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opEnon 'It is a newspaper's duty to print the news, and raise hell.' -Wilbur F. Storey (The Chicago Times, 1861) 'Hey Teach!' The. question of fairness among college faculties in grading the performance of the student is probably as old as the institution itself. The story of the college professor taking his students' final exams and throwing them down a flight of stairs to determine the range of grades has been around as long as the fungi on a history \professor 's tweed coat. Those falling on the top third of the stairs receive A's, those in the middle of the stairs, B's, and so on. Over the years, however, students have become more and more inquisitive as to how this process in actuality works. Along with the inquisitiveness has come a growing militancy to require more responsiveness on the part of the faculty members to the complaints of students who think their estimation of their own performance merits equal attention. Activism in the grading area, however, can get out of control. The so-called SGA "Fairness Bill," referred to the Faculty Advisory Committee last week, is a product of overreaction. The bill was passed by the student senate before reaching the committee by a vote of the faculty senate. 'The bill, if reported out and passed would set another one of those tiresome committees, that seldom meet, partly out of disinterest and partly out of negligence by student and faculty administrators to keep up with yearly appointments. This committee would be the court of last resort for the appeals of students who think their flowering academic genius is being snipped by some insipid relic who has presumably lost touch with the "now" way to educate-which is to some, non-education. Presently, the student's avenue of appeal goes through the teacher, to the department head and finally to anyone that will listen in the administration. It is doubtful that a new committee made up of students, faculty, and administrative representatives would add anything to the appeals process-aside from further frustration and confusion. Before we go marching further toward the extreme of students rating their own academic proficiency, perhaps, it would be wor thwhile to examine the academic fairness of students themselves. In the face of all this teacher evaluation, why is there no mention of "student evaluation." Recent statistics from the dean of freshman's. office show 20 per cent of the freshman class this year scored less than 400 on the verbal portion of the SAT entrance test. Top score on that section is 800. What these figures mean is students just don't have the fundamental word orientation they should. Their reading skills are not college level, nor their writing skills. It is at this time the faculty should remain strict and disciplined in grading to weed out those who have no business in an institution of higher learning. It won't be until the faculty moves as a group to refuse to compromise their academic integrity in order to fulfill the admission expectations of the ad ministration that state officials will face this problem realistically-. South Carolina faces a crisis in education if the pre-college school systems don't reverse their downward trend in preparing the student for college. It is a perversion of methodology in solving the academic problem to look to the faculty for fault or imcompetency when the figures point the finger the other way. Continually dragging the teacher into court is a sure way to maintain our present academic status quo mediocrity. --PET (OUR MAIL TO THE EDITOR: lglepr,ti rcieses This letter may be considered a suefcal ates,tob complaint directed towards those soehtilg. professors who deposit tremendous Th abv cosqecs r amounts of "xeroxed" materials apial oms tdns te on reserve in the Undergraduate cneune fet mil Library. In other words, this letter wrig ado omtn does not concern those instructors stdn.InmcaesieIwo who place only a few materials on afe scolnd omu,th reserve; rather, it concerns those reevlitestsnthfooin who "xerox" the entire required cmlctos readings for a course, reserve ()Wseo a og olba them, and expect students to (2Watofiminlvdwi adequately study them. The drvn positive functionality of this ()Ncsiyo leigm practice is somewhat questionable, shdl ocicd ihlba for adverse consequences may hus result. A euto hs osqec One such consequence deals with an otes otm tied the legality of this situation. The ptto h rfsoso h copyrights to most books demand Uiest oaadntersr "No part of this book may be rednlitAthuhhrem reproduced... without permission besm poivecnqucs( of the publisher." Neverless, some thspaic,Ife tatt professors insist upon defying this neaiecsqucsar(ji copyright demand by "xeroxing" nueos variosartcles.AlthoghcIbmlnotohos stde. oherJ Craft Ebbing It seems odd to me, but lately the students of this university seem to be struck with a malady that renders them incapable of walking from place to place. That is not exactly precise. It is more their walking habits that cause me great distress and concern. Some bright young intern, wishing to make his mark, should make a study'of this phenomenon. Assuredly his reputation would be made. For, as it is widely known, finding a new illness is far better than prescribing a cure for an old one, because a cure will be argued on its merits and effectiveness for years before it is finally accepted, whereas a new disease cannot be disputed. What are the symptoms you ask? It takes no disciple of Apollo to divine them. In fact a stroll about campus on any weekday is all that is necessary. For the experiment, simply walk briskly toward any place from any other place on canpus. For op timum results, I suggest walking from the Russell House ramp to the Humanities building or new PUTTINl PLLTGII 011 CR1 Today's clothing look fea to head. . . get yours togethE The Shirt A variety of shirt many styles and Nam The Sweater It's basically thE sweater to complete look. The Slacks Famous Levis-Male-Live ins and others. Regular to $15 special The Shoes Stacked heels and thicker soles are in the picture now. fr Many styles, all colors. The Accesor For the total look. The BO"A the Gatsby Cap, the socks underwear... chosen for the: college man. S-T-R-E-T-C Your Clothing Bud AT _1416 Asser lie Sidew by BobCraft Associate Editor Business Administration. building during class change. As you progress you will begin to notice the symptoms.. A student may be Walking along when, with no warning, he will stop completely stock still as if Jehovah himself had spoken to him. Moreover, he will hold this position as rigidly as if he had been turned to granite. Another symptom is what I refer to as the "Zombie Shuffle." In this, the student walks along, a glaze covering his eyes, not caring whether he gets where he's going or by which route. Neither, it seems, do obstacles play any part in his plans. He is not fazed if he runs into buildings or fellow beings. "The Yellow Brick Road Complex" is another symptom. In G.IT ETHER WIPUS tures the total image coordinated froi r where you have the best selection. s featuring from $800 eBrands. sleeveless the layered from $800 $988 om $1888 TIE, and - foung -H ~et nhlyv--Cohumbia aiks this, the walker stares intensely at the path before him, as though it will disappear at any moment and only by gawking can he save it from immediate disintegration. The afflicted student looks quite indignant at the other person whom he invariably collides with. The look seems to say, "You damn fool, don't you know that the ground is falling?". Another is the "Minnesota Fats Gavotte" in which the walker caroms and weaves about the walkway like a billard ball. Still another is the "Jump For Joy Surprise Getback" in which the afflicted walker suddenly takes one step forward - and does a complete about face with no warning whatsoever. The problem is serious and is no doubt allied with the disease, "Carolinus Apathus Rotus Br'ainus" which has reached epidemic proportions on campus. Something must be done, and done quickly, but no hope appears to be in sight for those serious walkers who must now share the sidewalks with the diseased. n toe