The Michigan Daily---Friday, August 11 1978-Page 3 Some rosh get a head start of their scores on the English exam, r By SUE WARNER Paying exhorbitant tuition bills, scr- avling incomprehensible notes in lecture halls and pulling all-nighters is not the only way to earn credits at the Univer- sity. By taking Advanced Placement (AP) tests, more and more incoming students are receiving credit for college courses before they ever set foot on campus. THIS FALL, over 1,000 freshpersons, 25 per cent of the class, will enter the University with some college credit already under their belts. Ac- Advaneed Placement tests get credit for 'U' cording to Assistant Admissions Direc- tests. That figure is up 13 per cent from tor Donald Swain, 1,602 AP exams out the previous year and 70 per cent over of the 2,069 submitted have earned the193figure. students college credit here. "More students are taking advanced The tests, administered annually in placement tests nationally, in the state 4,300 high schools nationwide by the and here at the University," said College Board Testing Service, attempt Swain. to determine the academic ability of students in 21 subjects. Last May, 94,000 SWAIN SAID MOST University U.S. high school students took the AP students receive AP credit on the basis which is followed in popularity by the two mathematic levels, American History, Biology and Chemistry. The AP tests have been promoted as one way for students to cut the cost of a college degree. If, for example, an in- state student places out of four in- troductory classes he or she could graduate a term early and save ap- proximately $1,300 in tuition and living expenses. But according to an Admissions Of- fice survey of students earning AP credit a few years ago, most ended up staying at the University the full four See AP, Page 13 More TAs claim a employee status By MITCH CANTOR tions. It is not taught under Three more witnesses testified on the was responsible for choos behalf of the Graduate Employees ception of the course. I w Organization (GEO) yesterday as which would go along wit hearings to determine the status of ceptions," Brick added. University graduate teaching assistan- BRICK, contradicting th ts (GSAs) continued. claim that assistantshi The week-long hearings, ordered by cognate with the GSA's stud the Michigan Employment Relations assistantship had "no relev Commission (MERC) over two years to his studies. ago, take place in the Union and are "None of that materia presided over by Administrative Law English 125) helped me in Judge Shlomo Sperka. The University my Program in America claims GSAs are primarily students Brick said. receiving assistantships as a form of While Brick was cross-e financial aid, whereas GEO contends University counsel GSAs are employees. The latter Veracruysee, tempers flai classification would allow GEO to tarily, and not for the fir bargain collectively with the Univer- week. sity. AFTER AN objection by THE FIRST witness, Howard Brick, sel Mark Cousens, Veracrt testified to many points which were his voice to Sperka, "I previously made in the statements of Cousens should be instruct other GEO witnesses. The English his .objections and not to l Teaching Assistant (TA), who taught nesses in their answers." English 125, said he did much the same _"I cannot watch my obje work as professors. only listen to them," Cousei "I graded each weekly paper (for Veracruysee was later each student) and gave them a final Sperka to have badgered B] grade based on those components," After Brick finished his b Brick said. about 2:30, TA Michael Ha "All the TAs which teach (English) stand. The English instru 125 are all responsible for their own sec- See GSA, Page' tOdiay Secret S Double trouble opportu Besides the obvious fact that twin brothers Harold It seems, and Bernard Shapiro have the same parents, they vice. When now have even more in common. Bernard Shapiro, musical this twin sibling of our very own vice-president for several Ne academic affairs Harold, was recently named woman in a. academic vice-president and provost at the Univer- on the strap sity of Western Ontario in London, Canada, effec- She was a f tive Sept. 1. The Shapiro brothers (no, not a new assigned to comedy team), were born in Montreal and both at- president an tended McGill University. Harold received his doc- assignment torate in ecomonics at Princeton while brother Ber- serve in the nie earned his doctorate in education at Harvard. So to gain the n if you ever see two Harold Shapiros walking around presidential campus, don't panic - it's not another ad- 1,566 specia ministrator to deal with, just a twin brother. even ratio,b Happenings ... Look-al ...are dwindling in Ann Arbor these days. Get up If you res in time to catch the 2:00 showing of that Rodgers villainous( and Hammerstein classic, "The King and I" at the transformer Ann Arbor Public Library . you can relax until 7 this casting p.m., when Eclipse Jazz will sponsor a free contest which boug at Liberty Plaza. This is their last offering on the Bear, the F "Twilight in thePark Series", so don't miss it. Have casting ses a nice, quiet day. . .,... alikes of co a lecture. I ing the con- ould choose assignments h those con- e University ps usually dies, said his vance at all" al (used in any way in n Culture," xamined by Robert red momen- st time this yGEO coun- uysee raised think Mr. ted to watch ead the wit- ctions. I can ins quipped. judged by rick. estimony, at 1pin took the ctor suppor- 7 Daily Photo by JOHN KNOX Sleepy teepee The latest housing project on S. University lies lazily in the shadows of its larger relative to the left. 14 ervice: Equal nity employers women's lib has even hit the Secret Ser- . President Carter went to a Broadway week, he was accompanied by his wife, w York politicians and an unidentified lowcut evening gown. The small badge of the woman's gown gave her away. emale secret service agent, one of two the permanent detail protecting the nd vice-president. Women have had the since last June. However, women must Secret Service for seven years in order ecessary experience for the prestigious detail. Presently 22 of the service's l agents are women - not exactly an but it's better than nothing. like contest emble Captain Marvel or snarl like the Giganto, the 7-foot-tall female gorilla d into a human being, then you might fit call. Hanna-Barbera Proauctions, Inc., ht us such old cartoon favorites as Yogi 'lintstones and Huckleberry Hound, set sions Wednesday, searching for look- mic book heroes, heroines and-ylians for an upcoming television special to air this fall. Besides Captain Marvel, the studio also needs The SAtom, The Falsh, The Green Lantern and Batman and Robin. If you have any super-hero friends with acting ambitions, feel free to nominate them. Thought for food You probably didn't realize, as you were stuffing that extra crumb cake in your mouth, that the American Journal of Public Health calculated and foundthat if every American slimmed down to an ideal weight, the nation would save the energy equivalent of 1.3 billion gallons of gasoline. In fact, once everyone completed their diet and started some sort of maintenance plan, the energy saved could run nearly one million cars. This phenomena can be explained by the fact that, the less food com- sumed, the more energy saved from reduced food production. So the next time you reach for the pret- zels, remember that you're contributing to the energy shortage. On the outside... Perk up your spirits with some sunny weather today. The sun will extend her rays for a high of 80'. Lows will be in the mid 50s, N. _t ii.o: