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PAGE 2 THE LANCE NOVEMBER 4, 196 I I Ed Butterworth EdItor-in-Chief John Apperson Business Manager iheJjincc Mary Fisher Associate Editor Brian Weger Managing Editor Redefine Cut System! The policy of the class cut system has become a most controvers ial issue between students and faculty. The essential elements of the policy has been confused by both parties, resulting in harsh student re strictions. Page 15 of the student handbood states; “When absences from class endanger a student’s academic standing or indicate serious lack of commitment to the work of the course, ap propriate action will be taken by the instructor to remedy the situa tion.” Some students are now being told that If they miss a given number of classes, they will be dropped from the course. In a good number of cases this is justified by the students’ failure to meet the required class standards. This action, however, has not been restricted to just these students. Some students who are doing satisfactory work are being restricted, which is not in accordance with the above college po licy. The students’ viewpoint has been that cuts are not restricted by anj means. This, too, is a contradiction to the loosely stated policy, if a professor feels that lack of attendance will result in a lack of commit ment to a course’s work, then he can make the terminating decision in the matter. In essence our new policy exists as a free cut system only as defined by the individual professor. There is therefore a need to redefine the cut policy as above stated. It has proved to be both confusing and damaging to the student. As the cut system now stands, there is an inconsistency in its policy regarding the holiday break cut and its consequences (student handbook page 16 C). The student body has displayed its disagreement with what they con sider an Inefficient policy. The following petition has been cosigned by approximately 180 student government and student body leaders. “We the undersigned feel that the integrity of he academic program Is not based on any type of required class attendance, but is based ra ther on the quality of the professor and on student scholarship. Furth ermore the idea of required attendance at any time during the calendar year is not at all in line with the concept of voluntary attendance that we now have, nor is it in harmony with spirit of student responsibility and freedom which is developing at St. Andrews. "Consequently we wish to protest the college regulation requiring g^ttendance at the last class meeting before and the first meeting after the holiday on pain of being put on academic probation. “We wish to recommend that this regulation be deleted from the handbook and from practice immediately. This is necessary in order to bring about a real voluntary attendance system, to aid in student growth, to remove an unnecessary and undesirable obstacle to student responsibility and freedom of action.” The above petition asks for consistency In the policy as stated in the handbook. The punishment for cutting a class near a holiday break is much too stringent for the misdemeanor that it is. The class before and and after a break as it now stands In theory is more important than the the others, while in practice we know that this is not so. The students are only asking for a trial, a change in policy which enables them to prove that they are indeed responsible students. Ei ther drop the required class attendance prior to a holiday break or lessen the punishment. The concept of a voluntary cut program, if it exists. Is only exist ing in the minds of the students. While some professors have conform ed to this policy, others have not, and therefore the policy is not ef fective. There exists a definite need for the entirety of the cut system policy to be reviewed. As it now stands, it is most unsatisfactory to the stu dents. STAFF Joe Junod SPORTS EDITOR Peggy Gamble STUDENT ASSOCIATION Debbie Harper ACADEMIC NEWS Elizabeth Parker DRAMA and MUSIC Margaret Parrish DORMITORIES Linda Susong ADMINISTRATION Bill Barry, Sandy Harris PHOTOGRAPHERS Jim O’Brion CIRCULATION MANAGER Business Staff: Charma Walker, Beth Anderson, Todd White, June Stockbridge, Bege Miller, Marian Haley, and Buzz Rogers. Contributors this issue: Emily Holmes, llnda Curtis, Camilla Neal, Stasia McGriff, Jim Smith, Pete Cook, Larry McDaniel, Joan Suddarth, Jim Sirbaugh, Rick Johnson, Art Croswell, Jack Marion, KUty Blllman, Elizabeth Parker, Carl Jonas. For Image Or Individual? The Senage Academic Welfare Committee Bill No, 3 which calls for a revision in the dress re gulation on the academic side of the lake resolves that page 24 of the Student Handbook be re vised to read that “in the aca demic buildings and” be omitted. In conjunction with Welfare com mittee bill number 2, the hand book would read; “Good taste in dress and in general appearance and conduct is expected of all students at all times, whether on or off campus. However, casual attire is permit ted throughout the campus except at the noon meal on Sundays. Shoes must be worn in the Student Center at all times.” The academic dress regulation bill has been vetoed in the Cab inet by President Anderson. Al though the bill passed the Senate by a vote of 15 to 11, President Anderson feels that this close margin is not representative of the student body’s feelings towards casual dress on the academic side of the lake. Anderson has stated that it should be the student’s desire to want to build an image that can be called the “St. Andrews image’ ’, an image that every student would be proud to foster. He feels that casual dress is not in keepingv/ith the meaning of academic class at tendance. By vetoing the bill, he returns it to the Senate for reconsideration and with the hope that the Senate will try to fathom student opinion more carefully before revising it or passing it by a two-thirds majority. The two-thirds major ity in the Senate would pass the bill over Anderson’s head. While the student should v/ant to build an image that is St. Andrews, he should keep in mind that it is he and not the image- observing outsider who must live with the regulations of our com munity. While it is democratic that the majority rules and that ^voN2__L-M want ft(3HTS TOO 'iaj KHW 6-MPEHT fc^ULUENr Pr... Call in the news /viEpiAf at la$t we can take oufz 12I6HTFUL PLACE AfAONG THE NATIONS6i?^TiJNlVeR6(TIE5," the minority conforms to the de sires of the majority, is it right in this case that one should con form to another’s standard of good taste? If a student thinks only of an image and not of the in dividuals within his community* then he is selfishly supporting a false image. Therefore, should the image that St. Andrews stu dents are to keep be one of aij idealistic community or should the image be one where freedom of the individual is sacred? Keeping in mind that your fellow student is as concerned as yoif would you be more apt to say’: “I don’t wear shorts to class because it is not in keeping v/ith the image of our school. I have no choice in the matter. I must conform and maintain our high ideals,” or would you say, “If I want to wear shorts to class and Joe doesn’t want me to, then Joe can stay home an(J sulk. I too, have ideals which I must conform to.” The student body soon will approached concerning the matter of dress and will be asked for their opinions. The outcome of this| prospective policy will alsodetern mine just how liberal and tolerant our students are towards th^ ideals of their fellow students. If you wish to be bound to ren present a false image, then the| bill will be defeated here. YouJ will take your place among “the| boxes of ticky-tacky” that all look| just the same. If you declla otherwise, youwil^ at last have a freedom that is) yours alone. No one will have) to decide for you. Perhaps youl could even be yourself withoutj fear of being treaded upon. Phoolosophy He that is never satisfied v/ithl anything, satisfied no one. Nowadays a pedestrian is one) who walks from the house to thej garage. The best way to enjoy regulaif dividends is to invest in courtesy. Missing the boat is not nearly as) bad as giving up the ship. Hugh Murr Carolina Masonic Journal Letters To The Editor: Professors Cut Classes - Spooks Leave Visible ‘‘Signs” DEAR EDITOR: Who says a college senior is above believing In g^iosts and gho- bllns on Halloween? Monday night a senior and her roommate were looking out their window toward the Concord park ing lot. They were just comment ing on how creepy it looked out side (in fact, they both had goose bumps) when all of a sudden— BAH-RCX)OM!! Through their solar screen they saw the fog transform into a red dish-orange cloud and heard loud husky howls. The cloud disappear ed they could see no evidence of any visitors. Their investigation the next morning showed no sign of the night’s activity either. Then as our senior friend walk ed to class in the heavy fog, she became convinced that the campus had been visited the night before. All along the causewalk there were traffic signs of all shapes and sizes. She knew that there was a definite need for traffic signs out there with the bicycle speed demons and the V8 golf carts, but surely the college wouldn’t be that extravagant! Then as she approached her class room, she noticed that the windows had been transformed into decorative murals. She thought to herself, “Surely Mr. Dahl isn’t teaching students soap art’!” As she thought over the things she had seen the night before and that morning, she was convinced— The Lance Makes Corrections! In the October 7 issue of THE LANCE front page lead story it was noted that the approximate cost for an average student re siding on campus was $250. This should have read $2350. In the October 25 issue, the second page story, “Phones Con cern Vaughn,” the next to the last line should have read: I understand the limitation of circuits within our general set up and ask that students bear with us on the shortage of lines dur ing the “peak” period. there must really be such things i as ghosts and goblins. Who else | could have done these things--; certainly not college students, \ they’re too busy staying out of trouble—aren’t they?” | Sincerely, Mev . Fraser DEAR EDITOR: Since the faculty of this college has seen fit to prevent students from taking extended holidays, it seems only fit that they also be restrained from such action. On October 25 and 26 when all stu dents were required to attend all classes to avoid being placed on academic probation, many of them j were greeted by substitute pro- i lessors who checked the roll and ! explained that the regular profes- | sor was “out of town”. If anyone | is going to be allowed to make a | extended holidays, it should be ’ the students. After all, we are i paying to attend these classes; | the professors are getting paid { to attend them. Sincerely, Jan Sperling
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