In recent years there has been an understanding that any damage or issues that arise during the tug-of-war will be marked with some lenience as there is no time for these issues to be addressed. Dr. Khanna has essentially made the tug-of-war a greater risk to students marks as students risk 5% of their overall grade for a small chance to get 3% bonus marks. The tug-of-war should not be to the detriment of our grade, and for myself and many others it has been a point in the semester to look forward to. This petition will hopefully sway Dr. Khanna to not discourage students from participating in what should be a highlight of the course.
The teams were looking forward to the tournament until they found out about the loss of marks in build quilty marks. Our team is very keen to participate but its not worth the loss of marks for a small gain to get 3% bonus marks.