About 12,000 grade reports mailed from SIUE just before Christmas languished for two weeks in a postal storage facility before they were discovered and delivered. But it turned out most people didn't miss them. Judging from the lack of complaints about grades not received, officials concluded that about 90 percent of SIUE's students had already gotten the news via the Internet. The situation prompted the decision to put a halt to the practice of grade-mailing and instead post grades only on the Net. That means SIUE joins a small but growing number of colleges and universities that no longer use ink and paper for the process.
Officials expect to see savings in staff hours and in postage costs.
SIUE grades will still route through the registrar's office before they are posted on the Web. Pleasing picky palates Preschoolers are probably the pickiest eaters on the planet. That's why SIUC nutritionists decided to experiment on the tots in SIUC's Head Start programs. They presented a variety of soy foods as replacements for the more common ingredients in the old standbys. Spaghetti, for instance, was served once a week during the two-month study.