Utah State University FRIDAY JANUARY 5 VOL 76 NO 31 LOGAN UTAH 1979 repeat classes For grade might be computed Low The Executive Counnl is taking will steps to ensure that students many parking retain at lead a spaces as thes have now when the nmpleted Kellogg faciht The Executive Council will con wk resolution earlv next lx stating that students should U0 parking of the allocated 2r slots in the I C parking area once the construction of the Kellogg ider a facility is cornpletd Students are Council v mittee has Vi spue es Howes er during the construe lion which will 1m underwav pril through November the parking situation for students and facultv will inevitahlv get much worse There art no plans as of vet for alternative parking according to Armond Ac ut t oroop exec uii v e v ice president w ho is also a member of the IJSl Parking ('omnuttw c I At least loo parking stalls in tin parking lot rust of the I (' will I’ be occupied with construction About xp will ! fn rrnanent Iv is upicd bv the Kellogg building Some 7 staff parking soin will In occupies! during (he construction with all 71 fvermanment Iv to Ih cm cupiesf f)v a portion of the building and its Ltnelsc aping Construction of a three floor c parking terrace the visitor in s parking lot adac ent to t he ( w ill i nmp'nsrttc for the spaces lost during t he on si rue t ion I lowev er in April construction also and until completed the space's in the visitor s lot will not !h able to le used either I he terrace will provide onlv 4 more spaces than are currentlv available with the loss in he ot her areas I shuttle bus to transport students and facultv from A takes step to keep student parking recommended that credit hours for a reflated course be considered as additional credits nd that both grades Im included when grade computing 4 peripheral parking areas such as those surrounding the NMttrum is under onsideral icn bv the Parking c nrnnuttee ( problem t point averages Under both policies al! grades are included on the transcript when a class is retaken making it lm possible for a student to conceal these grades from prospective employers or graduate schools The proposal mandates an overage grade for the course rather than taking the most recent grade as final grade for (§PA alculations For example if a student repeat a course under current polio the grade he gets the second time is taken would be the only one com puted into the grade point average The current pnlirv calls for froth grades received in the course to be included when computing a grade point This would result in shghtlv lower grade point averages for students repeating courses but more credits The Executive Council passed a c resolut ion opjrosmg 'the resolution t he prnMsu! submitted bv Academic Vue President laster Kssig maintains that the final grade for the last time the course was taken is representative of the total learning experience regardless of the numlrer of times t he u r se s taken The Executive Council will urge the Faculty Senate to stand in favor of the current policy ac cor ding to the resolut ion The Academic Standards Com mittee is also asking the Facultv Senate to consider eliminating the grade and replacing it with an “F c ’ i An N grade is currently given to a student who is registered for a course never attends and does not offuuiilv drop the class The new pohe v would give such a student a failing grade While such a policy mwv en ourage students to observe dropp add deadlines i( also gives Mailing gracie to a student who has not actually faded the lass if has not T he I xeculive taken an official stand on this issue but the faculty Senate will N t4 considering the grade pobc v as well as the pli v on c (un repeating courses c ion It has solve the to help rentes! bv I be construe estimated that the shuttle bus system will cost the university aland It i ikh) but no one seems to know where to get The funds will this money probably come from housing traf f ic for computing new poke grade point averages of students who repeal courses will Ik con wdered bv the h a ult v Senate earlv next week The Academics standards Com A now assigned 2FH of ( he m t he I V parking lot in final GPA I Ix-e- he general umv ersit y fund and the student according to Ac However AM Sfl is rutoroop already in t he red £i (MM Ac cutornop satcj he is not sure much can be done to actually remedy I he parking situation during the const rue turn eriod The resolution and shuttle bus suggestion are wavs to make sure the situation docs not get any war se than it presently is A cutornop said If the f Reroliva Council apwhich Ac proves the resolution the cuterroop said Is sure to pa nest step wtil le a discussion let ween the central administration and student bicly officers in the State i'cnjnc il meet ing Series speaker cancels the first Khana Alexander Mheduled speaker !of winter tiled woman ter and the first m speaker for the Convex at ion ht-- sc nc-- s haanclbd Mvers I ( Hnwijiuilor said the first Convex at ion slot of winter Kv quarter fhurdav January 111 will fc left vat ant lec mis it is ton lale to IsMik anyone Ah xander agent v ailed am) uplainisf that Alexander could mg make the orurnit I merit according to Mev er Alexanders c am lll mo means only one ( onvea nl ions slot will lx Various filled bv a woman womens group cm campus have complained about having no women sjrtkera for ( onv at ions (hi this cpuiMer s hue up me Inded c c With Alexanders can two rellation the Phvllis Nchlafiy and Karen I bd row debale on I b ) is the onlv time a woman wd) le featured al (‘onv cm at ions this quarter Alexander I ide nf the weekly the award winning documentary 'Ml Minnies awf a V lifelong journalist who has waki-on ar mhjs public at ns Alexander wa the first woman to be a staff writer for ) dr mngative In I Pc4 Im Ixgan' Ihe he wll known ife column eminme ve cd tlx- - ediU She has also M ('all s magazine and a eon w k she f nhut mg edit nr for New also was a regular contributor In d V lx-e- Mademoiselle Mttaar and Harper xander is the aulhcrr of three me luding I he State by State ( iude to VAnmena Kghl tlx first work of H kind ever nun She s now mph f mg a piled ImwiU alaml Patricia H rc and American sen i tv albsl Anrc Ale book f ) hi er