<p>That’s good advice, astro, and in fact what I planned to do.</p>
<p>I’ve already communicated with the writer of the more negative piece, a very nice, articulate young woman who wrote back to me immediately and said that she was less disappointed with the whole midyear process than she came across in the article. The other more positive article was written by her roommate and they intended the two articles to present the pro and con views of the midyear situation.</p>
<p>In fact, she said, she has trouble now even remembering that she’s a midyear. Living together, all of the midyears shared their experience which made them a group. For a complete view, she advised taking the two articles and combining them.</p>
<p>Apparently, from reading other sources, this was the second year of the Midyear program and changes had been made from the first year to the second, like keeping the students more or less together in a residence hall. </p>
<p>Today I also intend to also contact Michelle O’Malley who directed the Winter Orientation program and ask what changes, if any have been made for this year’s students to address the remaining problems.</p>