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Thursday, Oct. 5
Student Forum Guest Artist: Valerie
Zamora, a classically trained concert
pianist who is also deaf, performs
and discusses the challenges of her
career and those of other disabled
artists. 1 p.m., Beall Concert Hall.
Free.
Author Event: Award-winning San
Francisco writer Ruthanne Lum Mc
Cunn reads from and autographs
copies of her new novel, "The Moon
Pearl.” 7:30 p.m., Browsing Room,
Knight Library. Free.
Town Hall Meeting: This week's topic
is "The Only Real Difference Between
Gore/Bush: Nader!" 7 p.m., Lane Vic
tory 2000 office, 228 E. 11th. Free.
Theater: “Hurlvburly,” about three
Hollywood men and their exploits, is
the featured play. 8 p.m., Arena The
atre. $3.
Police Commission Meeting: Use of
Force Subcommittee is holding a pub
lic forum to discuss scope of work and
community participation. 11:30 a.m,,
City Hall, 777 Pearl Street, EPD Con
ference Room 109. Free.
Math
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111, Math 112, Math 251 and Math
315.
Math 111, College Algebra, can
pose challenges for University stu
dents because the pace of learning
numbers, formulas and graphs is
swift.
■‘We’re trying to teach in a term
what would be taught a year in high
school,” Koch said.
Math 315, Elementary Analysis, is
open to math majors only and it is an
other common trouble zone for stu
dents. The class serves as the bridge
between lower 200-level math cours
es and the upper-level courses loaded
with more difficult material.
There are several misconceptions
of why certain students excel in
math while others are left behind.
Koch said one common miscon
ception is that math success de
pends on a student’s gender, when
in fact both females and males strug
gle with numbers and graphs.
However, Koch said he thinks the
two sexes react differently when
they are having problems under
standing the material.
“Girls tend to be more vocal with
their problems, but males don’t ask
for help as much when they need
it,” Koch said.Vitulli does not think
one gender is better at understand
ing the material than the other, but
she does think that females tend to
be less confident in their skills.
“They don’t realize they’re at the
same place, usually, in the class that
the males are,” she said.
There are ways to calm fears and
improve the academic performance
of students who suffer from math
anxieties.
“After all, even mathematicians
get discouraged,” Koch said.
Sasha Harlov iunior computer
science major. she loves math
and offers some ad Le for those less
enthusiastic about the subject.
“Negative attitudes are what will
hurt you most,” she said. “You have
to get rid cf ;-v> . prejudice against
math mood a 10 do well.”
Students who underestimate
their math skills should remember
to remain confident.
“Get a reality check from your pro
fessor before you dismiss yourself as
not having what it takes,” Vitulli said.
Other advice to keep in mind:
Don’t be afraid to ask questions, take
classes in which active participa
tion is encouraged, remain consis
tent with credit loads, stay on top of
homework and remember to take
deep breaths.
Hintz suggests not putting off math
requirements until senior year.
( ( Negative attitudes are
what will hurt you most.
You have to get rid of your
prejudice against math in
order to do well.
Sasha Harlow
junior
Computer and Information
Science yy
“Your skills will be rusty by
then,” he said. Also, students
should avoid jumping ahead of
their math placement test scores.
“The test exists for a reason,”
Hintz said.
Koch said students who need help
with math classes should take advan
tage of professors’ office hours. Pri
vate tutors can be located through
Academic Learning Services.
Jail funding
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prisons they’re increasing it,” he said.
Kutcher agreed prisons are
crowded, but said that’s because the
county is convicting people who
don’t need to be convicted.
“The major problem is there’s a
bunch of people in jail who should
n’t be there because of victimless
crimes,” he said.
Victimless crimes, in Kutcher’s
opinion, mostly include drug posses
sion. He argued the county should
look at other crimes instead of prose
cuting the “victimless” ones.
“Crimes against our environment
they don’t take very seriously,” he
said. “There’s crimes all over our
county against air and water that go
ignored.”
Not only does Kutcher see the
prisons as unnecessary, he views
them as money-making machines
for “the big construction companies
that buy politicians.” He said their
purpose could just as easily be
achieved through preventive pro
grams rather than incarceration, but
the system just perpetuates itself.
“The criminal justice system is you
just keep building the jails. They’ll fill
up - they’ll go out and find the pris
oners to fill them,” he said.
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