Seattle nivU ersity ScholarWorks @ SeattleU The peS ctator 2-21-1975 Spectator 1975-02-21 Editors of The pS ectator Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/spectator Recommended Citation Editors of The peS ctator, "Spectator 1975-02-21" (1975). The Spectator. 1457. http://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/spectator/1457 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. SEATTLEUNIVERSITY Legislature could have say on aid Vol. XLIII, No. 30 SpectatorFriday. February 21, 1975 by Jeffrey E. A. Rietveld IRWIN STRESSED that the Seattle, Washington The Washington State Senate amendment would helpstudents passed a resolution calling for a in public institutions as well changein thestate's constitution because the same court decided regarding state aid to private against a loan program to education last Thursday. students in public schools. 'Inflation' strikes grades The vote was 38to 8 withthree Another feature of theamend- ment is that it will allow the up of the "post-Sputnik" era, Dr. Burnett Toskey's group senators absent. Inflation not only pushes trend problem resolution, SJR 110, legislature to help the student also grades. according to Dr. Hendrickson. suggested that the be The prices, but S.U.s national level and allows the legislature to rather than the institution. Grade inflation wasexamined studied on a The U.S. Supreme Court has SHE ALSO cited several the discrepancies between "prescribe the manner and the at S.U.s winter quarter faculty investigated. in which stateaidor other ruled twice in favor of aid to meeting Friday. reasons which have been given schools be means colleges, last Fr. EmmettCarroll,S.J., said assistance may be granted" to private said Irwin. The for the inflationary trend. ruled that in colleges, IT WASN'T to be a solution tendency that his group said thereshould students in "any public, private Court The toward a private post- students weren't being indoc- finding session, said Jeananne no credit system, teachers be anew way ofexpectingcom- or sectarian credit/ than grades. secondary institution" in the trinated. Oliphant of counseling and who tended to give students petency rather Washington's constitution, testing,ratherit wasonein which higher grades to keep themfrom state. and A CLARIFIED criteria of however,is very restrictive inthe todefine ideasonthesubject getting drafted, the feeling that area. to determine its extent. grades was suggested by Patrick THELAST part is important, higher standards might not at- Irwin, ex- THERE IS a similar resolu- "It's tough for one school to students, good Burkes group. He also said that according to Dave tract more tendency toward subjective ecutive vice president of the tion before the Olympia unilaterally change," said the grading is hard work for the the legislature sponsored by Gover- Very Rev. Louis Gaffney, S.J., exams raised the grading level. Washington Friends of Higher teachers, the teacherevaluations DanE^ans.It advocates aid University president,in opening wanted to In contrast to the other Education. nor in which the teachers group amendment toallschools,from kindergarten remarks.He suggestedapossible get good grades from the groups, the ofDr.Bernard It makes the of bas- Steckler came to the conclusion narrow enough to be passed by on through college. system recommendations students were among the reasons electorate, Irwin said that such a broad ed on the student's standing in that there really wasn'tenoughof the according to cited. Irwin. He said that the people amendment probably wouldn't his or her class. One of the reasons was that aproblem.The trend hereisn't as electorate, they're at extensive, according to Dr. wouldn't pass an amendment pass the so Is there grade inflation most instructors will not flunk concentrating their efforts on S.U.? to Steckler. giving the government broad minority students so as give amendment SJR 110. them incentive. This was later Wrapping up the afternoon. powers, so this FIGURES compiled by Dr. Dr. William Guppy, academic specifies post-secondary institu- SJR 110 is scheduled to be Hendrickson, called a "racist" attitude by Dr. brought before theStateHouse's Hildegard Henrietta Tolson of the com- vice president, reminded the tion,i.e. above high school. business, and Mary Alice Lee, to State Supreme court has Higher Education Committeeon munity services department. faculty that any solution has The Representative registrar, show a larger percen- grades. He shotdown twoattemptsatreliev- Tuesday by be translatable into Peggie Maxie. tage of students are getting broke said that the Evergreen State ing the financial burden of the grades. THE FACULTY then private school, Students interested in thiscan higher up into groups to discuss the Collegewasexperiencingtrouble student at a the During the 1967-68 school system of descrip- $100 stipend to residents and the help best by writing their situation and gave brief reports in its grading representative on this. year,20.4 per cent of the grades their feelings. tions rather than grades. loan program. were "A"s, 35.4 per cent were on "B"sand 30.2percent were"C"s. Last" year, 31.4 per cent were A"s,30.5per centwere"B"sand Homecoming Days to come to close only 18.9 per cent were "C"s. Formerly only about 15 per centofthestudentsmadeittothe reign over rest of week honor roll.Last year,20per cent Royalty to made it. activities STEVE ROBEL, mechanical queen " engineering, added some figures Homecoming '75, Those rousingstanding a student vote Josetta Bradley, a junior, is " culminated ina of hisown to the proceedings.He Saying that Were the Days, swings into its ovation from the gathering. turn the homecoming majoring innursing. She is dorm said that in 1948, 45 per cent of would two days with plenty S.U.got"A"sand queenelection into apopularity council president and director of final of thestudents at Covello, College. actionplannedfor everyone. THEFACULTY got involved "B"s while 36 per cent got "C"s contest,Dan homecom- Open ready Joseph MacGuire, chairman, announced the Jan Flom is executive coor- Tonight students can too. Fr. ac- and 19 per cent got below that. ing for the Chieftain- companied by Fr. Kevjn Waters 1954-55, said, cancellation of the election dinator and assists the ASSU themselves In Robel 50per inchoir, Santa Clara game by attending on the piano, delivered three cent got "C"s while only 23 per scheduled for yesterday. officers. Sheis involved queen supposed plays violin for the fine arts the"primer"from 4:30-6:30p.m. songs, including an Italian song cent went above it and 27 per Because the is the Inn. onlychargeis "The Impossible to representscholarship, service, ensemble, has a high gpa and inTabard The and the cent went below. personality, queen Nursingis for beer consumed. After the Dream," which received a nice grade inflation trend of loyalty and a works in Tabard Inn. provide applause. The been selected to her major. "primer," buses will round of the sixties and seventies is a committee has transportation to the game. Among the other S.U. of the grade inflation choose the queen. reversal MARGARET JOYER has a students performing were Mike ON the com- 4.0 gpa and received an award SATURDAY AT 3 p.m. the Nevins,Dave Rivisto. who sang MEMBERS a trueheavyweightkick box- mittee are Fr.Joseph MacGuire, from the military science depart- Chieftains will take the court like Larkin, S.J., Lee thisachievement. Sheis again to face the tough San ingchampion, Rob Silver, Greg S.J.. Fr. Mick ment for Lonegan, Marks, Rosemary Chiocchio, member of Pathfinders, rifle Francisco Dons. There willbe a and Bill Mark Spectrum a Sue Moody, Nancy Terri Ferreri, Bob Casey, Dan team, the school color guard at special halftime performance. Kreilkamp, TUESDAY Walker. basketball games, is a feature Later in the evening, the Stapnes, Earl Lucero, Marvin 8 p.m. Covello and Jim at I.K. Little Sisters: There are sevencandidates for writer for the cadet newspaper Homecoming Ball occurs the Nakata and Kalia Rachel Farr. meetingintheTowngirlslounge. homecoming queen. Dan and is class representative and Seattle Hilton Hotel, beginning A Phi O's: 7 p.m. meetingin following council. She is at 9 p.m. Tickets are still Covello provided the chairs the cadet $3.50 a couple. Alumni House basement. information on the candidates. also involved in Spurs and available for Choir due SWANS. Recappingwhat hashappened so far, Wednesday night two Linda Kwan is a senior in movies wereshown."ElCid"and to serve ASSU sponsors medical records. She transfered "Little Big Man" lasted from 6- to S.U. from the University of 12:30 p.m. and attracted a Wisconsin at Madison. She is meager gathering of 50-75 spaghetti active in the Chinese Student students. Other than the movie March Iis the day tocircle on ■ DASSU activities Association and contributed plots the most interesting thing Friday's dance may have was that students wearing red greatly to the recent Chinese the calendar to remember to were at half- that happened was the Choir's Annual appeared to be an ASSU- and white admitted Night. film projec- attend the S.U. sponsored event on the outside, price. There was also a kissing breakdown of the Spaghetti Dinner at Bellarmine in Tabard that was mann- Liz Rockwellis asenior active tors. from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. but the inside truth is that the booth projector cracked a Hall evening at- ed by S.U. women. in the student-to-student com- The first evening promises to success of the is at about 8:30 p.m.forcingit The tributed to six freshman co-eds Funds for the dance were mittee.