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

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For most college students, the months between May and August were times for returning home, having fun and enjoying time off school. But for students enrolled in spring or summer terms, those weeks instead were filled with classes, exams and studying. The two half-semesters offered selected courses com- pressed over only a few weeks, allowing students to com- plete a class that usually would have stretched an entire semester in less than two months. Students had mixed reasons for taking spring summer classes. Some wanted to lighten their standard school year semester or ensure that they would graduate on time, while others used summertime classes as an excuse to stay in Ann Arbor. Engineering senior Blair Lorimer took several spring summer courses during both his second and fifth years at the University to get them done and out of the way. I like Ann Arbor in the summertime, but I think that some of the classes were more difficult when compressed into a spring or summer semester, he said. I took the intensive summer second-year Japanese course the summer of 2000, said Jonathan Bauman, a fifth-year computer engineering student. It was 10 weeks, for three-and-a-half hours a day. It covered a whole year ' s worth of material and was worth 1 credits. It was the most fun course I ' ve ever had, he continued. I wanted to get ahead in Japanese before I graduated. I also wanted to do an internship in Japan the next summer, which I did. For business administration junior Eric Schmidbauer, the decision to take spring courses last year was more of a recreational choice. I took one spring class and figured I could just get a part time job, hang out, he said. It ' s a relaxing summer. You can get a class out of the way, ease up your schedule and still not be burdened with a lot of work, so it ' s a smart move. BTdflflester (C o s Y?B; I A I I S r gain a jump-start on the school year or make up missed credits, motivated students Ann Arbor for the spring and summer term brn in a more laid-back atmosphere By Cortney Dueweke 68 | Spring Summer Semester

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north campus provides several assets for ing new technology and rt academic facilities, all a forested atmosphere For many students living on Central Campus, places like the Wave Field, Pierpont Commons, the Art Architecture Building and Lurie Bell Tower were considered as unfamil- iar as a foreign country and almost as far away. Students living on North Campus had long been pitied by Central Campus residents, who lived closer to practi- cally everything, including Ann Arbor ' s downtown area, the majority of the University buildings and most major hubs of activity. But while some students were stranded in Bursley or Baits against their will, others enjoyed the North Campus atmosphere and requested to live there. And for engineers, living on North Campus was like having class in their own backyards. As an out-of-state student, physics junior Marty Kandes had orientation only days before fall classes began and subsequently got stuck with 8 a.m. classesfour days a week on Central Campus. I usually had to get up at 7 a.m. every morning and be at the bus at 7:30 so I didn ' t miss it, he said. Living up there was fine, the people are great, the facilities up there are fine. But the bus is definitely the most terrible thing ever. First-year engineering student Jeff Shattock requested to live on North Campus for his first year in the residence halls. It ' s far away from Central Campus, so you ' re not really connected to the community as much, but there ' s a sense of community up there, said Shattock, who lived in Bursley. And I ' m close to my engineering classes, so I can get up late and still make it to those on time. As for whether she would recommend the North Cam- pus experience to others, Kristen Kozlowski, a sophomore engineering student who once lived in Bursley, only had one suggestion: Make sure you really like riding the bus! By Cortney Dueweke Academics I 67

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Bathed in sunlight, a student relaxes on the Diag. The nicer weather during the summer allotted plenty of time for outdoor studying - or procrastinating, photo by Abby Johnson Resting from rollerskating, a woman pauses amidst the heat of the Ann Arbor Art Fair. Attracting visitors from all over the surrounding area, the art fair flooded both downtown and campus areas in July, offering students who remained in Ann Arbor an excellent people-watching opportunity between classes, photo by Kristen Starter Academics I 69