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Page 12/The Battalion/Wednesday, September 28, 1983 Warped by Scott McCullar L HAD VARIOUS OTHER lttPR£55IOtfS FRO/A COVE.RIN& THE HOME GAME FRO/A THE PRESS BOX. 1 NEVERCHD FIGURE OUT WHAT THE TV NETWORKS DO WHEW FANS SHOUT OUT OBSCENITIES WEAR A /AICROPHOA/E... '1^ .// 1 GOT TO SEE SOME OF THE PLAVER'5 LOCKER ROOMS AWD NOTICED A SIGN THAT SO IMPRESSED ME THAT WE ADAPTED OWE LIKE IT FOR WRPD STATION OFFICE EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE WOT ALLOW ED TO ROOT OR CHEER IW THE PRESS BOX, SOME REPORTERS DO FIND WAYS TO REGISTER THEIR H? ^ TOY OR DESPAIR... ^ TOUCHPOWW FOR THE AND FOR A WHILE DURIW& THE GAME ONE OF THOSE SIDEWALK PREACHERS WAS ON THE FIELD, CARRYING A SOAPBOX, AND ENER7 TIME THE PLAYERS WOULD GROUP IN A HUDDLE HE'D STAND ON IT AND START HIS OWN CALLS. AVt> GOD'5 plan Personal stereos may cause hearing loss Underemployment problem United Press International ANAHEIM, Calif. — People forced by the nation’s sagging economy into jobs for which they are overqualified may suf fer even greater despair than those with no jobs at all, psycho logists say. The plight of the underem ployed is not reflected in the highly publicized joblessness fi gures released regularly by the federal government, behavioral scientists said at a recent Amer- Aggieland Flower & Gifts 209 W. University Dr. 846-5825 • Across From Campus North Gate • Balloons, Fresh Cut Flozvers, Football Mums & Much Much More fa Aggieland Flower Shop 209 W. University 846-5825 Howdy Class of '87! Howdy Upperclassmen! Interested in joining a Freshman CBA Activity Group? Then, the FRIENDS of FISH Program is for you! FRIENDS OF FISH '83 Activity Groups (4 freshmen, 1 counselor) are being orga nized now for the Fall Semester. Visit the B.S.C. booth in the lobby of the A&A (Blocker) Bldg, this iveek. Contact the B.S.C. AT 845-1320 for more information. If you're a freshman or an upperclassman in the College of Business- WE NEED YOU! ican Psychological Association convention. “The unemployment rate is the tip of the iceberg,” said H.G. Kaufman, director of the Re search Program in Science, Technology and Human Re sources at the Polytechnic Insti tute in New York. “Over the next decades, underemployment is going to be a problem that could threaten the very fabric of our society. About one-fifth of all workers who have completed college are in subprofessional positions — sales, clerical or even blue collar.” Figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show 708,000 people with four or more years of college were out of work in March. While in 1971, the bureau predicted some 650,000 engineering jobs would be avail able by 1980, only some 534,000 actually were. That left as many as one in five engineering graduates who had based their career choice on the optimistic predictions look ing for jobs that weren’t there, the psychologists said. A group of Michigan resear chers who surveyed 1,202 teaching graduates reported only half had found the job they wanted. Most had to settle for substitute teaching and other marginal positions. “There was a prevalent feel ing among the people in the study that their skills aren’t being tapped,” researcher Char lene Depner said. Professionals appear most likely to experience severe stress when they lose their job, said Kaufman, who has written a book on the subject. Career setbacks appear to have the most devastating effect on males and female heads of households, 30 to 40 years old, highly educated, non-religious and from disadvantaged back grounds. The underemployed are most likely to become political activ ists, demanding radical social changes — both liberal and con servative, Kaufman said. “For professional workers, becoming underemployed may serve not only to further psycho logical deterioration but also to create a new source of stress. This stress may lead to non work coping behaviors involving political or union activism to satisfy needs for esteem and ful fillment.” the out-of-work passes through Typically, professional four phases in six months: shock and resentment; intense job hunting; high stress and emo tional instability; and loss of motivation and resignation. United Press International WASHINGTON — Wearing personal stereos with earphones while jogging or commuting may be a good way to learn a language or put pep in your step, but they may also endanger your hearing. People tend to play personal stereos at levels much higher than considered safe by the fed eral government, according to one audiologist. By blasting the sound directly into their ears, they may slowly, almost imper- ceptably at first, grow deaf. “I know that on most units I have tried, the volume controls go up to nine. If you turn it up above three, you’re probably too loud,” said Dr. Jane Madell, di rector of audiology for the New York League for the Hard of Hearing. We live in a noisy society. Thanks to airports, industry, traffic, construction and other necessities of modern life, an estimated 20 million or more Americans are exposed daily to noise that is permanently damaging to their hearing, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration says the highest average decibel level a person should be exposed to over eight hours on the job is 85 decibels, about the amount of noise you’d be exposed to in the subways of Manhattan. Beyond that, hearing protection is re quired. Higher exposure levels are allowed for shorter periods of time. Madell found when she went into the street in 1980 to test per sonal stereo units most people were playing them at levels of 120 decibels or higher. “I think the problem is that when they go into the street, if they turn the personal stereo up loud enough to block the noise, it’s too loud,” Madell said. The problem with noise- induced nearing loss is that it’s painless and insidious, so people usually don’t notice it until the damage is already done, Madell said. “It’s not like turning down the sound. It’s more like muffling. It’s sort of like trying to read and having half the print chopped off,” said Dr. Shirley Conioear, vice president of an occupation al medical consulting Firm in Chicago. The hearing specialists said these are some things you should watch out for: —A temporary threshhold shift. You may play the car radio on the way home from work in the evening, and then in morn ing, turn it down because it’s too loud. If you leave a noisy night club, you may have difficulty understanding what people« saying. If the shift is significant, the sound has probably been an harmful level. —Ringing or buzzing in Jk ears after exposure tosoundoi after taking medicatit Although this can be a syrnptoj of another sort of illness, iisi merits medical attention. —Difficulty in understands conversation in a noisy environ ment or confusion of wora People beginning to lose tin hearing may mix upwordsik sound alike, hearing, fore» pie, “What time is it?" win someone says “What kindisif said Conibear. The audiologists said casui exposure is probably notgoini to narm your hearing. Bui coni bined with workplace noise,ili “If deterioration is to be kept at a minimum, professionals should become re-employed be fore the end of stage two,” Kauf man said. O’Connor (continued from pagel) Blacks, whose unemployment rate is usually twice that of (iff. whites, face different psycholo gical problems, said Phillip Bow man of the University of Michi gan’s Institute for Social Re search. Discouraged by the poor job lo market, many blacks have low self-esteem, “general life dis satisfaction” and a sense of help lessness, he said. Ken’s Automotive (0 CL 0) tr 421 S. Main — Bryan 822-2823 "A Complete Automotive Service Center" A survey of 201 19-to-28- year-old blacks showed nearly 25 percent believed it was almost impossible to find work, while 75 percent thought it was very unlikely. Dr. Larry Peck, interim dire ctor of the program, said there have been few changes made in the structure of the courses, with the exception of new exam ques tions. He said the text book, grad ing system and lecture schedules are basically the same, and stu dents may attend any professor’s lecture. Fred Billings, chairman of the Chancellor’s System Student Advisory Board, said Bailes had contacted him last week and asked if he could help her get a chance to speak with the board. Billings said he advised her to talk first with the chemistry department so she could gather more information pertinent to her case. He said the student group’s ac tion was “a sad incident on behalf of student representation.” “I didn’t go to talk to Natowitz and (Dr. lohn) Fackler (College of Science dean) because I didn’t fi gure it would do any good, ” Bailes said. “Lots of students had written letters and gone to talk to them, and had gotten the same run around. “So many issues get tied up in bureaucracy, and theyjustgetput off” and nothing is done about them. All we wanted to do was to ask the board to look into the matter.” Natowitz said he had not spoken with Bailes, but would have been glad to discuss the issue had she approached him. Dr. Gordon P. 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United Pre AUSTIN — 5 begins to add up. They sup I Wednesday calle taking these measures: ■government If you’re at a rock com I drought-stricken or in a disco, wear plugsorbif assistance and t from time to time. —Take your personal and other other sound unitsm speech or audiology centernij have them tested to ‘ what volume levels are safe. —If you’re young andW thy, have your hearingtestedo ery two years. More frequents aminations may be required you're older or have problems. "Both the president and Ik] sent this way of doing busks he said. "She (Bailes) has w| attempted to talk to me aboul! issue. I give her credit for grandstand play.” Bailes said she sent letters! ° n crops that are the regents requestingperaissE ^ iere simply to speak, and thought she li gone through the proper nels. Macchio, a sophomore prec major, said: “It seemed tonsil had looked into the A P^°P ose ' thing, and we wanted the hoi be aware of the situation." : In a telephone intervie O’Connor said he was awarefc petition had been spring, but that he knew noils about the students’ speak to the board. government slot grains for their 1 In arguing fi was passed unani ern Governor’s ence, Gov. Jam Carolina said the already cost farr estimated $430 rr the net income f state in a normal The estimate wide of the drouj the neighborhoo said. Texas Gov. Mi attitude of this pa Agriculture (Johr these people we others if they ne that individual is stations across th White said th partment of Agri a request for feec Texas farmers is Texas governor (ration by the m head can provid relief to these fal any cost.” White’s object] the federal gover tole in develop! electricity policy. The resol uti< Louisiana Gov. E was not present, s panics were in a ‘ ‘A higl those days. That had a majoriri Kunze was bom in La Grange in 1922. He married in 1947 and has two children who are Texas A&M graduates. “I knew I wanted tostudyg culture, having been bora a raised on a farm.” “I got a tuition scholarship from the Luling Foundation Farm for $25 per semester for four years, ” he said. “That’s what tuition was in Kunze received his bachek science in agronomy in 1949,1* ter’s degree in soil chemist!! 1950 and his doctorate from Pennsylvania State sity. 5 1 by Ba Five cases of di two cases ofpubli within campus jt year began. "Five is a trig period of time,” 1 plinary hearing o He has been a sponsorofl Graduate Student Councilk years, and serves as liaisonl tween the University and theS Coordinating Board in Austin l serves on three state advk committees to the board:the! nized research committee, doctorate program reviews t { | d the course invei® than we typically Records indicai intoxication cases mittee an committee. As representative to theIxF Kunze works with the depart* in developing its proposal,*' the coordinating staff to fill what the chances of approval 1 » and to make the case as strti ” possible. Kunze said he and his A 1 looking forward to having i* free time upon his retire!®* 1 , “Eventually, what wellf ! ably do is build a home on" family farm and move there, said. J udge’s son gets 10 years United Press Intemaliogil ^ HOUSTON — Kevin ft? Gregory, the 21-year-olds 01 Harris County probate/ Pat Gregory, was sentenceil 10-year prison sentence i* drug charge. The younger Gregor' arrested July 26th at hrsW He pleaded guilty to sion of 2,996 tablets of Mar' and was sentenced by Stai ( trict Judge Patricia l !f Monday. Thu „ O** Of