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By Taani Baier
Reporter
High school juniors and seniors
tails will be | lv en the opportunity, to ‘‘spend
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Col. Donald R. Henderson,
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^t, said the recruiting program al-
the high school students to ex
igence the Corps and A&M
and. The Corps works with
I’s Office of School Relations to
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■ing students. The students visit
meeting* bsmis to help get a better under-
■ding of what college is really
Ike.
Information about the program is
ibuted in a variety of ways. Let-
from Corps Commander Patrick
masson, a senior mechnical en-
ering major, are sent out invit-
jing high school students to partici-
slidesbc* late in the program. Information
pets accompany the letters, which
are returned for a reservation, Hen-
iejson said.
■Basically, (the letter) tells about
thaprogram,” Henderson said. “In a
pshell, it says that we’d like for the
pent to come up here and see
t the Corps is like because the
ed Aggies year stories you hear about the Corps
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Ihampion livestock will be tested
for drugs this week at the San An
tonio Livestock Exposition, but a
isitive result won’t stand in the
iayof a blue ribbon.
The Texas Veterinary Medical
ssociation is conducting the test-
g of market steers, lambs and
rrows as part of a survey, offi-
:als said.
“This is the first stock show
here anything like this is being
[one in the nation,” Dr. Larry
hrlund, a San Antonio veteri-
arian who is coordinating the
Jests,'said.
“We have no idea whether we
ve a problem or we don’t have
a problem,” said livestock show
spokesman Richard Traylor.
■This is more of a survey for in
formation.”
I Tests at three laboratories are
designed to detect 25 different
^compounds, Ehrlund said.
He said the purpose of the test-
'ing was not merely for health rea
sons.
“The stock show is supposed to
:ach children how to raise ani-
tals and to compete fairly. Use
pf drugs is cheating,” Ehrlund
id. “It teaches chemical depen-
ency.”
Veterinarians nationwide are
oncerned that some show ani-
als might be given drugs such as
iuretics, tranquilizers or anabolic
teroids, which give the owner an
iinfair advantage, Ehrlund said.
He said phenylbutazone is one
rug that could show up in the
lests.
“It is a pain reliever that would
:ausean animal to limp,” he said.
'But phenylbutazone in people
mild cause fatal bone marrow
uppressant. The bone marrow
Stops making red blood cells.
“There’s certainly a potential
ealth hazard in using drugs.”.
Ehrlund said some drugs are
limited to a minimum time before
laughter and others are not al
lowed on animals intended for
human consumption.
Texas veterinarians passed a
esolution in August to design a
icreening program to help local
lock shows, Ehrlund said.
A similar drug testing program
II be conducted at the stock
how in San Angelo next month,
nd at other shows in Texas.
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Illustration by Carol Wells
just don’t do it justice. Most impor
tantly, they can see what life as a
freshman is really like here in the
Corps.”
Shannon O’Neal, a Corps mem
ber and senior journalism major,
said the observers receive valuable
insight into the Corps activities, but
that observing the activities is not
quite the same as being a part of the
Corps.
“They can’t really understand
what it is like to be a participant,”
O’Neal said. “It’s hard to compre
hend how
freshman
tense.”
Cadets also visit high schools on
college nights to present informa
tion about the Corps to the students.
General recruiting information is
handed out.
Henderson said that high school
counselors, parents and former stu
dents request information on the
program for high school students
they know who have expressed an
interest in A&M or the Corps.
Corps Public Relations Sergeant
Ray Schmidt, a junior industrial dis
tribution major, agrees that the high
school counselors play a major part
in the success of the program. He
said it is the counselors who make or
break the program.
“We have earned the faith of the
high schools,” Schmidt said. “The
high school counselors are the ones
who more or less advise the students
on their future — where they’re
students participated in the program
last year. >
“We’ve found that no question
about it, it’s by far our best recruit
ing program as far as pexcentage Of
success,” Henderson said.
Schmidt added, “It does work —
we’ve had almost a 100 percent sign
up rate.”
All said they agree that the high
school students get the royal treat
ment.
“We roll out the red carpet for the
(high school) students,” Henderson
said. “The main thing we want to do
is be friendly. We want to leave an
impression.”
0‘Neal said, “Of course they (ca
dets) show them a good time — it’s
just like any other recruiting.”
Golaboff agreed, saying, “We def
initely don’t let a high school student
see the discipline of the freshmen,
but they’re not stupid. They know
it’s there.”
going to go to school or where they
should focus their attention. We’ve
had nothing but pluses. They
strongly recommend that we con
tinue to make the program available
to the high school students.”
The program has proven to be the
most successful recruiting program
of the Corps. About 600 high school
Schmidt said, “From what I’ve
heard and seen most of them defi
nitely have a good time. On the
other' hand, occasionally there are
those who don’t enjoy it because it
wasn’t what they expected. All we
can do is show them what we have
and that’s it. If they don’t like it,
that’s not our problem.
Program trains counselors
to deal with troubled youth
By Stan Golaboff
Reporter
By providing troubled youngsters
with a strict discipline policy and
working with them at an early age,
counselors can help rehabilitate a
youth so he can function in society,
Beverly Womack of Community Re
habilitation Professional Services
said Tuesday.
Womack, founder and clinical
service provider for Community Re
habilitation Professional Services,
led a “Troubled Youth” seminar
sponsored by the Brazos County Ju
venile Services Department.
The seminar, held at the Brazos
Center, attracted about 50 people
that included everyone from school
counselors to probation officers, said
Irma Cauley, a juvenile probation
officer and unit supervisor.
“If we can identify these
kids, who are what we call
a troubled youth, early
enough, we can help them
to function in society like
normal people. . . ”
— Beverly Womack,
founder of Community
Rehabilita tion
Professional Services
friend isn’t suppose to correct you
like a parent does.”
The purpose of the community
rehabilitation organization is to train
and prepare social workers to better
serve those they care for, Womack
said.
The seminar was conducted with
small groups talking about these tra
its and characteristics that troubled
youths share.
The talks helped to establish a ba
sic definition of troubled youth.
“If we can identify these kids, who
are what we call a troubled youth,
early enough, we can help them to
function in society like normal peo
ple and avoid sending them into the
Texas Youth Correction system,”
Womack said.
A troubled youth is usually some
one who is angry, hostile, irresponsi
ble and has low self-esteem, she said.
They usually let their physical ap
pearance deteriorate, although a
troubled youth can be someone who
is the best-dressed kid in school.
There is usually some form of
substance abuse involved sooner or
later, Womack said.
While in these groups, there was
discussion about how to effectively
control the behavior of youth who
tend to create problems in school
and the community.
One of the ways discussed to con
trol a youth’s behavior was through a
behavior contract that a counselor
and a youth would sign.
The contract would outline the
youth’s rights and privileges. It also
outlines what a youth can expect
when he messes up, Womack said.
“More and more these days we are
finding youths who come from mid
dle and upper classes that are trou
bled,” Womack said. “In the past
these troubled youths came from
lower-income families.”
These kids usually come from
homes were with no consistent au
thority figure or with confusion over
who is the authority figure.
The youth also can come from al
coholic and/or workaholic families,
Womack said.
“Sometimes the parent tries to be
the youth’s friend, which tends to
confuse the youth,” she said. “These
parents are so busy being the youth’s
friend that they don’t discipline the
youth or when they do, the youths
get even more confused because a
“Some youths are just looking for
attention and these contracts are a
way to show them that someone
cares and it helps get them on the
right track. It outlines exactly what a
youth can expect,” Womack said.
With some cases, though, just one
person being involved is not enough
to cause the youth to change his be
havior.
Womack’s behavior plan calls for
team counseling that increases the
team’s size as a youth’s actions be
come more undesirable, Womack
said.
If a youth is just skipping class,
then the team probably consists of
just the counselor and maybe the
truancy office.
If the youth starts to steal while he
is skipping school, then the team is
expanded to include the probation
officer and others, Womack said.
“My plan for behavioral manage
ment of troubled kids calls for lots of
documentation, good and bad, on
the youth and a Tot of coordination
between organizations that deal with
troubled youths,” Womack said.
Some of these organization are
school districts, juvenile probation
officers, the Department of Human
Services and the police department,
Womack said.
Although most of her plan deals
with youths who are already in the
Texas Youth Correction system, she
said her plan could be restructured
to fit almost any environment, such
as school or even the home.
After the seminar broke for
lunch, Womack talked about youths
and their involvement in substance
abuse.
“Sometimes a youth’s abnormal
behavior is caused by a chemical sub
stance, be it alcohol or cocaine, or
their abnormal behavior, if not
treated, will result in them abusing
chemical substances,” Womack said.
In a recent study of sophomores
and seniors in high school, 30 per
cent said they have drunk enough to
feel a little bit high.
Other research shows that by the
age of 6 or 7, most children have
knowledge of alcohol and have
made up their minds on whether
they are going to drink or not, Wo
mack said.
Many of the symptoms of trou
bled youths are the same as for those
who are abusing a chemical sub
stance.
They usually have abrupt changes
in their behavior. They are moody
and have short attention spans.
They are secretive about what
they are doing and where they have
been.
They might go through rapid
weight loss or gain. They usually will
have no close family ties, Womack
said.
Womack gave the group some tips
on how to help youths stop abusing
chemical substances and how not to
get involved with them. She encour
aged the counselors to get parents
involved with the child and his reha
bilitation.
“If you can get the whole family
involved in the process and reward
the whole family when the youth fin
ishes his rehabilitation, the better,”
Womack said.
Because the response for this
seminar was so great, Brazos County
Juvenile Services will be holding an
other of these seminars in the fu
ture, Cauley said.
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