him
because he had not been con
sulted on the matter previously.
The motion was tabled until last
week’s senate meeting.
The PE department then pro
posed a one-year trial period for
PE 101 on the pass/fail system
for the 1982-83 school year. The
proposal included an evaluation ’
process consisting of compara
tive testing between students on
the pass/fail system versus
students on the regular grading
scale, as well as a statistical
breakdown of the number of
students who chose to take the
course pass/fail. The evalua
tion results would then be
turned over to the faculty senate
for a decision. This motion was
also tabled.
Dean F. Mark Davis said that
the senate did not make a
decision because a set of guide
lines for the pass/fail system
needs to be established. Pre
sently, some drama courses and
the student teaching course are
on the pass/fail system. Be
cause the system has so many
options, the guidelines are nec
essary for it to be consistent.
Davis pointed out that the
system has its good points as
well as its bad points. It allows
the student who does not feel
strong in a particular subject to
get some exposure in that area
without harming his GPA. It
also makes grading easier in
those skills courses where there
is much difficulty in breaking
down the grades to an A-B-C-D-
F level. On the other hand,
there is the question of whether
a student will feel as motivated
in a pass/fail course as he would
with the other grading system.
Graduate schools would have a
hard time deciding on admis
sions for students who have had
pass/fail courses because of
the lack of specific grades.
Finally, there is the question
as to what determines a “P”
and what determines an "F”.
Goyd said that the PE depart
ment is anxious for student
input on the matter. Students
should make their feelings
known because the decision on
pass/fail will directly affect
them.
Run-off Today
Elections
Held
i-lBKARY
OCTO
ATLANTIC ■
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
By Corby Raw la
Elections for class officers
were held Wednesday, Sept. 30.
The turnout at the polls was
extremely high compared to last
year’s elections. This year 316
students cast ballots while only
50 did so this time last year.
The freshman class has a
good reason to be especially
proud. Out of the 316 votes, 197
were cast by freshmen.
Bobbie Edwards, Student
Government Association pre
sident, was very pleased with
the number of students who
voted.
The election results arc as
follows:
Junior Class:
President—Lori Coleman
Sec./Tres.—Cathy Joyner
Sophomore Claaa:
President—Susan Leary
Vice President—Sandy Aldridge
Sec./Tres.—Andy Preston
Senators—Lisa Boykin
Dana Alford
Benjamin Smith
Freshman CUsa:
Sec./Tres.—Carolyn Campbell
Senators—Vanessa Forman
Terri Hendricks
Stephen Bishop
A run-off election will be held
Wednesday, Oct. 7, for fresh
man president between Dave
Sharpe, Karen Millilo and
Vickie Saunders; and for fresh
man vice president between
Emile Everest, Scott Smyth and
Pattie Harris.
Inside The Collegiate
Page 2 Letters to the Editor
Page 3 SGA
Page 4 Music and Movie Review
Page 6 Calendar of Events
Pages 7 & 8 Sports
Hank Knight Is “popping” to the l>eat of Michael Jacluon at the
AAAS Talent Show. Story on page 5. (Photo by Jeff MacLennan.)