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The BANNER Vol. XXVIII, Issue 4 California Baptist College Sept. 24,1982 Sadie Dances From Disaster The annual Sadie Hawkins dinner over, fun-loving CBCers headed out for a hay ride. However, a new flair was added to the TWIRP by a bus fire. According to Keith McElfresh of the maintenance department, the power steering hose melted, and the fluid ran onto the manifold and ignited. As Keith reached the Tyler off-ramp, he saw smoke and glimpsed the reflection of the fire on the highway. He pulled over in front of Howard Johnson's and stopped. Keith, and a filling station worker near the site, extinguished the fire. Keith called the school, drove back and returned to the scene of the disaster with four vans. In the mean time, the spunky CBC TWIRPs organized a square dance with some fantastic calling! Brings a twinkle to the eye, doesn't it? (Note: This is editorializing). The incident cannot be attributed to faulty maintenance, but could have taken place on a new vehicle. The damage was covered by the magnonimous sum of $5.00. Thanks again to Keith McElfresh and his quick judgment. The hay ride continued, and the TWIRPS displayed a rare show of spirit! Hi - i Campus Digest News Service September 15 marks the tegitning of an expensive ex- -eriment as LSA TODAY hits he stands. USA TODAY, the new national daily newspaper, is being published by the Gannett chain The first issues will be published in the Washington, D.C. area, with distribution spreading to other areas week by week. Gannett will use satellite printing plants to print the various editions National Daily Debuts around the country. Mort of the writers for the new newspaper have come from other Gannett papers across the country. These employees wi!l have little to lose if the paper fails, as they will be able to return to their previous jobs in most cases. The paper's main emphasis will be on general interest stories, with lots of business, sports and lifesty'e stories. There will be an extensive weather section, plus a special Fair Grading? Campus Digest News Service A professor of educational psychology in Indiana says many factors affect the grading of essay questions beyond whether the answer is correct. Clinton Chase has done a number of studies on essay testing the past decade and he has found that the student's reputation with the teacher directly affects how high or low that teacher grades an essay written by that student. One study showed that neatness counts—but only in favor of poorer students. In this study, 40 teachers were given a copy of the same essay written by the a freshman. Ten teachers were given a neat copy along with a made- up record showing the freshman to be a straight-A student. Ten teachers were given the same record, but with a sloppily written copy of the essay. Ten more were given a neat copy with a poor scholastic record, and the final ten were given a sloppy copy with a poor record. The big surprise was that the ten who graded the sloppy essay by a supposedly good student gave the highest grades. Second place went to the neat copies by the good student. Third went to the neat copies of the poor student, and fourth to the sloppy copies by ihe poor student. Chase believes teachers gave the sloppy copy by the good student higher grades because if they couldn't make out exactly what was written, they gave the student the benefit of the doubt based on his record. The next ten teachers graded the good student lower or the neat copy because it was easier to see the flaws. Another study, this one from the West Coast, also revealed some startling things about how teachers grade. The name of the student plays a role in how the teacher responds. The study at California State University discovered that essays written by students with names like Michael, David, Lisa or Karen were given higher grades tha. essays by children with less euphonious names, like Bertha, Elmer or Hubert. Researchers believe those names are associated with humorous characters, or characters subject to ridicule. Dr. Chase has said this reaction to names indicates a stereotyping process in society which prevents those students from getting the same grading treatment from teachers as their peers. What it all boils down to is, if you're a boy named Sue, don't bother writing neatly on essay tests—especially if you have good grades. And try to get your name changed before finals. .. Judge Against NCAA feature which will present news f::om each of the 50 states every issui. USA TODAY will strive to be the reader's home- away-frori-home, filling him in on places he's lived, or places he will be travelling to. The numerous failures of big-city daily papers over the past few years has led many in the publishing industry to consider the Gannett venture doomed from the start. With large dailies such as the Washington Star and Chicago Daily News biting the dust, it seems like a oad time to try such an expensive new daily, especially on a national level. The paper will not be appealing to a specific audience, such as the Wall Street Journal appeals to businessmen, but will be trying for a much mere general audience. Gannett employees are extremely optimistic about their new paper. They believe that if only a small percentage of the people who now buy daily nevspapers switch to buying USA TODAY, the paper will have no problems making ends meet. The prototypes that Gannett has been doing and redoing show a neatly organized paper, with clearly defined sections. However, it is those sections that have gotten USA TODAY in a bit of trouble before it's really gotten off tne ground. TIME, Inc. has filed suit to try and prevent USA TODAY from using the section names "Life" and "Money." TIME claims that people will confuse the names with TIME's magazines of the same names, and lead people to believe that TIME is affiliated with USA TODAY. Despite all the critics that say the newspaper does not have a chance to make it on the national level, a paper of this scope has not been tried before, so it's all a gamble. But the skeptics won't have to wait much longer to see how well USA TODAY will work, as the presses are geared up for the first runs. JONI SPEAKS to CBCers shortly before her special chapel. Find The Clues Campus Digest News Service The N.C.A.A. football contracts with the American Broadcast System and Turner Broadcast System have been voided by a U.S. District Judge Juan Burciaga of Albuquerque, NM. The judge has ruled that the N.C.A.A. violated antitrust laws in negotiating the college football contracts. The University of Oklahoma and the University of Georgia had filed suit against the N.C.A.A. for the right to negotiate their own contracts. The N.C.A.A. will probably appeal the ruling. DETROIT — A unique program challenging college students to unravel clues hidden in illustrated stories was announced by Chrysler Corporation. Awards of more than $10,000 in scholarships, grants, and other prizes are offered to the winner. The clues are embodied in a new twelve month calendar titled "The Pentastar Challenge." The Pentastar is the Chrysler Corporation symbol. The program offers academic challenge and economic support for students as well as colleges and universities across the country. Five different disciplines of knowledge are included in the "Challenge": Math, Music, Literature, Chemistry, and Computer Sciences. The Scholarships and Grants will be awarded to each of the five deciphered riddles in these areas. In addition to these five prizes, each winner will also win a gold Pentastar medal designed especially for the "Challenge" and one year's use of a new Chrysler Turismo or Dodge Charger. One hundred second place winners (twenty in each discipline) will be awarded a silver Pentastar medal. The "Pentastar Challenge" story follows two young people who find a star that has fallen to earth and they attempt to help return the star to its rightful place in the Universe. Through dialogue with the star and advice from 'grown-ups" on ways to accomplish the return of the star to the heavens, many intellectual and philosophical questions are raised and explored. The thirteen full color illustrations in the decorative calendar are executed in various media including oils, acrylics, and gouache. A surrealistic approach has been taken by a team of ten nationally prominent artists to create fantasy images of story illustrations reminiscent of the "golden age" of book illustrations. Chrysler Corporation has commissioned John Magel to write the story of the "Pentastar Challenge." Magel has authored several other works with hidden meanings and riddles including "The Golden Oak." For the "Challenge," Magel has employed the use of several sophisticated techniques for arranging the clues including a computer software program designed specifically for the task. The clues to the five different riddles appear both in the story and illustrations which are carefully woven into the fabric of the "Challenge." The Pentastar Challenge calendars will be sold for $4.98 at retail college bookstores across the country starting in September. Chrysler plans to liquidate some of the costs of the program through proceeds of the sale. Through an exclusive arrangement with the National Association of College Stores (NACS) and its distribution subsidiary, NACS CORP, college bookstores will be displaying and selling the calendars. Special wholesale discounts to the stores are coupled with an incentive program developed by Chrysler which awards the use of Chrysler products to sales leaders, and represents a healthy sales promotion program for the "Challenge." The calendars will be printed in full color on a premium paper stock. They will measure H"xl4". An illustration and accompanying story text is on the top half of the twelve monthly spreads with a traditional calendar "grid" on the lower half. Consumer promotion and publicity for the calendar will focus on the college newspapers and radio stations culminating in a special address to the Annual Convention of the Associated Collegiate Press by Chrysler's Director of Merchandising, John B. Damoose in the Fall.
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Title | The Banner, Vol. 28 No. 4 - September 24, 1982 |
Subject | California Baptist University -- Students -- Periodicals. College student newspapers and periodicals -- California. |
Description | The Banner is the student newspaper of California Baptist University. It has been in continuous publication since 1952.' |
Creator | California Baptist University |
Date | September 24 1982 |
Type | Text |
Language | en |
Rights | Copyright California Baptist University. All Rights Reserved. |
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Title | 1982-09-24-001 |
Transcript | The BANNER Vol. XXVIII, Issue 4 California Baptist College Sept. 24,1982 Sadie Dances From Disaster The annual Sadie Hawkins dinner over, fun-loving CBCers headed out for a hay ride. However, a new flair was added to the TWIRP by a bus fire. According to Keith McElfresh of the maintenance department, the power steering hose melted, and the fluid ran onto the manifold and ignited. As Keith reached the Tyler off-ramp, he saw smoke and glimpsed the reflection of the fire on the highway. He pulled over in front of Howard Johnson's and stopped. Keith, and a filling station worker near the site, extinguished the fire. Keith called the school, drove back and returned to the scene of the disaster with four vans. In the mean time, the spunky CBC TWIRPs organized a square dance with some fantastic calling! Brings a twinkle to the eye, doesn't it? (Note: This is editorializing). The incident cannot be attributed to faulty maintenance, but could have taken place on a new vehicle. The damage was covered by the magnonimous sum of $5.00. Thanks again to Keith McElfresh and his quick judgment. The hay ride continued, and the TWIRPS displayed a rare show of spirit! Hi - i Campus Digest News Service September 15 marks the tegitning of an expensive ex- -eriment as LSA TODAY hits he stands. USA TODAY, the new national daily newspaper, is being published by the Gannett chain The first issues will be published in the Washington, D.C. area, with distribution spreading to other areas week by week. Gannett will use satellite printing plants to print the various editions National Daily Debuts around the country. Mort of the writers for the new newspaper have come from other Gannett papers across the country. These employees wi!l have little to lose if the paper fails, as they will be able to return to their previous jobs in most cases. The paper's main emphasis will be on general interest stories, with lots of business, sports and lifesty'e stories. There will be an extensive weather section, plus a special Fair Grading? Campus Digest News Service A professor of educational psychology in Indiana says many factors affect the grading of essay questions beyond whether the answer is correct. Clinton Chase has done a number of studies on essay testing the past decade and he has found that the student's reputation with the teacher directly affects how high or low that teacher grades an essay written by that student. One study showed that neatness counts—but only in favor of poorer students. In this study, 40 teachers were given a copy of the same essay written by the a freshman. Ten teachers were given a neat copy along with a made- up record showing the freshman to be a straight-A student. Ten teachers were given the same record, but with a sloppily written copy of the essay. Ten more were given a neat copy with a poor scholastic record, and the final ten were given a sloppy copy with a poor record. The big surprise was that the ten who graded the sloppy essay by a supposedly good student gave the highest grades. Second place went to the neat copies by the good student. Third went to the neat copies of the poor student, and fourth to the sloppy copies by ihe poor student. Chase believes teachers gave the sloppy copy by the good student higher grades because if they couldn't make out exactly what was written, they gave the student the benefit of the doubt based on his record. The next ten teachers graded the good student lower or the neat copy because it was easier to see the flaws. Another study, this one from the West Coast, also revealed some startling things about how teachers grade. The name of the student plays a role in how the teacher responds. The study at California State University discovered that essays written by students with names like Michael, David, Lisa or Karen were given higher grades tha. essays by children with less euphonious names, like Bertha, Elmer or Hubert. Researchers believe those names are associated with humorous characters, or characters subject to ridicule. Dr. Chase has said this reaction to names indicates a stereotyping process in society which prevents those students from getting the same grading treatment from teachers as their peers. What it all boils down to is, if you're a boy named Sue, don't bother writing neatly on essay tests—especially if you have good grades. And try to get your name changed before finals. .. Judge Against NCAA feature which will present news f::om each of the 50 states every issui. USA TODAY will strive to be the reader's home- away-frori-home, filling him in on places he's lived, or places he will be travelling to. The numerous failures of big-city daily papers over the past few years has led many in the publishing industry to consider the Gannett venture doomed from the start. With large dailies such as the Washington Star and Chicago Daily News biting the dust, it seems like a oad time to try such an expensive new daily, especially on a national level. The paper will not be appealing to a specific audience, such as the Wall Street Journal appeals to businessmen, but will be trying for a much mere general audience. Gannett employees are extremely optimistic about their new paper. They believe that if only a small percentage of the people who now buy daily nevspapers switch to buying USA TODAY, the paper will have no problems making ends meet. The prototypes that Gannett has been doing and redoing show a neatly organized paper, with clearly defined sections. However, it is those sections that have gotten USA TODAY in a bit of trouble before it's really gotten off tne ground. TIME, Inc. has filed suit to try and prevent USA TODAY from using the section names "Life" and "Money." TIME claims that people will confuse the names with TIME's magazines of the same names, and lead people to believe that TIME is affiliated with USA TODAY. Despite all the critics that say the newspaper does not have a chance to make it on the national level, a paper of this scope has not been tried before, so it's all a gamble. But the skeptics won't have to wait much longer to see how well USA TODAY will work, as the presses are geared up for the first runs. JONI SPEAKS to CBCers shortly before her special chapel. Find The Clues Campus Digest News Service The N.C.A.A. football contracts with the American Broadcast System and Turner Broadcast System have been voided by a U.S. District Judge Juan Burciaga of Albuquerque, NM. The judge has ruled that the N.C.A.A. violated antitrust laws in negotiating the college football contracts. The University of Oklahoma and the University of Georgia had filed suit against the N.C.A.A. for the right to negotiate their own contracts. The N.C.A.A. will probably appeal the ruling. DETROIT — A unique program challenging college students to unravel clues hidden in illustrated stories was announced by Chrysler Corporation. Awards of more than $10,000 in scholarships, grants, and other prizes are offered to the winner. The clues are embodied in a new twelve month calendar titled "The Pentastar Challenge." The Pentastar is the Chrysler Corporation symbol. The program offers academic challenge and economic support for students as well as colleges and universities across the country. Five different disciplines of knowledge are included in the "Challenge": Math, Music, Literature, Chemistry, and Computer Sciences. The Scholarships and Grants will be awarded to each of the five deciphered riddles in these areas. In addition to these five prizes, each winner will also win a gold Pentastar medal designed especially for the "Challenge" and one year's use of a new Chrysler Turismo or Dodge Charger. One hundred second place winners (twenty in each discipline) will be awarded a silver Pentastar medal. The "Pentastar Challenge" story follows two young people who find a star that has fallen to earth and they attempt to help return the star to its rightful place in the Universe. Through dialogue with the star and advice from 'grown-ups" on ways to accomplish the return of the star to the heavens, many intellectual and philosophical questions are raised and explored. The thirteen full color illustrations in the decorative calendar are executed in various media including oils, acrylics, and gouache. A surrealistic approach has been taken by a team of ten nationally prominent artists to create fantasy images of story illustrations reminiscent of the "golden age" of book illustrations. Chrysler Corporation has commissioned John Magel to write the story of the "Pentastar Challenge." Magel has authored several other works with hidden meanings and riddles including "The Golden Oak." For the "Challenge" Magel has employed the use of several sophisticated techniques for arranging the clues including a computer software program designed specifically for the task. The clues to the five different riddles appear both in the story and illustrations which are carefully woven into the fabric of the "Challenge." The Pentastar Challenge calendars will be sold for $4.98 at retail college bookstores across the country starting in September. Chrysler plans to liquidate some of the costs of the program through proceeds of the sale. Through an exclusive arrangement with the National Association of College Stores (NACS) and its distribution subsidiary, NACS CORP, college bookstores will be displaying and selling the calendars. Special wholesale discounts to the stores are coupled with an incentive program developed by Chrysler which awards the use of Chrysler products to sales leaders, and represents a healthy sales promotion program for the "Challenge." The calendars will be printed in full color on a premium paper stock. They will measure H"xl4". An illustration and accompanying story text is on the top half of the twelve monthly spreads with a traditional calendar "grid" on the lower half. Consumer promotion and publicity for the calendar will focus on the college newspapers and radio stations culminating in a special address to the Annual Convention of the Associated Collegiate Press by Chrysler's Director of Merchandising, John B. Damoose in the Fall. |