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VOLUME LXXVI NO. 18
APRIL 14, 1978
HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY
Teachers to be Evaluated
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Members of lhe Chemllllry tel;" who plrilclplted In the Inriu!il meeting 01 the New Jereey Academy 01 "Science pose here In Iront of A building on the Drew Unlver.lly c.mpus In Madison. '
Scien'ce Papers Presented
. Making the transition from Alright, slow down. stop, and high school to college Is an take a breather, Think, All this unforgettable experience. time you've been evaluating Demands of more work of tietter yourself. After all, you are the quality done In less time are student, you get graded on your typical of the Stevens system of performance, so if you do pooreducation. These demands are ly, its your fault. Wrong! You've part of the Stevens tradition, overlooked one important fact and apparently will continue to you assumed that the teaching be until the sun develops Into a you received was faultless. supernova. Students meet Does your teacher present the ,these demands with the course material clearly, does he knowledge Imparted to them by sense the class response to it, teachers. If teacher effec- does he try to clarify cloUdy tiveness Is not up to par, areas, or does he simply rewrite meeting demands becomes dlf- his notes on the board? Do his IIcult and often times very exams accurately rellect comfrustrating. How often have you prehension of the presented done your work religiously, material? These are just a few of attended every lecture and the questions a student should recitation, read all required asK before kicking himself in the material, and studied adequate- butt for poor performance. ly before an exam, and still Teachers are accountable to ended up with a C? And how the students for high quality about that other course that you instruction, High standards do no work IIi and ace anyway? be maintained If Stevens is must You think "....well, I'm hot In to be true to its name as an that course but just can't hack Institute of higher education, the other." And what about those students who really sweat Assessing teacher effectheir way up to a 2.0 and think tiveness and Improving Instructhat the grey stUff between their tion are essential to the goals of higher education. ears just doesn't rate a 4.0? (Continued on page 3, col. 3)
by Mary A.nn RUllO '79 acutepancreatltus," B.O. vala; "Po;'y"!erzations via On' 'Saturday, April 1, the Pramanick and O.R. Spillart; benzene Intermediates," J.M. Chemistry ,depariment of "Analysis of unusual sterols In Dineen; "B-I:.actams as synStevens partloipated in fhe an- human, plasma," Mary Ann thoms for new heterocycles," nual meeting olthe'New Jersey Russo ,~79 and B.N. Pramanik; M.S. Khajave and S.G. Amln; Academy 01 Soience. At this "Phosphorocnloridate dlesters "Gaseous mixture separation time 'several research papers as novel, reagents for the stero- with asym metric dense from Stevens were presented. specific synthesis of halides polymeric membranes," K. K. The: meetirlg was held at Drew 'from alcohols," Charles Sirker. University In Madison, New GluCho~sk!, '78. and 'B.N. Jersey Prama",k; Combined enlyme . hydrolysis of cellulose and A gene.ral"mornlnll Se,llIlII111,."yeallt il1 'ferm\lhtlltI6n;" <steve was held which Included some Young '78 and J.J. Savarese; welcoming remarks from Dr. "Inversion esterification of Paul Har~in, ~he President' 01 hindered sterols," John Vincent Every fall at Stevens, a com- and the Invitation to participate Dre~ UniverSity" and a sym- '76 and B.N. Pramanlk; "Kinetic mittee is formed to review and In national stUdent pollS that are poslUm entitled Development study of bulk free-radical select students for nomination conducted periodically on maand Implementation of Alter- styrene-acrylonitrile copofyInto the Who's Wno Among jor Issues of the day. Students nateEnergyTechnnology."The merilatlon, D.H. SebasStudents In American Univer- selected at Stevens this year are members of the symposium In- tlan '74 and J.A. Biesenberger; sities and Colleges. The presi- primarily seniors, but there are cluded Mr. Charles A. Richman, "Thermal oxidation kinetics of dent of Student Council, who is also some outstanding juniors. Director, Division of Energy catalyzed Isotactic pol\( a senior, and one offloer each The group of students are: Planning and Conservation, (butene-1), B.A. Khorramian from the junior and sophomore Mlohael Antleri, Maureen State Department of Energy; and S.S. Stivala; "Small angle xclasses serve on this com- Burke, Raymond Camp, Mr. ~. Mark Reller, Legislative ray scattering from branched mittee, along with Dean Kathleen Cunningham, James Services Agency; and Dr. polymers In solution," S.K. Eversen. Students are ohosen Daly, Emilio Dociomo, Eugene Robert C. Ahlert, Associate 'Garg and S.S. Stivala; "A new for their academic . Farrell, Robert Fernandez. Alan Director Engineering Research, synthesis of qulnazolones via achievements, servloe to the Gutberlet, Arthur Harper, Rutgers University, New, the anellatlon of the Schiff community, leadership In ex- Daniel HaWkins, J. Ronald bases." $.G. Amln and V. Brunswick, tracurriCUlar activities, and The papers were presented, Bankawala; "Some future potential. • during the afternoon technical cephalosporin analogs," B. Over f ,000 schools in the 50 sessions. Papers presented Ram, B.G. Amln and V.V. Rao; states and In the District of from Stevens were as follows: "Synthesis of SUbstituted A variety cif wine and cheese, "Lipid changes in the rat caused acrldlnes, Lalita Mukkavllll, B. Columbia nominate students to the Who's Wlio. Privileges of as well as good conversation, by surgically Induced Ram,S.G. Amln andV.Bankarmembership Include: lifetime were provided for all who use of the Reference/Place- attended the Annual Alumni ment Servloe, local and national Wine and Cheese Party on pUblicity from the news media, Thursday, April 6. The joint a personalized certificate to of- Alumni-Student party began at ficially honor each individual, 7:30 p.m. follOWing a dinner for If you are a freshman, the Stevens community, this Is sophomore, or junior and you your golden opportunity. The believe you can offer construc- Student Review Board Is now tive criticism about one of the InterViewing students to act as many phases of life here within (Continued on page 6, col. 3)
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Hosie, John Jsrboe, Caron Kogan, Joseph Koruluk, Mary Lemanowlcz, Thomas McDerby, Edmund Mansky, James Moran, Kevin Murphy, Anne Nevola, Thomas Palilonls, Maurice Rogalln, Craig Rolwood. Brad Sohreck, Kenneth Skorenko, Debra Van Sickle, and JamesWeatherali. A small reception will be he held for these students on April 26, where they will be awarded their certificates. Congratulations to all 28!
Wine and Cheese Sampled
Students Given Chance To Offer Criticism
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The STUTE has been awarded second place In the IIfty fourth annual contasl of the Columble Scholastic Press Association. This Is right in line with the performance of the past two years where seoond place had been awarded also. The oom-. petition focused primarily on theree aspects of the paper: contenl/coverage. writing/ editing, and deslgn/dls-' play. Out of a possible score of 1000, the STUTE received
841.3 points whloh was only 8.7 points short of the 850 points required for a first plaoe award. The Columbia Soholastlc Press Association was founded in 1925 at Columbia University, New York. High School, and college newspapers and yearbooks constitute Its membership. The STUTE wishes to thank all contributors who made this 'second place award possible.
the 'alumni. Peter Brady. associated with Davidson Labs, and Prof. Joel Hollengerg olthe Mechanical Engineering Dept.. spoke about different types of wine while everyone had a chance to sample them. Bottles Of champagne were raffled off to over one hundred people who participated in this successful event. The Wine and Cheese Party Is Just one of the many funotlons sponsored by the Student Committee of the Stevens Alumni Association. Other functions have Included Take a Student to Dinner Night, and Take a Student to Work. A Student Alumni Car Rally is presently being planned If enough students are interested. At the moment. fifteen members comprise the Student Committee, seven alumni and eight students. Anyone inStevens' graduates and undergraduates sample many delectable terested in becoming a member wines and cheeses at the Annual Alumni Wine and Cheese Party Should contaot Anita Lang in held on April 6. the 9th floor Alumni Office,