The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 82, No. 107, Ed. 1 Friday, January 30, 1998 Page: 3 of 12
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Weekend
Student Association of
Singapore holds a Lunar New Year
celebration at 7 p m. Saturday at the
home of Mr and Mrs Michael Eng
Members and non-members can
attend Info Kann at 366-9983
Malaysian Student Association
cleans up its adopt-a-street Sunday
Meet at 10 a m. at Jacobson Hall Info
Kean at 579-8597
Campus Activities Council holds a
screening of Sling Blade at 8 p m
Sunday in 211 Dale Hall There is no
charge for admission Info: Heidi at
325-4030
Turkish Student Association
holds a Eid Mubarek celebration at 4
p.m Sunday at the Yorkshire
Apartments clubhouse Info Tufan at
325-9897
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American Society of Heating,
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ship in 212 Felgar Hall Info Gabe at
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Oklahoma Intercollegiate
Legislature has applications available
for the spring session in 311 Ellison
Hall Application deadline Feb 3
Conference dates are Feb 18 through
Feb 22 Info Michelle at 364-6023
UOSA has applications available for
appointed seats and interns in Studer i
Congress Info Johnnie at 325-547
Omicron Delta Kappa has apphea
tions available in 363 Oklahoma
Memorial Union Deadline Feb 20
Info Dave at 573-4727
American Indian Student
Association has applications available
for public affairs chairperson Deadlne
ASAP. Info Shannon at 325-6873.
Minority Student Recruitment
Services has applications for a recruit-
ment intern scholarship in 201
Jacobson Hall Info Gus at 325 3742
UOSA has applications for the
Computer Advisory Forum in 222
Ellison Hall Deadline 5 pm, Feb. 5
Info Johnnie at 325-5471
Huge Book Sale
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Students celebrate new year
Freshman failure rate decreases
students,
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THE OKLAHOMA DAILY
■ Several students are
using the New Year's
party to forget the
Asian economic crisis.
The party is free to Malaysian
Student Association members,
■ Failure rates among freshmen are.
down 28 percent
■ The average GPA for freshmen
was 2.88 last year.
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Friday
Pan-Am holds a party at 10 p m
today at Step Brothers. 423 S.
Webster, four blocks north of Campus
Corner Info Thomas at 364-2105
Malaysian Student Association
holds Chmese/Malay New Year and
date auction at 7 p.m today in
Jacobson Hall Info Soupeng at 447-
6701.
Association for Women in
Science holds a pot luck social at 7
p.m today Free burgers will be served
Call for location Info Tracy at 573-4918
or tyoung@ou edu
History of Science Colloquium
this week is "Lyell, Volcanoes and
Volcanology’s Early History," by
Kenneth Taylor at 3 30 p.m today in
Bizzell Memorial Library A coffee will
precede the program at 3 p.m. Info
Ken at 325-5416.
Rotaract and International
Business Association holds a com-
pany tour of York International today
Meet in the Lloyd Noble Center parking
lot at 2:15 p.m. Info. Olzhas at 325-
9251.
African Student Association
holds the first meeting of spring at 5 20
p.m today in 125 Dale Hall
Committees for Africa Night will be
chosen Info Dennis at 447-7366
The Other Film Club holds film
screenings of The General by Buster
may not be ready for,” he said. “If
students fail a math course, or any
one course, it affects their perfor-
mance in all of their courses.”
European humanities fresh-
man Marshall Shull said he bene-
; a math place-
ment test, although he didn’t enjoy
taking it initially.
“I hated taking the test, but it
was a lot of help,” Shull said.
so
Fui said.
The party means more now
because it allows Asian students
to keep their minds off the eco-
nomic crisis enveloping several
countries, he said.
■ Athletesand
minorities showed the
highest increase rates
in grades.
VALERIETHOMPSON__
THE OKLAHOMA DAILY
Freshman failure rates in 1997
reached the lowest levels in nine
years at OU.
close together this year, Ching- way to forget about the economy
for a little while, Te said.
A highlight is tonight’s date
auction. About 10 students from
China, Malaysia and Japan will
be sold to the highest bidder to
raise money for Malaysia Night,
The Year of the Tiger started Ching-Fui said.
Wednesday. It is an appropriate
name,
“I doubt if the improvement can
be attributed to a single thing,”
Hall said. “I think it’s the result of
big factor in improving success
rates.
“Since 1989, the University
College has been actively involved
Students attending the Wednesday. It is an appropriate “Its all girls because no one
Chinese-Malay New Year’s party name, considering the turmoil in wants to buy the guys, he said,
tonight can expect to hear the Asia right now, Ching-Fui said,
greeting, “Gong Xi Raya!" “The tiger eats people, like the
This means happy new year in crisis eating up Asia,” he said.
Chinese, said Khoo Ching-Fui,
president of the
Student Association.
Students are celebrating both
said assessment tests are a useful
Alternative-admit students, tool in improving the freshmen
freshman athletes and minority success rate.
students were among the groups “This sort of test keeps students
having the highest increases in from enrolling in courses that they
academic success rates from 1989
to 1997.
Adedeji
“It’s all in fun.”
Tte said the party draws mainly
international students, but a few
Real estate senior Soh-Peng Te American students came last year.
Malaysian said students have been calling
home this week to wish their fam-
ilies a happy new year. Some hung and non-members must pay $2.
the Chinese and Malaysian New up the phone crying, she said. The celebration begins at 7
Year tonight because the two fall Tonight’s party will be a good tonight in Jacobson Hall.
in several programs designed to
help students get a good start,”
Badiru said. “In CARE, students
who are at risk of failure are
placed on a list. Each adviser calls
the students on his or her list to
see how they are doing, see how
classes are going, and to see what
we can do to help them.”
Math placement tests are now
multiple efforts across the univer- required for most freshmen. Hall
A recent analysis of the acade- sity."
mic performance of new freshmen
showed a decrease in the overall
failure rate from 28 percent in
1989 to 14 percent in 1997. The
average grade-point average of
these students was 2.86 last year,
compared to 2.42 in 1989. Adedeji Badiru, dean of
“The success of the university is University College, said programs
measured by the success of the implemented in 1989, such as the
students.” said Rick Hall, vice Counseling Advising for Retention
president for student affairs. Hall Effectiveness program have been a fited from taking
said administrators are setting
goals to help students succeed.
Many reasons are credit'd for
the increased rates.
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Ratcliffe, Heather. The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 82, No. 107, Ed. 1 Friday, January 30, 1998, newspaper, January 30, 1998; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1820386/m1/3/: accessed June 20, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center.