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[email protected]! INSIDE inside a heartof wires II Robson Square Everyone is welcome to NovemberOpenHouse THEUNIVERSITY OF BRITISHCOLUMBIA Record numbers flock to campus Administration acts to pacity aswe can inplace.” With the majority of incoming meet housing, course needs students entering the faculties of Artsand Science, Guppy says by Michelle Cook staff writer funding has been made available to provide more courses in Math, UBC’S LARGEST-EVER CLASS Of English and other core subjects. new students arrived on campus Preparations have included hiring this week and university officials additional teaching assistantsin or- have acted quickly to ensure their der to accommodate morestudents housingand course registration in tutorials and laboratories, and needs are met. hiring new instructors to teach ad- As of late August,the university ditional course sections. Extra sec- was expecting 5,161 new first-year tions are also being added to cours- undergraduates, 20 per cent more es starting in the second term. than the4,323 target for the 2001- Even with these arrangements, 2002 academic year. some Science students may still The spike in registration result- find themselves on course waiting edfrom several factors,among lists when classes begin, saysPaul theman increase in both the Harrison, associate dean, Student number of applications and in the Services, in the Faculty of Science. acceptance rate of early offers of The faculty has hired additional admission. instructors and teaching assist- UBC’S reputation for quality re- ants andwill be using all available BOOK MARK UBC Bookstore staffassistsome ofthe customers who will account for about25,000 sales transactions search, the introductionof new ac- classroom and lab space.