The Pharos: volume 62, number 20 - 02-15-1972

              Council Structural
Changes Debated
Quote of the Week:
"Going to school is like serving time."
-Don McLean-
by Nancy
Restructing the constitution
of the organization is the major
issue facing the Community Council. The executive committee has
presented the first of proposed
changes to the Community Council
Constitution. The proposal was
tabled until February 16, 1972, after a brief discussion. Amendments
to the proposal will be accepted
and   discussion   on   the   proposal
and amendments will concern
Council next week. Then the
motion will be voted on. Each individual in the community should
consider this proposal and discuss
it:
The Proposal:
Article IV - Membership
Section. Members
a. The elected voting members of
Wolfe
Community Council shall be:
President, Vice-President,
Secretary, Treasurer, President of
the Senior, Junior, Sophomore and
Freshman classes, one representative from the Freshman class, five
at-large members, two representatives from the Faculty Assembly
and one representative from the
Faculty Council.
b. The     non-elected,     administrative,   voting   members   of
Community Council shall be: the
Chief Executive Officer from
Academic Affairs, the Chief
Executive Officer from Financial
Affairs, and the Chief Executive
Officer from Student Affairs.
c. The    non-elected    student
voting    members   of   Community
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WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
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Committee Researches
Mid-Term's Relevancy
by Dave McMahon
Chairman of
Academic Affairs Committee
Each semester when mid-term
grades come out, complaints arise
about the validity of mid-term
grades versus their non-validity
and cost to produce. On one side
are the arguments that mid-terms
cost the school money; that they
add to the artificial pressure for
grades; that they create a deadline
when grade reports from
professors are due so that there
tends to be a "mid-term week;"
and that they rarely represent 50%
of the semester's work as the name
"mid-term" seems to imply. On the
other hand, they let the student,
particularly an underclassman,
know exactly where he stands with
the professor; they encourage
having at least two tests a semester;
that parents, or whoever is paying
the bills, have a right to know how
the student's work is going; that
letting the parents know the grades
may motivate some students to
work harder; and that some of the
arguments against mid-terms are
not valid. There may be other
arguments for both sides.
Presently the Student Personnel
Center is conducting another form
of mid-term  grade   reporting  for
freshmen and sophomores with
lower than a 2.0 average;
professors turn in the names of
students doing unsatisfactory work
in their courses to the center. This
is called the Preliminary Unsatisfactory Grade Report, PUGR
for short. Students whose names
are turned in on the PUGR are
those who have a D average to
date, "an F average to date, excessive absences, or who are
working below capacity. The
student and his advisor are then
notified that the students has been
reported on the PUGR, and the
student is told to meet with his advisor.
Should    the    Preliminary    Unsatisfactory Grade Report replace
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SNOW DAZE: Winter took its time arriving, but blanketed Wesleyan with a
stuff which these students promptly harnessed for fun.
PART II ECONOMICS, MORALS DEEPEN ISSUE
layer of the wK.e
Abortion Gains Favor in Public Eye
by    the    Council    on    Abortion  Research and  Education, Inc. *
MIDTERM GRADES
Abandon them? Keep them?
—DO THIS BEFORE YOU
LEAVE THE POST OFFICE—
drop it in the campus mail
CHECK ONE:
( ) Freshman
( ) Sophomore
( ) Junior
( ) Senior
( ) Faculty
( ) Part-time
Who do you think should have
midterm grades? Check one:
1 ( ) All Students
2 ( ) Freshmen
3 ( ) Fr. and Soph.
4 ( ) No one
What grading system do you
think should be used for midterm grades if we have them:
Check one:
1 ( ) Present system — "A"
through "F" grades.
2 ( ) Preliminary Unsatisfactory
Grade Report - only students
with low averages, poor work,
or excessive absences will
receive notification, not
grades.
Academic Affairs Committee
Community Council
Box 5000
A survey of out-patient abortion
facilities indicates that the costs of
obtaining a legal abortion for the
early termination of pregnancy
have declined sharply since New
York State's liberalized laws went
into effect in July, 1970.
The survey, conducted by the
Council on Abortion Research &
Education, revealed that current
costs, exclusive of transportation,
range from $125 to $200 for legal
abortions up to twelve weeks of
pregnancy. When the law came
into being and for sometime
thereafter, costs ranged from $300
to $600 and  in  many cases were
substantially higher.
According to   Richard   Roman,
executive   director   of   the   nonprofit Council, several interrelated
factors   have   contributed   to   the
sharp decline  in  costs: the competitive economies fostered by the
growth   in   the   number   of   outpatient    abortion    facilities;   the
elimination of profit-making abortion   referral  agencies whose services added significantly to the actual costs of the medical services;
and, the increased volume of legal
abortions which has enabled outpatient   facilities  to  operate  at  a
lower cost per patient in regard to
fixed operating expenses.
The survey was based on information from some twenty outpatient facilities .operating in the
New York City area. It was undertaken as part of the Council's
overall efforts to provide information and assistance to women
seeking legal abortions performed
by board certified gynecologists
under quality medical care conditions.
The results of a nationwide poll
recently indicated widespread
public approval of legal abortion.
The poll was conducted by the
Council as part of its research and
PHABOS NEWS BBIEFS
Hope For Belfast
There is guarded optimism in London for a settlement to the strife in Northern Ireland, but last
week a series of bombings left five persons injured in
one night, including a 14-year-old boy. The boy was
one of many children throwing bricks and bottles at
British soldiers, and was wounded seriously.
British Prime Minister Edward Heath met with his
cabinet frequently last week to study possible
political tactics. One idea under consideration includes jailing suspected gunmen without trial.
Catholic civil rights leaders failed in a recent attempt to paralyze the providence in a "D-for-
Destruction Day". One aide to the Prime Minister
stated that "maybe the Catholics are more in trie
mood to discuss ways of ending Ulster's problems by
political negotiation." ,_       "'
Official Favors Marijuana OKay
The number two man in the Department of
Justice's Bureau of Narcotics and dangerous drugs
has retired to join a group lobbying for the
legalization of marijuana.
"I reached this decision after much thought and
considerable study," said John H. Finlator in
Washington. Finlator stated his opposition to jailing
youths for use of the drug. "Dammit, it's wrong," he
said. "I know I'm the first lawman of my stature to
speak out, but its about time."
Marijuana use has grown to the point where 15
percent of those over 12 years of age admit to having
tried the drug at least one. "More often than not it is
being used by upper level students whose grades are
high and who have incorporated the casual use of
marijuana into their lives without apparent harm,"
said Finlator in an interview.
education activities and to further
its efforts to provide information
and assistance regarding legal
abortion. According to Richard
Roman, executive director, the
poll is believed to be the first of its
kind since the liberalization in
July 1970 of New York State's
abortion law.
The polls were mailed to about
1,700 women's news editors and
some 900 editors of college
publications throughout the 5!nited
States. In certain cases, the edn rs
ran the poll in their respective
publications. The following
results, expressed in percentages,
are based on the responses from
approximately 3,000 completed
polls.
1. Assuming that legal abortions
are performed by duly licenses
physicians under the highest
medical standards, should a
pregnant woman to allowed to obtain a legal abortion
(a) if she is single and does not
wish to marry the man and does
not want to place the baby for
adoption or with foster parents?
RESPONSES: Yes 74.9%, No
22.2%, Undecided 2.9%.
(b) if she is married andchildless
and she and her husband do not
wish to have a child? RESPONSES:
Yes 70.2%, No 26.6%, Undecided
3.2%.
(c) if she is married and has 2 or
more children and she and her
husband do not wish an additional
child? RESPONSES: Yes 74.2%,
No 23.2%, Undecided 2.6%.
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