40 Page 2 -The Michigan Daily, Thursday, September 10, 1987 The University: it's as good as they say t E A Y Y By CATHERINE KIM During their four years here, University students can expect to hear frequently from a variety of sources just how good the ol' Uni- versity really is. But is it that good? It is, according to college refer- ence books. The University is ranked "highly competitive," for example, by Bar- ron's Guide to American College. That guide considers the high school rank and SAT or ACT scores of ac- cepted students as well as the ratio between the number of students ac- cepted to the number of applicants, said Max Reed, an editor at Barron's Publishing Company. THE guide ranks schools as either "less competitive," "very competitive," "highly competitive," and "most competitive," he said. "Really, (the University) is just short of 'most competitive."' The University accepted 9,000' out of 16,000 applicants in the rat- ing year. However, last year's in- crease in applications -to 19,000 - may raise the University's rank- ing to "most competitive," he said.t Lovejoy's College Guide judges universities on a number of factors, including the number of books in their libraries, the number of Ph.D.'s on the faculty, the existence of a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. The publication said the University excels in several areas, including the psychology, sociolo- gy, anthropology, and political sci- ence, as well as in the Honors, Pi- lot, and Residential College pro-, grams. Straughn, head editor at Lovejoy's. "The school decides how hard it is to get into. We don't have the figures for the University of Michigan yet, 'If Ann Arbor has become a bit trendy with horse- drawn carriages and sidewalk cafes, it is nevertheless a spot for serious study and tradition.' - Edward Fiske, New York Times education editor "WE just started to have the but the issue is coming out in the universities rank themselves based fall." on the SAT scores of their students, "We try to be very objective, so and similar indicators," said Barbara we don't call up the students and faculty and ask their opinions," she said. Edward Fiske, education editor of the New York Times, mentioned the University's academic excellence and cultural atmosphere. "If Ann Arbor 'has become a bit trendy with horse- drawn carriages and sidewalk cafes, it is nevertheless a spot for serious study and tradition." FISKE added that one-half of the University's graduates go on to at- tend graduate school and that 95 per- cent of University's students come from the top one-fifth of their high school class; 98 percent were in the top two-fifths of their class. Keith Molin, director of the Uni- versity's Office of Communications, said, "When we publicize the Uni- versity, we don't choose a specific: field, but focus on activities which are currently being held at the: school. We may do a focus on the, people or on the activity itself, but: don't generally emphasize 'good: points' and 'bad points."' Reference books which offer an "insider's view" commonly mention the popularity of marijuana and football, the difficulty of parking, the cultural atmosphere of Ann Ar- bor, and the large school size. Lisa Birnbach's College Book: lists prominent alumni, including Clarence Darrow, Madonna Ciccone, James Earl Jones, Tom Hayden, Gilda Radner, Gerald Ford, and Ann: Davis, who played "Alice" on the: Brady Bunch. al ARTHUR ANDERSEN We are pleased to announce the following 1987 graduates of the University of Michigan School of Business have recently become associated with our Firm. 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The Michigan Terminal System (MTS) - a campus-wide computer network - gives students and faculty an alternative academic computer system. An IBM 3090-400, located at the University Computing Center on North Campus, provides the database for MTS and is described as a "small supercomputer." RICHARD Conto, a University computer consultant, said that students use MTS primarily to exchange and share information. MTS is not, however, connected with the University computers used to store grades, CRISP information, student accounts, and other administrative information. "A student cannot use the MTS system to gain access to this type of information, because the database is stored on a completely different computer, separate from, the IBM (3090-400)," Conto said. He also added that MTS is strictly an academic computer system. THE system is divided into two different "units" which students and faculty can use. The UB unit is generally used by students and offers request accounts at no charge. The UM unit offers accounts which users pay for according to time logged on the computer. The computer language, PASCAL, is the most commonly used language on MTS, but BASIC, C, and FORTRAN are also used. The system is part of the Merit Network, a state-wide computer network that links the University with Michigan State, Wayne State, Oakland, and Western Michigan Universities as well as other major academic computer systems. This fall, the University Computing Center, along with the Campus Information Center (CIC), will be offering a public events message service through MTS available to all students and faculty. ACCORDING to Leslie Perrin, events manager at the CIC, the message system - called the. Public Server - will allow students to acquire information concerning various events on campus as well as selected events at the University's Flint and Dearborn campuses. Non-profit, cultural events such as those offered at the Ark are also included in the Public Server listings. For those who have computers at home or in their dormitory, the / rs only' Public Server, as well as MTS, can' be accessed via a phone modem; system. Access numbers may be obtained at the computing center on North Campus. Frank Pinkelman, a Computet Science and Psychology major who graduated from the University in 1985, designed the Public Serve program. He plans to install a messago service within the program that will enable students without computer accounts to leave messages' for the CIC directly on the Public Servet system. Student may use thg system to obtain information at no cost 0 Conto urged students interested in MTS to take the introductory to MTS courses offered at thd Microcomputer Education Center(MEC) at the School of Education. The MEC also offers information on the various computer networks available at the University, such as the one used by the University library system. "MTS is useful to students for programming, exchanging electronic mail cross-country, holding computer conferences, and as a commonplace for sharing information," Conto said.. We are pleased to announce the following 1987 graduates of the University of Michigan School of Engineering have recently become associated with our Firm. 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