2- Friday, September 28, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 2 - Friday, September 28, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Explained THURSDAY: Before You Were Here Biological size Part of getting used to college is learning how to deal with huge classes. While some students love the anonymity - and the freedom to do the crossword and sudoku - others dislike not get- ting the personal attention they received in high school. Depending on what camp you're in, Biology 171 is heaven, or hell. With 479 enrolled students, the class is the largeston campus, according to University spokes- woman Kelly Cunningham. The class meets Mondays, Wednes- days and Fridays in Auditorium 3 of the Modern Languages Build- ing. This semester is the first time the class has ever been offered. Up until this year, the five-credit Biology 162 was the introduc- tory biology class. This year, that class was split into Biology 171, 172 and 173. Biology 171, called "Intro- ductory Biology: Ecology and Evolution," is part of the intro- ductory biology sequence followed by those pursuing biol- ogy degrees and counts toward a bachelor of science degree.*It is being taught this semester by Ecology Professor Diarmaid O'Foighil. O'Foighil said he doesn't find the size of the class intimidating because he used to teach Biol- ogy 162, which usually had about 500 students. He said teaching a science lecture has similar chal- lenges no matter how large the lecture hall is. "The experience of being in a class of 200 or 300 isn't that much different from a class of 500," he said. The problems: O'Foighil can't respond to every question from students or tell if students under- stand the material. The size of the class also makes it harder to tell if students are paying atten- tion or reading their e-mail, he said. LSA sophomore Aubree Geller, who hopes to go to medi- cal school, said O'Foighill does his best to answer questions stu- dents have. Although it can be difficult, the size of the class has its advantages, Geller said. "It helps me get there on time so I don't have to scramble for a seat," she said. Geller said she's used to large classes, like Psychology 111, which she took freshman year. Despite the size of those class- es, she said she manages to get enough personal attention in the discussion section. JAKE HOLMES Jessie Aja contributed to this report. Chelsea resident Malinda McCain sells goods out of her trunk at Trunkapalooza yesterday. 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