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Show Page 4 Forum December 2, 1983 Grades Change in January The grading system will not be implemented until January, 1984, due to a majority vote of the Curriculum plus-and-min- Committee on Nov. 6. The Curriculum Committee received a resolution from the Legislative Assembly asking the committee to consider the problems that would arise from making the grading system effective immediately, according to Hoda Mahmoudi, chairwoman of the Curriculum Committee. Legislative Assembly members felt that the new system would be a hardship to students trying to graduate with honors, and to all other students, because it would have been implemented so late in the semester. The committee members agreed that the new system would not have an unfavorable effect on students G.P.A.S, however, and that waiting until January would not make any difference. Because the students felt that it had been sprung on them without notice, the committee considered it best to wait, said Mahmoudi. It should not make any difference in the honors system, because when a student is an honors student, a grading system like this is not going to drop them out of the honors program," said Mahmoudi. When a student is motivated to begin with, something like this is not going to ruin his G.P.A. -- A junior, Sue Felt does not want to see the system implemented at all. I hate it" said Felt The old system was one of the things I liked about the school. AiriineTlckets and Personalized Travel Arrangements --Call or come in. Magic Carpet Travels just two blocks south of campus. 2035 South -- Mike Pieper, senior, said, I think it would have been more reasonable to start the progrram with incoming freshmen only. It seems typical of Westminster to do this in such an unorganized and poorly thought-ou- t fashion," said Pieper. The problem with going to Westminster is you can never count on things from one year to the next" 13th Dec. 3 Dec. 9 Dec. 1 1 East 485-444- 4. Let us do your typing for you. A & W Computerized Word Processing. Special rates for students. Call ASWC Christmas Activities Dec. 2 CLASSIFIEDSi 583-132- 3. Broiler Break The Market Street Broiler at 258 South 1300 East presents weekly specials for $3.95. The Broiler Break is available only at the counter. Ask for it Universal Winterfest in Syme Lounge from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also, judging of trees. c Christmas dance at the Travel Lodge . from 9 p.m. to midnight Cost is $5 for singles and $8 for couples. Last day to donate to Sub For Santa. Party for Sugarhouse boys and girls. 583-880- 8. Tri-Ar- Wall covering my specialty. Work guaranteed. Discount for holidays. Available at your convenience. 966-644- 1. The new system is a better grading system and is used by most colleges and universities, according to Mahmoudi. It is a little more fair, because it allows students who are marginal to indicate that" Mahmoudi said that this makes a difference to students planning on graduate studies. David Neidert author of the resolution that was presented to the Curriculum Committee, said that the best way to have implemented the system would have been to make it effective slowly, allowing students with the majority of their credits to continue with the old system. Freshman, Leslie Bennett, is opposed to the new system becoming effective next semester. Bennett said, It will be bad for incoming students, because they (all students) will have their grade point figured on two different scales." Phillip Johansson, a sophomore, is happy with the delay. Johansson said, I think it is a good idea; it lets students get ready for it." w Womens Grant Awarded Continued from, page can s easot? 1 to linr a day 'Vith se!)Sfailv.'' hort t sK'son .15. J'rhiand stfJieV tnnobLrVoltes price fe impounded were all monies appropriated for the Womens Educational Equality Act, including Whitfields grant Whitfield is optimistic she will eventually get all the money promised her. She said she has already received the first monthly check on her project and the federal judge has orally released money for three more months. However, until the order is in writing, the money wont be released. pec oO Bron BOV According to Whitfield, her project entails developing a network in five rural communities in Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming to help the communities set up mentor relationships g between community leaders and girls. V'oO SAVlp,.7by Decern bef 15. -- !983- triV lt75ech under-achievin- r-Ss- SS!- The program would conclude with a conference at Westminster College where the their role models, and other interested people would come together to share what was under-achiever- s, e learned. Whitfield said her chances of getting the grant were one in 30. She also said she was lucky to get it when she did, since the Womens Educational Equality Program is being disbanded and this is probably the last year grants will be awarded. O the grant is that if I could do it, anybody could." She said she wrote her own grant request instead of using a professional grant writer. She said grant money is available for other faculty to tap if theyre willing to do the work involved in making an application. She said she hopes other faculty will be motivated to do so in the future, especially (R-Uta- Whitfield said she has complete control over the grant money as long as she follows the guidelines set forward in the grrant She also said the grant was for a project which means it has to be completed in the limited time that the grant runs. le 30 eft dls at y per 'days after her success. Hatch also said it reflected favorably on both Westminster College and the state of Utah that Professor Whitfields grrant application was accepted. Slovnn0 oaOlatSPerday One reason Whitfield applied for Senator Orrin Hatch the chairman of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, said Womens Educational Equality grrants are not easy to get These awards go out to those institutions which show promise of helping women achieve to the limits of their potential," Hatch said. Competition for these grrants is very stiff." - dT'V-SP-"'- - igS8 1801 ss;ol 01 ,o: 2-- &&& -' ; SA5 : : daVHaV. . in cnobirdKound 76) $100) )Vi |