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Page 16 The Battalion Friday, October 14,1988 Do you have any of the following concerns? •Improving an academic skill •Finding a tutor •Locating programs for academic assistance •Establishing and clarifying academic goals If the answer is YES, you may wish to utilize one of the following serv ices. ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE SERVICES • Academic Assistance Information Clearinghouse-Located in the Student Counseling Services, this Clear inghouse consists of a file that contains the names, phone numbers and qualifications of people wiling to tutor courses offered at A&M. It also con tains information from many academic departments explaining proce dures for obtaining extra academic help. Come to the Third Floor, YMCA Bldg.,8:00am to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday, to use this service. • Academic Burnout Prevention-An academic life-style that includes social activities and physical exercise, as well as study, is generally con sidered the best method for maintaining academic motivation. Student Activities , Room 208 , Pavillion (845-1133) and the Memorial Student Center Student Programs Office, Room 216 (845-1515) will guide stu dents to campus activities that fit the student’s interests and social needs. The Intramural-Recreational Sports Office, Room 159, Read Building (845-7826) will guide students to physical activities that may help meet both a student’s social and physical activity needs. • Concentration Problems Assistance-Difficulties with concentratiou- sually result from failure to establish a good study environment, from un focused academic and life goals or from relationship and other personal problems. The Student Counseling Service (845-1651) and the Counsel ing And Assessment Clinic (845-8021) offer both individual and group programs to help students with these concerns. Most services at the Stu dent Counseling Service are free to currently enrolled students who have paid their student services fee. The Counseling And Assessment Clinic Does not charge a fee for services to students. • English Writing Lab- Located in 152 Blocker Bldg., the Writing lab of fers help with acquiring effective writing skills. Call 845-2568 for informa tion about current programs. • Handicaped Student Services-Programs and services to help A&M students compensate for learning disabilities of a physical, mental or emotional nature are provided by this office located in Hart Hall, Ramp B (845-1637). • Learning Resources-This service is located on the sixth floor of Ster ling C. Evans Library. Over 120 microcomputers, 500 software packages, and a great variety of audio-visual equipment and materials are provided for students free of charge. Facilities and staff assistance for using these resources are also provided. Among the self-help materials available are programmed instructions for learning to use microcomputers and microcomputer software. In addition, short courses in the use of specific software packgages are offered. A fee of approximately $3.50 per hour is charged for these courses and most courses are 10 hours long. Call 845-2316 for information. • Learning Resources Center- The College of Science coordinates this service which is located in the basement of Heldenfels Hall. The “LRC” contains lecture notes, old tests, problem solutions, alternate text books, sample laboratory reports, and supplemental reading for specific courses offered by the Mathematics, Biology, Physics, and Chemistry Departments. Hours are 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Monday Through Thursday; 8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Friday; and 5:00-8:00 p.m. Sunday. Call 845-3781 for information. • Library Skills Training-The Department of Philosophy and humani ties offers a 2 credit hour course (HUMA 101) called “Library Sciences: The Library and Learning” which is taught by a member of the Sterling C. Evans Library faculty. Sign-up library tours are also offered at the begin ning of each semester. Call the Evans Library (845-5741) for information about library tours. • Math Help Sessions- Tutoring for all students needing assistance with math course work is provided by the Mathematics Department. Come to Milner Hall, Room 003, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. A list of Mathematics tutors is available in Milner Hall, Room 102. • Mentors-A large university like TAMU, filled with busy people, can seem very impersonal. Mentors consist is more than 300 A&M faculty members who have volunteered to set aside part of their week to “just talk.” This is an excellent opportunity for students who wish to have the guidance of someone on the inside of academia. Call your departmenta office and ask about the Mentors Program. • Old Exam Files- Professors and Student Government have placed copies of old exams in a file at the Sterling C. Evans Library Reserve Room. A call number, accessed through the computer terminals, is needed. Instructions are provided near the Library terminals. • Professors-Very often, the most effective resource for academic as sistance that students have available to them is the professor of the course in which they are having trouble. It is wise for students to visi with each of their professors, especially if they have any questions. A professor can often help a student early in the semester, but the week before finals is likely to be too late for anyone having serious difficulties Professors have office hours and a student should arrange to meet pro fessors during that time. • Reading Efficiency Course-The Reading Lab, 7th Floor, Harrington Bldg. (845-7140), offers a course for improving reading efficiency if there is sufficient demand. Courses are usually offered during the summer, fee is charged for this service. Reading skills that lead to efficient study ing and learning in college level courses are emphasized. • Reading Lab-Located on the 7th Floor, Harrington Building, this serv ice provides diagnosis of reading problems and individualized programs to overcome these problems. A fee is charged for this service. Lab hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Call 845-7140 fo more information. • Study Skills Improvement-The Department of Educational Psychol ogy offers a course each semester called “Improvement of Learning (EPSY 101). The Student Counseling Service, 3rd floor, YMCA Bide (845-1651) offers to currently enrolled students, on a weekly basis, botl individual and group study skills assistance. • Test Anxiety Remediation-The Student Counseling Service (845 1651) and the Counseling and Assessment Clinic (845-8021) offer ind' vidual and group anxiety management programs. Most services at the Student Counseling Service are free to currently enrolled students who have have paid their student fees. The Counseling and Assessmen Clinic does not charge a fee to students. •Texas Rehabilitation Commission-Provides assistance to Texa A&M University and Blinn College students with permanent or handicap ping disabilities. Examples of the disabilities covered are learning disab lities, orthopedic deformities, emotional disorders, diabetes, epilepsy heart conditions, etc. Call 845-0350, or go to Room 146, MSC for infor mation regarding scholarships, financial assistance, tutors, diagnosis treatment, and other services. • Volunteer Tutoring-Phi Eta Sigma (Honor Society) offers free tutorin in most freshman courses. Go to the Student Activities cubicle area Room 216, Pavilion for more information. Many departmental undergrad uate honor societies will also offer free tutoring in freshman and sopho more courses. Contact the honor society’s president through the appro priate academic department office or through Student Activities. • All services are subject to change. Please contact the service o interest for the most current information or Student Counseling Service Career and Academic Resource Center Third Floor, YMCA Building 845-1651 or Department of Student Affairs 103 YMCA Building 845-3111 i- Modern-day railroad hobos find life tougher on the rails* DALLAS (AP) — A new breed of vagabonds who often are drug addicts, "ormer mental patients or escaped con victs is threatening the easy-going exis tence of railroad hobos who use freight trains for transportation. Crosstie drifters have always led a lard and dangerous lifestyle. They’ve been chased by railroad po lice, injured trying to board moving trains and scorned and misunderstood by mainstream society. But now, hobos also face the risk of being beaten, robbed or killed by other travelers. “If you’re not fighting the bulls (rail road police), you’re trying to get away from the crazies,” hobo Rick Thomas said earlier this week after a railroad agent caught him getting off a Burling ton Northern Railroad freight train in Fort Worth. “1 started carrying a gun at one point, but then decided that if I had a weapon on me. I’d just end up using it. ” Thomas, a 28-year-old itinerant la borer, first began hopping freight trains six years ago. He said he thought riding the rails would be an exciting, carefree way to find work and see the country. But his outlook has changed. Mark Davis, a spokesman for the Ne braska-based Union Pacific Railroad sai- d,“You’re dealing with a different el ement and situation these days. During the Great Depression, an esti mated 2 million unemployed people took to the rails in search of work. “During the early years of the Reagan Administration, when the high rate of unemployment crippled areas in the northeastern United States, a lot of peo ple were forced into migrancy to look for work,” said Harper, who logged 25,000 miles on the nation’s rails from 1971 to 1976 to study migrant workers. “The rails have gotten to be a pretty unsafe place for illegal riders over the last several years,” an experienced Texas-based Southern Pacific special agent, who asked that his name not be used, told the Dallas Times Herald. When Renton was caught in an4 street shelter two months later, pc said he was carrying a sawed-off j gun. a pistol and several knives. Hobos are frequently seen in the Dal- las-Fort Worth area, a major southern switching center for about a half-dozen major railroads. Officials say small “hobo hangouts” have sprung up throughout the area near local rescue missions and major railroad cwitrhinp vards “A lot of the new hobos are either running from the law or are pretty hard up. The rails are just populated by a lot meaner bunch these days.” The new breed of traveler includes James Ray Renton, a convicted killer who escaped from a maximum-security unit at the Arkansas State Penitentiary in July, authorities said. Renton hopped a freight train to Fort Worth, where he was spotted by railroad agents boarding another southbound train. A recent death among hobos, ®| Burlington Northern line late Iasi* followed the meeting of three mei Wichita Falls shelter. They later hopped an Amanllo-ln 'f™ freight train. The trip ended 40 miles I one of the men attempted to robfeca two. The attacker seriously inji his companions and killed the okii pushing him beneath the whcelsof moving train, Burlington Northerq ^ eial agent James Goolsby said East Texas homemade pies make it big in other states “During the late 1930s and ’40s, rid ing the rails was a way to get some place. It’s still a mode of travel, but . . . there’s a different group riding the rails today. More people carry weapons. We defi nitely are seeing a lot more violent activ ity.” Nearly 7,000 people were killed or in jured nationwide while trespassing on railroad property from 1980 to 1987, the Federal Railroad Administration said. The majority were involved in acci dents but an increasing number were vic tims of a new criminal element that has adopted the rail system as its transporta tion of choice, said experts. In Texas, 27 railroad trespassers were killed in 1980 and 68 died in 1987, offi cials said. In the U.S., hopping freights has been around since the end of the Civil War, when soldiers sought dependable and cost-free ways of returning home. Economic conditions have since in fluenced how many transients illegally use the rail system, said Douglas Harper, a sociologist with State University of New York in Potsdam. BUNA (AP) — Folks as far away as Mississippi munch a little piece of Buna every day, enjoying a slice of deep East Texas. That’s how far Lawley’s Homemade Pies now reach, all shipped from the shop in this south Jasper County village. But the hometown people know John and Pam Lawley for more than their packaged treats. As Buna residents and travelers enter Lawley’s, they are greeted with a friendly smile and a small plaque, rep resenting the mood and belief at the fried pie factory: “We make good pies.” The sweet pie aroma seeps from be hind closed doors at Lawley’s, tempting tastebuds with each sniff. Lawley’s has been supplying fried pies to people locally for three years. The family has since expanded its business from Buna to several other states. The pies are made from scratch, in cluding the pie filling and crust. Machines shape the dough and plop pie filling onto the floured surface. Employees ready, cook and package the product. Lawley’s makes 11 flavors of pies. Included among the favorite flavors are pecan, sweet potato, lemon, choco late, peach, cherry, raisin, coconut. pineapple and the most popular flavors, apple and blackberry. With a slew of pie recipes tucked safely away, John Lawley constantly ex periments with new pie flavors, planning on expanding his offering. Originally, the Lawleys owned Law ley’s Family Restaurant, but gradually made the switch to the pie-making busi ness in 1985. The business will celebrate its third anniversary Oct. 15. The idea of making fried pies was con ceived between lunch and dinner crowds at the restaurant. “There was time after lunch, so peo ple decided to start making pies,” he said. During the initial stages of the busi ness’ growth, all pie-making processes were done by hand. The product was distributed out of the back of the Lawley’s truck until the de mand for the pies began to grow. When the demand started to greatly exceed the supply, Lawley decided to turn to machinery for help. In the beginning, the Buna manufac turing plant produced 100 pics per day. But now the business produces 40,000 per day with the added help of machin ery. The machines have the capability of producing 200,000 pies a day. John, however, insists on dev: his business at a slow pace. ' * 1 want control over the pnxki service,” he said. "1 got to gflp: thing set up first.” Although Lawley said the ha may seem small to some, it has lln houses in Texas, Louisiana and I! sippi. It is making its mark on the a throughout the region. Lawley attributes his busines cess to hard work — andalotofi He believes in taking care o(Its tomers by offering a good prod: service — even if it means send! pies by United Parcel Service. u arti ■obi iwai To make the best poss employees arrive as early; sometimes continue their work the next day, or however long it fill orders, Pam Lawley said Lawley’s is not only makingrJ in the pic-pnxlucing market, hutii] big boost to the economy. Next to Temple Eastex, Lave the second leading employer in si area. John L.awley said, emplo^ 80 factory workers and dismbutj And for that boost to the Buna Chamber of Commerce i Lawley’s as the ‘'Business Month” in August. LOUPOTS OFF CAMPUS CENTER OFF CAMPUS AGGIES □ a d — CONNECTIOI >xpk □ □ □ a a QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ATTENTION: ADULT STUDENTS Upcoming Events Q. I am an off campus student. My apart ment needs repairs. My refrigerator and air conditioner do not cool. My manager wrote a work order two weeks ago but the repairs remain undone. What can I do? May I withhold the rent? Oct. 14 OCA Yell Practice, 11:30 pm, Mt. Aggie Oct. 16 Scavenger Hunt, 12:00 pm, Simpson Drill Field, PRIZES! Football game, 3:00 pm, Sim pson Drill Field Oct. 19 1st Bonfire Buddy Exchange & Social, 7:00 pm, Pavilion Oct.21 OCA Yell Practice, 11:30 pm, Mt. Aggie Oct. 31 “Dead Zone” Haunted House, 7:00 pm, MSC Ballroom A. In Texas it is illegal to withhold rent for any reason. Always keep your rent cur rent. In November 1988, the Off Campus to ter will conduct a telephone survey^ sess the needs and interests of Tens A&M students 25 years old or older?; results of this survey will be usedtooft new services and programs forthebe'? fit of this growing student population, According to the Texas Apartment Asso ciation lease, you are obligated to make all requests for maintenance in writing. A work order filled out by the manager is not enough. Keep a copy for your files, signed by the manager, or send it by cer tified mail with receipt requested. If you are an adult student and recetf call from an Off Campus Center’si viewer, please take a break and ap a few questions. Your collaboration you! is essential. TW NOW taking applications for MARDI GRAS DIRECTOR Application deadline: Oct. 17 Applications available at OCC & OCA offices. Wait seven working days. If the manager does not respond in any way to your re quest, write a second letter, clearly indi cating again the repairs you want to be made. If the manager does not do the re pairs in the next seven working days, contact the Off Campus Center, Puryear Hall, or call 845-1741. In addition, a new and free cused on the special needs of adull dents is available at the Off Can Center. The Age Advantage pro' information on child care, school,f cial aid, on and off campus recreaK' : | facilities, and more. Questions about OCA??? Call 845-0688! Acknowledgements LOUPOT S BOOKSTORES at Northgate, South- gate, and Redmond Terrace sponsored the Off Campus Connection From Mr. Loupot: “Thank you Aggies for your patronage. My stores have parking facilities for your convenience. Re member that we buy $$$ used books.” Stories and artwork are provided by the Off Cam pus Center. Editor: Erika Gonzalez-Lima. October 14, 1988. Please request a copy of The Age* vantage at the Off Campus Center year Hall, Monday thourgh Friday,® to 5:00; or call 845-1741 to haveT Age Advantage mailed to you. j