A.S.
Senate discusses new syllabi referendum,
grades
By
Jack Schneider
On-line Forty-Niner
Discussing
issues on solicitation and syllabi requirements,
the Associated Student Inc.'s meeting Wednesday
discussed guidelines, suggestions and regulations
affecting students both inside and outside
the classroom.
A.S.I.
voted 18-0-0 to approve policies that would
be featured in a course syllabi referendum
as a recommendation for the Student Senate.
A
need for additional changes to the referendum
was expressed by A.S.I Vice President Guido
Piotti, which included a grading policy
and classifying grades as either objective
or subjective.
"If
a grade is objective, it means there would
be a set grading scale," Piotti said.
"If it's subjective, a curve would
be involved."
Pushing
the issues of syllabi clarification, Piotti
suggested adding more specific guidelines,
including a schedule of assignments, exams,
quizzes and due dates.
Grading
scale procedures brought up by Piotti included
syllabi posting their own grading scale,
which lead to the discussion of the issue
of campus solicitors.
Jeane
Caveness, of Student Life and Development,
spoke at the meeting about non-commercial
solicitors on campus, and how student complaints
to President Maxson caused regulations to
be made for non-commercial solicitors.
"Non-solicitors
are allowed on campus from 8 to 5 p.m. as
long as they don't interfere with outdoor
programs on campus," Caveness said.
Senator-at-Large
Rebekah Smith expressed thoughts on getting
rid of non-commercial solicitors known for
harassing students.
"We
got the same people on campus doing the
same thing. What does it take to get them
off [campus]?" Smith said.
SLD
implemented a campus solicitation policy,
requiring badges for non-commercial solicitors,
which include the hours of operations, and
the areas for solicitation.
Sgt.
Bonnie Myers of University Police said students
who have a complaint against any solicitor
must inform officials.
"Students
who have a complaint against these solicitors
must file them," Myers said. "People
can't block you or walk on you."
As
a guideline for the solicitation rules,
Caveness said the principal rule each of
them must follow is to not interfere with
a student's right to education.
Myers
told about the trespassing penalty University
Police can do if any member of the organization
does not comply with regulations.
"If
we run into them, then they are off the
campus for a week," Myers said. "Our
regulation is time, place and manner."
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