THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1981
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List hearing scheduled
for August 7 in Austin
The suit filed by the Bryan-
College Station Eagle against
Texas A&M University has
been re-filed and is scheduled
for August 7 in Austin. The
newspaper is seeking the list of
candidates for the Texas A&M
University presidency.
In the 85th District Court of
Brazos County Friday, Eagle
attorneys said they would re-file
the suit in Travis County. The
hearing was to have been held
at that time but after an hour’s
private discussion in the judge’s
chambers, Eagle attorneys
announced the change.
The suit could result in the
University’s release of the iden
tities and qualifications of the
presidential candidates. Attor
ney General Mark White ruled
the list a public record June 16.
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By SUSAN HOPKINS
Battalion Staff
i ms, When an incoming Texas A&M
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tor a rfi campus for his orientation prog-
said the?: rani, he is bombarded with scho-
;on they re i lastio tests, armloads of literature
for some® about the campus, traditions prog-
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ext 34 days'! answer the really important ques-
• tions most freshmen wonder ab-
to meet (Ik: out but are afraid to ask: How do
irestingtos you get football tickets? Do we
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1 en? How do you learn to kicker
dance?
! The Peer Adviser program,
sponsored by the Off Campus
Center, a division of the student
affairs department, is designed to
answer such questions.
Louann Schulze, off campus
adviser, said 300 upperclassmen
have volunteered to be peer advis
ers at the orientation sessions,
i “It’s not like these students
V (peer advisers) are majoring in
counseling and need this for their
resume,” Schulze said. “They just
like helping freshmen and are
generally very good with people.”
She said that at the end of the
first day of the two-day orientation
session, the new freshmen and
transfer students are broken up
into small groups of eight or 10,
lead by two peer advisers, and are
taken on tours, to sit by Rudder
Fountain or in the Memorial Stu
dent Center and ask questions and
talk about Texas A&M.
Mike Plank, a junior mechanic-
|al engineering major, has been a
peer adviser during both summer
■Bions. “By thinking back on
when I was a fish, I think I can
help these new students avoid a
lot of problems they may not even
[realize they will encounter,” he
said.
“A lot of the freshmen will start
out their questions saying ‘This
may sound dumb, but..., ’ when in
reality every other person in the
group may be wondering the same
thing.”
Plank said that while there are
many questions about traditions,
scholastic credits, how to do
things like get phones, football
tickets and books, there are also
questions he is not supposed to
answer.
In mandatory training sessions,
Schulze said, the peer advisers are
told to be knowledgable about
Texas A&M so they can give basic
information without being pre
judiced in any way.
“There is a fine line between
advising and telling the freshmen
what to do,” she said. “They are
“It’s not like these stu
dents (peer advisers) are
majoring in counseling
and need this for their
resume, ” Schulze said.
“They just like helping
freshmen and are gener
ally very good with
people. ”
supposed to advise and give infor
mation, and let the freshmen
make decisions on their own.”
Role playing was also a part of
the training sessions. Plank said.
Possible problem situations were
acted out, and the peer advisers
were taught how to handle things
like quiet, untalkative groups,
know-it-alls, and personal ques
tions, he said.
“With two advisers in each
group, usually one from on cam
pus and one from off (campus), we
can manage most questions and
situations without any trouble,”
Plank said. “We just refer those
who ask subjective questions to
various departments or to the
Rudder information desk, where
they can probably find the
answers.”
After about an hour and a half in
the small groups, Schulze said, all
the incoming students and peer
advisers come together for a mixer
sponsored by the Class of ’82.
“The freshmen always have fun
learning how to kicker dance,”
Plank said, “and they’re always an
xious to learn.”
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and are always anxious to sign up
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orientation session, Schulze
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