Show f FACULTY evaluation DISCUSSES FACULTY — Prof John Cragun of the faculty committee (center with hands folded) told his fellow Faculty Senators that the role of his committee is “to reevaluate the role of evaluation” Faculty Senate met Monday afternoon in the UC iculiby ©valuation status of a teacher system for USU was revealed to the Faculty Senate Monday by Professor John Cra gun chairman of the faculty e valuation committee and Craig Hale ASUSU academic vice pres The Went committee’s role Cragun This said is “to reevaluate the role and current student interest as providing the impetus for the of evaluation’’ and to “look at the function of the committee promotions” They view the filling out of current study itself” evaluation cards as “little more than a clerical exercise” Hale said Hale academic vice-predent revealed that students feel that the current departmental e valuation programs give them “little if any impact on policies affecting contracts hiring and si the “current interest of the administration in identifying criteria” to judge such things as promotions hiring and effectiveness of teachers CRAGUN LISTED HALE INDICATED that stu dents now have a “wait and see attitude”- but that if this committee doesn’t come up with - something “visible” then students would favor an “entirely student initiated evaluation” This would give students a chance to get their “pound of flesh” from poor professors and reward those that merit it Hale said “The miriade of evaluation forms now serve only to con fuse” Hale outlined the rational express towards a student teacher evaluation program “Students view themselves as of the university clients paying for a service” Hale said “they are particularly concerned about the quality of the serv-ice- ” stu-den- ts STUDENT ALSO FEEL “cap-abl- e of making objective evalua-tions- ” the student vice presi-desaid “and feel that they are in the best position to a teacher” Cragun chairman of the committee revealed plans to make a similar status report to Senate December 3 and announced tip? hearings would be held Dec The chairmen also listed sev-erissues currently under stud y and asked faculty members e to reply in writing to the included: areas The should a single evaluation be made or should colleges develop their own evaluation instrunt Vtkme 67 Number 28 Utah State University November 26 Additional 1 8 969 pages AS-US- U cut-ba- ck 9-- ©rep b &mt girefc i al com-mitte- kv efflffiswaeefi ! ments? BY PRESTION PETERSON Life Writer professional is the only word escribe the performance of Man of La Mancha musical was perforr An “ illustration eye" though the pic Sweated the audience tract of it David Atkinsc Cervante’s ote chai Provided a and sing cast Atki characteristic w changed fr0rn flatter in sui acting of the alienee could 1 Don Quixote she expressed great emotions and added greatly to Atckinson’s performance SANCHO PLAYED BY LOUIS role of Aldi !rue accoum ne musica Quired gre IS role in and d JMonza sho as she pr complicated Two of the three remaining leads were well acted and the third was well acted and sung The Innkeeper played by Fred-eri- c Major is a part which great acting Major played his role well even though he didn’t sing Aldonza’s encounters with ut one-thir- d lot-ter- com-panio- n basic-train-in- g THE PENTAGON CHIEF AT tributed the cut to the progres-siv- e withdrawal fo US troops from the war and their replacement by South Vietnam ise forces re-quir- lier Nixon canceled November and December draft calls total ling 50000 men and stretched out the October quota over the last three months of the year and thus reducing the planned calls by 72500 November-December-Janua- Dr Carrasco was played by Keith Perry Perry was cold unlikeable charhard and total-aacter in other words a well n acted part total the performance was well done The scenes moved was the quickly and at no point seems likely It bored audience be would that the university In of success if they always groups of such quality bring in ry ALONG WITH THESE REDUC-tion- s the Pentagon has announced that it plans to reduce over all armed force strength by 220-00- 0 men by the end of June The new draft system will be a random - selection procedure which will make all qualified men between 19 and 26 will be subject to the lottery during the first year which will replace the present requirement of drafting oldest men first after the first transitional year only will be vulnerable for on thus clearing the way for sub stantial draft call reductions and As a result of the new draft elimination of inequities and and smaller draft calls system which plague the the plans to reduce its Army present draft structure combat basic training companies Laird’s statement came only from 560 to 460 before the end e three days after the Senate’s of February Laird added that 30 of a bill to put the draft advanced training companies into a lottery system Laird said may be eliminated next spring Nixon would soon sign the draft The reduction in draft calls bill “which will eliminate major training centers and total miliinequities and uncertainties in tary force is all part of the the draft” planned cutback in drastic draft-cal- l The and the with defense the budget 0 from the projected Vietnam from drawl by US men is the second such action troops Ear- by the Nixon administration -- as-sur- In men--abo- Criscuolo is the second supporter deserving recognition Criscuolo greatly complimented the performance of Atkinson Sancho Squire servant and was well played Cris-cuol- o is a fine actor though he wasn’t challenged by his musical part change Supporting Professional Evidences of Richard Nixon’s of the war “Vietnamization” showed progress as Secretary of Defense Melvin R Laird a slash in the January to 12500 call draft of the original quota Along with the reduction of troops Laird pledged immediate action y to install the new random system which was passed last week by Congress In announcing the draft reduction Laird said also the Army plans to cut back its structure by shutting down three bases and disbanding 100 training companies pas-sag- re-ducti- 35-00- should instructors be to be evaluated in all or a particular course he teaches during a quarter? be evaluation should re-quir- ed mandatory or voluntary? should all students in a class be required to participate in evaluation? how much and what kind of information is needed by deans heads and by and department the faculty member and the student? is it reasonable to incorporate in the faculty evaluation committee a means whereby the interests of the students can be included and how? period Hale responded to the question “Is there really student interest ip evaluation?” “There is so little visibility in current evaluation procedures and none were ever made avail able to students” Hale said “If evaluation were made more visible interest would increase” Another faculty senate member remarked that in his exper ience student evaluations were “uncomfortably accurate” and “more than uncomfortably IrreIN A QUESTION Vi1' I sponsible” Hale agreed that the committee had viewed this situation at other universities but said he felt it is “possible to avoid I ' £ 0 iO |