Trinity Tripod, 1978-03-07

Y COLLEGE LIBRARY RECEIVED MAR 7 1378 THE TRINITY Issue 19 TRIPOD March 7,1978 SGA Presents Petition by Barbara Grossman More than 860 students have government does not object to the SGA members communicate with signed an SGA petition calling for fact that classes were held over their constituents. better communication between Open Period, or that a new dor- For this reason, members were administration and students. The mitory is being built on South asked to go door-to-door to get petition drive was prompted not Campus. signatures. Many who initially only by the recent Open Period Rather, the government objects refused to sign were convinced of controversy, but by other ad- to the way in which these decisions the need for protest after talking to ministrative actions which, in the were made. No students were their representatives. eyes of SGA, showed a lack of consulted by the administration in One freshman with whom Price concern for student needs. making either decision. In the case had an especially long, discussion Apathy was not a major of South Campus, students were explained later, in a phone in- problem in collecting signatures, not informed that they would be terview, that her main objection nor was there much opposition to living on a construction site until had been to the petition's wording. the intent of the petition. Most they arrived back at school in Her first impression was that SGA students who refused to sign ob- September. was protesting the holding of jected to the wording of the In the case of Open Period, classes. She also felt that the ad- document, for myriad reasons. peaceful, organized, student op- ministration had not been given Equal numbers found it too strong, position was ignored. Price noted sufficient warning. too weak, too vague Or too specific. that during the Open Period When Price explained more SGA Vice-President Tami controversy, SGA member Diane fully the reasons for the petition, Voudouris is pleased with the Rosentrater proposed a plan which and that SGA has made several results. She pointed out that Deans Nye and Spencer admitted other unsuccessful efforts to work members were unable to contact was better than their own, but that with the administration, notably all students, especially those living the deans stood by their original over Open Period, she signed. off-campus. decision nonetheless. Nancy McCulloch, one of the She went on to say that there Price emphasized that he does members most successful in get- SGA FratJdcot Setii Pries and Vk* Tanl Voodoo* are more signatures on this petition not believe that students are ting signatures, agreed that dis- display some of the hundreds of slgntf ted In last week's than there were on last fall's qualified to make all decisions that cussion was the key to arousing petition drive. photo by Scott M. Leventhal petition which successfully face administrators and faculty student concern. Only two resi- protested proposed calendar members. They are, however, dents of her assigned area refused Faculty To Consider changes. capable of asking questions and to sign. Some of those who did sign To Let All Show Their Concent presenting a different point of view explained that they were disap- At an interview last Friday, to their elders. pointed that at such a small school, Committee Restructuring SGA President Seth Price ex- Door-to-door Petitioning administrators "listened with a Committee." Price felt that plained the purpose of the petition. The petition has a two-fold by Ken Crowe deaf ear." College A/fairs whould be allowed As he has made clear at recent purpose. It is not only a form of The major proposal con- to prove its usefulness within the SGA meetings, the student protest, but also a means of letting The poorer results obtained on Jarvis second floor also point to the fronting the faculty at this week's present college committee Cont. on page 2 faculty meeting is the elimination framework. of a large number of student- Lisa PassaJacqua, a student faculty committees. Among the member of that College Affairs Seeking the Simple Path committees to be considered for Committee, was extremely con- by Alan Levine be a valuable experience. Just take them pass-fail." Many students elimination on the recommendation cerned about the proposal to because it is easy does not mean said Trinity does not offer very of the Committee on Committees eliminate her committee. She and Like all colleges, Trinity has its that one cannot learn a great deal many easy courses. Others simply are the Library Advisory Board, her fellow members hope to share of what are commonly from it. stated, "I haven't taken one." the Graduate Committee, the amend the proposal being voted referred to as "gut" courses. The Of course, some students felt Aside from traditional courses, Lecture Committee, the upon Tuesday and thus save their definition of a gut is somewhat that easy courses they they have other programs were viewed as Curriculum Committee, and the committee. vague, subject to the opinions of taken have been basically wor- very easy. The Horizons lecture College Affairs Committee. The Basically, the College Affairs each individual. Generally, most thless, but many were very glad program, concert choir, freshman Library Advisory Board will be Committee is concerned with any would agree that it is a course that they had had the opportunity seminars and the Barbieri Center replaced by a new Library problem concerning campus life. where the student can get a good to study an interesting subject were all mentioned by a few Committee with the same func- Prior to this year, according to grade with a minimum of effort. without the pressure of long students as being extremely easy. tions. Dean Winer, an exofficio member However, as all interviewed — papers, difficult tests and volumes The Barbieri Center was termed by Dr. Thomas Reilly, chairman of of the committee, the committee students, professors and ad- of reading. t one senior as "a piece of cake." A the Committee on Committees, had been solely concerned with ministrators seemed to feel, a gut is Actually, there was con- sophomore exclaimed, "Concert said that of the committees to be campus parking problems. in the eye of the beholder. siderable consensus of opinion on Choir is THE gut on campus." removed the Curriculum Com- Beginning last September, the some courses and comparatively mittee would be excluded from the committee has expanded its Especially around pre- few courses were mentioned as Students receive one half proposal to be voted on through an functions. The new plans include registration time, but throughout guts at all. Among the courses credit per semester for concert amendment designed to prevent an attempt to improve relations the semester, students can be heard which students mentioned were choir, led by Gerald Moshell. Four its elimination at the present time. between students and faculty. One discussing the guts they are taking Introduction of Psychology, In- hours each week are regularly Instead action would be taken of the results of these efforts has or for which they are looking. It is troduction to Social Psychology, spent rehearsing and the grading is to streamline the membership of been the "Feed a Prof." program. not uncommon that, in those Introduction to Sociology, En- viewed as fairly easy! Moshell, the Curriculum Committee to Another proposal the com- semesters when a student takes five vironmental BioloRy. American when contacted, said, "I don't make its work more efficient and to mittee has been working on is the courses, he looks for one com- Art, Chaucer, Modern Russian and consider it a gut." He compared it clarify the authority of the extension of library hours during paratively easy course to reduce Energy and Society. to physical education courses in Curriculum Committee. reading days and the final exam some of the pressure. Speaking about Art History that the instructor does not really When questioned about student period. Instead of closing at grade hard. He concluded by There is some debate as to 102, one sophomore said, reactions to the proposed midnight the library would stay saying that the responsible and whether students more frequently "Everyone thinks it is 'gut' until elimination of these committees, open till 2 a.m. a attentive student will get a good gn up for their easy course pass- they take it." A freshman Reilly pointed out there had been grade — no matter how good their Dean David Winer, an ex- fail or whether they exercise this remarked, "Writing 100 was a gut no major objections and that voice is. officio member of the commif'aa, option with their more difficult — until now." faculty as well as student positions has mixed feelings about the courses. A senior echoed her sentiment, Andrea Bianchini, an assistant were being eliminated." Reilly proposed elimination. He stated irt. *> An informal random survey was but in his view of Psychology 101 professor of modern languages is further made it clear that the that while the committee was ick»» taken of Trintiy students to with Dean Winer. He said that it is also coordinator of the freshman action being taken had been ex- trying to do more, there were many determine which courses they supposedly a gut, but he did not seminar program She countered plained to Seth Price, president of other avenues within the college considered guts. Opinions were think it was. "While the material th««e claiMa?™m tha+»,<.*t• th the» seminars are guts the S.G.A., and to other members for its functions to be performed. received from students currently in wasn't that difficult," he said, by saying, "Freshman seminars of the student government.

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