The Michigan Daily-Saturday, June 3, 1978-Page 3 'U' students rate teachers highl By RICHARD BERKE In a time marked by campus outcries by individuals claiming the quality of college education is briskly declining, typical University students believe their classes and instructors are excellent. So reveal the results of course evaluations by University students. With 554 classes participating in a course evaluation service provided by the University Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT), more than 90 per cent of the respondents gave their courses and instructors for the fall 1977 term ratings of 3/2 to five on a one-to-five scale. SINCE 1974, CRLT has provided an optional course evaluation service for teachers and departments on both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Though evaluation results only represent a smat- tering of University classes, psychology professor - Wilbert McKeachie, CRLT director, said he believes high ratings by students reflect across-section of viewpoints. 'Students in general don't "Ninety-five per cent of the sample comes from departments which require participation of all faculty use course evaluation members and those departments are scattered mvindictive wa throughout the University," said McKeachie. I suspect that the level of satisfaction they reflect is -James Kulik, representative of the University as a whole. "WHILE THE figures may be suspect on the grounds CRL T associate director that only good teachers request a student evaluation, we're inclined to doubt this," McKeachie added. James Kulik, CRLT associate director, said students don't use evaluations to "get back" at teachers. See STUDENTS, Page 5 Service with more than just a smile By JUDY RAKOWSKY In the jungle of fast food emporiums where the only dialogue between workers and customers is the imper- sonal exchange of perfunctory monosyllables, there are still vendors who cater to their customers as human beings with specialized needs and desires rather than as receptacles of mass-produced, mass-consumed edibles. Jim Shafer and Chris Gunderman are two such people. The only employees oi Crazy Jim's restaurant (Ann Arbor's oldest hamburger stand), these two do the work of ten to provide loyal customers with fresh food, made from scratch, and extra-personal service. THE DUO PUT in a combined workload of up to 140 hours per week. Gunderman, who averages a few more hours than her cohort, said she finds "freedom" in her work. "It may sound like a contradiction to find freedom in working 80 hours a week, but it's not," said Gunderman. See SERVICE, Page 7 WILLIE JOHNSON TAKES time out in the afternoon to enjoy a famous Blimpy burger at Ann Arbor's oldest hamburger stand, Crazy Jim's. Johnson's satisfaction is apparently told by the smile on his face. -today open meeting and auditions in the Kunezel Room of 1 Happenings .. . ... start to develop at the early hour of 8:30 when the Extension Service offers a View Camera Workshop at the Art and Architecture Building on North Campus. The two-day workshop will enable participants to construct a working, 4x5 view camera, a technical instrument used for high quality architectural, landscape and still-life photography . . . the Pendleton Arts Center in the Union hosts the Artists and Craftsmen Guild Color Workshop from 10-4 . . . SUNDAY, the Potters' Guild holds its spring sale from 9-3 at the Guild grounds, 201 Hill ... the Color Workshop continues at the Pendleton Arts Center from 10-4 . . . MON- DAY Happenings begin at noon on the Diag when the "Witless Wheelies" give a street theatre presen- tation on issues involving handicapped people ... on a more academic note, Alan Beer from the Univer- sity of Texas discusses "Colostral Transfer of Maernal Lymphocytes to the Newborn" at noon in L2204 Women's Hospital. At 4, Beer will talk about "Antigenic and Graft Status of the Mammalian' Embryo"... the bells toll at 7 when Hudson Ladd gives a carillon recital at Burton Tower. . . at 7:30, organizers for the Medieval Festival conduct an open meeting and auditions in the Kunezel Room of the Union. * Taking charge You have to give Walter Cavanagh credit. After all, 897 companies already have. That's how many credit cards Cavanagh has amassed over the past seven years. His collection weighs more than 26 pounds and is worth more than $1 million in poten- tial credit. He plied acquaintances for the names and addresses of stores in the towns where they had grown up; he scoured business magazines, annual financial reports, catalogs and telephone books; he printed up form letters. He then filled out the hun- dreds of applications he received. And he still has another 300 forms to fill out. He admits his hobby is an unusual one, but then, some people get a charge, out of doing strange things. Mad money Here's a chance to win a quick $1.8 million, and you don't even have to buy a lottery ticket, compose a jingle or save any box tops. All you have to do is keep an eye out for flying saucers, because the Cut- ty Sark whisky firm says it will award the money to anyone who can produce evidence that peole from other planets can travel to Earth. But just to be on the safe side, the company has prudently insured it- self against the possibility of having to pay. Com- pany director Russ Taylor said the firm would cough up the cash if anyone can produce a craft which has transported extraterrestrial beings to Earth or an unnanned reconnaissance vehicle, a missile, or anything else from outer space. But lest you think the Cutty Sark folks have been imbibing too much of their own product, Taylor insists the of- fer is for real. "We are deadly serious about this," he said. "A considerable body of scientific opinion is convinced we are not alone in the universe." Taylor said a panel of experts from London's Science Museum will act as judges. What their criteria wil be, we can't even guess. On the outside ... Relief from the awful hot, sticky, miserable weather should continue throughout the weekend. It will be partly sunny and cooler today with a high in the upper fs. Tomorrow should be mostly sunny with a high of 70.