https://archives.uwp.edu/files/original/70af4c6f04c54770b1a7a0c024809850.pdf 32097a05da0a36ad1c6aeb0da259bdce Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource University of Wisconsin - Parkside Ranger News Description An account of the resource Student newspaper of UW-Parkside Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Issue Volume 6, issue 27 Headline Used for newspapers, the Headline element describes the main article of the issue. William Windom presents Thurber Series Number The series number of the original collection. UWPAC124 Ranger News Text Any textual data included in the document 1 William Windompresents Thurber_William Windom, probably best known for hisEmmy winning role as the lead in the 1969-70 TVseries "My World ... And Welcome to It" based onthe whimsical writings of James Thurber, will bringthe author's works to life again at the University ofWisconsin-Parkside in an Accent on Enrichmentseries performance at8p.m. on Sunday, Apfil 9, inthe Communication Arts Theater.Windom's one-man show is titled simple"Thurber" and include's selections from Thurber'srepor~stories and fables "intwo acts.In addition to his role in"MyWorld", Windomplayed the male lead on another TV-series, "TheFarmer's Daughter," from 1963 to 1966. Othertelevision credits include leads in "Winesburg,Ohio" and "Big Fish, Little Fish" for the PublicBroadcasting System and "They're Tearing Down.Tim Riley's Bar" on "Night Gallery."What he describes as his "least Objectionable"film credits are The- Doctor in "Echoes of aSummer," the Secretary of State in "The Man," thePresident of the U.S. in "Escape from the Planet ofthe apes," the Dynamite Salesman in "Fool'sParade,"the Civic Blowhard in "Brewster McCloud"and the District Attorney in "To Kill aMockingbird."Windom's stage credits, beginning in 1945 asRichard111,include 18 Broadway and fiveoff-Broadway shows.SaysWindom of his current enterprise:"My interest in JamesThurber began as probablymost of my peers' interests began when we saw hiscartoons in "The New Yorker." "The Secret Life ofWalter Mitty" touched a nerve, fed a need and hasbeen a private oasis for me sinceIwas fifteen."The charm, wit and truth of Thurber's workunfolded slowly to me for the next thirty years.Iprobably saw half of his cartoons and read tenpercent of his prose.I-=continued onn heFree classifiedsSportsPhoto pageWednesday, April 5, 1978Yol. 6 No. 27• •InslHumanities maiorto be approvedJohn Stew.rtSt.ffWriter_page 4page 7-page 8The following series of questions and answers about the newHumanities major isbasedon an interview with Professor Peter Hoff,coordinator of the present Humanities Program within the greaterDivision of Humanisitic Studies....Ranger - What is the present statis of the plan to offer thts newmajor?Hoff - The new Humanities major has received an "entitlement toplan" from the Central Administratron10Madison. This is basically asignal to go ahead with thedestgrungstagesof the major. The finalproposal mustbeapproved at many different levels, including theBoardof Regents,before it can come into effect At present a roughdraft of what courses will compose the major has been worked outand student interest surveysarebeing distributed to confirm the needfor this proposal.Ranger - What is the nature of the Humanities major?Hoff - The Humanities major at UW-Parkside wouldbean Inter-disciplinary program with asolid core of knowledge about the role ofhistory, culture and the arts in western civilization with an emphasison the humanities in the modern Industrial society. The major willnot require the hiring of any new faculty since the Humanities malarcourse offerings will be composed of an inter-disciplinary selectionof already existing courses from English, Cornrnumcations , ModernLanguages,Philosophy, History, Art, MUSICand DramaRanger- What arethe motivations and goalsbehind the new major?Hoff - The new major was proposed becauseof the special value ofthe interdisciplinary course of study being offered currently In theHumanities Program and in order to serve the needs of specialstudent groups. These include not only traditional liberal arts.students-particularly interested in the humanities, but also adultstudents looking for a broad degree, vocationally oriented studentsconti••• d ••'0'.6/ William Windom presents Thurber William Windom, probably best known for his Emmy winning role as the lead in the 1969-70 TV series "My World ... And Welcome to It" based on the whimsical writings of James Thurber, will bring the author's works to life again at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in an Accent on Enrichment series performance at 8 p.m. on Sunday, April 9, in the Communication Arts Theater. Windom's one-man show is titled simple "Thurber" and include's selections from Thurber's reports,__stories and fables in two acts. In addition to his role in "My World", Windom played the male lead on another TV series, "The Farmer's Daughter," from 1963 to 1966. Other television credits include leads in "Winesburg, Ohio" and "Big Fish, Little Fish" for the Public Broadcasting System and "They're Tearing Down -Tim Riley's Bar" on "Night Gallery." What he describes as his "least Objectionable" film credits are The Doctor in "Echoes of a Summer," the Secretary of State in "The Man," the President of the U.S. in "Escape from the Planet of the apes," the Dynamite Salesman in "Fool's Parade," the Civic Blowhard in "Brewster McCloud" and the District Attorney in "To Kill a Mockingbird." Windom's stage credits, beginning in 1945 as Richard Ill, include 18 Broadway and five off-Broadway shows. Says Windom of his current enterprise: "My interest in James Thurber began as probably most of my peers' interests began when we saw his cartoons in "The New Yorker." "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" touched a nerve, fed a need and has been a private oasis for me since I was fifteen. "The charm, wit and truth of Thurber's work unfolded slowly to me for the next thirty years. I probably saw half of his cartoons and read ten percent of his prose. continued on page 6 page 4 page 7· page Wednesday, April 5, 1978 Vol. 6 No. 27 Humanities maior to be approved John Stew~rt St~ff Writer The following series of questions and an w r about th n w Humanities ma1or is based on an interview with Profe or P t r Hoff, coordinator of the present Humanities Pro ram w1th1n th Division of Humanis1t1c Studies. R~nger -What is the present statis of the plan to offer thi n w major? Hoff -The new Humanities major has re e1v d an "ent1tl m nt to plan" from the Central Administration in Madison. Thi I basically a signal to go ahead with the designing stag s of the ma1or. Th final proposal must be approved at man different le I , including th Board of Regents, before 1t can come into eff ct At pre nt a rou h draft of what courses will compose the ma1or has b n worked out and student interest surveys are being distnbut d to confirm th n d for this proposal Ranger -What 1s the nature of the Humanitie ma1or? Hoff -The Humanities major at UW-Parks1de would be an inter-disciplinary program with a solid core of knowledge about the rol of history culture and the arts in western c1vilizat1on with an mphasi on the humanities in the modern industrial oc,ety. The ma1or w,11 not require the hiring of any new faculty since the Human1t1e major course offerings will be composed of an inter-disciplinary el ct,on of already existing courses from English, Communications, Mod rn Languages, Philosophy, History, Art, Music and Drama Ranger -What are the mot1 ations and goals behind the new major? Hoff -The new major was proposed because of the special alue of the interdisciplinary course of study being offered currently in the Humanities Program and in order to serve the needs of special student groups. These include not only traditional liberal art students-particularly interested in the humanities, but also adult students looking for a broad degree, vocationally oriented students continued on page 6 Wednesday, April5, 1978Editorial:,ICRe,ngerRanger supports- 'A.A.S.'The program for 'Academically Advanced Students' (Lo. an honorsprogram) which was passed several weeks agobythe Faculty Senateand to be implemented next fall, is intuitively an attractive andworthy program. WhileRanger-supportsthe program, (the text ofitwas in last weeks Ranger) we do so with some reservation.Ranger does not have any qualms over the idea of an honorsprogram.Itis elitism, but so what. It would take an extremeegalitarian to prima facie deny the merit of an honors program. Aslong as a university has programs for students who are educationallydisadvantagedthenan honors program canbejustified.The idea of an honors program has almost total support fromfaculty members and the administration of Parkstde. There are;however, sharp disagreements over what the structure of the programshould be. While some of these criticisms are devoid of pragmaticreasoning some of the criticisms are sound and should be taken into,account.let's first dispense of whatRangerconsiders to be criticisms thatare devoid of pragmatic reasoning. Arguments of this sort assert thatthe honors program istoo unstructured, lacks the high standards andspecial courses that an honors program should contain.The easy answer to criticisms of this sort is that yes the honorsprogram Parkside is implementing is unstructured but that is one ofits attractive features. While ideally an honors 'Program should berigorous, intensive, and highly disciplined, (just as, ideally, facultymembers shouldbeintelligent, up to date on material in their field,and have a teaching style that appeals to students.) programs ofthatsort are doomed to failure.-The reasons for this is so are:\(1) undergraduate students are not characterized by anunconsuming desire to study as much as possible. In fact theopposite is true - it isonly the one-dimensional student who feelsthat the only relevant aspect ofcollege-is the academic area. Ahighlystructured honors program would require an incredibly large amountof work.(2) A highly structured honors program usually requires that thestudent taking part inttle program take upwards of 60 honor credits.Thistends to have an adverse impace upon the honor students gradepoint average. Before the honors program, the honor student wascompeting against awid~range of students and was probably amongthe top students in his/her class. In the honors program thecompetition ismuch more intense and since instructors, byand large,still stick to their standard method of awarding grades the chancesare Quite high that an honors student's grade point average wouldfall. This would not be a negative consequence if graduate schoolsheavily weighted honors programs in their admission practices, butthey do not.Graduate schools, by and large, are looking for easy, quickindicators to weed out applicants. Therefore, if one is an honorstudent with say a 3.5 grade point average competiting against aExecutive EditorAssociate EditorBusiness ManagerFeature EditorNews EditorSports Editors'Photography EditorSales ManagerThomas R. CooperDiane JalenskyJohn FlanaganMike MurphyBob HoffmanDoug&DaveDenise D'AcquistoChris MillerStaff:Bill Barke, Mollie Clarke, Dave Cramer,Becky Draper, Craig Dvork, Doug Edenhauser,Nicky Kroll, Kim Putman, John Stewart,Pete Vernezze2student with a 3.7 who hasn't participated in a honors programchances are the graduate school would choose the latter student.Students at other campuses have realized this and highlystructured honors programs that have seemed dangerous to one'sgrade point average have been avoided by moststudentsand haveproved to be failures.So a highly structuredhonors program-just cannot realistically bepursued. Infact afew years ago Parkside had an honors program thatwas highly structured and rather quickly failed. Those facultymembers who again call for such a program must be viewed asmisquided idealists.Now let usturn to the honors program Parkside has adopted. It has \three main features:(1)Colloquiums(2) Independent study(3)Asocial club whose purpose would be to draw speakers here toParkside. Beyond that the students can make the club whatever theywant it to be.Aseven a mildly perceptive student can see the honors program isjust a vehicle for effectively presenting to students already existingprograms. What is now an uncoordinated, unstructured mix ofprograms will hopefully under this program be synthesized into oneprogram that can effectively be publicized to the local high schoolsand students here at Parkside who would be eligible for the program.The major criticismRangerhas against the honors program is itsstated intention to focus in on freshmen and sophomores. It seemsunlikely that a student who is bright and financially mobile wouldgive Parkside any more consideration because of an honors program.It would seem more important to design a program that willoffersomething to juniors and seniors in an effort to keep them fromtransferring to other colleges.Another aspect of the program that should be considered is theinvolvement of faculty members in the' program. Parkside's lasthonors program did not draw enthusiastic faculty support because...., faculty members saw no economic benefits in participating in theprogram. Those who did generally found that the work required wasnot exceedi.r.!glydifficult or time consuming and the benefits wereappreciable. But still the~e were many faculty members who did notget involved inthe program because offears that itwould require toogreat an effort on their part. Sowhile the administration iseducatingthe high schools and Parkside students on the merits ofthe program itmight be wise for the administration to make an effort to clear upsome myths held by faculty members. Otherwise the unfortunateoutcome might be that while many students are involved in theprogram the faculty support will not be sufficient.So in conclusion we support the honors program. Even if it justserves asa useful public relations ploy and a vehicle for synthesizingcurrent programs here at Parkside it will serve a useful purpose./IT'SSPRING.'!"".,WOW,THERE'SBUDS ON TIllSTREE. DO YOUKNQIJ WH/!T TIIIITMEAIJS ~ISUCH \\'~".UINNOCENTPLEASURE_q:.----:1Le«ers to the Editor will beaccepted for publication only ilthey are typewri!ten (preferablydouble spaced with one inchmargins) and signed. lettersmust also have a telephonenumber for purpos.es ofverification. Nameswillbewithheld from publication whenvalid reasons .Ire given. Nobreach of confidencewilloccurin this regard.Rangerreservesthe righttoedit letters and refuteto publish letters not .uit~ forpublication.~an.i;erisw~tteft Aftdedited bystuden.ts 01theUniversity~I'WIscc:-n.sin~~A~sideAndthey are solelyresponSibletor ItSedltonal polleyand content.Wednesday, April 5, 1978 Editorial: ~ , <ReP.ger Ranger supports· 1 A.A.S.' The program for 'Academically Advanced Students' (i.:?. an honors program) which was passed several weeks ago by the Faculty Senate and to be implemented next fall, is intuitively an attractive and worthy program. While Ranger supports the program, (the text of it was in last w~ks Ranger) we do so with some reservation. Ranger does not have any qualms over the idea of an honors program. It is elitism, but so what. It would take an extreme egalitarian to prima facie deny the merit of an honors program. As long as a university has programs for students who are educationally disadvantaged then an honors program can be justified. The idea of an honors program has almost total support from faculty members and the admin,istration of Parkside. There are; however, sharp disagreements over what the structure of the program should be. While some of these criticisms are devoid of pragmatic reasoning some of the criticisms are sound and should be taken into -account. Let's first dispense of what Ranger considers to be criticisms that are devoid of pragmatic reasoning. Arguments of this sort assert that the honors program is too unstructured, lacks the high standards and special courses that an honors program should contain. The easy answer to criticisms of this sort is that yes the honors program Parkside is implementing is unstructured but that is one of its attractive features. While ideally an honors 'Program should be rigorous, intensive, and highly disciplined, (just as, ideally, faculty members should be intelligent, up to date on m?terial in their field, and have a teaching style that appeals to students.) programs of that sort are doomed to failure. -The reasons for this is so are: (1) undergraduate students are not characterized by an unconsuming desire to study as much as possible. In fact the opposite is true -it is only the one-dimensional student who feels that the only relevant aspect of college_ is _the academic area. A highly structured honors program would require an incredibly large amount of work. (2) A highly structured honors program usually requires that the student taking part in tne program take upwards of 60 honor credits. This tends to have an adverse impace upon the honor students grade point average. Before t~e honors program, the honor student was competing against a wide range of students and was probably among the top students in his/her class, In the honors program the competition is much more intense and since instructors, by and large, still stick to their standard method of awarding grades the chances are quite high that an honors student's grade point average would falL This would not be a negative consequence if graduate schools heavily weighted honors programs in their admission practices, but they do not. Graduate schools, by and large, are looking for easy, quick indicators to weed out applicants. Therefore, if one is an honor student with say a 3.5 grade point average competiting against a Executive Editor Associate Editor Business Manager Feature Editor News Editor Sports Editors -Photography Editor Sales Manager Thomas R. Cooper Diane J alensky John Flanagan Mike Murphy Bob Hoffman Doug & Dave Denise D' Acquisto Chris Miller Staff: Bill Barke, Mollie Clarke, Dave Cramer, Becky Draper, Craig Dvork, Doug Edenhauser, Nicky Kroll, Kim Putman, John Stewart, Pete Vernezze student with a 3.7 who hasn't participated in a honors program chances are the graduate school would choose the latter student. Students at other campuses have realized this and highly structured honors programs that have seemed dangerous to one's grade point average have been avoided by most students and have proved to be failures. So a highly structured honors program-just cannot rea!1stically be pursued. In fact a few years ago Parkside had an honors program that was highly structured and rather quickly failed. Those faculty members who again call for such a program must be viewed as misquided idealists. Now let us turn to the honors program Parkside has adopted. It has three main features: (1) Colloquiums (2) Independent study (3) A social club whose purpose would be to draw speakers here to Parkside, Beyond that the students can make the club whatever they want it to be. As even a mildly perceptive student can see the honors program is just a vehicle for effectively presenting to students already existing programs. What is now an uncoordinated, unstructured mix of programs will hopefully under. this program be synthesized into one program that can effectively be publicized to the local high schools and students here at Parkside who would be eligible for the program. The major criticism Ranger has against the honors program is its stated intention to focus in on freshmen and sophomores. It seems unlikely that a student who is bright and financially mobile would give Parkside any more consideration because of an honors program. It would seem more important to design a program that will offer· something to juniors and seniors in an effort to keep them from transferring to other colleges. Another aspect of the program that should be considered is the involvement of faculty members in the· program. Parkside's last honors program did not draw enthusiastic faculty support because , faculty members saw no economic benefits in participating in the program. Those who did generally found that the work required was not exceed~gly difficult or time consuming and the benefits were appreciable. But still there were many faculty members who did not get involved in the program because of fears that it would require too great an effort on their part. So while the administration is educating the high schools and Parkside students on the merits of the program it might be wise for the administration to make an effort to clear up some myths held by faculty members, Otherwise the unfortunate outcome might be that while many students are involved in the program the faculty support will not be sufficient. So in conclusion we support the honors program. Even if it just serves as a useful public relations ploy and a vehicle for synthesizing current programs here at Parkside it will serve a useful purpose. WOW, THERE'S BUDS ON T/.// 5 TREE. DO YOU KNOkJ (,.)/-I /ff TJIIIT MEfitJS? IT'S SPRING.I! " I SUCH \ \. INNOCENT PLEASURE Letters to the Editor will bf! accepted for publication only iC they are typewritten (preferably double spaced with one inch margins) and signed. Letters must also have a telephone number for purposes of verification. Names will be withheld from publication when valid reasons are given. No breach of confidence will occur in this regard. Ranger reserves the right to edit letters and refute to publish letters not suit..._ for publication. !lant;er is w"!tten and edited by students of the Unaversaty ~I Wasc~nsin-~a~side and they are solely responsible for ats edatonal policy and content. 2 / MORE INFORMATION DownloadundefinedFull Screen Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Parkside Ranger, Volume 6, issue 27, April 5, 1978 Description An account of the resource Student newspaper of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wis. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1978-04-05 Subject The topic of the resource College student newspapers and periodicals Student publications University of Wisconsin-Parkside--Newspapers Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newspaper Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Kenosha, Wisconsin Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Wisconsin-Parkside Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The Board of Regents of the University Wisconsin System honors program humanities james thurber