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VOL. 51 , NO. 7 MERCYHURST COLLEGE FRIDAY, MARCH 2/1979Prof EvaluationtForms! Ready

by Sue FussBeginning next week, 'Hurststudents will be using new in-structor evaluations to rate theircourse teachers. fe4g3& I im The', new forms replace thestudent instructor rating (SIR)forms i and contain n only! fivequesiions concerning instructoreffectiveness and va lu e! ofcourses. { HHL jjjDean of the College and VicePresident of Academic ServicesJohn J. Millar explained why thenew forms are being used, gg\&i'\n some cases, the SIR gave

an inaccurate perception of aninstructor," he said - noting thatFor Women Only 69

small classes could easily throwoff (he ratings. He explained that(he SIR rates teachers on anai ion-wide basis which may notbe of interest to Mercyhurst."We're looking for?definitesigns of growlh and improvementin the faculty ," said Millar, citingi lie need J for some form ofevaluations. He explained thati he results of such evaluationscarry; the J most | weight indecisionsl concerning S retentionan d promotionl of facuitymembers. | % s K n S N ^I Faculty members are requiredto disseminate the evaluations toail students. Millar noted that thenew system included a method

for checking to assure - that]evaluations are completed.-. fif"Another? concern was the)increasing cost of using the SIR,"Millar added. The fall termsurvey cost the 'school ap-jproximately $2,000. * *fcr*jj ^The new form is a pilot projectthat was pre-tested during in-tersession. The questions chosenwere based on those that wereinterpreted the best by students.

! The dean's office will also beworking on methods for furtherdiagnostic evaluation on specificsMich as lecture style, text book;choice and lab use." j r # r ^ i

Keystone I Conference: Opportunitybv Tim Seltzer h i 1Editor's Note: In the Jan. 29issue, the Merciad ran an articleshowing the difference in men'sand women's sports scholarshipsat -the college. This follow-uparticle deals with the KeystoneConference and the role it playsin women's athletics. f The philosphy of the KeystoneConference, as I stated in itsbylaws, stresses that "skilledwomen deserve the opportunityto participate An athletics, toIexcel and be recognized- aschampions." The conference also"recognizes outstanding abilityas teams and individuals."Fou r main*, purp oses of t heconference include 1) providingspecial competitive opportunitiesand experiences which otherwisemight elude women athletes, 2)provide a channel for exchange ofprofess ional! ideas Ibetweencoaches, 3) facilitate schedulingand budgeting and 4) contributeto each members visibility as acollege - to give it publicity bothlocally and regionally.? S"The main thing to rememberis that all the rules in theWomen's Keystone Conference(WKC) must also abide by all thepolicies of the AIAW (Associationfor Intercollegiate Athletics forwomen)" , sa id Janet Pr ice ,assistant professor of phys ed.|j The

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Weekly Roundup 1A few interested members ofthe college community felt that inlast week's editorial, I;misin-terpreted a few facts concerningDean M illar's * proposedcurriculum change.Ill specify now - since I didn'tthen - that the change, should itbecome a reality, would affectincoming students. Unless theyvolunteered to challenge*thecurriculum change, presentstudents would not be affected.Some * felt b the * comments Iregistered iwere vague andagainst the proposed change.Well, it only shows you - "it'salways something." .. . * *! That 20-inch snowfall thatcrippled Erie last Mondaycancelled everything andanything for; the day. Unfor-tunately for star-gazers andpeople with their heads forever in(he clouds, the opportunity toview the last solar eclipse of thiscentury-went down * the tubescourtesy of the rotten weather.Too bad - the Merciad was all setto get a photo of the cosmichappening, with the help fromour friends at the college's ob-servatory . . ._During that brief thawingperiod last week, motorists wereonce again exposed to theperennial road hazard. Citycrews were out in mediocre force- careful not to get too close togiving the project their undividedattention. 1;; One-a-Day used to be at-tributed to a vitamin tablet - butlast week it took on the con-notation of how the city workcrews came to grips with*thepothole dilemma . . . " 3The I person or personsresponsible for "borrowing" thecollege van and Chevy Lagunamight be advised to watch theirstep. Sooner or later you're goingto get caught. The college maynot press charges against you -but if I discover who is respon-sible for the "joy riding", yournames will make the Mer-ciad . . . 5 ?3 1 M l

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'Ml?*/} l/T> CAfiJwt * * ' " *D E G R E E FA C TO R Y VIt doesn't take too hard of alook around to see the pragmatichand of business creeping into allaspects of our society. All one hasto do is turn on television to seeeverything from religion to toesocks right there, for sale. Inwhat way does this affect thebenefits of the education we aretrying to achieve?

If creativity can be defined as adeviation from the norm, $thensaving > ourselves! from theproblems that we create will onlybe accomplished by our mostcreative minds. Our colleges anduniversities (have the respon-sibility to let these minds come todie surface. 1 gj i>3Ku* But as education becomesmore and more a business, thecreative minds of our time arebecoming drowned inla sea ofpragmatism. ^SSSI^^SSSKi

The question i s whether or notMercyhurst is a contributor tothat drowing or is it trying to stopthe flood that is successfullyturning some of our mostcreative minds into glorifiedcalculators with nothing but apersonal, materialistic goal forthe future. J^w S^ *S Sj?A college can served as ^ acultivation period for aboveaverage minds to realize theirpotential and go i with it inwhatever field it may be. This isnoli happening here at Mer-cyhurst. Is it because the schooldoes not provide the necessarystimulation or is it that we, thestudents, don't have the interestto make this something morethan a degree factory? I SI wonder whether it is possiblefori a; college to sufficientlyseparate itself from the $ aspect -that * is dominating higher

education in the 70's to do justthat - provide a higher education.The answer to that is simplyenough though no one will ev erknow until somebody tries.^However, no specific blamecan be attributed * to any oneplace. We all contribute to thesystem simply by dealing with it.The potential for change is mostcertainly here now. The degree towhich it happens depends on us. Idon't want to see Mercyhurst acarbon copy of every!' otherdegree factory in the country -1want to see it become somethingdifferent. fl| 1 The system we have createdand are continuing to add to itsbecoming a huge weight thatdrains us of what makes ushuman. We are'expending ourenergies in dealing with what israther than what could become.fifflr 8 K a R Michael PhillipsCorrespondence...

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R EP OR TIN G | H E F A C T S . . . ^ 3'f\ To the Editor: f;> > v Although I don't want to makea habit of writing letters to theeditor, I once again feel obligatedto comment on Miss Puss' article^fcAuiey Han IncidentGenerates Concern" on lastweek's front page. :g jjBeing > a ^member of theAdmissions personnel who, alongwith the cleaning lady, volun-teered to clean the suite I mustreport the facts. The job. which took an hour anda half, including the making ofeight beds, hardly could bedescribed as " a sham bles." Yes,i wo pillows were opened withfeathers scattered, and yes,

magazines were on the floorifrom the union, not the library.)"A bathroom that almost defiesdescription" is a very colorfulphrase, although 'hardly ac-curate. There were a few scat-tered pieces of paper on the floorand a few items thrown into thesink. See, I just described It! Sv Tlie article failed to mentionmat out of the six trips hosted thisyear, this was the first incident ofmisconduct - one which the rest ofdie visitors felt badly about. Ihardly feel this is a record thatshould generate concern! J

aa&r ^'Sv iSj MikeMalpiedig! Several things, Mike. First, I

incorporated the description ofthe room in the article afterchecking it out, which was beforevour'detail crew cleaned i t IJudged th e appearance of th ebathroom against my own andothers in homes I have had to use*My description was accurate.1 Secondly, I am aware that thisis ihe first incident of misconduct which is why I felt we shouldreport! ill And by the way, Itotally disagree that the subjectdidn't generate concern. Thosewho brought it to my attentionmight also disagree with you. Finally, don't feel guilty aboutwriting le tters - we always needto fill space. - ed. . mEf

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