The Michigan Daily-Friday, October 29, 1982-Page 5 omecomin:Fairest loat wis By CHERYL BACCKE What's better than a Homecoming parade with floats? A parade with a float competition. The sororities and fraternities will battle it out to see whose float in today's parade is better. Two new entrants will be joining the Greeks, this year. One is a rather unique group called "A Bunch of Really Clean-cut Guys." The five pre-medicine and engineering students identify themselves only as Biff Davey, Palooka Koster, Nancy Warren, Wandingo Weiss, and Fligus Kunkel. DAVEY SAID the float will be titled either "Some Things Never Change" or "Real Students Don't Have Time For This Bullshit." The float will display desks, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE RAKE'S PROGRESS: Backgrounds 8 Musical Illustrations A Lecture by GLENN WATKINS Professor of Music History/Musicology The U-M School of Music NO ADMISSION CHARGE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 4 PM RACKHAM AMPHITHEATRE A Prelude to the November 4-7 Performances in Power Center typewriters, and the "Clean-cut Guys." "They don't have much time to take off to be in a parade, so they'll have their books with them," Davey said. A group of students working for senatorial can- didate Phil Ruppe will also enter a float, which will be a car decorated with posters. TRIANGLE fraternity member Kurt Fisher said Greek system members enjoy building the floats. "It gets everyone together to have a good time," he said. All floats must follow the Homecoming theme this year, "A Flash From the Past ... A Look Towards the Future." A few groups keep their floats a secret until the parade, but some say they just aren't sure how the floats will turn out. Junior Chris Xiromeritis, who is among the Bur- sley residents building a float, said, "There's the plan, and then there's what it will end up as." The costs for building the floats, quoted by this year's participants, range from $400 for the Kappa Kappa Gamma/Zeta Psi float to $30 for the "Clean- cut Guys" float. "The most important part is the ideas and those are cheap," said Davey. Xiromeritis said he and other Bursley residents are entering a float because "it seems a shame to have a Homecoming parade with no floats." Pilot Program begins 20th year of residential classes Homecoming 1982 HOMECOMING * HALLOWEEN MASQUERADE BALL !Na A; , *1 r 0 J (Continued from Page 3) THE PROGRAM is a two-year sup- plemental program within LSA designed to combine the academic and residential experience. The small size of the program, currently about 500 students, helps integrate students gradually into the large University, Schoem said. Students are admitted to the program on a first-come, first-serve basis, after indicating on their housing applications that they would like to join. There are no rigid rules or requirements to be in the program, except that the student must live in Lloyd. They may, if they like, take the special courses which make the program unique, but it is not required. These classes are held in Lloyd and are taught by resident fellows, graduate students who live in the dorm and also act as resident advisors. Sophomores who live in Lloyd and have been in the program for a year act as student advisors, also. "It's nice to have your teachers living with you, because they are always there to help you on a paper," said freshperson Vicki Heller. "If you are having problems with an assignment at one in the morning, all you have to do is run downstairs." SOME STUDENTS, however, find that having their classes and their teachers in the dorm is a drawback. "I don't think there is a healthy relation- ship between teachers and students," said freshperson Karen Schwartz. The teachers know the students so well that they trust you more. For this reason, some of the classes are easier in tht program than if they were taken out- side, in the University." Michael Berger, a pilot program student, agreed. "On the whole, classes taken in the Pilot Program are easier than most of the same calibre taken outside of the program," he said. The RFs design their own courses and choose their own texts and other materials of their own choice to guide discussions. Schoem must approve a RF's course idea, and then it goes to the Pilot Standing Committee, which is composed of housing and academic of- ficials. THE PILOT Program offers several English 125, Freshman Composition, courses with specific themes, such as "Propaganda War" or "A Critical Look at Love." Seminars, theme courses, and mini-courses are also offered. Freshperson Lauren Bricker said she thinks the Freshman Composition classes are popular because they "have topics, so they aren't just regular English 125 courses." A main goal of the program, accor- ding to Schoem, is to create a sense of closeness between residents. "We have ,..- worked real hard to create a com- munity atmosphere at Lloyd," he said. BILL SHEA, a Lloyd RF, said he sees his role partially as a big brother to students. "The sense of privacy is lost at times, but there is a sort of kinship that helps out the situation." Some students, however, don't feel that the program does what it set out to do. Adam Rubinstein, a sophomore who was in the program last year, said he "just doesn't think the program ac- complishes anything. (It) really doesn't offer many classes besides the English 125 classes so the program bases its success on students taking one course during their entire Pilot Program ex- perience." Many students said they signed up for the program because they wanted to be sure to get a room in Alice Lloyd dor- mitory. "I wanted to be assured housing (in Lloyd), so I signed up for the Pilot Program not knowing about it," said freshperson Alyssa Alper. The Pilot Program was housed in East Quad and then in Markely during the first few years of its existence. In 1968 it came to its present home, where "the ideas of both a living and learning program jelled," Schoem said. Subscribe to The Michigan Daily 764-0558 FULL SERVICE PHOTO LAB Saturday, October 9:00P.M. 30, 1982 Michigan Union Ballroom $2.00 cover Costume & Dance Contests * * PRIZES** E A Precision Photographics, inc. 830 Phoenix Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Phone (313) 971-9100 I , 3' 3 s . When a good friend borrows your car, theta.unk mtay no t comeback full. *4 Lkd*Qjs .copies We have five self service machines ~ OPEN T DAYS A WEEK 540 E. 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