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Wednesday, October 2, 2002
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Brain drain
Students prepare differently for the LSA1
By Matt Caffey
THE BATTALION
It’s time to study for the Law School
Admission Test (LSAT) in the Texas A&M
community. It’s that time of year when
students who wish to be attorneys must
face the dreaded assessment test that
determines whether they get into the law
school of their choice or must contend
with a lesser fate than they might prefer.
Some Aggies have been preparing for
months to ensure their success on the
LSAT. They have taken the Princeton
Review class for the LSAT, but just taking
a review course does not guarantee a good
score.
“It helped somewhat, but you have to
do most of the work yourself. You have to
put in your own study time,” said Glenn
George, a senior management information
systems major, regarding the Princeton
Review.
George said he postponed his test date
from the October 5, 2002 test date to
December to give himself more time to
prepare because he wasn’t satisfied with
the scores he was making on practice
tests.
“1 wish I had prepared more during the
summer,” George said. “It’s hard to find
time now that classes have started."
LSAT performance is essential to start
ing a potential law student down the road
to a career in law. Therefore, many people
tend to experience a great deal of stress
and put added pressure on themselves,
thinking they will be a failure if they do
not do well or get into the law school of
their choice.
Emily Vincent, a junior animal science
and agriculture economics major, who will
be taking the test in February, is able to
put the test in perspective.
“Standardized testing is not a great
representation of what you are capable
of,” Vincent said. “Some people are good
at taking tests, other people’s strengths lie
elsewhere.”
Vincent said she believes taking the test
is merely one facet of being successful in
law school and as a lawyer.
“Test-taking is just a skill, like other
skills; some people have it and some do
not,” Vincent said. “The skills necessary
for being a lawyer go way beyond being
able to take a test."
Brook Bames, a senior psychology
major, also thinks that far too much impor
tance is placed on the LSAT. “Being a
lawyer has less to do with that test than the
law school admissions people would like
to believe.” Barnes said. “How could one
test on one day be indicative of your per
formance as a lawyer?”
“I like environmental law because I’ll
be able to shape the future policy of it.
instead of debating tired policies and
issues in other areas of law.” Vincent views
the skills of being a lawyer as more impor
tant than her test results and the school she
attends. Vincent said realizing her goal of
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getting into the best school is lessimpot
tant than realizing her goal of being tk
best lawyer.
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able to gel a different perspective on file
Enron and Worldcom scandals." Vinceu
said. “It made me want to study bankic
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in terms of promoting fairness in theta
ness world.”
Barnes is going to law school so he
can fight for w hat he believes in.
“With the upcoming environmental
issues and the politics involved, such*
the waste issues, standards forcaremis
sions, fuel efficiency problems and the
countless other issues. 1 feel that lawjen
are going to play a huge role in shaping
those policies.” Barnes said.
“It is important to take the LSATand
become a lawyer for the right reasons,
George said. “If you keep that in mind
you will not put too much pressure on
yourself for the test.”
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A fan
of the rock band Creed was in
jail Tuesday, accused of violating
a restraining order filed by the
group's lead singer.
Tamera Jeanine Andrade, 35,
was arrested Saturday night
before Creed's concert at the
Ford Center.
Lead singer Scott Stapp filed
the restraining order in Florida,
police said.
Andrade had a ticket to the
show, a copy of the restraining
order and a page from an
address book with Stapp's
home address when she was
arrested outside the arena,
police said.
The restraining order says
Andrade must stay at least 500
feet from any building where
Stapp is, police said.
Her bond was set at $2,000.
Heavyweight champs
to attend fund-raiser
TORONTO (AP)— Heavyweight
champion Lennox Lewis will
join former champs Larry
Holmes and Evander Holyfield
and other athletes in paying
tribute to Muhammad Ali at the
SkyDome on Oct. 20.
The 60-year-old Ali, a three
time heavyweight champion
who now suffers from
Parkinson's disease, will partici
pate in a fund-raiser for
Parkinson Society Canada dur
ing a CFL game between
Toronto and Ottawa.
Also attending will be Toronto
Raptors center Hakeem
Olajuwon and Toronto Maple
Leafs captain Mats Sundin, the
Argonauts announced.
Designer for 'Sex in
the City' moves store
NEW YORK (AP) - "Sex and
the City" costume designer
Patricia Field, an enduring sym
bol of Manhattan's urban style,
is closing her 36-year-old name
sake Greenwich Village store.
Field is consolidating opera
tions at her newer SoHo loca
tion, which has changed it
name from Hotel VenuU, 0
Patricia Field.
Celebrity fans of the (unhand
sexy House of Field designs
include Britney Spears, who
wore a breakaway tuxedo at the
2000 MTV Video Music Awards.
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day design duties to Davifl
Dalrymple so she can concen
trate on "Sex and the City
which stars Sarah Jessica Paw
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