Council Endorsesgraduation Policy
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Seattle nivU ersity ScholarWorks @ SeattleU The peS ctator 4-21-1982 Spectator 1982-04-21 Editors of The pS ectator Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/spectator Recommended Citation Editors of The peS ctator, "Spectator 1982-04-21" (1982). The Spectator. 1655. http://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/spectator/1655 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The peS ctator by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. Wk #|l Stimacgets I LTLJ^^^H all-American I IHgRS^H honors...again I -see page fourteen | BBLfIFSWM3 -see page sevenI The SeattleUniversitySpectator Vol.L, No.23 the spectator SeattleUniversity,Seattle, Wash Wednesday, April 21,1982 Council endorses graduation policy overwhelming in favor, 11 to5, by Mark Guelfi or before the closing date for the regular "Operationally,''1 don't think we can suchan vote" year, that'sbetterthan2to1, Johnsonsaid. ASSU madea huge gain this week in commencementapplications. handleitthis shesaid. regular three-year attempt to change S.U.s —That the student pay allof the The councilsuggestedthepolicy beadopt- Greg Lucey, vice president for university ditional'commencementpolicy. commencement fees. ed July 1,butit willneedtheapprovalofthe planning and relationsand member of the the —That only credit-deficientstudents who council,saidhesupports making the change. passeda resolution academic vice president and the president Theacademic council have beenenrolledfulltime(at least12cred- only areaofpublicrelations,"he said, Monday by 1 adoptthe since the academic council is an advis- "Inthe I a marginof 1 to sto its) for the previous three quartersbe elig- spendalot timetrying tobondpeople allowsstudentsshort orybody. "we of ASSU's proposalthat ible.Theacademicvicepresident,theresolu- theuniversity andtoput an obstaclehere participatein spring president, to " 11 credits or fewer to tion states,willmakeexceptionsto thisrule Eric Johnson, ASSU said he is something weneedtolookat. commencement ceremonies. The diploma, see changesapplyto inextremecases such as seriousillness. wouldhave likedto the Terry Werff, scienceand however, would be awardedwhen the stu- addedthat he's "real- But Der dean of —That the minimumgradepointthat the this year's class but feelsstrongly that when dentcompletesallrequirements. and understands the logistical prob- engineering,saidhe individualschools requirefor graduationbe istic" apersoncrosses the stage at graduationthat lems. There are no exceptionsmade under the met. they havecompletedalloftherequirements. Carrithars,acting saidit rrentpolicyforcredit-deficientstudentsto Marilyn registrar, thinks there is strong support in newpol- Johnson He addedthat he resents the insinuation irticipateincommencement. wouldbedifficult to implementthe the administration for the new policy and i ceremony madeby Johnsoninlettersand inhis presen- Guidelinesintheresolutioninclude icy in time for this spring's since thatit willhavefewproblemspassing. support this, aman — That credit-deficientstudentsapply for the students who are short creditshaven't tationthat "ifIdo'' not I uncaring person commencement in the Registrar's office on hadtheopportunitytoapply forgraduation. "Iwas really surprised. Ineverexpected . Humanities classes ISU,S.U.bout helpnurses care not recognized forcancerpatients by either group by CarolRyan The liberalarts background nursing students receive at by Kerry Godes S.U. becomespractically appliedwhennurses find them- Since S.U. administratorsinformed the Irish Student selves onthe eighth floor of the VirginiaMason Hospital UnioninMarch that they could not holda boxingsmoker caring forsick anddyingcancerpatients. inthe Campiondining room,bothgroupshave beenpub- SusieLamgraduated fromthenursing school atS.U. in licly disowningeachother. December, workedat Virginia 1979. Since then she has A recent adrun inthe Spectator by theISU statedthat taking position September, 1980, on Mason Hospital, a in since the university had disavowedany responsibility for 8-East, Unit,wheresheiscurrently are- TheCanlisCancer the club, "until furthernoticethe IrishStudentUnion will liefsupervisory nurse. not recognizeanyactivities" oractionsoftheadministration The nursing approachon the oncology ward is termed ofSeattleUniversity. "primary nursing," definedas "Thedistributionofnurs- ingso that the totalcareof an individualpatient is the re- Mike Petrie, spokesmanfor thegroup,claimedthat the boxing February andwas sponsibility ofonenurse,not many nurses." ISUhadscheduledthe smokerin — On 8-East, primary nursing says a lot aboutthe people not notified that they couldnot holdit untilMarch 29 whoadministerthecare. threedaysbefore theevent. OneofLam'scolleagues,MaryBrain,R.N., whothe25- Whenhereturned from spring vacation, Petriesaid,he year-old Lamconsiders morea team-memberthan just a had twomemosinhisbox,onefromReesHughes, director co-worker,saidprimary nursingallowsformoreindividual of student activities,theother fromKathleenBenton, aux- care,whichis "whatnursingisreally about." iliary servicesdirector.Thememos saidthatsince theISUis Brainsaid thatcaring for thesamepatientprovidescon- arecognizedstudentgroup, they aretobetreatedas an photoby Jeremy glassy not tinuity forboththenurseandthepatient.However,onthe off-campusgroup and must contract for the use of S.U. oncology floor, many patientsdonot survive. MaryBrain facilitiesthesamewayany otheroff-campus groupwould. In a June, 1966, article from the AmericanJournal of "Therefore," thememo fromBentonreasoned, "proper wrote, patients wholepurpose of theliberalartsis to liberateand to sensi- Nursing, JeanE.Fox "Nurses who care for " applicationas an off-campus group hasnot beenmade to only tizepeopletothehumanvaluesinvolved. with cancer must face not their patients''' physical use the facilities, and the event has not formally been re- questions. Ferris added, "A robot can give a shot," but said the '' needs, but alsoverybasicphilosophic servedinthe diningroom continued, "The nurse needs only one experience school tries to teach students to deal with "thethinking, . She " already made,promotional overaprotractedperiodoftimewithsuch apatienttoreal- feelingandperformingcomponentsofnursing. Contactshad been workhad already beendone, $350has already beeninvestedin ize that,ifsheis care forhim(orher) well,shemust have She notedan increasedraising ofconsciousnessin terms and to '' event, said, gotthememos. a deepunderstandingofher ownmeaningandpurpose. of the wholenessof people,that themindand body inter- the Petrie whenhe Benton,however, acted quickly upon discov- Both theliberalartsrequirementsandtheupper division act. "Generally,thenurse is there tomake surethe person claims she eringtheclub was properly registered."Itriedtoreach nursing courses treat these questions, according to Dr. incaredoesn'tbecomefragmented." not Mike Petrieand John Ruby at home and my calls weren't PatriciaFerris, dean of theschool ofnursing. Themes of One nurseon 8-East said she considers three aspectsof returned," said."Ifinallymailedthememos becauseI critical thinking, human values and practical aspects of patients as she tends to their daily care. First, the patho- she couldn'treachthempersonally." nursingareincorporatedintotheinstruction,she said. physical,or treatingwhateverthediseasedoesto thebody. Inher memo, Benton explainedthat Petrie was stillin Brain said, "When working in crucial situations with Second, the psycho-socialelement involves educating office asASSU activities vicepresident whenhe scheduled patients, youcannot put things inperspectivewith thelib- both the patient and the family orother membersof the the boxing match and that she had assumed it was in the eralarts." patient's community. Finally, she helps patients to adapt samecategory as many otherASSUactivitieshehad sched- Lam added that courses at S.U. "force you tobe open- and functionwiththediseasetobecome"wellpeoplewitha uled.Thememoalso indicatedthat theclubis tobetreated minded, and to be attentive to other people's points of disease." asanoff-campusgroupbecausetheywerenotproperly reg- view." Primary nursing allowsnurses to deal withpatients as istered. ISUmembers felt that wasn't the real issue, how- Ferris reiterated this theme, describing the upper divi- wholepeople.Lam said it requiresher "to wear different teacher, ever. sionalcoursesnursing studentsmust take,including health hats. Sometimes I'm a comforter, sometimes a "The administration thinks the ISU is cause appraisal,mentalhealth concepts, and thenewly required sometimesapsychologist .. ."Thelistgoeson. out to said, trouble," Petriesaid, explainingthat after a year's exper- medical ethics, all of which continue thecore curriculum "Itis important to takepeoplewherethey are,"she ience at puttingonstudent activitieshe can tellwhatkinds areaspractically intonursing. and addedthat treatingrun just thephysical being, but the spiritual pursuit. the administration approves of — something he calls Rosaleen Trainor, C.S.J., directorof the Honors pro- emotionaland asw ellhelps inthis "socialhours." gram andinstructorof themedicalethicsclass, said, "The (continued page three) on 'continuedonpagethree) 2/April 21, 1982/TheSpectator 'Down-to-earth'teacher simplifies economics absolutely depressed we can get 77ii5 isthesecondinaseries of threearticles on while outstandingfacultymembersatS. V. grading a set of exams to find out that they (students)justdidn'tgetit,"sheconfided. by RobertaForsell "Iguess that'sjust