Students React to New Scheduling Blocks
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FORDHAM UNIVERSITY Inside News: Respect for Life Club hosts forum OH "Abortio* and BRONX, NEW YORK Human Ri^": see page 6 Students react to new scheduling blocks By Heather Stone Tuesday-Friday scheduling. of the new blocks, for varying just to have Fridays off," said creating consecutive classes on StaffWriter According to Rev. Joseph I reasons. Peter Khost, FC '95, Leeann Prestileao, FC '97 Wednesday and Thursday, espe• Student reaction concerning McShane, S.J., Dean of Fordham said, "Imgoingtobeaseniorand The opposition was not uni- cially if classes ^^^^ have the same the announcement last week of College, the change was made I feel Fm deserving of Fridavs \ersal, however, as some stu• work load as under the current new scheduling blocks for Spring partially in response to the high off." • dents claimed to be unconcerned system with less time between 1995 has been mixed, as many number of students and faculty Students cited other reasons about the idea of being f creed to classes to complete assignments. students stated they were opposed not scheduling classes on Friday. for wanung Fridays free of classes, take Friday classes. "I can't understand [it]," said Liz to the plan while others claimed "We would like to redeem Friday such as internships, jobs, and Susan George, FC '95 said, Rice. "The thing I don't like is not to care. as a day of the week, for both extra studying dme, and didn't "If I have to take classes, I'll do not ha\Tng a day in between classes The new blocks will consist of teachers and students," he said. feel that taking Fridays of f was an it." to do work." fifty-minute Monday-Wednesday- Many students expressed dis• indication of laziness. "It is not Many students also com• Thursday and se\enty-fi\e-minute approval of that particular effect like anyone's taking f ewer classes plained about the new schedule ^See Blocks, page 7 Students and Faculty remember Brendan Pfalzgraf, CBA '96 By Katrina M. Korduba INew s Editor. nesses interriewed by Fordham security, the two cars were travel• "He was a ver\- good person ing at a slow speed. Further, one' and had a really good sense of individual, who claimed to wit• humor and was kind of a \rise-ass. ness the inddent, also stated that His personality was infectious." the cars were traveling at a rela• As students, friends, and family tively slow speed. Security later moumthelossof amemberof the reported that the cars were travel• Fordham community, friends of ing at approximately fifteen to Brendan Pfalzgraf, suchasjanna t^venty miles per hour. Mancini, FC '96, remember him as a friend and student who was According to \rimesses, the first an integral part of their Hves. car did not ha\e its lights on; the second car, however, did have its Students complete CAP registration in Dealy Hall. The lack of choices in some required On February 25, Pfalzgraf was lights on at the time of the acd- courses has caused problems for some students. struck by an oncoming vehicle on dent. Police investigators have Fordham Road as he was walking yet to comment on this issue. home from an e\'ening out with his friends. At 12:45 a.m., he and Both Fordham security and the Students: There aren't enough se\eral friends left Jax, a popular forty-eighth predna of the New off-campus hangout, and walked York City Police Department re• along Fordham Road to the south• sponded to the scene. courses available at registration east comer of Fordham Road and Pfalzgraf was taken to Jacobi Washington Avenue, in the di- Hospital where he was adminis• Byjames M. Mclnerney reaion of the tered CPR. He and a lab, my schedule isn't very was treated for StaffWriter uling his humanities courses Lantern, an• I flexible. I really don't have the around the required science lec• "He was a very good hisinjiuriesand other popular Course registradonforstudets opportunity to choose my core died at 1:24 tures and labs. student hang• person and had a enrolled in Fordham College and courses based on the teacher," he am. Rev. Joseph McShane, S.J., out. As the really good sense of the College of Business Adminis• said. Dean of Fordham College, said group was humor and was kind Pfalzgraf, tration has started amid concerns Second-year science students that his office has been tr)ing to walking on the who was a about course availability and like Dodson and Janeczko must respond to student concerns. "Dr. of a wise-ass. His south side of sophomore at scheduling. take Organic Bray and I decided to add one personality was "Because my science the same road die College of "I do not Chemistry, section to each of the core areas," in the infectious." Business Ad• diink that there courses involve a which has only he said. "We want to give stu• westbound di- ministration are enough lecture period and a one offered dents the most options that we -Jama Mancini, r e c t i o n , (CBA) was re• choices," said class in Fall possibly can." FC'96 lab, my schedule isn't Pfalzgraf membered at a Christopher 1994 in the lec• "We looked very carefully at very flexible. I don't stepped out into memorial ser• Dodson, FC ture and redta- the amount and a\ ailabi li ty of all have the opportunity thee street to cross, n-alking in ttie vice held on '95. "Thereare rion secdons all our courses," said Dr. Sharon P. direction ofa car that was push• Tuesday, March 8. Jeffrey Gray. certain courses to choose my core students must Smith, Dean of CBA. "We are ing the stalled vehicle direcdy in Dean of Student Life, helped to that I have to courses based on the take. These two comfortable with the amount of front of it. Although he wjis organize the memorial ser\ice for take for my teacher." courses are of• courses that were provided to fered from ap- walking with several friends, none Pfalzgraf, and sent a memo to all majorandlfeel CBA students and we have not -Michael Janeczko, FC '97 proximately of the other students with him campus residence halls and build• restricted be- ^^^^^^^^ heard any complaints yet." g^^^ggi noon to were injured in the incident. Ac• ings. TheserNdce, which was held cause other ••HHH The organization of this cording to University security, in the University Church, was non-required courses that I semester's course offering in• o'clock on Monday, Tuesday, and the car that struck Pfalzgraf was well-attended by faculty, smdents, would like to take will not fit into volved several members of the Thursday, across t^vo scheduling behind the stalled carat the time. and administration. The Coun• my schedule." faculty and administration, ac• blocks. This makes scheduling Howe\er, the first vehicle did not seling Center is now offering free Michael Janeczko, FC '97, cording to Chief Registrar other courses difficult. Do^dson, strike Pfalzgraf. services for those students who agreed. "Because my science a history and pre-med major, says Stephen Bordas. According to independent wit• ^vish to take advant^e of them. courses involve a lecture period he faces extreme difficulty sched• ^ See Courses, page 2 THE RAM NEWS March 10,1994 INSIDE: Lack of choices in course FEATURES selection dissatisfies students The countdown ^ Courses pUcated process. "If you are begins...only one ^ from page 1 taking sdence courses, schedul- "Sophomore year is ingwillbedifficultatanyschool," more day 'til Spring •'Cliairs of each Department intense. The send theh course offerings to he said. scheduling process dc " In a science, labs are an inte• Break! deans of each school," he said. get easier as you See page 9 "The deans make the necessan- gral part of the learning pro• changes and then give the in• cess. They may create some advance, but frest scheduling problems, but they and sophomore •year Siblings invade Fordham campus formation to me. Myjob is to compile all of the course offer• are necessary'. .Any student w ho schedules can be ver See page 11 ings into the course booklet." plans to study a science should restricting." expect a more difficult sched• Dr. John Walsh, the Assis• ule." - David Tolenmo, FC tant Chair for Undergraduates of the Psychology department, "Sophomore yearis intense," said Darid Tolentino, FC '96. enrollment for these cours| The Naked Truth has not heard any complaints about course availability. "If "The scheduling process does usually low," he said. "Th about there are any problems, we usu• get easier as you advance, but stricts the times that are ava NaJte^ Gun 33 1/3 ally don't hearabout them until freshman and sophomore year for courses to be offered i first-run registration is com• schedules can be ver\- restrict• naturally, some conflicts are plete," he said. ing." ing to occur." Mathematics professor Cris See page 21 .According to Fr. Martin McShane noted tlrat class sS Hegyi, the Undergraduate Poor said that may department another concern. "Our goal ^ Program's .Assistant Chair of will encounter soine difficulties maintain small classes," he s Biological Sciences, students when trying to schedule counes. "so we tiT to offer the amounj in\ol\-ed whh any of the sci• "Enrollment is a major factor courses in each area that will^ in the scheduling process. De• complish this goal. Wehopel SPORTS ences should not be surprised to find that scheduling is a com- partments are reluctant tosched- every student will benefit frl ule afternoon courses because the present-course off eringsyl Kevin Morris: 44 Rookie Wins StafP' listing in course booklet Coach of the Year Honors; Team criticized by registering studenti Racks Up - p.