Lecture woes: Mentor program could help first-year students
First-year students who are nervous about approaching professors or Graduate Student Instructors for academic help may soon have another source for answers. Last week, the Michigan Student Assembly passed a resolution to establish a lecture mentorship program. This program would allow professors from large introductory courses to select five juniors or seniors to help students with certain questions they feel uncomfortable asking a professor or GSI.
Pollution pressures: EPA should post pollution ratings on the Web
The next time a company releases harmful chemicals and pollutants into the environment, it may end up facing the wrath of the World Wide Web. At least that's the hope of the Environmental Protection Agency as it institutes a new practice of grading major industrial facilities' pollution risks and posting them on the Internet.
Things change, but the suburban bar band remains the same
A couple of days ago, a friend called me up and asked me if I would fill in with his band for a gig it is playing next week ("gig" is the clever lingo that we in the "biz" use for what you civilians might call a show). I haven't played with a band in quite a while, but after practicing with them, I am sure it'll go fine. The guys in the group are cool, and while I doubt you'll be hearing them on the radio anytime soon, they have pretty good songs and an entertaining set.
02-20-98
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