By Cainon Leeds
Editor-in-Chief DMACC Boone has several free services designed to help students succeed academically. Two of those services are the Academic Achievement Center and the Writing Center. The Academic Achievement Center, located in the northwest corner on the first floor, handles testing and tutoring from subjects like history and literature to statistics and biology. “They do pretty much everything,” said Tom Lee, provost of DMACC Boone. According to the AAC’s coordinator, Mary Ann Koch, the AAC can help students study for and take College Placement, nursing, College Level Examination Program and General Education Diploma tests. In addition, the AAC functions as a place where students can take make up tests for their classes, however, students must know their instructors’ first and last name and bring some sort of personal photo I. D. like a driver’s license or DMACC card.DMACC student Sean Hanlin said that he has used the AAC three times for test taking purposes and that it has helped him significantly. “With some of the things I’ve had going on this week, it’s been really helpful,” said Hanlin. The AAC is also designed to help students succeed in their classes from day to day with tutoring. The center is currently staffed with three receptionists, one GED tester, six student peer tutors and seven instructors who are devoted to helping students with their classes. However, according to Koch, there are times when the AAC is understaffed and tries to recruit student tutors to help with subjects like biology and chemistry. Barack and Michelle Obama and Joe and Jill Biden celebrate their re-election in Chicago on Tuesday, Nov. 6. By Cainon Leeds Editor-in-Chief This story includes MCT wire reports. President Barack Obama on Tuesday won a second term in the White House, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney in a hard-fought election that served as a referendum on who could better ease Americans’ economic pain and uncertainty. After President Obama’s victory last night, DMACC political science instructor Bruce Kelly offered some of his own thoughts on the election, “I thought it was going to be a nail biter until about 9 o’clock when the Midwest’s results started coming in. Then I began to relax.” He focused on the future of the Republican and Democratic Parties, saying that if conservative representatives keep obstructing laws from being passed, they would face more trouble during the next election. DMACC student, Nick Bassett, said, “I’m not going to complain about Obama getting re-elected, but I will hold him accountable.” Bassett said that this was his first time voting in a presidential election and that the whole process was fun. |
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