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By Lauren Airey
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Kansan staff writer
Tutors can help students conquer Spanish verb conjugation or the fundamental theorem of calculus in small groups or one-on-one.
Several tutoring options are available for students struggling with tough classes.
The Student Development Center offers low-priced tutoring for specific courses in biology, business, chemistry, math, physics and Spanish. At least 50 percent of the center's focus is on math classes.
For $100 per subject per semester, a student in the program receives three hours of small-group tutoring per week, which breaks down to $2 per hour. David Hill, the center's program assistant, said. The fee can be waived if a student receives financial aid. To register for the center's tutoring program, students can fill out a form in 22 Strong Hall.
old-fashioned way by footwork." Hill said. "Now we're getting a lot of students by word-of-mouth. The biggest benefit of our program is the cost because a private tutor can be about 10 times more expensive."
"We do a lot of publicizing the
John Heather, Overland Park senior, tutored privately before working for the Student Development Center. He said the center's program was better than working on his own because they provided training that was applicable outside of tutoring.
"Every semester, there's a meeting where they go over teaching strategies, like how to help a student who is a hands-on learner or a visual learner." Heather said. "We get the book that the student is using and sometimes we can get the homework answers from the teacher or get a solution manual so we can get answers that aren't in the back of the book."
For the fall semester, the center had 18 tutors and 110 students that completed the semester. The
center is expecting the same participation for this semester, according to Hill.
Student Senate provides a more informal tutoring option for students who want individual attention.
Diana Rhodes, Student Senate staff secretary, keeps a list of tutors in the Senate office in the Kansas Union. The database includes the tutors' contact information, courses or subjects to be tutored and the fee per hour. Private tutors typically charge $8 to $20 per hour. Student Senate can also refer students to other options, such as specific departments or the KU Writing Center.
"Anyone who is interested in having a tutor or being a tutor should call Student Senate," Eric Braun, former tutor and St. Louis senior, said. "The tutoring program hasn't been as big this year because there was less of an interest by students and less demand for the list of tutors."
— Edited by Erin Chapman
Local infantry gets send-off
The Associated Press
MANHATTAN—Some members of the 35th Infantry Division of the Army National Guard knew in late 2000 they would be called for duty in Bosnia.
The world was a lot different back then, though, before the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Before renewed tensions with Saddam Hussein brought the U.S. to the brink of another war with Iraq. Before a defiant North Korea dared the U.S. to do something about its renewed nuclear weapons aspirations.
Sunday, more than 2,000 family members and friends showed up at Bramlage Coliseum to send off the 35th Division's 1,500 troops to the war-torn Balkan nation in a mission dubbed Task Force Eagle.
ing those sacrifices and countless more, I personally thank you for answering your country's call."
"I know that, for those deploying, today means a separation from loved ones, missed birthdays, anniversaries, graduations and many other special moments." Gov. Kathleen Sebelius told the crowd. "For weather-
The task force's scheduled sixmonth assignment in Bosnia is expected to begin in April or May, public affairs officer Maj. Jeff Coverdale said. The division will train in Germany, and in the spring will join military units from Russia, Turkey, Denmark, Finland, Poland and elsewhere for the mission.
While tensions in Iraq could change the division's mission, nothing was said about the Persian Gulf standoff at Sunday's ceremony.
"We need to be prepared for any contingency that the president may call us up for." Coverdale said. "We realize that we are an infantry unit."
National Guard recruiter Joe Williams long has prepared men and women for the unexpected, but the send-off was bittersweet for a man who was saying good-bye to his wife and son.
He's not the one leaving; they are.
"This is the first time that we've all been split up for an activation," said Williams, who is staying home in Leavenworth to care for the couple's three young children.
Coverdale said the peacekeeping force, which includes units from Kansas, Illinois, Kentucky. Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Colorado, Washington and Hawaii, will depart for Germany in stages tomorrow through Sunday.
While many of the soldiers were saying goodbye to loved ones Sunday, a task force husband-and-wife team prepared to make the trip together.
Sgt. Richard and Spec. Sara Childs of Hutchinson met in 1999 while on active duty with the Army in Korea. They were married in Kansas in the summer of 2000, and both were students at Hutchinson Community College.
"We'll be stationed in the same camp, so it's not going to be a major hardship." Sara Childs said.
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