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H The Bryan Parks anti Recreation Youth Soccer Camp will be
held August !9 through 25 for boys and girls ages 4 to 6. Camp i$.
each day from 8 a*m. to 10 a.m. The fee is $55. The fee is $40 fpjr
to 12 year olds. The session for that age group is being held August
26 to 50 from 6 a m. to 11 a.m. Registration deadline is August T To
register, cal! the 779- 5022.
Science students must take exam
Any junior or senior in the College of Science who has not pre
viously taken the English Proficiency Examination should plan to
take tne test August 0 unless they have completed English SOI with a
minimum grade of C. Students in the College of Science are re
quired to pass either English 501 or the test in order to qualify as a
degree candidate. Stu *
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. pfeh 501 as required in their degree program.
The English Proficiency Exam will be administered by the En
glish Department. Students in the Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics
and Physics Departments should register for the exam in 152
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inclined plane to a crashing stop. The crash occurs at 10 mph. The
demonstrations will be provided between 10 a.m. and 2 pan. In case
of rain Wednesday, tne demonstrations will be rescheduled for
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AUSTIN — A federal review
panel says the state’s plan for mak
ing court-ordered improvements in
its mental hospitals is inadequate.
“The review panel is convinced
that defendant’s action plan demon
strates the inadequacies of the cur
rent operating budget to handle all
of the requirements of this lawsuit,”
stated a report submitted Monday to
U.S. District Judge Barefoot Sanders
in Dallas.
As a result of a class-action lawsuit
brought on behalf of patients in state
mental hospitals, the Texas Depart
ment of Mental Health and Mental
Retardation has agreed to numerous
changes in the way it cares for the
mentally ill.
Gov. Mark White said Monday he
thought the recent Legislature gave
the Texas Department of Mental
Health and Mental Retardation
enough money to satisfy federal
court orders.
“Its just a matter of using the re
sources efficientyly and effectively,”
White said.
But, according to the review panel
Sanders appointed to monitor the
state’s compliance with his orders
and the agreement settling the suit,
the MHMR budget isn’t big enough
to finance the reforms.
“This plan makes an effort at
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stated. “Unfortunately, this has re
quired some compromising of the
court orders and stipulated
agreements which this review panel
does not think supportable.”
Among the changes Sanders has
ordered is an improvement in the
ratio of mental health workers to
jnental patients in state hospitals.
The recent Legislature gave
MHMR $b4.4 million to meet the
court order, principally to meet a
goal of a staff-patient ratio of l-to-5
for day shifts and MO at night by
September.
But David Pharis, head of the re
view panel, stated in the report that
the panel feels the MHMR’s plan
does not comply “with major aspects
of the settlement agreement and
with subsequent agreements and
court orders.”
The report said the “major areas
of noncompliance in this plan reflect
defendant’s current incapacity to
fund all aspects of the settlement
agreement.”
In a recent interview, Pharis also
said MHMR may have trouble meet
ing the court-ordered staffing levels
because the rate patient discharges
may be slowing down at the same
time hospitals are losing employees.
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By BRIAN PEARSON
Stuff Writer
The tuition increase for the fall
semester has caused an unexpected
increase in Texas A&M’s enrollment
for the 1985 second summer session
over the same 1984 period, an Ad
missions and Records representative
said Friday.
Associate Registrar Don Carter
said, “I feel like the increase (in en
rollment) that we got, which is not
that big of an increase, can be attrib
uted to non-residents (students from
other states) who are trying to get as
many hours this summer under the
lower out-of-state tuition.”
Before the tuition increase, a de
crease in enrollment over last year
was predicted because of the way the
enrollment cycle was going, he said.
Carter said 13,095 students were
registered for the second summer
session by the fourth class day. The
enrollment was an increase of 61 stu
dents, .47 percent, over last year’s
second session enrollment of 13,034.
He said the tuition increase to
$120 per semester hour for the fall
may cause a drop in enrollment of
students who live in other states.
“I really feel like we may lose a
large percentage of our freshman
and sophomore students who have
less than 60 credit hours and are
non-residents,” he said. “With less
than 60 hours, they can readily
transfer to their home-state colle
ges-” , ...
Carter said the new tuition for
non-residents ranks somewhere in
the middle of the 50 states.
Also, the Student Information
Management System was tested for
the first time Wednesday during
freshman summer conferences, Car
ter said.
“We’ve had a,steady flow of stu
dents coming through registration
with very limited problems,” he said.
“The terminals, equipment and pro
grams are working out just as we had
anticinated.”
Carter said less than 1,000 incom
ing students have used SIMS which
allows a student to leave the registra
tion area with a conf irmed schedule.
“We wanted to try it with the
freshman because we’re not rushed
to get them registered,” Carter said.
Students who use the system take
their class requests to terminal oper
ators in the Pavilion. Operators can
determine whether a class section is
filled and finalize the schedule im
mediately. This should eliminate the
need for students to go through
drop-add.
SIMS, which will continue to be
used during freshman summer con
ferences, will go into full-scale oper
ation Aug. 5 for open registration.
Panel finds improvement plan
inadequate; blames budget
Prof says praise
keeps dogs trim
By RHONDA RUBIN
Reporter
One way to keep your dog fit and
trim is by rewarding him with praise
instead of with food, a Texas A&M
veterinarian says.
“Dogs are primarily motivated in
two main ways: one is praise and the
other one is food,” Dr. Bonnie Bea
ver says.
Many dogs are responsive to
praise no matter how much you give
them, she says. Beaver says she gives
a lot, but that’s because she likes her
dog.
“Five minutes of praise doesn’t do
any more good in a lesson than 30
seconds of praise,” she says.
Beaver says to reward a dog suc
cessfully, reward him immediately
after he has done what you have
asked, because a dog’s memory span
is only about 30 seconds long.
“If you don’t reward them in
stantly it’s too late, because then
you’re rewarding them for what they
are doing when they get the re
ward,” Beaver says.
The same is true for punishment,
she says.
Some dogs only will respond to
food rewards, Beaver says, and this
food reward should be considered in
the dog’s total calorie intake for the
day.
Beaver says obesity in dogs is a
major health problem. Dogs may de
velop the same symptoms as hu
mans.
“The circulatory system is what
suffers the most, but they may de
velop back and leg problems also,”
she says.
These problems can be solved
through a modified diet and drugs
to make the heart beat stronger.
Beaver says that in combating
obesity, increasing a dog’s exercise is
helpful,, but the easiest way to de
crease his weight is by decreasing the
amount of food available to him.
“We, in effect, have control over
the dog’s will power, and he doesn’t
get to run to the refrigerator for a
snack, like we do,” she says.
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Coming to the second
session of Summer School?
OPTIONAL MEAL PLANS
ALL students may dine on a meal
in the Commons Dining Center
from July 11 until August 16. We
offer 3 plans:
7 day - 3 meals a day, except Sunday
evening - $227. 00 plus tax
5 day - 3 meals a day Monday through
Friday - $210. 00 plus tax
Any 12 - Choice of 12 of 20 meals
served during week - $204. 00 plus tax
Indicate your choice of plans during
registration on July 11.
Aggie Point Accounts are active during the
entire year, so you may either open an
account or add to your account at any
time at Validation Center, Sbisa Basement.
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