Editor's note: This story has been edited to remove a quotation concerning student Spring Break plans that was erroneously attributed to a university instructor.
Spring Break is almost here, but students and faculty must remember the vacation does not begin until classes end.
Terry King, provost and vice president for academic affairs, sent out an email reminding faculty and staff that classes will stay in session Friday unless there is a "legitimate pedagogical reason."
King has been receiving notifications from professors who are cancelling classes due to Spring Break plans. To cancel class, a professor must go through scheduling with the dean of their college. King said that he will be double-checking and receiving reports of classes that will not be meeting that day.
Audrey Moore, a sophomore nursing major, said she does not feel that classes on Friday are the best idea.
"No one is going to go to class," she said.
Some professors, such as Alfredo Marin-Carle, an associate professor of journalism, said classes need to stay in session because of the number of hours needed to fulfill course credits.
Marin-Carle, anthropology instructor Ricardo Fernandez and journalism instructor John Ginter said they feel that the inability to cancel is not in light of Spring Break, but because the faculty has agreed to abide by a curriculum and stay on the track the university has set.
Ginter said each and every class students take at the university is important in its own way.
Skipping classes can result in different punishments, such as lowering the student's grade, getting a zero for the day's participation or even expulsion from the class.
"If the university cancels Friday classes before finals, then students will skip Thursdays," Ginter said. "And if the university cancels Thursday and Friday classes, students will skip Wednesdays. When does it stop?"
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