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By SARAH GALLATIG
Staff writer
According to Daniel Pink, 40 percent of University
enrollments consist of students over the age of 25.
Many adults, who attend a university, still maintain a
full-time job while attending night classes.
Continuing their daily activities while attending
classes leaves these students very little free time.
The Learning Center is already a home to many
daytime students. Students go there to seek help,
study, or revise work. The tutoring can be done one
on one or in groups. Many tutors are students on
work study programs being paid to help others.
This spring, the Learning Center became available
three nights a week between 4pm and 6pm to accom-
Helpful hints from our resident
BY JONATHAN LEONHARD
Staff writer
This is the final article for the semester. and vet
another year. Summer is fast approaching (although you'd
think it was already here by the recent weather), and class-
es are getting harder and harder to attend. You may be
there in body, but in mind....well, that's another story.
After all, how can you really concentrate with thoughts of
the shore, the mountains, or any of the other things you
may be doing in less than two weeks? Well, I'm breaking
with the typical computer babble, so here are a few point-
ers to keep your mind sharp and test grades up over the
last few days of the semester. :
1) Take a break. All of us get tired of sitting in a stuff
classroom listening to a professor drone on about why r2
is the area of a circle: If you're getting sleepy, get up a take
a break. Excuse yourself from class quietly, go get a cof-
fee from the machine, eat a twix bar, just walk around and
get the blood flowing. Don't stay away too long, or you
may miss something important (like, your class!).
Remember, this works for studying and writing papers
too. : :
2) If you don't understand something you know will be
on your final, go learn it. Nothing is worse than taking a
final and saying, "I knew I should have studied that!" The
internet has many resources for answering questions on
almost any topic. On campus, we have a Learning Center
in the Main building, 2nd floor, that can answer most of
your questions, and they even have study groups. If none
of these solutions work, ask a classmate. You know, the
guy or girl that asks all the questions. They're easy to pick
The Lion's Eye
modate our adult evening students. The services that
many students find there in the day are now obtain-
able inthe evening.
"It is a warm friendly environment where you are
able to ask questions," said Alina Kameneva, a stu-
“dent tutor.
"This population is determined to succeed, serious
about scholastic commitments, reliable in atten-
dance, and growing in numbers." Jackie Hudson, a
Learning Center instructor reported.
It is important for the learning center to stay open:
later for the evening students so they are given the
same help and opportunities that daytime students are.
The center is a place where you can get work done.
There are computers and other accessible resources
there to help students with their work. Carmen
out because of the white tape between the glasses, and
usually they're the most enthusiastic to help out.
3) Take educated guesses. NEVER just guess at a mul-
tiple choice question. Always look at all the options given,
and X out the ones you know are wrong. Here is an exam-
ple:
Question: What is the formula r2 equal to?
A. The length of the perimeter of the circle.
B. The total area of a circle.
Cc. The total area of a triangle.
D. The total area of a rectangle.
Now, if you flat out guessed at this question, your odds
would be 1:4. Before you panic and start muttering curs-
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Adult students learn late, eat great
Brown, an evening student explained, "I find it use-
ful because I've been out of school for so
long.....you can find the help you need here."
A major positive aspect to the evening learning
center is the adult students find themselves commu-
nicating with other adults in an agreeable social
atmosphere.
Brown made this clear by saying, "Being an adult,
I'm more comfortable dealing with adult tutors."
Everyone at the Learning Center is working hard
towards accomplishing goals. The Learning Center
is there to help by giving students the resources they
need to make it a little easier to succeed. ;
An added dimension to the learning center is that
you are able to relax and enjoy a snack and a cup of
coffee or tea.
computer guru
es under you breath, take an educated look at the question.
If you paid any attention at all in class, you would be able
to discount C.and D all together, knowing there is no r
used in a rectangle or triangle. Now your odds are 1:2,
slightly improved. Now you have a guess between A and
B....sort of like true and false. Wouldn't you like to have
all your tests as easy as True/False? While this may not
work on all tests, or all questions, it still improves your
odds at guessing the ones you don't know.
4) EAT BREAKFAST! I'm sure you all know that we
need food to survive, breakfast being no exception.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, as it pre-
pared you for the stresses you may encounter during the
first 3-6 hours of your day. You wouldn't drive to school
- on flat tires and fill them up when. you got there, would
you? The same holds true with the brain. You need some
food to fuel the brain while your taking a test, or writing
a paper, cramming for the test. Some say eating potato
chips help the thought process, others say coffee.
Whatever you decide to eat, just PLEASE DON’T EAT
IN THE COMPUTER LABS! :
Well, that's about it for my advice to get you through the
last few weeks of the semester. Good -luck with your
finals, projects, and papers. I hope to see everyone next
year in August, ready to read my column.
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