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RSOs receive warning for class disruption
Traveler Staff
Issue date: 10/31/07 Section: News
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Last year on Halloween a group of students who were dressed in costumes walked into a classroom and disrupted the instructor. After the instructor asked them to stop, the individuals entered the classroom, and according to the Office of Community Standards and Student Ethics, "made inappropriate physical contact with the instructor."
This incident led OCSSE officials and deans to determine that some student organization must have organized its members to dress up for Halloween, to enter the classroom and to disrupt the class as a joke.
OCSSE officials were unavailable for comment on this issue and would not reveal who was involved and the punishment the individuals received. This year, the OCSSE has raised awareness about UA Code of Student Life, which states that, "Conduct that significantly interferes with the operations of the University… includes but is not limited to disruption or obstruction of teaching, research, administration or other university activities."
The OCSSE hopes the reminder will encourage organizations around campus to back away from their usual Halloween pranks in the classroom. But last year wasn't the first time teachers had been annoyed by interruptions to the classroom.
In a report dealing with classroom civility and UA students and faculty, one faculty member mentioned student antics that occurred on Halloween only. This study explored the civility of a classroom as a whole and how disruptive students were in class.
The anonymous teacher said that during Halloween he will "often teach in the SE auditorium, and one very disruptive activity not on your survey is the antics that go on at Halloween. Students who are not in my class come dressed in costume and totally disrupt the class, throwing things and running up and down the stairs."
The OCSSE will be cracking down on these kinds of disruptions this year.
This incident led OCSSE officials and deans to determine that some student organization must have organized its members to dress up for Halloween, to enter the classroom and to disrupt the class as a joke.
OCSSE officials were unavailable for comment on this issue and would not reveal who was involved and the punishment the individuals received. This year, the OCSSE has raised awareness about UA Code of Student Life, which states that, "Conduct that significantly interferes with the operations of the University… includes but is not limited to disruption or obstruction of teaching, research, administration or other university activities."
The OCSSE hopes the reminder will encourage organizations around campus to back away from their usual Halloween pranks in the classroom. But last year wasn't the first time teachers had been annoyed by interruptions to the classroom.
In a report dealing with classroom civility and UA students and faculty, one faculty member mentioned student antics that occurred on Halloween only. This study explored the civility of a classroom as a whole and how disruptive students were in class.
The anonymous teacher said that during Halloween he will "often teach in the SE auditorium, and one very disruptive activity not on your survey is the antics that go on at Halloween. Students who are not in my class come dressed in costume and totally disrupt the class, throwing things and running up and down the stairs."
The OCSSE will be cracking down on these kinds of disruptions this year.
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