University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, June 8, 1988
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Grading system queried College considering plus/minus grades
By Ken Nagel
Kansan staff writer
KU students will have until Sept. 6 to voice their opinions about a plus/minus grading system in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
On that day the College Assembly, the governing body of the college, will hear a proposal to reconsider recommitting the plus/minus system.
In March, the Assembly voted 213-165 by a mail-in ballot to approve a plus/minus grading system for the college, but seven students organized a group called Students Against the Plus/Minus Grading System.
At the May 3 assembly meeting, the group asked that the plus/minus system be reconsidered. The Assembly then put the proposal on the agenda for Sept. 6, which is its next meeting.
The proposal calls for the college to reverse its decision about the plus/minus system.
"No one knew the change was going on," said Michael O'Rourke, Lawrence junior and group treasurer.
He said the group had a petition drive in April and collected 438 signatures. The group plans to continue campaigning against the plus/minus system at the start of the fall semester by making students more aware
of the proposal.
"Most students that I have talked to have felt that plus/minus is unfair or an unnecessary system," O'Rourke said. "We want to inform students about the new system."
He said the group is afraid of the effect that the plus/minus system could have on students.
"Students may not work as hard to raise their grade from a C to a B- as they would to raise it a whole letter grade," O'Rourke said.
William Bayne, group president,
said the new system would reward
poor academic performance at the
expense of those students who work
hard to maintain high grade point
averages.
"This would affect students' professional prospects when they enter the job market," Bayne said. "That is why it is important for students to involved and to attend the next meeting."
Frances Ingemann, chairman of the committee on undergraduate studies and advising, said that unless the plus/minus system was reconsidered at the next meeting, it would take effect in the fall.
However, she said that if the system was reconsidered the college could return to the present system before the end of the fall semester.
City, police to get mediator to break contract impasse
Kansan staff writer
By Lisa Sheikh
Kanyan staff writer
Unable to agree on a work contract, the city of Lawrence and the Lawrence Police Officers Association on Tuesday signed a letter requesting the assistance of a federal mediator.
Ray Hummert, city administrative services director, said he did not know when the city would be in touch with the mediator, but it would not be
The city and the LPOA reached an impasse on May 31 after failing to come to an agreement on salaries and several other issues.
Not since 1979, when the City Commission established its formal negotiating process, have the city and the LPOA reached a settlement without an impasse. The present contract expires Jan. 1, 1989.
The LPOA is asking for a 7 percent pay raise in 1989 and 1990. The city is offering a 3 percent pay raise for each year. LPOA vice chairman Michael Opponen said He said that would not even cover the predicted inflation rate.
"The experts tell us that the cost of living is running over five percent."
Sampson said the city hypothetically offered a 5 percent pay raise for
each year, but then refused to put it on the table.
Past salary settlements for Lawrence officers have paralleled the cost of living. Sampson said.
Hummert said disputes about several issues were submitted to the Federal Mediator Service as in need of negotiation. They were a two-year salary agreement, house insurance, shift differential for the midnight shift, an additional personal day, clothing and equipment, educational reimbursement, accumulated sick 'eave and reclassification.
Reclassification means increasing salary classification for police officers, Hummert said.
Sampson said reclassification was essential for Lawrence policemen because the police department had not increased its staff size since 1972 and had been reduced by three officers since then. Meanwhile, the population of Lawrence has grown by more than 12,000, and the University of Kansas student population has grown by about 10,000. Thus, the officers have had a substantial increase in workload, Sampson said.
The average officer's salary in Lawrence is $24,680. Sampson said, including detectives, corporals and police officers.
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