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SENIORS
From Page 1A
For an upper-division, in-state
LSA student, tuition costs $5,793
per semester, compared with
out-of-state tuition of $16,655 per
semester.
Fifty-year LSA senior Carly
Kaloustian, an in-state student,
said the fact that it wasn't "horri-
bly expensive" to extend her col-
legiate stay by one year played a
large role in her decision to come
back.
"I would not be a fifth-year
senior if I were paying out of state
tuition," she said.
Although the University's
degree programs are designed
with the expectation that stu-
dents will graduate in four years,
the University's senior vice pro-
vost of academic affairs Lester
Monts said many students spend
extra time at the University to
take advantage of the different
degree programs and extra-cur-
ricular activities available. It's
becoming increasingly common
for students to have dual majors
or minors, he said.
Kaloustian, who is majoring in
English and Spanish and writing
an honors thesis, said it would
have been impossible for her to

graduate in four years. Taking the
extra year to finish her degree,
she said, would also make her a
more competitive candidate for
graduate schools.
"Your level of preparedness
bears very heavily on your place-
ment in grad school," she said.
Courant said the University
has a higher four-year graduation
rate than most other public insti-
tutions, but University students
generally take longer to get their
degrees than their peers at pri-
vate colleges.
Monts said there are more
fifth-year seniors at the Univer-
sity of Michigan than at private
colleges because of the breadth of
opportunities at the University.
"We offer 120 undergraduate
majors, but a small liberal arts
college would offer no more than
20 to 30 majors," he said. "I think
that's one of the big advantages of
a place like Michigan."
Courant agreed, saying that
while private school students
might graduate in less time, Uni-
versity of Michigan students are
met with a much wider array of
programs.
"I think that the elite privates
have avery strongnorm of getting
students out in four years," he
said. "The advising is organized
like that. I think for Michigan the

important goal is to give a rich
array of opportunities that the
university provides. But in some
cases that leads to students taking
a little bit longer."
LSA and College of Engineer-
ing student Emily Demarco is in
her fifth year at the University,
majoring in both astronomy and
aerospace engineering. Because
she's double majoring in two
different colleges, she said,
it would have been virtually
impossible for her to graduate in
four years.
"I knew that if I wanted to do it
in four years, I would pretty much
have to kill myself," she said.
Instead of taking the maxi-
mum amount of credits every
semester, she chose to take a
lighter course load and become
more involved on campus.
Demarco is the editor in chief of
the Michiganensian, the Univer-
sity's yearbook.
Monts said getting involved
in other campus activities is not
uncommon for students who take
extra time to graduate.
"There are many things that
happen outside of the classroom
that students become involved
in," Monts said. "That kind of
experience is, in many cases, as
important as some of the courses
you take."

QWIZDOM
From Page 1A
increase student participation dur-
ing lectures by allowing instructors
to quiz or survey students during
class.
Professors generally use Power-
Point presentations and projection
screens with Qwizdom remotes.
Instructors project multiple
choice questions onto the screen,
and students respond by using the
remotes. Quizdom allows students
to know instantly whether they've
answered the question correctly or
not. The remote features "T" and
"F" buttons for true-false ques-
tions, as well as letters and num-
bers for different types of quizzes.
LSA senior Erik Larson, who is
taking a psychology class that uses
Qwizdom, said the remote helps
him pay attention during lectures.
"You can check to see if you are
understanding the main concepts
of the lecture," he said.
Some professors say that Qwiz-
dom clickers help them measure
their teaching performance.
Statistics Prof. Anil Gore said
Qwizdom feedback allows him
to focus on concepts he needs to
explain more clearly.
"If people are getting confused
and lost, then I should spend more

time on it," Gore said.
However, the clickers do come at
a cost.
Mathematics Prof. Stephen
DeBacker said there's a definite trad-
eoff when using Qwizdomremotes.
"We don't have as much time to
explain the material," DeBacker
said. "It is a delicate balancing act."
Many students also don't like
that some instructors are choosing
to grade students based on their use
of the clickers.
DeBacker said he's received
complaints from students who say
that using Qwizdom forces them to
attend lecture.
"They say they are adults and
should be free to skip class if they
wish," he said.
Some students also don't like
being required to spend essentially
the cost of another book when a
professor requires Qwizdom for a
course.
New Qwizdom remotes cost $35
at the Computer Showcase.
Used clickers are sold at a cheap-
er rate, but less than 10 percent of
students sell their used clickers
back to the Showcase, Cicotte said.
Monika Dressler, the senior
manager of LSA Instructional
Support Services, said the price
University students pay is heavily
discounted because of the contract
between the College of Literature,

Science and the Arts and Qwizdom.
Dressler said the remotes can reach
are normally sold for about $60 in
other locations.
The University chose to use
Qwizdom after a number of fac-
ulty members asked LSA adminis-
trators for funding for interactive
technologies, Dressler said. To:
prevent students from having to-
purchase different types of clickers
for different classes, LSA officials
eventually chose Qwizdom.
In addition to experimenting,
with a number of different ven-
dors in courses during the spring
and summer 2006 terms, LSA.
researched schools like Michigan
State University, Indiana Univer-
sity and the University of Southern
California fared with similar sys-
tems, Dressler said. -
She said LSA faculty and admin-
istrators presented the results of
last year's pilot program and stu-
dent and faculty feedback to the
LSA dean before the Qwizdom con-
tract with LSA was approved.
Depending on faculty enthusi-
asm and technological advance-
ments, Qwizdom may not be at the
University to stay.
"Technology is changing so
quickly, one can imagine faculty
wanting to move to different meth-
ods of interaction in the coming
years," said Dressler.

OBAMA
From Page1A
The coffee shop, to the dismay
of many students, is called Hal-
lowed Grounds, and on a typical
Tuesday night, very few students
can be found doing anything but
studying there. Although a fair
number of students were trad-
ing off between watching the
news feed and finishing tomor-

row's problem set, most in atten-
dance had their eyes glued to the
screen.
Ari Epstein, a freshman from
the suburbs of Chicago, has spent
time volunteering for the Obama
campaign. He said the sheer vol-
ume of work assigned to students
at the University of Chicago can
make staying engaged with poli-
tics difficult.
"There's so much work that
people skip meals. Regularly," he

said.
Manystudents remainengaged
in spite of this, Epstein said. The
turnout last night illustrates his
point - on a campus of about
4,000 undergraduates - many
from out of state - 200 is not a
negligible portion.
Matt Cohoon, a graduate stu-
dent, said he really didn't have
time to be there, but couldn't
help stopping by on his way home
from class. During class most of

the students with laptops were
watching the results come in, he
said.
But he was not surprised at
the turnout last night. Students
may skip meals - and sleep - for
work, but not this decisive of a
political event, he said.

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