Hitt cites woes of pass/no credit
The grade point average was called "a highly over-rated commodity" by James K. Hitt, director of systems development at an Interfraternity Council (IFC) Scholarship Committee seminar last night in the Kansas Union Pine Room.
The pass/no credit system was adopted last spring, Hitt said, but the Faculty Senate and College Education Policy Committee approved it for one year only, he explained.
"Steps must be taken to determine if it will continue," he added, "or it may be killed. We don't know if students like it or not."
Hitt said students should voice their opinions and if the new Senate Code passes this would allow better channeling of student feeling.
"I think we've used numbers to hide behind long enough," he explained. "The problems arising from the pass/no credit system may awaken us to treat the student as an individual."
The problems included the set g.p.a. for fraternity initiation. Two pledges can make the same grades, yet one's g.p.a. qualifies him for initiation because of a
pass/no credit grade and one pledge's g.p.a. does not qualify him because a grade was averaged in the total.
Hitt mentioned the difficulty the departments have when a junior declares his major but has already taken requirements pass/no credit during his freshman-sophomore years.
The group briefly discussed the difficulty with instructors who grade A, B, C and F for pass/no credit students in defiance of the A, B, C, D and F decision passed by the College Education Policy Committee and the Faculty Senate.
Hitt said there was no real medium for student appeals on this except to contact the dean of the school or the department chairman.
There was also conjectures about a change in students' attitude in a pass/no credit course.
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"Personally, I feel a student works at basically the same moment," Hitt said.
KU football draftees
Of course, Riggins faces the rather enviable task of choosing between two separate pro careers. The KU senior could conceivably become a St. Louis Cardinal and never play football.
whichever sport can give me the best deal.
"That's right," said the hard hitting halfback-outfielder. "I'm going to wait for the baseball draft this spring and see what happens there. I'll compare offers, then I'll sign with
"Still, I'm happy to be picked by St. Louis." Riggins added.
Keith Christiansen and Don Shanklin, chosen by the NFL New Orleans Saints and Philadelphia Eagles respectively both have fine chances of making their teams.
The Saints porous offensive line could benefit from the addition of the - 260-pound
Christiansen, an all-Big Eight tackle this past season.
The fleet-footed Shanklin may have a tough time competing with the Philadelphia's first round selection, Purdue All-American Leroy Keyes, for the running back slot opposite veteran fullback Tom Woodeshick. However, Shanklin's speed and moves may earn him a shot at flanker, or in returning kicks.
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