The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, February 6, 2008 - 7A' 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. 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