^6 Journalist
January 18,1990
Page 5
Winter Term 1990!
I^ros and cons of Winter Term
Becky Hansen
JC 225
Term evokes mixed
wgs among administrators.
Winter
feeli
®®culiy^ and students. During the
®*ore than 25 years of Winter
term at Elon College, its
P^i*pose has changei^, and many
tfiose questicMied agree that the
^ ^nge has not been for the
tetter.
,Pickens, head of the
j Term and Faculty Work
(Ad Hoc) Committee, says
uiler Term problems are greater
3n ihe advantages. Associate
Academic Dean William Rich
^ys the main problem is that the
term
IS too compressed-
i
% Winter Term came to Elon
I College in the late 1960's, the
I niairi focus was on experimental
^ ^Curses; internships* foreign
and other courses designed
^ifically for the Winter Term.
^ years, the school
San to lean more towards
Conventional education, offering
science and even malhematic
courses during this "experimental
term." Several faculty and
administrators favor changing
back to the original intent of
Winter Term. Dean Rich and
Dean Francis said the change had
already begun a few years ago
from the conventional to the
innovative courses.
Dr. Pickens says while most of
the faculty and administrators are
not strongly for or against Winter
Term, there are some who are
undecided about it. This was
revealed in a faculty survey
compiled in February 1989 by
the Ad Hoc Committee. The
survey revealed approximately 40
percent of faculty said they would
rather teach special topics than
conventional courses during this
period. Gerald Francis, Dean of
Academic Affairs, maintains that
winter term is intended for
creativity and more special
courses are being introdiK:ed each
year.
Senior, Katie Alley, says one
good thing about Winter Term is
that students have to focus only
on a single subject, however,
"you tend not to absorb
everything because the class is
too concentrated." Junior, Kristi
Thompson, says that Winter
Term is a good time to bring up
your grade point average and to
get 33 hours in a year instead of
only 30. Both students agree
three hours is too long to sit in
one place and continuously
absorb new things but it is a
good time to get something you
might not like out of the way.
Another problem addressed by Dr.
Pickens is that most deparunents
are overworked. He and Dean
Francis suggested one solution
that would make Winter Term
mandatory for all students for two
out of four years at Elon. This
would give faculty one year on
and one year off with more time
for new ideas to be generated.
For students. Winter Term would
be the lime to work on
internships, foreign u-avel, and
special courses they might nov
want to take during the rejgulai
semester.
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Weather Watching
By Elisabeth Sementelli
JC 225
Every winter Elon College is
faced with the problem of a
winter storm and along with it
comes the question of whether or
not classes should be cancelled.
The length of time it takes for
the decision to reach the faculty
and students can cause some
confusion.
During the bad weather, the
college has a group of people that
stay awake and periodically check
out the roads to see if they are
passable. The Class Closing
Committee consisting of
President Fred Young, Vice
President of Administrative
Services Robert Poindexter, and
Vice President of Academic
Student Affairs Warren Board,
makes its decision and then
contacts the media.
Commuter students:|^ct that the
news of closed claS^j^s docs not
come out early fiiK^gh. Pat
Kinney, Dean ’1trf Public
Relations, says the committee
tries to come up will', a decision
as soon as possible. Kinney says
that Elon has many radio and
television stations lhal broadcast
Elon's closing. Sometimes the
messages do not get to the
students in time because the
stations have so many
cancellations to announce.
Students said that they do not
know what stations to listen to.
Now lhal problem is solved, a
list of television and radio
stations are available. All of the
stations can be heard in the
Greensboro, Highpoini,
Winston-Salem and Raleigh
areas. So the next time it snows,
keep your list handy and listen to
one of the sialions.
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