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Page 4/The Battalion/Friday, August 10, 1984
Orientation helps
ease transition
Warped
By JUDY OLIVER
Reporter
About 5,000 freshmen so far have
attended the summer orientation
conferences which are held over the
summer.
their parents is held simultaneously
with the student life presentation.
Tables are set up in the Exhibit
Hall of Rudder Center where stu
dents and parents can pick up infor
mation about various student activ
ities, services and housing.
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The conferences help freshmen
make the transition from high
school to college. New students are
familiarized with the campus and
are introduced to the traditions and
student activities at Texas A&M.
The freshmen meet with student
leaders, deans and faculty members
to ask questions about academic
work and student life.
Credit by examination is offered
the day before a conference. Tests
are given in biology, chemistry, En
glish, mathematics, modern lan
guages and physics.
After visiting the information
booths parents attend a program on
parent-student relationships, as well
as University disciplinary policies, fi
nancial aid, insurance and lecurity
on and off campus. At the same time
students are split into on-and off-
campus groups.
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The first day of the conference
begins at 7:45 a.m. with a welcome
program, including presentations by
the Corps of Cadets and the honor
program. The parents have a pro
gram of their own, which is held si
multaneously.
The on-campus students learn
about policies dealing with residence
halls as well as receive information
about such things as what to bring
and how room assinments. work.
The off-campus students are given
information on leases, security, shut
tle bus, budgeting and roommate
At the end of the day students and
parents meet with a dean to discuss
academic material before registering
the next morning.
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Bill Kibler says parents are encour
aged to attend the conferences.
They meet with academic deans to
learn about academic life at the Uni
versity. They discuss the meaning of
honor student, scholastic probation
and grade point ratio.
A peer adviser program in the
evening features an informal meet
ing with student volunteers who an
swer questions about campus life,
traditions and student activities.
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Next on the agenda is a student
life presentation for students who
will not be in the Corps and their
parents. The presentation involves a
slide show with an introduction to
various student services, Fish Camp,
housing, intramurals, counseling,
health center, shuttle bus, police,
and Memorial Student Center serv
ices and student organizations.
Later in the evening a traditions
program prepared by cadets is pre
sented for students and parents.
Topics discussed are Texas A&M
Muster, Silver Taps, midnight yell
practice and other traditions such as
standing during football games.
The night ends with a mixer at
DeWare Field House for the fresh
men. It is sponsored by the senior
class.
A program for students who plan
to enter the Corps of Cadets and
On the second day students meet
with academic advisers to plan their
fall schedules and then register.
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Job act helps fund jobs for local youths, adults
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Battalion.
By JUDY OLIVER
Reporter
Brazos and six other counties in
the area recently received $698,709
in state funds under the Job Train
ing Partnership Act.
The act provides job training pro
grams for economically disadvan
taged and handicapped Texans.
The Brazos Valley program is di
vided into two parts — cane for
young people seeking summer jobs
and one for workers looking for per
manent jobs.
The youth program finds sum
mer employment for 14- to 21-year-
olds. Applicants are screened for eli
gibility and then matched to jobs.
The job must be with a public orga
nization, not a political, religious or
private one.
Employment and training direc
tor Ramona Benson says one of the
biggest job sites could be Texas
A&M University.
“The University has not been
tapped as much as it should have
been,” Benson says.
Only three University depart
ments now are employing workers
through the program: soil and crop
sciences, chemistry, and biology.
Benson says the program pro
vides free labor for the employer.
She explains that employers receive
reimbursement for the workers’ sal
aries from federal funds. At the
same time, the youths gain work ex
perience as well as pay.
Benson says many of the appli
cants are 14-year-olds, but many
companies will not hire them be
cause of child labor laws. These
young applicants thus are the most
difficult to place. A total of 185
youths were enrolled in the program
this summer.
The second part of the program is
for persons who are Peeking perma
nent employment. Walt Baker, local
manager of the Texas Employment
Commission, says it is presently ac
cepting applications and screw
the applicants for eligibility.
T he commission negotiates »i
employers for on-the-job irate
contracts. During a three-tofoi
month training period theempb
is reimbursed 50 percent of
workers’ wages.
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YOUNG DEMOCRATS OF TEXAS A&M: will meet at 6
p.m. in 104 Bolton to discuss fall organization.
TYLER — Calling protesters ex
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pies and Dykes on Bikes,” Texas
GOP Party Chairman George Sn ake
Thursday urged unity at the conven
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Strake, in Tyler to address a Ro- reception in Dallas hasbeenmant
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