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Faculty on panel back grade board
Friday morning, March 23, 1984
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By JENNY BARKER Staff Reporter
Faculty members of the University Council yesterday expressed widespread support for a grade appeals board at the University of Kansas, though a proposal for creating a board with such expertise has not been proposed.
James Carothers, chairman of the University senate, Executive Committee, said he was "very pleased."
"I had thought there might be significant faculty opposition, but there certainly doesn't seem to be any on University Council," Carothers said. "It seemed to be getting strong support, but we have colleagues who are very apprehensive."
CAROTHERS SAID some instructors were worried that many students might unnecessarily appeal grades if students had access to an appeals board, while other instructors objected
The proposal for a grade appeals board now before SenEx would create a board of four faculty members and two students that could order a grade change. Under current policy, only an instructor can change a grade, unless he has died, has been incapacitated, or has been found guilty of sexual harassment or academic misconduct.
because an appeals board would take away their exclusive right to change grades.
SOME FEARS OF THE faculty as to the amount of complaints a grade appeals board would cause are apparently unfounded, Carothers said. William Balfour, KU umbudsman, has told SenEx that in the last 1½ years he had
He said that because of the favorable response, SenEx would probably send a grade appeals proposal to the Council for consideration at its April 5 meeting. Yesterday, the Council considered only the idea of creating a grade appeals board, not a specific proposal.
heard only three or four complaints that would need to go before the board described in the proposal.
the proposed appeals board would hear grade complaints only after students had sought grade changes from their course instructors and the chairman of the department in which the courses were offered. Even then, the board would hear only complaints that came about because of the grading policy in favor of others to the grading policy that they established at the beginning of the semester.
Charles Kahn, a professor of architecture and urban design and a Council member, said, "It's a very narrow definition of when an appeal can be issued."
ALLAN HANSON, a professor of anthropology and a council member, said, "If we don't accept it, we're saying an instructor can lay out very explicit guidelines at the beginning of the semester and then arbitrarily change them when
assigning a grade. It seems to me that to not accept the policy is strange."
The council also voted 16-15 to table a proposal that would allow research at KU to remain classified for longer than the one-year limit set by current KU policy.
Carothers he was puzzled by the close vote because few at the meeting spoke in favor of it.
"I would be surprised if anyone who favored that change would have voted to table it, but we did not hear often or extensively from them," Carothers said.
He said he doubted that the classified research proposal would be approved this semester.
ED MEYEN, acting KU vice chancellor for research, graduate studies and public service, told Council members that the proposal would not free faculty to begin classified government contracts but would allow them more flexibility to do classified research for private interests.
Senate committee may ask groups to list members
Finance panel says requests may violate civil rights of GLSOK
By MARY SEXTON and CINDY HOLM Staff Reports
The Student Senate Finance Committee last night reconsidered, and then tabled, a motion that would require student organizations to fund the committee's work. The committee would consider financing them.
The committee passed the original motion Wednesday after a committee member requested a membership list from the Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas.
Candidates shun Kansas in conte for White Hou
JON GILCHRIST, chairman of the committee.
By KEVIN LOLLAR Staff Reporter
Toto, I have a feeling we're not in anymore.
not neither are the Democratic pres- hopefuls, even though Kansas will be Democratic caucuses tomorrow. The caucus is in West Jani- land at 7:00 Harwood Road.
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So how come Walter Monday dale hasn't be to campaign in the state since December Probably because he doesn't need Kai win the nomination
BUT WHAT ABOUT Gary Hart? Hee FROM Kansas, down in Owatonna. Born went to high school there, got caught chea a chemistry exam there.
So how come he hasn't bothered to can in the state?
Well, he had planned to spend Tumor morning in Topека, but he canceled out it.
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Washington, D.C., for a Senate vote on pra-
public schools.
Can't fight him for that. He gets paid to State Sen. Tom Rehorn, D-Kansas City, said that Hart had his priorities well in ord that one.
Maybe Kansas just isn't important Democratic presidential candidates. After the state has always been staunchly Republican, there is no doubt that it will be since Ail Landon ran for president in 1936.
But that's just one day. How come he'd come before?
rethorn may well have hit on the answer he said, "I'm not going to kid anybody. Ka isn't the hottest state in the nation. I'm not go to impose my ego on him."
AND BESIDES, Kansas only has 44 Critic delegates, compared with 171 selected
Mike Swenson, press secretary for Gov. J. Carlin, said, "A state like Kansas that has I say in a nomination or national election I trouble attracting candidates. That's un standable. They're campaigning where people are."
"We're proud to claim he grew up here, b Colorado can more realistically claim him as favorite son."
But Hart is a hometown boy made good, favorite son.
See PRIMARY, p. 5, col. 1
"A lot has been made of the fact that Kansas Senator Hart's home state," Swenson said, "it's also accurate that he hasn't lived here f some time.
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The six-man, six-woman Bristol Superior Court jury delivered for six hours before finding John Cordeiro, 24, and Victor Raposo, 23, guilty of raping a 22-year-old mother of two at Big Dan's Tavern in New Bedford, Mass.
FALL RIVER, Mass. - Two men were found guilty yesterday of aggravated rape for attacking a woman on a barroom pool table while onlookers cheered. Two other defendants were not found guilty on all charges.
Jose Medeiros, 23, and Virgilio Meciores, were acquitted. The two players were indicted.
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