UNIVERSITY
Center offers help
in test preparation
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Are you one of the 400,000
people scheduled to take the
Graduate Record Exam this
year? Is the thought of it making
you nervous?
Don’t worry. Help is on the
horizon at the University Cen
ter building on East 13th
Avenue.
That’s where Kaplan Educa
tional Center just opened its
Eugene location.
Kaplan is the oldest test
preparation company in the
United States, helping college
students study for not only the
GRE but the MCAT, I.SA T and
GMAT. which are the medical,
law and management school
admissions tests.
Kaplan also helps prepare
people for college admissions
tests and professional licensing
exams.
Joe Russin, the center’s man
ager, said Kaplan offers five- and
10-week courses, each with nine
or 10 four-hour lessons.
The courses are taught by
instructors who not only scored
well on the test but went
through a training program to
teach them how to use Kaplan's
teaching materials.
"I came to Kaplan as an
instructor," said Russin, who
still teaches MCAT preparation
classes, "and 1 was impressed
with the quality material and
dedication to seeing students do
better on tests."
Kaplan courses also provide
students with home-study mate
rials to practice the strategies
and skills learned during class
"Part of what we trv and do is
make the tests positive experi
ences," Kussin said. "They're
just a part of life for a student."
Finally, students are given
practice tests and audio tapes
that explain the right and wrong
answers for each question.
Kaplan's review classes are
small, usually averaging
between 10 and 2(1 students,
most of whom have not token
that particular test before.
"We have the kind of student
who has a history of not doing
well on a standardized test or a
student who wants to go to a
school with high scoring
requirements," said Kussin.
describing the Kaplan classes
"Or we have a student who
thought they could do well on
the test, (but) it took them by
surprise and they bombed it
But for the students who teach
the classes. Kaplan's teaching
methods seem to work
"It’s very difficult to give aver
age increases to most of our
courses," Kussin said, "hut I vo
never seen a situation where
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they haven't increased "
Kussin cited a Price Water
house survey of students who
took the SAT. a college admis
sions test, after taking Kaplan's
SAT course The survey results
showed th.it most students were
able to increase their test score
by about 11 r> points
Hut Kussin emphasizes
Kaplan doesn't just teach slu
dents how to perform well on
the standardized test of choi« e.
students enrolled in Kaplan
courses learn more than that
"We believe content is really
important." he said. "We tent h
the skills to answer the ques
lions, not the tru ks to beat the
question."
To do this. Kaplan courses not
only cover spot tfit sublet t areas
like math, but cover analytical
thinking skills and strategies for
solving logit problems
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Crackdown on frats
topic of greek forum
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Thu general impression from greek members at a forum
sponsored by beta Theta Pi was that the police and University
crackdown on campus fraternities has gone too far
Although thev understood concerns that they must respm t
their community, most of the fraternity members who questioner!
the panel took issue with the high fines and harsh treatment
coming from the two bodies
However, the speakers said that some fraternities are getting
out of hand
Hill 1 .amon, spe< nil assistant to the vice provost and police
liaison i oord ilia tor to the greek s\stem, said the University has
about ' had it" with the behavior of some of the fraternities on
campus He added that the Beta house was on a hit list of
fraternities that are sjhi lal problems for student ituitlui t officials
"Mv job is to protis t you front tiehuylor that will gel you kicked
out," he said, "(and) it is imperative that y ou c hange your
liehavior
(fffii.er Ken Saxon of the hugene poln e emphasized that greek s
who do get "t aught" with alt ohol on the street or in their house
should be honest with the police offii er present II not. lie said,
the person will only lie rewarded with a higher fine, espet milv
if he wrongly identifies himself
Although a minor in possession charge is only $‘l() and an
open container violation is only Stftfi. a i itatiun for int.orrei t
identifii at ion i an t ost up to S'tiis
Mil’s are often issued .it football games, Savon said.
"(ienerully speaking, this year at the football games I see
i lusters of students (outside the seating area) drinking," he said.
While the older members know they are not in violation of
the law. the younger ones attempt to hide their Inters
Again. Savon said that minors need to confess to the v iolation
and not get themselves in any more trouble
He went on to odd that botn hags are considered open
containers and are subject to the same lows
Savon also addressed the issue of noise \ dilations, a spei lal
problem for the Betas hei ause ol the retirement community
at mss the street
He praised the Betas for sending out a letter ol warning to
neighbors before a weekend when they are planning a font lion
Hot there are more things that i an lie done, lie said.
It helps to have a solver person near the phone. Savon said, to
field t ails and to warn the house if the party is getting too loud.
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The Great American Smokeout
-Thursday, November 18th
Because a day does make a difference.
First Annual Civil War Game Bail Run
UO & OSU K2 Chapters band together to fight
cancer. They will run the 50 mile distance between
Parker Stadium and Autzen Stadium before the
game. There will be a tent in the parking lot accepting
donations. Plan to raise over $5000.
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