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Provokesreaction in the Past the Administration Has Allowed Tocompile It The Davidsonian VolumeLXXIII,Number 5 Davidson College,Davidson, North Carolina 28036 Friday, October 14, 1983 SGA Requests Trustee Action OnFaculty EvaluationIssue imbj BPRP^H^^ J^^^^BBB i^rtt.-gr^ ByDUNCAN FRASER meeting between Zimmermann and PAC The SGA Senate voted unanimously Chairman professor Alexander McKel- on Tuesday evening toask Interim Presi- way is not scheduled until the seventh dent Frontis Johnston torefer theissueof week of the term. student inputon faculty evaluation tothe Zimmermann was out of town and Board of Trustees at its Oct. 28 meeting. unavailable for comment. This move was designed to break an Specific Requirements apparent deadlock between the faculty Upon recommendation of the Senate and administration over the issueofqual- Executive Committee,Monroe and Hain itative andquantitativeevaluation forms. met separately with Zimmermann and 11 H luojey The faculty voted last winter term to McKelway to ask about specific require- il 1 v^r discontinue the old quantitative form ments foraform. without providinganimmediate working At Tuesday's SGA meeting Monroe A66ad replacement. The primary reason given said that MeKelway felt he "could not Wa«5 dorm banner speaksforitself behind the discontinuation was that the envision having a quantitative form like student processof quantitatively ranking the ICES form that could work to the professors on a one-to-five scale (theIl- satisfaction of the faculty." PitchersControversy linois Course Evaluation System or Zimmermann stressedtoMonroe that ICES) was given toomuch weightin the a tabulated form was needed due to the administrative decision-making process. amount of information and limited time ProvokesReaction In the past the administration has allowed tocompile it. used student input onevaluation forms in Johnston saidhe was unfamiliar with ByJOHN GATHINGS The idea of honor "pervades all aspects determining faculty salariesand tenure. the issue surrounding the controversy An unofficial student group dubbed of the College, and taking away the PITCHERS has formed the Last spring the faculty proposed a and woulddecide whether topresent it to to protest pitchers because someone underage prose-orientedevaluation form. The ad- the Trustees for resolution after talking College's decision to stop serving pitch- might drink doesn't support this," ministration rejected that form because withboth sides. ers of beer in the 900 Room. Thompson said. He also feels that if stu- (an drink, the results were difficult to tabulate. McKelwaysaidThursday thathe was PITCHERS acronym for People dents wanted to an older person beer, No New Progress surprised by the SGA's move as he felt in the College Hating Every Right Sto- could buy them a and the problem TheSenate ExecutiveCommittee re- the faculty and administration "had just len) co-founderGeorge Thompsoncame of underage drinkers would remain. quested the Senate's action after SGA begun todiscuss the issue." up withtheidea "as soonasIread about it Dining Service Director Carlton in TheDavidsonian,"he Faculty Evaluation Committee Chair- He added that he did not feel the said. Pritchard,in whose name the 900 Room man Jon Hain reported that there had issue was deadlocked and said the PAC Thompson and co-founder Taylor liquor license is made, sees the situation argue against been "no new progress toward develop- has already surveyedthe issueat 21 other Bowen removing pitchers differently. He feels the action is neces- from the900Room they College duty ing a form." schools and wouldbe prepared topresent because feel that sary because the has a to see Vice-president for Academic Affairs a number of options to the administra- the action is an "insult" to the Honor that no one underage drinks alcoholic- Also, and Dean of the Faculty T.C.Price Zim- tion. Code. Thompson said that even if beverages in the 900 Room. said, mermann and the faculty Professional McKelway stressedthat he wasseek- students were going to break the law as "For example,"he "ifIsell you the Affairs Committee (PAC) have not met ing "a system, not a form" and thought College seems to believe, students ten beers Ican't see who is drinking this year todiscuss student faculty evalu- the issue could be settled by the end of could still drink beer in the 900 Room. them. There is a possibility that there is "The Honor Code is of ation forms, according toSGA President winter termif there the Trustees took no a big part the somecheating. Iam sure no one is doing Hunter Monroe. Furthermore, the first action. student community," Thompson said. (Continuedon page5) GradesFocus: Inside This Week " Grades Focus: which came first: the major or the GPA? Pages 3 Academic Pressure Overloads Students and 4 By ELIZABETH WHITE tions, and an entirely different workload freshmen when they start getting tests "Academic pressure? It's just an ac- than they have experienced in high back. Most do not get the grades they 'Dead: Sixty Davidsonians and one cepted part of Davidson," says junior school. They must set priorities, accept were accustomed to making in high professor explored new ways of being Gene Hicks. their limitations, and do the best they school, and they often put pressure on last Sunday. Page 6 Davidson prides itself on high can. themselves to achieve those expecta- academic standards, and when students English professor Gill Holland said tions. Many fail torealize that they must choose to attend David- that most pressure is unnecessary; a adjust to different teaching stylesand dif- ■Babes in Buzzers: College Bowl NEWS son< most realize they majority of it stems from procrastination. ferent tests; many just have to learn how infants prove their stuff. Page 7 will be facing a rigorous For freshmen,having threeclassesasop- to study. ANALYSIS intellectual challenge. posed to high school's five or six pre- One freshman woman observed that Students gradually learn sents the problem of learning how to "having other people in the same boat" -Football: It's a win!Guilford falls to adjust to this academic pressure; for budget extra time.Many feel pressure to helps her handle the adjustment. She to the Cats. Page 8 some it merely requires a little self dis- participate in extracurricular activities as added that in contrast to her large public cipline. Many others, however, seek they did in high school and often over- high school, Davidson professors, hall counseling to alleviate their frustrations. load themselves. counselors,and friendsare willingtotalk 'Road Trips: Opinions travels the Although all Davidson students ex- Counselor for Student Affairs Bar- to you and that helps ease the pressure highwaysof life this week. Page II perience academic pressureat some time baraBallard pointed out, "Most students considerably. in their college-career, most agree that can do the work here. The problem is Pressure at Davidson comes from the toughestadjustment comes when 1 freshman they find there is something inter- various places, in varied guises. Humor: Back page year. Freshmen are faced with much fering with doing the work." Freshman advisor Katie Dagenhart in- more freedom, tempting social func- Ballard said she tends to see a lotof (Continuedon page 5) Friday,October 14,1983/The Davidsonian News Summary Patterson, Taylor Deny PresidentialRumors think Americansare all rich and are very wasteful. But when Icame here Isay Two possible candidates for Davidson's new College President denied that this wasn't true. Sure, some of them are, but most aren't." rumors yesterdaythat theyarebeing consideredfortheposition by thePresiden- The contrasts between Davidson and the educational that tial Search committee. systems raised each of the international students provided a rich source for discussion,while W. Brown Patterson,an Episcopal minister and Dean at the University of four ofthe fiveconfessed a more intimate student-teacherrelationship waspos- the Southin Sewanee, Tennessee,said that the rumor "must be a mistake. I'm sible at Davidsonthan in their own countries. Yudescribeda very differentenvi- not acandidate andIhaven't evenapplied.I'mhappy where Iam." ronment in China. "Theclasses are very small. Therelation betweent students Randy Taylor '51,minister of Myers ParkPresbyterian Churchin Charlotte andteachersis muchcloser. Youhave tostudyhard. .. Thereisnoexampres- and moderator of the newly unted Presbyterianchurch and alumnus, Davidson surebut thereispressurefrom theprofessors.Thereareno tests. Socially thereis also denied the rumor. "I have no knowledge of it," said Taylor. "It's a false very little freedom; the professors are your 'parents'." rumor." "Students are more responsible in France," Belin said. "They have to or- ChairmanofthePresidentialSearchCommittee BenT.Craigsaid the selec- ganize themselves.Ihad to choosemy career at 15."Tarazonapainted adiffer- tion committee "was still considering approximately 200 candidates. We've ent pictureof Spanish students: "Thereis not much studying.They enjoy life. made a greatdeal of progress, but far we're froma short listof candidates." They don't start studyinguntil a week before the [final] exams.I The has aman excep- Committee so far notified 50 names out of the approximately 350 tion,"she added with a chuckle. submitted so far, said Craig. He added that they hope to choose the new presi- dent by the "end of the-year. But we're not putting ourselves under any dead- ToughLiquor lines,"he said. — LawsSpreadNationwide (CPS) This fall's experiments in clamping down on student drinking Talk onSchweitzer Scheduled Oct. 18 —experimentsperformedalmost
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