Calculus and chemistry can be difficult to understand, and for some students, having an international teaching assistant can make it even harder.
Nathan Barnett, a political science junior, said students were distracted in his math class last semester because they were unable to understand their international TA.
"It was hard to focus and comprehend the material," said Barnett. "There needs to be better screening or some efficient teaching method."
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Sure, digitally manipulated voice samples implying the presence of God sound amazing, but can you dance to them?
Composer Daniel Asia, professor of music and head of the UA's composition program, thinks you can. As part of a celebration of Asia's 50th birthday, he's presenting his electroacoustic composition, "Sacred and Profane," in a new way.
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For more than a decade, the UA has been a "weapons-free" campus.
But buried beneath Bear Down Gym are the signs of a tradition that has gone on at the UA for far longer.
Beneath the students playing basketball and lifting weights is a shooting range built in 1926, the year the UA signed a contract with ROTC as part of its land grant mission.
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Calculus and chemistry can be difficult to understand, and for some students, having an international teaching assistant can make it even harder.
