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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.
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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. For
more information contact the
Student Government office at
845-3051.
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