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  Iw`L: i   I   A Robert Bostrom, a professor of
[H V E L E M E N T S ww communications and member of the
V  it ,,   V,     COL1nCil, Said, "Norhuman being can
i f   -» t give that kind of distribution and call
itacurve.
i     o- "The grades suddenly got stringent.
_ ,_ , . r., i Some of these kids have been unjust-
L X r,
...i,i.t , tt ..ri ,g,_r i   ¤e;i::=· ly graded," Bostrom said.
rim »·t·- i ;=i me Wi we Va WA V'; A   V Ul feel like theyfre doing a tremen-
· I5 ICM?} 6 MOH 7 !4.§{}_7 8 15.9994 ` WM '  -i· dous injustice to students/' said Scott
···‘—i ¤ 2 ·¤· ·····l· i Yocum, council member and agricul-
0 jir n.lll·i¤»~i rt iii   C N 0 F   zi ture 5tudent_
titre tat,. .i,,,,,, V e,,,,, ___rr,,.·»,, use "What's done is done and they're
  ?·" 27* t·"’i·¤•i· +‘=’·»·¤•~ ae ·~•·•·~  ’*·~·# (chemistry department) net about to
_ nit i, I 2 I   2 me 3 A""' I "'°”°" j  WM" g0 back and say they were wrong,"
I3 26.98 I4 28.09 IS 30.974 I6 32.664 U 35-*53  ' x- Yocum said. "I feel like they've al-
i in.] »e   S• P S   ready made their mind up/’
Hi www or ! n Q i r e A "In a class that large you're always
_ 11, I, 1;) J ·:e|;r.s "If $:_;:'   ·:€ {EL":]   to have a few COmpl3lntSl’I Said
it I ug [ 3 .. l I We 4 - t·.. V 2 -,/-r 3 . it ~ Charles Ellinger, academic
.2} 29 $3.54 30 553] 3] @@72 32 7259 33 ]4_gg 34 7836 3s ygjgtg g gg, ombudsman. "(Since they're fresh-
. man) 1t's not likely they will come
tu n Gu Ge As Se Bit Kr  t‘O“‘i“st“tes-
  I ,; i er M row '_ nm L smug Main __q_ri__ Phillip Eanwick, assistant professor
  714 sv! sn Q7   4.; t Ju 3.7;. of Ch€ITiiSiZI'y, said St1.1d€1"\lZS WOL1lCl
      ri 2 H A i S I 6 · · 2 · 6 have to provide some sort of justifi-
rt 47 i f tilt:  8 ’ix.—-dw  9 i»»   $0 HBH? $| !2i?5 $2 I27,é0 $3 !2§.·?§ $4 tea cation before he would change a
’     _ my cass , an i t e students prob-
I l   i   ,   i       I i X grader "Iive lojokredhat every case (in
é ·• » i , · = » l r   , ~ _· V,- A- ,.   Q i€1'n Was that the 'ust blew a test
. j _ _ Y I r
t  t t i tx -   ·  e it 8 e is ' s sz , t then I gave them the grade."
W 4 ,re- i   .. .   . .. . 4** '   ..r.. i  do _ r ,__. .. Although no grades were changed,
4 79 if if lm lg. lee if 83   ei 84 ` 85 ` iu Butterfield said there would bg
E i     • t i changes in the course in the future
  TI Pb B P *     i · ~ ‘
l· V _ A   I 0   r ,   A grading policy allowing students
it i t W __r_ in _ Q _ Q   · as · · ¤     to drop their lowest test grade has I
  A ‘“t` are ra k { ’ ‘ _ b€€¤ Implemented for this semester.
i Other changes in CHE 105 may in- i
did not get their grades until school t0r Of general chemistry. elude lengef testing $e$SiOn$ and an
was our/i he Said [Awe in Chemistry beiieve there is a alternative 105 course targeted at
"You’i·e talking about freshman certain level of absolute performance n°,n`melOrS· _ I
students in large Classes and they that a student must demonstrate in We have In ine new Schedule
many amor know quite Where to order ro naselti he Said ih the rnaior_ books (for Fall 1984) the exams will
turn," Robertson said. "They looked ity et students de¤’t aehieye that per- be One. test .‘“SF?ad et 50 “"“““*$»"
around and aji their rriends had a D fgrmancgl the majority WOn’tpaSS·" Butterfield said. Its not a statement
Orlisn they dgnftfgglquitg as bad_ U Guthrie and Butterfield cited grad- that they have het had eheush time,
"As soon as l learned of this l irn- rhs peiiey fer these semesters as the ‘”e“’l“?ti”°‘f‘d‘“g eY°“ “?°“* *‘“"*·" .
mediately called (College ot) Arts Sc rhaih reaseh ter the sudden drep in eanwtde said tttstttls time this se-
Sciences Dean Michael Baer to set up OVQMH €h€mi5tYY grade P0i¤t aver- mestef eeuld ne? he eXfended because
a meeting. We presented the data',) aged The oohey during the two Sern_ of room reservations by other classes.
Robertson said. "And the data itself seters was a he—drep approach, A1S°» _a ge“e“’l d‘€mt$“>’ ter .
rstha bOttOmirnE.,, meaning ajj four examinations and a health sciences I and II (numbered
The data available to Robertson final exam were counted in averaging 104 arid 105) was prepesed im the
oerrained only ro agrieuirore Students grades. following Fall. The additional classes
enrolled in the CHE 105 course. "Out "The GPA in the course . . . were Pmmpted by a request imm
of 85 students, the (grade point aver- dropped in the Spring and Fall of Marisa Me¥’ `
Spring and Fall classes of1983. were assished fairly arid lastly iihder i ati McKenna we We were le?  .
"It was a rather peculiar distribu- what they (5tt1d€ntS) W€f€ told in the me Students Not because they Cen}  .
tion of grades in Chemist1'Y 105/' syllabus-" f"’S$e‘i;"$‘Y‘gi but fiiecause they Cam  ·
said Douglas Rees, council chairman. Each test was etiryed and $t¤d€¤t5 pass emlstryloe
"As of this date, there is not a sin- needed te seere ,40 td 44 _P€Y€€¤t ih ..5rephanie Wallner  f
gle professor who would change their Qfdetl id Pa$$» Euttertieid said
grades," said Allan Butterfield, direc- Tnaf$dnneaenfve·
Chemistry grading   V
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