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Warped by Scott McC. OKAL pal. avow before. I THROW Voo INTO THE. PIT I'VE GOT A FEW THIAVGS TO TELL ...REMEMBER T//E 5TH GRADE? PRISCILLA fEM? SHE ALWAYS PRETENDED TO LIKE YOU >0 SHE COULP d^VE FO/V fJAAG you-. vW Aa A ...OH,/AND Y0DR HIGH 5CH00L FRIEND. TIM, patep Voor girlfriend BEHIND Y00R BACK, ANP YOUR FAVORITE PROP THINKS YOU'RE AN IDIOT, AND- m TO HELL THAT. J. Pyndus, 65, had charged that city residents were tired of the mayor. Cisneros and his family thanked his supporters at a rally Saturday night. “The next two years are going to be among the happiest and most progressive the city has ever had, and I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to preside over those next two years,” he told about 150 supporters. A $23.6 million public-safety bond issue heavily backed by the mayor won by more than a 2-to-l margin. Cisneros, a Hispanic Democrat pegged as an up-and-comer on the nation’s political scene, had said the election could be close because of complacency among his supporters. In 1985, Cisneros received more than 70 percent of the vote from a field of six candidates. “I didn’t think we could win with this type of margin,” Cisneros said. “I thought we had been pressing our luck for several elections and that it wasn’t going to be there for us in this way.” Pyndus, who ran against Cisneros in 1985, said spending is up and city revenues are down. He had criticized the mayor for not doing enough to attract new in dustry to San Antonio, and has said Cisneros is more interested in seek ing higher office than running the city. “The city has deteriorated and Cisneros has a brilliant career,” Pyn dus said. As he claimed victory Saturday night, Cisneros made no statements about his political aspirations be yond City Hall. Cisneros, who was interviewed by Walter Mondale as a possible Demo cratic vice-presidential candidate in 1984, insisted he is interested pri marily in doing a good job as mayor and that the job offers enough of a challenge. “I hope the theme of the next two years will be, ‘the politics of joy of the people of San Antonio,’ ” he said. Waldo by Kevin Thor HEY, WALDO.' WHAT 15 TH/5 THINOA SOMEONE LEFT IT , ON THE DOORSTEP/ IT'S A BABY. 1 HELLO, THERE, BABY EM/ \ ARE we \ GETTING "topical" AGAIN"? I'M A, daddy! By Darren Allen Reporter A junior cadet marching with his outfit suddenly yells. The junior sprints about 50 yards ahead of his squadron with about 10 sophomores following. He finds a patch of grass where he tells the sophomore cadets to drop and give him 40 push-ups. Originally used as a way to keep cadets from pulling practical jokes on April Fool’s Day, the march now is linked to charity. For about three weeks, cadets have been soliciting donations on behalf of the March of Dimes. “One, two, three . . .,” they count their push-ups aloud. Scenes similar to this one were du plicated hundreds of times Saturday as 1,700 Texas A&M cadets, taking up one-third of a mile along the side of F.M. 60, participated in the Corps of Cadets annual March to the Bra zos. After the 7-mile hike from the A&M campus to the Brazos River, cadets were treated to a simulated battle, allowed to view three Army helicopters — including an Apache — and mingled with some of A&M’s Diamond Darlings. This year, the Corps raised about $22,000 for the March of Dimes, to taling more than $80,000 for the last three years. But the march has become more than just a charity drive — it is a ma jor event and transition period for cadets. The unveiling of junior outfit and staff positions for next year high lighted the day's events. Many soph omores were waiting anxiously to find out if they’d received the posi tion they wanted. Pat 1 hoinasson, who will be Corps commander for the 1987-88 school year, admitted he was nervous as a sophomore waiting for a position. Positions are unveiled when the xampuii ) staff [s 1 line of i Hike to Brazos River raises money for March of Dimes Cadets go seven miles for charity, tradiM junior cadet who holds the passes down his brass toll and takes him running. The senior c lass left at the hall way point, leaving the march back to campus ur vear's leadership. On the trek back to juniors — some carping — who were named to ran up and down the meeting first sergeants and commanders. Fo fight the heat and dels lion, water stations wereselnpi the route where differento tions sold soft drinks. Despite the heat and ! feet, I hoinasson said spins high. "Moral is high, therehaveta real problems and the attitude is outstanding,” Thomassos “Commanders and first sei? have been doing a good job sure everybody’s gettingenoi ter." “Play it [tection 1 ; onveniei lelivery. 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Trulson, an asso ciate professor of anatomy and mar tial arts instructor, did research in 1983 on how the martial arts affect juvenile delinquents’ behavior. The results were published late in 1986. “We had done some studies be fore and published a paper in Psy chology Today that showed martial arts training leads to a number of positive personality traits in people of all ages,” says Trulson, who has studied judo, karate, kung fu and tae kwon do over the past 25 years. “There had been some anecdotal ac counts that it had helped teen-agers who were juvenile delinquents, hut no scientific systematic study.” Trulson, a former national cham pion of the World Tae Kwon Do As sociation, worked with 34 male juve niles between the ages of 13 and 17 who had been diagnosed as delin quents based on their scores on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Trulson set up an experi ment that would control outside va riables to make sure any character changes could be attributed to the training. The youths were divided into three groups: the first group learned tae kwon do in the tradi tional method, the second group used the modern method and the third group served as a control, he says. Reserve group members re ceived no martial arts training, but did engage in physical activity, such as playing football and basketball, and had contact with an instructor, he says. The same instructor was used for all the groups, so no per sonality variables would be present to affect the groups differently, and each group met three times a week for an hour at a time, he says. “The important thing we’re looking at is the difference between group one and group two, those that received the traditional tae kwon do versus those that received the mod ern version,” Trulson says. “The dif ferences here are that, in traditional tae kwon do, the mental aspects of the sport are extremely important. “It’s not just a physical thing, learning how to defend yourself, E unch, kick and so forth. There’s a >t of emphasis on mental traits and personality traits, such as self-con trol, responsibility, self-esteem, con fidence and perseverance. “Many of these things are inte grated into the sessions, and people are made aware that it’s not just a physical conditioning. The mental part is very important. And that’s why we see the difference between the traditional and modern forms.” “It's not just a physical thing (the traditional method) .... There’s a lot of emphasis on mental traits. — Dr. Michael E. Trulson, martial arts instructor At the end of six months, the boys took the MMP1 again. Before and after the experiment, the groups were given personality inventories and tested for aggressiveness, he says. The third group’s scores re mained about the same, proving that increased physical activity does not change a juvenile’s behavior from delinquent to normal, he says. Group two had higher scores in all three characteristics that typify de linquency. Those are psychopathic deviation, schizophrenia and hypo- mania. Group two also had in creased scores in negative personal ity traits. Group one had normal scores in all three categories. In a follow-up study in 1984, the members of group one remained non-delinquent and most had con tinued their training. Trulson says these changes can be attributed to the differences between the forms. “The modern forms don’t em phasize the mental aspects of the sport,” he says. “They’re in there just to teach fighting techniques and self- defense. They really don’t have the training to do it, but they’re going to teach people to fight. Basically, it’s kind of glorified street-fighting.” The modern style emphasizes learning to fight better than anyone else, going to tournaments and win ning trophies, while the traditional style stresses becoming a better per son, Trulson says. The modern version also encour ages aggression, he says. “They’re taught aggression,” Trulson says. “The modern version teaches that you know how to fight so you don’t have to take anything from anybody. You don’t let them push you around, physically or ver bally. Just use your fighting skills and you can win. I think the reason for that is most of these modern martial arts have an us-against-them type of attitude. That kind of philos ophy just leads to anti-social behav ior. That’s really unfortunate. “In the traditional school, stu dents are taught non-aggression. That is, they know how to defend themselves. They have very good skills and, if they had to, they could (defend themselves) and do it very efficiently. But they’re taught to walk away from a fight.” He says modern schools are easy to spot . Modern schools often have strange building designs, dragons on the windows and lots of trophies in the front windows, he says. Traditional students who partici pate in tournaments, Trulson says, are “good, clean sparrers,” while modern students can be “downright dirty with their fighting techniques because they become more like street fighting than an art.” Trulson says the movie “The Ka rate Kid” is a prime example of the differences between the schools. “That’s a perfect example of the two schools of thought today in the United States,” Trulson says. “The kid was trained by an Oriental mas ter instructor. He didn’t even know he was an instructor until he had to come out and fight to defend the kid against this gang. You couldn’t tell. He wasjust like everyone else. “The other group, on the other hand, typifies the modern style. They’re being trained by this big guy, a Marine drill-sergeant type with a tattoo on his arm, beating up on the students and making them tell him they’ve got to win. “The thing that struck me most in ‘The Karate Kid’ was when the in- stuctor, Mr. Miyagi, told his student ‘It’s not what you have here (point- behavit (AP) - ing to his fist), but what you here (pointing to his hean really typifies the traditionala arts." Modern martial arts school becoming more prevalent, k and some give martial atts name. In Bryan-CollegeStatioi martial arts schools are ink® Three of those teach the iJ style, Trulson says. At) Self-Defense Club and the Mot 1 Kwan Do Club are traditional while the Tae Kwon Do modern club, he says. Steve Powell, instructorofll* Kwon Do Club since 1971, with Trulson’s research. 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Trulson is conductingrese? how martial arts training an* veniles who are non-defc- The results seem to suggest modern form can change» ! youths into delinquents,hesa' 5 “It’s a cause for concern k® there are a lot of theses around,” Trulson says. “And not only taking people whoaP nile delinquents and malinf worse, but they’re takingpeop are not delinquents and ^ them into delinquents.’ 1