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...consistently refused to confirm or deny the rumors that circulated within the law school, had said in September that he would like to announce his choice for dean by the first of the new year. Timing an announcement after the Christmas holidays or during exam period would trigger the least student response...
...could offer a final exam but no make-up, basing the course grade of a student on his previous work...
Lewis likened the adoption of the third plan to supporting "a system for living in sin" once one realized sin could not be abolished. He added, "The general perception would be that it was okay not to show up for a final exam...
...Nagy responded that the option--which would reduce the "Armageddon mentality of finals" by urging professors to increase the importance of earlier work--"wouldn't institutionalize [sin] in the form of a make-up exam, which lets a student take an unfair advantage by saying he's sick...
Others criticized the proposal for penalizing students who missed the final exam because of genuine illness. Charles S. Boulas '83, another member of CUE, noted that the double-asterisk Nagy proposed to place on the transcripts of students whose grades were based on coursework not including a final might reflect poorly on the student forced to miss the final for legitimate reasons...