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Show TV Coyirses ducate as Well As COassirooinni, S tudy Says assistant commissioner for the of Higher Utah System Education. "It really enforces the idea that ... high school students whq are prepared to handle col- - (AP) -- SALT LAKE CITY High school students who took Southern Utah University classes by television performed nearly as well as the college students who took the same classes on famous. a recent study showed. The two-yestudy involved the tracking grades of high school students who took courses via interactive television.- Grades were also tracked for the SUU students who attended the broadcast sessions in a traditional class- - , - LlSUiJ room. school During the 1994-199- 5 year, the high school students averaged a 2.7 GPA. The college students who enrolled in the same classes had a 2.98 GPA. Last year, the high school students had a 2.73 GPA; the college students had a 2.78 GPA. "That doesn't surprise me at all." said Michael Petersen, an lege will do as well in a technical setting as college students would do in a regular course." The television courses use cameras and microphones that allow the students at distant sites to interact with instructors. Scandal calties. from page 2 they have enough evidence to bring charges against at least one senior gov-- , eminent official. Police reportedly plan to wrap up the investigation in a week to . , ; Israeli media, citing police sources, reported last week that police believe opposition." Netanyahu was questioned last week about allegations that Arieh Deri, leader of the religious Shas party, made his party's support for last month's Hebron agreement conditional on the appointment of a Jerusalem lawyer. Roni Bar-O- 10 days. as attorney general. Deri is being tried on corruption charges. Israel Television reported that was to arrange a plea bargain in exchange for his appointment The station said Deri threatened was Netanyahu that unless Bar-O- n appointed, he would withdraw Shas' vote for Israel's agreement to hand over most of the West Bank city of Hebron to the Palestinians. Netanyahu and Deri have denied any such conspiracy. Bar-O- n resigned one day after his appointment amid criticism lie was chosen only because of his'politi- Bar-O- : According to Israel Radio, police and prosecution sources said Netanyahu was warned he might face criminal charges after he evaded difficult questions and his testimony contradicted that of other witnesses. It was the first time an Israeli prime minister was questioned by police as a suspect in a criminal case, the radio " ' , organization said. , Yfeinroth, Netanyahu's new attorney, met Sunday with. State Attorney Edna ; Arbel to complain about the leaks in the n case. "The prime minister, like any citito a fair investigation, not zen, is entitled an investigation accompanied by teaks," he told the AP. Labor party Secretary-Gener; Nissim Zvilli called a meeting of party officials " During the two years of the study, 219 students from nine high schools participated in the , college classes, distance-learnin- g which , are part of the Utah System of Higher Education's "concurrent ar - enroll-ment- " f t Job Fair 5 pro- Saks & Stock Associates gram. Concurrent enrollment, now in its eighth year, allows high schooj, students to earn college and high school credit. The goal of the program is to help students graduate from college early, which ultimately saves the state money. Petersen said SUU is one of New store opening soon! 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