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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle - Page Six Monday, January 13, 1992 Campus Feature Overcrowding in U. classes mounting problem Chandra Graham Chronicle Feature Writer By The University of Utah is notorious for its lack of available classes. But even students who were able to either register or add a class have noted problems with the of seating in her Human Physiology class. "The instructor keeps telling students to add, but there are no more seats. The class fills the entire auditorium," she said. "He also has chairs on the side. He keeps yelling at us not to sit in the aisles, but there is nowhere else to sit. It's a huge pain." system. Many complain that their classes are still overcrowded. "My Political Science 320 class is overcrowded," transfer student David Black said. "The first two days of class I had to sit on the floor, because there were no seats left. I got a seat on Friday, but the classroom is still too small. It's in the bottom of the Behavioral and Social Science Building in one of the small rooms. All the seats are smashed together and there are probably only 10 inches, or maybe a foot, between you and the seat in front of you." Black noticed the class roll had 42 registered people on it, but that he and many others were added to the usually small-size- d class. "The waiting list was a full page, too," he said. "That classroom needs to be about 50 percent over-capaci- ty Jennifer Choquette has noticed a lack of adequate computer terminals in a class where they are a necessity. "My Geographic Computer Literacy class only has 20 computers. There are about 30 people enrolled. We have four assignments that we need to use the computers for. I guess the people without computers will just have to wait until some are available to do their assignments." Students and faculty alike are bothered by the overcrowding dilemma. Students are being encouraged to petition departments for larger classrooms or smaller CHRONICLE ART Ryan Woymont Overcrowding in some classes at the University of Utah is so bad that students may have to battle over seats. Desmond Lownds, U. freshman, is enrolled in Metallurgy 466, an undergraduate seminar. "The class is too big for the room," he said. "We had to bring in 10 chairs. It's not overscheduling in the class, it's them not scheduling a large enough room. Metallurgy has the Utah Drivers, and recognizing their breed sub-speci- Okay, here we go again. Another column about an increasing problem that does not seem to go away. No matter how people try, it just doesn't do any good. I am, of course, talking S es Steve Sessions Chronicle Feature Writer about UTAH DRIVERS. XW It has been said that Deoole in Utah drive so bad that people in other states disabilities, here are some know about us. How long will tell-tal- e signs to determine it take before we stop which you belong ourselves and learn to. - sub-speci- Eunishing We have all experienced rules as they roll merrily down the street. I, however, am proposing that all of us who have a driver's license "(expired or otherwise), stop pointing our fingers and start placing the blame where it will do the most good on ourselves. Let's all say it together.. ."I am a bad driver. I have no clue to what is going on around me when I am behind the wheel. I am a threat to everyone else on the road including myself and the pedestrians who place complete confidence in me at a crosswalk. I need help. I am a Utah driver." But let's not stop here. How about spreading the word? Tell your parents, because they do not know how to drive either. If your grandparents are still alive, they too are terrible drivers. Go one step further and tell your friends and Admitting the problem is the first and most important step. I often find myself cursing out the man or woman who has just tried to cut me off and then I find that I am riding in the left lane. I guess you just have to hit rock bottom before you can admit rs. you are a Utah driver. For all of you who will not admit to es The Utah Road Block: If Utah's vigilante drivers. The people who create their own your driving . Modern dance major Gretchen Olerud has discovered that overcrowding impairs her ability to learn in class. "I have a jazz class with about 30 people in it," she said. "That doesn't seem very large for a class, but for dance it is. It's important to have space. But there isn't any room to dance or move around, in my class. I feel like I have to kick people out of the way when I'm dancing." larger." Black formerly attended the College of Eastern Utah where he never confronted a problem with overcrowding. "The largest class I was ever in was in a room similar to the large geography room in Orson Spencer Hall. It could have seated about 100 people but there were only about 40 in the class." "My Informal Logic class is held in OSH," he said. "It's full. No one is sitting on the floor, only because they Eretty add eight to 10 more seats in the back. My Comparative Politics class has about 100 seats in it with at least 10 to 15 people on the waiting list. The classroom is very full, but at least no one is sitting on the floor." Classrooms that are seating like Black's are not uncommon, according to other students. Iris Faraklas, U. student, is irritated by the size and lack biggest class enrollment of freshman in years." Lownds feels the department should have compensated for its large enrollment with better classroom scheduling and maybe some changes. Monica Noble, however, said she wasn't too affected by the overcrowding in one of her classes. "The first time I went there, five people had to sit on the floor. But I found a seat, so it really doesn't matter to me," she said. Diana Young agreed. She said that in her Foods and Nutrition class, there are always people sitting on the floor and the instructor continues to give out add cards. "It doesn't affect me," Young asserted. "I always get there early enough to get a seat." you are driving on a two-lan- e road, look over into the lane next to yours. If you and the car next to you are both traveling at the same speed, you are creating a Utah Road Block. Then look into your rearview mirror, (trie thing on which hangs your graduation tassle, bandana, sun glasses or and if you see r), three or more cars behind you, pull over and seek help. I have seen Utah Road Blocks last from Salt Lake to Ogden. The Drifter: The drifter is a classes. Shannon Edwards and the other students in her sociology class have received encouragement from their instructor, Charles Hunt. "He told us to do something about it," she said. "Our classroom is so overcrowded that he warned us that we might feel sick after class. There's not enough oxygen in the air." Hopefully the overcrowding problem can be solved before it starts affecting students' health. All's not quiet at the By M. Sean McBride Chronicle Feature Writer Located in the dungeons beneath ASUU, there is a tiny office that measures seven by twelve feet. In this resides one of this campus' tiniest organizations: the Film Front at the University of Utah. But it hopes to soon become one of the larger groups at the U. The Film Front was actually established five years ago by a handful of students in the Film Studies program who were looking for a way to enhance their university education. For a while they were successful, bringing in guest lecturers and establishing a small film festival that showcased student films. But as the years wore on, the Film Front's closet-turned-offi- ce membership steadily declined until only a few students remained. Ironically, the small festival gained notoriety and seemed to grow in inverse proportion to the Film Front's membership. If it had U. Film not been for the host of student filmmakers at universities around the country that besieged the U. with their films and videos at festival time, the Film Front might have easily closed its doors for good at the U. But the Film Front survived and once again a handful of students in the Film Studies program have decided1 to mount a fresh attempt at building up the Film Front at theU. It is important to note that the Film Front is not just for film majors at the U. It is open to everyone who has a love for or a desire to learn about cinema. And while students studying theater, art, communications, dance, music, English and film will probably be drawn most to the Film Front, they are not the only ones who can benefit from the Film Front's programming. Jeffrey Jonsson, one of the Film Front's student directors explained. "We're going to bring in a couple of people each quarter. In the. past, it's always been screenwriters or film directors. I'd like to see people who deal with Front other aspects of film, too, like animators, musicians people that you don't get to hear from. For example, we're going to have an actors, entertainment lawyer in this "And we also want to bring in quarter. some more high profile people," Jonsson said. "We've been talking with the Film Department and the Utah Media Arts Center about some of these projects:" Additionally, the Film Front hopes to aid in the facilitation of film production at the U. "I know, for example," Jonsson said, "that there are a lot of students who had a lot of fun doing drama in high school. But once they get to the university they don't have time to do any more acting. Well, we'd like to put those student actors in touch with the students who are making films. They don't have to take a class or anything. This way we can help filmmakers cast their films and also provide budding actors with a place to work. see "film" on page seven i different type of driver all together! A drifter will, as the title states, drift from lane to lane without signaling. This phenomenon usually occurs when one is fiddling with the radio," lighting a cigarette or reading a text book. A Driftee, is drifted upon by a drifter and usually escapes with a honk of the horn and a finger. Be careful. Some drifters are violent and they will blame their mishap on you. If you encounter such a person, pull over and seek help. There are many other types of Utah Drivers and we know who we are. The Revlonian: one who drives while combing one's hair, putting on make-u- p or lancing one's boil. Signs of a Revlonian: if you look into your rear view mirror and see yourself. The Underachiever: One who does not exceed or even see "drivers" on page seven " jrrx flv-- 5r : CHRONICLE PHOTOJudd Film Front directors Jeffrey Jonsson and Andrew Wade show off the casting couch. i"rT R. Hillmon |
