The Michigan Daily-Friday, September 11, 1981-Page 3=A
Computer foul-up
leaves
profs empty-ha
FRESHMAN JEFF GROSS studies last night after his first day of classes.
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By PAM FICKINGER
A computer breakdown in thE Univer-
sity Fiscal Services Office yesterday
left almost every professor without a
class list on the first day of classes,
Harris Olson, associate registrar said
yesterday.
The foul-up spelled trouble for wait-
listed students who were left hanging as
to whether they would be allowed into
classes yesterday.
PHILOSOPHY PROF. Peter Railton
told his class of 60 yesterday that his
wait listed students would just have to
sit tight until the class list arrived. He
said he couldn't allow wait listed
students to enter the class until he knew
who was in the course.
Most of the class lists for departmen-
ts will be ready by 8 a.m. today, Olson
said.
"The problem occured in the (Fiscal
Services) data processing center,"
Olson explained, but he said didn't
know exactly why the breakdown oc-
cured. Olson said he planned to check
into exactly what happened sometime
today.
OLSON SAID the last 50 percent of
the class lists came in at 4 p.m. yester-
day, but by then most classes were
over.
"The first 50 percent of the class lists
were in by one o'clock, but we couldnt
get them out right away because it
takes awhile to break the lists down by
teaching division and then you have to
let the professors know they're
available," he said.
Olson added that wait lists were
available for >Departments this mor-
ning by 9 a.m., but most departments
didn't pick them up because the class
lists weren't available.
IN OTHER CRISP action, LSA
Checkpoint Director Robert Wallin said
freshpersons have been hit strongly by
the fewer course offerings this year
resulting from the budget cutbacks.
He said the demand for courses such
as Communications 100, and Computer
and Communication Sciences 274, both
of which have been closed since June,
has been tremendously heavy.
"For the last orientation group there
were fewer spaces available in LSA
courses, and it was hard for them to get
a full class schedule."
NANCY GIGGEY, a senior infor-
mation clerk, said many students have
had to wait up to three hours in line at
CRISP, partly because Tuesday and
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ded
Wednesday CRISP was open only for
registration. Yesterday was the first
day since last week that students could;
drop/add.'
Wallin advises all students to call
Checkpoint (dial POINT-10) to see wha:
courses are open or closed.
"If you work out your schedules with
us first, CRISP can run a lot:
smoother," Wallin said.
Giggey said the lines seem shorter at
lunch time and late in the afternoon.
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Coping with new student jitters...
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By JANET RAE
Tension filled the hallways of Alice Lloyd early Tuesday af-
ternoon, says freshman Jeff Cox of Belleville,
"People are really not very social here. A lot of them are
,far away from home, maybe they're insecure."
BUT AFTER A few drinks at a dorm party that evening,
Coxand his friends said their jitters had vanished.
"Alcohol opened up the people," Cox said. "Everybody felt
a little more relaxed. We went wandering around the halls
and introduced ourselves."
Thousands of freshpersons poured into Ann Arbor this
week, clutching soiled maps of their new home, wary the
rigors of college life.
IT'S A DIVERSE crowd this fall; some arrived decked out
in the latest fashions from Madison Avenue, while others
were content to mosey about in Levi jeans and t-shirts:
"There are so many different people here," said Bob Ger-
stein of Chicago. "They're a lot more liberal here,-in ideas as
well as practice. I'm not use to seeing political slogans all
around."
"I was afraid there would be a communist rebellion,"
laughed Evans Wuu of Toledo, Ohio. "I didn't know what to
expect."
JILL TOMAN OF Lansing didn't seem so surprised at all
the politics as much as the quasi-foreign accent marking her
new roommate's speech pattern.
"Where she's coming from seems so far away from me,"
Toman said, referring to her new bunk mate, Kate Chapman
of Ardmore, Pennsylvania. "She talks funny."
But at least there are plenty of willing veterans around to
help with the trials and tribulations of frosh life.
"All the sophomores are very understanding," Gerstein
said. "I didn't figure they would be so nice."
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By LISA CRUMRINE
The class of 1985 recorded both the,
highest SAT scores and class rank of
any~ freshperson;.crop since.,t. mid-.
1960s, according to Undergraduate
Admissions Director Cliff Sjogren.
This year's freshperson class hadi a
6median verbal SAT score of 540, up ten
points from last year, and a median
;class rank of 93 percentile, up one per-
'cent from the previous year. The
median math SAT score remained the
same from a year ago at 600.
"WE HAD A 10 percent increase in
both in-state and out-of-state ap-
plications from the year before,"
Sjogren, explained. "This gave us a
larger pool of students to choose from,
and thus we were more selective. We
admitted two percent fewer in-state
students compared to last year."
He also said that the number of
students entering with advance
placement credit was ipfroamabout
1440 in 1980 to 1490, another record.
"We have more AP students enrolled
here than any other school in the coun-
try," Sjogren said. "We've led the
country in this category for the past
four years."
Sjogren said the 10 point verbal SAT
rise is good because it shows entering
students are not declining in quality,
but added that the increase is not very
significant. He also said that last year's
median verbal score of 530 was com-
puted from all entering students, while
this year's figure of 540 was tallied from
just 62 percent of the entering class
because the other 38 percent submitted
ACT scores in lieu of the SATs.
The 440 members ofathe. class of 1985
were selected from about 12,500 ap-
plicants, up about 1,400 from the
previous year, Sjogren said.
Despite the increase in applicants,
the University did not admit more
students as compared to the previous
year. "We have admitted about 8,000
students each year for the past few
years,"he said.
Sjogren said a vigorous recruiting
program for out-of-state students, 29
percent of whom make up this year's
entering class, and allowing students to
submit ACTs in lieu of SATs for the first
time ever were the primary reasons
why applications jumped 10 percent.
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H APPENINGS
FILMS
AAFC-Emmanuelle, 7 & 10:20 p.m.; History of the Blue Movie, 8:40 p.m.,
MLB 3.
Cinema Guild -2001: A Space Odyssey, 7 & 9:30 p.m., Lorch Hall.
Gargoyle-Treasure of Sierra Madre, 7 & 9 p.m., Hutchins Hall Room 100.
Mediatrics-Yellow Submarine, 7 & 9 p.m., Nat. Sci. Bldg.
Alternative Action-A Star is Born, 7 & 9:45 p.m., MLB 4,
CFT--A Clockwork Orange, 2, 7 & 11:30 p.m.: Performance, 4:30 & 9:30
p.m., Michigan Theater.
SPEAKERS
Dept. of Chemistry-R. A. Anderson, "Phosphine-alkyl Derivatives of
Compounds with Multiple Metal to Metal Bonds: Synthesis, Structure, and
Reactivity," 4 p.m., Rm. 1300; Francesco Ciardelli, "Polymer Anchored
Transition Metal Catylysts," and Carlo Carlini, "Structure and CD of Op-
tically Active Copolymers," 3p.m., Rm. 3005.
Wholistic Health Council-Andrew Miller, "The ABCs of Health," 7:30
p.m., 602 E. Huron.
Center for Russian & E. European Studies-Djordji Caca, "The Role and
Place of the Republics in the Yugoslav Federation," noon, Lane Hall Com-
mons Rm.
Museum of Art-Nathan Whitman, "Image, Artistry, and Message in the
Early Papal Medal," 8 pm., Angell Aud. A.
School of Metaphysics-"The Art of Healing," 7:30 p.m., 219%/ N. Main.
PERFORMANCES
Canterbury Loft-September Dances, 7 & 9 p.m., The Loft, 332 S. State.
Ark-Gamble Rogers, 9 p.m., 1421 Hill.
MISCELLANEOUS
Panjel-Plant Sale, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Union Pendleton Room.
Multi Ethnic Fair-tonight and tomorrow night, Main & Liberty area.
Taubman Library & Resource Center-Tours, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., meet in
lobby of Taubman Library.
Intl. Folk Dance Club-all levels, teaching and dancing, 8 p.m.-midnight,
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