Contingency Plans Professors said they have taken steps to ensure that undergraduates are not hurt by the grade strike. Some professors who do not have access to grades students earned earlier in the semester will ask students to self-report these grades. Other professors may have to base the grade solely on the final exam. In either case, the grade will only be provisional and subject to change, administrators said. GESO leaders attacked administrators' plans to assign grades based on incomplete information.
Administrators admit that assigning grades based on incomplete information is less than ideal.
Weinbaum would not say whether she would withhold grades indefinitely if the University refuses to negotiate, but said she is confident administrators will change their minds soon. Last Friday, a group of graduate students opposed to the grade strike sent a letter to Appelquist offering their support and grading services. Over 80 graduate students signed the letter in just a few days, David Legg GRD '99 said. Many of us are just completely offended by GESO's tactics. Students who signed the letter said they did so out of a sense of responsibility to help undergraduates.