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Student Mediation Service to aid conflicts
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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.
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will handle only student conflicts.
Students also will be chosen to act as
mediators in the conflicts.
“Student mediators will he se
lected at the end of this semester,"
Kibler said. “Initiallv, 18-25 hours of
training will be required where stu
dents can learn problem solving
techniques."
Students can seek help from this
program at designated locations on
campus. Kibler said. A professional
counselor will talk to the student and
determine it the mediation program
is appropriate for their situation, he-
said.
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. Vandiver explained the
center’s mission.
The center will focus its atten
tion on urbanization, reforms in
local government, transportation
strategies, and regional and
statewide policies, as well as other
urban issues, Vandiver said.
Councilmembers divided into
task forces to give their input on
eight general areas of urban con
cern, including the four above.
The areas are:
• Water Resources Devel
opment
• Urbanization and Growth
Management for Texas
• Reform of Local Govern
ment and Its Financial Infras
tructure
• Health Systems
• Financing Housing, Rede
velopment and Preservation
• Transportation and Joint
Development'
• Esthetic Dimensions in Ur
ban Design
• Sociological Concerns.
Vandiver advised the council
that it was not likely that financial
aid from the University would be
received, citing the lack of addi
tions to next year’s budget as one
reason, and he suggested the cen
ter establish an endowment for
funds.
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