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MOVING BACK IN
When grades aren't on time
It's a University-wide
policy that professors sub-
mit their final grades with-
in 72 hours of giving their
final exams, but University
administrators don't enforce
the policy.
Instead the deans of indi-
vidual schools are charged
with making sure professors
get their grades in on time.
Alan Deardorff, associ-
ate dean at the Gerald Rt.
Ford School of Public Policy,
said he has no written list of
punishments, but if a faculty
member repeatedly submits
grades late, he said he would
sit down with that person to
see how to meet the deadline.
Deardorff added that he
hasn't seen any problems
with the system so far.
"We haven't had problems
with it that I'm aware of," he
CRIME NOTES
said.
Deardorff said the Ford
School has a large staff that
can helps ensure grades are
processed quickly.
"We care a great deal about
whether (students) get their
grades in a timely fashion,"
he said.
Deardorff said that a
reminder of the policy is sent
to faculty prior to the exam
periods and that staff moni-
tor to make sure grades are
submitted.
Deardorff said any delay
in grades typically results
from professors thinking
they submitted grades when
they hadn't. Staff then help
process the grades.
"This doesn't mean that
all the grades get in under
the 72-hour deadline," he
said. "A lot of our courses
involve papers rather than
an exam, and papers could~
take quite a while to grade if2
you do it well."
University spokeswom-
an Kelly Cunningham said
that although each school
has direct responsibility for
enforcingtheir own policies,
central administration helps
schools ensure that grades
are submitted on time.
"U-M facultygradingpro-
cedures are administered
in academic units, schools
and colleges, rather than by
central administration," she
said in an e-mail interview.
"However, central admin-
istration joins the units in
encouraging faculty to meet
the grade submission dead-
line each semester." MAX COLLINS/ D
Residential College freshman Sophia Mannisto moves into her East Quad resi-
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Laptop lifted Buick, Dodge Socialist group
from Chem collide in lot to discuss war
building WHERE: 512 Thompson in Israel
WHERE: Chemistry Building
WHEN: Monday at aboutt:45
p.m.
WHAT: A laptop of unknown
value was stolen between Dec.
24 and Dec. 27, University
Police reported. Police have no
suspects at this time.
WHEN: Monday at about 7:45
WHAT: One vehicle backed
into another vehicle in lot
W-18, University Police
reported. The cars sustained
minor injuries, but there were
no human injuries.
WHAT: A meeting of the
International Students for
Social Equality to discuss
Israel's recent military
strikes in Gaza
WHO: International Stu-
dents for Social Equality
WHEN: Tonight at 6 p.m.
WHERE: Room C, The
iPod stolen from Couple splits for Michigan League
patient's room in a day after Student leads
hospital scuffle in dorm talk on S. Africa
Tango boot
camp
WHAT: An intensive boot
camp for students interested
in learning the Tango
WHO: M Tango
WHEN: Tonight from 7 p.m.
to midnight
WHERE: Wolverine ABC,
Michigan Union
Swing dance
lessons
WHAT: Wednesday night
swing dance lessons.
WHO: Swing Ann Arbor
WHEN: Tonight from 7:30
p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
WHERE: Pendleton Room,
Michigan Union
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The city of Sertaozinho,
Brazil is erecting a 128
foot statue of Jesus Christ
in to eclipse the 125-foot stat-
ue in Rio de Janeiro, Reuters
reported. The statue will be
inaugurated on Easter Sun-
day.
During fundraising
efforts, the Univer-
sity sometimes receives
donations that officials deem
inappropriate. One such
inappropriate gift: a taxider-
my wolverine. It frequently
rejects these donations.
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SEE THE STATEMENT, PAGE 6C
Hazel Whitt Mitchell,
a 73-year-old woman
from Gwinnett County,
Ga. turned herself into police
after readingshe was want-
ed in California for stealing
$300,000, The Atlanta Jour-
nal-Consitution reported.
WHERE: University Hospital
WHEN: Tuesday at about 2:05
a.m.
WHAT: A 30-gigabyte black
iPod was stolen from a patient's
room in the main hospital,
University Police reported. The
iPod was valued at $250. Police
have no suspects at this time.
WHERE: Northwood IV
WHEN: Monday at about 1:55
p.m.
WHAT: A male and female
who are dating got into a verbal
argument in their residence
hall, University Police reported.
Both parties agreed to separate
for the day. No assault or fe-
ther problems were reported.
WHAT: An informal talk on
the exhibit "Apartheid and
Resistance." PhD candidate
Monica E. Patterson will lead
the talk.
WHO: University Library
WHEN: Tomorrow from 12
p.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: Hatcher Lobby,
Hatcher Graduate Library