The Lumberjack, February 25, 1971.

              Pass-fail policy
now a reality
Pass.Fall grading system isareaHty
at NAU, according to Dean Gorden Fost-er,-
vice-provost or academic a!fairs.
"It has come to my attention that
many students and faculty members
alike are not informed about the Pass­Fail
system," Dr. Foster said. "The
amount o! students enrolled in Pass­.''
ail courses is minimal in comparison
with the amount of students enrolled
at NAU."
There were ten students registered
in- this option, fall semester and ap.
proximately seven registered this
semester. There are 7,200 students
currently enrolled at NA U.
"Students wishing to take Pass-Fail
courses should talk to their advisors
during the pre-registration advisement.
At registration they must also obtain
a white card from the information booth
(similar to the overload and independent
study cards) and turn it in before
they pay their fees," Dr. Foster said.
"If this grading policy is successful
then we will probably allow sophomore
level students to enroll in this system,"
Dr. Foster commented.
A maximum of 12 hours will be
allowed .,.,'ithin the Pass-Fail program
to be counted toward any individual's
degree. Also, no student may take
any course within his major field on
a Pass-Fail option.
Students may change from Pass­Fail
enrollment to enrollment !or a
regular grade, or vice-versa, only dut•
ing the two-week drop-add period at
the beginning of a semester. "1 will
probably extend the time period through
this week to accommodate students
v.>ishlng to change,'' said Dr. Foster.
Instructors shall determine a back­up
grade for each Pass-Fail grade
av.>arded i.n the event a student changes
his major and subsequently needs a
conventional grade. Both the convention­al
grade and the regular grade will
Whoops
,4 n ite 1lwter enjoys (?) the new rink that
opened in -city pork last week. The rink is oJWn
seven day• a week, M>ith varied hours of opera­tioll.
Ad minion is $ .50 for 1tudents and $.50
for skate rentals.
The Pass.Fail grading system is
restricted only to upper division, 300,400
and 500 lev el courses, and junior
and seniors may be the on ly ones who
can qualify ior this option.
be recorded on the grade sheet in the
Registrar's Office, but only the Pass·
Fail grade will be recorded on the
transcript.
Action taken
on referendum
•· Action has been taken on the issues that were
voted on and passed by the student body in 'a4-18
and Rigbts' rderendum," said Jim McCarthy, ASNAU
president.
The topics were 24 hour visitation in the men's
dormitories, the right of an 18-year-old girl to
live off campus and the rigbt of student repre­sentation
on the revision committee of the Code
of Conduct. according to McCarthy.
"Men's · Inter-hall Council presently bas an exten­sion
of the visitation program before the deans,"
said Tony Agnello, MIHC president. "The 24-hour
visitation proposal was not accepted by Student
Affairs."
The new proposition for men's halls is Monday
through Thursday from 12 p.m. to 12 a.m. and
Friday, Saturday and St.m.day from 12 p.m. to 2 a.m.,
Agnello said.
'"I'he hours we propose are designed to coincide
with the women's dormitory hours," said Agnello.
"On Dec. 18, three days after our referendum,
the Board of Regents passed the 18-year-old wo­man's
right to live of! campus," McCarthy said.
"The women may li.ve off campus with parental
approval and university sanction. The details are
still being worked out, but the point is now the 18-
year-old women has the opportunity to live off
campus," -said McCarthy.
"The- Regent's ruling on the right of the 18-
year-old woman was not a result of the referendum
here at NAU/' said Robert Dickeson, vice provost
of student af!air s.
"Concerning the right of student representation
on the revision committee of the Code o! Conduct,"
McCarthy said, ''the three studen~ body {)residents
sent a letter to the regents, with the referendum
not Included, requesting a seat on the revision
committee. The request was denied, but the letter
did have some impact."
The student-concern in the referendum shown
through the heavy voting on the revision committee
did help lead up to the forming of the Governor's
Advisory Board. This board is composed of the student
body presidents of tbe state universities and junior
coll~s. McCarthy said.
Guest
speaker
N. Scoff Momrulay, Pulir:ur
Pr;- M!inner, W>ill •peale on
"Tiae ..4meritan Indian in &a­flier:
Tribalism and Modern
Society" ~xr ~~>eelc. The tallc
i• sponsored by the N..4 V
Honor'• Forum.
"For the universities, this will be used as a line
of communication to the kegents. The governor
will be made aware of our concern and then will
relay them on to the Regents," McCarthy said.
"We hope that this will continue to develop and
will become something which will reap many posi­tive
T'~Sults for the students."
McCarthy said that the fact that Sigma Delta
Chi, professional journalistic society, was able
to bring the Regents to our campus to talk with
students shows that they are willing to discuss
matters with students.
" Even though many peo~le felt that the 'Rap
with the Regents' was worthless, one must be aware
that the Regents do have their point of view and
have their defenses up as well as the students
over the Code controversy," said McC uthy. "I
hope this will only be the beginnin~ of better and
continued relatioos between the students attend.
ing the university and the Regents running our cam­pus."
Indian authority
speaks at NAU
Aspects on India" a!~airs wiU be the t.1pi~ 1F
-1. ~,·.~~·!b by ~. Scott Momaday, March l~t 8 p.m.
inC 135 under the sponsorship of the Honor~ Forum,
according toW. J. Rozema, forum ad vis<~;
Dr. Momaday, who won the Pulitzer P,riz~ for
Fiction in 1969, will speak on "The American
Ind.ia n in Conflict: Tribalism and Modern Society."
A Kiowa Indian, Dr. Momaday was bor.n in 1914
and was brought up on Indian reservations in the
Southwest. He received his early schooling at
Indian schools and his college degree at the Univer­sity
of New Mexico. He achieved his MA and Ph.D
at Stanford University.
He has been on the faculty o! the University of
California at Santa Barbara since 19£;:'., ... t •• : :,<15
held a visiting appointment in the department
of comparative literature at the University of Cali-fornia
in Berkeley. During the summer of 1969
he helped to start a new Indian Studies program
at the University of Michill:an.
Dr. Momady received the Pulitzer Prize for his
brook "House Made of Dawn."
Date change
announced
Graduation dates, as stated in the University
bulletin, have been changed, according to Dr.
Virgil Gillenwater, academic vice president
and provsot.
"The new date for commencement is May 28,"
Dr. Gillenwater said. "The previous date was
May 30."
The bookstore has been ndtlied o!thecbange
for invitations and announcements.