Hansen said that the faculty were opposed to the break due to questions surrounding what students would do with the time. The problem is that they don t even like spring break, Hansen said. Just be careful, Hansen advised the senate, you might have a little bit of a battle. History professor Gene Sessions is one of the faculty against the institution of a new fall break. Anything you do to lengthen a semester is a bad idea, Sessions said.
People are out of gas.
Sessions also objects to following the UEA weekend schedule of public schools. Weber State struggles for credibility, he said. Anything that aligns us with the public schools is detrimental to our image. Another concern Sessions foresees is that if school were to start in the middle of the week, many students would be discouraged from attending the first day of school. The bottom line, Sessions said, is that members of the administration were not open to the idea.