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Show PAGE 10DTHE THUNDERBIRDDSOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITYDMONDAY G3ei aond! SEPTEMBER 30, 1991 Free tutoring available i?oss BY DAVID JOHNSON Thunderbird Staff Writer As the unyielding class crunch begins, students who find themselves classexperiencing recurring confusion, time blackouts, and nameless anxieties than may now obtain a better solution a moderately proficient roommate. If your teachers algebra is Greek to is speaking you, your French instructor French, and your English professor is speaking English, there is a way out: tutoring. A friendly smile will greet you at the Learning Center, located in the bottom floor of the Library 114A, where secretary Dorothy Urie is eager to assist. Open from 1 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 1 to 5 p.m. on Friday, students can check a schedule of available tutors or even arrange to receive a tutor for a class currently without tutoring available. A tutor will be provided if there is enough demand for the subject. According to Sue Dunton, media center coordinator, the program, which is not available during the summer, is year. gearing up for the 1991-9- 2 Hopefully by next week well have all tutors in place, she said. Tutoring is a service available free to SUU students for many classes, including the usual math, English, psychology, French, Spanish and German. Math is the subject most commonly used by students. In the past, when special needs have arisen, other subjects have been made available, even in technical classes such All your nourishment needs fulfilled at Ron and Cris' I We've got a bakery for breakfast and snacks and great deli sandwiches for lunch. 03m S3DDs 50 W 400 S o (Sfos" 586-457- 2 is just one such as example. Some tutoring is done at the Learning Center, but certain subjects are tutored in their corresponding buildings on campus, for example music tutoring is held in the music building. An average of 748 students utilize the program each year, making it obvious that no one is alone in the need for assistance. But just in case you happen to be on the other side of the coin, born with CAD-draftin- The Learning Center, open Monday through Thursday from 1 to 9 p.m., offers free tutoring assistance for all SU students in subjects ranging from French to CAD-draftin- g. two doctorates and a Nobel Prize, or maybe just in need of a good job, there are tutoring positions available at the center. Students interested in becoming a tutor should talk to the class instructor of the subject. Professors then refer students to Dunton. Tutors earn minimum wage while working an average of five hours a week, although some may require more hours, depending on the demand for their particular expertise. Southern Utah University Lecture Series Thursdays, 11 a.m. - Noon, SUU Auditorium No Homework or Tests September 26, 1991 Roger Crawford "We All Have Handicaps; You Can See My Handicap, But Can't See Yours" I October 3, 1991 Daniel Kemmis, Mayor, Missoula, Montana "Renewing Politics: Moving From the Lowest Common Denominator to the Highest Common Ground" October 10, 1991 Alumnus John Rollo 'The Opening of Eastern Europe" Homecoming Week October 17, 1991 Gary Shepard, ABC News correspondent 'From Baghdad to Beverley Hills: Gary Shepard Covers the World's Hot Spots" October 24, 1991 Chuck Jackson, educator, guidance counselor Life's Most Basic Skill" Substance Abuse Week Speaker "Self-Estee- October 31, 1991 Sarah Weddington, attorney, Roe vs. VL&ce 'The Leadership of Tomorrow" November 7, 1991 Dr. Patrick Overton, professor 'Art, Religion & Politics: Strange Bedfellows? November 14, 1991 Adrian Burgess, mountain climber "In Search of Everest" November 21, 1991 Dr. Manning Marable, social critic, historian "Apartheid, Southern Africa and Third World Liberation" International Week Speaker December 5, 1991 Verlinda Thompson, SUU professor "We Are All Learners" Distinguished Faculty Honor Lecture Dr. For more information contact: Southern Utah University Lectures and Special Projects Office Cedar City, Utah 84720 3 or 586-548- |