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Catching up with the curve
When making the transition from high school to college, some students need to take refresher courses to prepare for college-level math and English. Although the number of students needing review courses is increasing nationwide, those numbers are shrinking at MSU. Sharif Shakrani, director of the Education Policy Center at MSU, said about 25 percent of entering freshmen lack preparation for college-level math, especially algebra.
December graduation speakers announced
December graduates will hear commencement speeches from Kay Koplovitz, Deborah L. Wince-Smith and Andrea Van de Kamp. Koplovitz will speak at the 10 a.m.
The 100 million dollar project
MSU houses one of the world's few atom smashers, but few people have ever visited it or even know where it is. The Cyclotron, which is located next to the Chemistry Building on Shaw Lane, houses the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, or NSCL.
Modified LSAT to include new comparative reading section
The Law School Admission Council created a new portion of the Law School Admission Test and removed another — the largest changes to the exam in 15 years. "(The changes) are not particularly earth-shattering changes," said Russell Schaffer, spokesman for Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions. Beginning in June 2007, the reading comprehension section of the LSAT will include a new comparative reading portion, according to the admission council's Web site. The reading comprehensive section currently consists of four sets of passages, followed by four sets of questions. In the updated exam, one of the passages will be replaced with the new comparative reading section. "It will be based upon two passages where you compare what you just read," Schaffer said.
Groundbreaking
Some MSU students and faculty members are happy to hear about the construction of a monument in Washington, D.C., to honor Martin Luther King Jr.
