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The Cord Weekly Thursday, March 9,1989 NEWS 3 Exam interrupted by rude profs By Jonathan Stover the exam, and told the Psychology stu- noted that it was "a big faculty meeting" wrote the mid-term interrupted by dents to leave so that the faculty meeting and the only problem of the night had WLUFA, was not in attendance at the On Wednesday, March 1, members could get underway. been with the booking of the room, and dispute. However, Lane said that "when of the WLU Faculty Association Room 1025-1027 of the Peters Build- the fact that it was in use when WLUFA I apologized to the class (for the occur- (WLUFA) barged into a Stats midterm ing was scheduled for a faculty associa- wanted to use it. rence), no one reacted as if they didn't find it fifteen minutes before it was to be com- tion meeting at 7:00 p.m., according to "We didn't 'barge in' on any exam," know what was going on. I pleted. WLU head of booking Maria Tamblyn. Lorimer said. strange that people would make a story Having interrupted the exam, they As well, a letter which should have Edcil Wickham, president of like this up." proceeded to disrupt it until one proctor been sent to WLUFA to inform them of WLUFA, said "I'm sorry that it hap- A letter from a student outlined the was left in tears and the students were the examination was never sent by the pened," but also said "I don't see that an entire situation for Lane. Further letters forced to leave before their allotted time Booking Office, Tamblyn said. "It's not apology is appropriate." were sent to Wickham and, along with a was complete. entirely their (WLUFA's) fault," Tam- Wickham noted that faculty members note from Lane, to the Dean of the Arts That's what a number of Psychology blyn said. did enter the room, and that some even and Science. students who wrote the exam said about However, Tamblyn also said that sat down, but that this was simply an According to Lane, the proctor who the attempts of the Laurier faculty asso- "faculty should still have allowed that honest mistake on their part. "It just attempted to deny WLUFA admittance ciation to commandeer the room which extra 15 minutes" from 7:00 p.m. to 7:15 looked like a class had gone over-time," to the room went to Lane's house that had been booked for a 7:00 p.m. p.m. in the event of an exam being writ- Wickham said. "I don't think they ap- night to tell her of the incident. meeting. In a draft of a letter ten the room which they had booked. preciated it was an exam." Blame for the WLUFA in The proctor was crying when she met was to be sent to WLUFA by con- "It's touchy situation," Tamblyn incident couldn't be assessed, Wickham which a with Lane, feeling that she had been cerned Psychology students, the conduct but added that the provision for a said, calling the incident a "genuine error noted, rudely "brushed aside" by members of of the faculty members was called "the fifteen-minute buffer zone at the end of on all sides." the faculty association. The proctor had worst behaviour by adults that they (a an exam time period is "even on the However, Wickham denied that the attempted to stop WLUFA at the door of number of students) have witnessed." front of the time-table." proctors tried to stop the faculty mem- the exam room. Faculty members began to enter the From the cover of the Wilfrid Laurier bers from entering the examination "It was quite said examination room at 6:50 p.m., despite University Intramural Timetable for the room. The exam was "not policed well disgraceful," Lane of occurrence. In class the protests of one of the exam proctors. 1989-90school year: by the proctors," Wickham said, and this a meeting, Lane apologized to her on Students noted that a proctor told the Evening classes will commence at helped create the problem. The entrance students behalf of WLUFA. receiving faculty members several times that the 7:00 p.m. except on the evenings when of a few honestly mistaken individuals "We should be an apology (from WLUFA)," Lane said, examination was scheduled to go until the assigned room is being used for a into the exam room, Wickham stated, is "but don't hold your breath." 7:00 p.m. midterm. On such occasions classes will not cause for an apology by the entire "Nobody," Lane said, "has even Indeed, because the exam started five start at 7:15 p.m. Midterms take priority. faculty association. spoken to me at all (about the occur- minutes late, the exam writers should Students andfaculty are asked to respect The WLUFA president said he was rence) as a faculty member. Maybe have had until 7:05 p.m. to finish up. the 15 minutes grace period. not aware of the 15-minute grace period people don't have any awareness of their The faculty members finally did In defense, members of the faculty after the 'official' 7:00 end of p.m. an own behaviour." remove themselves from the room, but association denied that the incident had exam. Wickham also denied any dis- Summing up the events, Dr. Lane then proceeded to talk noisily outside the occurred as reported by the students. turbance of the examination beyond the stated, "I'm quite sure that if I had been doors. The faculty association began to WLUFA member Doug Lorimer entrance of the faculty members into the there not one of those souls re-enter the room before the 7:05 p.m. stated that "as far as I could tell we were room, and their subsequent exit would have gotten in." time which the proctor had requested for just standing around outside." Lorimer Dr. Mary Kay Lane, whose class Canada abuses her natives by Bill Casey responsible for the lack of any nalism. This reinforces the one- real progress with native issues.