Faculty members are voting this week on four options for starting dates in the fall of 1998. Ballots are to be returned by Monday, Oct. 27. The faculty vote will be one of many considerations used in determining the starting date, said George Butterstein, acting chair of the Faculty Executive Committee.
Start date options are:
1. Start on Labor Day, Sept. 7. Classes end Friday, Nov. 13.
Weekend reading period. Finals Monday through Friday, Nov. 16-20.
2. Start on Wednesday, Sept. 9. Classes end Tuesday, Nov. 17.
One-day reading period. Exams Thursday and Friday, Nov. 19 and 20; and Monday and Tuesday,
Nov. 23 and 24. (Two days will have three exam periods.)
3. Start on Monday, Sept. 14. Week of Oct. 19 off. Thanksgiving
week off. Students return for final week of classes, Nov. 30-Dec. 4. Finals Monday through
Friday, Dec. 7-11.
4. Start on Monday, Sept. 14. Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 19-20,
off. Wednesday through Sunday, Nov. 25-29 off for Thanksgiving. Finals the week of Nov.
30.