Resolution 01-11: IT'S ALL ABOUT TIMING

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Number	01-11
Description	Accurate clocks in buildings
Authored by	Josh Warren
Sponsored by	Brandon Krausse
Date Submitted	Wednesday, September 26, 2001
Date Considered	Wednesday, January 1, 1000
General Body Vote	Thursday, January 1, 1970
Committee	Academic Affairs
Result	Killed By Committee
Remarks	FAILED - Too expensive. There are other, better ways to solve this problem.
Whereas	Most professors rightly expect their students to be in class by the time the class is scheduled to begin; and
Whereas	Some professors go so far as barring the access of students who are late to class or giving short, one question quizzes in the first few seconds of class to lower the grades of students who are tardy; and
Whereas	The University consists of a large campus with many buildings, and many students have classes back to back in buildings across campus from each other with ten minutes before they are expected to be seated in their next class; and
Whereas	While the clocks within each building often agree, the time given in two different buildings on campus often differ by ten or even more minutes; and
Whereas	Portable, self-setting clocks that set themselves to the official time broadcast by the US government are available for less than $35; and
Whereas	It would take a minimal amount of time if a portable clock was used to check the clocks in a given building and reset them if necessary on a weekly, monthly or even lesser basis, and it is only just that if the time given by a clock is going to impact the education and grade a student obtains then that clock displays the correct time.
Be It Further Resolved That	The University assign the task of ensuring that all clocks in academic buildings are correctly set on a regular basis to the 'official time' broadcast by the US government to some department or departments, and ensure that steps are taken so that this goal is achieved.