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Page 4/The Battalion/Monday, March 23, 1987 Out On A Limb Photo by Marie McLeod Mike McDowell, a sophomore mechanical engineering major from Houston, takes a look at a tree at Big Bend National Park during spring break. McDowell was part of a group of A&M students who wanted to avoid the usual spring break spots. Their solution was a trip into the West Texas desert. Program provides rental equipment and outdoor trips I f Problem Pregnancy? we listen, we care, we help Free pregnancy tests concerned counselors Brazos Valley Crisis Pregnancy Service \\ We’re local! 1301 Memorial Dr. 24 hr. Hotline 823-CARE SCHULMAN THEAT 2.50 ADMtSSIOll 1. Any Sh9w Before 3 PM 2. Tuesday - All Seats 3. Mon-Wed - Local Studentn Current ID's 4 Thur - KORA "Over 301 By Sherry Copeland Reporter The Texas A&M Outdoors Pro gram provides opportunities for stu dents, faculty and staff to enjoy out door life. The program offers equipment rental and resource information through the intramural office, as well as outdoor clinics and trips and information and suggestions about various parks, lakes and rivers. Equipment can be reserved with full payment two weeks in advance of a trip and isn’t available on a First come, first serve basis. The program was started by Patsy Greiner, coordinator for outdoor recreation and coordinator of indi vidual and dual sports for the intra mural-recreational sports depart ment. The Outdoor Clinics, Greiner says, are designed to promote confi dence as well as teach a specific skill, such as rock climbing, and usually are taught through day-long ses sions. Training clinics aren’t required, but are strongly recommended for beginners planning to attend an out door trip, she says. TAMU Outdoors sponsors about two or three trips a month, and Greiner says they are scheduled as all-day or weekend events. However, she says, more backpacking trips are offered during cooler weather and more water trips are scheduled din ing the spring and summer. “Trips are great,” she says. "Our age range on one trip was from 18 to 71 years old. Once, on a rock-climb ing trip, we had a student’s dad, who was 65 years old, go with us. It was really neat teaching him how to THEATRE GUIDE ■DENOTES DOLBY STEm PLAZA 3 226 Southwest Pkwy •TIN MEN r ’MANNEQUIN pq really climb. The distribution of students and faculty on each trip is usually half- and-half, she says. Before every overnight trip, she says, a pre-trip meeting is scheduled for the participants, giving them a chance to meet each other as well as the trip leaders. “Hopefully, this meeting will in still some confidence in the first-time participant,” she says. The organization’s upcoming trips are publicized in The Battalion and on fliers around campus, Greiner says, and anyone interested in embarking on a trip should sign up early to be assured a spot on the list. 1 POST OAK THREE 1 1500 Harvey Rd. 693-2796 BLACK WIDOW (R) WITCHBOARD (R) HOOSIERS (PQ) 7:05 9:05 7:10 9:10 7:00 9:20 CINEMA THREE I J15 Collenc Ave. (><13 HIAT(R) BURGLAR (R) NIGHTMARE lll(R) 7M 9:90 7:10 9:10 7:30 9:45 •LETHAL WEAPON r MANOR EAST 3 Manor East Mail PLATOON r •SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL pq u OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE r SCHULMAN 6 Call Battalion Classified 845-2611 2002 E. 20th ANQEL HEART r FROM THE HIP pq $ DOLLAR DAYSIl This Week's FeaturesMI THE GOLDEN CHILD pq CROCODILE DUNDEE PQ-11 THREE AMIGOS r STAR TREK IV 2 robbery suspects killed in foiled holdup attempt DENTON (AP) — Police on the trail of suspects linked to more than 20 North Texas armed robberies shot and killed two men during a foiled restaurant holdup that re sulted in injuries to two officers. Two members of a Fort Worth police tactical team were wounded during an exchange of gunfire at a Pizza Hut restaurant, but only one remained hospitalized Sunday. About 25 to 30 people were inside the Pizza Hut when the two men burst in at 11:06 p.m. Saturday wielding sawed-off shotguns, police said. None of the customers was in jured. The suspects, identified only as two white males in their late 20s or 30s, were pronounced dead at the scene at 11:40 p.m. Capt. Jerry L. Blaisdall and Mark Lang of the tactical unit were both shot in the left leg, police said. Blais dall was treated at the scene and Lang was taken to AMI Denton Re gional Medical Center. # AM/PM Clinics Minor Emergencies 10% Student Discount with IDca: 3820 Texas Ave. Bryan, Texas 846-4756 401 S. Texas AyI Bryan, Teii: 779-d 8a.m.-11 p.m. 7 days a week Walk-in Family Practice Students learn communication skills School offers help to deaf children BROWNSVILLE (AP) — Learn ing to tell a story comes naturally for most children, but for the students at Regional School for the Deaf, tell ing stories requires much more phys ical involvement. “Their form of communication is body language, facial expressions and sounds. It’s nice to sit and watch them tell a story . . . it’s almost a form of mime,” says Annette Humphreys, instructor at Egly Elementary. Some children speak clearly and easily, depending on how well they can near. Others use sign language, sounds or writing to communicate, she says. In all, there are 93 students who are involved in the Brownsville In dependent School District’s Regional School for the Deaf, which has been in existence since 1975. Three local schools host the program, including Egly, Oliviera Intermediate School and Homer Hanna High School. A staff of eight teachers and 12 teachers’ aides handle the 67 deaf for the event and learned to dance by counting beats and responding to hand signals. Anson Coy, their instructor, says. “Their form of communication is body language, facial expressions and sounds. . . . It’s almost a form of mime. ” — Annette Humphreys, instructor at Egly Elementary students at Egly, who travel from cit ies throughout the Valley. A major project this semester was a special dance for the Charro Days Fiesta Folklorica. Sporting Brazilian outfits, the deaf students from Et' danced to the musical strains of “1 Bamba ” for an appreciative crowd. They spent one month preparing “We’ve worked really hard. Two years ago, we rehearsed, costumes were purchased by the parents and Parent Teacher Association and ev erything was prepared, then it was cancelled due to the rain.” There was no such disappoint ment this year, and the children en joyed their performance. “It takes a lot of patience teaching these children,” Coy says. “Handling the organization and short attention spans are other problems . . . but you have to remember we’re dealing with children between 4 and 13 years of age.” An ordinary day in the program begins at 8 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m. The schedule includes breakfast, reading, spelling, science, social studies, mathematics, lunch, physical education and art. Humphreys says,“The majority of our deaf children are taking some form of speech therapy; some are mainstreamed into regular classes at Egly, and depending on the class, theater arts and music are offered.” Classroom participation outside of the school is also stressed. 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