University Daily Kansan, January 25, 1982
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Grading policy change gives chairmen flexibility
ry ANN WYLIE staff Reporter
A new KU grading policy will allow department chairman to change grades when the instructor of a class becomes ul, leaves the University, or dies, a University Senate executive committee member said Friday.
Before the policy change, it was technically a violation of rules for anyone to change a grade except the instructor who gave it, Laurence Rose, professor of law, said. Students could also be given a penalty for having students had left or died, he said.
"Now, if there is an appeal, the chairperson can change the grade," he said.
The policy change also applies when an instructor dies or leaves the University before his class is over, requiring someone else to give the grades for that class, said James Maloney, professor of chemical and petroleum engineering and SenEx member.
"This has happened once or twice," he said.
THERE WAS no provision for this situation before the policy change, Maloney said. Now the department chairman gives grades when this
The policy change was adopted at a SenEx meeting Dec. 18 and affects all colleges and departments in the University, Rose said.
Another policy change, which still is being considered, would require an instructor to give a student an incomplete in a course if the student were enrolled in it and had not attended a class. The complete order of授课 Rose said. The incomplete would be changed to an F if the work were not made up.
"That's designed to protect students," Rose said.
Without the policy change, an instructor could only give the student an F in these cases, Rose said.
The proposed policy change was tabled because some SenEx members objected to it. They thought the changed policy should allow a student and professor to make the decision concerning this situation, Rose said.
On the record
An undetermined amount of money was stolen from the Kwik Shop, 845 Mississippi St., early Sunday morning, police said. The manager reported that at 1:15 a.m. a man in his 20s entered the store wearing a ski mask and carrying a blue steel snub-nosed revolver. He robbed the manager of a bank bag and an unknown amount of money. The suspect has not been identified, police said.
THEVES STOLE a 1976 burgundy AMC Pacer Saturday afternoon from Hillecrest Shopping Center parking lot, Ninth and Iowa streets, police said. The owner of the car parked the car and left it unlocked between 2 and 3 p.m. The owner reported that she had the only keys to the car. There are no suspects in the case.
POLICE REPORTED that burglaries stole $7,000 worth of goods from a residence at 1639 Vermont St. early Saturday morning.
Only one of eight Student Senate committees actually elected a chairman during Saturday's elections.
By ANN LOWRY Staff Reporter
Six Senate committees name leaders
The rest of the committees appointed chairmen; by acclamation because nominees ran unopposed.
Two committees, academic affairs and student rights, postponed election of chairmen until their first regularly scheduled meeting. All committee members showed up to vote.
"I would have liked to have seen more people there, but it was the KU-K-State weekend." Feldman said, referring to the basketball game between KU and Kansas State University in Manhattan Saturday night.
"It shows that there is student interest, maybe just not enough." Staci Pieldman, Wichita sophomore and senior secretary appointee, said yesterday.
SEVERAL OF the people who ran unopposed even had planned to give
Feldman said she considered the lack of competition for elections unimportant because "the people who wanted it got it."
speeches about their goals for committees after their election to the chair. One candidate elected did not attend the meeting.
Tom Berger, Lawrence graduate student, and David Zimmerman, Leawood graduate student, took the finance and auditing committee seat after running unopposed as cochairman.
The two said they planned to enforce an attendance policy for their committee, establish a membership application deadline for non-Senate members, form a policy on voting by all senators and issue an information packet about costs for University services such as audiovisual equipment and printing.
Martin Pryor, Bartlesville, Okla.
junior, and Mark Holloway, Topeka
juniur, un ran opposed for co-chairman
of the sports committee.
"Our most important goal is to provide input to the athletic director," Holloway said.
TERRY FREDERICK, Lenexa sophomore, and Kristin Anderson, Hutchinson freshman, were appointed chairwoman co-chairman of the services committee.
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Frederick said the two will divide duties to help Carlyl Smith, dean of student life, organize receptions for senators and administrators, repress Senate first-fields and put a guide to students in committees to get more students involved.
Mollie Mitchell, Hutchinson junior, was appointed chairman of cultural affairs but did not come to the meeting to comment.
John Bower, Lake Zurich, Ill. freshman, won the race for chairman of the communications committee.
Because only two people signed up to be on the minority affairs committee, the rights committee will work on its issues until a committee can be formed, David Welch, student body president, said.
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