- The Highacres Collegian, January 21, 1976 Same Dorms, New System University Park—A new procedure for assigning stu dents to University Park res idence halls, giving all cate gories of student applicants equal opportunity for the spaces available, was announced by Pennsylvania State Univer sity officials, the plan to be effective next Pall* Ralph £• Zilly, vice-presi dent for business, and Ur. Raymond 0. Morphy, vice-presi dent for student affairs, also outlined a plan to increase residence halls capacity by 1,000 spaces, the increase to be accomplished by converting certain residence hall areas into student living facili ties and by assigning three students to the larger double rooms and two students to the larger single rooms. Reduced rates for students assigned to such rooms are planned, Mr. Zilly said. The new assignment system was developed after a detailed study by University officials and student groups, the study prompted by shortage problems that arose last Pall when more than students applied for the 11, 500 spaces avail able and priority under the system then in effect went to residence hall occupants at University Park, leaving little opportunity for transfer and other students. After deducting spaces re served for freshmen, required to live in residence halls, and other designated groups, such as sororities with suites in the residence halls, the rooms will be assigned in accordance with the percentage of appli cants in each of four major groups. Priority within each group will be determined by the sequence of the filing of the application. The groups are students cur rently living in the University Park residence halls; Common wealth Campus, Behrend College and Capitol Campus students transferring to University Park; students on practicums, student teaching or in foreign studies programs; and transfers WHIMPY The most hamburgers to be eaten in one sitting is 77• from other colleges and univer sities, students readmitted, students residing off campus, and students returning from leaves of absence. For the Fall Term, contract forms will be made available on Feb. 24 to each student living in University Park res idence halls and also on or about Feb. 20 to students on other campuses requesting con tract forms and other students who may desire the contract forms. Beginning on March 11, con tract forms with a $45 advance payment may be filed at the Bursar's Office and designated residence hall areas at Univer sity Park, and at designated areas on other Campuses. The time of filing will be recorded on the contract form to determine the priority of assignment within each of the four categories. Thus, stu dents within each stratified group will have equal oppor tunity for assignment. If all spaces are assigned by March 26, the University will process no more contracts, it is explained, or if space remains, all contracts pro cessed will be classified into one group with priority in the sequence of the application filing. Students filing too late for assignment will be notified no later than April 16 that their contracts are cancelled and the advance payment will be returned. Term System Stays Continued from Page 1 the day after Labor Bay. —The Fall Term completed prior to Thanksgiving with the Vinter Term providing, as nearly as possible, three weeks of instruction prior to the holiday break. —The Spring Tern ending about the middle of May with commencement in the last week of May; and —A six-day peridd sched uled for final examination af ter each term, in accordance with the President's interpre tation of the Senate's recent action requiring final examin ations in essentially all courses. President Oswald told the Senate he plans to publish the new five-year calendar contain ing the basic elements listed about April 1, 1976, and said that if the Senate had any dif ferent interpretation of their policy regarding final examin ations, that the Senate should, •inform him of this no later than the March Senate meeting. He further asked the Senate to provide him with advice concerning the length of the Summer Term beginning with the summer of 1976 specifically, should there be a ten-week term as at present or should the University move to an eight-week term. He indicated to the Senate that this was a matter of concern also to stu dent and administrative offi cials and, therefore, asked the Senate to take steps to involve opinion from those sources in the process of providing advice on this mat ter, also before the March 1976 meeting of the Senate. In making the calendar decision, President Oswald said he took into considera- tion the many differing views on the calendar decision, in cluding two contradictory re ports of a University Calendar Commission that had studied the matter for two years. He said there seemed to be no consensus among the faculty on the semester-term issue but students have overwhelmingly stated preference for the term systems He added that there seems to be no conclusived evidence of over-all educational advan tage to either system and that a financial analysis seemed to indicate little cost differ ence. He further noted that there was consensus that the calendar should begin about September 1 and finish by June. To sched ule a term within this time period, the Winter Term has to be split by the Christ mas break. The President re ported further consensus, how ever, that the longer the in struction period in the Winter Term before break, the less the objection to the split. COFFEE BREAK The world's greatest coffee drinkers are the Swedes, who drank 29.24 lbs. of coffee per person in 1969.
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