Spring Break
Not only has OCC gone assessment crazy, but also its practices for the assessments are inconsistent in a variety of ways. For a writing assessment that is part of "writing across the curriculum," a student is asked to surrender the rights granted to them under the Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.
Graduation commemorates a milestone. For some, this milestone is the first in a long line of future ssuccesses. For others, it may be the last in an enduring series of trials. What makes this day so monumental? It is graduates' last day as OCC students; it is the completion of a task, the ending of a journey.
Colossal failures usually have multiple causes. Blame can usually be laid at the feet of several people. This is the certainly the case with the two new baseball stadiums in New York. The Mets' new home, "Taxpayer Field" (Citi Field), and the new Yankee Stadium, "the New House," as Yankee broadcaster Michael Kay likes to refer to it, woefully miss the mark of grandeur that has been the hallmark of new stadiums designed by the legendary HOK Sport.
This afternoon I finally had a chance to sit down and read your Mar. 5 issue in which you criticize Prof. (Gary) Shaffer. I am inclined to agree. As a former student of his, I find it hard to believe he is qualified or even capable of running so much.
I noted with interest the recent Civility Luncheon held on campus. Historically, the idea of an administrative action of this sort originated in the fact that, during the early years of Jon Larson's administration, the then existing College Council did not endorse a good number of administrative proposals.
