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Thursday, November 30, 1972
University Daily Kansan
New Towing Policy Instituted at KU
Bv DON JEFFERSON
Kansan Staff Writer
The University of Kansas Traffic and Security office has instituted a new towing policy this week that could save persons in trucks towed about 50 per cent in tow charges.
John Thomas, director of KU Traffic and security, said Wednesday that in the future, he expects an influx of travelers.
companies would be called on a "rotating"
change because the lowest changes
will be given preference.
Homas, however, described himself as
boring "mixed feelings" on the new ar-
twork.
At present, he said, Kaw Motor & Salvage Co. is being given first preference at $6.50 for a normal, daytime toow, down from $15 previously charged by Elm's & Taylor
Texaco which Traffic and Security formerly utilized exclusively.
Second preference, he said, will go to Robinson Wrecker Service, the company that holds the city towing contract. Robinson's standard charge is $7.50. Third preference will go to Elm's who has lowered its charge to $12.50.
The rotating system was necessary
Kansan Photo by DAN LAUING
End in Sight for Expensive Towing Charges
... KU Consumer Protection Agency initiates change ...
KU Profs Present Grading System
An alternative to grading systems now being used was presented by Oscar M. Haugh, professor of education, and Dale P. Scannel, dean of the School of Education, at the recent annual meeting of the National Association of Teachers of English in Minneapolis. Minn.
"The teachers are as disenchanted with a pass-fail system of grading as they are with a conventional five-point, A to F scale," Haugh said.
The pass-fail system offers "nothing for good work" said Haugh.
Because the traditional A to F scale has only five steps, Haugh said, it is too narrow a scale for accurate evaluation. Haugh said the scale would be better with the scale, the scale became too large.
Haugh said that in view of the inadequacies of the present systems, he and Scanell developed a numerical rating system for evaluation of written work, such as themes.
The numerical rating, ranging from one to eight, can be translated to a letter grade.
In this case, eight would equal an A seven an A, a B, and a B, on haught.
In gr. -ing a theme, the teacher first decides whether the paper belongs in the upper half (five to eight) or the lower half. He then places the paper in a quarter classification, and finally assigns one numerical rating.
The eight-point procedure, as opposed to a seven or nine point system, prevents "repression to the mean" Haugh said, and images more accurate grade assignments.
The accuracy of the system tested out, Haugh said, when 400 teachers graded the same three themes. He said their scores were more than one point in either direction.
The system, which applies only to subjectively-graded material, is designed to "objectify subjective measures," Haugh said.
According to Haugh, the eight point scale was very well received at the meeting.
The most refined student evaluation.
Evans was a member of many honor societies while at KU and a member of the Naval ROTC program. After he graduated he joined the Navy and became a nilot.
"1 knew Evans would be a pilot, but I was a little bit surprised when I heard he had been flying."
Evans will guide the command module in its orbit around the moon while astronauts Eugene A. Cernan and Harrison H. Schmitt explore the moon's surface.
Apollo 17, the sixth and last of the Apollo flights, will blast off for the moon Dec. 6. The pilot of the command module is Cmdr. Jerry D. Levine, a graduate of the University of Kansas.
Evans was chosen for the astronaut
Apollo 17 Spacecraft Piloted by KU Grad
program several years ago, but before that he was flying combat missions over Vietnam. Evans has won eight air medals, the United States Medal, and the Vietnam Service Medal.
Evans was born 39 years ago in St. Francis, Ann., and graduated from Bradford College. He went to KU and graduated in 1966 with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering. William P. Smith, dean of the university, was as a student in several of his classes.
While the other astronauts are on the moon Evans will conduct several tests from the module. One such test is using a thermal map of a thermal map of the moon's surface.
As an astronaut Evans has gone through extensive training including exercises in weightlessness chambers and simulated spaceships. Since he will fly the command module, Evans has been thoroughly trained in all aspects of the module.
After Cerman and Schmitt finish their exploration they will fly the Lunar Excursion Module back to the command module. The excursion module will be left intact and the astronauts will return to earth in the command module, piloted by Evans.
because a tow truck from a particular company often could not come immediately, he said, and an officer had to remain with the vehicle being towed, Traffic and Security does not have the manpower to allow that, he said.
Haugh said, is the standardized test.
However, he said, it was difficult to develop.
The astronauts will splash down Dec. 19, which is three days before Evan's wedding anniversary. His wife's name is Jan and they have two children, Jamie, 13, and Jon, 11.
Haugh said the person who develops a test must not only know the field, but also must have expertise in test writing. In addition, this skill must be avoided in standardized tests.
Raoul Berman, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore and manager of the KU Consumer Protection Agency (CPA), said the change was a victory over "a non-compliant business," he said it was a victory for his office, which began pushing for the change in October.
“If I told you what I really thought about this, wouldn’t print it. Thomas said.” I don’t think the CPA took into account other factors which I consider important. During the evening I can’t see a girl going to North Lawrence where Kaw's and Robinson's are at 23rd and Elms is at 23rd and Louisiana. We used them for the students’ convenience.”
"Elm's has been giving good service to the University," he said. "Basically, all of the low services were the same price until recently."
Berman said the CPA first became involved in the matter Oct. 10, when a KU student complained to the office about an excessive tow charge.
When I first contacted Thomas, he was aware that Mr. Berman said. Berman said, he understood objection to calling other towing companies to be that Elm's was the only wrecker service which had filed a verification of work with the office of Traffic and Security.
"I feel we initiated it," he said. "This shows what a concerned organization can do."
However, at the request of the CPA, Berman said, Traffic and Security sent requests for verifications to the other companies.
Gerry Kelly, associate professor of engineering and a member of KU's Parking and Security Board, said that the change in parking enforcement made without the prompting of the CPA.
"The CPA should spend more time talking to things other than parking violators who have been stopped."
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