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le Battalion STATE & LOCAL lesday, September 5,1989 Bryan residents living near Pinfeather Road were rudely awakened late Sunday night. A fully loaded, 8,000-foot Union Pacific locomo tive was forced to put on its emergency Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack brakes to avoid hitting a car stalled on the tracks at Carson Street. After the damage to local ears already was done, the driver started the car and drove off. Hate your roommie? Communication provides best solution By Mia Moody Of The Battalion Staff Better communication may be the answer to problem roommates who have overnight guests of the oppo site sex, throw wild parties or eat more than their share of the food. How to deal with roommates like these was the subject of a Monday meeting sponsored by the Off Cam pus Center. A video titled, “Workouts Be tween Roommates,” shown at the meeting, presented scenarios with problem roommates and gave sug gestions on how to deal with the situ ations. Overnight guests of the opposite sex was the first problem attacked in the video. Since people have differ ent values and beliefs, the video sug gested roommates talk about whether they are going to allow overnight guests when they first move into an apartment. Dave Timmerman, a senior psy chology major from Corsicana, led a discussion after the video. He said if a roommate has overnight guests of the opposite sex after an agreement has been made not to, then they need talk before the problem gets out of hand. Another problem the video ad dressed was non-communication about changing ideas and beliefs. According to the video, many times people change once they come to college and they do not get along as roommates. It suggested that room mates alleviate this problem by com municating with one another. The video said that roommates may have problems with one anoth er’s party habits. It showed a scene in which a roommate not only ate all the food, but also had wild parties. It suggested that roommates discuss whether they want to have parties and if they do, they need to discuss clean-up methods. Safety and security was also dis cussed in the video. The video said many roommates do not practice safety precautions by telling their roommate where they are going or when they will be back. It suggested that roommates let one another know their whereabouts at all times. Overdue bills was the last problem discussed. The video suggested roommates should try to stay to gether and work out credit problems instead of giving up and moving out. Timmerman said if persons con tinue to have problems after they have confronted their roommate, they might need to get help from the Off Campus Center. He said a contract can be made between roommates which might help. If all else fails, he said, the cen ter can provide a counselor who can try to help the roommates solve the problems. >table e virt areas Alumni offer job-hunting hints to seniors ty Julie Myers Df The Battalion Staff with: — .— — — [true 11 Former students from all fields k ers; represented in Texas A&M’s un dergraduate curriculum will share their expertise and skills r peo: Saturday at “Career Workshop: hless; Interviews and Resumes,” a pro gram sponsored by the Associa- :ion of Former Students and the Texas A&M Career Planning and ke Workshop/Page 12 me laton f peoj bits,' iize a ic de Students can benefit from Saturday TV by watching KAMU education classes By Bob Krenek Of The Battalion Staff KAMU-TV Channel 15 began airing Aug. 26 a series of adult education programs designed to provide students with an opportunity to supple ment their knowledge outside the classroom. Programs are being broadcast in the subjects of statistics, history of Western civilization, and business law and run from 8 to 10:30 a.m. every Saturday. “We wanted to air the programs oh Saturday to make certain students would have an opportu nity to watch them,” Rose Ann Thomas, promo tions assistant of KAMU, said. The programs were purchased from the PBS public broadcasting network in response to nu merous requests from Texas A&M professors, Thomas said. The programs make extensive use of graphics and real-life situations, she said, to give the students a view that may not be available in the classroom. Rodger Lewis, program director at KAMU, said there is a possibility that A&M and Blinn College may eventually offer credit for the courses, perhaps as early as the Spring 1990 se mester. The Western history program will last two se mesters, while the statistics and business law pro grams will be only one. The statistics program will be an entry-level course with an emphasis on applying the information presented to daily problems. The Western history program begins with pre- Western civilization and continues to the present. It is presented as a continuous story including the political, social, cultural, economic and reli gious aspects of European development. Business and the Law is a general course that offers an overview of law in the world of busi ness. Topics include sales, government regula tions, and employment, in addition to consumer and enviromental regulation issues. Student Senate sets meetings for semester The Texas A&M Student Sen ate, the official student organiza tion representing student con cerns regarding University policy, has announced the dates of its meetings. The dates are as follows: •September 5, 19 •October 3, 17 •November 1, 14, 28 The senate meetings are at 7:30 p.m. in Room 204 HECC and are open to the public. 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