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Jessica R. Michelson '88 won two tickets, butshe may not go if her out-of-town date is unableto attend, in which case she will sell them...
...Michelson says that concentrators in Linguistics have opportunities normally reserved in other departments for graduate students. Since there's "not a sharp line between undergraduates and graduates" in her department, students "get to work with senior faculty and get to produce original work as undergraduates...
...Michelson agrees that the "stimulation" among students makes the Linguistics Department "exciting. It's hard to be lukewarm about it when others are enthusiastic...
Members of the Linguistics Department feel they must look for ways to inform students about their concentration, Michelson says, since "linguistics isn't something that people hear about in high school." To "make freshmen aware that there is a Linguistics department," faculty have worked to increase the number of their courses reviewed in the CUE Guide and to get a Linguistics course included in the Core Curriculum...
Students in small departments sometimes miss the camaraderie of fellow concentrators. While most are grateful not to be "lost in the crowd," as Case put it, a lack of peer support can be challenging. "Students are more visible. You can't hide," says Michelson. "You have to be independent. Sometimes there's comfort in numbers...