Comrmterized GRE replaces scheduling convenience,” he said. Instead of only having the option of taking the GRE five Saturdays out of the year, students can take it more frequently at computer testing sites. Howard Vest, director of Sylvan Learning Center at 301 S. 70th St. in Lincoln, said the center offered the GRE by computer Monday through Thursday at 9 a.m. Nicosia said he thought students also en joyed the more private and comfortable testing environment of taking the computerized GRE. Vest said he had four work stations set up at Sylvan Learning Center for people to take the test. What makes the computerized GRE even more state of the art, Nicosia said, is the new adaptive format. The computer linear version was updated to the computer adaptive test, or CAT, as of Nov. 15. Throughout the test, Nicosia said, the ques tions are selected for the test takers based on their performance on previous questions. In a CAT, Nicosia said, everyone starts with a question randomly selected from a group of average difficulty questions. If the examinee answers the first question correctly, the next question will be more difficult. If the examinee answers incorrectly, the next question will be easier. The adaptive format will prevent students from getting stuck answering only easy ques tions, Nicosia said. If test-takers answer early questions wrong, Nicosia said, they can still move on to more difficult questions when they begin answering questions correctly. More difficult questions will be scored high er than easier questions, he said. “This test really zeros in on the test taker’s ability,” he said. Test takers won’t have to waste time on questions they don’t know. The CAT allows us to get the same amount of information in less time,” Nicosia said. Even people with no computer experience can take the CAT, Nicosia said. Test takers can spend as much time as they wish on a tutorial prior to taking the test. “One of the nice things about this test,” Vest said, “is that you can report your scores on-line to four institutions.” By 1996, Nicosia said the paper-and-pcncil testing administrations would be phased out and a new version of the computer-adaptive GRE General Test would be introduced. Vest said once someone makes an appoint ment, they must keep it. The computerized GRE costs $93, he said. Test takers must have an identification num ber from the Educational Test Service or a credit card to make an appointment, Vest said. The GRE takes about 3 1/2 hours to complete. Dead week rules violated twice By Dionne Searcey Senior Reporter Two students’ efforts to challenge professors on dead week violations have paid off, an ASUN senator said Thursday. Shane Ham said he received six complaints from University of Ne braska-Lincoln students saying their professors had broken rules guiding the week before final examinations. Two students complained their professors had changed the dates of final exams based on resul ts of major ity-rule votes in the classes. Ham said. Dead week rules state exam dates can be changed only by unanimous vote. Ham contacted the professors about the violations. They agreed to keep the original exam dates, Ham said. One professor was in violation of the same policy last semester as well, he said. Ham would not name cither professor. The other four complaints Ham received were not valid, he said. Keith Benes, president of the As sociation of Students of the Universi ty of Nebraska, said this year’s dead week policy didn’t vary much from that of past years. Students who think dead week policy is being violated should file a complaint form at the ASUN office in the Nebraska Union. Students can do so anonymously. Students’ efforts to ensure they are treated fairly often pay off, Benes said. “Sometimes instructors may not realize they’re violating dead week policy, he said. Sometimes also it just comes about that students weren’t paying attention to the syllabus.” UNL’s dead week policy states: •Final exams are to be given only at scheduled times as published in the official schedule of classes. Tests may be given at other times during finals week only if the date is mutually agreed upon by the professor and class members. •The only exams that may be giv en during dead week arc laboratory exams, make-up or repeat exams and self-paced exams. •Projects, papers and speeches due during dead week must have been assigned in writing by the end of the eighth week of the semester. This refers to the project and its scope but not to the topic. **ePost»*ANickel Downtown Lincoln at 14th & "P" St. Great Clothes at Great Popular Prices! Holiday Sale! 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Grew said the partnership would be especially useful to small busi nesses, who, unlike large corpora tions, probably couldn’ t afford to hire experts in the past. “We’re just getting started on it,” Grew said. “I think it’s a wonderful thing for the university. We do want to interact with the business commu nity in the state.” Overseas markets arc becoming more important to Nebraska business es, Grew said. “With all this stuff in the news like NAFTA, GATT talks, trade and ev erything, people are going to want to know what that is going to mean for Nebraska.” Fiji Continued from Page 1 being gathered about the case. “It is incongruous to me that state ments are being made while we arc still in the process of getting the infor mation” about the case, he said. Sgt. Bill Manning of the UNL po lice department said criminal charges of hazing had not been filed. Lancaster County Attorney Gary Lacey, decid ed last week not to press charges against the fraternity. Manning said the university juris diction had the authority to issue sanc tions on the fraternity without a basis of criminal charges. IFC President Scott Bun/ said the council would present its recommen dation to Spanicr soon. Bun/ said the council made its recommendation Wednesday In hopes of giving the Fiji fraternity a fresh start. Their recommendation would cause the Fiji house to be nonexistent on the UNL campus until 1996. “We felt this would give Fiji the greatest opportunity to come back as a strong chapter on campus,” Bun/ said. “We arc able to get rid of the old clement with the option ofbringing in new members.” The recommendation, he said, sends a strong message of “watch what you’re doing” to members of the greek system. “It should be a wake up call that this kind of stuff cannot occur in this day and age,” Bun/ said. The council didn't ask to ban the fraternity forever from campus, he said, because of its history at UNL. “The Fijis have a long tradition on campus,” he said. Instead, Bun/ said, council mem bers decided on the five-semester sanction to avoid resentment between members. “Older actives needed a chance to get off campus,” Bunz said. “It would be difficult for those other members to turn around and sec new members moving into the house.” Bunz said he hoped the severe recommendation would deter future hazing incidents. IFC’s sanctioning decisions in the future, he said, would be based on this case. “I hope that the other fraternities and sororities can use it as a learning experience,” Bunz said. Ivy Day Continued from Page 1 Speeches were given, poems were read and the cl ass gift was announced. By 1905, Ivy Day was interwoven with activities of the Innocents Soci ety and Black Masquers, which later became Mortar Board. On that day, the clubs “tapped” underclassmen, or chose who would become university leaders for the next year. These leaders would carry on uni versity tradition. And Ivy Day show cased the university’seflort to sustain tradition. For this reason, the two came together, the 1928 Cornhuskcr stated. In 1908, the senior class began to include the entire university in Ivy Day festivities. Eventually, all stu dents were excused from the day’s classes. The day, which was celebrated on May 10, expanded to include a track meet and the crowning of the “Queen of the May.” The university also used its day off to celebrate at a local park. I— But just as it was reaching its peak of popularity, the festive mood of the day became dulled in 1918, when World War I was raging. That year, Herbert Reese and Marcus Potcet, two UNL students fighting on the front lines in France, sent home the ivy sprig that would be planted. A “strain of sadness” descended over a lighthearted spring festival, the 1919 Cornhuskcr stated. After that, Ivy Day was simplified to a few events. The Innocents and Mortar Board still use the day to introduce its new members, Strong said. As the new member reception continues, she said, the presidents of the two groups go outside to plant ivy. Strong, a senior broadcasting and political science major, said the two clubs were trying to keep university traditions and history alive. At itspeak, the ceremony attracted about 2,000 people, Strong said, but now the clubs plan for about 250 people at most. —i Are You Late? • Free Pregnancy testing • Options counseling • Abortion procedures to 14 weeks • Saturday appointments available • Student discounts • Visa, Mastercard 3 r