Page 10 University Daily Kansan, October 7, 1981
Rotating schedule spreads out finals times On the record
By SHARON APPELBAUM Staff Reporter
University officials do not, contrary to what some students think, plot the torture of certain students by putting them on their finals on the last possible day.
For the most part, the schedule that determines the length of everyone's winter vacations was predetermined in a meeting five years ago.
SINCE THEN, the times for each exam are based on an eight-se semester rotating schedule.
Though some students may not like their final schedule, faculty members who have been around a while prefer to sit in a chair arbitrarily set schedules of the past.
"Its basis is to try even everything out so there isn't too many students taking exams at the same time," Lorraine Michel, chairman of the
University Calendar Committee, said yesterday.
Her committee compiled the schedule. The University Council last week verified it and approved any changes made.
Morning classes always have morning finals, and afternoon classes have evening finals.
CERTAIN CLASSES, such as foreign language biology, are scheduled for final exams.
But within those limits, finals times rotate each semester. For example, a class scheduled at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday will have its finals on the third day of finals. Next semester, the final will be the morning of the fourth day.
Michel cited exceptions to the usual rotation. Evening classes have finals on Friday and Saturday.
She said the final for English 101 was always the first evening of finals because "there's quite a lot to grade." The schedule for first grade is heard
on the number of students taking classes at certain times.
EACH CLASS that meets at a popular time is scheduled for a different finals day. These classes, which officials call "final time," run from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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Finals for classes at unpunctured times are scheduled with the others, and the number of students taking finals each day are kept as equal as possible.
For example, the most popular class time is 9:30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so no other finals are scheduled at that same time slot.
According to 1979 figures from the office of admissions and records, 7,900 students were taking a class at that time.
However, fewer students enroll in both 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. classes, so those finals are scheduled at the same time.
Before the Calendar Committee developed the rotating schedule, finals times were picked arbitrarily and times weren't rotated.
"Some of the numbers might have gone up because of enrollment changes," she said, "but they stay relatively proportional.
UMHOTZ, who was chairman of the committee in 1976, saw the inequities of the old system and developed the rotating schedule.
"It always bothered me," said Robert Umholtz, committee member and associate professor of mechanical engineering.
"People would always rather come late and go home early."
PATSY ELLIOTT, schedule coordinator for admissions and records.
In 1976 he said, "Last year, the bulk of students ended up taking their exams on the last days of weeks final. The new schedule is designed to spread out about equal numbers of students each day."
said she arrived at class totals by counting names on classroom rosters.
OKTOBERFEST '81
Lawrence police arrested a KU sophomore in connection with an attempted arson at West Coast Saloon, where Monday night, police said yesterday.
Friday, Oct. 9, 1981
Police alleged that Christian R. Rateliff set fire to a paper on fire in the men's bathroom paper on fire in the men's bathroom
A co-owner of West Coast said he walked into the bathroom, saw a roll of paper burning and accused Rickmers of setting it.
Price's Appliance and Repair warehouse, 729 New Hampshire St. sometime between Sept. 22 and Monday September 24. Lawrence police reported yesterday.
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Police said the televisions were noticed missing when employees took inventory. The warehouse is in back of the store.
Rickmers is in jail on $15,000 bond,
police said.
Burglars stole 11 TV sets from
The burglaris apparently entered the building through an unlocked window. There are no suspects in the case.
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