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NO, I'tlHK': rr give womeni ar doors fori ial t gestures it nt George Bid Bush gave Fen her, and dutt a woman lb; sped in the»: By TAMARA BELL Staff Writer About 300 student government leaders from 65 universities across the nation will be at Texas A&M to participate in a nationwide lead ership program on Feb. 23-26- Bp'exas A&M’s student govern ment annually hosts the Conference on I Student Government Associa r tions, a leadership program de signed for student government lead ers! aroun d the country to come together and exchange ideas. Julie Troy, director of COSGA, said the conference allows the dele gates to talk over solutions to similar problems within the different stu dent governments. “This is a time for different schools to discuss problems that face all student governments,” Troy said. “For example, if Penn State has an apathy problem, then they can Find out how Arizona State deals with it.” Through scheduled workshops and round table meetings, the stu dents discuss adopting programs that other colleges have found effec tive in dealing with campus-wide problems. “The freshman aid program at A&M has been adopted by several other schools because the delegates discovered how well it works during a conference,” Troy said. The program is not only an arena for exchanging ideas, but other uni versities are also exposed to “the A&M way of life.” ied softly ani as she held» of the outdoor i off theclotlis the word, these andofe a juniorjomt ■iter for Theli- ttalion 15 360 XT Of Association ilism Conference iditorial Board man, Editor Manag , City Editor ’k, NewsI itorial PageE Sports Editor jfiw Conr,e ICCOUNTING df OUT SOCIETY " FRIDAY FEB. 22. S-IZ Knights of Columbus 1-ta-l < Innovative student tutor unscrambles chemistry “During their stay, the delegates will be housed in dorms with A&M students, and some will stay with the Corps,” Troy said. “Students from other schools are fascinated with the traditions of A&M and this is a way for them to not only learn ways to improve their student government, but to learn about the school as a whole.” During the conference Dr. W.C. Newberry, a professor of philosophy at Southwest Texas State University, will speak on human potential and personal motivation. Pat Kirschner, director of student activities at Ball High School in Galveston and a state leadership consultant, will discuss the importance of communication in working with others in government. By KIRSTEN DIETZ Staff Writer Michael Goad’s shirt says it all. - The slogan “Chem Busters” and a red-slashed symbol of a ghost wear ing chemistry goggles cover the shirt’s front. The back reads, “learn ing is an exciting adventure.” Goad, a graduate student in edu cation, tutors 413 students from Chemistry 101, Fundamentals of Chemistry I and Chemistry 102, Fundamentals of Chemistry II. According to his students, his tutor ing methods are the key to learning material they couldn’t understand in class. Freshman Danna Schraeder says, “He shows us ways to do things that just stick in our minds.” Two and one-half years ago Goad began tutoring one student. Since then, tHe number of stu dents seeking Goad’s help has grown to 20, then 38, then 187 students last semester before reaching the cur rent total of 413 students. Goad’s goal is to put chemistry on a level his students can understand by using simple terms. Also, he says the current chemistry book is ar ranged illogically, so he teaches seve ral chapters working from the back of the chapter toward the front. “Mike’s explaining from the end to the front makes twice as much sense,” Freshman Meg Cloyd says. Goad says his students have three basic complaints about their chemis try classes. • Homework problems are not corrected and returned to the stu dent but show up on the tests. Freshman Michael Johnson says, “Some of the questions on the test are out of the ordinary and aren’t like the homework.” Goad says, “They get two points at the end of the semester for turning in a pile of paper. Great. But they never learn anything from it.” • Tests are too long to complete in 50 minutes. Schraeder says, “I don’t feel like I’m dumb, just pressed for time.” Goad tries to combat this by teach ing shortcuts to working the prob lems. “A lot of my methods are shorter, but they aren’t fake,” he says. “They’re used in industry.” • Questions on the tests are too challenging and most of the students don’t understand them. “It seems like they’re teaching chemistry I never saw until I was in upper division classes,” Goad says. Scores as low as 46 are curved to passing grades, he says, when 60 used to be considered passing. Goad doesn’t think this is a good policy. “A student who gets a 46 feels like crap,” he said. “It’s only 14 points (between 46 and 60), but it makes a difference.” Basically, Goad says the freshman level chemistry program is run as if all the students were chemistry ma jors. He says he thinks that, because so many students are required to take the two freshman classes, they should be more general. Goad sees a lot of confusion among his students about what is ex pected of them on the tests. “How can they measure up to a standard if they don’t know what the standard is?” he asks. Goad compliments several fresh man chemistry teachers’ instruction methods. “As far as I know, the chemistry department is trying,” he says. Goad’s success is measured by his students’ improvements. Freshman Daniel Penaloza says he made C’s and D’s before attending one of Go ad’s sessions at the end of the fall se mester. He made a B on his final. Schraeder earned a 90 on her fi nal after making a 40 on her pre vious test. Besides his successful teaching methods, Goad’s price has helped to draw students to his sessions. He charges $25 a semester, which he says averages out to 60 cents an hour for tutoring after material costs are subtracted. Material costs cover the printing of sample tests and booklets he. provides to the students. Goad says his low prices have just about drained other tutors’ busi nesses. “Doing this for $25 a semester has pretty much wiped out the rest of the people,” he says. Goad says $8 an hour is the aver age price for an hour of chemistry tutoring, and one tutor even charges $50 an hour. “I can’t see charging someone $8 an hour when I can do it, and they can get 34 hours for $25,” he says. “The comparison is ridiculous.” Sophomore Tony Riggs says, “For the price and the quality of teaching, it’s very well worth it.” Each session is once a week for two hours. Goad also holds extra free sessions before each test. He tu tors nine Chem 102 sessions and one Chem 101 session. 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