Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

Ambiguous sentiments
over early Scramble Day
"!wN*nihlc D.i\."' thUscmcMcr. tij*;-jjl!y lived
tip lo it> name- Students ami faculty were surprised
thai st*lf-pnr> scrieMcr tool*
place in nih!-December.
Scheduling c»av\cs right heKKc Christmas vacation,
who hruU were more ttun 4 month am;}.
sccmciUulAjiJ. Hii.sevcr. whai wu- really mind
N^glinp w j> aimnj: Kick ut s«.hiv»l to find \uur
sclicduic ui cturpletc s.Vm S> whetljl-
«R later in the jcmoici The San Fr.inciH.-it Unified
School DiMiMl (SFlAPl m;ior:u.utel> wised up
and rauj-hi u\ h> ihc e.trs. P,-t i"» >ct
jtxtihcr •Sidt* cftccl" »•! ilu* infjn«»u-. Sb X-I.V
In the l-r.c nl'vuch dcnumlv b\ ihc SFl'SO. Xitc
vlkiiicv Icli i.t v.hi^'l at!nimtv.'r.t|i»r\ W.:P: niin.Mul
One «a-. i» >intj>l; ;i%\ipn .i m.-iipjur i«» d»» all "f
the -thi-Ji'L-v In tiii»CUM.-, vludenis vn:o!d hiivoaS
Milui'.'ly Mi vis rinv \»j\ oil.' Ml ihc question
hccji.se. . fMiuinrmei.u.
The wiirtul liouc WJ^ t» v;halule cvcrvcnc in
IIK- sjiiv *a> a% ihc pu*HHi^ sci.ioier. Thi> meant
ttut Mmftrts Mould hi\c had lu carry th»t%c
intuhlcMHiic ittfupuu-r -.jrd' along wih their iiwvnshcetv
ITwj- u,«,!d Itur tu\c in Itmj i.tic in each
liincihi.} »ipn«.t'. into acla\^. Tltc pntbkmuith this
IN Itul il UiVo jtis> ah-Kj: the :*JIIK- M) days to correct
ill ill* 'he misplacement ct catds it'jt i.
Sclicdulinj: eaily >cents lo Im; solved.! number
n( iihvr pri4ilv'ins of the pjM.
To itie n •pecifc. example: for the pa\i 11 tree \e-jr.
ihcrc hjshcen i certain "student V' nhoh-isiricd
lo rv-.it \\y. s\\u*ni. "Sind.-nt \" \iyti\ up lor I'-:
normai M*. c'awes. bu: he iu\ repealed!) and convcnienlly
f.iflt-diotu:n inhivt* n'niiicr card for the
last claw of the UJV. av.urin^ an early distntwal.
"Student Y" clicaN ir; }ct auoilvr uj\ U< sipns
up lor only llircc cla\sc\ and ttirns in ;in (ncn'iipLie
proyrytn For one month "Muileni V gels a«.i>
wiilt luiMtij! or*.l> three CIJSSCV
With this neu s%stetn. (here vkiltbctniK-t"^j(- 'i
.ill ihc Mudcnts wfio tnrd lo i*; MTurt. S:iou* ttv_v
heurn the ne» *emtfster
Unt'»rtuiui-.*i>. the new pol:c\ is not ,• h.-J »>(
r-tscs. llcsldjs the »MLv%a(d tttnmj!. thcte .ue odicr
prnblenis (Jne is tfic piojilem >>l lasi-:iuntil r
IJIIUICS. S^'itK- sfJdcnN si.;n tor the tu:\l class in
.•rder "I M.*t|iicrwe only io in»tl IHII ih.n tlv> tailed
Mml h«**o i«» fcrvjt the imifM. 1
Scheduling early seems to have solved
a number of other problems in the
past.
ttcivihcii led im» a computer v.lm-li in'urn rcl.->cd
•dl the inlormalt.m to a toi^r cvmiputcr ot the
srusn.
For ihc dumtion of this period, theic v>z\ literally
w way of keeping track "r ihc whercaNtut- ol
any >iut'cnt at any gi*cn tinw. 11K «nly way was
through the gr«aJ:rci\. but hjviny io dig out M*mc«nc's
program wa\ often \cry tntpnciicsi.
The law «*ics that *chi»iK are rc%ponsib!c for
p»ciy Mudcnt frnn ihc iirr; K Icas-o h*\ hnnw un*
lil .hey return Tht|*s bv-M
.lcrest arc the Mudctils* K*st inteiesis."
Il is not Known hy the ad mi niM nil ion whether or
not Ihiv will he a permanent Mtuat'on One administrator
-iidibatnmJiinyKfore\ei. Twoorthax*
weeks into the semester. ihe\ will h.*;e io look a!
what they've cot*: and evalujie it.
Vt« hmtil. Jaauar/17. !QX>. far?'
—RESPONSE
Question man
How would you
rate yourself
from
one io ten?
Un Lncr K607:1 rUr ntysdf a nine.
I'm imenruinp. crajli\«. v*l h»ical-
Iv irtcliipcw. I have t lew flaws, but
n«tirufi>. lit a v.
1 uand abu\e them all; I Uvk down
«KI t*4.->n and Uufh. I'm aMe to Leep
ir)*clf untouched by inunpiih *cu."
urib I'jllik K6I5: "A tuixr
re tv jt^»jj% riHMtt ii«r unp*n»c-
Food schedule
starves students
!t ha* become increasingly difTtcult for Mixlcnts to find
a place io purchase food \ f Otctr free muds jrc 14, 15.
or 16. Doth the cafeteria nil the Deanery close after mod
14. The vending machine* h the ROTC ncm are not in
operation until after rnod 15.
Students complain that it is difficult to get to the vending
machines in the girls* locker room und that ttex:
machines arc often net of snacks acd soft drinki.
Students say that the machines arc not available until
after lunch mods and that tncy cannot get the food * stu*
dent who needs change...and no clunge. no foot! TriRn
the machines.
The vending machine* on the second floor are situated
between a classroom and an outside door, a dour which
is often shut. The machines C4i this floor carry only candybars
and sofr drinks, cot • vrry «atisf«ctory titenu for
somccm who may have had breakfast »i early u five
hourt prior to the lunch moils-
The cpcnuiig wchcduk for ihc yxpii^. nuchin>*s needs
to be i=vbcd to be more convenient fuf the Mudenu.
especially those who cannot avail Uicnuclvcs of the
cafeteni and bsaoety which they find cfo«cd during their
free mods.
Jennifer FonUnilLi M12: "A *•.««
because I m«Jc ii into Lowell ••KJ
luckily. %U1 sndaatc, MJ I tvvc the
swetiat friaut ttui anyooe cotiJd
ha>T .. irxf one of them livt» ever
3.000 miles uoy. | kwi three pwinti
from the maximum of ten because I
wwn'l able lo maintain the omJoi 1
"-iWed u>!"*
* ChraYeArcinlU01:"AnII ...'m
H% Tn»d. J SrliMan. me of .he gtcalui people I know.'**
John HoU 8M15 »ml Jt»h Tbajler
SUOI: "A !ffl becaute sopobomorei
are «lwa/i un!"
Teacher
apologizes
To the Editor:
In Ihf Lmrll of December 6,
19ftt. I was quoted in the "Question
Mm" column It has come to my afleotnm
that my rcqxxse may have of -
fended K*nc rcadcn ot The UmttL
It *\\ ccruinly on my hxxet» of*
fend anyone, if indeed 1 did. U1 h*ve
iJonc >nrthins for which I ihould
apologue. I hereby do so,
MetnhanJ Schuii