The Aquinas 1985-04-17

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Wednesday, April 17, 1985
• .•Serving the'
University and
the community•••
Vol. 57, No. 19
the'.
a Uln UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON
s. ...and bidding .
farewell to our
friends...
said. Bills concerning guidelines
Student Senate members for the use of the
Chuck McGroarty, Joe Wednesday free period and
Olesiewicz and Joel Susco a compressed snow day
voted in favor of bill while . schedule were also passed.
Larry Cusack and Sheila A bill proposing the
Gilbride opposed the distribution of grades
measure. among teachers on a
In other Senate news, departmental level was
members voted unanilTlously voted down by the Senate.
to ask departlTlent chairlTlen - Voting on the academic
to reconsider a requirelTlent _ calendar for the 1986-87
calling for a senior thesis. school year was postponed
until the next meeting.
BY MARIA MASCARO
Aquinas News Editor
, Minus grades will be
added to the University's
present undergraduate
grading sC!,!le as a result of
a bill passed Friday by the
Senate.
After three years of
debate, the Senate voted 19
to six in favor of the bill
which will be implemented
;~ tre fall selTlester of 198f1.
The m"·I' scale will contain
.'- and f- ,grades but not ( t::-:
fl11iginally proposed by
the:committee on gre-Id,' .scale
revision. The f - vill
be assigned a :~ (ll C;lla~ity
pOInts and a I - will count
as 2.67 points. A C+ will
c;ount for 2.33 points.
, Quality points will remain .
the same for all other letter'
grades.
-The new scale will not
Senate okays minus gTad~s >B9Wtheyeoin~are".~
, :,' v ,'Present scale' ·. "New scale
affect graduate students system, -he added. ' '0 " " , , ' ," n .'
because they have their own The new scale will only' mde '~f!i1l:t8 "Grade ctnnts
grading system, said Dr. affect grades given after ,A, 4.00, ,A". 4..00
Frank Homer', professor of tne implementation date. It ':8+- 3.50 A-::- 3.&7,
history and chairman of the will not be retroactive. ' B'. 3.00 B+ 3.33
COlTll11ittee. Grades th.at have already C+ .. :2.50 B :~tOO
The comlTlittee cited three been attained by students C '. 2.00 B-, 2..61
major reasons for the will not be changed. Df' 1.50 C+" , 2.33
changes: to help reduce Although several members D 1.00, C ' 2.00 ' '
grade inflation, to keep in of the Senate opposed the ' p' • .(tOO, D+. 1..50
step with oth~r Jesuit, new system, many spoke ,D'l~OO
schools using minus grades, out in favor .of it. 'F 'D~OO ,
and to provide greater "I was against it until I
precision in grading., tried it. Then I found it
Because it will take time very hel,pful," said Rev.
to progralTl the University's Thomas Masterson, S.J.,
academic computer system director of Campus
to accept-and process minus Ministries.
grades,. the new scale will Sr. Catherine McNamee,
not be used until the fall C.S.J., dean of DHC, said .
semester of 1986, Homer she supported the new scale
said. because it would help
This will also allow -time narrow the differencE'
for faculty education about between an A and a 3'+ "I
the advantages and especially note a big ga;l in
applications of the new the present system," she
Jesuits plan housing move
New Jesuit residence·may be built this year
with our- students and faculty," ,he
added.
According to Gonzalez, renovation
Qf the present builqing to meet the
needs of the Jesuit community would
not onlY'be expensive but'it would
compromise the architecture of the
building, he said.
The ~ew building will cover an
area of approximately 26,000 feet
and provide areas for office space,
dining, kitchen and living facilities,
as well as private living quarters for
the residents, Gonzalez explained. -
Plans for the new building have '
been designed by the architectural
firm of GSGSB, the same. firm that
made the plans for the new
recreational facility.
Though no definite plans have been
m.ade for the old residence, it might
-be used as office and/or meeting
space by other members of the
University's community. Actual
construction is expected to begin this .
~ummer and end a year from now
during the summer of 1986.
Sprirtu break in Ft.
'La'uderdale' rem:ein.bered' , . ' ., ~,see Corner Talk
'will increasingly require living areas
which facilitate serious and
productive work/' Gonzalez said.
The new facility will "encourage a
deeper human and spiritual
cOlTlmunity with 0!le another ,and
This artist's rendition depicts the new Jesuit residence, scheduled
for completion in 1986.
its g-roundsare preserved,"Gonzalez·
added. -
According to Gonzalez, the old
building no longer provided adequate
living space for the Jesuit
cOlTlmu~ity. "The younger Jesuits
A~ttother.:-ticket,'enters :':race 'fii,.
· S~ G. positions ':"'see page 7,
,;--~' >:',... ,
co;~~:~~~F~~;;§:;: on '~~~~:.>'t
campus by tQe fall of 1986, according
to Rev. Charles Gonzalez, S.J., rector
of the Jesuit community.
The new building, which will cost
between $1.7 and $2 million to
construct, will provide the Jesuits
with a greater amount of -living and
working.'space, he added. .
The project will be funded by the
Jesuits' own resources, Gonzalez
added.
After a great deal ofdisClission
and planning it was decided that a:
new residence was needed.
The new residence will be located
adjacent to Scranton Hall on the
area presently occupied by a tennis
court, Gonzalez said. This sight and
the designs were recently approved
by the Board of Trustees, he added.
"The University will take great
care to ensure thai the architectural
integrity of the Scranton estate and