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Page 6/The Battalion/Friday, December 5, 1986 The Aggie Perfume Made in France Key to meeting other Aggies a great Christmas Gift Located at the MSC Call 696-9412 Students get a friend, advice from mentors in faculty program TAMU Snow Ski Club Breckenridge ’87 January 10-16 (4 days of skiing included) SK/ CLUB Breckenridge Keystone Copper Mountain A-Basin Prices: $445 by air $335 by bus Includes: Transportation, Summit Lift Passes, Condominiums, Races, Parties and More! Trip details, Sign-up, Payment, Room 301 Rudder Monday, December 8, 7 pm or go by Room 208 Pavillion for information By John Jarvis Reporter that he also hears a lot about dating problems and drug problems. 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THE SOLUTION: CINEMA THREE THE GIFT OF j I ENTERTAINMENT I 315 College Ave 846 6714 NAME OF THE ROSE (R) Sat & Sun 2:00 4:30 7:05 9:30 STREETS OF GOLD <R) Sat & Sun 1:00 3:00 5:00 7:00 9:001 SOUL MAN (PG-13) ^ Sat A Sun 1:10 3:15 5:20 7:35 9:45j GIFT CERTIFICATES ARE AVAILABLE IN ANY DOLLAR VALUE -FROM J LOO TO $500 00 OR MORE AT ANY TUTT THEATRE BOX OFFICE Francis Coppola’s best film since The Godfather!" -Rex Reed AT THE MOVIES NEW YORK POST PEGGY SUE ^ TKavited l pG13 j Kathleen Turner A TRI-S1 A- *<H_f A3E If a Texas A&M student has a problem and doesn’t quite know who to turn to for help, Dr. James Mc- Neal of the marketing department may have the answer. His solution? Talk to one of the ATMentors on campus, anytime — day or night. McNeal formed the organization in 1980 with 25 other faculty and staff members. The members will ingly devoted extra hours to stu dents who needed to talk about any thing from grade-point averages to legal problems, he says. This year there are 336 ATMen tors, comprising about 15 percent of A&M’s faculty and staff. McNeal says that although not ev ery department in the University is represented, he says the goal of the organization is “to have an ATMen- tor in every building on campus.” The name for the organization comes from Mentor, the friend and counselor of Odysseus and Telema- chus. Webster’s dictionary defines mentor as a wise and faithful friend. The faculty and staff who make up the program are “faithful coun selors, friends, buddies — whate ver,” McNeal says. Dr. Michael Trrdson, associate professor of medicine, joined the or ganization two years ago. He says he became a mentor to help students who might feel lost and lonely at A&M. The competitive atmosphere at A&M puts pressure on the students to excel, Trulson said, and the pres sure to excel combined with the change of leaving home and coming to a large university can cause prob lems for students. The adjustments to university life make incoming freshmen and trans fer students feel lost and lonely, he says, adding that dorm life is very different from life at home. Trulson says that he talks to about 15 students on a regular basis and deals with graduate and medical stu dents as well as freshmen and trans fer students. Many of the problems center around loneliness, he says, but adds He adds that the organization is not a political or religious organiza tion, but is made up of people who genuinely want to help students with any problems they may have. McNeal says the ATMentors pro gram is not an officially recognized part of the University and, as a re sult, the organization only receives $2,500 per year from the Student Affairs Department for printing ref erence manuals that every ATMen- tor has. McNeal calls this “thought ful money” from the University. McNeal says that it is probably better for the ATMentor organiza tion that it is not officially recog nized by the University because it gives the organization more flexibil ity. Other money for the organization comes from A&M Mothers Clubs, he says. The organization recently re ceived a $3,000 endowment from the Houston A&M Mothers Club. McNeal said the reference man uals list the mentors’ names and tele phone numbers and the services they offer. The manuals aren’t avail able to students because it would cost too much to print the directories for A&M students. However, he says, an abbreviated list of about 40 ATMentors is on a “foldout” that is distributed to fresh men, transfer students and A&M Mothers Clubs. McNeal says that mentors have a sign, or “shingle,” that hangs on the door of their offices. The shingles are put up so students will have a vis ible reminder of which staff mem bers are part of the program, he says. McNeal says the mentors aren’t trained counselors and do not want to be — their main goal is to be friends to students and help the stu dents be a part of A&M. Salutes By Dawn Bute Ski ft Writer A&M doctoral student gets s A doctoral student in Texas A&M’s College of {'.duration isam J nine English teachers nationwide to receive writing awards fromM National C ’.ouncil of feat hers of English. ^ Leslie Patterson, who is completing .i < l< u tot al piograminreadij and language arts here, won an honorable mention for her arikll “Becoming a reacher/Researt her: Anothei Avenue to Kxeelbtt' published by the Council for |unior High and High School Teachers in their English Journal. Professor receives research award A Texas A&M Snead Distin guished Professor of Transporta tion Engineering has received the Distinguished Research Award from the Transportation Re search Forum. The award was presented to Dr. William J. Harris at the an nual meeting of the TRF for his contributions to transportation. Harris served as vice president for the Research and Testing De partment in the Association of American Railroads before com ing to A&M in 1985. Under his direction, the de partment established a major re search program that grew from less than $1 million per year to more than $40 million. In 1976 Harris was named the “Railroad Man of the Year’I Modern Railroad and in 1978 he v\as aw ai ded the 1 listiii^uisludStr ice Award by the Transportation Research Board of the Slaiional.lt demy of Sciences. In 1981 he was invited by the ministry of railroads in Chinatok a delegation to that round \ to ai range lor coopci alive programs ill are continuing. Dr. William J. Harris Artist creates ‘solar system spread over central Texas Trulson says that the advice he gives to students to work out their problems depends on the situation of each student, but says he usually pushes for self-reliance. “I try to get them to work it out themselves,” he says. AUSTIN (AP) — In artist John Blum’s solar system, the planet Jupi ter floats not in oulei space hut in the frozen food section of an Austin supermarket. Pluto is in a San Anto nio motel. For the past month or so, Blum, 33, has been creating a stale model of the solar system by using the Ua- pitol dome to represent tin- sun and an assortment of properly sized spheres distributed around central Texas to mark the planets. “A lot of people have asked, ‘Well, why couldn’t you just do the t ale illa tions and write it up:’ w ho lias a bachelor’s dep and eight years of gradua phvsics. “ ‘Why bother?’ ''But w hen you arestandira Blanco County courthouseia heat h hall that represents New and von know that the sunisikl pitot dome in Aiisiin, youbl get a feeling for how imraeisl s< »lat s\ stem is.” Blum has been meticuloussj call illations, hut he said it waili to t csist the 11 rge to fudge a liJ the sake of cosmologicaliiw I POST OAK THREE Check PUTT GUIDE for show times $2.50 ADMISSION (1) M-W-Students w/current ID (2) TUE-Famlly Nlte-AII Seats (3) THUR-KORA ‘Over 30’ Night (4) Any Show Before 3 PM MANOR EAST 3 Manor East Mall Mon.-Fri. 7:20 9:50 Sat. & Sun. 2:20 4:50 7:20 9:50 You are iuviteb to jpii i us for a MctNicval / .Mabrigal feaste ■ STARTING TCI GAT GEC. 1£tti EDDIE MURPHY In THE GOLDEN CHILD HARRISON FORD In MOSQUITO COAST Martin Chasm Short /n THREE AMIGOS STARTING TGI GAT GEC. 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