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Thursday, October 18, 1984/The Battalion/Page 3 Student Mediation Service to aid conflicts f 'Ci By GLENDA MARROU Reporter I Student conflicts can be handled tiroiigh a ne\vl\ developed Student Mediation Ser\'ice by February 1985, Bill kibler, assistant director of stu- |entaffairs said Tuesday. I The'mediation program will be an alternative way for students to solve conflicts between themselves,” lllibler said. "It offers an unbiased tiird party to listen and give advice." I The mediation program was pro- Itsed last spring by Nancv Ludwig, Cadets learn safety techniques tin advisor at the Off-Campus Cen ter. She encountered manv room mate conflicts that a mediation pro gram could have resolved. Her proposal was adopted as a div ision of student serv ices. As a result, an organizational committee representing all student services was appointed. The commit tee includes: seven members from the Department of Student Affairs, one from the Student Counseling Service, one from Student Activities, one Student Legal Advisor and one student. Kibler serves as chairperson of the committee. Eileen Stewart, coordinator for the mediation project at the Univer- sitv of Massachusetts, has helped in organizing the program at Texas AiL'M, Kibler said. "The University of Massachusetts has had a successful program for six years,” Kibler said. “Their mediation project also includes legal conflicts, child abuse cases and conflicts within the communitv.” The mediation program at A&M By GLENDA MARROU Reporter Ninety seniors in Ait Force outfits ih the Texas A8cM Corps of Cadets be taught first aid techniques, emergency skills and safety tips in a tlorksliop todav. Naomi Giroux said. J This workshop is the second of a tp-part series and will focus on ac cidents common to Corps activities, ■he first class, held last Thursday, featured urgent care. Giroux, director of education at lumana Hospital, will teach both lasses. We will teach safety skills, impor tant first aid administrations, and Bow to look for certain signs in threatening situations,” Giroux said. Andrea McCollom, a student at the University and an intern at Hu mana Hospital, also coordinated the workshop. "Most of the first aid instructions are applicable to situations the ca dets might come across,” McCollom said. The cadets will learn how to handle bonfire cutting accidents, heat stroke and exhaustion. For example, on Corps runs if one man drops out then a senior who at tended this workshop could also drop out. He could apply the tech niques he learned for that particular situation. Lt. Col. Perry Koch, executive of ficer for the Air Force ROTC pro gram at A&M, said in the past, they have held such workshops through the A.P. Beutel Health Center, but this one should be more thorough. It is mainly for the cadets, but oth ers can attend. The program will start at 5 p.m. in 118 Heldenfels Hall. “Since the Goodrich death, inter est in such programs has grown,” Koch said. "We started with the se niors, because they are our leaders. Hopefully, we can expand this pro gram to the other classes and outfits in the Corps.” Friend of Fish Program offers freshmen grand tour of A&M J By PAMELA WENTWORTH Reporter J Bv becoming a member of the Biend of a Fish Program, f reshmen lie opening themselves up to a Band tour of everything Texas ASAI has to offer.” Martin Rimes, a B iness Student Council represen- Btive, said Monday. BThe Friend of a Fish program is Bonsored by BSC representatives orrection Wednesday’s Battalion incor- ectly quoted NOW' member Kris Parsons. What she actually said ■vas that a fetus, while a living ■hing. has no legal rights superior Btthat of the woman's rights. from Pi Sigma Epsilon — a market ing fraternity at A&M. Friend of a Fish is designed to provide both aca demic and non-academic informa tion to freshmen business and gen eral st tdies majors. "It is strictly an informal counsel ing service where upperclassmen volunteers advise freshmen on a one-to-one basis,” Rimes said. Because students sometimes find it difficult relating to a professor or administrative advisor, Friend of a Fish allows freshmen to ask upper classmen questions they may other wise f eel intimidated or embarrassed to ask, he said. Most of the freshmen involved in the program choose the College of Business Administration because they know they have a friend to guide them through the rough spots, Rimes said. Not only will the counselors provide information about previous courses and profes sors they have had in the business college, but they also will inform freshmen about other colleges and social functions available to them, he said. When more serious academic or personal problems arise, Lynn Zim merman, program advisor and assis tant to the dean of the (College of Business Administration, refers freshmen to the Student Counseling Service in the YMCA building. Friend of a Fish is a pre-advising program. It is not intended to re place the Student Counseling Serv ice, but to supplement it, Zimmer man said. Banq&Olufsen Board of Denmark ditor tditor ige Editor Editor litor RX radial arm turntable. Beogram TX tangential turntable ichellePoKij czyk, Lautij Rtf* * I TavisTiit| BillHugtej Angel Stotej Robin j awn Beta [ DenaBrowM Clark, Tw I ’atricia F /WiesepaM Sarah Oat«| • (antes ’ WalH ...Mikelantj |ohn Halle 11 <aren Bloch- vePahmeietJ Patricia fl® 1 eyendecket I dike Sancto] TOM-l ustratori’ 1 *" I * ce P *fp|| SisV'l icsl. Reed □ The RX features an all- new stainless steel tone arm, engineered to achieve low angular track ing error. □ The RX includes Bang & Olufsen’s legendary tone- arm/cartridge system. 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T hen, a team of mediators will be assigned to the case. Both parties in volved can present their conflict and the mediators will trv to come up with an agreement that both parties m ast sign. "T he agreement is not legally bin ding." Kibler said. "It is simply a vol untary process in which both parties consent to something." The mediators will monitor the students’ success, arid check on whether or not they complied with the agreement, he said. “Throughout the campus, we have had positive feedback and sup port for the mediation program at T exas A&M,” Kibler said. “We have the potential to grow and become a verv effective service for the stu dents." Faculty shares urban skills Advisory panel meets By LYNN RAE POVEC Suit f Writer About 25 state officials and businessmen gathered here Wednesday for the first meeting of the Urban Affairs Council, an advisory council for the Texas A&M Center for Urban Affairs. To provide a means for A&M faculty to share their urban af fairs skills with the private and public sector, the Texas A&M Board of Regents established the center last summer, said Dr. Wolfgang Roeseler, professor of urban and regional planning and ^director of the center. The council was created to as sist the center in that aim, and members include San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros (rep resented at the meeting by Lowell Denton, San Antonio city attor ney), Fort Worth Mayor Bob Bo len, Bryan City Manager Ernest Clark, Corpus Christi Mayor Lu ther Jones and Dr. Herbert Grubb, principal planner for the Texas Department of Water Re sources. At the meeting, members elected officers, discussed ways of generating funds and organized task forces to deal with specific problems. Jones unanimously was elected as chairman of the council, and Clark was elected chairman of the public sector. Other elected officers are Fort Worth City Manager Robert Her- chert as vice-chairman, Assistant Citv Manager for Development of Dallas Jim Reid as treasurer and James Delaney, president of the Rand Corp. in San Antonio, as chairman of the private sector. Jones told the council it must work to create a reservoir of knowledge about urban affairs. "I accept this position with a great deal of honor, and I will do my best to accomplish the objectives in the bylaws,” he said. The council’s objectives are threefold: “We are no longer a coun try school,” he said. “We are an urban institution already, (and there is a) need for Texas A&M to become involved heavily in urban affairs. ” • to provide the center with direction and guidance • to assist in formulating poli cies and programs aimed at mak ing research information avail able • to provide service in urban affairs to the public and private sectors of the economy, with em phasis on Texas. “The center does not pretend that it can perform miracles,” Roeseler said. "However, it stands to reason that a large concentra tion of specialists with widely-rec ognized regional, national, even international reputations should be in an excellent position to triake substarifiril contributions to ward coping with rapid urban growth in the state of Texas.” Roeseler said the center was created in response to Target 2()()(), which calls for A&M to play a more prominent role in the af fairs of Texas. A&M President Frank E. 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