THE MICHIGAN DAILY TI I WILKINSON'S 'U' Counselors Help Solve Student Problems OF BACK TO SCHOOL NEEDS Shop Early and Avoid the Big Rush. Take advantage of our no charge for initials service and our convenient charge or $1.00 weekly budget plan. By GERALD STORCH For students in serious personal trouble, or in need of advice on' academic matters, there are a myriad of counseling sources, ranging from residence hall staff- men to faculty professors to pro- fessional counselors. The University realizes its re- sponsibility to provide services for both the short and long-run needs of students, . but maintains that the initiative for seeking help must emanate from the students. "The University does not believe in required, compulsory counsel- ing," a faculty study committee on counseling wrote in 1958. "lhis principle rests on the premise that each student must be given ma- neuver room to make his own choices-to be relatively free to struggle with his educational problems himself and to resolve them with or without outside help." Various Agencies The counseling agencies on cam- pus can be roughly, divided into three kinds: those for academic counseling, units under the Office of Student Affairs, and the more delicate psychological counseling bureaus. Each school and college at the University provides certain per- sonnel, at the deanship and uro- fessorial level, to counsel students on academic matters. It is hard to generalize about counseling as practiced in the dif- ferent academic units, but usually aid is given to help students ulan their future courses, make sure they fulfill their requirements for graduation, and advise them on educational opportunities within the various curricula and the rela- tionships to career possibilities. Academic Counselors Course selections must be made through academic counselors; oth- erwise, students are encouraged to, consult with them on any matter' .,ec.:,;o#; wo ruxim::w:3;s .dT>da Cns *i ...a. Gux ''. {:z WAS $7.95 r :t Y