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Basketball Gets Top Priority
New Basketball Facility First On List For Athletic Department In Annual Report Given At Senate Meeting
Brendan Eckert
Issue date: 11/13/07 Section: News
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Annual reports were delivered by Associate Vice Provost Keith Barker of the Institute for Teaching and Learning and Director of Athletics Jeff Hathaway.
Hathaway had good news to report, noting the positive position of UConn athletics this year.
UConn will remain in the NCAA after passing a mandatory review for recertification that is performed every 10 years.
Also, UConn passed a review of Title IX, a federal law which requires gender equality in athletic scholarships proportionate to the gender distribution of the student body, was passed, noting the percentages were exactly the same, according to Hathaway.
The athletic department's goals in the upcoming year will be to renew or add athletic facilities, with a new basketball facility as the top priority, Hathaway said.
The issue of serious debate was over a change of six words in a University bylaw. Andrew Moiseff, chair of scholastic standards, proposed a motion to change the policy on grades marked 'incomplete', which, by the current policy, will be changed to an 'F' if the work is not made up by "the third week of the next semester in which the student is enrolled."
Moiseff stated that the problem with the current policy is that if a student does not enroll in classes, there is no limit on how much time can pass before that student returns to complete the missing work. The motion proposed is to change the bylaw to say, simply, "by the third week of the next semester."
Philip Mannheim, a physics professor at UConn, opposed this motion, citing permissible reasons such as health problems, military service, financial problems or studying abroad that might prevent a student from completing the missing work within such a short time frame.
"I worry about the student who is doing well, and gets the 'incomplete' because he doesn't deserve an 'F'. Changing the 'I' to an 'F' on his transcript so quickly might discourage him from coming back," said Kathryn Ratcliff, an associate professor in sociology at UConn.
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dan
posted 11/13/07 @ 8:48 AM EST
i love how the school has such focus on completing a project for the basketball team, when there are so many other issues to be taken cared of that will benefit the entire student body. (Continued…)
Kate
posted 11/13/07 @ 10:01 AM EST
Does anyone here realize how vital a Student Recreation Center is?
The Fitness Center is overused and worn out to a point that students and staff members are forced to seek other fitness venues, fitness classes are taking places in res. (Continued…)
Chris W
posted 11/13/07 @ 11:06 PM EST
We won in 2004 WITHOUT a new basketball facility. Nuff Said.
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