1987_10 The Daily Collegian October 1987

              The Daily Collegian
California State University, Fresno
Founded In 1922
Thursday, October 1, 1987
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San ftanclaco based band, Jlmmle Talcs, gave a noon
hanaatl during a madlay of "Baarior Rigby/Bom to Bs \
In the Pit Wednesday. Singer Steva Owen I
Bikers
become
problem
By Ryan McMillan
StaffWriter
Bikers riding illegally in the Free
Speech Area have once again become a
problem that both students and cam¬
pus police have to deal with.
The University Police has its officers
patrol the area at busy times and issues
warnings to violators. Their names are
taken and kept en file. If that person is
stopped again, he will be given a
citation and charged 15 dollars.
"The reason for the warning is that a
lot of students are not aware of the
policies regarding bike riding," In¬
vestigator Mike Reilly of University
Police said. "The first time we stop
them is to tell them the rules."     i
Illegally parked bikes and bikes rid¬
den in unmarked areas have been a
concern to Stan Todd of the Disabled
Student Services. Todd is concerned
for the well being of all students, in¬
cluding the disabled.
"Its an issue that I've been aware of
for a long time •because students have
complained to us about cyclists and
illegally parked bikes," he said. "A lot of
our students have problems getting
around bikes, especially those that are
illegally parked."
According to Todd, the bike parking
situation is inadequate and that ia why
more people are parking their bikes in
other areas.
See BIKES, page 5
International Cltib organizes for UN Week
By Alexander Lim
StaffWriter
O
CSUF students will get the chance to
see and experience the different cul¬
tures of the world when United Na¬
tions Week, organized by the Inter¬
national Club, is held here on campus
November 2-6.
Included in this year's celebration
will be presentations by different stu¬
dent groups at the College Union, food
sales and a library display held
throughout the week to boost aware¬
ness about the different cultures of the
world.
But according to Event Coordinator,
Matt Ristow, the program of events to
be held during the week is still open
since   the   different   committees   re¬
sponsible for organizing the individual
events have not yet finalized their,
plans.
"Right now, we have committees to
oversee the food sales, the student
presentations and to organize the li¬
brary display which includes a show¬
case of flags from different countries,"
he said.       *-* .
Ristow added that' Jhey were still o-
pen for any suggestions from groups
who would like to see or put up items
during the week.
Also included in the festivities this
year will be a United Na¬
tions/International Night cultural show
which will be held at the Satellite
College Union on November 8 as the
grand finale of the event
"We have already sent out in-
., vitations to 14 different embassies and
consulates as well as a request for a
special representative from the United
Nations to attend the show," said
Ristow.
This will be the second time that the
school will be hosting an event in honor
of the United Nations. Ristow said that
about 700 people came to last year's
event in the Satellite College Union.
Faculty members, representatives
from the Host Family Program and
students joined dignitaries from for¬
eign consulates and embassies par¬
ticipated in the show last year, Ristow
said.
"We had dances, songs and other
performances representing the dif¬
ferent cultures put up by several cul¬
tural and .ethnic student groups in¬
cluding the Hmong Students Asso¬
ciation, the Malaysian Students Or¬
ganization and the Association of Nor¬
wegian Students Abroad," he said.
According to the coordinator of this
year's show, Kumara pas Monie, the
presentation will be different this time
because the groups invited to
participate will not only be from CSUF
but also from several off-campus or¬
ganizations.
"We already have positive responses
from several off-campus groups in¬
cluding the English Folkdance Council,
the Pan-African-Guinea group, the
Scottish Highlanders and a Swedish
group from Kingsburg," said Monie.
He said that there have also been
some responses from several on-
campus student groups including the
Japanese Students Association (Niho-
njinkai), the Lebanese students, and a
SeeUN,p*ge3
Student's
Rights
Part three of
a series
Alexander Lim
Staff Writer
Last year, 723 grade correction
requests were submitted to the Student
Academic Petitions Committee. Of these,
695 > over-96% - were approved and the
grades changed accordingly.
However, according to the Director of
the Office of Advising and Orientation,
Dr. J. Richard Arndt, many students are
still unaware of their rights on changing
grades they feel have been
unappropriated assigned.
According to the University* Policy
and Procedures on Assignments of
Grades as stipulated in the CSUF
Academic Policy Manual, grade change
' requests of this nature are handled by
the SAPC when the instructor certifies
that an error was made in computing or
recording the grade.
Such an error is designated as a
"grade correction-recording error" and
will be recorded as such on the student's
transcript
According to Arndt, the first thing that
a student should do if he or she feels that
an inappropriate grade had been
assigned in a course, is to consult with
the instructor to try to ascertain the
reason behind the assigned grade.
"A lot of the times, misunderstandings
like these occur because the students
have been careless and have either not
taken the trouble to read the course
' description or to find out what
requirements are needed for a particular
grade," he said.
• However, in cases where students
have filed protests claiming that they
had been evaluated prejudicially or
capriciously, the success rate for grade
changes have not been quite as high.
In the last five years, only seven of 62
such cases submitted to the SAPC were
granted grade changes.
In most of the cases where grade
changes were granted, the committee
Change the grades without reprisals
s-
ruled in favor of the studenta because
the instructor had not handed out course
outlines and had not dearly specified
what was required of the students, said
Arndt
He explained that not many of the
students who petitioned their grades
under these circumstancas were
successful because in such cases, the
burden of proof rested upon the student
If it comes down to the instructor's
word against the student's, the case will
always go in favor of the instructor
because, after all, they are paid
e valuators," he said.
He said that there were strict time
lines imposed on the, necessary
procedures that need to be carried out
See RIGHTS, page 3
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