Show Media Center Provides Supplies Tyler Harry Contributing Writer Students can now stop being stressed about class presentations Stations There is he help p available to those who are faced with the daunting task of standing sending in front of the information recite class to e the they have prepared wondered M Many have get et all of instructors where to do neat gadgets those in class their and check here her presentations them is the out they answer from front the the media center media center in in the basement The of the Markosian many functions serves Library for tor the faculty and an d stu- stu dents places for people peo- peo There are an as groupS groues pie to study I f area to view video tapes models of the human body and many types of electronic electron electron- ic equipment that can be checked out for use In a recent interview Steve Rivera a student at and employee of the media center revealed how the students can take advantage advantage advantage tage of what the faculty already has Dont Don't call up and say I 1 need a projector and laJ lap to top for a class presentation because the answer will be beno beno beno no Only instructors can be granted requests for those types of f materials Asking your instructor to check them out is a simple remedy though Just in in case the instructors tors are unfamiliar with the procedure heres here's how it works the instructor calls in his her name classroom number date and time needed and what exactly the equipment will be used for This is so the Media Center will know what to bring When should instructors call in to request the equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment Twenty four hours in advance preferably but we dont don't have a problem responding immediately said Rivera Its It's better to call a little in advance to make sure all equipment needed will be available available Then on the date and time the equipment is needed See Media on page 5 r o u Media continued from front page someone from the media center will wiIl bring it set it up and ald make make sure everything every every- thing is IS in m proper working order The equipment is generally generally generally gener gener- ally very expensive so the school doesn't like to let it sit there waiting to be stolen or ruined Every hour the media center sends someone to gather all of the checked out elec elec- To recap everyone can take advantage of equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment the college has to offer without worrying about having to pick it up set it up or bring it back Also no worries about whether it will work or not because they make sure it does before they leave The process is almost too simple none of the risks with with all of the benefits for great class presentations Employees at the media center are very helpful friendly people who want to see students succeed So take success by the reigns and enjoy the fruits of other peoples people's labor Its It's the American way |