We Inform. You Decide.VOLUME 105 ISSUE 84 THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2011Not officially associated with the University of Florida Published by Campus Communications, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida

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n A runner on UF’s cross country and

track and field teams was

arrested Tuesday and charged with

sexual assualt. Turn to page 18 to read

the full story.

n Florida was swept by South

Carolina in the Col-lege World Series Finals, losing 5-2

on Tuesday. But UF returns the bulk

of its team and is already eyeing a

return to Omaha.See Story, Page 18.

Atheist billboard removed from church land in OhioCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A billboard supporting

atheism has been taken down from property owned by an Ohio church after the pastor complained.

The ad put up in Columbus by the Freedom From Reli-gion Foundation featured the beaming face of a local non-believer and the man’s message: “I can be good without God.”

The sign had upset Rev. Waymon Malone of Christ Ca-thedral Church. The church owns the land where the bill-board went up.

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Monkey BusinessMojo, a common marmoset, sticks out his tongue while inside a runway that connects him and 25 other marmosets to their outside-inside habitats at the Jungle Friends Primate Sanc-tuary. See story, page 4.

By KIMBERLY LINTON Alligator Contributing Writer

A new study center could create com-petition for TutoringZone.

Nine tutors from TutoringZone in Gainesville have left the company to form a new academic study service called StudyEdge.

The decision to split was announced at the beginning of the break between Sum-mers A and B, said Margaret Kelsey, direc-tor of communications for TutoringZone.

While the permanent location is under construction, StudyEdge will be offering live review sessions for Summer B at UF Hillel, located at 2020 W University Ave.

The tutors held their first review ses-sion Tuesday.

The new location is anticipated to open Sept. 1 at the former Goerings Book Store location, 1717 NW First Ave., behind Ti-

juana Flats and Jimmy John’s.StudyEdge will offer free review ses-

sions on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-day from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at Hillel during Summer B.

StudyEdge tutors are trying to be more accessible to students, said Graham Rees, co-founder of StudyEdge. He said they want students to be well-acquainted with the tutors so they will feel comfortable asking questions.

StudyEdge tutors started a new com-pany because they were tired of Tutor-ingZone repeatedly ignoring student concerns, Rees said. They wanted to offer quality reviews with proficient tutors.

TutoringZone would “plug holes” with unqualified tutors to make money, he said.

TutoringZone is being affected by the loss of its seasoned tutors. When its phys-ics 1 with calculus tutor left, the company

was left without anyone else to teach the summer review sessions. Preregistered students have to get their money refunded and take their business elsewhere.

“For students, we would have loved to have been training someone for physics,” Kelsey said. “We refuse to throw anyone who we haven’t trained into the mix.”

Jess Bodzo, 19, a sophomore computer science engineering major, said he didn’t

know this course was no longer being of-fered until he went to TutoringZone this week.

He was told he will get his money back but was not given an explanation. After contacting his physics tutor on Facebook, he learned about StudyEdge.

Kelsey wants to squash rumors that the new company is a switchover. There are two different companies now, she said.

Francesca Dickhaus, a 19-year-old sophomore biology major, was a regular at TutoringZone her freshman year.

She took reviews for organic chemis-try 1 at TutoringZone the first half of this summer. Now, she said, her tutor works at StudyEdge.

Like many of her classmates, she has a tough decision to make — deciding which review service is better for her.

As a student, the most important thing is who is teaching the material, she said.

“I don’t care about being loyal to one company,” Dickhaus said.

New company splinters from TutoringZone

n THE MONEY WILL FINANCE EDUCATION RESEARCH

By ERIN JESTERAlligator Writer

UF education researchers have received two federal grants totaling $5.5 million for studies focused on reducing behavioral problems that disrupt the learning environment.

One $4 million grant will fund a study on behavioral intervention techniques in preschool-aged chil-dren, headed by Maureen Conroy of UF and Kevin Sutherland of Vir-ginia Commonwealth University.

Another $1.5 million grant will support the research of UF special education faculty members Ste-phen Smith and Ann Daunic into developing curricula to help con-trol behavioral issues in grades six through eight.

Conroy and Sutherland’s re-search will examine their BEST in CLASS intervention program’s ef-

fect on preschoolers in the class-room.

The program teaches teachers behavioral intervention strategies, such as using rules and routines, providing specific praise and en-couragement and keeping children engaged, Conroy said.

Next year, she will be collabora-tively working with Alachua Coun-ty Head Start.

“We want to prevent those be-haviors so that when they go to

school, they can be successful,” she said.

Conroy noted that preliminary research has shown that BEST in CLASS techniques are both successful at increasing en-gagement in children while decreas-ing disruption and aggression.

Smith’s research, on the other hand, will lead to the development of an entire curriculum for middle school students in specific programs with emotional and behavioral dis-orders.

UF obtains $5.5 million in grants

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StudyEdge wiil offer free reviews during Summer B

“For students, we would have loved to have been training

someone for Physics. We refuse to throw anyone who we haven’t

trained into the mix.”Margaret Kelsey

director of communications for Tutoring-Zone