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Show Bl MONDAY*NOVEMBER 7-2005 ALRORA EASY MATH Administration ideas for rebuilding the hurricaneravaged South 10 Life Writer Alicia Lee Life Writer Math is thought by many to be a necessary evil in college. UVSC is definitely known for its stringent program. Some students have not taken any math for several years and upon assessment, are placed in Math 950. Often they accept their fate and struggle through 950, then 990, then 1010, and finally 1050. That is a long process for those of us who think with the other, less technical parts of our brain. Being forced to attend math classes four or five days out of the week can be frustrating, even exhausting. More adept students are often surprised to find that they test into lower math than they feel fits their skill level. However, there seems to be no alternative and students conform to a system that appears to set them up to fail. Those who fail miserably with no help in sight may choose to drop math, or often, out of school altogether. It's no wonder, after all, they are losing time and money and hurting their GPA by being forced into a class they feel is too hard.or pointless. This may all sound very negative, and in fact it can feel very negative to those living the experience. Many believe there is no alternative. They are wrong. There are people like Adam Easter and Jared Zemp. The pair has started a company entitled EasiestMathEver.com. It's a tutoring business unlike anything seen before. Their goal is to provide tutoring to students wishing an alternate route to filling graduation requirements. Many clo not realize they can take the BYU independent study math course and it will fill the UVSC math requirements. This course is open to anyone, and it only costs about 300 dollars. This includes your book and all testing fees. The only problem is, that Independent To ensure tasteful reconstruction appoint Martha Stewart to director of FEMA. Sacrifice liberals to appease the apparently angry hurricane gods Accuse the Democratic New Orleans mayor of possessing WMDs and replace his reginme with one headed by Harriet Miers 6 5 Make sure there are plenty of Sicilian boatmen living in New Orleans incase of a future levy failure Fix the demic living poverty poverty epiby making below the line illegal Stimulate the economy by reducing or eliminating the sex change tax in New Orleans s After sacrificing liberals fails, cancel Marti Gras in a futher effort to pacify the hurricane gods Take two s's out of Mississippi to save money on official stationary and license plates I The hurricane? That was two months ago. Get over it. top S movie/ la/t weekend Play it as it Lays Shantelle Jones Prevent hurricanes and give petroleum companies greater access to oil by draining the Gulf of Mexico 8 SCIENTIFIC study can be daunting, and many lack the discipline required to succeed. That is where Adam and Jared come in. They offer group tutoring three times a week, moving students through the course in an average of six weeks. Imagine finishing all of your math requirements in only a month and a half! They aim to teach in a way that works for the student (including those right-brain thinkers) in a language that's easy to understand. Students receive more individual attention than possible in a college course, while still allowing for a group environment. The benefits are limitless. With payment for the tutoring sessions, (around 600 dollars) students receive a high-quality graphing calculator, something not currently allowed in UVSC's MATH 1050 classes. Another benefit is the fact that independent study courses do not affect your GPA. It is simply a pass/fail grade that fulfills graduation requirements. One unknown fact about independent study is that students can retake exams for a higher grade, something else foreign to mainstream math classes. It is difficult to find a teaching method or department structure that ensures success for every student. EasiestMathEver.com is trying to fill the gaps left by UVSC and BYU. Even high school students wishing to get math out of the way early can participate and receive college credit. At last, there is another option for students. We no longer have to accept math as a nightmare lasting two to four semesters. Six quick weeks and you can say goodbye to math forever. Goodbye, good riddance, ciao, whatever applies to your situation. For more information, email general@easiestmathever.com or call 473-5117. In Joan Didion's novel, Play it as it Lays, is a disturbing story of an actress burdened by Hollywood and its version of reality. You may be asking yourself "What does this have to do with me?" College is about identity, bleak and resounding as it may sound. And while this book is about Hollywood's "play" on reality in the 70's, Didion's novel is identifiable on many cultural levels. The main character Maria Wyeth has an existence of serial parties, on-location filming, and vacations. She sees the world as an extension of Hollywood. Constantly putting on an act for everyone including herself, she identifies with the idea of "nothing." Through simulation and the attempt to live in reflections of situational experiences, she stretches her "absorbed truth" to the point that it is indeed, nothing. By investing with distant interest in "nothing," organicism is brought to the intense state of simulation: even better than the real thing and twice as deadly. The character Maria presents the reader with something terrifying: We too render ourselves incapable of living anything more than simulated lives, though we are capable of otherwise. Maria's tendency to externalize her experiences with borrowed identity isn't unlike society's habits of buying meaning for our own identities. This notion to be anything by buying anything implicates that we are indeed incapable. Depressing, fascinating, and a bit of a tough read, this novel explores the mind of one who has lost all sense of selfhood and finds no solace in life. Non-artists present non-art John Ditzler Executive Editor Starry Night will host the second non-art show Tuesday Nov. 15. Located on the corner of Freedom Blvd. and Center St. in Provo, the artists - or non-artists - displaying their work are almost entirely female this time around. None of the pieces being displayed will be for sale, and each piece will be displayed anonymously. "That takes it out of a bunch of different contexts," said Joey Mayes who is organizing the event, "It takes it out of an economic context, it takes it out of an authoritative context. It changes the values or reasons we go to a show. Typically you go to a show cause you're familiar with the artist's work, you already like their work and that prompts you to go. At the non-art show you and puppies," Mayes said, "That's the definition will be surprised." of art to the school." The management of Starry Night is waiving "Art can be a byproduct of cultural tension," their usual leasing fee for the evening so com- Mayes said, "and I don't think very much art munity members can attend the event for free. around here addresses that, especially between Mayes, says communities should promote peo- the dominant and the non-dominant culture. For ple that aren't "artists" by definition. Promoting instance female art is very underrepresented." a do-it-yourself (diy) philosophy Mayes said, "I believe in art damage," Mayes said, "in sub"We should embrace images and creative ex- verting this boring concept of art that we have pression from people you don't normally expect that does not promote any discourse about the it from, that get rejected by the school of critical world around us or the deep inner world withacclaim." in." "I don't like when someone says, 'I'm an artMayes quoted Herbert Read who said, "To hell ist/ because everyone can create art, not just with culture; and to this consignment we might those who do it for a living," Mayes said, "Don't add another: to hell with the artist. 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