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By Fiona Soltes
Staff Writer
It’s hard to tell how many there
re; they seem to be everywhere,
tudent ,workers drive your shuttle
us, help teach your lab, and sell you
ickets to football games.
The jobs are diverse, but most
ho work on campus will agree —
hours are flexible and it’s a great
ay to meet people.
Natalie Geislar, clerk II for the
Itudent Financial Aid office, says
hat flexible hours are a big attrac-
:ion in most on-campus jobs.
“Most campus jobs are 9 a.m. to 5
,m.,” Geislar says. “That’s great
hen you consider that others, like
hose working in malls, need to be
here evenings and weekends. Stay
ing on campus gives students extra
ime to study.”
She says campus employers
isually are more responsive to the
tudents’ needs.
The number of students em-
loyed at Texas A&M is difficult to
etermine, she savs, but student
workers can be found in most de
partments.
Among the most visible student
workers on campus are shuttle bus
drivers.
Kathie Mathis, assistant manager
of shuttle bus operations, says she
employs about 200 students in addi
tion to a few budgeted drivers.
“The drivers have to work either
Monday, Wednesday and Friday or
Tuesday and Thursday,” she says.
“Of course, they can work all five
days, too.”
But as far as being flexible, bus
driver Ted Willison says his bosses
are reasonable.
“We pick the routes and the hours
we want to work at the beginning of
the semester,” Willison, a junior
business administration major,
says.“We keep those hours through
out the semester but if something
comes up, we can always take off.”
Willison says the bus drivers’ start
ing pay is $4.14 an hour.
Bus drivers are eligible for a raise
after 9 months, making the job
among the highest-paying student
Diabetes association
forms A&M chapter
and
By Patti Easterling
Reporter
A student chapter of the
American Diabetes Association
was officially created Thursday
by a group of Texas A&M Uni
versity students and faculty mem
bers.
Diabetes is a disease in which
the body cannot make use of sug
ars in a normal way because of an
insulin deficiency.
Insulin, a hormone produced
in the pancreas, acts on the glu
cose in the body to facilitate its
use for energy. T he person with
diabetes does not produce suffi
cient insulin, which causes excess
glucose to accumulate in the
body.
The third leading cause of
death in the United States, diabe
tes is also a major contributor to
heart and kidney disease and the
number one cause of new cases of
blindness in adults.
According to an article pub
lished in the Louisiana American
Diabetes Association newsletter,
one person is diagnosed as having
minute in
the
diabetes every
United States.
“Aggies against Diabetes,” a te-
native name for the student
chaper, is the brainstorm of
Cindy Mumm, a junior chemical
engineering major from Lake
Charles.
Mumm, who has been a di
abetic for eleven years, said orga
nizing this chapter has been a life
long goal of hers.
“Before I came to college, I
didn’t know any other diabetics,”
Mumm said. “I thought this pro
gram would be a good way to
meet other diabetics my age that
have the same experiences and
problems that I have.”
Dr. William Ward, associate
dean for Student Affairs and
American Diabetes Association
volunteer, is the student chapters
sponsor and adviser.
Ward, who has been an Ameri
can Diabetes Association volun
teer for a number of years,
stressed that the mission of the
ADA chapters in Texas are two
fold.
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Although fall officially has begun, the summer heat
as not completely disappeared. The Texas A&M
mergency Care Team treats as many as 150 people for
eat-related injuries at football games early in the se
mester, says Karen Holmes, TAMECT public relations
lirector.
The Emergency Care Team recommends taking the
following precautions against heat-related injuries:
• Do not drink alcohol before the game since it
eaves you prone to dehydration. Drink plenty of water
fyou drank alcohol the night before.
• Drink lots of liquids, especially water (but not alco-
ol) before and during the game.
• Get a good night’s rest the night before the game.
• Dress appropriately. Wear light-colored, loose-fit-
ngdothing that deflects the sun’s rays and permits ad-
quate evaporation of perspiration.
• Eat a good meal no more than an hour or two be-
orethe game, especially if you drank alcohol the night
do re,
• Recognize the signs and symptoms of heat injuries.
If you experience any of them or feel ill in any way, do
not hesitate to go to the first aid station. If you are not
certain about feeling symptoms of heat injury, get out
of the sun and get something to drink. You are wel
come to sit in one of the air-conditioned first aid sta
tions to cool down.
• If you do have to come to the first aid station to get
a medic for a sick friend in the stands, bring a ticket
stub so the medics can find the patient quickly, and stay
with the medics to guide them.
Signs and symptoms of heat injury include:
• Pale, cool, clammy skin
• Dizziness, light-headedness
• Headache
• Nausea
• Cramps in extremities or abdomen
• Weak, rapid pulse
First aid stations are located on both sides of the sec
ond and third decks at at the north end zone of the sta
dium.
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pus.
Mathis attributes the high pay to
an extensive training program.
“All of our drivers must take a 48-
hour driving course,” Mathis says.
“During this training, they have
written and driving tests every day
and a three-hour final exam at the
end. They also must take a test given
by the state to be able to drive others
in the bus.”
Student worker David Massey’s
job also required extra training.
As a computer draftsman for the
Archaeological Research Lab, Mas
sey draws maps of surveyed sites and
plots them on a computer-aided de
sign system.
“The job is great experience for
me as a mechanical engineering ma
jor,” Massey, a sophomore, says.
“The CAD system has many engi
neering applications.” The lab sur
veys land to assess its historical value
before developers build on it, he
says.
“As far as working on campus,
there are many benefits,” Massey
says. “My employers are especially
understanding if I have a test, for
example. But it also has risks. With
lab jobs, the budgets are usually lim
ited, meaning there’s a higher risk of
being cut.”
Some student workers, such as
Lisa Murray, a junior speech com
munications major, have less risk of
being cut from the payroll.
Murray, who sells football tickets
at G. Rollie White Coliseum, says the
job is open to her for as long as she
wants it.
“Most of the time, people come
back fall after fall,” Murray says.
“Once someone’s hired for this job,
they usually stay for a while.” Mur
ray got the job through contacts she
made as a member of the Diamond
Darlings, she says.
She is paid minimum wage, but
says that does not bother her.
“I don’t have any complaints,” she
says. “It’s a great way to meet a lot of
people.”
Other student workers, such as
Carrie Hood, don’t get paid at all,
but work for credit hours instead.
Hood, a senior zoology major, re
ceives three credit hours for taking
care of turtles used for research in
A&M’s Sea Grant program.
Hood says she enjoys her job not
only because of the experience she is
gaining while caring for the turtles,
but also because she can work in the
evenings.
“It’s definitely a time-consuming
job,” she says. “But since I’m plan
ning on working with marine mam
mals, it’s definitely worth it.”
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