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Wednesday, November 15,2006
UWG students give back to local community
By Katie Cooper
Guest Writer
sweetkt2(M)3 @ yahoo, com
If you likes kids and
community service, you
would probably want to
hear about what’s going on
just down the street from
West Georgia.
A local, non-profit
organization called Latinos
Unidos, or Latinos United,
holds an after school
program at the Evergreen
apartment complex,
located across from the
intramural fields and down
the street.
This program allows
kidsfromthepredominantly
Latino complex to have a
place to do homework and
hang out until their parents
get home from work.
Members of UWG’s
Latino Cultural Society
regularly volunteer and
are actively involved in
helping Latinos Unidos
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While always working
As finals near, students
seek help from EXCEL
By Miranda Byrd
Staff Writer
mirandajbyrd@yahoo.com
Every year a brand new group of
students encounters their first experience
with college finals.
After students come back from a
relaxing Thanksgiving break, only one
week remains until exams begin.
For many students, the last days of
classes are filled with last-minute research
papers and final projects.
Others take their final exams on the
last day of class, while a lucky few will
not have finals in some of their classes.
This fall may be the first experience
some students have with final exams,
but though they are not strangers to
the ever-haunting final, upperclassmen
nevertheless anticipate a busy and
stressful time during the next few weeks
as well.
Two-thirds of students with HOPE
will lose the scholarship due to grades,
and this can place even more pressure than
normal on students during exam time.
One UWG sophomore shared her
experience during her first semester at
West Georgia. “All my classes were at
nine [in the morning] and I slept through
a lot of them, so by the time finals came it
was pretty much too late,” she said.
Another UWG student, senior Collins
Obodoako, explained how he keeps up
his grades despite the demands of finals.
“I keep myself in a good position, like I
never fall too far behind in my classes so
by the time finals come around. I’m ready
for it,” Collins said.
The idea of keeping their HOPE
scholarship motivates many students to do
well in college, but finals can be a stressful
time for everyone regardless of how much
time they spend in preparation.
The EXCEL Center’s website offers
some test taking tips such as arriving
early for tests and reading the directions
to avoid careless mistakes.
The website also offers a Study
to serve the Latino
community of Carrollton.
“I volunteer at the after
school program because
1 enjoy speaking Spanish
and I love kids. 1 like that
I can touch their lives in
some way by interacting
with them and maybe
teaching them something,”
said Carita Allen, a UWG
student and Latino Cultural
Society member.
Carita has recently
stepped up to help run the
after school program.
James Emanuel, also
a student at UWG and
a member of the Latino
Cultural Society, said, “I
really like playing soccer
with the kids at Evergreen
and talking with them. They
have so much to say and I
think both the volunteers
and the kids get a lot out of
their time spent at the after
school program.”
The after school
program lasts from 3 p.m.
in financial management,
Gauthier’s career path
changed to higher education
in 1977 after 12 years in the
automobile industry.
He worked at Central
Michigan University,
Alvemo College in
Wisconsin and Colorado
Mountain College before
moving to Carrollton.
“There is just
something about working
on a college campus that
seems to make people more
cordial, more civil to one
Skills Checklist in which students can
become aware of their good study habits
along with areas in which they may need
improvement.
Some areas of improvement include
allowing distractions while studying, such
as watching television and cramming the
night before a test.
Understanding that these habits can
be a problem is helpful in establishing
good study habits.
Many professors use multiple-choice
questions in their final exams because of
the deadlines they encounter at the end of
the semester.
The EXCEL Center’s website offers
a worksheet on multiple-choice test
taking strategies that is located in the
Tutoring section.
TestTakingTips.com says it all in the
name. The site offers advice on efficient
ways of studying, a guide to note-taking
and links to other helpful websites
that discuss writing essays and time
management skills.
Some of its Study Skills and Tips
include reviewing notes right after class,
listening to relaxing music to decrease
boredom during study time and spreading
out study time instead of waiting until the
night before an exam.
Another source of stress for students
is paper-writing. While most have
experienced this by the time the semester
ends, finals week is a busy time.
UWG students can visit the Writing
Center in TLC 1201 to access resources
that will help them improve on their
wrting skills.
These resources include professors,
graduate students, and various books for use
in the center.
For extra tips and support for final
exams, visit the EXCEL Center website at
http://www.westga.edu/~EXCELCenter.
The EXCEL Center is located on the second
floor of the UCC.
For more information on services
the Writing Center, visit website at http://
www.westga.edu/~writing.
until 6 p.m. Mondays
through Thursdays.
The program serves
an average of 25 children a
day, with kids spanning in
age from five to twelve.
A knowledge of
Spanish is notarequirement
for volunteers, as most of
the kids speak English.
Volunteers usually help
the kids with homework or
just hang out with them. The
kids enjoy playing soccer,
wrestling, or drawing with
sidewalk chalk.
Volunteers are always
needed. If anyone would
like to volunteer at the
after school program
or would like to learn
more about other Latinos
Unidos programs, call the
Latinos Unidos office at
(770) 214-2698 or contact
any member of the Latino
Cultural Society through
the social networking site
Facebrxrk at http://www.
facebook.com.
another,” he noted.
Gauthier and his wife,
Peggy, who teaches at
UWG, have plans to retire
to Brunswick.
Golf and travel will
be part of the future but
Gauthier can’t stay out
of the financial world
entirely.
He plans to put his
real estate license into use
part-time, in addition to
spending time with their
two children and two
grandchildren.
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UWG student and volunteer Laudeli Gonzalez-Rosa poses with some of the girls at the
Latinos Unidos after school program.
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the library or the history department.
Summaries of the papers are also
available online.
Students can view the papers from
Newt Gingrich’s office and several other
politicians by special permission.
Dr. Steely hopes to include interviews
of Governor Purdue, Lt. Governor Tyler,
Secretary of State Cathy Cox and another
interview with New t Gingrich.
Student assistants work in the
archives to help catalog and maintain
the collection.
Campus Calendar
Wednesday November 15
• SGA Elections Committee, Campus Center Boardroom
105, 5 p.m.
• NAACP Political Action Committee, UCC 311,6 p.m.
• Judo Club, Student Rec Center, 6:30 p.m.
• SAC Multi-Cultural Committee, Campus Center
Boardroom 105,6:30 p.m.
• Lambda, Pafford 302, 7 p.m.
• Zion Campus Ministry Youth and Campus Revival, A
Place of Refuge Church, 7:15 p.m.
• BSA, Campus Center Ballroom 108.1,8 p.m.
Thursday November 16
• SGA Meeting, Campus Center 302, 3:30 p.m.
Friday November 17
• MSA Weekly Meetings, Campus Boardroom 105, 1:30
p.m.
• UWG Cheerleading Practice, Student Rec Center, 2 p.m.
• Parking Appeals, Campus Center Boardroom 105, 3 p.m.
Saturday November 18
• Faculty/Staff Centennial Celebration, Campus Center
Ballroom 108, 6 p.m.
• Alpha Kappa Psi Charter Meeting, Campus Center 303
10 p.m.
Monday November 20
• SGA Multicultural Committe, Campus Center 302 2 p.m.
• SAC Executive Meeting, Campus Center Boardroom
105, 4:45 p.m.
• BSA Fall Meetings, UCC 210 & 311, 5:30 p.m
Tuesday November 21
• SAC University Traditions Committee, Campus Center
302, 5 p.m.
• Women of Diversity, Campus Center 104, 5 p.m.
• NAACP Meeting, UCC 311, 7 p.m.
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Dr. Steely hopes that students will
use the collection in their studies to
gain a better understanding of Georgia
politics.
The program provides the first hand
insight about political events in Georgia
from many of Georgia’s most influential
politicians.
Georgia’s Political Heritage Program
is the only one like it in the south and
offers University of West Georgia’s
students a unique opportunity to better
understand Georgia’s political history.
For more information about the
program, contact Dr. Mel Steely at
msteely@westga.edu.