University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository 1976 The aiD ly Lobo 1971 - 1980 8-27-1976 New Mexico Daily Lobo, Volume 080, No 6, 8/ 27/1976 University of New Mexico Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/daily_lobo_1976 Recommended Citation University of New Mexico. "New Mexico Daily Lobo, Volume 080, No 6, 8/27/1976." 80, 6 (1976). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/daily_lobo_1976/79 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The aiD ly Lobo 1971 - 1980 at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1976 by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ---~ -------.----- 1n• '75 Wouldn't Qualify New U. Standards Make It Rough By Joe Dopnelly seeking acceptance to UNM should students can work their way around · study would have any effect on next 21.9 while scores for freshmen in UN!\1 President William Davis complete eight of the nine requirements. year's proposed requirement 1975-1976 averaged 18.1. said a recent study of UNM's 1975 requirements by the end of their "The facts .are the small rural changes. ''The plan will enable us freshman class indicates that 1200 high-school sophmore year. schools list the courses a student to get to the hub of the .matter if a During this same period, of those .students would not have Davis commented on the large needs to take, ".he said. student has a deficiency," Davis however, cumulative grade-point qualified for acceptance under number of students being accepted Da-vis also said there has been a said. averages of freshmen at UNM 1977's planned entrance to UNM from high schools that do greater number of high-school Davis said the study also showed increased. Also average incomes of requireme[lts. not impose the nine requifements. students meeting the . planned there was a drop in ACT scores families sending students to UNM He said, ''We still have a problem requirements since they were among incoming freshmen within have dropped about $1000 not Davis made the study public at a of preparing students for the released. the past ten years. ACT scores for meeting of the Govemor's including any curves to allow for academic mainstream of university _Davis said he wasn't certain if the freshmen in 1967-1968 averaged inflation. Coordinating Council for Higher work once they get on campus." Education earlier this week. Davis said there may have to be Requirements for acceptance to the creation of a summer program UNM in 1977-1978 include. three between the high school graduation ' units of English, two units of math, and fall classes to better prepare two units of physical science and ~tudents with deficiencies in two units of social science. requirement areas. Present requirements to UNM LOBOl . are a high school diploma or "We are still actively looking for .... .f equivalent and a "C" grade ways to ~o a better job in order to average. ·meet the educational needs of our freshmen," Davis said. · In an interview Davis said he felt Davis said there have been spot the reason for students not meeting checks made of different high next year's proposed requirements schools throughout the state since was the ability of students to choose the study was completed. "We their classes in high school and found in smaller schools with ASUNM To Borrow Funds thereby "work their way around" limited curriculums, the students required courses. Davis also said were meeting the requirements,'' he bad counseling may be another said. reason. Davis said these schools do not To Help Pay $16,000 Debt Davis said high school students have such varied curriculums that By Ruth S. Intress Dr. Morris Hendrickson, head of the Research The ASUNM Senate approved a bill Wednesday Institute, said Thursday, "Last spring semester night providing Kiva Club with $3956 and also ac­ we had 326 full-time undergraduate Native Dean of A & S cepted an offer from the business office to borrow American students and 93 part-time students." $8200 to pay half of last year's $16,000 debt Hendrickson said about 1000 students don't incurred by the Film and Speakers Committee. answer the ethnic questions on the form. Members of the Kiva Club Council accepted a "I doubt very seriously that the figure~ would be compromise offered by Senate officials after off by a margin of 400 students," Hendrickson said. Outlines· Methods requesting $4444. The Kiva Club's original request for $4687 was voted down in last spring's general Junella Haynes, assistant coordinator of the election. The Senate voted down the second Native American Studies Center, said, "The request by two votes and approved the $3965, 16-3. institute misses approximately 20 per cent of our To Stop Cheating The proposal to borrow money from the business office was Nathaniel Wollman, dean of the become a national scandal." College of Arts and Sciences, made by ASUNM Treasurer. In an interview with the LOBO Diane Frost. The loan would be outlined ways to prevent cheating in yesterday, Wollman said, "One of repaid to the business office. classrooms in a memorandum the reasons we have cheating is However, until a bill approving issued to A&S faculty, teaching because faculty doesn't take all the the loan is written and officially · assistants and grad assistants this precautions in order to stop approved by the Student Senate, week." ___ ............ _ .. --·-····-·--····----··· ···- cheating." ASUNM will have approximately The first LOBO article reported $844 in the treasury and a responses of some faculty members $16,000 debt. and deans in light of the Kiva Club spokesperson Lila investigation of cheating at West Bird said, "We are entitled, as Point. Many of the professors said the only Native American group cheating was not a problem or was on campus, to receive the $4444." non-existant. Following an hour-long debate, A survey of 125 students enrolled the Kiva Club accepted the com- during the summer session . promise figure of $3956. The indicated that cheating was more revised figure eliminates $400 widespread than originally the club said was necessary to reported. Seventy-six of the celebrate Nishoni Days and $88 students agreed that cheating was for an annual newsletter. more widespread and 45 admitted Sens. Celia Knight, Les Marshall and Tom stud~nts in their figures. Our estimates show they had cheated. Williams, voting against the bill, said they thought there were 600 Native American students on cam­ Commenting on the proctor the club deserved no more than $3200. pus spring semester." system that is used at UNM Marshall said the number of full-time Native Wollman said, "Our system is very Americans studying at UNM (according to the different because we do not rely Institute of Research at UNM) is slightly more According to Haynes' figures there were 50 l I J~ upon the students' own sense of than 300. Kiva Club members said the number was registered members in the Kiva Club last spring Nathaniel Wollman honor." closer to 700-800 students. and 300 members for Nizhoni days. The memorandum is in response to articles published in the LOBO during the summer concerning cheating at UNM. Committee on MinOrities Sets Conference In his memorandum, Wollman said cheating has been reported to him on a number of occasions but About 650 people· are expected to attend a "~riorities for The format for both the morning and afternoon sessions will includ·e admits, "Since I'm usually the last Minorities" conference scheduled for Oct. 9, at 9 a.m. m Woodward presentations by UNM administrators, presentation of papers on to know about these things, what I various positions, panel discussions and question and answer Hall. know is probably only the tip of the The workshop is_ being planned by a presidential-level Minority sessions. Each panel is to include a state legislato~.:, two UNM iceberg.'' Concerns Planning Committee.consisting mainly of UNM faculty, ad­ students, a UNM administrator or faculty member and a member of In the letter Wollman lists four ministrators and students, to consider student admission standards, the Minority Concerns Planning Committee. rules that teachers could follow to UNM's affirmative action policy and other minority concerns. Revised entrance requirements, to take effect in 1977, call for prevent cheating. They are: Legislators, state and school officials, community. orga~iz~tions, specific units of study in English, social studies, natural sciences and 1. Adequately proctoring the UNM students, administrators and faculty members wtll be mvtted to mathematics. A foreign language requirement was later voted down by the UNM faculty. rooms, including added proctors attend. for larger classes; President William E. Davis said the administration expects the The policy also provides a number of ways to make up deficiencies, 2. Arranging seats to minimize conference to give the University "some clear ideas both of the nature including taking courses in high school or technical-vocational school; cheating opportunities, including of our problems and of the best ~ppr~aches to their solutions ..As a taking the classes through correspondence from any accredited asking for special rooms and matter of fact, the planning committee Itself has already accomphshe.d institution of higher education; ~nrolling in UNM's non-credit Com­ making two or more sets of a great deal in that respect and we have every reason to hope fhat this munity College for remedial studies or by achieving specified scores on the American College Test (ACT). questions to make copying harder; coJlfer.ence will lead to specific actions." J, Designing a .. test, so it doesn"t Herb Fernandez, committee co-chairperson, said the workshop will Additionally, UNM entrance requirement$,.provide for a limited rely heavily on memorization or address a number of questions raised by students near the end of the number of students who have not met the standards to be admitted material (more analysis), and; after a review of their individual cases.