University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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A T t 1 Qt CS GLJ- t I O U- O bus f lusicians and architects alike North Campus was a place of constant change. Students in art, Forth Campus was home to a music, engineering, and architecture ventured there daily for I rage of people. reasons not always well understood to meet and conquer the A. bus stops at the C.C. challenges offered within each discipline. They were faced as Little Building in order to transport students to North Campus. In 1 996 a stop at the Union well with the inherent challenges of life on North Campus, was added, giving students more places to catch the bus on central campus. Buses were These challenges were increased for students living on central scheduled to come every ten minutes, how- campus. For one student, Matthew Berry, a senior architecture major in the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, North Campus meant long hours of hard work with little respite. The trials were considerable: a single journey to North Campus could mean fifty consecutive sleep-deprived hours subsisting on Little Caesar ' s Pizza before finally returning home. Senior electrical engineering major, Jim Ni also spent many long hours on North Campus. However, for both the completion of a project meant victory, a victory which made the sacrifice worthwhile. Berry ' s day began reasonably with class at 9 a.m.. As it was difficult to anticipate what time he would return home and bus service ended at 2 a.m., he was compelled to drive. After finding a spot in the commuter lot, he fed the parking meter, fifty cents per hour. Followed were two hours of lecture. These lectures concerned the methodology involved in the design of different structures, from the physics of a building to illumination and acoustics. Berry found that his days could easily be stretched into a sixteen hour marathon. Deprived of a car, Ni was forced to catch the commuter bus to North continued on page 53 Joshua Greenberg

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50 + Northern Exposure The Bursley-Baits bus pick up students behind Bursley Hall. The ride t central campus lasted about seven minute Buses stopped every ten minutes to transpo engineering, art, music, and architecture sfii dents who traveled to and from North Campu; New in 1 996 was the Commuter Route, whic picked up students at Crisler Arena and made cross-campus journey.

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Students gather for calculus study group. The Media Unic included a computer laboratory and an eng neering library. Students also took advai tage of teleconferencing rooms locate throughout the library. 52 + Northern Exposure