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Tuesday, February 21,1984/The Battalion/Page 5 ^Wellness Network seeks members £ pisco® ' t3Tfj By BETTY SCHULTZ Reporter The Student Wellness Net work will have a general meet ing today to interest students in wellness-related activities and gel them involved in the service. The Wellness Network is a itudent organization designed | to inform students of informa- Ition and services available on ijvellness, said Charlotte Gib bons, a student activities ad viser. I Wellness isn’t just related to ealth; it’s a general term de aling the live areas that al lied people daily, Gibbons said. Academic, intellectual, social. spiritual and health-related atti tudes are part of every day life, she said. If a positive approach is taken to these areas, students can start to live and think in terms of how well they are, rather than what is wrong with themselves, she said. The Wellness Network is made up of a committee of 18 students and university staff and faculty members represent ing various departments, Gib bons said. Most of these 18 will become advisers for the Well ness Network when enough stu dents get involved to run the Wellness Network as a club. “The Wellness Network is just like other student clubs and organizations because students are in charge,” Gibbons said. “They become trained to teach different facets of wellness and promote wellness on campus by providing activites like fun- runs, food and nutrition workshops, and presentations on stress and other wellness re lated topics,” One way the Wellness Net work tries to promote wellness is through the Well-Line (845- WELL). During regular office hours the Well-Line is staffed by trained personnel to help students identify and choose the campus service they may be interested in using, Gibbons said. Well-Line serves as an in formation referral service, not a counseling service, she said. The Well-Line staff refers stu dents to the appropriate Uni versity department or counsel ing service needed, she said. The Wellness Network also offers a “Lifestyle Assessment Inventory.” It is a questionnaire that evaluates wellness and identifies areas of weakness, she said. A staff member is available to discuss and interpret the re sults. There is a $10 charge for the processing of the question naire, which can be obtained from Gibbons in the Pavilion. This program is adminis tered through the Division of Health Education in the De partment of Health and Physi cal Education. It is under the di rection of Dr. John Koldus, vice president for student services and is funded by student serv ices. The University of Wisconsin at Stevenspoinl and the Univer sity of South Garolina have sim ilar wellness-promoting pro grams that are successful, said Dr. Robert Hurley, chairman of the Department of Health Edu cation and committee member. roposal may save millions for taxpayers United Press International HUNTSVILLE — The state loard of Gorrections Monday oted to adopt proposals by an tuditing firm that could save axpayers millions of dollars hiseehim trough tighter accounting and But .ne* F l' ventor y procedures in the 'Rued ihauk M 6 ’ 5 sprawling prison system. l 0 proyjjj, The board, following almost nd JL.ive hours in executive session, lie hmrrlrf bo voted 7-1 to pay the firm of bjectives Mt ^ 00 P ers & Lybrand $295,000 o implement the changes rec- eoule vnW Immended by the company. "alter andal [ Harr y Whittin g ton - a board •andstandi lnembei ; a » d lawyer fom Aus- ihe Acadmi ? n ' said ^ 10 , P T u° >na motiond lr 00 P ers & L y brand would be er lose the < jjnoney well spent. The advantage would be to install a management system hat could lead to a 5 percent [eduction in operating costs,” SVhittington said. “For (295,000 now, we could see a agement positions to replace our structural requirments. eedom rel® 'ing as wells aid McCloui more tilt! ) win the ta' d the answi edom for tit » in her od savings of $1.2 to $2 million per year.” The vote on the Goppers & Lybrand study came after con sultants told the board the TDG needs a complete managerial overhaul to make it accountable to taxpayers. In an unexpected move, Board Ghairman Robert Gunn opened what was to be a closed meeting to allow consultants to present their findings to the public. George Norsig, with the con sulting firm McKinsey Sc Co., told the board TDG is out of control and its management must be reorganized. “A new organization design is necessary in TDG as opposed to making the old design work bet ter,” Norsig said. The $225,000 study recom mended establishing two man- the one currently held by the TDG director. One would serve as chief operations officer in charge of daily prison workings, while a chief executive officer would concentrate on policy matters. “The current director’s posi tion is unmanageable,” Norsig said. The study further recom mended TDG establish its own controller to keep a tighter rein on budget matters, and a plan ning group to anticipate prob lems such as growth and politi cal changes which in part have lead to TDC’s current disorga nized status. “I think it was a very positive report. I was encouraged by it,” said Gunn. “Thank goodness we at least have direction now and we’re moving towards find ing the type of people to fill out Gunn said the board would begin the process of selecting new top TDG management offi cials within the next month. TDG interim director R.V. “Red” McKaskle said the McK insey report included “a lot more plusses than minuses.” Tom McDade, a Houston at torney and board member, said the study presented a “radical departure” from the past.” State Rep. Ray Keller, R- Duncanville, one of TDG’s most vocal critics, lauded the report. “What they’re saying is what I’ve been saying all along —that management at TDG is no man agement at all. I’m elated with their work. It’s a clear mandate for change,” Keller said. Keller vowed to seek money from the Texas Legislature to implement changes if the board adopted the recommendations. The Goopers Sc Lybrand re port also included data on whether TDG was overcharged for architectural fees on several of its construction contracts. The report outlined an esti mated $1 million in fees that the State Attorney General’s office is reviewing to determine their legality. The board also was asked Monday to review an in-house report on 41 construction pro jects currently under way that require an estimated $51 mil lion in changes to the original contracts. MSC Basement present Tim Settimi A COMEDY MIME WHO IS Wednesday, February 22 8 p.m. Rudder Theatre Tickets $4.00 MSC Box Office Vet takes hostage, may be charged United Press International AUSTIN — Travis Gounty authorities said Monday they were considering criminal arges against a machine gun- toting Vietnam veteran who ok a doctor hostage at an Air Force hospital, then held law of- cers at bay for nearly seven ■ a t hours. 11V ^‘ r Force authorities said Ail Robert E. Terry, a formal men tal patient at several area veter- £ an’s hospitals, entered an emer- gency room at the Bergstrom E Air Force Hospital around 2 a.m. Sunday carrying an Israeli- ade machine gun. Public Affairs Officer Maj. ohn Smalley said Terry, 36, or- ered the emergency room leared and then took Dr. Gol- ijn Manson-Hing, a civilian em- ,e aauhaitf l lo >' ed b X the hospital, hostage. 8 ‘ He surrendered without fir- terstate coW i i t - mg a shot nearly seven hours 11 I ,e " Illi ‘ later and was taken immediately to a Veterans’ Administration hospital in Waco. Travis County Sheirff Doyne Bailey said he was considering iriminal charges against Terry, despite his record of mental ill- ii k... . . Filing charges may be one way to keep the guy in a hospi tal, which I think he needs,” Bailey said. “Another benefit of Sling criminal charges would be that he would never be able to own a gun again.” Terry was a longtime resi dent of Dripping Springs and had lived the last year near Lake Travis, west of Austin, according to Smalley. Terry gained access to the base by showing guards a dis abled veteran identification card, Smalley said. The hospital also had been contacted by an unidentified “crisis center” and .sued late 111 lission said 1 ! nistrative luj dielher the#j have iws by which has»' ed but will I* ledited sdid 1 with w violated il* ng more ll was told a veteran needed emergency treatment, he said. The machine gun, which was small enough to be easily con cealed, was not detected at the entry gate and Terry entered the emergency room unchal lenged through an outside door, authorities said. Terry’s weapon had a folding stock, telescopic sights and two full 24- shot ammunition clips, they said. Base security forces sealed off the second floor of the hos pital, where 34 adults and five infants were housed. Terry asked only for ciga rettes and to see his family, Smalley said. Members of his family were brought to the hos pital but were not allowed to talk to him in the hope he would surrender. “He was rather upset and hyper, somewhat incoherent,” said Gapt. Doug Brown, base se curity chief. “There is also some indication he had been drink ing. After a while, he began to calm down some. Apparently he was upset with the treatment he had been getting from the VA.” Terry gave himself up after seeing his roommate in the hos pital parking lot, Smalley said. Military officials said they doubted the incident would prompt changes in base secu rity. Authorities at the VA hospi tal in Waco would not release details of Terry’s medical his tory, but did say he discharged himself from the hospital in January of 1983 against his doc tor’s advice. He checked into another VA hospital in Temple in March of 1983, but left again a short time later. Serving Luncheon Buffet Sandwich and Soup Bar Mezzanine Floor Sunday through Friday 11 a.m. to i :30 p.m. Delicious Food Beautiful View Open to the Public ■SwW- ‘Quality First” X x SPRING BREAK IS ON ITS WAY BUT ARE YOU READY FOR IT? 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