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■ Th'6'“0pinrokiator this month foMnd that a much dlscuss'ed topic was, that of the cut system at ELon, so the questiori\was "What do you think of the cut system?" Here are some of the opinions received: , [ | ^ 1 ■ V '' i ! 1 Gwen Hancock-^-Sophomore—"T think th^t there is too much confusion about the cut system between the students , faculty; and administration. I had cut one c^ass three times with at least two weeks in’between an'd-was.'turned in. I ■ don't think that my cuts are unlimited novr,‘,but I still* don't know where spme of the teachers are setting their limits, since thbre ddes seem to be a limit." \ '■ I ’ n ^ • Jgrry Rowe—Junior—"I feel that’ tfie cuts should be unlimite|l as the rule ' states; however, we continue\to be treated .like childa^en, !and our cuts are not unlimited." , ;i ; \ i 1 I. ■' ' ■, 1 Carol Keith—Sophomore--" I think cuts should be left to our 'discretion. We ' are the ones that suffer if we miss and we know i-'tJ thusy^we are only cutting our own throats when we cut classes tod certainly we are considered old enough to ,1udge this for ourselves." Judy Jones—Junior--">nien I first came to Elon we had five unexcused absences from class, now we really don’t have any cuts, according to seyj^al of the . pijofessors, an yet most of the students "understan,d the^ rule to state that we have unlimited cuts. -1 think that'they should be unlimited, or at least a better understanding ought-to be made between the students and teachers." (3d. note: The cut System which was in practice, here several years ,ago did f hot allow a student five unexcused absences. Howeverv‘a student-could" miss 10 per cent of his.class meetings without penalty^,If ,a student missed more than thisj-"'he was required to excuse ALL of his absences and if he could not, penalty was given. In other words, a student could possibly have :cut a class, unexcused, five times. But with the sixth cut, he was subject to pen alty unless ail the cuts could be excused.) ’ r Lowry Sinclair—Junior—"I think the.present system is better than the past ■ ojjies, but eventually we will really need an unlimited cut system as it is* sliated in the rules. It would be good if we had unlimited ■^cuts. That; vjay,. - we would be able to distingttish the conscienljious student from the slacker, and also, perhaps, which professors' classes ■were creating the most interest" * V ■ Robert Montecelli—Pre^ishman--"There is really no cut system here, I think' it is really bad when many students have to make up illness to get excused fyom classes—s6on it will be like the boy yelling "wolf" too often." Joyce Bristov—Freshman—;"Being a freshman, I have not been exposedfcto any other cut systems; so I do not really have an idea'of other types of systems we could have. I do think the- students and administration should have a better understanding,-of our present system, though." * • ‘ The general opinion, it seems, is one of confusion. It is hoped that the cut system will be clarified before next .semester so that the student will Icnow wl:^r.e_.h^--stands.r . ' ’ ".j. NEW CCjL-UMN . Beginning with the next issue of the OAMBUS ^GRIER Karen Helm will presenti>' a column dealing with the activities of .sproMties arid fraternities on oampus. These groups are urged to contribute news of activities and events which may be of interest to the student bod.y. The news should be given to. Karen at least three days in advance. ^ rr
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