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If you're unsure of the answers to these questions, we can give you information or just a listening ear And it's free* Peer Health Counseling ( insidr 'he Student Health Center) for an appointment call 346-4456 GMAT to include essays this fall By Eric Buckhalter Ontoon 0#<y Ffrmak) College students and professionals planning to lake the Graduate Management Admission Test in order to attend business school may v»ant to take the test sooner than they planned Beginning (htoher 1994 the (.MAT, taken by more than 200,000 students a year, yvill in< hide two si ored essay exams that may i reate a turn hur dle for students with strong quantitative skills but weaker writing skills The change in the (.MAT, said Timothy Patri< k "ho is the director of (.MAT programs for knplnn Educational Centers. reflet ts i omens among busi ness si hoots and corporate recruiters that some students and employee candidates have weak i omtminu ation skills "Success m the business world requires more than good quantitative skills, Patrit k said "Bust ness leaders must communicate goals and agendas i learly and effetlively " The essay s will test sjea ifii writing skills under timed conditions "This will he different from writing a history paper or a corporate memo." Patric k said "In order to excel on this part of the ('.MAT. students " ill need to organize their thoughts quickly and "rite with clarity and prv< tsion Those essays " ill be judged according to very specific criteria." I in* ess,i\s will lie stored separately by a trained reader who has studied and scored hundreds of essay examples to get an overall sense of how to score ea< h one, said Joe Kussin, manager of the local Kaplan (educational (enter "The reader will match a student's essay to a particular type.” Kussin said The essay is scored at t ording to a si ale based on how the student addressed the topii and the essay s clarity and informative content, he said Kussin said the added (,MAT essays mas lie a little intimidating for those students svho are hesi tant about their svriting skills " He said that starl ing in October, the completed ('.MAT essays will lx- sent by the Kducational Testing Serve e, which administers the test, to business schools Kussin advises those students who are hesitant about their writing skills to take the June test, which will not include tin* essays The local Kaplan i enter, located at 720 li 13th Ave . is offer ing a free (.MAT prai tire test Saturday Students ( an also sign up for < lasses spec ideally designed to prepare them for the GMAT that begin Monday Students will ns eive the results of their practit e tests and dis< uss strategies for the GMAT during classtime Tor more information about Kaplan's "TKST DKIVK" program, contai t Joe Kussin at 345-4420. Speaker uses education to fight hate and bigotry By Susanne Steffens Ortgon lltoty Cm&rakl Author Kenneth Stern spoke about the importance of oauca tion about hate on campuses around the country Wednesday night at the Gumwood Room. in a speec h sponsored tiy Hi lie) at the University and tin* Jewish Student Union "38 percent of adults and 53 pen ant of high-school students do not know of tin* Holocaust or < an't give a right answer," Stern said "There are 3300 colleges and campuses which don't cov er. define or look at the topic of hale People should not be allowed to graduate la-fore know ing about hate groups and big otry." Stern brought up important issues like bigotry on i amptis. skinheads and hate groups. "There an* around 35,000 skin heads in tin* U S who use the Holocaust denial to view the world," said Stern, who is the author of several books, includ ing Holocaust Denial "It takes only one or two of them to start a violent action " Stem looked at the issue of col lege newspapers, and the ads which have been sent in to edi tors promoting the Holocaust denial Several high school mem tiers had shown up for the spt*x:h in order to know how to respond to the ads Stern argued that media played a large part of the Holocaust denial, and that jour nalists should get better informed "Printing the ads will lie a hor ribly mistake." he said. Stern's program on campus bigotry has led to meetings with over 100 college and university presidents from around the coun try. and in his book Holocaust Denial, he discusses how some teachers use Holocaust-denying material in their courses, and how important it is (or students to l>e aware In his speech. Stern brought up group seminars as a suggestion hi how students can became more active in fighting against bigotry and the denial of Holocaust on campuses Stern also looked at the argu ments from deniers of the Holo caust, and how the Holocaust has become on of the most debatable issues of all time AN OFFER THAT SUITS YOU TO AT Free Champion T-Shirt with purchase of $30 or more of Champion merchandise March 28th-April 9th _ A ■ ET ALS Mil MM, Unwanted Srvual Behavior task lonr wnli mam today at \ p tn m KMU ( edar Koom* (. and 0 For more information, 4 all 346 1133 KMU Hoard llouir (ammitlN will mor*» tialay a! 4 »0 p m m the KMU Hoard Hoorn T he Family ( enter and KVVY'A are on the agenda For more information, call 146 3?20 College Kepubiir an* will moot tonight at (> 30 tn t Ml ( rxlar Koom I) For more information, t ail 143 77M Student Health Insurance Committee will meet today at t p m in the Student Health (aoiter Medical Library For more I information. rail 346 3702 Amnesty Interns! mnal will meet tonight from 7 30 to B 30 in KMU Odar Room B AstaivVar ifk A merit an Student t moil will meet to plan Heritage Month artivi tip> today at 5 p m in Koom 225 (.mm wlnig Cam ter For more information tail 346 4 142 Student* for kit/halier will m«*it t(«Liy at i JO m KMU (-entury Room \ For more informal ion toil I4J-01BH (Herraler* (nummmu will mot* today at 12 30 p m in koinonta (/niter Parlor MISCFI.FAMOUS Office of the Dean of Student* will iponsoi the (.ay it-Mt* .... 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