Survey indicates students' choices
Majority of students curtail classes
A great majority of KU students are choosing to curtail class attendance and take the grade options presented at last Friday's convocation, according to a study by teaching assistants and assistant instructors.
The study is based on a tally and breakdown of choices indicated on 170 tally slips representing at least 15 University departments.
The results showed 16.1 per cent of the students in the sample were attending classes as usual, while 83.9 per cent of the students had selected an option which did not require class attendance. The survey tallied the choices of 5,750 students.
Each department in the University has appointed ombudsmen to mediate differences between students and faculty members who cannot reach an agreement on a student's chosen option.
Ombudsmen, listed by departments are:
- Architecture: David Griffin, Max Lucas and Fount Smothers, associate professors of architecture.
- Education: Gilbert Ulmer, professor of education; Arthur Thomas and Ray Miller, associate professors of education.
*Fine Arts: James Ralston, teaching assistant in choral music; Dwight Burnham, associate professor of drawing and painting; and Arvid Jacobson, professor of design.
- Business: Charles B. Saunders, professor of bussines administration.
- Engineering: James Maloney, professor of engineering.
Social Welfare: Ray Price and Lowell Jenkins, associate professors of social welfare.
*Law: the three class presidents.
*Journalism: Larry Day, associate professor of journalism; Stan Michelson, visiting associate professor of journalism and Richard MacCann, professor of radio, television and film.
$\bullet$ Pharmacy: Mathias Mertes, professor of pharmacy; Arnold Repta and F. Gene Martin, associate professors of pharmacy.
Students should understand they are free to choose any of the options listed on the grade option sheet released by the Registrar. No professor may delete any of the options without the agreement of the student, according to the SenEx statement issued by Francis Heller, dean of faculties, which states, "The intent of the alternative plan is to place on each student the responsibility of free choice."
Any student whose choice is not accepted by his professor is asked to report the misunderstanding to the Information Center at UN 4-3506. Students are
not to be penalized for choosing any one of the options.
The following statement was released by Deans Waggoner and Shankel of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. It states that "it is the intent of the SenEx resolution that each student should have the opportunity for free and unimpeded choice in selecting option one and/or any of the alternatives listed under option two."
The statement was approved by the Chancellor, the Council of Deans and the dean of faculties.
Pollution no concern if no population curb
The statement also encourages instructors to advise students of their grades prior to the choice of options and to indicate to the student any potential academic problem which might result from his choice.
If the population problem can't be stopped people won't have to worry about the pollution problem, said Craig Black, associate professor of systematics and ecology.
A lecture and discussion class entitled "World and U.S. Population Problems: Why bigger and more is not better" was offered by Black and also Robert Mengel, associate professor of systematics and ecology.
The reason for the population's present exponential growth is the Industrial Revolution first, and second, the Scientific Revolution which has introduced "death control," Mengel said.
*Liberal Arts and Sciences: Robert Cobb, professor of English.
Grades sent to parents only if student's desire
Kelly said the new code of students rights issued March 4, 1970, prohibited his office from sending out the grade reports for the spring semester to parents of students.
William L. Kelly, registrar of the University, said Wednesday that students who wish the Office of the Registrar to send his grade report to him or his parents should come to 122 Strong Hall, properly identify himself and address an envelope provided by the office.
The reasons that many historical population experts predictions such as Malthus and others were not accurate is they only had very crude data to work with.
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"Some of the people that say that technology will save us are the people who manufacture pollution-control devices," said Mengel.
"Our predictions today are undoubtedly more refined," said Mengel.
He said if one was going to invest, it would be wise to invest in a company which manufactures such pollution control devices.
The Gross National Products (GNP) was alleged to be a "fantastic monster," by Mengel who said it was "supposed to be symbolic of progress." Progress, Mengel said, was a "fanatic attempt" to stay up with our population and we have been hypnotized through advertising into believing that "growth is progress."
"A decrease in the GNP would probably not increase the standard of living but would increase the quality of life," said Mengel.
Mengel said the GNP, predicted to increase by 50 per cent by 1980, is running a losing race with the population explosion.
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