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) appreciates the trough’s miiness This is the type of P r o c e s s e x o n e r a t e s p r o f e s s o r a c c u s e d o f r e a d i n g c o u r s e e v a l u a t i o n s b e f o r e c r é a , ling ambivalence exemplified ' J j o j Villiam Faulkner’s The Sound B y J e n n i f e r M i n t z _____________ Undergraduate Society. She added much more secure to outside indi t e Fury, but Markham does_________________________________ that students still believe that the viduals. idmirable job of animating a The ethics of an engineering professor treated them unfairly, and “From now on, the secretary y difficult subject, what professor, who taught a course duras a result, have begun boycotting will keep a log and students returnmnts to a nostalgic view of ing the winter ‘97 session, were present course evaluations. ing the evals will have to sign their îrican slavery. questioned when students claimed “Students are upset. Now first name and write down their student A panel discussion followed, that he changed the final exam after year and second year students are ID numbers. The evals will then be uring members of Montreal’s reading negative course evaluations, taking a stand and we are standing kept under lock and key,” Rumin itic community. Clearly, the Debate continues within the by them,” she maintained. explained. >t interesting member was faculty of engineering since stuThe engineering department rlie Mackenzie one of the dents are unsatisfied by the depart- asserts that course evaluations C a l l f o r ch ü I1 2 Ê Anglophone members of the ment’s internal investigation, remain private and are not disclosed Tomlinson claims that students ;bec-founded Rhinoceros Faculty and student representatives until after final exams are written. are feelin insecUre about courses :y. His current project is an involved in the investigation which Since students hand in the course and (he facult and she maintains mpt to decriminalize satire exonerated the professor agreed that evaluations to the department in a that thj have t0 change within ind the world by publishing his name should not be made Pub‘ *ealed envelope Professor Nicholas engineering as a whole. pressed works of humour on bc' Rumin, c air o t e e ectnca engi“Junior professors just entering Internet. We take humour for Students accuse the f!rst Vea^ ne?nn8 department stated it that it (he department are putting in a lot ated, yet Mackenzie has, eomputer engineenng professor of is highly unlikely that the professor more effort than the senior ones undingly, documented seven- tryin£ t0 fail students ln hls f,nal saw these evaluations before admin- because the senior ones a,ready politically motivated murders exam after he read their evaluations istenng his final exam have tenure. The professors need to artoonists alone! From this he * hlcAh rated theKcourse rather P00rJ he P\ o{e,SSOT C°uld "0t haVef learn how to prioritize their time,” inferred quite logically that ^ th°rougî ,n; est,f t10" was see" tbe evaluations. The process of she said , powerheld within. the and evaluations, remain T lour is an M enormously , . ., department r ■, serious and conLukas rhrr.ctr.«,cH tnrostowski, inct last semestool when used intelligently S ‘X i T . ” R*lent , teeause r ' S V ™ * ™Student 1 ° f ,he is worthv of protection bv dlsmlssfd. , Recently, because of ot ,11 all the the “Engineering Society, does ian riehts activiste a ë 1 ‘ ' , 1fJ
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