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Rumours
Snack bar to extend hours during finals
A/arped
By FRANK SMITH
Svafl Writer
The Rumours snack, bar in the
southwest portion of tfie Memorial
Student Center, will extend its hours
during finals week in response to a
Student Government request.
Lloyd H. Smith, assistant director
of food services, said Student Gov
ernment indicated an interest in ex
tending the snack bar’s hours so stu
dents could eat there while studying
for final examinations.
Rumours is normally open Mon
day through Friday from 9 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. Smith said the snack bar
will be open this Sunday from 3 p.m.
to 11 p.m. and will be open from 9
a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Smith said Rumours re-opened
for business Nov. 25 after being
closed f or renovations.
It was closed at the conclusion of
the spring semester and the renova
tion project started near the end of
June, he said.
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in there was changed — the location
of it was changed," Smith said. "The
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by the F<kk1 Services Depaitro-J
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A&M prof uses meditation
to build students’ creativity
By SANDRA SUTPHEN
Reporter
When students first encounter
Rodney Hill’s unique teaching
method, their first question may be
where they can go drop-add, Hill
says.
Hill, a professor of environmental
design at Texas A&M, uses a unique
form of meditation called “cente
ring” to stimulate creativity in his
students.
"When you center yourself, it
gives you access to your whole brain,
you have access to all of your know
ledge,” Hill says. “It (centering)
mainly calms you and opens your
mind up; there are no limits; your
mind is free to wander, to come up
with images and connections.”
“When you center your
self, it gives you access to
your whole brain, you
have access to all of your
knowledge. ”
— Rodney Hill, a Texas
A&M professor.
their head against a brick*
ing up with ideas, and its hi
their past educational badgp
Hill says. "Public schoolstiii|n
rational, logical, sequamil
thinking; read, regurgiutr.w
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gurgitate; but never thiit thinks he’ll r
create on their own."
champion shi
imagining they are the apple. Hill
says.
Hill says he introduces the stu
dents to centering with the apple for
a specific reason.
Hill begins his first day of classes
by bringing apples to class and giv
ing one to each student. He asks the
students to lie on the desks while he
turns out the lights. The students
talk about the apple; the smell, the
feel, the taste of the apple.
The students are then asked to
imagine they are the apple. They g°
back in time to where they are (he
blossom, the limb, the trunk, the
roots and the water in the soil.
The student continues the 30-
minute process with a regression
from the water evaporating, becom
ing clouds, then rain; then regress to
"They have something to hold on
to,” Hill says, "something concrete."
Hill says a few of his students have
a difficult time accepting the “cente
ring” exercise in the beginning.
“Usually by the end of the third
week, if 1 get busy and miss a session,
I get bitched at by the students, be
cause it’s really addictive,” Hill says.
Hill says his goal with “centering”
is to enhance creativity in his stu
dents.
“We get students in their fresh
man year.” Hill says, "and we tell
them their grade is going to be based
on creativity, motivation and coming
up with original ideas."
“For a lot of them, it’s like beating
Unfortunately, Hill sa)t
pi ofessors inhibit creativity.
"There are 10 times ait
things you can do to inhibiuttp
than you can do to enhanceiu
says.
“Usually by the endofm
the students are in a modeol
do I do with all theideaslytd
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I (ome up with an idea?’ II I
Hill says this form of lens
laxation is not new, because[i
with high blood ptessureot|i
who have had heart attacks s
exercise. Hill says athletesba:' Imagine towerii
using similar forms of exert , a |i s and medieval
about 10 years. rm0 r and silk, pa
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sleep at night, you get thisb heir king,
ideas, and you can't go (tost; Tot ( a y arld Salu
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Babysitter receives life for scalding child tsr H e„, y
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Associated Press
DALLAS — A man who posed as
a woman babysitter and plunged a 4-
month-old baby into a pot of scald
ing water will serve at least 20 years
of a life sentence handed down by a
Dallas jury Thursday, prosecutors
said.
29-
Richard Arthur Gilbert, a
year-old transvestite, said he acci
dentally spilled hot water on the
child. The jury, which deliberated
less than an hour, fined him $10,000
and convicted him of injury to a
child.
Gilbert testified Wednesday that
the scalding was not intentional, and
said, sobbing, that he was “hysteri
cal” after the child was hurt.
But prosecutors relied on the tes
timony of three doctors. They said
forced-immersion burns, such as
those,on the Baker baby, look differ
ent from those of accidental splash
burns.
Scott suggested in his final argu
ment to the jury that the scalding
may have been prompts)I
bert’s desire to coyer anoW
to the child. He hasbeeniii’
a separate case on charges*
ually assaulted a 2-year^
while babysitting in East Dal*
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Jurors and State District Judge
Jack Hampton ruled that scalding
water is a deadly weapon and or
dered Gilbert to serve at least 20
years, or one-third of the sentence,
Scott said. The baby later died of his
injuries.
Gilbert’s attorney, Russ Henrichs,
said the verdict would be appealed.
The seven-man, live-woman jury
found Gilbert guilty of holding the
infant in scalding water at the home
of Vera and Andrew Baker.
The Bakers have declined to com
ment on the trial’s outcome.
Investigators and the Bit 1
Gilbert identified himself*
Gilbert" and posed as a m®*
ing the three months he»«
the Bakers’ home.
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Friday
PUERTO RICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: I:
7:30 p.m. in 502 Rudder.
MSC VARIETY SHOW: audition applications are now*
able in 216 MSC.
Saturda 1
FOURAKER BREAKERS: Fisft Camp is meeting at 6 pt
Mama’s Pizza for a Christmas dinner.
CLASS OF ‘88: will sell class t-shirts from 10 a.m. to4pf
the MSC.
SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS wii
boxes in 216 Reed McDonald for 25 cents each tostttf
who are moving. Call H45-3315 for more t
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How to Prevent...
Ho-Ho-Ho-Oh-No-Crash-Boofl
# Prior to a party designate a person
to drive who will not be drinking.
# Leave your keys with the host.
* Decide how many alcoholic drinks yc
will have before going to a party.
* Know your limit.
# Call a friend or taxi if you've
too much to drink.
* Show friends you care by taking awj
their keys if they drink too much.
* Consider having non-alcoholic drinks
after you've had a few alcoholic dri* 1
# If your hosting a party be sure to
supply plenty of snacks.
Alcohol Awareness Program Department of Student Affairs 84B-.
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