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Development CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 % to mobile homes after the old cen ter was demolished to make way for residence-hall construction. “The current facilities are not good at all, but they’re something we’ve had to deal with while we’ve figured out how to provide a permanent home for the cen ter,” Odom said. He also said that in the past, professors have had to take re search grants elsewhere because of the existing center’s inade quacies. Nancy Freeman, faculty liai son and research director for USC’s Children’s Center, said she has worked toward the new cen ter’s construction for six years. "I’m absolutely overjoyed,” Freeman said. She said the cur rent accommodations were not a long-term solution and that the new facility will become a per manent and stable home for the center. ‘ We will provide a setting for the research and the teaching that are the mission of the uni versity,” Freeman said. Odom also said the new center will not add to the university’s fi nancial strain and that the facili ty will be built though contribu tions from grants and through a partnership with Gateway Academy, which will own and op erate the facility. “It’s not supposed to cost any thing,” Odom said. Fran Harper, general manag er of Gateway Academy, said Gateway will look to avoid bud get problems that have adverse ly affected child-care programs at USC and SCETV in the past. “Our goal is really going to be to manage the center to a realistic profitable level,” Harper said. Reba Campbell, vice president of communications and govern ment relations at SCETV, said SCETV started working with USC more than a year ago, but was forced elsewhere by budget constraints. Campbell said that after grants ran out and funding changed for its own child center, SCETV started looking for other options and eventually decided to cooperate with USC and Gateway. “We see this as a win-win sit uation,” Campbell said. “The USC and Gateway folks have been very willing to work with us.” Odom said the partnership is working to provide the best pos sible learning environment for. children. “This is going to be a state-.of the-art child-development cen ter,” he said. Frank Adams of the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services said the center will provide an opportu nity for high-quality child-care, as well as create a “living labo ratory” for ongoing research. “This should throw a big light into the future as we influence children with these policies,” Adams said. “The center is just going to be a marvelous teaching tool and a wonderful asset to par ents.” Campbell said the new center will combine SCETV’s teacher training specialization with Gateway’s child-care competen cy. “It’s got some wonderful train ing facilities that will be able to take what we do best and train teachers around the state,” Campbell said. Harper said she expects the center to positively affect educa tion throughout the state. “The benefits are going to be enormous for all the children and the teachers of South Carolina,” Harper said. “Hopefully, all the children and teachers will benefit from the combined opportunity.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com MCAT CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ed by the change in policy. His ad vice to students is “prepare once, take it once, do it right, get a great score and move on.” John Kleckley, a medical school graduate who specialized in inter nal medicine, said he never in tended to not release his scores; he took the test twice and released both scores. “If you’re that worried about re leasing a score, then you’re not ready to take it to begin with,” he said. “It never hurts just to wait a little longer.” Preparation is the key to doing well on the test, and there are a number of resources available to students interested in medical school. Kaplan offers classes and free practice tests. Shahed Lewis, a second-year medical student, said she used the products by Kapl&n, and they helped her make it through the MCAT test-taking experience. She signed up for the longest class of “If you’re that worried about releasing a score, then you’re not ready to take it to begin with.” JOHN KLECKLEY MEDICAL SCHOOL GRADUATE fered and took proctored practice tests that were given as part of the course. “By the time the real MCAT came along, I had no problem,” Lewis said. She said it helped her as far as getting prepared and knowing what to expect. Lewis, who took the MCAT once, thinks it’s a good idea not having the option to withhold scores because the test judges an individual’s intellectual ability to make it through medical school. * “Granted, you might have a bad day or something,” she said, but “I think you have the option of stop taking the test; maybe that will be a better idea than taking it over and over and over again.” The MCAT is offered twice a year, once in April and again in August. The test dates this year are April 26 and Aug. 23. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Don't fig* parking.. £/f)jf FOR FREE! Free Shut to Campus! |f ^■1 14 Bedrooms. 24 hr. Fitness Center ^ © Resort Style Pool ./ Sra*UNGpYHSnY if6"— ©. R®om | ^yve^icU 24 hr. 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