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by Angel Stokes
Battalion Staff
diere do students under 19
years old go at night? Do you
really have to study at college?
Where do you get football tick
ets? These are just a few of the
questions that incoming fresh
men and transfer students ask
exas A&M peer advisers.
JPeer advisers are upperclass
students who volunteer to work
with small groups of new stu
dents at the summer orientation
conferences. Approximately
400 students attend each of the
18 conferences. The students
are divided into groups with six
to 10 members. Two peer advis
ers are assigned to each group to
answer the students’ questions.
■ David Brown, a senior fi
nance major from Victoria, has
Bn a peer adviser for two
years. As an adviser, he said, he
tries to stress the friendliness of
the campus.
“Basically, I try to relax
them,” he said, because when
freshmen come to school, they
are in awe of the place.
Brown said that one reason
he became a peer adviser was
because he remembered the fun
he had as an incoming freshman
at a peer adviser session and also
because he liked that type of
work.
Jan Winniford, a coordinator
of the program, said that peer
advisers are encouraged to focus
on the social life of students, not
to give academic advice.
Questions the students ask
are different with each group,
but most are about studying and
how many hours to take the first
semester.
Stephanie Marshall, a junior
journalism and business major
from Little Rock, Ark., said most
of the questions she is asked are
about traditions and how to get
involved with campus activies.
She said she became a peer
adviser because she remembers
how many questions she had as a
freshman.
The sessions are held the first
day of each conference, Winni
ford said, and last from 6:30
p.m. until 8 p.m.
The Peer Adviser Program
has been in existence for about
five years, she said, but has
grown in the past two years.
Applications are available in
the spring, and advisers are
chosen after an informal inter
view, she said.
An adviser needs to have
good communication skills,
knowledge of the campus and a
2.25 grade-point ratio, Kasiraj
said.
rucellosis, TSU library
sues of special session
by' Scott Griffin
Battalion Staff
■tale Rep. Bill Presnal said
Monday the three issues to he
considered in the Legislature’s
sRdal session include the
brucellosis epidemic, a new lib-
By for Texas Southern Uni-
Bsity and reactivation of the
Texas Employment Commis
sion.
Bln regard to the brucellosis
epidemic, Presnal said the state
B have to comply with federal
Bidards in order to avoid a
quarantine. “Texas cattlemen
fan t afford a quarantine,” he
As far as the TSU library is con
cerned, Presnal said the state has
about $15 million dollars in ex
tra revenue and that a portion of
this money would go to the
school for the facility.
Presnal added that the Gov
ernor may call for a second ses
sion to deal with the issue of
teacher payraises, but that the
session probably wouldn’t be
held until January.
A different problem for this
year’s Legislature, Presnal said,
was that lawmakers had less
money to work with.
“We had to deal with a unique
set of circumstances that we
have not dealt with in my eight
terms in the legislature, and
that’s declining revenues,” Pre
snal said.
Presnal attributed the decline
in revenue to the fall of oil prices
and said Texas may have some
unique problems in the future
that other states may not experi
ence because of its heavy de
pendence on oil for revenues.
Presnal added that out of 26
bills he sponsored this year, only
two were vetoed by the gov
ernor.
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■LDSPRING — A man who
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Iglary of a Goldspring phar-
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said.
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David Brown, a senior finance major from session. Brown is among 300 volunteers who
Victoria, answers questions during a peer adviser discuss student life with freshman at orientation.
Fire in Forth Worth
hotel forces evacuation
United Press International
FORT WORTH — Officials
say a fire which forced the eva
cuation of 100 guests at a down
town luxury hotel started in a
sixth floor maid’s closet. No in
juries were reported.
Don Henderson, general
manger of the Hyatt Regency
Hotel, said although the fire
never spread from the sixth
floor Sunday, the guests were
moved as a precaution. Hender
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through the floor, triggering
smoke alarms about 1:30 a.m.
Moments later, a guest pulled
the fire alarm, he said.
The cause of the blaze has not
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