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SUNDAY friday,october1o,1986
cabrinicollege,radnor,pa. 19087
vol. xxxiii,no. 5
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Parents Weekend transformed
into "Liberty Weekend"as the men of Xavier, overall winners of this year's homecoming I/oat contes.t'/)Qlformed thelf "skiton Sat Oct. 4. Pictured here are Pete Bisconte, sophomore, alias Nancy Reagan and Bob Frankenfield, sophomore, alias President Reagan, waving to the homecoming crowd. Other float winners in individual categories were: most original, Maguire House; most creative, Infante House most participation, Casey House; and best overall appearance, the Mansion. Homecoming kings and queens were honored at the dinner/dance held Saturday night at the Adam's Mark Hotel. Overall class winners were: freshmen, Anne Marie Decurtis and Vince Romeo; sophomores, La Tonya Lucas and Jeff Moore; juniors, Kathy Funk and Pete Casazza; seniors, Katie Grimley and Sean Meenan. Seniors Brian Feeley and Kathy O'Donnell were the overall 1986 homecoming king and queen. (photo by Monica Palko)
Fall Registration:
600 drop/addscreateproblems by Patricia Brown Cancellations, course closings, time changes, and forgeries were some of the complications faced by the Registrar's office this semester as over 600 students submitted drop/add forms. In the words of Robert Fetterhoff, registrar, "It's like musical chairs, how to get the idea of a perfect schedule." The road to perfection is not an easy one, however. Often, courses are added or dropped from the master schedule during the summer, resulting in incomplete student rosters. Many times tbs limits options for a new class selection since most classes are full by fall registration. "They cancelled classes and took me out of a class that I needed for my major," Annmarie O'Mara, senior, said. "Some students don't take pre-registration seriously," Fetterhoffsajd. ''They don't really give a lot of thought to course selection and the chronology of their schedule. They don't really know how courses will fit into their work schedules." "I signed up for a course, but I didn't know there was a prerequisite for it, so I had to drop it and take another course," Marissa Bartholomew, senior, said, Course closings also added to the pile of drop/add forms on the registar's desk this semester. According to the master schedule put out by the registrar's office, when a course meets maximum enrollment restrictions, the class is closed unless seats
become available during the drop/add period. A student may have signed up for a course during pre-registration, but if the class becomes full, the student's schedule seems empty on the day of fall registration. Diana Adelizzi, senior, found this to be¡ the case. ''.Atpre- registration, I signed up for a course that was not listed as closed, but when I came back after the summer, they told me it was closed," she said. Twelve time changes listed on the master schedule added to the complications as ¡ well. It is not the registrar's office that changes class times, however, it is the individual department or instructor. Time changes are a result of resignations, sabbaticals and other commitments. "We are aware of the problem for students," Fetterhoff said. "We try to discourage departments from time changes. I try to see if there is a way to prevent it." With 17 course cancellations, the stack of ,drop/add forms piled higher. According to Fetterhoff, this happens when not enough students sign up for a class. "I signed up for a course in my major last spring, during pre-registration,'' Janet Palmero, senior, said. ''This fall, I found out that the class was cancelled. I was told I have to get permission to take the course next semester while I am student teaching. I need this course so I can graduate in May." When asked about the reason for the cancellation, Palmero said, "I was told that
the instructor had prior commitments and couldn't teach the course this semester." Forgery was another problem the-registrar's office faced. The office noticed signatures which were not those of the faculty . advisers. "In some cases it was obvious to us that there was a forgery," Fetterhoff said, "but it is not always easy tospot. We can't question every student." One stuQ.ent who admitted to forging said, "I didn't even think twice about it. I couldn't find my adviser. I'd walk over to her office and she was never there. She would have signed it, but I just couldn't find her." Another student who wrote her adviser's name on a drop/add form agreed.
They cancelledclassesand took me out of a classthat I neededfor my major.' -Annmarie O'Mara,senior "It's not like it was a check or something," she said. "It wasn't going to hurt anyone." According to the registrar, there were some cases in which advisers signed blank drop/add forms, leaving the student the chance to write in an unapproved schedule.
:A.tpre-registration,I signed up for a coursethat was not listedas closed,but when I came back after the summer,they told me it was closed.' -Diana Adelizzi,senior The format of the drop/add form may add to the problem. The procedure requires an instuctor's signature for class additions, but no signature is required for drops. Since an adviser only signs the form once, it is easy for a student to drop courses without approval. This can complicate matters for instructors who do r..otknow how many seats may be available until final class lists are processed. This makes it too late for a student who wants to add the course since the add period ends before final lists are distributed.
According to 1''etterhofl; there has been no disciplinary action taken at this time, but if the forgery persists, he will turn the problem over to the academic dean's office.