Friday, November 3, 1987
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Students,profs discuss mid-terms
The first six weeks are over. As instructors turn in mid-emester grades and send out down slips to failing freshmen and sophomores, students and instructors evaluate mid-terms, their value and the difficulties they cause.
Laurence Day, professor of journalism, says he tries to make the mid-terms an indication of what the student can do. "I find them useful to show the student whether he must put more emphasis on one subject than others, or perhaps more output on all his
subjects and less on the Villaga Green.
"The mid-term helps the student adjust to the course. The final is literally a test of success or failure and by then it is too late for the student to make adjustments," he said.
Gives students choice
J. Eldon Fields, professor in political science, however, says he gives his undergraduate classes the choice of whether or not to have mid-terms.
"I think the final exam is worth much more," he said. "The student himself knows how well he's doing in the course by midseme-ter."
"Good indication"
'I don't think mid-terms give teachers an adequate view of students' work since this is usually the first test in the course. A lot of students get down slips because of one test,' Sharon Woodson, Topeka junior, said.
Christmas mail, packages must be postmarked soon
If you plan to send Christmas packages to friend's or relatives in Vietnam or elsewhere overseas, you should do so soon.
The U.S. Post Office Department has set specific mailing dates for mail sent to Armed Forces overseas. The department said "Armed Forces overseas" includes personnel of our military services, members of their families, and authorized U.S. civilians employed overseas, who receive their mail through an Army post office (APO) or fleet post office (FPO) at New York, San Francisco, or Seattle.
The following mailing periods have been designated by the department:
Surface transportation—until Nov. 11.
SAM (Space available mail)
—until Dec. 1.
Air mail—Dec. 1 to Dec. 11.
SAM mail is mail addressed to servicemen in Vietnam. Parcels sent to Vietnam that weigh five pounds or less and measure no more than 60 inches in combined length and width, may be mailed at ordinary postage rates and transported by air on a space available basis between San Francisco and Vietnam.
Lydia Eichenberger, New York City junior, said that mid-terms were a good indication to her of how she was doing in a course. "But I think instructors sometimes grade low at mid-terms to frighten the student. This is ridiculous since it just puts more pressure on the student."
Domestic postage rates apply and postage must be fully prepaid.
Nancy Walsh, Prairie Village sophomore, Alan Winchester, Hutchinson junior, and Frank Zilms. St. Louis sophomore, think mid-terms should be spaced so they don't all come at one time.
"I think there should be more tests in the courses than just a m-d-term and a final." Bill Conklin, Wichita junior, said. "If more tests were given, the student would have a better chance to pull up his grade."
FPC commissioner
Carl E. Bagg, commissioner of the Federal Power Commission, will be a featured speaker for the third annual Pipeland Operation and Maintenance Institute, Nov. 8-9, at the National Guard Army in Liberal.
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