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PARIS (AP) — Imagine a gym
with faux marble panels and soft
lighting diffused by art deco fix-
tures. Or a Greco-Roman pool sur
rounded with mosaics, frescoes and
columns, where swimmers do laps to
music by Bach or Brahms.
Welcome to the new health club of
the Ritz Hotel, the most sybaritic
workout place in town. It’s part of a
$150 million renovation that began
10 years ago when Egyptian Mo
hammed Al-Fayed bought the hotel
from the Ritz family.
What would that faithful Ritz bar
fly Ernest Hemingway have said of
his old haunt with its new gym?
(They’ve named a bar for him, but
it’s not the one he “liberated” in
1944 after World War II.)
The macho sportsman might have
had a good belly-laugh at the cos
seted comforts of the basement gym
in its delightful decadence.
Also in the cellar are the posh Na
poleon III style disco and restau
rant, the Escoffier Cooking School
in honor of the first great Ritz chef,
and a vast new tiled kitchen.
But the sports center is the proud
new jewel in the Ritz crown.
“It’s great for recovering from a
four-course lunch or a hard night at
the disco,” said hotel spokesman
Helmut Profunser, donning blue
shoe covers for hygiene to shuffle
with a visitor through the marble
halls with their gracious statues.
It hardly resembles a setting for
sweating.
In the exercise room, machines
are clad in terry cloth for client com
fort. Discreet ozone dispensers ema
nate negative ions to purify the air
and pep up puffing weightlifters or
joggers.
The squash court’s viewing gallery
is thoughtfully equipped with an in-
house TV camera, providing players
with cassettes for viewing their own
performances.
For jet lag, the Ritz recommends a
session of “pressotherapie,” in a
computerized legging that is sup
posed to revive the circulation in
tune with the heartbeat.
The weary can wrap up in algae
and tinfoil or climb into a huge
metal egg that spurts out steam to
open the pores, water and cream to
soften the skin, and a final tonic
shower to invigorate the body.
“It tires you out, then wakes you
up by aftereffect,” said Profunser.
If that’s riot enough, you can try
the “hydroxeur” water massage
bath, which looks nastier than Mac
beth’s cauldron as it roils with murky
water full of mineral salts and globs
of powdered algae. Profunser as
sures people it’s the answer to fa
tigue and weight-loss encourage
ment.
Another high-tech gadget, the
Cellu M-6 suction roller, is guar
anteed to reduce cellulite — if ap
plied regularly and often.
There are a team of attractive
beauticians for facials, the hotel’s in-
house masseuses and UVA suntan
ning equipment.
Of course, all this splendor isn’t
cheap.
The club’s annual membership
for non-hotel residents is $3,000,
with fees added for certain treat
ments. A massage, for example, is
$33 and a complete pampering is
about $225.
But what’s that to the Ritz’s elite
clientele? After all, a night for two in
a swanky converted maid’s room un
der the eaves is $600 while a night in
the awesome Napoleonic Imperial
suite overlooking the Place Vend-
ome can be had for a mere $9,000
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calls a night.
“On nights like those, we might
pull out cadets from other outfits to
help us,” Robinson said, “but the
Guard Room is never left empty.”
The Guard Room is staffed in
shifts by separate outfits, with each
outfit working for three days and be
ing responsible for having someone
there 24 hours a day.
Sean Sadler, a sophomore cadet
from Nash, says many callers get
perturbed when they are asked to
wait a few minutes for an escort.
“It’s hard to explain to some of
these callers that even though there
are 2,000 cadets, there are only a
few members working the Guard
Room late at night,” Sadler said.
“They just don’t understand why
they have to wait.”
Not all nights are busy — espe
cially on the weekends.
Nevertheless, there are always
people like “Trisha” who rush in af
ter midnight from nightmare dates.
“My date is such a jerk!” Trisha
screamed when she flung open the
door of the Guard Room on a Friday
night. Apparently, after her date to a
formal had tossed down a few too
many, he told her to put out or get
out.
She got out. And it was a long
walk back to her dorm room.
Sadler not only walked Trisha
back to her dorm, he also linked
arms with her in true Corps of Ca
dets fashion whenever they passed a
group, because Trisha was afraid
that strangers would view her as if
she was an abandoned date.
The Corps does not escort every
one who calls, however.
Ken Wickham, a junior cadet
from Austin, said the Guard Room
often gets calls from large groups of
students. “If there are five or six
girls in a group, why do they call for
an escort?” he asked. “In those
cases, we can’t offer our services.”
Most of the time, however, the
Corps welcomes anyone who needs
them.
“Our sole purpose is to escort fe
male students on campus,” Robinson
said. “We’d rather have something
to do than stand around here late at
night, anyways.”
Robinson also wishes that the es
cort service numbers were posted
around campus telephones.
“Some girls don’t know about it,
in which case they call up their boyf
riends to come get them,” Robinson
said. “Their boyfriends don’t always
appreciate it if they live far away
from campus.”
The campus bus operations (more
commonly known as 847-RIDE)
picks up a lot of people. In fact, bus
driver Jackie Jones said the 847-
RIDE usually picks up anywhere
from 100 to 150 students a night.
A student gets a ride by calling the
number, which is answered (on a
cellular phone) by the bus driver.
The driver then will pick up the stu
dent anywhere on campus. The bus
looks just like an ordinary shuttle
bus except for dial-a-ride stickers on
the sides.
All of the campus escort services
provide a much-needed service to
A&M females. According to the De
partment of Student Affairs, there
were 34 cases of physical assault and
four cases of rape last year on cam
pus.
Perhaps by using one of the three
free campus escort services you
could be safe — instead of being a
statistic.
The campus police number is 845-
2345, 24 hours a day, seven days a
week.
The Corps Guard Room number is
845-6789, 24 hours a day, seven
days a week.
The bus operations number is 847-
RIDE. It is in service Sunday
through Thursday from 7 p.m. to 2
a.m.
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• 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.
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• Academic Assistance Information
Clearinghouse—Located in the Student Counseling Service,
this Clearinghouse consists of a file that contains the names,
phone numbers and qualifications of people willing to tutor
courses offered at A&M. It also contains information from
many academic departments explaining procedures for obtain
ing extra academic help. Come to the Third Floor, YMCA
Bldg., 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, 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 considered the best method for maintaining aca
demic motivation. Student Activities, Room 208, Pavilion (845-
1133) and the Memorial Student Center Student Programs Office
Room 216 (845-1515) will guide students 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 con
centration usually result from failure to establish a good study en
vironment, from unfocused academic and life goals or from
relationship and other personal problems. The Student Counsel
ing Service (845-1651) and the Counseling and Assessment
Clinic (845-8021) offer both individual and group programs to
help students with these concerns. Most services at the Student
Counseling Service are free to currently enrolled students who
have paid the student services fee. The Counseling and Assess
ment Clinic does not charge a fee for services to students.
• English Writing Lab-Located in 152 Blocker Bldg., the Writ
ing Lab offers help with acquiring effective writing skills. Call 845-
2568 for information about current programs.
• Handicapped Student Service-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 Sterling C. Evans Library. Over 120 microc computers, 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 in
structions Tor learning to use microcomputers and microcomputer
software. In addition, short courses in the use of specific
software packages are offered. A fee of approximately $3.50 per
hour is charge for these courses and most courses are 10 hours
long. Call 845-2316 for information
• Help Sessions-Tutoring for all students needing assistance
with course work is sometimes provided individually. Please call
each department.
• Mentors-A large university like TAMU, filled with busy people
can seem very impersonal. Mentors consist of 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 stu
dents who wish to have the guidance of someone on the inside
of academia. Call your departmental office and ask about the
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for students to visit 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 to
late for anyone having serious difficulties. Professors have office
hours and a student should arrange to meet professors during
that time.
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chology offers a course each semester called “Improvement of
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845-0350, or go to Room 146, MSC for information regarding
scholarships, financial assistance, tutors, diagnosis, treatment,
and other services.
• Volunteer Tutoring-Phi Eta Sigma (Honor Society) offers free
tutoring in most freshman courses. Go to the Student Activities
cubicle area, Room 216, Pavilion for more information. Many de
partmental undergraduate honor societies will also offer free tu
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academic coursework. Academic counseling and information re
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