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VPI Expands Transfer Policy

Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg
has announced that it will admit all-transfer
students from Virginia community colleges who
have a cumulative grade point average (G.P.A.)
of 2.0 or better.

This policy is fully stated on page 21 of the
1972-1973 catalog. "Transfer students accepted
from a Virginia community college, who have
completed at a community college two full
academic years and have received an Associate
Degree in Liberal Arts from the University
College Parallel Transfer Program, will be
granted Junior standing provided the
accumulative quality credit average is "C" (2.0
on a four-point scale) or better.

Up to 50 per cent of the total hours
required for graduation may be transferred.
However, more than two additional years may
be necessary to complete degree requirements
in certain curricula."

State Scholarships

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Physics Lecture

"Externally shunted Josephson Junctions:
Generalized Weak Links" will be the topic of a
lecture to be given by Paul Hansma of the
University of California at Berkeley tomorrow.

This seminar in solid state physics will be
presented at 3:30 p.m. in Room 204 of the
Physics Building.

WTJU Documentary

A special half-hour program will be
presented by WTJU, 91.3 f.m., at 6 tonight
concerning all aspects of the events of
University Tuesday. A documentary report,
tapes, and commentaries will be included.

Provost Declines

David A. Shannon, Provost of the
University and chairman of the Committee of
the Future of the University, informed Student
Council Monday that he had "no intention of
attending" the open Council meeting held last
night concerning problems of expansion.

The two reasons he offered for not being
present were: "first, that the Committee on the
Future of the University and the relevant
subcommittee have already met within the past
twelve days...and second, that it seems to me
that an open meeting, with the kind of
atmosphere one can expect at such a meeting
after twenty-four hours of demonstrations,
would be of no value to the Committee in
dealing with the serious problems it has to
face."

Four others of the 26-member committee
also declined to attend, for various reasons, the
open Council meeting. Robert J. Harris,
professor of government and history, David B.
Hamed, professor of religious studies, Ralph
Eisenberg, of the Provost's office, and Edwin
M. Crawford, Vice-President for Public Affairs.