.Houston Drafts £11___ '! _ \..JIlI·l~ Verhulst Star Tight Wild¢at End Taken I ~fles~s •.... In Fifth Q.:I1-Dratl .'. Round ExPeTIettC¢~ i7-::::-'2'±::::,..,-'-.:.;"...,..,.. ____ -----..::.2...J2L!£i!:..CQ!.C:l.:,' : by Vmce Sherlock byEJIIWiIIiamson Sports Editor StaffWrite.-, Chris Verhulst, Chico State's all-American tight end, was " picked by the Houston Oilers in ~~ the fifth round of the NFL draft ''1 Sunday. i§ The 6-3, 239-ponnd senior Chris Vertlulst '>' was the 130th pick of the draft, On Sunday, Verhulst will ;,: and was the seventh tight end head to Houston fur the teams ;~ chosen overall. spring camp. hot will return in " Verhulst is the third Chico time to take his finals in May. State player to be dralted by the Verhulstsaidthenegvtiations NFL, but was chosen earlier than fur his cnntract will be;;in imme­ the other former Wildcats_ diately, but his agent bas told George Maderos was dralted in him the talks could run until the the 21st round in 1955, and Rich week before the summer tmining Sorenson was picked in the sev­ camp. He reportedly will earn enth round in 1976. $140,000 a year. acoording to his The Houston Oilers were des­ agent Joe Maddea perately seeking a pass-receiving The Oilen;. who lost to the tight end and have received just Denver B""""", 34-10 in the AFC that in Verhulst. semiIinaJs alia- healing the Se­ Verhulst, who played at Chic.:> little Seahawks 23-20 in the AFC State for four seasons, holds t.h~ Wildcan:l game, have e:q>reSEed records for the most ~r-rec.ep-­ iriterest in Verhuslt since the tions,141, and yards, 2,144, and EBlit-West Shrine Game laat tied the career IDBrk for touch­ January. down reCeptions with 12. He also In the Shrine Classie, Ver­ holds the mark for the most yards hulst caught three passes for 39 fI"'f ",nn,nh",; celebraflon of sprlng took in a game, 216. yards and made aeveral key """A:"moDtbs of· ,c • place, . weekend with a variety of events and Being drafted in the early bloeks which helped his west rationiDttJre ~m;, performances. Spring End '88 brought cheers and rounds waa like an early birthday team to a 16-13 victory. His im­ came 'doWn to ....e.mY, op' present for the 21-year-old, pressive perlimnan<e at the an­ Jeers trom all Involved. really wasn't wmried whose birthdsy is May 16. nusl contest held at Stanfurd about it., until Sunday Page 22 Stadium. along with his e!forlB at "I'm very pleased to go to the when I watched the ibafi: Oilers,'" Verhulst said with a the NFL Combines in February onESPN: explained the smile. "They need B pass receiv­ (workouts for poteatial NFL ing tight end, and I think I can fill players). eatapulted his value to newest Houston Oiler. their need." the scouts. 0 VethuIst watched the festivities at bead coach Jazz Blared Friday In Harlen Adams Mlke BeIlotti's house. with the coaching stafi' and The Chico state Jazz Ensembles 1 and 2 per­ some clDse friends.. formed excellent shows In the Harlen Adams As the daywore d!nm. Theatre over the weekend. The ensembles were so did VethD15t"" neroes."'I conducted byRlchard Winslow (1) and Dan Kinkle knew I was SlgJpmed to be (2). picked somewhere in the Page 25 middle rounds. bal;whenI was~itandWash­ ingI.lJn (the b!amthat showed the most~ in him) chose i~in the third l'OU,IId. I didn't koewwbatlo ~. Verlnilst said wit1\. a \nyc. smDe.. <, . J. ,t8in~W~{ baIlaDd .... Joe I'Jmf/hB 0Iicn Those were goocllfmes - WDdcoI Hght end ChrIs Vemulsl end head toolbaU coach Mike Bellolli5ha'o0 krUghalltlepr8$S~Mondoy ane, Verhulst was dra"ed bV lho Hovston 0ie0I in t~ IIflh lilUr'od. .. J. Page 2 - The Orion - April 27. 1988 ----------------------------------- Undergrad GPAs Continue to Fall Wilson Wants to See Graduate Grades Reverse Their Upward Movement by Tobias Young Chico State students inter­ grades will suffer. Editor viewed by The Orion disagree "At a lot of schools you have six that grades should bo lowered. weeks to drop. At Stanford you "I don't think they arc inflated can drop a class the day before Editor's note: ThiB is the last of - especially in the busineBB de­ the fina!." He said this causes the a thr~e·part series detailing reo partment,' said Jeffrey Nicol, a GPA to be lower at Chico State search on academics at Chico senior completing a double major than other colleges. State conducted by the university in international business and ac­ If employers realize this differ­ Office ofInstitutional Research. counting. ence then it is not a problem, he He said because Chico State said, but the placement office of­ has a slightly lower average GPA ten has to work hard to convince Chico State President Robin when compared to the other Cali­ employers to interview students Wilson is out to lower the grade fornia State campuses, it hurts below a 3.0 GPA. poinl. averoge at the university. students who arc competing for Nancy Howard, a psychology Although he has been some­ jobs with students from colleges sophomore, said she disagrees what succeBsful with the under­ like Sonoma, which has the high· with lowering grades because "it graduat.e GPA, the graduate cst average GPA. would be discouraging to stu­ GPA is going up. So he is not yet "I don't feel they need to put dents." satisfied. some moratorium on (high) Although Howard has a GPA "We've deflated (undergradu­ grades,' said Nico!. of2.8 compared to an average 2.6 ate) grades a lot but not as much Nicol, who has a 2.75 GPA­ in the college of behavioral and liS we should," Wilson said. which is higher than the average social sciences, she said she Over the last 15 years, under­ 2.3 business GPA at Chico State would like to achieve a 3.0 GPA. graduate grades have been low­ - said he is satisfied with the "If (the GPA) is 2.0 or if it is ered from lin IIverage of 3.07 to grades he has earned. However, 3.0, we're still going to learn the an average of2.6 at Chico State, he said "I feel like it's hurting me same amount,' she said. "I don't according to reports from the when an employer compares me understand why it needs to be Chancellor's Office of Analytic to a Sonoma student or students (lowered)." Studies. from private schools." Part of the reason why the ad­ One explanation for the lower Whilo undergraduate GPAs Noele Winans, director of the ministration wants the grades or punish." havo decreased only slightly in Career Placement Center, said lowered is because it shows a Statistics from the Analytic GPA of Chico State's students is the last five years, graduate that students' GPAs don't hurt rigorous program, said Charles Studies office show that 25.6 per­ that so many more are entering GPAs have increased from 3.5 to them if they are looking for a job Worth, associate director of the cent of the grades given at Chico the science and technical fields 3.6 at the university. through the placement center. Office ofInstitutional Research. State in 1986 were "A" grades. rather than the arts, Worth said. The average GPA for all cam­ "We make sure they (the com­ "Most colleges want their aca­ That is the lowest number of "A" He added that the science puses in the California State panies interviewing on campus) demic programs to be considered grades given from any of the 19 courses are generally tougher University system is about 2.63, understand that we're the second rigorous," he said. CSU campuses - and far below and students in the program of­ according to the Analytic Studies toughest graders in the system,' Safarik said that the conse­ the 29.6 average of the entire ten have lower GPAs. system office. she said. quence of letting grades get too As to whether Chico State stu­ ....... Within the various colleges at Nicol said that because stu­ high is that "you can no longer Wilson said at Chico State the dents just arc not as good stu­ Chico State, the undergraduate dents can't drop a closs after the award students for good work. average grade should be about a dents, Worth said, "I don't think average varietl from a 2.3 GPA in second week of a semester with­ "You used to be able to reward 2.3 or 2.4 "because I think the that would be a fair interpreta­ the colleges of business or natu­ out a serious or compelling rea­ students, be indifferent, or pun­ average student is more moti­ tion at all."O ral science, to a 3.2 GPA in the Bon, they get stuck in classes that ish students," Safarik said. vated" than students in schools college of Education. they fail, which means students' "Now you can only be indifferent in other universities. Average Grades Granted in Undergraduate Courses Average GPA by College At Chlco State 1971-1986 1986-87 3.5 11 3 2.5 lOS 2 GPA 3 1.5 1 2.95 0.5 o GPA 2.9 2 3 4 S 6 7 8 9 10 2.85 College 2.8 1) Agriculture I Home Economics 6) Engineering I Computer Science I 2.75 2) Behavioral & Social Science Technology 2.7 3) Business 7)Humanllies I Fine Arts 4) Communications 6) Uberal I Interdisciplinary 2.65 5) Education Studies 1971 1912 1973 1914 197a 1916 1917 1911 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 191a 1916 ! 9) Natural Science Year 10) Overall GPA t.,: tfl' t) [I: Hi UL Organ May be Transplanted Pipe Organ May Move to Center Stage of Laxson by Scott Chaves from the university provost's of­ Staff Writer fice is nearly $30,000, has been building the organ at the univer­ Chico State's long-awaited, sity furm.