OREGON DAILY EMERALD
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University of Oregon, Eugene, Monday, February 7, ISbti
Maybe the Faculty Does Care
Credit b\ Examination Is a Good Idea
— and It Can Still Be Improved
We asked the question during the battle
over the Mosser plan to reward good under
graduate teachers: does the faculty care
ibout students and the kind of education
they're getting?
Last Wednesday’s faculty decision to al
low undergraduates to earn credit by ex
amination shows that faculty members are
willing to move ahead, that they are inter
ested in their students.
During the Mosser plan debacle, many
faculty members arched their backs when
students demanded a voice in the discus
sion: many said that students should leave
academic reforms to the faculty. Students
responded by decrying the lack of action
taken by the faculty in these areas.
Maybe the faculty, with a little prodding
by students, has begun to mend its own
fences. We hope so. Last Wednesday's ac
tion proves that faculty members do want
to improve the University.
Allowing students to earn credit by tak
ing a test—a long overdue step—should
prove beneficial to both faculty and stu
dents.
Faculty members won’t have to teach stu
dents who already have a thorough knowl
edge of the course matter. They can now
concentrate on the students who are seek
ing to learn something that’s new to them.
Students should benefit because they
won’t have to waste their time sitting
through lectures and taking examinations
on subjects which they already understand.
But the faculty should have gone one
step further by allowing incoming fresh
men. who now are given the opportunity to
be exempted from such courses as English
composition, first-year math, and first- and
second-year foreign languages, to earn Uni
versity credit instead of just receiving ex
emptions from these courses.
Incoming freshmen who do exceptionally
veil on College Board examinations can be
excused from one or more of the introduc
tory courses at the University. Others can
take a second examination on the campus
and get all or part of their requirements
waived.
Many freshmen, instead of taking this
exemption without credit, decide to take
the course work so that they can receive
credit. If they received credit for their
superior marks on the College Boards, they
could start their college career by taking
more interesting and challenging courses,
and still receive credit for the courses they
by-passed.
The faculty ought to take a close look
at this suggestion. It would further im
prove the decision they made last Wednes
day.
At any rate, the decision to offer Univer
sity credit for undergraduate students
through examinations is a step in the right
direction. It shows that the faculty is will
ing to take progressive action, and serves
to help deodorize the stench that emanated
from room 150 Science on the first Wed
nesday of every month during the Mosser
debacle.
Smart Girls
Which campus living organization has
the smartest members?
That probably will never be fairly an
swered But judging from the grade lists
each term the women seem to have a dis
tinct edge over the men.
We checked figures for the past five fall
terms and the suspicion was confirmed.
Taking the five groups with the highest
fall grades, we found that men’s units
placed only four times out of a possible 25
positions. Of the other 21 spots occupied by
the girls. 13 involved sororities, five went
to the co-ops and three to the women’s
dorms.
Highland House and Kappa Kappa
Gamma were each in the top group three
times. Highland made first place twice, the
only group to do so.
Delta Gamma. University House, Kappa
Alpha Theta. Campbell Club and Pi Beta
Phi all made the list twice.
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Bartlett Hypocrit
Emerald Editor:
In an article entitled ‘ How to
Make Portland Safe For Hypoc
risy” Scott Bartlett has proven
himself a hypocrite.
Earlier this year I signed a
petition backed by, among
others, Mr. Bartlett. I was led
to believe the petition backed
President Johnson’s peace offen
sive and wasn’t against our in
volvement in Viet Nam. I asked
Mr. Bartlett if the backers were
for the U.S. pulling out of Viet
Nam before peace has been
achieved and he said no. I got
no impression of the attitude
Mr. Bartlett took in his article
in which he questions the moral
ity of our involvement in Viet
Nam and is critical of our ac
tions.
The entire article is farcial.
I don't agree with the banning
of topless dancers but I hardly
think it is an art which can be
compared to classical nude
sculpturing, questionable Bib
lical passage,” D. H. Lawrence,
Henry Miller or any other ex
amples the learned Mr. Bartlett
listed.
Mr. Bartlett is either extreme
ly naive, which 1 doubt, or he is
making a phony attempt to
identify himself with the “New
Generation,” "Sex Revolution,”
or whatever movement he
chooses to call it. I wonder if
Mr. Bartlett has looked into the
possibility of adding a curricu
lum in the art of go-go dancing
for the College of Liberal Arts?
Bob Olds
Journalism
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VRs Extend Welcome
Emerald Editor:
We would like to welcome
newly-elected Young Democrat
President Larry Beathe to parti
san campus political organiza
tions. Seeing as how the election
meeting is the first YD meeting
he has bothered to attend, we
feel that his statement that he
is a “marginal member” is
quite accurate. As Young Re
publicans, we only hope that
he calls as many meetings in
the future as he has attended in
the past.
Don Powell
Senior, Political Science
Chairman, L'. of O.
Young Republicans
Gene Hazel
Sophomore, Political Sci.
Executive Vice Chairman,
U. of O. Young
Republicans
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Of Protests, Infirmaries,
Abortion Proposals
editor's Note: Linda Cheney
is the exchange editor of the
Kmerald.
Two protests occurred recent
ly at the University of Utah
The major one was held by
t h e Bookstore Improvement
Through Campus Harassment
committee (BITCH) a rallv
featuring campus speakers and
a song viewed controversies con
cerning the bookstore, f’rofes
sors and students spoke on the
importance of a good bookstore
and its relationship to the quai
ity of the university
Complaints were aired con
cerning lack of text and non
required hooks, over pricing of
used texts, the wasting of book
shelf space and of the non stu
dent ownership of the book
store.
The second protest was con
cerned with the union toll park
ing booth. Carrying signs sug
gesting that the new structure
strongly resembled an outhouse,
the demonstrators called for
removal of the new fee system.
After picketing the booth,
students attended an open meet
ing of the traffic planning com
mittee. Here they complained
that they were paying twice for
a parking spot and that alter
nate lots should be offered
A satire on the infirmary at
the University of Iowa presented
an imaginary tour of the build
ing. The following excerpt is
from the satire:
"As we walked down the hall
W’c passed an enormous pile of
boxes in the corridor.
“That, said the doctor, is 12
cases of aspirin We just got
them in We’re now equipped
for any student problem, no
matter how simple or complex.
Aspirin Yes, sir, he added, feel
free to come in any time.”
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At the University of Cali
fornia at Santa Barbara, Cl. Har
din, professor of biology, stated,
“Abortion should be no differ
ent from tooth extraction.”
Hardin, advocating the legali
zation of abortion, “completely,
without any restraints whatso
ever,” noted, “If we were short
of people we might be justified
in forbidding abortion, but as it
stands we have too many peo
ple.”
Hardin asserted, “It is quite
obvious that a lot of women
want them. In the United States
there are one million abortions,
in spite of difficulties in obtain
ing them.” He also noted that
in foreign countries, abortion is
a leading method of birth con
trol, according to a United Na
tions report.
Further, Hardin stated, "bill
ies is not something we can
leave only to the theologians,
my belief in abortion grows
from the belief that facts of
biology require an alteration in
our ethical practices" Noting
that women fear the dangers of
abortion, he said that pregnancy
and live birth were four times
riskier
In addition, Hardin is a pro
ponent of birth control He be
lieves that the legal restriction
on the sale of contraceptives
should be removed ” They
should be openly displayed and
advertised in drugstores," he
said, "because the present sec
recy gives young people a feel
ing of shame concerning birth
preventatives ”
Hardin added that unwanted
births could be prevented more
if there was a new attitude by
society.
The doctor also discussed the
moral implications of premari
tal sex "Science does not a
priori assert that certain prin
ciples will stand forever The
same is true of the field of
ethics We cannot know which
of our moral standards are ab
solute and which will stand the
test of time."
An article in the Minnesota
Daily attacked the ignorance of
college student;, in regard to
foreign affairs.
In 25 interviews for student
council positions, candidates
were asked who Juan Bosch
was.
(Juan Bosch was president of
the Dominican Republic until
he was overthrown in a mili
tary revolt. Last May the Uni
ted States crushed a revolt to
return Bosch to power. He then
demanded one billion dollars as
indemnity for U S. intervention
in the Dominican Republic.)
Of the 25 interviewees only 4
could connect him with the Do
minican Republic, and only one
knew what the connection was.
The article went on to say
that perhaps the educational
process is at fault if such sig
nificant events in foreign affairs
are not sufficient to prompt even
weak efforts to understand
them.
The article concluded that it
is important to understand what
politicians in this country are
doing, as the college students
are beginning to vote,
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