Page 18-B-Thursday, September 10, 1981-The Michigan Daily The art.. BY JULIE HINDS Although many students may find the greatest common denominator of the University is studying, the impor-. tance they attach to it ranges from just; squeezing by to overwhelming levels of obsession. "It's funny how you can study your life away and not know what's going on in the world," said Moe Curran, an LSA sophopmore. "Sometimes it seems like ~Reagan gets shot, but who cares, you shave a test tomorrow." MANY STUDENTS find studying the surest way to calm GPA woes. However, instead of finding a direct link between increased studying and tion between studying and test results. One LSA freshman, who took two tests for the same class within a week, said, "The first one I took I didn't study at all, and for the second one I studied my butt off. I got the same grade on both." Many Angell scholars (students who receive all As or A-s for two consecutive terms), however, attribute their high GPAs to studying at greater lengths than other students. Larry Blase, an, LSA junior and an Angell Scholar, says his weekly average of 25 study hours puts him in a different league from his friends. Blase, who feels studying is "more im- portant to him than going to class," Sometimes it seems like Reagan gets namen Y. Doily Photo sudying '4F4 . j, " R ::.. @a - '4*-~ '4; 4 14 w ' 1'4 , 34 _4' . '.' shot, but who cares, you have a test tomorrow. -Moe Curran an LSA sophomore rising grades, Prof. Howard Schuman's Sociology 310 class conducted a study which found little or no correlation bet- :,ween the hours students reported studying and the size of their total GPA. The most recent data stated the small correlation found between studying and GPA related to students who reported seven or more hours of studying per' day. These students reported com- paratively higher GPAs, Schuman said. The professor said a correlation was found between attending class and GPA. "The more often they (students) said a student can miss lectures and do well if he knows the right things to study. LSA SENIOR Matthew Horwitch is the rare student who is able to maintain a straight-A average and study less than his friends. He says studying and balancing his participation on the tennis team is "a constant struggle." But Horwitch says his study time is more concentrated than a student who "just picks up his, books and goes off to the UGLI." Students who participate in outside activities that take up at least as much time as their studying must manage their time carefully. Mary Sue Patek, Zzzzzzzzzzzzz: A strategic reservation of mental energy .of report going to class, the1 do," he said. SOME STUDENTS find better they no connec- an LSA sophomore, says she spends some 30 hours a week working for In- tervarsity and Young Life Christian groups. "THE ONLY time I can study is past midnight," she said. Patek, who is seeking a religious vocation, describes her work as "an education in itself," a common justification for the time spent away from studies by active students. Sometimes participation in ex- tracurricular activities can lead to bet- ter study habits: LSA sophomore Mary Furgason says her participation on the Women's soft- ball team caused her GPA "to go up a whole point." She said having less time to study and utilizing her time helped to stop procrastination. Study levels may also be strongly related to field of concentration. The Sociology 310 survey found that people in natural sciences reported more study hours than either students in the social sciences or humanities. "In Engineering, you've got to keep up," sophomore Shelley Crane said. "Everything practically is required, so everyone is competing together. They (engineering) don't give out As as often as LSA." Students with study problems have several options to better their work habits. The Coalition for the Use of Learning Skills no longer offers specific study skills programs, but study groups are held for common introductory courses in chemistry, math, and foreign languages. The voluntary groups operate on a walk-in basis, and CULS director John Russ reports a "big bulge of attendance" around mid-terms and finals. Students often use the study groups as "a catch-up service" if they've fallen behind in class, Russ said. Participation in CULS, which has traditionally served minority students, is open to anyone, Russ said. The study groups everage 25 percent non-minority participation. A more drastic alternative to sfudy problems and related grade worries is withdrawing from a troubling ur'.r Withdrawing, which can be done -f 6 the third to ninth week of each term, i" primarily grade oriented, according Chuck Judge, director of LSA academ counseling. Judge said that as many as 1500 drops occur each term. The poor perform. ance leading to withdrawals comes not from "an ability issue, but an issue, f motivation," Judge said. Some wiTh; drawals come from students "gett ng Cs when they prefer to get As," Judge added. *4 II/ There's no MAGIC to it: Read THE DAISLV 764-0558 I--- Residence Hall Assoc. , , 1 4, , 4 4 ., b. coorinates dorm it .w G~ .0 / 1 s% By JENNIFER MILLER Until this term, students have been required to pay any amount, no matter how high, a dormitory house decides to charge for dues. House dues are used. for activities such as parties or providing exam-time snacks. The arbitrary nature of the dues requirement from house to house caused problems, which the Residence Hall Association helped solve by recommending the Housing Office place a ceiling of $15 on all house dues starting this fall. A house can ask for a voluntary contribution to raise more money for activities, Drouillad said, but it cannot require that everyone pay the extra amount. COMPRISED OF elected orappoin- ted students who live in the dorms, the RHA serves as a liason between dorm dwellers and the Housing Office. "We're a way to voice complaints," said Lisa Drouillard, chairman of the RHA. "It's important that students know this resource is available. The RHA took action on the dues requirements for several reasons, Drouillard said. The requirement is usually explained at the first house meeting, but accor- ding to Drouillard, "freshmen were not always made aware of it (the meeting)." THIS LACK OF communication caused some problems, Drouillard said. "Someone knocks on your front door and asks for $20, and you don't know what's going on," she said, "most people are resentful because it's such a surprise. That first house meeting is so important," because activities and dues are voted on by the majority. Many students complained about paying for activities they didn't par- ticipate in, Drouillard said, and others refused to pay but joined in activities anyway; this wasn't fair to those who paid dues. The dorm house could place a maximum $5 hold credit on students who had not paid for activities. However, because the dues were usually much higher than that, those students who. did pay sometimes felt cheated. ADDITIONALLY, not all students ones could afford the high dues some house were charging. Last year the RHA was instrumental when the dorm cafeterias switched from Dannon yogert to a cheaper . brand, and students complaine- bit- terly. The change was based on taste tests given to high school students staying in the dorms for summer con- ventions, Drouillard said. The RHA conducted its own,, taste test and proclaimed Dannon the win- ner, convincing the Housing Office not only to drop the cheaper brand but alo to use University students in future taste tests. "It set an important precedent," Drouillard said. _, "If students are aware of a sitiaton or a common problem, they ht1ld come to 'us," Drouillard said, "We're all students, we all live in the dorms, too." ~- WHATEVER YOUR PHOTO NEEDS We Can Serve You! 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