Campus Polled On Early Exams

Students will begin voting today on the Undergraduate Council's referendum on the perennially debated academic calendar.

The referendum vote, which will be held in house dining halls and the Freshman Union during lunch and dinner through Wednesday, will ask students whether they would prefer to have midyear exams before winter break.

The non-binding referendum consists of four questions:

.whether students would support pre-Christmas exams if the school year began earlier and reading and exam periods were shortened.

.whether students would be willing to relinquish three-day weekends or start school earlier in order to lengthen Thanksgiving vacation, winter break or reading period.

.ranking the various options for adjusting the calendar in question one.

.whether students in principle favor moving exams before winter break.

Any major changes to the academic calendar will most likely not take effect for five years, said Melissa S. Lane '88, chairman of the academics committee.

The council will analyze the results and make any recommendations to the faculty by late April or early May, Lane said.