Tutoring tucked away below PLC
By Dan Frank
Emerald Contributor
Tucked away In the dark recesses of the base
ment In l*rince Lucten Campbell Hall. Academic
Learning Services may be one of tho University's
best kept socrets
But for the 1,300 students who venture Into
ALS, It can be just the right nudge needed to
make It through a tough class. The service pro
vides tutoring and other Instruction for nearly all
curriculum on campus.
in Addition to tutoring, Academic Learning
Sorvicos offers ALS 101, Introduction to Universi
ty Study. This one- to four-credit course Is de
signed to help students improve study habits,
writing ability, exam taking and research tech
niques.
For students seeking calculating help, the math
tutors, usually undergraduates, are skilled
through calculus (excopt MTH 150), with some
experience in statistics. _
And what obout struggling writers? Writing tu
tors are usually first year graduate students who
will be touching Writing 121 or 122. Many come
to ALS as experienced journalists or college and
high school teachers
Shannon Greer, a biology major who uses tho
drop-in math service, said tho tutoring Is a groat
resource that sometimes gets stretchrxl too thin.
"At times there are too many students and not
enough tutors." she said, adding that she believes
more students nood holp and would como if more
tutors were available.
Akiko Tokahara, an Aslan studies mujor who
has used the drop-in writing lab for about two
years, agreed that ALS could use more tutors.
"Thoy are very helpful checking grammar and
structure," she said, “but at the end of the the
quarter somotlmes people wall one to Iwo hour*
lo got holp."
Yet Tekahara Is quick to praise the quality of
Instruction. "I hope they Increase the number of
tutors available.”
ALS Tutorial Supervisor Kim Lllley sold a
shortage of tutors often results from students not
thinking In advance
"The number of tutors hired depend* on the
demand." she said. "Unfortunately many stu
dents do not plan ahead at mid-term and ftnuls
time, consequently at theso times there Is an un
usually largo number of students seeking help.”
Instructors aro available, at no cost on a drop-in
basis from 9 a m to 4 p m. The office is located in
the basement of PLC
For those wishing lo avoid having lo wait, for a
foe ALS ofTers small group and individual tutor
ing through their Residency and Registry pro
grams.
The Residency program Is designed for small
groups of three to four. At a cost of 560 per term,
per participant, an ALS stuff tutor is available for
almost every discipline on campus. Theso tutors
arc often used for foreign language and math cur
riculums.
The registry program consists of a list of ALS
qualified student tutors. At a cost of S5 to 57 dol
lars per hour for lower division, and 56 to 510
dollars per hour for upper division coursework.
ALS will provide the student with up to three
names of registry tutors, again for almost any dis
cipline on campus. It Is up to the student and tu
tor to negotiate the foo within these guidelines
To help students pass graduate school entrance
exams such as the Graduate Record Exam, and
the National Teachers Exam. ALS offers prepara
tory course work and classroom instruction
OSU sets fire damage at $3 million
CORVALLIS (AP) — A fire
that dostroyad half a building at
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University may
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Moanwmio, <»j employees
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building's mail and printing
services.
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workplace and many of their
personal belongings go up in
flames." said M. Lynn Spruill,
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University officials wore not
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day as firefighters knockod
down a wall to dampen the few
remaining hot spots.
The Industrial Building was
valued at SI S million, but total
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al weeks, said Charles Pock
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of printing and mailing ser
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