Tuesday, February 21,1984/The Battalion/Page 5
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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