Show r A STUDENT nrf- Aalr Ln 75 NO 26 LOGAN UTAH Wednesday November 30 1977 VOL alternatives may be satisfactory says English lab head EDCE Sheree Josephxon staff writer by If the alternatives to the F nglish 100 course do not become watered-dow- n versions of this class I will be satisfied” Willis Pitkin L’SU English lab director and course originator said The university wide English requirement was dropped by the Faculty Senate Individual de- partments and colleges were given authoiity to work with the English department in setting requirements for majors under their jurisdictions faff photo by I AJ Hortmonn didn't mean it coach Coach Dutch Actuolly wlnap selected him rebounds scored 12 Belnap was very happy with Preston Bailess performance In fact game The umor forward grabbed a game high 10 points and held last year s WAC scoring leader to four points as the player of the unique in American west to portray cultural landscape River lecture Bear River is a unique America Bor melting snows of the high “e Bear meanders throui sates covering nearly 3( before it dies a quiet deal Great Salt Lake approx miles from the river western Son Tbe ® ®e banks of the Bea djtlonall' the added to a wide economic and cultural landscape of the Bear River Dr Charles S Peterson Professor of History at Utah State will explore the cultural landscape of the Bear River Bason Dr Peterson has published numerous articles and several books His most recent publication is Utah A Bicentennail History” which is part of the American Bicentenprestigious nial ‘ The States and the Nation ‘ Shoshonie of northc southern Idaho By decade of the 19th bver was an Series ” This lecture is the last in a series that is being funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities The lecture senes is being sponsored bv the Utah Historical Society and the Department of History and Geography USU The lecture will be Tuesday December 6th at 7 00 p m in the Eccles Business Building auditorium The lecture is free to the public import aphical landmark for American furtrappe was a symbol of ei ?JSlna lsm for b°th r fman and British worked hard to cor gZteratthe mid-l9t- a h much expw century t i Pitkin worked within guidelines set by the Faculty Senate to develop the program Ery0reg°na"d ssr-- & & a remedial program courses for the handicapped and a educationally disadvantaged skills center and new courses for the special needs of the special departments ‘There is really no greater change being made this year than is made every year within the English 100 course itself each year" Peter said This year a competent theme percent pass range was introduced into the course Pitkin hopes to see a scale of grades introduced in the course to reward students who complete the class he said The English 100 course teaches composition two steps at a time utilizing an X and Y sentence 56-7- 4 Administration and council meet for early morning talk precipitated themes writing problems were at once” Pitkin tration must deal with this is when they are discussed The members of the administration that attend are President Taggart Provost Hansen Vice Provost Swenson Vice President of Business Christensen and Vice President of Student Affairs X-- (EDCE) including a renamed and modified English 100 pro- alternatives to the English Department Composition Exam In the old system where students were graded on a series of This morning the Executive Council attended the twice monthly meeting of the Staters Council The meeting gives the ASUSU officers an opportunity to present issues students are concerned with to the administration When the executive council passes bills or resolutions that the adminis- - ‘ ped with the knowledge to pass the course ” Many students are confused in the hierarchies of writing that the program is based on Pitkin said ‘ It is essential that students become confused because if they are never confused then they are not learning ” The Faculty Senate suggested I suggested many of the proposals passed by the Faculty Senate” Pitkin said structure Z® writer It teaches devices that the good writer uses naturally” he said Many students are equip- Pitkin was hired in 1973 by USU create a course that would establish a minimum competency level for all university students who did not waive the course through high entrance scores or advanced placement programs in high school gram Bear The program has been accused wasting student’s time ‘‘This may be true” Pitkin said ‘‘The c ourse is designed for the poor of said “Students can learn to write easier if components of writing are taught in segments ” This is the method used by the English 100 course have found that it is because of ignorance and frustration that students make light of this program” Pitkin said ‘ I to “The course was designed to pass good writers and barely mediocre writers alike” he said Students are kept m the program until minimum competency is obtained he said The compentency level is determined through an objective examination the EDCE or the complection of a set of test exercises A written composition is used with the test to determine the correlation between writing skills and test scores “There is an 80 percent positive correlation” he said “Students who pass the test the first time pass the required theme 80 percent of the time ” Brigham Young University in Provo is using this method of teaching composition in its teacher training program Pitkin has worked as a fulltime English professor for 16 years teaching classes in composition and linguistics He is the author of three publications dealing with composition He is doing research in teaching composition and in discourse analysis |