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Non-profi t Organization U.S. Postage Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 Permit No. 93 PAID University Libraries Park Library 407 Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 Making math easy as 1-2-3 Mathematics Assistance Center now open in library For senior Bradley Holley, a new center in Park Library has made a big diff erence in his mathematics class. A second Mathematics Assistance Center opened earlier this semester on the library's fourth fl oor. "Whenever I don't understand a problem, I come here and I can get it done, Holley, a CMU senior majoring in foodservice administration. "It's like working in any other part of the library, but there are people here who will help you if you're struggling. " says " While the original Mathematics Assistance Center remains open in the Towers, the Park Library center replaces the satellite center previously located in Grawn Hall. Reggie Becker, Math Assistance Center director, says the student body has positively responded to the library center. Compared to the last two fall semesters in Grawn, he says the library center already has experienced an increase in students using the resources available. "I think a lot of it has to do with the location," Becker says. "The library is right in the center of campus, and since a lot of people study here already, it makes it easier for them to come in and get the assistance they need. " Gerry Edgar, manager of Library Business Services, says he's pleased with the center's library location. "I think the students fi nd it very convenient to come here instead of having to go across campus. It's a great fi t," Edgar says. The Mathematics Assistance Center in the library is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The center in the Towers is open 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday nights, and 2 p.m. through 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Both locations handle regular sequence mathematics from algebra to business calculus, but the library center also handles statistics and the more advanced courses. • In the Math Assistance Center that opened in Park Library this fall, MAC Director Reggie Becker off ers junior Mark Hemberg guidance on his statistics homework while sophomore Paul Sidlosky fi nishes his statistics equations. 12