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Spring fever’ will take its toll on A&M students
By JANE G. BRUST
Battalion Staff
i Sunshine and warmer tempera
tures have ushered in the spring
season. Every day Texas A&M
University students are basking in
) the sun and tossing footballs
through the air.
Many students seem to be con
tracting that annual “disease”
^ known as spring fever that forces
i them away from their books and
out into the sunshine.
“It’s been winter and people
have been shut in; they want to get
out,” said Dr. Larry Roe, assistant
director of the Personal Counsel-
| ing Service.
“Students have been here for
the fall semester, and they’ve
been in school about three months
this semester. They have their
mid-term grades and there’s a lot
bearing down on finals. This could
make you not want to study.
“They can see the end of the
semester, and it’s easier to have
thoughts of the lake or the beach.
“I know there’s a part of me that
comes alive in spring — things are
prettier and I’m excited about
being outside.”
Toward the end of the semes
ter, students can become bored
with school or they can feel over
whelmed by work to be finished
before finals. Roe said peer press
ure is a contributing factor to
academic laziness because stu
dents see other students enjoying
themselves outdoors.
“There could be a conflict be
tween roommates if one has man
aged his time well and is not cram
ming — he has time to enjoy
spring. If the other hasn’t man
aged his time well, he has to
study,” Roe said.
Those students who are not
feeling the pressures of finals may
be feeling pressures from gradua
tion.
“Were seeing some students
now who are graduating with mar
ginal grades,” he said. “They don’t
have a job, and things are de
scending upon them — they have
no idea what they are to do.”
End-of-the-semester pressures
can also affect personal relation
ships, Roe said. He said the re
lationship itself may be all right
but other pressures can work
against it.
Rising temperatures can be one
big factor. Roe pointed out that
people describe being angry as
being “hot.”
“I know I’m irritable and less
patient when I’m hot,” he said.
“The weather could be against
you, there’s peer pressure, and
cramming is not ever good.
“Whatever stress you are under
can place stress on a relationship.
Once the stress of the semester
subsides, a couple can do more
things together.”
Roe said the single most fre
quent kind of problem coming
into the Personal Counseling Ser
vice concerns stress management.
He said the fair weather can have a
positive effect if students have
time to enjoy the available recrea
tion facilities.
“Students feel stress from re
lationships, from school, and they
can no longer manage it,” Roe
said. Symptoms of stress include
insomnia, appetite disturbances
and depression.
“There’s also the feeling of
being less effective, less is being
accomplished,” he said.
Roe said it’s the nature of the
University, with demands and
competition, to create the stress.
He said, however, the stress may
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Aggie debaters go 3-5 in nationals
By COLETTE HUTCHINGS
Battalion Reporter
j The Texas A&M University varsity debate team re-
1 turned from the four-day National Debate Tournament
I with experience under its belt and high hopes for next year.
Texas A&M won three rounds and posted a 3-5 record in
the tournament, which began April 11 at California
I Polytechnic University. Although the team did not make
j the elimination rounds, debate coach Wayne Kraemer said
I he believes the results were not bad.
“Given the overall results and the quality of the teams
j we debated, we did pretty well,” he said.
Texas A&M beat Suffolk University of New Jersey,
California State University of Sacramento and James Madi
son University of Virginia.
Mike Shelby, the four-year veteran on the team, said the
team’s most disappointing loss resulted from a split deci
sion to Harvard University.
“We thought we had that one won,” Shelby said. He said
even the Harvard team members gave their congratula
tions.
The only other Southwest Conference team to partici
pate in the tournament, Baylor University, also had a 3-5
record.
The overall winner of the tournament was the University
of Pittsburgh. Dartmouth College placed second.
Shelby, a graduating senior, said the most difficult part
of the debates was not knowing anything about new evi
dence presented by the opposing team.
Kraemer said that next year the team should have more
depth and experience.
Another advantage, Kraemer said, is that Ruby Daniels,
Shelby’s sophomore partner, will be on the team next year.
He added that participating in the National Debate
Tournament gives Texas A&M more experience and helps
the team’s reputation.
3,000 scholarships open
for qualified students
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By SUSAN DITTMAN
Battalion Reporter
Nearly 5,000 students are
1 attending Texas A&M University
l this year on scholarships, Dr.
: B.G. Johnson, assistant director of
i student financial aid, says.
The University makes between
| [;3,000and3,500 scholarships avail-
sj able to students while the rest are
1 made up of hinds, sent in from
: other sources such as foundations
: and A&M Mother’s Clubs, which
\ are distributed by the University,
5 Johnson said.
|| “We have probably eight or
nine applications to every scholar
ship available,” he said.
Many of the scholarships don’t
specify many — requirements,
Johnson said. “We are quite for
tunate in that the donors (of the
scholarships) ... have not put re-
\ strictive or hard-to-fill require
ments” on the awards, he said.
“We try to encourage students
to apply so we can consider them
for anything they are eligible for, ”
Johnson said.
Johnson said most of the scho
larships are awarded under one of
two programs; the Opportunity
Awards Program, which is for in
coming freshmen, and the Spring
Awards Program, which is for
undergraduates.
Scholarship recipients are
chosen by the University Scholar
ship Committee, which is headed
by Dr. J.M. Prescott, vice presi
dent for academic affairs, and
made up of faculty, staff and stu
dents, Johnson said.
He said most of the awards are
made in the spring so the students
can count on the funds to help pay
their fees for the upcoming year.
Johnson said it is sometimes
hard to distinguish the difference
between scholarships and grants.
“Scholarships are normally
based on something other than
financial need,” he said.
Grants, on the other hand, are
based on need regardless of the
student’s grade point ratio so long
as the student maintains the Uni
versity’s required GPR, Johnson
said.
The gray area between grants
and scholarships appears when an
award calls for a student with good
academic standing but who also
has financial need, he said.
Many available grants are not
distributed because students who
fit in the category of having finan
cial need don’t apply for them,
Johnson said. Often the reason is
because their parents do not want
to disclose their income, he said.
Instructions for applying for
scholarships, grants or other
financial aid can be found in the
Texas A&M Undergraduate Cata
logue or at the Student Financial
Aid Office in the YMCA Building.
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