[CAUT] coffee spills.....

[wimblees at aol.com]

Consequences. I believe the advisor would first?talk with the student. If that didn't work, the chair. and in extreme cases, the Associate Dean, who was the jazz prof, would get involved. I don't know if expulsion was the ultimate threat, but most students obeyed the rules. 


Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
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-----Original Message-----
From: Zeno Wood <zeno.wood at gmail.com>
To: caut at ptg.org
Sent: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 9:20 am
Subject: Re: [CAUT] coffee spills.....


What were the consequences?? Fines, restriction of access privilege?

I agree that left to their own devices, the students will bring all kinds of stuff into the practice rooms.? I play piano cop (good cop or bad cop, depending on my mood, caffeine intake, etc.) at odd times, so they don't know when I'll show up.? (there are also a couple of temperamental faculty members who take it upon themselves to do some patrolling when they feel like yelling at someone)? I also have the short version of the piano policy posted at eye level in each room.

Unfortunately, we don't have real consequences established.? The worst it gets is that I'll take a piano out of commission for a couple of days after an infraction is found, to clean it, etc.? That, and I give people mean looks and hint at some horrible sort of retribution.

Best,
Zeno Wood



On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 2:04 PM, <wimblees at aol.com> wrote:


In general, students are not going to obey any kind of "rules" about?bringing drinks, etc, into practice rooms, unless the faculty, and especially the chair of the department, make it clear that this is not allowed.?

That is what worked at UA when?I was there. On the first Friday of the semester, all students and faculty met at convo, where the rules, and consequences,?were explained.?With?a few exceptions, it worked. I also had the authority to?tell students to remove drinks, etc.?

Wim???





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