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Jacksonville State University JSU Digital Commons Chanticleer Historical Newspapers 1979-08-28 Chanticleer | Vol 25, Issue 28 Jacksonville State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/lib_ac_chanty Recommended Citation Jacksonville State University, "Chanticleer | Vol 25, Issue 28" (1979). Chanticleer. 719. https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/lib_ac_chanty/719 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Historical Newspapers at JSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Chanticleer by an authorized administrator of JSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. VOL. 25 No. 28 Sackson~le(Alabama) State University 'hesday, August 28, 1979 Registration to Nograde? change in 1980 What's it By JANA MOON all about? The University is planning a new registration system, By JANA MOON slated for the Spring 1980 semester. I stopped by recently to talk with Dr. Clyde Cox, Registration will be conducted in the office of each chairman of the Department of English, about the new academic dean, anc:,using the computer system of the grading policy in Englith 101. I hadheard that there would University,will take place during the preceding semester, beanewpolicy, just for that one English course. It's true. i.e., during the Fall 1979, (during November) semester for He tells me that freshmen in EhlOl will receive an A, R, the Spring 1980 semester. Cor N C (no credit 1. Students who receive an NC nust repeat the course. Why? Dr. Cox explained that, for the The first step will be the establishment of the Master caning year, they are lrying the N C policy in an effort to Schedule which will be entered into the computer. help the students gain proficiency without being unduly The next step will be the assignment of advisers for penalized. He thinks that it will help to guarantee students each student. Academic Advisement data sheets or, in competency in writing bdo~pushing them into advanced other words, students' transcripts up to that point in his courses. college program will be sent to their advisors and the "Several universities are using the N'Cpolicy," he said. Office of Admissions and Records approximately three "In the past, when a student made a D in EhlOl, he knew weeks before regular registration. Each student should go he lacked adequate writing &ill. Nevertheless, as a rule, by the Office of Admissions and Records approximately he would not voluntarily repeat EhlOl. What happened? two weeks prior to the beginning of regular registration to Frequently he made another D, this time in Ehlm. Such a pi& up a copy of studentdata sheet, two copies of the trial student could never do well in other courses requiring schedule, anda copy cf the Class Schedule book. writing, whether thase courses were in history, sociology-anything requiring the ability to express Each student will then report to his advisor during these himself. Now the D and F simply do not exist for English two weeks to set up his trial schedule. From there, the 101." student will go to the dfice of his academic dean and have So, the great thing about this new policy appears to be his schedule entered into the computer. The computer will that no D or F will be recorded against the student while show any closed classes or any unsettled accounts. A he is gaining adequate skill in writing. student cannot register i~nlesshis or her account is clear. I asked Dr. Cox whether he had any particular advice for EhlOl students. "Yes, indeed. 'he course is not an easy one. Remember that the teachers are trying in about 37 classroom hours, Drop-add is aiu to be pmczscd at the offices of the pla, aorS:,rence t;me, to help students learn oile of deans. The charge krdropadd is $.XIperhaar and the fee most difficult skills in the world. (Imagine trying to turn 1 A- 14- -wlf --I - A_. LpVpU I L u r. ..- rplr- r~G,. u..~. ..AC:ILC L~IIC,*U Ilt.lk J~UUU..LZ :eU.ll Odt iii ~;re ,d,"",,.,r... ',, ,...&.LY I_._ b,'. ..r"Ycu -r re- r-----r ". --.- deans. The chxqe for dropadd is $.%perhc~!rand the fee 'q most difficult skills in the world r Imagine trying to turn \~Uautomatically be darged to the student's account. If " out an adequate football player in that time!) So students a dropadd is pmcesed aftei classes begin, there will be must cooperate in every pssible way. They must attend no refund of money. classes. They should go to conferences. They must go to the Writing Clinic if they are i-efemed and keep all ap- polntments there. .4nd they should read! One of the main 'I'he Business Office w~llaccept pajment immediately reasons students have difficulty with writing in the first sfter registration or 1~1115111the student, but the aajnlent place is that they do not read enough. "Another suggestion: Let's say that a student is having must be made before ciases beein. After Daament is difficulty even thcugh he has been conscientious about all made, the student will go to the ~u2ness0ffiEe Hnd have work and conferences. He should buy and work through his identification card validated. Aerial view of carn~us English 3200, a self-help book available in the bookstore, J a while continuing to do the regular work. The student who knows he's poor should know, too, that he must make f \ extra effort. "Our teachers are conscientious, but they can't perform Notice miracles. Tell students to be there and work with all they've got. And finally, a& the students to expla% the NC policy to their parents. They need to know how it Payment is due in the Business Office 3oeial work course 1 So there! It's going to be a long haul, as any upper- by,septem ber 25. classman can tell you, but without the ability to write adequately you're going to have trouble surviving at JSU. video So, hit the old pen! And, good luck! use tapes- BY JANA MQON enables the students to He conhues saylng that, give the student more ex- practice social work skllls 'Social work as not an perlence. Soclologv 331 (Social Work ~tha sense of competence academic disci~hnelike This course IS the first e camera A hearty we come to all THE CHANrITCIJEER Tuesday, August 28, 1979 Page 2 1 I am pleased to extend to everyone a warm and hearty welcome to the 1979-80 JSU academic year. Those of you who were here last year know hpw very welcome and appreciated you are. Those of you who are here for the Welcome to JSU! first time are equally welcome and appreciated. We pride ourselves on being the friendliest university By JANA MOON The oil shortage and high prices have forced students to campus in the South. That is a provenfact! Welcome or welcome back to Jacksonville State move back on campus. We have the most beautiful girls in the world and the University for a new year. On the brighter side, the ROE has just moved into a most handsome and healthy young men you will see Even though inflation, oil shortages and proration has new building and the Fine Arts building will be completed anywhere. We are student oriented in that we are making hit us all, Jacksonville State is still making new ad- this year. successful efforts to prepare young men and women to vancements. The football team will be defending its Gulf South meet the challenges of the tunes. We have an acute Our enrollment is expected to reach around 7400 and Conference title for an unprecedented third win. housing shortage which we hope to have relieved greatly with it, we have a few problems. The dormitories are Rush information will be provided in thenext issue. by next year. Plans are underway for a new girls' dor- filled to their capacity. In many rooms, students will be Hotel will be in concert tonight. mitory to house 336 girls and m novation plans to house put three to a room and relief does not seem to be in sight. And, oh yes, freshmen, look out for upperclassmen! several hundred men. Please come by the President's office when you need my help or just come by to say hello. Cordially your friend, Ernest Stone Set your goals high President Dr. Stone By Chuck Avery WE WILL BE faced with energy, economic and social The tlme has arrived to set our goals for the upcoming problems. We may encounter natural disasters and man year. The goals for the Chanticleer are to stress made nightmares such as war. Whatever the Eighties Welcome, glad academics and inform the student body about the ac- hold in store for us, we must face the problems together. hvities on campus. We must organiae against the common foe whatever it MANY NEW PROGRAMS will be introduced this year may be. while some old ones will be re tired. New buildings are to Cooperation must be sought by all "in order to form a you are here be opened for the first time and new students will enter more perfect union." New markets for our services and products must be tqped to ease the university's financial college with great expectations. The time for new ideas Dear Student: meet your educational ob- has come to JSU. status. We must conserve our resources and pool together to cut costs and save energy. As we welcome you to the jectives in a quality Let us evaluate the old wavs of doing things by sorting 1979-1980 academic year, we pro gram.