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HEALTH PROFESSIONALS!
The Army Medical Department represents the
largest comprehensive system of health care in
the United States and offers unique advantages
to the student, resident, and practitioner in the
following professions:
• Physicians
• Dentists
• Veterinarian
• Optometrist
• Clinical Psychologist
• Clinical Psychology Internship Program
• Environmental Scientist
• Podiatrist
• Sanitary Engineer
• Pharmacist
• Biomedical Information Systems Officer
As an Army Officer, you will receive substantial
compensation, an annual paid vacation, and
participate in a remarkable non-contributory
retirement plan.
For more information just fill out the attached
form and mail. Or call:
Brooke Army Medical Center
MAIL OR CALL: ATTN: HSHE-OP
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(512) 826-0836
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Showtime
The Aggie Players will present “Triple-A Plowed Under,” a play that
illustrates the problems of Depression-era farmers, on Friday and Sat
urday nights in Rudder Forum. In the foreground is Robbie Taylor,
Ball as (ap) —,
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tions at 13 Texas si
the mentally retarde<
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asked U.S. Distr
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■pedal master to
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and to impose a seri
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funded, along
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of up to $70,0C
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who represents the voice of the people. In the backgroundi’f , 1 * ie a u toI cf; e -1
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farmers in the production. !* award l d to state s
suffered ovei
Athletic hostesses show recruit
different side of A&M traditions
years.
■anders, while fin<
contempt, delayed u
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k edy violations.
^Ferleger’s motions
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damages and other
Sanders used to foi
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Fort Worth facility.
By Annette Primm
Reporter
Most of the sports media agree
that last year, Texas A&M Athletic
Director Jackie Sherrill had the most
successful recruiting year of any
coach in the Southwest Conference,
or even the nation.
The Aggie Hostess organization, a
group of students who act as rep
resentatives of the A&M Athletic De
partment in the recruiting of pro
spective student athletes, is a part of
A&M’s recruiting success.
Sherrill says the hostesses project
a positive and more accurate image
of the Universtiy and the Athletic
Deparment than the recruits might
get from other sources.
The organization is the brainchild
of Sherrill and was started in the fall
of 1985, says Allison Hardy, presi
dent of the organization.
What stands out is not what the
members are, but what they actually
do, says Bubba Bean, recruiting
coordinator for A&M football and
adviser of the hostesses.
“They take a lot of pressure off
our coaches,” Bean says.
Hardy, a senior economics major,
says, “We give them another per
spective of what life is like here be
sides what they would get from the
Athletic Department, the coaches
and their high school friends. We
want them to know what Aggies and
the campus are like.”
The 67 hostesses also inform the
recruits’ parents about the enviro-
ment at A&M. During tjjg football
season, the hbstesSes take the pro-
Bean says, “We’re just getting
started. Their work will really be cut
out for them when we start bringing
the kids in on Friday afternoon and
they don’t leave until Sunday.”
In the spring, recruits can take
three official visits to recruiting cam
puses and spend 48 consecutive
hours there, Hardy says. The Aggie
Hostess members make sure the re-
efuiti get to their meetings on time
and follow the agenda planned for
“We give them another perspective of what life is like
here besides what they would get from the Athletic De
partment. ...”
— Allison Hardy, president of Aggie Hostesses
spective students and their parents
on a tour of Netum Steed Labo
ratory, the press box and the locker
room area, Hardy says. A hostess
then sits with a recruit during a
game to explain Aggie traditions
and what students are doing in the
stands.
them.
This allows the coaches to do
other things and not worry about the
recruits, Bean says. It also gives the
recryits a break from the football as
pect.
The organization is comprised of
women because football players
serve as hosts to the recruits.
Sherrill says, “When you go
place for a visit, certainly thetti
and players will be biased. Bun
have someone who is indept
and part of the student bodv,
it's not really that biased—its
information."
Members are chosen by asii
committee in the spring. App'fl
must have attended TexasASJ
semesters and have a 2.3 g]
point ratio.
Applicants are interviewdl
panel consisting of faculty
student leaders and olden
All the hostesses are womd
only football recruits are thefcj
ciaries of the service.
“One thing we pride oursel*
is that what we do for the t-|
Department is part of an J
board recruiting program, J
says, explaining that they had
and guidelines to follow.
Sherrill says, “The recruiii j
with a better understandingef'l
A&M is really like. It serves as j
classy, needed touch to the
(public relations). ’’
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Gerontologist says independence,
involvement give elderly satisfacM
By Anita Anderson
Reporter
Being able to manage independently and feel
good about what life has to offer is a key fact in
finding contentment in old age, a gerontologist
with Texas A&M’s Agricultural Extension Serv
ice says.
Although contentment differs for each indi
vidual, getting involved is a common way of
achieving a level of satisfaction in life, gerontolo
gist Dr. Judith Warren says.
The elderly are confronted with more changes
than any other stage in life, Warren says. They
may experience widowhood and major illness as
well as changes in living environment, friends
and financial status, she says.
Warren says Vern Bingstrom’s report “Social
Breakdown in Old Age” explains that in aging,
people develop a point of vulnerability and start
to get messages that others feel sorry for them
because they are old. This makes them feel like
victims of vulnerability.
“Families can avoid this cycle by recognizing
their elders as adults with competent thinking ca
pacity,” Warren says.
“Successful aging is individual,” she says. “It is
the ability to cope with change and manage it.”
The elderly need latitude to be comfortable
with aging so they can find the contentment they
need, she says.
the community as they grow older.”
Walden on Memorial Retirement
motes social, cultural and community*
ment through various activities, thecent (,!
tivities director, Mike Escamilla, says.
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Some groups are designed to help the elderly
achieve and maintain their level of contentment.
The Retired Seniors Volunteer Program has
placed over 400 senior volunteer? in non-profit
organizations and proprietary health centers in
the local area. RSVP director JbAnn Powell says,
“The program helps seniors maintain contact in
“Everybody wants to have something*
Escamilla says. Three or four activiW'
planned daily for residents to keep bus) '
community awareness programs to £ * f
classes and parties, a day at Walden isacti' (
A retirement center provides an op# 1
to socialize, meet new friends with simib ,!
ests and still maintain independence, he^
A center also eliminates worries abo# !
care of household chores like laundry
maintainance, Escamilla says. WithouttW
cerns, more time can be spent enjoying* 11
says.
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