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recommended that an
amended poKcv be reviewed
and discussed by the appro¬
priate committees for ap¬
proval, Schroll said.
This amended policy has
been brought to the attention
of the executive committees in
its first stage of consideration.
The next step will involve a
second review by the person¬
nel cornmittee.
Then it will return to the ex¬
ecutive committee for consid¬
eration on Mar. 30. Then it will
go to the academic senate. If it
is approved by the academic
senate it will go to President
Welty for his approval.
If Welty approves the pol¬
icy, it is expected to go into
effect during the 1992-93 aca¬
demic school year.
The reason for the concern
about administering exams
during finals week is that so
many of the faculty members
are not on campus during fi¬
nals week.
Biechler said, "Having to
meet the class will remove the
motivation of wanting to try to
get an exemption so that the
person can get away from
campus earlier."
Final exam week is part of
the academic year, and the fac¬
ulty is supposed to be around
during that time, Biechler said.
Even if there are no exams
given during finals week the
appointed meeting time could
still be a meaningful experi¬
ence, and things could still be
discussed.
"I fear without this some
faculty will attempt to get an
excuse from the dean.
"My perception of the prob¬
lem is that if s rampant, and I
don't relish the thought of the
deans having to deal with a
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whole lot of exceptions," Biech¬
ler said.
Schroll agreed with Biech¬
ler on the issue of requiring
classes to meet during the final
exam time.
"Even though an exam may
not be appropriate, there
should be some kind of culmi¬
nating factor that should oc¬
cur with the students at that
time," Schroll said.
Kathyrn Bumpass, profes¬
sor in the music department,
said that she is aware of the
problem and the need to ad¬
dress it, but some classes in the
performing artsrdepartment
find it time-consuming and
difficult to be able to fit final
exams into the schedule at the
appointed time, especially
with classes of 33 students.
In some classes exams are
not even necessary."
"I understand that having
final exams is the norm, but
this kind of policy reads as an
absolutely cut and dry state¬
ment," Bumpass said.
Gail Sorenson, professor of
speech communication, said
t ha t there should be an easier
way to follow policy guide¬
lines rather than try to catch
people who don't follow
them.
"I would rather see us mo¬
tivate people in a positive
sense. Reminding them of
their obligation, and prob¬
lems that exist."
Sorenson said she would
be happy tcTsee a written ex¬
emption approved, and leave
it at the deans' level to make
those kinds of decisions rather
than put together a policy that
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Fertility laboratories across the country are paying as much as
$380 a month for students to donate their semen to help infertile
couples have children through artificial insemination.
"In most cases, students are the vast majority of donors," said
William Andrews, executive director of the American Fertility
Society in Birmingham, Ala.
Andrews cited two reasons for this. FirsChajsaid, infertile
couples are looking for donors who are mtelUgenrSiJecondly,
Andrews said the students simply need money.
Medical students are the most common donors, Andrews said.
This type of work particularly appeals to these students because
they face higher education costs, have little time for work and are
most likely to be located near a fertility lab.
At Eastern Virginia's Medical School sperm bank, all of the
donors are students, Andrews said.
At least 10 major sperm banks are located near colleges and uni¬
versities in the United States, including the Universities of Texas,
Wisconsin, Missouri and Rochester.
The short time required to earn money at a sperm bank is a major
appeal to college students.
"They're in school full-time and they have no time to go out for
several hours and work at a job," said Chris Leonard/ an office
manager with Zygen Laboratory, a fertility lab in Van Nuys, Calif.,
that recruits students from local colleges and universities. ,
Some students have been donating regularly to Zygen for more
than a year, Leonard said. She estimates that as many as 75 students
are actively donating to Zygen, earning $30 per accepted sample.
Andrews estimates that the nationwide average pay for donors is
about $35 per sample
College newspapers advertisements are a popular way to recruit
student donors. A recent Zygen lab ad in the DaUy Sundial at Cali¬
fornia State University, Northridge, offers "up to $380 a month for
only six hours of your spare time."
Donations are accepted only after a rigorous screening process
i that tests samples for adequate sperm count and sexually rransmit-
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ground and must undergo a physical and a blood test for the HIV t
virus. *
'    Zygen lab allows students to donate up to three times per week.
Other fertility labs place greater restrictions on the number of contri¬
butions per year.
Zygen lab supervisor Anh Lo said the company prefers students   .
as donors because they often are healthier, better educated and *
between the preferred ages of 18 and 35. There is also more ethnic
diversity on campus, and the couples who use the samples are of all
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