I Sigma Tau Delta offers stu~y sessions for the GRE As students planned fo r the ir futures, many of them decided co go [0 graduate school, but there was juSt one thing rhat stood in the way of them and the school of thei r choice: the Graduation Record Examination. The GRE was designed to evaluate verbal, quan– titative and analytical abilities. The English hono r society on campus, Sigma Tau Delta, began a study session in the fall CO alleviate anxiety caused by rhe graduate school-required test and to prepare members for the exam that could change rheir futures. Each "lllUrsday at 6:30 p.m., members gathered to study for various sections of the GRE including vocabulary and verbal areas. scribblers Senior Soroh Brown, president of Scribblers, reads the 2004 edition of the student-published literary magazine, "Shook Foil." in the American Stud– ies building Oct. 27. The publication, published each May, contained art, photographs, poetry and short stories from students. ·Russell Ke(k Associate Professor of English and dub sponsor Dr. Michael Claxwn worked with the members ro begin the sessions. "Last yea r, our graduating seniors suggested that since there are other English clubs devoted ro poecry and creative wri ting, the activi ties ofSigma Tau Delta could be gea red toward preparing English majors for professional acrivities, such as graduate school appli. cations and conference presentations," C laxron said. Senior Don Mclaughlin, SigmaTau Delta presidem, said thac by raking rhe GRE specialized subject test, colleges could see where the student was in relation ro their majors. " It's very similar to che SAT; the problem is that it doesn't predict as well as the SAT does, and so, what you score on the GRE doesn't predict very well how someone will do in gtaduate school," Mclaughlin s.1.id. "A lot of schools look at it pretty heavily to consider whether you're getting in or noc." Since rhe 70s, Harding's Sigma Tau Delra chapter has been a group made up of the top 10 percem of English majors. This fall, the club decided to get members more involved by hosting events. Members were involved in the Fall Literary Festival O ct. 20. Th e d ay centered on "appreciating the wriuen word," senio r N icole Wilhelms, secretary of Sigma Tau Delta, said. The festival included poetry readings, origi nal prose pieces readings, dramatic recirings and humo rous top· J0 lists. In addition to their study sessions, Claxton said rhe club planned on seeing at least one play per semester. " I hope these activities will provide support fo r aLIT students as they begin thinking of themselves as scholars and writers," Claxton said. " I also hope English majors will see Sigma Tau Delta as a benefit to them personally and profession– ally," he said. ·Julie Pye sigmafr@l!,!I delta Row 1: B. Lam, J. Dow, A. Bornes, S. Brown, L. Lawson, T. Engel. Row 2: T. Lone, L. Witcher, N. Shonk, M. Cunningham, M. Thiede. Row 1: B. Lam, J. Criswell. S. Brown . Row 2: M. Claxton, D. McLoughlin. "~~ I arganizatians
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