Suspensions Rise in First Semester Students Receive

By Diane Breda _ Smith is now in the process of charge instead of men there is . would sit down and talk to the •,, K9nell explained,. "Three stu Increased physical abuse at resolving the problems.- Smith certainly a physical problem,'' person, but now I've had it." ' ien!5 from Lord were returnin~ dorm parties . has provoked Head Resident Ann Bryer said said Bryer. She said that for She said, "Athletic ·coache$ from the library the night of the - tighter security for parties this she did not wish to comment on future parties the House Council have been informed about what's · Christmas party. When they ·semester in several Area I . the details of the fight. has set up new guidelines to going on and are concerned and came througlf the front door, a dorms. Bryer said, "We have decided determine "who has what will take action.'' fight started when one student A fight which erupted at a Lord that for future parties with men's ·authority." Alexander Head Resident Jim from the party started pushing Hall Christmas party last dorms we will share the respofi Bryer said Smith will be much Williams said the party "was not around one of the students retur ·sem~ster resulted in two students sibilities of having a party with more cautious in the future which well organized." He said the ning· from. the library. Then going before the Stud~nt that dorm. The House Council has "takes the enthusiasm out of people involved in the fight were another guy from the party Judiciary Board. , decided to have the other dorm · having parties."' intoxicated. joined in the fight.'' Both _students received one sign a contract." She said, "Last year we had a Vice Provost of Residential Kanell said, "We called the year's disciplinary probation. She added, "Because of parties Christmas party with Alexander Life David Bianco said, police and took the student from One of these students was also Ml the past and problems we've and everyone had a good time. "Physical abuse is a growing the library to Hood House." He arl'ested for assault. had with men, our House Council That's why we decided to try it concern on the part of the said the injured student had Last week at a court hearing he and staff reassessed the security again this year.'' :-esidential life staff." He added, welts all over his forehead and was issued a $75 fine and a year's at parties." Bryer said, "I've had it. I'll call ''Lord did an excellent job in · a cut a·bove his eye. suspended sentence. He has ap Last semester Smith had two the cops when I see trouble now- handling their problem. It was The student injured, who pealed that sentence. parties and one pub. Smith had whether it's a fight at a party or very clear that this type of wishes to re~nain anonymous Smith Hall, which had a trouble at one of the parties and someone crawling up the firei behavior was unacceptable said he decided he had to press Christmas party with Alexander at the pub. escape." within the dorm." last semester, also had trouble. "When you have women in She continued, "Before, I Lord Hall Head Resident David VIOLENCE, page 8 Weather Friday: cloudy 30's Friday night: cloudy 20's the new hampshire Saturday: fair 30's - Volume 67 Number 31 Friday February 11, 1977 Durham, N.H. Suspensions rise in first semester By Don Burnett cumulative grade pomt average The number of freshmen of 1.33. Any ·student who falls academically suspended this past below this is academically - semester rose more than 43 per- suspended. cent since the first semester of However, those students who the '75-'76 academic year. The fall below a 2.0 cumulative total number of suspensions went average but remain above a 1.33 up 70 per cent during the same will be scholastically warned. If a · period. student continues to do poorly he Following Semester I of the '75- or she will be suspended. '76 academic year, 187 students 4fhe Academic Standards were academically suspended. Committee, whose members in Seventy were freshmen. This elude representatives of the ad year 268 students were suspen- ministration, faculty, and stu ded. Of these 168 were freshmen. dents, reviews the records of any These figures, released by the , student who doesn't maintain at Registrar's office,, are the result · least a 2.0 average. of increased academic standards Lydia Crowson, chairwoman of · which were put into effect in Sep- the Academic Standards Com- tember 1976. mittee, said the increased stan-_ The new standards require a - - student to remain above a SUSPENSIONS, page 16 Students receive - ~ l'he 11onflre commenorating the opening of Winter Carnival was set afire last night as Presi- fewer incompletes dent Mills and students look on. (Steve Bliss photo) By Gary Langer said Ellis. "They preferred to be used only when there is ex from "handwork and computer said that five per cent are gran The number of incomplete approach the faculty." treme reason," said Swan. time." ted extension and 25 per cent are grades at UNH dropped from Mills rejected the task force "Otherwise students suffer from There were 755 incompletes in converted to "F's". 1,830 for semester I last year to proposal, choosing to keep the competition between the course semester II last year ( the About ten per cent of the "F" 1,259 for this past semester, ac- presenfsyste~ under which the they must finish and their new semester following the move to grades are later changed to a cording to Reg_istrar Stephanie granting of incompletes is "strict- courses in the next semester.'' cut back on incompletes). There grade, said Thomas. .Thomas. ly at the . professor's discretion," "If students can manipulate in were 1,324 in semester II of the Thomas said that this David Ellis, vice provost for said Thomas. completes, they can profit from year before last. regrading must be done by hand academic affairs, said the drop "I grant incompletes if the it," said English Professor John ';'The faculty reflects th_e "because the computer can't up was due to a request by his office reason,s for them are justifiable Richardson. ''That's unfair to philosophy of the University as a date files more than two and the academic aeans tor UNH in terms of my subjective otner students. All things con whole," said Thomas. "For Ellis semesters old." faculty members · to minimize judgement," said Political Sci-' sidered, anyone who starts a to say that incompletes are course ought to complete it.'' Thomas said that much of the their tJSe of imcompletes. ence Professor Frederic Wurz- abused was enough for the cost of incompletes c·omes from The University Resources Task burg. The task force proposal was -faculty to stop and think." Force proposed last March that "I support the use of discretion prompted by the rising number of The University's incomplete the problem of converting "F's". "incompletes may be assigned and am against a rigid code. We incompletes in recent years. rule states that work for the "It's critical to be done for the only for compelling medical can all be put into military There were 10,069 incompletes in course must be completed by student's sake," she said. reasons_" uniform and marched, but that's semester I 1969-70 as compared to "the middle of the semester im Thomas said that the number The academic deans, said · not my idea of academia," he last year's semester I figure of mediately toHowing the one in of failures at UNH has dropped Ellis, recommended that univer- said. 1,830. which the incomplete was grant markedly since the drop in in sity President Mills not accept Zoology Professor Emery It costs the registrar's office ed." completes. She said that the this proposal. Swan said he grants incompletes more than $10 to process each in ''Approximately 70 per cent of number of "A" and "B" grades "The deans felt that it was "only on the basis of sickness." complete, said Thomas. incompletes are resolved by mid has dropped from about 62 per - potentially unfair to students," "I feel that incompletes should · Thomas said the costs stem semester," said Thomas. She cent to about 60 per cent. INSIDE Unionization Mime -Wrestling University Chancellor A man who projects Wrestling is a de Bruce Poulton spoke great -anguish, and manding sport both to a group of faculty great joy. The mime physically and men members about col master , Trent tally. The story on lective bargaining on Arterberry. Read the page 18 will give you Wednesday. Read story on page 14 some idea of what about what he had to about this great goes through the say on page 3. mime who is coming mind of a wrestler .toUNH._ before he steps onto the mats. PAGE TWO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE FRIDAY FEBRUARY 11, 1977 -------News Briefs------ Faculty caucus to vote Thomson vetoes Senate may he realigned Gov. Meldrim Thomson vetoed Wednesday a move by the · By Robert McCormack posed of approximately 50 Executive Council to halt the circulation of pro-nuclear power · ·1:.-i:- ~ t , ·,-,,'< ... •. petitions in state liquor stores. Because of a "dissatisfaction" . faculty, 10 administrators and 10 The Council had passed the resolution to prohibit the circulation among faculty with the Univer students. by a 4 to 1 vote. · sity Senate, and what has been The faculty caucus is still con The council voted to have the petitions removed on the grounds called by University President sidering Dishman's proposal and, that state-operated liquor stores should not be used to advance , Eugene S.

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