BACK TO SCHOOL DAYS SPRING SEMESTER SEES UNEXPECTED ENROLLMENT JUMP.Byline: Nathaniel Greely Staff Writer GLENDALE - Customers were lined up in the new bookstore and cars snaked through campus parking lots as some 13,300 students returned to Glendale Community College Glendale Community College can refer to one of two colleges in the United States.
n. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. [German, from Latin (cursus) s . ``Enrollment is up a half-percent from the fall. That's unusual because the enrollment for spring is usually smaller,'' said Sharon Combs, the college's dean of admissions and records. In preparation for the crush crush A combination commodity trade in which soybean futures are purchased and soybean meal or oil futures are sold. Compare reverse crush. , the college rented parking lots off-campus and launched a free shuttle service to make it easier for students to get to class. Students also can order textbooks online, although many opted to visit the bookstore in the newly completed Sierra Madre Sierra Madre, city, United States Sierra Madre (sēĕr`ə mä`drā), residential city (1990 pop. 10,762), Los Angeles co., S Calif., at the foot of Mt. Wilson; inc. 1907. There is some light manufacturing. building. ``It looks nice,'' Michael Schnyder, 20, of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. said. ``Last semester it was all torn up.'' Although many students were impressed with the new facilities, others had mixed feelings about being back in school. ``I'm kinda Adv. 1. kinda - to some (great or small) extent; "it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He's rather good at playing the cello"; "he is kind of shy" kind of, sort of, rather bummed,'' Ashley Parker, 18, of La Crescenta said. ``I'm still feeling lazy from vacation,'' Schnyder said. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- 3) Glendale Community College students, left, line up Tuesday to buy books at the new bookstore. Above, students Gwen Beeman, 17, left, Nicole Foschetti, 19, and Ashley Parker, 18, chat during lunch on the first day of the spring semester. At right, a student consults the book list. Although students can order textbooks online, many opted to visit the new bookstore. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Staff Photographer |
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