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Test service must change From Staff Reports Oneofthecountry’s top test prepa ration services has agreed to stop using misleading advertisements af ter a rival test company requested arbitration to settle the issue. Kaplan Educational Services called for an arbitration panel to decide whether The Princeton Re view should stop using the adver tisements. The Princeton Review claimed its service offered an average SAT score improvement of 110 to 160 points, but the statistics spanned the last eight years, the panel ruled. During those years, the SAT format has been revised. The three-member panel also ruled that The Princeton Review must use lower numbers for its LSAT, GMAT, GRE and MCAT score-improvement claims and must stop using the reduced claims after March 1,1996. “We’re delighted,” said Andy Rosen, a spokesman for Kaplan. “It was a complete victory for Kaplan. It struck down advertising that has been misleading to students.” The Princeton Review refused to comment. The Princeton Review will open a Lincoln center this fall. Kaplan has centers in Omaha and Lincoln. rs . 1UBt, _.fcl*r Ol»-f *• ™» 8^$ 2»8*52'J»-»“t™,l”i.i-!SSSSS''* -asSS8*'** ! wier Continued from Page 1 lor of student affairs, said he did not know if Spanier was in line for the Penn State position. “If I would learn tomorrow that Chancellor Spanier is named presi dent of another school, my first reac tion would be sadness,” Griesen said Wednesday. “He’s been a great leader for this campus.” Griesen said he had hoped Spanier would stay five to eight years at UNL, but realized the chancellor’s talents made him an attractive prospect for prestigious universities that could pay more. “It’s going to be hard to keep Gra ham,” Griesen said. Griesen, a veteran UNL adminis trator, said if Spanier did accept a job outside Nebraska, it wouldn’t be be cause of controversy or frustration. “If Graham would decide to leave, it would be because he received an offerhe couldn’trefuse,” Griesen said. “And there are some offers you .can’t refuse. “Penn State also is a superb sys tem. Ifhe indeed is a serious candidate there, and they offered him a job, it would be one he would have to con sider.” Loudon, who often has been at odds with Spanier, said a different type of leadership was needed at UNL. “We need to search for a chancel lor who is interested solely in academ ics and not politics,” Loudon said. “I remain convinced, as I said when Gra ham Spanier came, that he is less con cerned about the state of Nebraska than his own career.” NU Regent Charles Wilson of Lin coin said he heard that Spanier would be in Pennsylvania, but did not know if the chancellor would be named presi dent of Penn State today. If Spanier does accept the job, Wilson said he hoped the search pro cess for a new chancellor at UNL would begin within the next few weeks. “I would want to try to minimize or avoid an interim chancellor,” Wilson said. NU spokesman Joe Rowson said if an interim chancellor was needed, President Dennis Smith would appoint someone to the position after consult ing with senior campus administra tors. The chancellor’s wife, Sandra, earned her master’s and doctorate de grees at Penn State while he worked there. Since 1982, they have worked together at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Oregon State University and UNL, where she is an associate professor of English. Sandra Spanier reportedly inter viewed in February for a job at the University of Washington. Graham Spanier was a prime contender for the presidency, but the couple decided not to pursue a move to UW. Susan Welch, dean of Penn State’s College of The Liberal Arts, said she couldn’t comment on whether Sandra Spanier had interviewed for a job in the English department. Welch said personnel matters were confidential. But she said the English depart ment was constantly hiring people. “They’ve filled several positions this year,” Welch said. “They’re al ways hiring people. It’s a big depart ment.” The search for the Penn State presi dent began in September. By January, a search committee had narrowed a list of200 candidates to as few as 10. The Board of Trustees had set an original goal of finding a president by May or June. Nelson invites namesakes to celebrate ‘Ben Nelson Day’ From The Associated Press Calling all Ben Nelsons. That’s the cry from Gov. 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