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The sophomore year is one of changes and challenges. Students must discover f .

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how to balance their growing responsibilities. The ease and assimilation of the freshman \

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year vanishes as students begin to find their niche on campus. They start taking classes

more specific to their majors and find their work accumulates more quickly. "I study

about 30 hours a week as opposed to last year's 20-23 hours," Alisha Boley said.

Jorge Natal said, "My major is Pre-med; I am taking three science courses which

add up to 12 of my 16 credits. I spend a minimum of about 35 hours a week on studying

and homework." Some students do not experience a difference. Eric Penner said, "My

work load has not increased significandy from last year. It’s just my liberal arts classes

require a lot of busy work. I spend about 8-12 hours in the library every week, which is

not much different compared to last year."

While some students spend more rime studying, others spend more time in prac­

tical training. Julie Kennedy and Tiffany Deose, along with other psychology majors,

have a practicum for their Intermediate Psychology class. "Working at Directions is first

hand experience at what it is like to work at a mental health center. Each day we go out

with different case management workers to visit their clients with mental health issues.

Each client we visit is diagnosed with severe problems anywhere from Schizophrenia to

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder," julie said.

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