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Page 4/The Battalion/Monday, December 7,1987
Faculty members offer students
Christian solutions to problems
By Beth McDonough
Reporter
Faculty Friends is an organization
for professors who wish to make it
known that they are Christians.
These professors make themselves
available to students who want to ask
Q uestions and discuss issues in a
ihristian context.
In 1983, four professors
brainstormed to find a way to iden
tify themselves as Christians, said
Michael Neely, western region direc
tor of Christian Leadership Min
istries, a faculty Christian workshop.
The professors decided to place an
ad in The Battalion, he said.
At the time, there were 23 names
in the ad. The most recent ad, which
ran on Sept. 8, had more than 110,
Neely said. The ad listed the profes
sors, their phone numbers and their
departments.
Christian faculty are encouraged
to identify themselves as Christians
at the beginning of the semester,
during the introductory period.
Also, the professors usually clip
the ad from The Battalion and at
tach it to their office doors with their
names highlighted.
Many people wonder about the
relationship between Faculty
Friends and the A&M Mentor Pro-
openly
nd hum
dis-
humanis-
in the classroom and
cussed his philosophy an
tic views.”
Bierwirth said it is good that peo
ple in faculty positions are standing
up for their beliefs.
Faculty Friends is financed en
tirely by its members. They pay $10
a year and the money is used to pay
for The Battalion ad, Neely, who is
overseer of Faculty Friends, said.
Professors become involved in
recruit
their depa
them for Faculty Friends.
He said Faculty Friends tries to
merge Christianity with different
disciplines.
“We emphasize the sciences be
cause of the misconception that
Christianity is unscientific,” he said.
Dr. John McIntyre, faculty friend
and professor of pnysics, agreed.
“A myth that people tend to be
lieve is that science has shown that
“/ am very much aware of the responsibility I have as a
professor, but on the other hand, I believe certain
things, such as what is right and wrong. ”
— Dr. Stephen W. McDaniel, assistant professor of
marketing and a faculty friend
gram.
Dr. Stephen W. McDaniel, assis
tant professor of marketing and a
faculty friend, explained mat the
Mentor Program is a group of fac
ulty who devote time to students’
problems, yet the problems are not
necessarily Christian problems.
McDaniel, who is also a mentor,
said mentors talk about anything.
Faculty Friends is on a more narrow
scope. Only Christian faculty are in
volved, McDaniel said.
Faculty Friends is not affiliated
with any other Christian organiza
tion, Reed said.
“We want to assure people that we
are faculty supported and faculty
comprised,” he said.
Michelle Smith, a senior speech
communication major, said she hap
pened to see an ad posted on a door
•‘nd checked to see if a Christian
f _ lessor taught a class she was reg
istering for.
Margaret Bierwirth, a junior
speech communication major, said
the list is a good idea.
“If I had known there was a list, I
would have consulted it,” she said. “I
have a lot of humanities and science
credits left and I would prefer a
Christian professor. I once had a
professor who made fun of religion
Faculty Friends through referrals
from other professors. An informa
tional letter is mailed to faculty
members asking if they know of any
one who might be interested, Neely
said, and membership is increasing
yearly.
“The professors are making
themselves known as Christian coun
selors by allowing their names to be
pubhshed in The Battalion,” Neely
said.
Dr. Bob Reed, professor of eco
nomics and a faculty friend, said
Faculty Friends has officers — three
directors who serve rotating terms,
one being replaced yearly.
A look at the Faculty Friends ad
reveals that not many women are
members. In the most recent ad
there were about five women listed.
Reed said that the ratio is propor
tional to A&M’s women faculty.
religion is a myth and it belongs to
the past,” McIntyre said.
McIntyre said !
“It’s pretty close, if not greater
than the number of women faculty
at A&M,” Reed said.
Quite a few administrators are
represented in Faculty Friends, but
they are not recognized as such in
the ad, he said.
Many other universities and col
leges have programs like Faculty
Fnends. Some of these schools are
the University of Alabama, Western
Kentucky University and Pennsylva
nia State University. But the idea of
placing an ad began at A&M, Neely
said.
Also, not all academic depart
ments are represented in the ad.
Reed said this happens because who
ever currently is represented is more
mi
likely to identify Christian faculty in
Iclntyre said science began in a
Christian culture, and that it was
Christian ideas that led to scientific
beliefs. However, Neely said, people
are being told they cannot mix reli
gion and education because of sepia-
ration of church and state.
“There is a broad-based miscon
ception that pieople cannot identify
themselves as Christians,” Neely
said. “There is a great difference be
tween presenting ideas for dis
cussion and indoctrinating ideas in a
pierson.”
Another faculty friend, Dr. Rick
T. Irvin, associate professor of toxi
cology and genetics, said it would be
hard for anyone who was dissatisfied
and objected to Faculty Friends’
goals to do anything to stop it, be
cause the faculty that are rep>-
resented are such well-respiected,
powerful professors on campus.
“If anyone ever tried to tell us that
we couldn’t relay Christian beliefs in
the classroom we wouldn’t listen be
cause we have such a large and dis
tinguished group of professors,” he
said.
Reed said he thinks Faculty
Friends has encouraged students by
letting them know that faculty mem
bers are Christians.
“Many have been taught that
Christianity is a faith of tne heart
and not of the mind, so one has to
suspiend one’s mind in order to be
come a Christian,” Reed said. “Faith
involves using one’s mind and heart.
So, recognizing that intelligent indi
viduals are Christians encourages
students to know that they don’t
have to stop thinking in ordertol
Christian.”
Neely told a story of a proft
on another campus who was red
a thought for the day usinj
verbs. The American Civil Li
Union wrote him a letter saying:
it had been brought to its atteiii
that he was introducing reliji
content to his agricultural econoi
classes. The professor believed
had the right to present whait
was within him to his classra
through freedom of speech, Ni
said.
McDaniel said professon sho
have freedom to talk about avail
of subjects.
“As long as it deals with the
ject matter in the course, profess
should be able to discuss anyti
McDaniel said.
An academic environment sho
not have any restrictions on the!
ulty, he saia. There should bet
demic freedom so professors
discuss any pertinent topic, hesas
McDaniel explained that in
classroom, within the perimeten
the course, he will discuss Chris:
views of ethics dealing with hoi*
and other areas.
“I am very much aware of tilt
spjonsibility I have as a professor,
on the other hand, I believe an
things, such as what is tidst
wrong,” McDaniel said. “Inr
my teaching, these views will
mally emerge.”
Neely said the goal of Fao
Friends is not to force or manipid
students to believe Christ
thoughts. If the opportunity an
faculty members may share whai
been helpful in their lives witli
dents
Reed said many people would
want to have their names assooi
with being a Christian. Soiut
willing to identify themselves
Christians, but are wary of attadu
themselves to overtly evangelistic
tivities. He said there could be
merous reasons for this
One may be uncertainty abom
quality of certain activities. For
stance, a Christian might be utid)
fortable having his name associal
with the Rev. Jim Bakkeror the I
Falweli, whose
Jerry ralwell, wnose names
been associated with undesirable
ti vines.
“On TV we see that so mail
the sellers of religion person
profit from it,” Reed said.
Neely said the spiritual areals!
p>ortant; a student could be
straight A’s but still could be hull
inside. >
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BEFORE YOU LEAVE
FOR THE HOLIDAYS:
HOW TO PREPARE
FOR FINAL EXAMS
* Remember to pay all your utility bills due before your return in
January 1988. Otherwise you may find that your utilities have
been cut off.
* Leave a faucet dripping to avoid frozen and broken pipes.
* Do not leave keys hidden outside your home.
* Do not leave notes indicating that you are away.
* Stop all deliveries including mail and newspapers.
* Engrave personal property with your driver’s license number.
* If possible, take all valuables with you.
* Use an automatic (on-off) timer on a lamp.
* Lock your doors and windows.
* Get a general picture of what has been covered.
Note your weak areas.
* Rather than reading all the material, skim it.
Concentrate on your weak areas.
* Go over old tests, and pay attention to the
kind of questions asked.
* Look at questions and problems at the end
of the chapters. Try to predict exam items
and prepare answers.
* Know your professors and their biases. Pay attention to areas em
phasized during lectures or labs.
These tips are only part of the information included in “The Aggie
Guide to Conquering Your Finals” and in the “Self-Help Guide fo
Test Anxiety”. Both are available for your use at the Student Counsel
ing Service (845-4427).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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sored the Off Campus Connection.
From Mr: Loupot:
* If possible, ask a friend to watch your home. Leave a telephone
number where you can be reached.
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Very Happy New Year”.
If your home has been entered, call the police immediately.
Stories and artwork are provided by the Off Campus Center.
Editor: Erika M. Gonzalez-Lima
December 7, 1987
OFF CAMPUS AGGIES
GENERAL MEETINGS 1988
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Membership Applications
Available in the Off Campus Center.
Interviews will be held January 26-28, 1988.