The Michigan Daily-Friday, October 2, 1987- Page 3
ECB placement
meets with
'mid react ioq
Friends mourn death
of University student
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
Dan Char, a first-year LSA Hon-
ors student, was placed in tutorial
English this semester. And he's
mad.
"I thought that since I was in
Honors English, I was exempt from
tutorial English," Char said. "(At
orientation), I wrote just one para-
graph and went to sleep."
Hughes complained that he
doesn't understand why the English
Composition Board placed him at
the lowest of three levels the board
can place a student. He shares a con-
fusion common to many new Uni-
versity students about how the board
makes its decisions.
The ECB's assistant director, Liz
Hamp-Lyon, explained that faculty
and "experienced teaching assistants"
on the board base a student's place-
ment solely on essays students
write during orientation. From these,
boardmembers channel students into
either tutorial English or first-year
introductory English, or exempt
them from the English requirement
altogether,
'Every paper is read by two peo-
ple, and if there's any disagreement
between their views, then a third
person reads it," she said.
The readers are instructed to look
at the papers in terms of consis-
tency, clarity, and the use of proper
grammar, Hamp-Lyon said. Then,
"(The readers) make an overall
judgment based on the interplay of
the good things and the bad things
(in the essay)," she said.
Dan Levine, a first-year Physical
Education student, dislikes the
ECB's methods. "I think the 50
minutes they give you to work on it
is not enough time for someone to
develop a paper and fully express
himself as a writer." Levine was
placed in tutorial English.
But while Hamp-Lyon agreed the
Ssystem is not perfect, she said no
better one exists. "The system is not
infallible," she said. "No one has yet
discovered a system of writing as-
sessment that's 100 percent reliable.
There are very few tests of anything
that are 100 percent reliable."
The majority of the students in-
terviewed agreed that the test has
faults, but said they were satisfied
with their placement. Noah Finkel, a
first-year LSA student who placed
out of English, said, "Being that
there are over 5,000 new students at
the University, and there is only one
summer to find out how everyone
can write, the system they have now
is the best."
For those who do feel slighted by
their placement, there is an appeal
process. Students must write a letter
to the ECB explaining why they
think they were misplaced. The ECB
will then reconsider the student's
original essay. In cases when the
board feels they need more informa-
tion, the student might be required to
write an additional paper, Hamp-
Lyons said.
But she stressed that only a few
students appeal each year and that
none are switched without a re-eval-
uation. Char is one of the few plan-
ning to appeal this year.
One common misconception stu-
dents have, Hamp-Lyon said, is that
tutorial English is a form of penalty
for those who can't write well. "We
try to say to students that the tuto-
rial course is not a punishment, but
an opportunity," she said. "They
will be working with other people
who have the same kind of history
as themselves."
Hamp-Lyon said there is more
individual help available for students
in tutorial Englishbecause each
class has only 16 students. Also,
each student meets with a teacher
one-on-one for a half an hour each
week.
She says 12 to 14 percent of first-
year students this year were placed in
tutorial English.
By LISA POLLAK
One of University student
Mitchell Fischer's many friends said
the 19-year-old "touched so many
people and became so involved that
he accomplished twice as much as
many people do their whole lives."
Fischer died Wednesday morning of
an acute asthma attack, a University
Hospital spokesperson said yester-
day.
Fischer, an LSA sophomore, had
a history of severe asthma. He was
asleep in the Alpha Tau Omega fra-
ternity house, where he was a mem-
ber, but woke up at about 5:20 a.m.
struggling to breathe, ATO President
Mike Schmidt, an LSA senior, said.
Fischer managed to stand up and
ask his roommate to call an ambu-
lance before collapsing, Schmidt
said. Paramedics administered car-
diopulmonary resuscitation to Fis-
cher in the bedroom, the ambulance,
and the hospital, but could not pre-
vent his death at 6:14 a.m., said
University Hospital spokesperson
Michael Harrison.
The admitting physician was un-
available for comment. But ATO
member Jim Taigman, an LSA se-
nior who rode in the ambulance with
Fischer, said "the doctors told us that
even had the attack occurred in the
hospital, its severity would have
still prevented resuscitation."
Although Fischer took daily
medication and had been hospitalized
in the past for his asthma, "it isn't
commonly a condition that causes
death," said Dr. Bill Eschenbacher,
an assistant professor of internal
medicine at University Hospital.
High pollen counts have been
blamed for an increasing number of
asthma deaths this year, Eschen-
bacher added.
Fischer was described as a popu-
lar, friendly, well-rounded student
who "became consumed by every
project in which he was involved,"
ATO member Kirk Christoffersen,
an LSA sophomore, recalled yester-
day.
Class president for three consecu-
tive years at Birmingham's Seaholm
High School, Fischer later served as
social chair and played volleyball,
softball, and football - with his
doctor's permission - for the
fraternity.
ATO member David Edinger, an
LSA sophomore, said, "Fischer was
more than just a friend to his broth-
ers. He was someone we all looked
up to - the things he said really
meant a lot."
Schmidt said an ATO memorial
ceremony will be held for Fischer at
an undetermined time next week.
Funeral services will take place at
the Bell Chapel in Birmingham at
11 a.m. tomorrow.
:.
Fischer
... dies of asthma attack
Displays to present Native,
By STEPHEN GREGORY tory that has been passed down orally for genera
The University's Museum of Art will hold a tions. The program will begin at 1 p.m.
series of programs Sunday afternoon, featuring Dashner said Hopetoss will give an India
various aspects of the art and culture of Native perspective of "what went on" in Native Ameri
Americans living near the Great Lakes. can history.
The programs, made possible by the Michigan He said that most written accounts of India
Council for the Humanities, will run in conjuc- history contain a "built-in bias" because the
tion with a month-long exhibition of artifacts were originally set down by white settlers. Th
from a number of such Michigan Indian tribes as settlers' primary sources were mixed-blood Indi
the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi. ans who could not accurately portray India
Michael Dashner, Minority Student Services experiences because they had little connectio
Native American representative, said it is with Native American communities, Dashne
important to note the exhibition displays said.
artforms Indian tribes still use today. The second program, a dance and drun
"We're not looking at ancient art. It is some- exhibition by the White Eye Drum Group, be
thing that is living," Dashner said, "It's not gins at 2 p.m. The nationally renowned perform,
something that just hangs on a wall." Most of ers play and dance a variety of different songs an
the artifacts are no more than 75 to 100 years styles, Dashner said, adding that the dances wi
old, he said. highlight styles prevalent in Great Lakes are
As part of Sunday's opening presentation, pow wow competitions.
Jerry Hopetoss, a member of the Wisconsin- After the dance and drum presentation, th
based Menomonie tribe, will recount Indian his- museum will show two films, Discoverin
American art
American Indian Music and Crooked Beak of
Heaven which will depict aspects of Indian cus-
toms and traditional ceremonies.
n Bobbie Levine, the museum's community ed-
ucation coordinator, said Sunday's activities will
end a series of similar programs held by the mu-
y seum the past three weekends.
y She said past programs were aimed mainly at
- children and young adults while Sunday's
n presentations will be geared toward adults.
n Levine said the variety of artifacts in the
r exhibition only "scratches the surface" of the
range of Indian artwork.
M "It's the best example of the kinds of things
they did; but in terms of the number and in terms
- of the variety, they did much, much more," she
d said.
ll Among the pieces displayed in the second-
a floor Corridor Gallery are birch bark containers
intricately woven with porcupine quills, hand-
e made bandolier bags decorated with floral and ge-
ometric designs, and ceramic pottery.
Robertson declares candidacy
NEW YORK (AP) - Longtime
television evangelist Pat Robertson,
confronted by chanting protesters,
entered the 1988 Republican
presidential race yesterday with a
pledge to "campaign for all people"
and be "strong for freedom."
Several hundred people, about
half of them Black, stood in front of
the platform. Robertson often had to
struggle to be heard over the chants
of "Down with Pat," while his sup-
porters countered, "We back Pat."
Robertson became the fourth
candidate to officially enter the GOP
race. The others are former Gov.
Pete du Pont of Delaware, Rep. Jack
Kemp of New York, and former
Secretary of State Alexander Haig,
Jr.
Scott Hatch, a campaign
spokesperson, said Robertson was
asking for immediate Secret Service
protection because of concern he
might be a target of "more fanatic
Arab groups" due to his pro-Israel
stand.
CRISP
By JEFF HUGHE
There are two things ev
versity student wishes to
without being killed, maim
pled, or put under extrem
One is a Michigan-Ohio S
ball game in Columbus. T
is registration.
Fortunately, the Unive
control the outcome of one
events. CRISP, or C
Registration Involving;
Participation, hurries
through, for the most par
minimum amount of w
worry.
All students, except tho
Schools of Law, Medicin
tistry, and Social Work, go
CRISP lines in person.I
words, CRISP operators ar
sible for assigning 28,000
schedules.
CRISP staffers must en
of these students in one of t
.of classes while keeping tra
number in each section. Def
must also be kept inform
schedulingst
ES rollment through timely reports so
very Uni- that they can decide whether to en-
survive large or close a class.
ed, tram- "The University needs to be aware
e stress. of classes that fill up quickly and
tate foot- create more sections," said CRISP
[he other operator Ann Hanton.
Charles Judge, director of LSA
rsity can Academic Counseling, said this pro-
of these cess is already happening. "Behind-
omputer the-scene efforts are always being
Student made," he said. "Departments try as
students best they can."
t, with a A typical CRISP session takes
wait a n d about "15 to 30 minutes," said Uni-
versity Associate Registrar Doug
se in the Woolley. But not all students are so
ne, Den- lucky. Some encounter problems
) through with rapidly filling classes, or dis-
In other cover that a needed class requires an
e respon- override to enter.
students' Judge said every department is
limited by money, number of fac-
roll each ulty, and available classroom space.
housands He said attempts to increase avail-
ack of the able space in required courses, no-
partments tably English 125, are being evalu-
ed of en- ated.
rong after 12 years
Correction
Haran Rashes is the senior coordinator of the Residence Hall
Computing Program, RESCOMP. The Daily misidentified him in
yesterday's paper.
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LSA senior Kurt Schneider found
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Michele Allen, also an LSA senior,
described dropping and adding
courses as "in and out in ten min-
utes."
"The system, as it runs, runs very
smoothly. I'm very satisfied with
it," Hanton said.
Before CRISP began in April,
1975, a "fieldhouse registration" was
used. Students would begin to regis-
ter about two months before the be-
ginning of the term.
Students wrote their course selec-
tions on scanning forms which
would be collected by registration
office staff. They would then be
manually assigned to classes. If a
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place the student into other open
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"Lines were. such that they
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