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Show We're not kidding If you thought life was hard, try around. Check out page 11. parking. f1? ' t, V.A See page 5. EORGE VOL. January 13, 1998 XXVII, NO. 11 DIXIE COLLEGE Students take 'crash course' in personal finance intersection at 800 East and 100 By Billy Vosburg Assetant Editor South. The car hit a curb in the north parking lot of the Family and Consumer Science Building. Coles continued to speed toward the building, plowing through a retaining wall in the center of the parking lot. Upon hitting the second retaining wall, the Firebird became It isnt normal for a car to be hanging through a wall, through a wall in the Family and Consumer Science Building at Dixie ll College. 1 However, on the evening of Jan. . & v Z , Virgil Wayne Coles, 24, drove a 1973 Pontiac Firebird through room 119 of 5, the airborne. to the St. George The car hit the building at the r Police Department, Coles sped out of a roof line. Maverick station on the corner of 700 Sherilyn Bensons Personal East and St. George Blvd. Finance class was in session at the Officer Ron Isaacson stated in time that the car interrupted the I observed smoke comiclass. police reports I thought a bomb went off, ng from the back tires of the vehicle. I JARED NEWBOLDTHE DIXIE SUN estimated the vehicle to accelerate said Robert Tuckfield, a hospitalized squealing its tires for 10 feet. Following the removal of the vehicle from the Family and Consumer Science Building, victim. Police entered the building, The car drove east on St. George workers had to clean up the mess that was left behind. Blvd., then turned south on 800 East. and began to assess the situation. The Firebird slowed for a vehicle at a stop sign vehicle, and continued to increase his speed. Isaacson Students noticed Coles getting out of the vehi- at the corner of 800 East and Tabernacle St. Then, followed, at a reported 50 miles per hour. see ACCIDENT Continued on Page Two According to police, Coles sped through the suddenly, Coles veered his vehicle around the other building. According Student tutoring keeps Dixie students in the know By Raelynne Johnson and Hal Schopp get tutored by Neil Walter as a part of Dixie College s Storing program. Tutoring information is available in the Browning Building. Randy Loudon tutoring, tutoring. drop-i- n and To receive drop-itutoring, students must meet two requirements: they must be a Dixie College student and must be enrolled in the class for which they are receiving tutoring. For tutoring, the students must qualify for the Student Support Services program. To qualify, you must demonstrate financial need and be a first generation college student. If you have a documented n Staff Writer There are times in our lives when we struggle through a class and wish we had someone to help us. Have you ever thought about a tutor? Some of you may be saying, yeah I have a tutor and heshe has helped me a lot. Others may be I am too smart for thinking tutors a tutor. Yet, others may think What will my peers think of me? Others might not even know Dixie College has a tutoring program and how to get involved. No matter whafc perspective you have, tutoring might be right for you. Tutoring is available to all Dixie College students and is located in the bottom floor of the Browning There are two types of Building. one-on-o- disability you will also qualify. A stu- dent shows financial need if they currently qualify for financial aid. This includes grants and loans. You qualify as a first generation college student if neither of your parents graduated from college before you turned 18. Janet Walker, tutor coordinator, one-on-o- see Tutoring Continued on Page Ten |