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ALS offers tutoring options
■ Academic Learning bervices
provides both group and
individual sessions to students
who want additional help
By Diane Huber
Oregon Daily Emerald
Now that midterms have passed
and finals are just weeks away,
some students may be starting to
panic over the prospect of less-than
desirable grades. But Academic
Learning Services in the basement
of the EMU offers students many
tutoring options, some for free and
some for a fee.
Tutorial supervisor Kim Lilley
said while many students use the
tutoring services, many more stu
dents could be benefiting from
them. She said some students are
embarrassed to turn to the ALS
for help.
“I want to get rid of the idea that
tutoring is remedial, when, in fact,
it can be the difference between an
‘A’ and a ‘B’ in the class,” she said.
ALS offers small-group tutoring
for many University courses, in
cluding first and second year math,
rrencn, bpamsn, chemistry, eco
nomics and physics. Each group is
led by a tutor or GTF, and as many
as six people meet two hours per
week for $80 per term.
Students can also drop into
ALS’s free math or writing lab in 72
PLC anytime between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m. Monday through Friday.
ALS also provides lists of indi
vidual tutors in a variety of sub
jects. Prices range from $7 to $9 per
hour for lower division classes and
$9 to $11 an hour for upper divi
sion classes.
Lilley said the ALS does the best
it can to accommodate all of stu
dent’s tutoring requests.
ALS tutors must have received
an “A” or “B+” in the related cours
es and are required to have two fac
ulty recommendations. Lilley said
the ALS is always looking for tu
tors, but currently math tutors are
in the highest demand.
Environmental studies major
Thomas Ebert has attended the
free “Math 111” session offered
from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday through
Thursday in 106 Deady. Ebert said
all departments should offer a
study session.
It really makes the material
make sense and provides some
thing extra for courses that just
don't hit home in 50 minutes,” he
said. “It’s a simple concept that
does a lot of good.”
Business major Baba Moussa is
an ALS French tutor. He said the
hardest part about tutoring is work
ing with students who seem to
“take their education for granted”
and wait until the last minute to fo
cus on classes. He said the only
time students come in is from eight
to 24 hours before midterms.
Journalism major Melanie Lessen
said she was recently having trou
ble in her French class. Because she
is planning to study abroad in the
winter, she wanted to have a firm
grasp of the language. She found
Moussa’s name on a billboard out
side her French class.
“My grades have improved dra
matically — from ‘D’s to ‘A’s,” she
said. “Baba doesn’t care about the
price or the time, as long as you are
learning French,” she said.
Diane Huber is a student activities reporter for
the Oregon Daily Emerald. She can be reached
at dianehuber@dailyemerald.com.
News briefs
Students celebrate Indian
festival Saturday
The Students of the Indian Subcontinent will cel
ebrate Diwali — Indian Festival of the Lights— at 7
p.m. Saturday in Agate Hall on E. 18th Street. The
festival is celebrated in almost all regions of India
and is mainly seen as the beginning of the new year.
The celebration will include dancing and an In
dian feast. Admission is $5, which includes din
ner catered by Taste of India.
Rally will include vigil
Members of the campus community will con
duct a “Stop the War in Afghanistan! Peace March
and Rally” at 4:30 p.m. today in the EMU Am
phitheater. The event will include a candlelight vig
il, speakers and music.
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'Coot Congregations’ to focus on global warming
This weekend’s global warming conference brings people of
many faiths together to focus on energy conservation.
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Multicultural Center wins bid for new positions
TheASUG Student Senate voted to let the MCC shift money from
its conference acco unts to pay for work study jobs.
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