For NEW YEAR'S HANGOVER See Editorial Page Daily s ubscriptions, phone 764-0558 lfir 43Aau &tJit HORRIBLE High-23 Low-8 For details, see today, Vol. LXXXII I,No. 81 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, January 9, 1973 Free Issue Ten Pages ~CUE stu By PAUL TRAVIS Associate Managing Editor Sweeping recommendations for new grad- ing systems, for the abolition of distribution and foreign language requirements, and for improvements in the quality of teach- ing and counseling are the result of an extensive three-year study by the Commit- tee on Underclass Experience (CUE). The report, presently in the hands of literary college Dean Frank Rhodes and the LSA Executive Committee, recommends that: O Students no longer be required to se- lect a range of courses as presently out- lined by- the LSA distribution and foreign language requirements; * All "E" grades be eliminated in all courses by omitting from a student's tran- script any courses not satisfactorily com- pleted; Id ypropose * "Pass/No Record" grading be estab- and methods for imp lished in all 100 and 200 level courses as 0 An intensive-stu well as in all other courses which depart- developed which wo ments consider introductory. ("Pass/No faculty to concentra Record" means a student who satisfactorily at a time for appr completes a course will receive "Pass" as either during the r a grade. If he fails the course it will not during the off-mont be recorded on his transcript.); Under this plan, as * Students be allowed to take all their courses during a sen courses during their first two years on a ing one month to e "Pass/No Record" basis; It is unclear whet * Grants be made available to individ- will be implemente uals (and/or students), especially for co- Rhodes said yesterda operative efforts designed to improve the time to read and sti quality of teaching; When asked about 9 Departments be directed to appoint plementing the rep: "associates" responsible for improving the said, "I never guess quality of teaching and learning; depends on the out * A system of evaluation be established faculty meeting on which would indicate to each instructor the a lot more about th effectiveness of present (teaching) efforts then." rovements; a dy month pr uld allow stu te on onlyc roximately o egular schoo ths of Mayc student could mester period ach course. her any of tI d in the ne ay that he "% udy the repo t the prospec orts' proposa on these th come of the grading. We e feeling of S sweeping nd The faculty has had the areliminary rogram be recommendations of the CUE study and of adents and the curriculum committee since September. one course They have failed, however, to take any ne month, action on the proposals in any of their l year or monthly meetings. or August. But the final CUE report, with a mass take four of supporting data, may encourage the fac- by devot- ulty to begin seriously discussing the re- form of the undergraduate curriculum. he changes The study was commissioned in January, ar future. 1970 by then-LSA Dean William Hays. With vants more financing from the Dean's office, the Center rt first." for Research on Learning and Teaching, cts for im- the LSA Student Government, and the Stu- Is, Rhodes dent Government Council, and with the help ings. A lot of dozens of students and faculty, the coin- February mittee consulted many other universities. will know They also conducted a major survey among ;he faculty University students to discover their opin- ions on grading, distribution requirements, reforms and the quality of undergraduate education. CUE based their grading recommenda- tions on a number of arguments, including: -Grading fails to adequately and ac- curately report an evaluation of the stident. -Grading inhibits student self-evaluation; -Human beings do not have to be coerced into learning; -Grading discourages intellectual explor- ation and experimentation; -Grading fosters student cynicism about the educational process; -Grading can be assumed to motivate behavior in pursuit of high grades but it cannot be assumed to motivate learning; -Grading leads students to see faculty as judges rather than as intellectual col- leagues; -Grading fosters a competition among students which is disfunctional; -Grades in college are poor predictor of success in graduate school; -Grades in college are poor predictors of job success; -Grades, despite their lack of predictive value, are presently used in making de- cisions about graduate student admissions; -Grading may actually be detrimental to the upward social mobility of women, blacks, and other minority groups. The proposal cites dozens of studies, re- ports, and books in support of its recom- mendations. The study says a new grading system is needed to "provide the (literary) College with an environment more con- ducive to intellectual exploration, growth and dialogue." The study suggests that the prospect of a bad grade prevents many stidents from exploring new courses. Another major recommendation - the abolition of distribution and foreign lan- See CUE, Page 6 attack in LSA if you see news happen ca! 76-DAILY Former faculty members die Two former University faculty members died last month. Karl Zeisler, professor of journalism from 1951 until his retire- ment last year, died Dec. 23 at age 69, in his Ann Arbor home; and Charles Sink, leader of the University Musical Society from 1904 until his retirement in 1968, died Dec. 17 at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital. He was 93. Meanwhile, a trust fund has been set up for the surviving children of the late Prof. and Ms. Alexander Allison, both of the University's English department, who died in an automobile accident Jan. 1 (see Page 7 for details). Boundary decision The State Supreme Court has settled the city's long-running ward boundary dispute, by ruling in favor of the "Last Chance Plan," an eleventh hour compromise between the Democrats and the Human Rights Party members. Because the final ruling was not made until Jan. 5, filing deadline for running in the February city council and mayoral primary has been extended to 4 p.m., Friday. Cultural living units live The issue of Afro-American Cultural Living Units in dormi- tories, killed almost a year ago by the Regents, reappeared at last month's Regents' meeting and was passed in a greatly- modified form. The resolution allows for the creation of "cultural living units" if they are approved by the academic department involved and by the housing office, and if they do not discriminate. The model for any new units would be, not the Afro-American unit design rejected last year, but the presently-functioning University language houses. Things are tough all over Controversial and powerful Student Government Council Treasurer Dave Schaper has written a letter of resignation to SGC President Bill Jacobs, citing a desire "to free myself from Council responsibilities which have interfered with my academic work severely." Schaper added: "I have enjoyed working with Council. I hope that Council can get itself together and accomplish something this term." Don't we all. Happenings .. Looking for something to help you get back in the swing of not going to classes? try . . . A Newspaper skills workshop sponsored by "her-self" (a feminist publication) at 8 p.m. in Suite 200, 225 East Liberty. . . . Democratic lunchbox forum at noon in Dining Room 3, Michigan Union Cafeteria. . . . James Sprinkle, of the U. of Texas will wrestle with the soul-searching question "Should Fossil Echinoderms be Allowed to have Twenty Classes?" in room 1512, CC Little, at 3 p.m. . . . An evening of films on South Africa at 7 p.m. in the Multipurpose room of the UGLI. The films to be shown are "South Africa," "Afrikaner," "White Africa" and "The Hunters." Watergate's latest WASHINGTON-Jury selection for the trial of seven men charged in the "Watergate Affair" began yesterday in U.S. District Court. The prosecution read a list of 60 people he plans to call as witnesses, including several present and former Nixon administration and campaign staffers-and a defense lawyer told reporters he would consider entering a plea of guilty for his four clients if they were assured of not going to jail. The Watergate seven-including two former White House aides and the former security chief for Nixon's re-election committee-are charged with conspiracy, second degree burglary, illegal eavesdropping and possession of illegal wire tap devices. Figh tig in the streets PARIS-A Cambodian student was shot to death and 20 other students were wounded during sword and gun fights between rival Cambodian political groups at Paris University. The battle started Sunday night when about 30 youths swinging sabers stormed the Cambodian student residence. Student sources said the clashes involved rival groups supporting or opposing Cam- bodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk, ousted from power in a coup d'etat in March, 1970. Police yesterday cordoned off the area, on the southern outskirts of Paris. t La. snipers elude police 7 dead, 19 hurt tin melee By The Associated Press and Reuters NEW ORLEANS-Police conced- ed yesterday that one or more snipers, who had fought a pitched gunbattle with hundreds of officers for over 18 hours, have escaped from the besieged Howard John- son Hotel in downtown New Or- leans. Police Supt. Clarence Giarrusso acknowledged the escape as scores of police officers made a second room-by-room search of the 18- story hotel, probing through false ceilings, elevator shafts and venti- lation ducts. An escape had seemed virtually impossible, since police had sealed off every hotel exit. But Giarrusso admitted that, somehow, the sniper or snipers might have eluded what appeared to be an impregnable police dragnet. Earlier, after hours had passed without any gunfire from the hotel rooftop, police stormed the roof- top. Blazing away with rifles and sub- machine guns, they riddled a cu- bicle atop a stairwell, where the sniper or snipers had holed up. But no one was found except the body of a sniper shot earlier. Seven persons are dead and 19 injured after the rampage of shoot- ing which began Sunday morning when the gunmen burst into the plush Howard Johnson Motor Lodge Hotel in the heart of New Orleans business section. The final assault came yester- day when over 35 police scrambled up the 18-story hotel's stairwell and crept onto the roof towards the cubicles. * *. CREDIT PASSED BY BY * * * * 7C EXAMIA1O PLAN VOTE * DEPTS. MAY, > ALLOW 60' CREDIT .HRS. By DAVID UNNEWEHR The LSA faculty voted yes- terday to permit students, in- cluding entering freshmen, to earn up to 60 hours credit to- wards their degree by ade- quate performance on spe- cial course examinations. Under the new plan, formulated by the LSACurriculum Commit- tee, the individual literary college departments will determine the "amount and nature of credits in specific courses." The depart- ments will also decide which ex- aminations to use. Credit by examination may be- gin this semester depending on the response from the departments. Although individual departments will tailor their own credit by exam programs, students can theo- retically take up to 69 hours credit by examination. However, every student must have at least 45 hours of regular courses in any de- gree program. A subcommittee of the LSA Cur- riculum Committee will determine which examinations may be used for distribution credit. Credit by examination may have important ramifications for many students. According to Psych. Prof. John _ Milholland, chairman of the Cur- riculum Committee, the positive vote by the faculty is an "enab- ling motion only, which, in itself, does not establish credit by exami- nation." He believes it may "take some time for anything concrete to happen". History Department Chairman Gerhard Weinberg said his depart- ment will meet soon to discuss which courses they will allow stu- dents to gain credit for by exami- nation. He said that "only a tiny minority of students could or would take advantage of the new program" Geology Department Chairman Charles Smith termed credit by examination "a step in the right direction", but thought his depart- ment and other science depart- ments will move slowly on the !plan. He believes the geology de- partment will open up introductory courses like Geology 111, 112 and 117 to credit by examination while upper level courses will remain the same. Journalism Department Chair- :«< man William Porter said he They poured bullets into the solid wooden doors of the cubicles, caus- ing the ricochets which left three of them wounded. POLICE YE The police said their search of out snipers. the concrete "bunker" revealed no live or spent ammunition or other possible traces of its occupation. SHERI The bunker was pock-marked with bullet holes, they added. How the snipers escaped, how- ever, was a complete mystery. Earlier, a police spokesperson had said, "There is no possible way they can escape." "Where in the hell could he have gone?" asked Capt. Edward La- Porte. "They were there at 4 o'clock this morning (Monday)." Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards By CH, said yesterday he would ask the legislature to draft measures to re- In a majo store capital punishment for "hei- department's nous crimes" like shooting police- policies, Was men o firmen.iff Fred Pos men or firemen. that enforce Meanwhile, Sen. James Eastland, laws would b chairman of the Senate Judiciary est priority in Committee, said yesterday in Equating Washington the shooting in New marijuanaw Orleans provided ample evidence poker game, that a nationwide conspiracy ex- technically s ists to kill policemen, evidence tha --AP Photo ESTERDAY creep atop a concrete cubicle on the roof of a downtown New Orleans hotel in an unsuccessful attempt to flush FF'S DEPT. POLICY: os tll sets law low priority (ARLES STEIN l~ot enforcement departure from the formerly strict htenaw County Sher- still said yesterday ment of marijuana e accorded the "low- in the department." the possession of with a "penny-ante " Postill said, "while uch use and posses- a crime,athere is no t this activity causes arrests for marijuana possession and bring them to the prosecu- tor's office. While conceding that he could not fire an officer for such activity, Postill said that "ignoring departmental priorities would be considered grounds for transfer." The new sheriff did, however, make a distinction between pri- vate use of marijuana and com- mercial sale. "If someone is bringing in 100 pounds of marijuana to sell," he Postill, a Democrat, defeated former Sheriff Douglas Harvey and Republican challenger Harold Owings in a closely contested race last November. During Harvey's tenure as sheriff, the department was fre- quently criticized for its excessive concentration on "soft" drug use. Speaking for the county prose- cutor's office, C. H. Kast, the chief-assistant prosecutor, said his office could not take any action on Postill's claiming that it violated no state ordinances. n the inside . . The HI iman Rights Party faces its first open primary in February, and party member Susan Newell comments, on the Editorial Page . . . On Arts Page: Daily music critic Mike Harper looks at records, '73 . . The Sports' C I