The first Friday night of Summer term will be quieter than usual as classes normally held in the 10, 11, 12 and two time sequences will meet tomorrow morning, starting as early as eight a.m.
"Without [the special day of classes] the term would be less than nine weeks," Registrar Thomas Bickel said.
Courses regularly held at the 10 hour will meet at eight; 11 o'clock classes will meet at 9:15; 12 o'clock classes will meet at 10:30 and 2 o'clock classes will meet at 11:45.
The special day of classes is held on the first Saturday of every Summer term, and occasionally in the winter if the term starts on a Thursday, Bickel said.
But many students can still stay out late tonight and sleep in tomorrow morning. "Most [professors], instead of using that extra day, use an x-hour instead," Bickel said.
Classes could not start last Wednesday, the day of registration, because of rules on the length of vacations between terms. Bickel said that it is being reviewed and changes may be in place next year that would do away with the Saturday classes.
