uocal THE BATTALION FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1981 Page 3 foreign students worry ibout control, rights Office visits can be reduced Q ion wi ■fc By CATHIE FEIGHL Battalion Reporter Human rights and problems Hcommunist control in South- stern Asia are some of the con- K of foreign students here at ps A&M University. Students from Hong Kong, you wert alaysia, South Korea, South l > superftSam, Thailand and Taiwan ||e to about 50 people in 102 'hich ajnjjBry at the sixth seminar on ., ( ) IK , enj . orld issues Thursday. The semi- <• ' its are presented by the Texas U i’ 1 &V1 International Students ^ j l l M c * a ^ c>n an< ^ t ^ ie loternational pea themB-eness Committee to give stu- |s a chance to present their and viewpoints on issues igeming their country. ost of the speakers expressed 3rn over the fact that their luntries are run by a dictator and 2 onlyproji respective] should tl tantlywom the teaclf of any I is anxiety ^people are subjected to gov- not at people are suojectea to gov- mpent control and loss of human mes tense | infortonlf of educat rry Suh said General Chun has deprived the Korean people of their human rights by government suppression of newspapers and other media, and by denying them democratic elections of govern ment officials. He said President Reagan’s policy of non-intervention in hu man rights issues of other coun tries has upset many South Ko reans but has pleased the Korean government. “America is still our best ally,” Suh said, “and we have a good relationship with the Americans living in our country.” In Vietnam, fighting still exists against Cambodia and the eco nomy is worse than ever, said Que Tran. “People are being put in con centration camps if they don’t be lieve in the communist way,” she said. Tran said that Vietnamese peo ple will never be able to live hap pily under communist control. Chen Sheau-Sheng said martial law has been in effect in Taiwan for the past 30 years, the longest period of martial law in world his tory. “The situation is crucial in Taiwan because the government claims itself as the legitimate gov ernment of the People’s Republic of China and is no longer welcome in the United Nations,” Sheau- Sheng said. He said most people in Taiwan are opposed to the dictatorship in their country and would like to be given more human rights. Alan Lu, also from Taiwan, dis agreed with Sheau-Sheng’s state ment that people in Taiwan are unhappy with their government and martial law. He said Taiwan’s government has made greater economic and cultural achievments in the past 30 years than mainland China. The per capita income is $1,700 more in Taiwan than it is in China, Lu said. Self-care new health option rith his gn ability ‘arningagj Idling.' p to enjoj | itural insfe to live-'| vill be HA approves J-board estructure at meeting By BERNIE FETTE Battalion Staff , . With barely a quorum present :m - t0 ter |nr final meeting of the year, ■ Residence Hall Association fed to give formal endorsement ssoc/atep;fthe proposed restructuring of if jneteoroift'ersity judicial boards for a ear trial period, e proposal received only an mal approval at the last meet- lince a quorum was not pre- fhe restructuring calls for a lolidation of the individual hall cial boards, of which there lid be 27 next year, into seven area boards. Some members led that, the consolidation ild provide for greater consis- :y in judgments, but others tended that the combined rds would be unfair since diffe- lifestyles exist in different Members also heard informa- )n on the current actions of fidence hall security task force |it| concerned primarily with dorm thefts. RHA Adviser Nolen Mears said that one of the biggest issues the task force was concerned with was the more than 600 room keys which were lost this year. He said that in the future, if a key is lost, it will only be replaced if there is no hope of finding it. However, if one is lost and there is a chance if it being found, the lock will be changed at a $25 expense to the student. University policemen who would patrol the dorm areas, especially women’s dorms at night, was another need seen by the task force. Expressing the need for student cooperation in fighting crime, Mears said, “the security will only be as good as you will let it be.” Members also gave unanimous approval to a proposal to the by laws concerning proxy representa tion at meetings which read “All proxies must come from the re spective hall of which the indi vidual who the proxy is represent ing resides.” RHA President Sherrie Balcar said the purpose of the addition is to lessen the possi bility of voting abuses at meetings. Reports were also given at the meeting on Parents’ Day, Casino 81 and the national RHA conven tion, which will be held at Texas A&M University May 21-24. By EILEEN WALL Battalion Reporter The soaring costs of health care services are turning people away from expensive office visits to a new alternative — self-health And beginning this fall, Bryan and College Station area residents will be able to take a home nursing class and related self-care classes at the American Red Cross. Dr. Tom Ferguson, founder of Medical SelfCare magazine, said in an interview in Mother Earth News magazine that 50 to 80 per cent of the people who go in to see a doctor have a self-limiting condi tion, or a problem that can’t be treated or doesn’t exist. Dr. Keith W. Sehnert, author of “How to be Your Own Doctor (Sometimes)” said: “Inappropriate patient visits can be cut by 40 percent with proper training and a change in attitude toward self care. ” Self-health care, also known as home nursing or wellness care, in volves learning good health prac tices as well as coping with illness, which includes knowing when to consult a doctor. The self-care practitioner still relies on the doctor for illness care, Sehnert said, but just makes the physician’s job easier by cut ting out the unnecessary visits. One of the ways this can be done, Ferguson said, is through the use of clinical algorithms, one of the new tools of self-care. A cli nical algorithm is a decision tree that leads the self-carer to the best action to cope with a specific prob lem through a series of questions. “For instance,” he said, “you might consult the clinical algor ithm for a sore throat, and it might ask you if you’ve also got a skin rash, in which case you should see a doctor. “You work your way through questions like this until you end up at a box that says to either see a doctor or to apply home treat ment.” The best way for people to learn these health-care skills, he said, is to take self-care classes. Red Cross Executive Secretary Mary Greenblatt said the locally offered courses are new, but have been extremely successful in Houston and throughout the country. The classes have been de veloped by Red Cross Nursing and Health Services at their na tional headquarters in Washing ton, D.C., and are taught by au thorized Red Cross home nursing instructors. According to Red Cross course fact sheets, class time consists of nine two-hour sessions during which students learn such things as: i> r ways to develop good health habits, is* methods for preventing spread of disease, i** common symptoms of ill ness, safe methods of handling medications and providing simple treatments. The Red Cross offers other self- care classes that are more specific, such as multiple sclerosis home care, preparation for parenthood, and measuring vital signs. The multiple sclerosis home care course is a joint project of the Red Cross and the National Multi ple Sclerosis Society, the course description said. It covers disease- specific topics such as the process of multiple sclerosis, nutrition for the multiple sclerosis patient, physical therapy, and aids to inde pendent living. Preparation-for-parenthood classes cover health care during the prenatal period, childbirth, and infant care. The classes on vital signs are basically designed for people with very little health care experience. They teach the basics: how to measure temperature, pulse, and respiration rates, and how to take blood pressure. All the self-care courses are taught free except for any books or training supplies that may be in volved. The classes are expected to be as successful here as they have been throughout the country. Education, Greenblatt said, is the key to better health care and improved health care services. Calire Safron, in a Redbook arti cle, “Simple Doctoring you can do Yourself,” said a popular saying of self-carers reads: “Your body is a temple. Why treat it like a motel?” The Best Pizza In Town! Honest we: deliver 846-3412 Mr. Gatti's Pizzamat AFTER 5 P.M. — MIN. $5.00 ORDER SKAGG’S SHOPPING CENTER HOME STYLE CHICKEN FRIED STEAK DINNER SUPERB® BUY ONE DINNER...WHOLE OR Vi ORDER AND GET ONE 16 OZ. 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