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HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY
VOLUME l.XXVI NO.7
OCTOBER 21. 1977
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S-.RB .Pro'poses Grading System 'To',·Mlnimlze 'Unf'air' Grades Cases are. often brought', Faculty members would thus the present feelings of the ,:befere the Student. Review have greater range of grsdes students concerning such a . Boa~d which Involve a question which could be allocated to proposal, the Student Review ,;, conce,rnlng the fairness of a stUdents on Ihe' liasls 'of In- Board will be Issuing a poll , partle,ulsr grade., The conflict dlvldual achievements. This' within the ne~t two weeks. "llsually,arlses due to cut-offs would be particularly beneficial Please complete these forma as , thlll havebeenapeclfled. Unfor- In' the' aaslgnment of final they represent one of the best ways to achieve input from the -'i.t.mb.... ·of the Clu. of 1981 wh~ ~ _~t'~,~' t~nat?ly:, a studitnt who has a semester grades.. Mill."" " ',' , . hIghS average, for a course student body. The topic Is of . ;. ,. . , will not have that average The last time a cha"ge In the e~treme Importance to all ,.--....,;. .- -..........- - -....-~-----." reflected ~y an assigned B, yet It grading system was considered students and should not be igis below th!, cut-ofHor an "A." was In 1972 by the Academic nored. It is nepessary' fer cu!-offs to' Standards, Committee In a If you would like to have a exist, partlcularly' In large' report presented to the Faculty. • • • I .' . classes. HoWever, at the present One of the strongest arguments more personal Input or submit time the professor Only hss the agalns,t it at the time was made suggestions beyond those option ,of giving astudent a final by the clsim that the student allowed Within the scope of the ' de-of ABC , , , 0 ,or F. viewpoint Indicated an un- poll, feel free to contact Caron I,etter gra by:.idp F.rrell tlon lable and canteen, and No giadas in between .xlat. favorable reception of such a Kogan. Chairman of SRB, Bo~ change. In order to determine #S-583. One huifdred and flfty~tWo, escorted the donors to' and ' A possible solution to this collected from, the' donation tables. ,units of blood problem would> be the im-' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ,for credit' to the, SteVens 'Thanks are- e~tended to all', , plemeniatlon of a new grading Community Blood BanlC on who helped make the blood system' In which additional Wednitsday, October 12. The drive- a success, especially grade options eXiated between 'drive ,was ,held In conJuctiC!n' donors, faculty, staff; and' , the currently designated ones. wlth'the North Jersey-Essex students-' 'and their 1mThe SRB Is In the process of "Blood Center;thiroldest,an~ mediate famllles.__ who are Investigating a proposal for a -largest blood bank In New covered by 'the blood bank new system to help minimize , Jersey; " for one year. This means that the problem of unfairly assign, By the end of the day, 172 the blood bank will supply ed grades. Such a proposal The Nobel prizes In physics that their research will lead to people had'volunteered 10 unlimited b'lood would establish the fOllowing and chemistry. swarded last mass produced, Ine~penslve donate' blood, twenty 'of repla,c:ements ,to all of th,ose grade options: week, went to four men, two of crystals that can be used to turn whom were rejected for people, This Is a tremendous A •••.•••.•.•••••••••.•••. 4.0 Whom are Americans. The prize solar radiation Into electricity. va rio u s r Ii as 0 n s, protection to everyone, ' B+ 3.5 In Physics went to the two Refreshments were supplied should there be a need for Philip W. Anderson is 53 years B 3.0 ' Americans and a Briton. The by the Blood Center for blood. C+ 2.5 prize in chemistry was bestow- old and wss born In In" lhose' who donated blood. If anyone should be In need dlanap9lis. He earned his C 2.0 ed on a Belgian sclentist.-The 'Brothers of Delta Tau of blood, please contact the bache/or, masters and doctoral D+ •.••', •••••••••••••• : ••• 1.5 Della snd four female personnel office on the The winners are: for physics, degrees at Harvard University. D , 1~O ' students staffed,the reglstra- sell8nth f109r. ,Dr. P.hllip W. Anderson of the He Is associated not only with F.'; ....•..••.•.•..•. ~· 0 Bell Telephone Labs in Murray Bell' Labs, but also with Hili, N,J., Dr. John H. Von Vleck Princeton University. of Harvard University, and Sir Sir Nevil Francis Matt is 72 Nevil F'. Mott of Cambridge University In England. The years old; he has been Involved chemistry award wentio Dr. Ilya In physics since 1933. He has I by Dave Straube '80 fourth _and filth floors could both B&G engineers, have in- Prlgoglne. a Russian-born seen the practical applications " continue as usual. In fact, last dicated that there are ways to prOfessor of chemistry at the of the work done by him and his During lastyear s c_0¥l.w.\nt~I., I year's total energy usage was heat some aress of the centar Free University of Brussels, co-winners. Their work In solidmany students uSing the 40% .less than that In the year wlthout'heatlng the rest·olcthe " state physics applies not only to facilities on the fourth and fifth, 1972-1973. This has only been building too. Even though The three physicists were computing machines, but also floors of the Stevens center possible through overhauls of President Rogers took a firm clled for their work In the to solar energy, after normal business hours all heating facilities and cut- stand against heating the stu- development of computer (5:00 p.m.) noticed that it was, backs, '-some more"notlceable dent offices alter hours In the --memories. ollice copying John Hasbrouck Von Vleck rather cold. In fact, the heat than others. ' last President's Forum, this was machines and other electronic was born In 1899 In Middletown, wasn't even turned on. The because his .primary concern deVices. Dr. Prlgogine was Connecticut. He has been incenter has two' heating units. Vet this Is not the final word. (ConI. on pg. 11, col. 5) recognized for his work In non- volved In physics for 57 years. A One, which heats the first and Mr. Apolant and Mr. Crisman. equilibrium thermodynsmcls. major book of his, Th. Theory second floors Is located in the Dr. Prigoglne was born In of Eleclrlcal and Magnetic basement. The ,other Is located Moscow In 1917, His family im- Susceptibility, was published In on the fourteenth floor and sermigrated to Belgium In 1929. 1932 and Is stili widely used. Vices the rest of the building. Besides being a professor in The engineers who designed Brussels, he Is also Director of the building had anticipated the Center for Statistical Tau Beta PI, the national graduated last spring. night use of the center only on Mechanics and Therthe first two floors, and this honorary engineering society. The Tau Beta Phi chapter on modynamics 01 the University crltereon determined the outlay was founded st Lehigh Univer- campus will be selecting of Te~as In Austin. Prof. of the heating system. The unit sity In 1885, to honor those who qualified juniors and seniors for Prlgoglne Is particularly Inwhich services the upper floors had demonstrated distinguish- possible membership In a few terested In how his work In cannot be regulated to heat ed scholarship and character as weeks. If you do qualify you thermodynamics can be used to only one floor at a time. It must undergraduatss In engineering, should consider It as an honor explain the origins of lifo. SRB Grading either heat everything or The fourth such chapter, N.J. because It means a lifetime System 1 The work of the three nothing. Alpha, was founded st Stevens membership for you and also Editorial 2 In the field of physicists was Due to the prevailing energy in 1898. StUdents are eligible for recognition of the hard work ELP 5 shortage, the school has been membership In their junloryeari you have completed. If you have amorphous semi-conductors. SIlicon semi-conductors, the Horsllps 5 on a semesterly questions about the with Inductions any on a strict energy conservation Roving Reporter 8 policy. Therefore, It was found basis, Juniors must rank In the chapter or think you have basis for transistors, are an e~ Classlfleds 9 to be economically unfeasible top elghlh of their class, and qualified and haven't been ample of this. Throughout the Curlousl 10 to heat the entire upper part of seniors musl be In the top fifth. notified contact Kevin Murphy. years, thesa men have dons the center alter hours lust so Membership as of fall '77 totals Box 733, or Mark Ward. Box theoretical and practical work Sports .12 to advance this field. It Is hoped Ihat student acltlvltes on the 1B. as 40 members were 999.
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Nobel Prize Winners For Chemistry, Physics
Cost, Conservation' Limit Heating
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