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iSTATE & LOCAL
Monday, March 26,1990
abitat affiliates clear lot for first home
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Inanity cleared the way for a better life for a
pryan family Saturday.
The student organization lent several dozen
lands to the Bryan-College Station affiliate of
rfabitat for Humanity while the two non-profit
irganizations cleared their first two lots in Bryan
ind College Station, Heather Hilton said.
Hilton, the campus chapter’s vice-president,
aid that after the two lots are cleared, the affil-
ate plans to build its first house at 1902 Palasota
“rive in Bryan starting in the middle of April.
Victor and Amelia Gonzalez will be the first
people to benefit from Habitat for Humanity in
the Bryan and College Station hrea, Hilton said.
The Gonzalez family was one of the few families
that applied for better housing, Hilton said.
When the Gonzalez’s house is completed, Hil
ton said she hopes other families will realize Hab
itat can help them. Hilton said both organizations
are working hard to help local residents in need
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“The entire purpose for Habitat is to provide
simple, decent housing for those who can’t af
ford it,” Hilton said.
Hilton said the planning for the building of
the chapter’s first house has taken almost a year.
Since the group’s official recognition from Hab
itat for Humanity International in October,
1989, the students have worked with the local af
filiate to start the construction of their first
house, Hilton said.
Hilton said the campus chapter officially will
not build the house in Bryan but will provide the
local affiliate with volunteers and a ton of enthu
siasm.
“We’re all so excited about being able to help
someone and help build the area’s first house,”
Hilton said. “We can finally prove that we’re
going to help people and not just talk.”
Students also hold fundraising events to collect
money to purchase the materials needed to build
more houses.
However, Hilton said Habitat for Humanity is
not a charity. The organization accepts as much
volunteer labor and donated material as possible.
Donations from churches and the interna
tional office of Habitat in Americus, Ga., help,
Hilton said. Local merchants also have donated
large building equipment to aid in the project,
she said.
Habitat then accepts applications from fami
lies in need. The family must be able to pay the
mortgage payments on the 1,000 square foot
house.
After the application process is completed,
Habitat sells the house to the chosen family
through a 20-year, no-interest loan. The family
also has to contribute a total of 500 hours to the
construction of the home, Hilton said.
Hilton said Habitat is based on biblical con
cepts of helping the needy but doesn’t discrimi
nate in the selection of who receives help.
“Habitat is a Christian organization, but it
doesn’t discriminate because of a person’s reli
gious beliefs or race,” Hilton said. “Habitat is
there simply to help anybody who needs decent
housing.”
Hilton said any students interested in finding
out more about Habitat for Humanity can con
tact the Bryan-College Station affiliate at 846-
7200 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Fri
day. Students also can attend the club’s meeting
on April 9 in 145 at 7 p.m.
Dorm raises money
for battered children
By DAVID GODFREY
Special to the Battalion
The underprivileged children
at Phoebe’s Home for battered
women and children in Bryan are
going to have a visit from the Eas
ter Bunny this spring in the form
of Legett Hall residents.
The residents will be collecting
money to buy things to put in
Easter baskets for the children,
Legett Hall President Stephanie
Mock said.
Most of the things in the bas
kets will be necessities, like socks,
toothbrushes and underwear,
Mock said, but other things will
be included, like small toys and
candy.
To give Legett Hall residents
some incentive, floors are com-
E eting to see which floor can col-
;ct the most money, she said.
The floor that turns in the most
money by Wednesday will have
some kind of party.
Mock said Legett has had past
success in raising money for char
ity. When the hall residents par
ticipated in Students Together
Opposing Poverty, they had a col
lection goal of $60 to adopt an el
derly man. The hall actually col
lected $200 and was able to adopt
a single mother of three as well as
the man.
“We don’t have any real mone
tary goal this time, but we are
planning for between 20 and 25
children,” Mock said.
Residents of Legett Hall plan
to take the baskets to Phoebe’s
Home on the Thursday or Lriday
before Easter because many of
them will be going home for the
holiday.
Donations can be made to any
Legett Hall resident or, for more
information, call Mock at 847-
0654.
fbi seeks robbery suspect Professor relates feeling of joy to fantasy
Race: White
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The above individual is suspected
af robbing the First National Bank
n Bryan on March 16, according to
i report by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
The suspect drove up to the com
mercial drive-in teller window- and
placed a small, dark green cloth in
the teller draw-er, the report said.
The teller, upon unzipping the bag,
observed what appeared to be three
sticks of dynamite and a detonating
device. The suspect demanded that
the teller put all of his cash in the
(drawer. The teller did as he was in-
itructed and the suspect escaped
with the cash.
The suspect was seen driving a
hite 1985-1989 Oldsmobile Cutla
lass
Ciera with a Texas license plate.
This license plate was reported sto
len in Cleveland, Texas, the morn
ing of the robbery.
Anyone who has information on
the suspect, who is considered to be
armed and dangerous, or the vehicle
should contact the Bryan Police De
partment at 822-0066 or 822-0061,
the Bryan FBI at 822-6916 or Crime
Stoppers at 775-TIPS.
By KATHERINE COFFEY
Of The Battalion Staff
The feeling of joy is related to
fantasy and when we are joyful, we
are more likely to be creative and
imaginative, said a psychology pro
fessor at a seminar on joy.
Verena Kast, who teaches at the
University of Zurich in Germany,
spoke at the Inaugural Carolyn and
Ernest Fay Lecture Series, which was
titled “Joy, Inspiration, Hope and
the Individual Process.”
The lecture series consisted of
four seminars: “Joy,” “What Have
Become of Our Joys,” “Inspiration”
and “Hope.” These lectures drew an
audience from states such as Califor
nia, New York, numerous people
from Houston, faculty from A&M
and the Bryan College Station com
munity.
In the lecture called “Joy: the
Foolish Myth of the Tendermin-
ded,” Kast said that the moment
people accept themselves, they will
have joy. She said that very little has
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been written on the subject of joy but
it is still important to discuss.
“Joy promotes trust in oneself and
acceptance of ourselves,” Kast said.
“We are then likely to be delighted
and feel accepted from the world.”
Kast gave the example of children
watching a joyful movie. After the
movie, the children were given 50
cents and a donation box was put in
the classroom. She said that most of
the children donated their money.
She said children who watched a
movie that was not joyful were not as
likely to donate the 50 cents they had
been given. Kast said this proves that
people can better connect with oth
ers when they are joyful.
“Joy moves us upward and out
ward and opens us up while inspir
ing us,” she said. “Joy also has a way
inward to inspire and express our
selves.”
When people open up to others,
however, they must watch out for
themselves, she said.
“During the time of joy, you’re
not distrustful but naive and end up
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letting down your guard,” Kast said.
“It gives you a feeling of vitality, not
really power but transcendency.
This shows that joy is not always
good.”
Kast also said joy can cover for
anxiety. Sometimes people assure
themselves that they are having fun
just to cover up their anxieties. She
said that joy must be justified.
Kast also talked about the impor
tance of knowing and understand
ing moods and erftotions.
“The psychology of emotions is
important because when we speak of
emotions, we speak of ourselves,”
she said. “We should get in touch
with our emotions. It is important to
express joy with each other without
becoming friends immediately.”
People have an emotional circle,
she said, which is an emotion with
which they greet others.
She said emotions are very infec
tious. For example, people who
smile as they walk somewhere will be
rewarded with the smiles of others.
But, if someone is in a bad mood,
other people will sense this and will
not want to smile back, she said.
Moods, she said, are related to
physical states such as fatigue and
pain but also are connected to
dreams.
“Moods are like background mu
sic,” Kast said. “We live in it but
sometimes we don’t always con
sciously know of it.”
She said weather and colors also
can influence moods.
There are two qualities that distin
guish feelings from moods, Kast
said. Feelings cannot change, but
moods can. Feelings show a person’s
direction, but moods don’t.
Kast, who is a training analyst at
the C.G. Jung Institute and a psy
chotherapist, is the author of “A
Time to Mourn,” a bestseller in Ger
many.
The Fay Lecture Series was
funded by an endowment by Caro
lyn Grant Fay, who is the founder of
the C.G. Jung Educational Center in
Houston.
Everyone Counts!
One out of six of you will receive a detailed census question
naire on March 23 from the Bureau of the Census. If you do, you
will be required to list your income for 1989. Your answers will be
held in strictest confidence and will be used only for census pur
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regular contributions from persons not living
in your household such as:
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• Parental support.
• Scholarships for which no work is required.
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kind, any type of loan or payment in kind
(food, free rent).
It is important that you fill in the other sections of Question
32 and the rest of the questionnaire correctly too. If you need help
or have any questions, contact the Census Bureau at 846-2600.
Cmon Ags, Stand Up and
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(You mean a lot to us!)
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