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ing textbooks-and they get angry."
A female gradaute student, who
declined to give her name, said from
her fifth floor assigned carrel that the
large number of undergraduates
'using the libarary for textbook
studying" annoys her. "I'm glad I got
one (a carrel). Before I did I had a hard
time finding a place to study."
j NEAR EASTERN Studies graduate
student Kent Jackson said although he
-oesn't object to undergrads using the
brad, "maybe I would if I didn't have a
carrel. I don't have to fight for space."
He said he used to have problems,
especially during exam time when the
libraries were packed. "I don't care if
it's undergrads, professors or what,
there's a lack of study space."
Starring said the problem has
become chronic since the north portion
of the Grad was renovated between 1974
and 1976. "It wasn't as comfortable and
popular until then," Starring said,
adding that the Undergraduate Library
is also usually crowded. "That's why
the Grad is so filled with undergrads,"
he said, "there's no room at the UGLI."
Starring said undergraduates
complain about the lack of space in the
Grad as much as graduates do. He
defended the undergraduates claim of
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equal access to the Grad. "We will
never subscribe to the notion that
undergraduates should be excluded
from this building ... The complaint is
that students who use the library for
study hall use are dislocating those who
need to use the collection," he said..
"THAT'S THE biggest gripe of
library science students," said library
science student Joan Upell. "You come
in here to use the collection and there's
nowhere to sit. There are signs all over
the place and no one pays attention."
She said she has even been intentionally
rude and noisy to encourage people to
leave. "I think a lot of undergrads come
here just to visit with their friends."
Upell said she studies in the Library
Science Library in the afternoons now
because it's less crowded than at night.
"I've never been to a university where
getting a seat in the library is such a
problem and this is my third one," said
Upell, who previously attended
Michigan State and Western Michigan
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Starring said the problem is not
only a library problem, but a
University problem as well. "We're
very conqerned," said University
President Harold Shapiro. "It's an
extremely important problem and the
question is what to do about it."
THAT IS PRECISELY the question
the newly formed Task Force on Study
Environments intends to answer.
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Starring, also a task force member,
said the committee will survey a
sample of the student population
sometime this term for ideas and
suggestions. Currently, thecommittee
is exploring the problem and discussing
possible solutions. "We won't leave one
stone unturned," said geography Prof.
George Kish, a committee faculty
representative.
But, like anything else, "some things
work and some things don't," Shapiro
said. "We tried opening up classrooms
(4th floor Angell Hall) but that wasn't
very popular, no one used them."
The reason for that, Starring said, is
the location and security. "It's remote
and desolate. I suppose there might be
some reservations for' female
students." Kish blamed the
unpopularity on public relations. "Not
enough people know about it," he said.
on study
current serials room, now called
Serials, Services and Records.
Starring said the third floor location
is poor spot for a lounge. He said
socializing disturbs those in the
Graduate Reserve Room across the
hall and trash accurdulates throughout
the area. '"It gets crowded and then
overflows into the hallway. It turns into
a pit," he said.
The new 3,000 square foot lounge will
increase the Grad's seating capacity by
about 200. The library presently holds
about 1,200 study spaces, not including
rooms with limited hours, such as the
map and rare books rooms. The map
room seats about 30. Seventy-six of the
235 carrels are assigned to Ph.D.
candidates and publishing faculty, thus
prohibiting general use.
THE UNDERGRADUATE -Library
seats about 1,200 also, according to
I've never been to a university where getting a seat in
the library is such a problem.'
-Joan Upell, who previously attended
Michigan State and Western Michigan Universities.
space
"IF YOU TRY to get a carrel at the
Grad after 6 (p.m.) you better hang it
up;" said LSA freshperson Lauren
Kurilchik. And "if you come after 7:30
you can't get a seat in the mai@
reference room," said Business senior
Matthew Gensberg.
But Gensberg said he doesn't find the
crowded main libraries a problem.
"There's always a place for me to study
in the Business School."
Sophomore Glenn Galler, while
studying in a Public Health classroom,
said he never has problems finding
study spot, either. "There's always
place: Rackham, the 1Law Library,
here, Angell Hall. There's enough
places to go."
Like many undergraduates, Galler
studies often at the Law Library. "They
are allowed to study here . . . but we
prefer that it's not used for a study
hall," said Law Library Assistant
Director Margaret Leary. "The
reference room seats fewer than on
quarter of our student body an
sometimes they can't do their work out
of the library," she said.
Although many students living in
dormitories take adavantage of dorm
study lounges,kapparently not enough
do to take some pressure off the
crowded libraries.
Freshperson Sharon Weber said she
studies in Markley's South Pik
occasionally but pressure to study
sends her to the library. "There's too
many distractions here. It gets noisy,
the doors open and shut, after
mealtimes the radio blares through the
vents."
Schenker said he prefers the libraries
over the South Pit for psychological
reasons. "Here (South Pit), I can go
back to my room any time. At the
libarary I can't, there's more chanceO
I'll stay there.'
But Starring pointed out that not all
dorms provide study space. "Some
people have to come to the library."
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Beefing up night security, at Angell
Hall is one possible way to alleviate the
crowding in the Undergraduate and
Graduate Libraries, Starring said.
ADDITIONAL STUDY space will
open up when the University finishes
renovating the'first and ground floors of
the Michigan Union, possibly by next
year. Union Assistant Director Jeff
LeBow said "we definitely want a
browsing library, music listening
room," although he couldn't specify
anything else. "It's in the works," he
said.
Study space will open, up soon at the
Grad, however. Theethird floor lounge
will move to ground floor room 106
sometime this month, leaving a study
room, Starring said. "We're waiting for
the furniture," he said.
To empty the ground floor room, the
library moved its serial processing
staff and files to the second floor's ex-
UGLI Librarian Rose-Grace Faucher.
She said students place repetitive
complaints in the suggestion box about
noise, clutter, and crowds. The second
and fourth floors are the quietest, while
the basement is the worst, she said, and
7 to 9:30 p.m. is the most crowded time.
"If I want to kibbitz (joke around) I
go to the UGLI. If I want to get work
done, I go to the Grad," said sophomore
Rick Schenker.
Indeed, Starring cited the increased
seriousness of students these days as a
reason they flock to the Grad. "There's
a different environment in the Grad.
It's for the more serious student .. .
There's a study environment here and a
social environment at the UGLI," he
said. It used to be the libraries were
only packed during midterms and
finals. Not so anymore. "It used to be
seasonal. . . now they're busy all year
round," Starring said.
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been out of class for a week while
teachers stayed home to protest late
delivery of their pay, were told to stay
home again Monday.
The teachers' strike centers on the
board's decision to cut more than 1,600
teaching positions to help meet a
legislative mandate to trim $60 million
from its budget. The teachers say that
decision violates their contract.
The CTU membership authorized the
strike Sunday night on a vote of 7,717-
2,506.
THE SUIT FILED by the board
charged the strike is "contrary
to law and ... renders it impossible for
the board to comply with its
constitutionally mandated
governmental duty to keep a free public
school system open for the hool
children."
The suit filed by the Chicago
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overstepped their authority in dictating
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The teachers' suit asked for a
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THE SCHOOL system has been in a
financial bind since late fall when bond-
rating houses cut its bond rating
because of a persistent pattern of
borrowing to meet operating expenses.
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significant differences between the two
in their prediction of students' first
year college grades.
"Our own studies show the tests
equally useful in the admissions
process," said Gordus.
Associate Director of Admissions
Lance Ericson commented that using
the ACT scores will be helpful to both
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the applicant and the University.
"Last year 70,000 ACT exams were
taken in Michigan, as opposed to 18,000
SAT exams," he said. "The difference
lies with the fact that the ACT
examination is needed by the state foO
its scholarship program. Many of ou
in-state applicants take the SAT only
because of our admissions
requirements."
Ericson also emphasized that the
admissions office had received many
complaints from high school
counselors, parents, and principals
because of the present policy.
"Some counselors have told me that
they've encouraged students not
apply here because of our stance,
observed Ericson.
"We'd be very happy if (the
University of) Michigan adopted the'
policy of accepting ACT scores in place
of SAT scores," said James Clark,
assistant principal of Ann Arbor's
Pioneer High School. "We have raised
the issue a number of times with the
University,, stressing that many
comparable schools accept both the
ACT and the SAT." These comparabig
institutions not bnly include every other
Big Ten school but also Chicago,
Dartmouth, 'Brown, Stanford, and
Berkeley.
Lance added that there might be a
few problems in data collection,
reporting; and interpretation, but that
the benefits of providing the option far
outweigh the difficulties. He also said
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