Our Time 1998

W hat wo u l d t he I l l i no is Ma t h ema t i cs Sc i– e n ce A c a d e my be c a l l ed if no ma t h wa s t a u g h t? And if t h e re wa s no ma t h p r o– g r am, h ow in t he wo r l d wo u l d we f i na l ly u n d e r s t a nd h ow to t a ke t he d e r i v a t i ve of a t r ig f unc t i on or finally, after a w e e k of p r o c r a s t i n a t i o n, f i n i sh t hat p r o b l em s e t? Ma t h is wh a t ma k e s it a Ma t h ema t i c al and S c i e n ce Ac a d emy. But t he t e a c h e rs t hat t e a ch it h e l p , t oo. For e x amp l e, Dr. F o g e l ' s Mu l t i Va r i a b le Ca l c u l us me t h i s c h a l l e n ge for a h i gh c l a ss a v e r a ge on an a s s e s sme n t. So on Ha l l owe e n, we all got to see Dr. Fo g e l in an IMSA T i t an Ch e e r l e a d i ng un i- f o rm- t he swe a t e r, sk i r t, and t he l i p s t i ck. I s n ' t d o i ng ma th wo r th it after all? The MI series still get gr ay r e spons es from stu– dents. Some students like that the MI classes are dis– cove r y - ba s ed and p r omo te cohe s i vene ss be twe en the ma th disciplines. Ot he r s, like Jun i or Alice Hsuing, prefer the calculus sequence. "No mo re d i scove ry- ba s ed l ea r n i ng !" Al i ce often s c r eams in delight. For Sophomo re Lau ra St udn i cka p r ob l em sets create frustration because of "all the t ime they take...and the fact they are impos s i b le to do by your– self." For others, p r ob l em sets are a pain be c au se of the extra ma th wo r k. Students t h r oughout the c ampus can be hea rd mumb l i ng and cursing the p r ob l em sets the night before t hey are due, but as on MI - 2 student said, they ma ke us wo rk t oge t he r ." I sn 't that what IMSA is all abou t? Titu Jindreescu Steven Condie Ruth Dover Sue Eddins (Dr. Micah Eogel ChuckjKamberg (Dr. Jinn Ofobbs Cfeorge Midauskas MichaelSloan Vernon Strong Ron Vavrinek^ Susan Tates t^Lc/iAi 137