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Outside today Saturday Technician North Carolina State University's Student Newspaper Since 1920 breery warmrng up Raleigh, North Carolina November 15, 1996 Volume 77, Number 35 ”‘ 45 L0 27 ”' 55 L0 25 London calling for Study Abroad Access to evaluations top students’ concerns N.(‘ State's Sttidy Abroad program is sponsoring its lltli I Campus administrators everyone else rectiriimcndatron .»\my ('uriirnrris. .icadcuiics .haii‘ ('uriimins ‘~-ilil the purposi- of Pi London lisperience. Hay trig access to teacher "(iivc it to the l‘dc‘lilly Senate.” he for Student Senate. ill\tti\\t‘ti \lll.fi'\L"i 1- to t‘ttittittir' l.r‘.tl'lt .Illtl lirom June Zfs' to July 25. 1997. met with student leaders evaluations is topping students list said “it it s not too espcnsrve. reducing the rcqurrctiicril She wellness trid to te.iil. st liit'lll‘» liow Study Abroad students will take Wednesday to discuss 0T c‘titic‘t‘fiis we‘ll go ahead and do it." presented several reasons why the lU lt‘dtl it l'n‘dlilly lilt' classes and reside at the students’ concerns. A number of area stiltitil‘s. Nippcrt‘s plan is to add lti current Pl: ri-qirircriri-rits lit’t'tl to be ”l css l’l 'ctlllsi‘s ttirtlii’ l’mvcrsrty of London including l‘Nt‘t'hapel Hill and scanlron questions [which are changed dc’ctltltltltsl: lllt‘\L‘ :‘li‘!\_- ‘-lit' Will Last year. more than 50 Bv JEVNll-‘ER SORBER (ieorgia Tctlr. allow students to already preparedl to the ( utiirriins said all other sslrools in \ssocrdti; Provost lrarrk .‘\li.’.tlltu students won Sfiili) to Slllflt) in A's-‘L'AN' NiWs E. in )l) view student responses on an evaluations 'l hose answers will the l N(' Svsttm require two or said that last year the Student scholarship money to study instructor‘s pertor'mancc then be placed ori~liiic for students fewer c lasscs. Senate passed .i resolution for the abroad. Appllc‘illltlllS for 1907 Student leaders are the first to tell "We‘re not breaking new ground to rev icw before choosing a class. "We \ oiild bc the leader." t‘cdttctrori of the Pl: icqtitt’t.‘tilcntw riitist be submitted to the Study administrators that N.('. State is one here." said Mark Nippert. Strident “it would help students make ('tirnliiins \‘iilvl “However. IIir' and the kill irlty Scriatc l~ currently Abroad Office by l’eb. 14. of a kind and that‘s not Senate president "\‘v'c'ic simply better decisions on what classes to dtf'lcreriic is questionable “ looking into the issue Students who sign up for the necessarily a good thing. catching.t up‘ take.” Nippci't said “If \' (' State llllllhs it s an loin Statioid. vice citatitcllot for program lls'ltlli' Jan I will Members of the (‘haricellor's The Sttrdciit Senate has prepared Stiles‘ outlook for the protect‘s integral part of our education. their \ltitlt‘lil \il.ill‘-. siiltl ill-ll ll ll'rls rccciv t‘ .i S Hill tlisc’tllllll. Liaison ('oriiriiittee got all earfiil of and presented .i resolution to the coriipletion is positive all tour classe would villi“! llowiird rchctioii tools plate it would cause lot more ntorrrratron. contact students‘ concerns Wednesday. liactilty Senate. bill the “let‘s work to make a decision by graduation! ' .i i harn reach. in the Study \broiid Office in :‘iccordrrig to student leaders. when iriiplerricntation ol the protect has the end of the year." Stiles said. She added that students are being \ iedtiilrw'r oi thrittt‘tt'ir'tiIS Ptillcn il.ili it comes to accessing teacher not been completed ycl N('Sl7 is also unique hecaUse it is mislead because they take .iriil pay rriearis .i rcitii. two of iotirsi's. which evaluations. Physical lidtication Provost Phillip Stiles said the the only school in the l'N(' Svsterii for tlit‘ two .tdtlttlotlal \ l.l\‘-t'\ and Sigma Chi credit requirements and R()’l‘(‘ liaculty Senate needs to review the that l'L‘Llllll'Ls four physical do not receive graduation i, rcdil for classes, It's better to be like proposal and make a education classes for graduation them mi Concrws. 3 > holds benefit i‘ Sorority irremiicrs are invited Change l to show off their dancing skills l Program and pull oirl their walking shoes l Peek-a-boo this weekend to help the l brothers of Delta (‘hr raise could deplete l gives money for the l'rankie lcriiiilori i School for retarded children. The fraternity will hold a funding dance coriipetition tonight at the students thl and .l 5K run/walk at the I A change in the way Sigma ('hr horise Saturday at l universities are funded p.m. Both events will benefit the could hurt NCSU new life school. financially. I A new program offers Professor appointed Bv Dampers VSTANFIELD students SW; anrgc who are director experiencing academic A $7~mi|lion slab of NC. State's difficulties a chance to get Sethu Raman. .in NC. State funding cotrld be cut after a new back on the right track. professor of riicteorology. has system of university funding. been appointed director of the mandated by the NC. Board of By Artur. H sitiusos State (‘limate tlffrce. which is Governors. goes into effect. r.>.i. part of N('Sl"s Department of The current method of funding is Marine. faith and .~\lriiospheric based on a calculation of full«tiine it s bccti said that cvctylyodv Sciences equivalent enrollment (l’TEl. The deserves a secorrl charlie lhanks The otttcc is part of the N (‘ new format is based on a to a new program .it \ (' State. ('limatt' Program and is calculation of student credit hours litany ~ctond year students who designed to provide state as well as a more representative need it are getting one. residents v. itii climate calculation of Fl‘li students. l‘ht Kent-awn! t‘oriririitd‘rcirl information and to conduct "The li'l‘li calculation defines an Progratti. \\ll|cll was initiated last research on the North (‘arolrria undergraduate taking l2 hours or fall. .illi-w. \Ciltlc‘iils who struggled v'lllllitlt' more as one FTE." said Don their freshman year to learn how to ”from the North (‘arolina (‘aughilL assistant vice president of lic‘lp lllt‘llist’l\t‘\ ttt’dllcttlit‘dily ltlt‘l!tll.titl‘~ to the coast. where the UNC General Administration. while tli \vhtitll. .ts ‘.\t'll .t\ the (iiilt Stream ilows offshore. “A student with six hours is professionally later in life the climate variations are considered a one-half liTE. The Hob lit) .in. assistant director of phenomenal." Ramari said. new proposal will calculate Student l)c\.-lopritent and creator “That‘s w by a climate office is changes in'enrollment based on ot the Renewed ('omniilment needed here. to pro\ ide ongoing. credit hours themselves, rather than Program. invites students who are tip—to date information to l’l‘li." experiencing academic trouble to everyone. troni farmers to Associate Vice Chancellor Steve join the program by sending out scientists " Keto said funding based on credit letters during the summer after hours might leave NCSU with less their freshman year Students with . .L .s revenue. a (EPA less than t) are irivrtcd to “if we compare this formula to film“) our current formula. we would be While llr'yan encourages those Technician $7 million short.” Keto said during invited to loin. he csplarns that they Sports: Pack licks Thursday ‘s NCSU Board of "need to want to be here for Trustees Budget and Finance themselves not their parents and Aussies in final Committee meeting. not their friends " exhibition. Vice Chancellor (.ieorge Worsley Bryan said he prefers that told the Trustees that NCSU would students make .i coriirlrrlnicrit to be adversely affected only if the finishing the entire program. but if new system of funding is applied to they decide the program is not right Nt‘SL7‘s “base." for them. they cart quit. “If you apply this formula to Students who join are asked to everything. you‘ve got a problem." give 820“ at the beginning of the Worsley said. "if you apply it to program They receive .i refund growth. it looks better." after finishing the program or The new format will not affect officially dropping it students' workload because the Bryan said this initiative keeps average number of credit hours is students involved in the program 15. Keto said. Since the university Hill llryan said that “it they don’t Opinion: Roop’s has maintained that average. there H'tr T: :A. is §'»’s-F li.i\:' lhe money to put tip. that is disgusted with Will be little change. There's no place warmer than D.H. Hill Library on cold day. and there's no hotter book‘ no: a problem " The new system of funding is the than the Directory of Graduate Research Programs. Randy Barnes, a graduate student in Students are ushered into the society. Page 6 Chemistry. browses through the book Thursday. extra: Something See FUNDS. Price 2 P .s'ur PROGRAM, tar-r .‘ smashing hits the Dean Dome. Free helicopter rides Page 5 draw big crowd I The Army ROTC had an said several non-ROTC students had to be turned away hecaUse there unexpected and just wasn't room for therii. lnternet Services: overwhelming turnout for Two resident advisers from their free helicopter ride llniyersity 'low'ers tiscd the ride as TOL: Technician OnLlne yesterday afternoon. a floor event. Jason l‘lllngilld and http:.‘.’www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/ Jason Young. 4th and 5th floor RAs stud pubs/Technrcran Bv JENNIFER SORBER respectively.