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[email protected]. -�' · frlday,October 14,.1983 The wll be mostly 8ll'lny and warmer Dally highs In the upper to low with Friday night win be50s fair and w60s.armer low in the to withSaturday s will bemid cloudy up withper 40s.a of showers highs chance and &stern llllnols Un'"'8ityI Cherleston, Ill. 11120 I Vol. II, No. 31 I Two Sections, 24 Pag• · in the upper to low tern News 608 70s. CAA members react to plus/minus debate by Craig Gaumer because some teachers use objective Discussion on the proposed plus/ grading systems and others use subjec minus grading system Thursday tive methods. resulted in negative reactions from "The proposal was never intended as Council on Academic Affairs an affront to the academic freedom of members. "individual instructors to establish their The discussion at the CAA meeting own system of grading,'' liesaid. was based on a report compiled by a Wright said he believed the plus/ CAA-appointed subcommitee designed minus scale would allow teachers to to investigate alternative grading grade more accurately.