Students crammed for finals with the help of one-on-one tutors at ASB’s third annual College Recharge and Assistance for Motivation (C.R.A.M.) night in the Student Union on Thursday.
This event specifically targeted students who have issues with understanding certain aspects of their class as a whole and students who needed extra help understanding specific concepts from formulas in statistics to literary devices in their English classes.
ASB holds C.R.A.M. Night for students looking for a place to study alongside help from tutors. C.R.A.M. takes place at the end of every semester to help students with the stress of finals.
Isabella Torres, a student worker who has worked all three C.R.A.M. Night at both campuses, shared how she has taken advantage of these tutoring opportunities in the past.
“Those tutors came in clutch. If I never went I would have been screwed,” Torres said.
Not only was this an LAC event, but this event also took place the previous night at TTC.
Sessions were available at both campuses and ran until 10 p.m., which helped reach more students get tutoring resources whose schedules could only accommodate late-night studying.
“We know that some students do have later classes. So we do expect them to come later, maybe after class, come over here and just study,” said Torres.
Four tutors were spread around the student union lounge, varying in subjects such as statistics, science, political science, and English.
While students studied and received help from the tutors, they were encouraged to take snacks and beverages that were provided.
Anthony Ortiz, a student in his first semester at LBCC helped in assisting in the event, welcomed all students with whatever they needed.
“You could just come in and ask a tutor for help. … you could even stand in a corner and have your own individual time,” Ortiz said.
As a first year student, Ortiz described the gratitude and excitement of finding out there were late night resources on campus.
“Honestly, I didn’t even know there was this sort of help in the beginning,” Ortiz said.
Student Union worker Nina Amone was working the event as a regular staff member and was excited to share that she had taken part in C.R.A.M. Night before, as she is a current student at LBCC.
“I’ve used it before, it’s cool to have tutors just available here instead of having to make an appointment or something,” Amone said.
ASB will be holding future C.R.A.M. events at the end of each semester with the goal of preparing students for their final exams.
