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Changes in resolution
OK’d by Faculty Senate
Status of student evaluations still up in air
By Sondra Pickard
Senior Staff Writer
Although holding back on a final
vote, the Faculty Senate Monday
made several major changes in what
has become a controversial resolu
tion that calls for annual, university
wide course/instructor evaluations.
Each department at the Univer
sity now conducts its own evaluations
based on the department’s preferred
questions.
The new document attempts to
standardize the evaluation system
for the University so that uniform
results can be obtained for the bene
fit of students and faculty.
Jointly devised by faculty and stu
dents, the resolution first came be
fore the Senate at its November
meeting but was found to be lacking
in several areas and was sent back to
committee for revision.
Sen. Luis Costa, associate profes
sor and head of the department of
modern languages, reintroduced the
resolution to the Senate Monday,
saying the committee had made sub
stantial changes.
Costa stressed that, although the
document was recommended
highly, departments would not be
required to use it if an alternative
evaluation was found acceptable by a
joint Student Senate-Faculty Senate
oversight committee.
There was a sense of dissatisfac
tion with the revised document, and
several changes were approved over
whelmingly.
Although the resolution didn’t
meet most expectations, many sen
ators were intent on revising the
document to avoid sending it back to
the committee again.
“Every time we send it back to
committee,” Sen. Jon Bond, profes
sor of political science said, “it gets
worse instead of better.”
Debate on the resolution centered
around two questions: whether un
dergraduate courses and instructors
should be evaluated more than once
per year; and whether the results of
the evaluations should be published.
Shortly after the resolution was
introduced by Costa, Sen. Keith Ar
nold, professor of wildlife science,
passed out a set of substitutions for
the resolution, but the Senate ran
out of time before it could consider
the substitutions.
The senators tentatively approved
several recommendations in the doc
ument, but these cannot be imple
mented until the entire document is
approved.
The Senate approved yearly eval
uations as opposed to ones to be is
sued each semester, and also de
cided departments could use either
the suggested evaluation form or
one approved by the oversight com
mittee.
Evaluation forms would be made
available to department heads for
tenure, promotion and salary con
siderations. This particular recom
mendation stressed that “student
evaluations are only one of several
factors that will be employed when
judging the teaching qualifications
of faculty members.”
The senators considered making
evaluation results available to the
Student Senate. As currently writ
ten, the document says, “If pub
lished, results shall include appro
priate statistical data and
comparisons.” Also, “instructors
who wish to may append Y>rief ex
planatory comments and depart
ment heads may require that, be
cause of unusual circumstances,
certain results not be published."
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government president.
Woman’s Christmas cards raise spin!
of military personnel away from U.S.
m>m
WACO (AP) — Rowena Dempsey
has received letters from people
from Georgia, California, Oregon,
Utah and Montana — people she
doesn’t even know.
Dempsey isn’t too surprised,
though. After all, she wrote to them
first.
This rather unique correspon
dence is the result of Dempsey’s par
ticipation in Military Mail Call, a
project in which individuals and or
ganizations send Christmas cards to
service men and women who are
away from home at Christmas.
The American Legion Auxiliary
No. 121 in Waco has participated in
the mail call project for three years,
as has Dempsey, an 11-year member
of the organization.
Last year Dempsey wrote 300
Christmas cards and placed fourth
in the nation in number of cards sent
by an individual. The Waco auxiliary
placed second in the organizations
category for sending 1,625 cards.
“It’s just kind of a fun thing,”
Dempsey said. “I just get a feeling
that maybe they won’t get any mail
from anyone and at least they will
get one card.”
As expected, the cards are appre
ciated.
Dempsey says she once got a letter
from a Navy captain who received
one of her cards.
“He thought it was so great that I
took time to write a Christmas card
to someone I didn’t know,” she said.
“That makes me feel good that they
feel that way about it.”
The captain told Dempsey he
would like to exchange Christmas
cards and put her on his family’s
Christmas mailing list.
Some soldiers send thank-you
notes to the auxiliary women. Others
promise to visit if they are passing
through the area.
Dempsey said she and the other
women who write cards each receive
from three to 15 responses a year.
Writing to military personnel is
not a new experience for Dempsey.
She has had a husband in the
Army during World War 11. a
brother and a son in the Navy, a son
in the Air Force and now three
grandsons in the Navy.
“So I know how much they (sol
diers) enjoy cards and letters. ... I
know they get homesick,” she said.
Dempsey said that when she
writes the Christmas cards, she often
thinks of her children and grand
children, “especially, my son who
was in the Korean contlict."
“I think, what if it were he,” she
said. “My heart just goes out to all of
them.”
Leftover Christmas tank
feet for the project, Demjw
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friends and puts them aside I
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rob Peter to pay Paul to ta
money to do it," she said.
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HOW TO PREPARE
FOR FINAL EXAMS
1. Make a quick survey of notes and reading in or
der to get a general picture of what has been cov
ered. Jot down a few words about the purpose of
the course. Make a brief time line or outline to get
an overall picture of the materials. Note your weak
areas.
2. Go over old tests, paying attention to the kinds of
questions generally asked.
3. Rather than reread, it is often better to skim
material and stop at material you don’t know.
4. Try to find our what the final will cover.
5. Know your professors and their biases.
6. Look at questions and problems at the end of the
chapters for additional review. They to predict
exam items, both general and specific, and prepare
answers for them.
7. Concentrate on areas emphasized in lecture an
d/or in your text.
These tips are only part of
the information included
in “The Aggie Guide to
OFF CAMPUS STUDENT
ASSOCIATION
On November 19, 1986, the Off Campus
Aggies hosted a program on “Traditions:
The Little Known Facts”, by Dr. John Ad
ams.
The OCA will sponsor the Mardi Gras
Parade & Ball on Friday, February 20,
1987. Please contact OCA to sign up for
some fun committee work.
Conquering Your Fi
nals”. Copies of this
guide may be ob
tained in the Stu
dent counseling
Center and in the
Off Campus Cen
ter.
FRIENDS DON’T LET FRIENDS
DRIVE DRUNK!
MOVING OUT AT THE END OF THE SEMSTER?
If you lease expires at the end of the semster and
you are planning to move out, there are a few re
quirements that must be met before your security
deposit can be returned.
1. Give written notice of intent to vacate at lease 30
days prior to the ending date of the lease.
2. Occupy the unit for the entire lease term.
3. Clean the apartment in accordance with the
move-out cleaning instructions.
4. Pay all rent according to the terms of the lease.
5. Give your landlord your forwarding address in
writing.
6. Make an appointment with the managerloi 1 ]
inspect the apartment. Have the man
date the Move-Out Condition inventory Iroin 1 *
a signed copy for your records,
the lanlord is required by law to return yoursi
deposit within 30 days and to provide you"']
itemized list of deductions. If your depositor
of intemized deductions is not recievedT
days, notify your owner/manager and re(
explanation. If you are not satisfied
sponse, contact the Off Campus Center.
DO YOU NEED A ROOMMATE?
Off Campus Center operates the roommate Referral
Service which can help students find roommates. The
Off Campus Center is now taking roommatelistings for
the Spring Semester. For more information or to list
yourself in the service, contact the Off Campus Cen
ter.
The Off Campus Center will be holding roommate se-
sions for students who have housing and need room
mates or need both housing and roommates for Spring
1987.
The roommate sessions will be held at 3:00 pm on
the following dates:
Dec. 9,10,12 507 AB Rudder
Dec. 11 704 AB Rudder
Dec. 15-16 507 AB Rudder
For more information, come by the Off Campus Center
located in Puryear Hall or call 845-1714.
Do’s and Don’ts when looking for roommates
1. Do think in depth about what you want in a room
mate.
2. Do ask as many questions as it is in'
to know. Don’t ask few questions.
3. do ask your potential roommate specif
Define terms like “relatively neat,” Wi 1
“clean,” “mature.” Don't ask general question*
4. Do interview more than one person i
roommate.
5. Do allow time to think over your decision’