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Show Page 2 Signpost May 20, 1977 O S Q. o o z - a z o a. a z UJ eg O to o o to Next fall's test Changes announced in Graduate Record Exam College seniors planning to take the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Aptitude Test next fall will see some changes in the exam. A new section designed to measure NOW OPEN MONDAYS a Z 3289 Washington Meat and bean wrapped in a soft corn tortilla, homemade Spanish rice, frijoles, rfritos, and our own chile verde. (All food prepared by the Martinez family from homemade recipes) Open Monday-Thursday 1 1 a.m. to 1 1 p.m. Friday 1 1 a.m.-2 a.m. Saturday 5 p.m.- 2 a.m. NOW OPEN MONDAYS 4 Sale on all Hewlett-Packard products. 10 off on all HP accessories. Low prices on all HP calculators if you are looking at HP products when the bell goes off. T-Shirt give away good through Tuesday. TC7S3 G3E analytical skills will be added to the traditional areas that test verbal and quantitative skills. The change, the first since the current form of the Aptitude test was introduced in the 1940's, is NOW OPEN MONDAYS OGOT1: Monday Opening Special THE ENCHILADA SPECIAL a. O O z CO Q Z o Reg. $2 Mondays 99C a O o z NOW OPEN MONDAYS BOOKSTORE L BJ 9 IWVIVI I" Packard A OA based on an extensive research effort initiated by the Graduate Record Examinations Board that showed that analytical skills can be distinguished from verbal and quantitative skills and are related to academic success. Students, faculty members, and administrators from all over the country were consulted in the various planning stages of the change in the exam. Educational Testing Service (ETS), which administers the exam for the GRE Board, explains that the additional measure will enable students to demonstrate a wider array of academic talents when they apply for admission to graduate schools. Janis Somerville, GRE program director at ETS, said, "The new measure will test a student's skills in a nember of areas. Students will be able to show their ability to recognized logical relationships, draw conclusions from a complex series of statements, and determine relationships between independent or interdependent categories of groups." She explained that, like the LLI o to O o CQ traditional measure of the GRE, the new test will use various kinds of questions. "Three types will be used in the analytical section: analysis of explanations, logical diagrams, and analytical reasoning questions, each designed to test a different aspect of analytical ability," she said. Somerville also explained that no formal training in logic or methods of analysis is required to do well on the new measure. Somerville also noted that the 1977-78 GRE Bulletin of Information will describe the new measure and will include sample questions and explanations of the answers. The Bulletin is sent free to all students registering for the GRE. In addition, a Sample Aptitude Test containing the same number and types of questions as the actual exam can be ordered at one dollar per copy. Both publications will be available on August 1. Despite the new addition, the GRE will remain a three-hour test since the verbal and quantitative portions have been shortened and the time saved allocated to the new measure. "The same research effort that produced the new measure also yielded shorter versions of the verbal and quantitative sections that are comparable in reliability and usefulness to the earlier and longer sections," explained Somerville. The GRE is taken each year by about 300,000 college students as part of the admissions process to graduate school. The exam is offered six times a year, while advanced tests in 20 subjects are offered five times a year throughout the nation. Students honored Ten students from the Weber State College School of Social Sciences were honored Wednesday, May 18, 1977, at the School's awards program and informal reception. Students receiving the academic awards were: Lorin Barker and Beverly Carlisle, History; Delane Esplin, Military Science; Delane Esplin and Debra Gail Winslow, Police Science; Kent Collins and William Monahan, Political Science and Philosophy; Ronald Buhrley and Bonnie Denhardt, Psychology; Wendell Brumley 'UTAH FOOT TOURS is organizing another backpacking trip to Grand Gulch Primative Area for the 19th through the 24th of September. Cost will be approximately $45 for food, fees and transportation. Call King Hastings, 745-3460 to reserve a spot. A $15 nonrefundable deposit will assure you go. No reservations taken after May 28 Dearest Blabbit Dear Blabbit, I've been living by myself for the last seven years and find it interesting that now I need companionship. I go very few places to meet people and most people I know have already established their living conditions. Now what's a looking person to do? Dear Looking Person, You can join the foreign leagion or the Royal Academy; but if all else fails, commit suicide with your belt' buckle. Dear Blabbit, My drinking habits have now exceeded my eating habits. I find myself drinking breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I have found this very irritating to the paper industry because of the decrease in use of toilet paper - but I am very aware of the issue of conservation. I feel we should all unite in the effort to save trees - How can I promote my issue on saving tissue? Dear Conservation Minded, By all means continue your one-man assult on the tissue issue, but we as public minded citizens have to endorse all aspects of big business. Your best bet is campaigning in all private pubs. I am sure they will be more than supportive. P.S. How do you avoid the cramps? and Shu Hing G. Cheng, Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work. Wendell Brumley received the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award for the School of Social Sciences for maintaining the highest grade average (4.0) and Lorin Barker received the annual award presented by the Utah Historical Society. Also honored was Michael A. Toth, associate professor of Sociology, as the Outstanding Faculty Member in the School of Social Sciences. 3 BOOKSTOREE |