age 8-Thursday, September 7, 1978-The Michigan Doily Roll out the red carpet: 'U' freshfolk arrive (Continued from Page 1) 'Woman, dad, not child," was the eply from an older daughter. :'or some Univesity students, however, there is cause for ai leasure-a recently received an- isuncement that they are victims of the ,erennial shortage of available dor- itory space. John Finn, acting sociate housing director, said there are about 25 freshwomen scheduled to live in dormitory lounges which have been converted into permanent residences. Although the 25 freshwomen may not be too happy about this turn of events it is an improvement over last year when over 100 women were literally without any dorm space. This year the housing office planned ahead and began conver- T HE THRI FT SHOP " We sell slightly used clothes for all sizes. " Non-profit-All proceeds used for the needy. * Any and all donations accepted. Come in and find a bargain-many household items 120 N. FOURTH ANN ARBOR 662-6771 HOURS: 10-12; 2-4 SAT. 10-12 only here are a million Ahings you could do to get more out of life. One of -them rally works. The Transcendental Meditation program, as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It's not a religion, but a simple, natural, mental tech- nique practiced a few minutes each day. T. M. reduces stress and tension and increases mental clarity and emotional stability.' T. M. provides a level of rest twice as deep as sleep. ting the lounges in early August. Over the summer, the office had issued a statement that between 50 and 100 freshwomen were expected to be re- located in converted lounges, staff residences, and possibly in converted triples. But by early August it became obvious the overload would be much lighter than first believed. "We wanted to give these people a permanent residence," explained Finn. "We would have been able to take care of them (putting them temporarily in uncoverted lounges, staff rooms and triples) after dorm cancellations, but we didn't want to wait." "As it turned out, it worked out just great," added Finn. The converted lounges are located in four University dorms: Markley, Bur- sley and Mosher-Jordan. "I told my staff to scatter them among those halls evenly," said Finn. But, for most incoming dorm residen- ts who are staying in a regular room, moving day this week is still a distressingly frenzied attempt to settle in an equally frenzied community. Out- of-town parents curse the scarcity of parking space and the frequency of traffic cops, while roasting in the blazing sun. Families rent small trucks and drive all night to move into South Quad or Betsy Barbour. And, of course, there are the endless trips to and from the dorms, do p.-d down countless flights of stairs.' - "There's nothing to this, it will just take maybe thirty trips," mused a woman from Chicago, standing next to a rented truck as she helped move two brothers into West Quad. Soon, though, the popcorn poppers are taken from their boxes, books are placed upon shelves, and it is time for -parents to leave. "She's my only daughter. She has two brothers who have moved, but I don't think it's the same for me," bemoaned Maria Cassier. "At least we.get the telephone back." Marilyn Oldani, supervising the moving procedures as her sons helped unload daughter Kathy's belongings, admonished Kathy to "study hard, not to stay up too late . . . and don't do anything I wouldn't do." Grinning upon hearing the words, Kathy grabbed another box from the van and walked into her new horde at Stockwell. SDear darling, Doily Photo by ANDY FREEBERG Katie Barker pauses to write the first letter home as the campus comes to life around her. LSA tig htens comp OSIt'ion requnirementI for Validated through tests at Stanford and Harvard, and other scientific research centers. Used by hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world. For one reason. It works. "WY for information call 668-8256 INTRODUCTORY LECTURES- SEPTEMBER 19 AND 23* MULTIPURPOSE RM. - UGLI M4ODRPM -9- EVERY WED. NOON AND 8:00 P.M.' RM. 4111 MICHIGAN UNION Welcome Students TO THE_ DASCOLA- HAl RSTYLI$TS ARBORLAND-971-9975 MAPLE VILLAGE-761-2733 E. LIBERTY-668-9329 E. UNIVERSITY-662-0354 . , By ELISA ISAACSON In an effort to combat University students' lack of literacy, the Literary College (LSA) last January approved an extensive program designed to make student writing ability the con- cern of the entire school. The program is the result of two years' work of the English Composition Board (ECB), a six-member, inter- departmental panel appointed by LSA Dean Billy Frye to improve students' writing. THE STUDENTS will be par- ticipating in a writing improvement campaign from their pre-college "orientation" sessions to their graduation. First, an assessment test will deter- mine whether a student will take the traditional introductory English com- position course, be exempted from the course or be placed in a tutorial, which will prepare the student to take com- position the following semnester. After-th'e s6phombr 'e r, the student wili4be -required =o-dake a-.: writing course or program in his or her area of concentration. The Writing Workshop will offer students in- dividualized tutoring throughout their undergraduate careers. THE ECB HOSTED a conference last May for Michigan and Northern Ohio high school faculty to explain how the University's new English requirement will affect secondary schools. ECB chairman Daniel Fader said he hopes the assessment will encourage high schools to more carefully prepare their students for college level English classes. The University's new writing requirement will not only put pressure on high school teachers and ad- ministrators, but it will place more responsibility on the entire LSA faculty. At the faculty meeting last January, however, when the plan was proposed and approved, the instructors respon- ded positively. Only three faculty members voted against the ECB's proposal. SENIOR FACULTY members will have to shoulder some extra work reading students' papers carefully; but graduate students are being trained to assist the professors. The entrance exams will be read by at least two ECB faculty associates, and if there is a discrepency in the assessment the staff will reread the papers. Students who have scored well on the English Advanced Placement (AP) test will no longer be exempted from in- troductory composition for that reason. "WhenhStanford included (students with high AP scores) in their assessment, three quarters of them. flunked,", Fader pointed out. He said with the University-originated exam, "we'll know how they really write, not how they're reputed to write." Transfer students will be given the assessment, too, rather than be judged on the basis of their former college transcripts. AS THE WRITING program will not -be fully implemented until the fall of 1979, this year will be an "experimental year." Students with writing disabilities will be recommended for tutorials taught by specially-trained teachers, but not required to attend. students According to assistant ECB director Barbara Morris, next fall the tutorials will be mandatory for those assigned to them. This is because "those students who need tutorial help most tend to seek it least." Morris added. John Russ, director of the Coalition for the Use of Learning Skills (CULS), an organization which provides academic support for disadvantaged and minority students, said many CULS students who haven't had proper writing instruction in high school will attend the optional tutorials this fall. ECB staffers have spent the summer preparing and grading entrance exams, and according to English professor Michael Clark, deciding on a criteria for "what makes the test essays better than others." WHEN THE PLAN was formulated last January, reaction on campus was almost completely favorable. 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