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s n a| iie4 e Sou ieWf 3r n Cft; : higlf i(| 'd acre larnu on acre; ''U froj ■wo 4 an cam rleyatf prodit - con Us-wj millin will i mete; atesfe ed win bushel m 56. stop intale vation. t, but my be vel ol o bei ngfisl Africa. Uistia- ion d 'lurw 1 ^ Cdt&&n THE BATTALION Page 11 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1978 Alien beings take over television United Press International NEW YORK — “Star Wars” may turn into star bores as aliens from outer space invade the inner sanc tum of the living room. Before “Star Wars” was the box office hit it was to become, Robert Wussler, then president of CBS Television Network, insisted some of his top executives watch the movie to see the wave of the future. Since then, and compounded by the success of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” science fiction and fantasy are turning up on the air waves as the networks try to hitch their schedules to a star. One alien invasion took place last Saturday on NBC when the Bionic Woman was trapped inside a buried pyramid in Southern California, where she ran into a sentinel wait ing for the aliens who visited earth 5,000 years ago to return. Where else but Southern Califor nia? Lee Siegel, executive producer of the show, said, “By investigating this phenomenon of aliens visiting earth, we hope to suggest answers to problems that have plagued man kind for centuries.’ ELPJfeUftiOJrel Checkers test child psych United Press International TORRANCE, Calif. — A ychiatrist has come up with a sim- test using checkers to help de- mine the problems of disturbed ildren. Dr. Ronald Levy, who recently I'P’fmplctcd postgraduate training in j 0 fBild psychiatry at Harbor General iospital, calls the method the In £ Statogram.” He said it produces in- ia ' “ ight into the young patient’s family elationships by simply having the 1 11 child move labeled checkers around 1 " ,l ‘ 1 ji piece of paper. a * ieill |In a report at a meeting of the dee f inerican Academy of Child ,IM Sychiatry, Levy said the Statogram u ,eri rovides a pictorial representation lisin ‘ I the child’s perception of his |oseness to each member of his amily. -i Levy tells a child he is going to {^play agame. Then he places a sheet pf paper on a table along with a box (u)]) of checkers and says, “One of these •checkers is you.” The child picks out f the*-— all to uit of >orpp| >r the a checker and Levy labels it. The child then tells the doctor who lives with him, and chooses a checker for each person. As the child picks them up they are labeled for Mom, Dad, Sis, Brother, and so on, including deceased parents and siblings and those livipg away from home. The checker representing the pa tient is placed in the center of the paper. Another checker is pre sented and Levy says, “This one is your mother. Where does she go?” The child will place the checker labeled Mom on the paper accord ing to the dictates of his feelings at the time, either close to or away from his own. Levy said he found many children put relatively large distances be tween themselves and members of the family with whom they were having strained relationships. He is careful in choosing his words to prevent influencing the child’s responses. Once the checker is placed, the child is asked, “Is she cldser or further away from you?” or, “Where would this person be if you were angry?” “The featurelessness of the checker lets the child make of them what he feels,” Levy said. “What we are doing is working with the child’s natural tendency to imagine and to play.” Once the family relationships are studied with the child in the center, the procedure is repeated with each member of the family in the center of the paper. Different arrange ments are made by the child through his perception of family re lationships . Then Levy draws circles around the checkers to make a permanent record of the various arrangements for study at a later time. The formative work, he said, in volved Statograms of 25 patients at Harbor General including educa tionally handicapoed children. 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