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University of Iowa anti-war protests, 1970
""Iowa '70: Riot, Rhetoric, Responsibility?"" Page 26
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22 Boyd's Options During the disruptions at the University, pressure was put upon President Willard Boyd to close the school in protest of the war in Viet Nam. In a statement to the University community on May 10, President Boyd stressed that "the University must represent the interests of all, no matter what their stand on the war. We cannot compromise on that issue. The University will, therefore, remain open and its usual academic functions will be maintained. Everything possible will be done to secure the safety of all members of the University community and Universiyt facilities." This was Boyd's decision to not close the University in-spite of the events and the tense emotional atmosphere. Intead of closing the University, Boyd chose to give the students a series of options through ehich they could leave the University at that time and not be penalized for unfinished work. These options were made available so those students who feared for their safety could leave the campus. The options were in three forms: 1. Take grades as of May 3, 2. Take a pass/withdraw grade on each course, 3. Take grades of incomplete and finish the work later. A student also could remain and complete finals taking no option at all if he wished. Many questions sprang up around the options. What are the implications of pass/withdraw if you transfer to another school? What about professors who do not honor the options? W-ll there be repercussions later if an option is taken? Many of these have been answered, others will only be answered with time. Individual schools within the University were going to require final exams at first, not honoring the options. Among these were nursing and law. All were finally compelled to accept the options as the University has final jurisdiction over grade policy, not the departments. However in the instance of individual professors not complying with the options, enforcement upon them was to be much more slow. Students presented to Vice Provost Hubbard at a rally Friday, May 15, a list of names of professors who were not honoring the options. Hubbard said that complaints whould have to be resolved through proper channels and individual departments. The implications of P/W on transferring to another school is yet to be seen. The registrars office was counseling people to contact a registrar at the other school if they were planning on transferring. They were to question them about the acceptability of such grades on their transcipts. But those who are not now planning to transfer but who later do so, can only wait to see the results then. Future repercussions are already being to show. The New York Bar Association has pawsed a resolution that students who have not taken finals will not be eligible for the bar. California is also considering such a resolution. These actions were caused by massive close-downs of schools over the country. The implication here is that students who took options in the Law department will not be able to practice law in New York. In response, the law department has called back as many students as they can to take finals either in June or August. In another sense however, the implications of taking an option was much more immediate for students residing in University residence halls. Of the 11,796 reported by the
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22 Boyd's Options During the disruptions at the University, pressure was put upon President Willard Boyd to close the school in protest of the war in Viet Nam. In a statement to the University community on May 10, President Boyd stressed that "the University must represent the interests of all, no matter what their stand on the war. We cannot compromise on that issue. The University will, therefore, remain open and its usual academic functions will be maintained. Everything possible will be done to secure the safety of all members of the University community and Universiyt facilities." This was Boyd's decision to not close the University in-spite of the events and the tense emotional atmosphere. Intead of closing the University, Boyd chose to give the students a series of options through ehich they could leave the University at that time and not be penalized for unfinished work. These options were made available so those students who feared for their safety could leave the campus. The options were in three forms: 1. Take grades as of May 3, 2. Take a pass/withdraw grade on each course, 3. Take grades of incomplete and finish the work later. A student also could remain and complete finals taking no option at all if he wished. Many questions sprang up around the options. What are the implications of pass/withdraw if you transfer to another school? What about professors who do not honor the options? W-ll there be repercussions later if an option is taken? Many of these have been answered, others will only be answered with time. Individual schools within the University were going to require final exams at first, not honoring the options. Among these were nursing and law. All were finally compelled to accept the options as the University has final jurisdiction over grade policy, not the departments. However in the instance of individual professors not complying with the options, enforcement upon them was to be much more slow. Students presented to Vice Provost Hubbard at a rally Friday, May 15, a list of names of professors who were not honoring the options. Hubbard said that complaints whould have to be resolved through proper channels and individual departments. The implications of P/W on transferring to another school is yet to be seen. The registrars office was counseling people to contact a registrar at the other school if they were planning on transferring. They were to question them about the acceptability of such grades on their transcipts. But those who are not now planning to transfer but who later do so, can only wait to see the results then. Future repercussions are already being to show. The New York Bar Association has pawsed a resolution that students who have not taken finals will not be eligible for the bar. California is also considering such a resolution. These actions were caused by massive close-downs of schools over the country. The implication here is that students who took options in the Law department will not be able to practice law in New York. In response, the law department has called back as many students as they can to take finals either in June or August. In another sense however, the implications of taking an option was much more immediate for students residing in University residence halls. Of the 11,796 reported by the
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