Wednesday, January 29, 1986AThe Battalion/Page 3
State and Local
Gifted students getting
aid in dealing with life
KARATE
not actually Karate, but Tae Kwon Do
from Korea
IF may join
founding
IDS hospital
XIn ||. Associated Press
■OUSTON — The University
■exas is considering whether
■in the American Medical In-
A/«tional in establishing a hos-
Ito treat AIDS patients.
NH-. John Ribble, dean of the
^■Medical School at Houston,
d Dr. Charles LeMasitre, presi-
n| of M.D. Anderson Hospital
d Tumor Institute, said Mon-
iy the hospital has been pro-
id by AMI, a California-based
)slital chain.
Ibble said a “preliminary let-
nf intent” approved by the
lical school, M.D. Anderson
I IaMI has been sent to the UT
offices in Austin.
Wfl report will be made to the
Sy■regents next month, but Rib-
he does not expect appro-
|©l the plan at that time.
■chard D’Antoni, vice presi-
I for AMI’s office in Houston,
■ the hospital would be housed
jlhat is now Citizens General
!os| ital, in north Houston.
■IDS, or acquired immune de-
''l,;|ncy syndrome, destroys the
I's immune system and leaves
Ifenseless to disease and can-
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Reporter
Fred is a National Merit scholar
and had a 4.0 grade-point ratio in
his first semester at Texas A&M. He
shouldn’t have a problem in his aca
demic life, right?
Wrong.
According to Dr. Fred Dorn, a
counseling psychologist with the Stu
dent Counseling Service, students
who make exceptional grades have
as many problems as students who
have trouble just making a passing
grade.
That is where the Career Motiva
tion Program comes in. The pro
gram is a six-to nine-hour group ex
perience geared toward gifted
students.
“What’s positive about this pro
gram is that it helps the academically
inclined students realize that they
don’t stand out in a crowd in a neg
ative sense,” Dorn said. “As far as
I’m aware this is the only program in
the country like it; the only program
that addresses National Merit
scholar-type kids and offers them
support.”
The program was started five
years ago by Dr. Anne Shroer, for
merly of the counseling service.
“This is ... an opportunity for
students to learn about themselves,
the qualities they have, the skills they
have and how those might relate to
the world of work,” Dorn said.
During the sessions the students
describe their hobbies and successes
in and out of high school and col
lege.
“Too often we try to get
people to accept us on the
basis of things we are
really not good at. ”
— Dr. Fred Dorn, a coun
seling psychologist at the
Student Counseling Serv
ice.
“During the six-to nine-hour pe
riod, we begin learning about what
peoples’ strengths are,” Dorn said.
“We emphasize strengths rather
than weaknesses.”
Dorn said the program tries to
promote a sense of self-acceptance
based on skills the students have.
“Too often we try to get people to
accept us on the basis of things we
are really not good at,” Dorn said.
“It’s a big deal now to be in business
or engineering because that’s where
the pendulum swings this year.”
One of the biggest things people
must deal with is choosing a career,
which isn’t a popular choice, Dorn
said.
“We want them to know that it’s
all right to be interested in art, an
thropology or liberal arts and still be
an Ag and that you can still survive
in the world,” Dorn said.
Dorn also pointed out that women
who do exceptionally well in school
may have an added burden because
of their sex.
“We have found that women in
the program really struggle with the
idea that they have to choose be
tween being involved in a
relationship or a career,” Dorn said.
“We try to help them realize that
there are some men who are willing
to accept the fact that women can
have a career and still have a family.”
Dorn gets the names of potential
candidates of the honors program
and mails them information at the
beginning of each semester.
Dofn said the program helps stu
dents clarify their values.
instruction the rest of January
for new club members only
The TAMU Moo Duk Kwon Tae Kwon Do Club
is open to TAMU Faculty, Staff, Students
and Their Families
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STIN — The Harry Ransom
Unities Research Center at the
Ipsity of Texas has a Gutenberg
■ the world’s first photograph, a
that! filly purchased $15 million rare
afior |ilibrary and no insurance.
pt center has an elaborate secu-
■ ■stem — including a fire fight-
e y° ni Istem that can kill — but no in-
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crinii: I Charles Franklin, UT vice
cc co' Ident for business affairs, said
re is no insurance because the
I Bums would be too high.
|o, he said, much of the collec-
^ av; ; lould not be replaced at any
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“Insurance is expensive,” Frank
lin said. “When you have holdings of
such magnitude, it is not economi
cally feasible to insure them.”
The seven-story Ransom Center,
like all UT holdings, is self-insured
by the university, Franklin said.
That means a catastrophic fire
would be followed by a meeting at
which officials would discuss replac
ing lost materials, he said.
Decherd Turner, center director,
said he could not estimate the value
of the collection.
Cheryl Carrabba, assistant conser
vator, said the first line of defense
against fire is a “state of the art” sys
tem.
That system, she said, can fill the
center with carbon dioxide and re
move the oxygen.
The lack of oxygen would kill the
fire — and anyone in the center, she
said.
“It would take no time at all for
somebody to die,” Carrabba said.
Security guard Charles Oliver said
the system would not be activated
until the building is cleared of peo
ple.
“Human life has top priority,” he
said.
The collection includes 800,000
rare books and nine million manu
scripts, Turner said.
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