University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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w PH f The trials and tribulations of university life held something different for each of the 30,000 Arizona Wildcats Each stu- ( dent, however, found out that they had something in com- mon with every other person roaming the aisles of university lecture halls. That is, plain and simply, studying. The transition from high school to college bore one well-known trademark: the develop- ment of study habits. Whereas once a student could get away with cramming for a final the night before the test (after neglecting to open lh book all semester), a college student must incorporate notebooks, typewriters, slide rulers, and Cliff Notes into his everyday liv- ing. As soon as you could say mid-term examination, students became comfortable carry- ing six text books slung over their shoul- ders and calculators in their back pock- els Freshmen also learned quickly that coffee and No-Doz sometimes became the name of the University of Arizona game. Even though the need to study was laced through every person attending U of A, the atmospheres for doing so could differ dramatically. I found that I do some of my very best studying in the back stairwell of Coronado, said Janis Sharp, BPA freshman. Wherever there was a semi-quiet place with fairly bright lighting, people could be found sifting through note cards or highlighting key points in a text book. The library, a dormitory laundry room, the back of a commuter bus or under a tree were favorite spots for students to sit down and study for a while. You learn quickly, said Anna Beth Asmussen, journalism sophomore, that it really doesn ' t make any difference where you study. What ' s important is that everything gets done. It ' s kind of funny, but wherever there is enough room to sit down, you will find people trying to study.

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e Being a teaching assistant isn ' t easy, it takes a great deal of time and energy. There were 1650 teaching assistant awarded to University graduate students during the 1980-81 academic school year. These TA ' s. as they are more commonly called on campus, are students who are currently working toward their Master ' s or Doctorate degrees at the UA. The University has strict regulations for those who are TA ' s. Students who have previ- ously been enrolled at the University must have at least a 3.0 grade point average. All teaching assistant must enroll in at least six credit units. The teaching assistant appoint- ments are recommended by the department in which the student wishes to teach, and the final approval is given by the Graduate College. The University classifies assistantships into two categories. One being an assistantship which is open to all graduate degrees candidates, and the second category is that of asso- ciateship for graduate students who have already completed a Master ' s program or who have com- pleted 30 units toward a doctorate degree. Both the assistantship and the associateship are con- sidered teaching assistants by the Graduate Col- lege. TA ' s usually teach lower division classes, lead- ing discussion classes or teaching the labratory classes. Chemistry, English, and Physical Educa- tion have the most teaching assistants on staff. Although almost every department on campus does hire teaching assistants.