Hilltop Views (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 8, 2008 Page: 1 of 12
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Hilltop Views
Schneider a crowd pleaser
Rachel Barnes
Amber Burton
New grading scale a possibility
Claire Cella
inflation at high schools and tee and assistant professor,
versify faculty and admin- school admissions process.
"It is hard to tell who is
BISHOP, 2
FACULTY, 3
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
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Journalist to
speak at SEU
Future St. Edwards Uni-
versity students could face
Entertainment: An SEU adjunct
professor publishes a memoir about
Central American refugees. Page 6
asked to join in order to
provide important student
insight and perspective.
The faculty senate created
“Politics is
not about
issues... it’s
about
lifestyles.”
Features: The Fernandezes have
walked the St. Edward’s campus daily
for almost 30 years. Page 4
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Peter Austin, said the goal
of the committee is to in-
vestigate the benefits and
drawbacks of incorporating
pluses and minuses to the
grades A - D. This system
has been applied to more
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universities across the na-
tion. This grade inflation
has caused serious ramifica-
tions in the workplace envi-
ronment and in the graduate
a new grading system based the committee largely in re-
on the research of a commit- sponse to the apparent grade
Viewpoints: Preachers and pastors
bring partisan politics to the pulpit.
Page 10
time.
“[Schneider] is a big local
guy, so it’s great they got him
out here,” Michelle Murphy
said. "I think it’s a great
tee created to investigate the
efficiency of the university’s
current grading system,
Catherine Rainwater, fac-
ulty senate president, said.
Six members of the uni-
event with his wife, Michelle
Murphy, who had a great
istration were appointed to
the committee last spring
by the faculty senate. Last
year's student body presi-
dent, Rudy Trejo, was also
As the sun set over St.
Edward’s University on Oct.
3, students took a break
in order for employers or
graduate schools to make
judgments on which stu-
dents really mastered the
undergraduate content.”
Chairman of the commit-
neer in this situation,” Rain-
water said. "It is more like
'Hey, let’s catch up.’”
The committee has stud-
ied an extensive amount of
published literature on the
subject. Additionally, the
committee has researched
the policies of other peer
Holy Cross universities in-
cluding The University of
Notre Dame and The Uni-
versity of Portland, as well
as top-tier universities such
as Northwestern University,
and Wesleyan University,
said the book came out of a
series of stories he and his
colleague Robert Cushing, a
retired sociologist from the
University of Texas, were
writing for the Austin Amer-
ican-Statesman.
"We could see that places
were sorting' economically,
and as I looked into it deeper,
it was happening all over—in
ads, markets, the church—so
I wrote a book,” Bishop said.
"The Big Sort” focuses on
many aspects of the social
sorting, as Bishop calls it, that
the American community is
experiencing today. The book
has chapters focusing on reli-
gion, politics, the market and
other topics.
Although the book’s con-
tent stretches across many
different issues and will un-
doubtedly attract a diverse
audience, Bishop said he isn’t
worried about the subject
matter being lost in transla-
tion.
"I think we’re all in this big
stew together and the more
from their usual schedules idea, anytime you can bring
and gathered on the Main top [acts to] campus and
Building’s front lawn for the have a more active campus
Glow in the Dark concert, life—that's great.”
featuring Bob Schneider, Schneider, an Austin-
The Eastern Sea and DJ based singer/songwriter
Jester. whose music style is as eclec-
Though many in the crowd tic as his instrument choices,
weren’t there to hear any headlined the event. One of
particular band, students his band members played an
and faculty alike seemed to accordion, and Schneider
enjoy the festivities. played the melodica.
Mike Murphy, assistant Schneider started off his
director of development set with a chill vibe that
at the Office of University matched his unkempt hair
Advancement, came to the and bushy beard.
Christina Villareal
, t Bob Schneider performed on campus at Glow in the Dark.
GLOW, 7
an outstanding student than 80 percent of univer-
with the current grading sities in the United States,
system,” she said. “There is Austin said.
not enough data provided "St. Edward’s is not a pio-
Author and journalist Bill
Bishop, an Austin native, will
speak at St. Edward’s Univer-
sity as part of the School of
Humanities' Visiting Writers
Series.
The Visiting Writers Series
brings published writers to
read and speak about their
work in hopes of inspiring
students to broaden their cre-
ative and cultural horizons,
Kate Rosati, administrative
coordinator for the Center
for Ethics and Leadership,
said. The center works to
provide a focus for campus
life that stems from the uni-
versity’s mission statement.
Rosati said Bishop’s book,
"The Big Sort: Why the
Clustering of Like-Minded
America is Tearing Us Apart,”
takes a close look at the grow-
ing habit of Americans who
surround themselves purely
with like-minded people.
"Politics is not about issues
anymore, it’s about lifestyles.
If people have choices they
will choose to read stuff and
live places and look at things
that reinforce their own be-
liefs,” Bishop told Jon Stuart
of the Daily Show on July 29.
"That's what campaigns are
doing—they’re putting a big
mirror in front of you and
saying'vote for you.”’
In a phone interview with
the Hilltop Views, Bishop
St. Edward’s University
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