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Friday, November 18,1988 The Battalion Page 13 v: Spasms’ will represent ^.&M in College Bowl * . By Kelly S. Brown Staff Writer Texas A&M will be in an official Jowl this year — the College Bowl — |nd A&M’s representatives in the rsity sport of the mind will be pasms of Lucidity.” Guy Diedrich, a senior psychology ajor and captain of “Spasms,” said |e was pleased with his team’s vic- pry Thursday night in the final xind of A&M’s College Bowl tour- iainent, sealing the “Spasms’” place S A&M’s representative in the re- ional playoff. Diedrich’s team also won the bowl last year and went on to tie regional bowl at LSU. Returning n the “Spasms” team were Michael 1 Irawford, a graduate student in nath and Babu Srinivasan, a junior ifill ^ tiechanical engineering major. tandy Crist, a graduate student in ^ 1 nath,joined the team this year. The Bowl, which is an intramural vent, began in September with 32 mm#* earns competing. Four members on .Li"*?! ach team battled wits in two 10- ninute halves in a double elimina- ion tournament. Ann Leslie, an MSC adviser, said has the largest number of peo- ilecompeting in the nation. Thursday night four teams came Rudder Tower in hopes of win- lingit all. Two of the teams from the win- jiing bracket — “People in Charge” ind “Spasms” — came head to head n the fight to show who possessed he most knowledge. After “Spasms” won 205 to 105, a teams from the consolation iracket took their seats — “Satan’s heads” and “Beatniks from Hell.” Satan’s Eggheads,” comprised of iob Wooten, a sophomore philoso- hy major, Mike Denham, a senior istory major, Nimish Oza, a senior mounting major and Jon Belanger, graduate student in land devel- ipment, won the match 205 to 90. “People in Charge” caught up with “Satan’s Eggheads” in the third f 1T1 ound, but lost 120 to 130. "Mil The final battle featured the Spasms” against the “Eggheads.” Hess,aserj [he“Spasms” won the match 200 to ar and prflios. The teams were faced with cjues- ions like: “You’re playing the white lieces in the game of chess and you )pen with pawn to king four and ou’re opponent duplicates your nove. You then mbW bishop to t° the I* lishop four, and again you’re oppo nent plays the same move. You’re hird move is queen to bishop three, hile your opponent moves knight oqueen bishop three. For 20 points, that is now your best move?” No one knew the answer —this ime. The announcer revealed, C. Uulm 11 luch easie nd enthus; :ol. Toler he band), lot of en« ss said. 1 msiderinj incert. sident of ; group sp- >d the sho* opening remonies duced Toi rt by le; g “The 1 the i Overrun s. The pif* andled especial!' m, Johan eaturedw m, who ah js Valley S| son played with a / memory “Irish f- ” and rcy Grail j. The» me” and aherd’s ased by Hamino ng a port* 1 arch” by ally coral al” from S' rce Resent sting of' 11 lances, ^ 'eldman, is “a ver® tmm0f :e Out tery '9 Town te i- Tax res 11‘3 Batt. “Queen takes pawn for check-mate.” “Aaaaaahs” filled the room. Jim Damm, a senior electical engi neering major and chairman of Col lege Bowl, said the questions come from “College Bowl Incorporated" based in California. The questions covered, among other topics — sports, math, litera ture, politics, history and geographv. There were two types of questions — toss-ups, worth 10 points a piece and bonus, wortli a stated number of points. With the toss-up question, the player must signal and be recog nized before answering. A correct answer on a toss-up question ear ns the team 10 points and a chance at a bonus, while an incorrect answer goes to the opponent. Toss-up (ques tions could be interrupted by a player from the team the question was not directed to, but if the inter rupter answers xvrong, points are de ducted and the turn goes to the other team. During toss-ups, players could not confer with each other. However, on bonus questions they were permitted to work together. Anne Gwin, a junior french ma jor, said she enjoyed competing with her team — “People in Charge” — this semester. “It was fun and I met a lot of new people,” she said. “I’ve always wanted to be on Jeopardy and the Bowl is kind of like the quiz show.” A quiz show it was. Another sam ple question was: “The nationally televised 40th anniversary concert of Atlantic Records re-united two groups at its close last May. For 10 points each, which together-again group played thier classical hit “Stairway to Heaven?” Diedrich answered, “Led Zep- plin.” Art therapy leader gives A&M crowd subconscious view By Teresa Carter and Melissa Naumann Reporter Pictures of sad faces and spiralling staircases flashed on the wall. These weren’t professional pieces of art. Instead, they were sub conscious releases from fear and confusion by art therapy patients. Luanne Harris Lee, a registered psychotherapist at West Oaks Hospi tal in Houston, led a seminar called “Drawing on Images From Within: Introduction to Art Therapy” Thursday night. The lecture was sponsored by the Brazos Valley Jungian Society and the Texas A&M psychology department. Art therapy, using various art forms to unlock inner feelings, is useful for many types of people, she said. “Some art is helpful for people who are verbal, logical types,” Lee said. “Often, art helps them inte grate their logical selves and allows them to see another side. Non-verbal people, perhaps teen-agers, really blossom in art therapy because they aren’t forced to communicate with other people.” With a backdrop of Oriental mu sic, Lee spread magazine pictures on the floor to begin an illustration of art therapy. “Let a picture choose you,” she said. “I promise there is the perfect picture for everyone.” Each member of the audience chose a picture, glued it to construc tion paper and extended it with markers and crayons to express feel ings evoked by the picture. Lee explained how to analyze the design and color used to create the picture. “For example, I’ve had many pa tients who create checkerboards,” she said. “This is symbolic of people who try hard to have control of themselves. Soon the borders begin to melt a little and the underlying reason for all the emotions, like an ger, is made apparent. “It’s usually scary for people when their anger is going to erupt, but they soon learn that they don’t have to explode. It can drain out little by little.” Scribbling is another common ap proach used by patients. “A scribble shows confusion,” she said. “Usually they are dark lines be cause people feel locked away into nothingness.” Colors often describe moods im prisoned in their unconscious, Lee said. Japan (Continued from page 1) not affect their performance at A&M. “We anticipate that when they take beginning math or chemistry, they’ll know the material, but not in English,” he said. The tentative course offerings fall into three categories to help the Jap anese students aim at a major: busi ness, liberal arts and science or engi neering. Courses include biology, political science, math, history, eco nomics, accounting, psychology and computer science. Laane said that physical education classes also will be offered from the beginning to give the students some relief from the intense English train ing. Outside of academics, the pro gram also is intended to familiarize Japanese students with the United States, Wormuth said. “We will have to do much more than expose them to English,” she said. “Another goal we have is to ac quaint the students with America.” Students will have access to Amer ican movies and tapes about life on American college campuses, she said. They will also have the oppor tunity to learn Aggie idioms and ex pressions. “Part of the way to make them feel part of A&M will be to teach tradi tions and jargon,” Wormuth said. “It will also make their adjustment to life in College Station easier.” When American A&M students arrive at the Koriyama campus, the Japanese students will have a new source for cultural information as well as new English-speaking con tacts, she said. “Speaking with fellow students who are already fluent in English will enrich their vocabulary and en courage the use of English,” Wor- muth said. Laane said that if the Board of Re gents approves the project, A&M will have a pilot program beginning in May 1989, with 50 Japanese stu dents and three faculty members. “The advantage of this pilot pro gram is that we would have an idea of how fast English is absorbed,” Laane said. He said the pilot program will be a good way to judge student interest in the university. “We’re going to have to go into the recruiting business,” he said. “It’s a unique idea for an American university to recruit Japanese stu dents.” Faculty members will benefit from the Koriyama program, Laane said. Although many other universities offer a sabbatical year for their fac ulty to take a leave of absence and still teach somewhere else, A&M does not. A satellite campus in Ko riyama would allow them to have that opportunity, he said. The number of faculty will be able to be increasd, Laane said. Since 25- 40 faculty members will always be in Japan on salaries paid for by the Jap anese, the same number of additio nal faculty could be added here. Wormuth said that the program will be valuable to faculty members, especially the English instructors, because of the learning experience it offers. “Those of us who go will have the opportunity to view what we do from the other side,” she said. “It’s a tremendous opportunity. This will be the first time for many of us to be teaching and in the second language environment at the same time. It will help us redefine our methodolo gies.” Wormuth’s experience of visiting Japan without knowing Japanese also forced her to evaluate her teach ing methods. “When I went there, I learned more things to stress,” Wormuth said. “I was in their shoes and I could see different ways to learn and teach English through not knowing Japanese. You have to have a will ingness to open your senses. As an instructor, I will focus more on con cepts now.” Aside from classes and teachers, a broader concern is the real value of an American degree to a Japanese society. McDonald said that interest should not present a problem, con sidering the Japanese interest in the program. “For one thing, higher education is becoming less available in Japan and they want more education,” Mc Donald said. “Plus, the English lan guage is a very valuable commodity. I don’t think they would pay the money for the education if they didn’t value an American degree.” Wormuth said that degrees trom A&M will be valuable in terms of the students’ futures. “These students will be highly marketable in many things like inter national business,” she said. The major advantage, however, is the cultural education both coun tries will get, Laane said. “You have this image of the ‘ugly American’,” he said. “We can get rid of this by learning about other cultu res.” After visiting Japan and working with Koriyama officials, Laane said, he has learned certain things that most Americans don’t know. “Giving gifts is very important to the Japanese,” he said. “It’s a gesture of friendship and willingness to get involved. It’s not the gifts themselves that are important but it’s the conno tation. “Also, American businessmen wonder why they can’t sell to the Japanese. They don’t follow the rules. The first rule is that you learn to trust each other. Americans get frustrated because they think they’re wasting time when they’re really get ting to know each other. The Japa nese have to trust the salesman as well as the product.” The Japanese people strive for perfection, and this quality has come through in their negotiations, Laane said. “They are extremely efficient and careful with details and that makes you feel better that everything will be taken care of,” he said. Texas A&M is not the first univer sity to respond to the offers made by the Japanese. The Mid-America State Universities Association opened their campus last summer and have been successful. Six other American universities are consid ering opening campuses in Japan, Laane said. When three Japanese architects visited College Station in October, they wanted to get a taste of Ameri can architecture so they could build an American-style campus. The classrooms and housing, however, are not the only things they will build when they start A&M campus construction in Koriyama. 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