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Do you have any of the following concerns? * Improving an academic skill * Finding a tutor * Locating programs for academic assistance * Establishing and clarifying academic goals * Finding a major or career If the answer is YES, you may wish to utilize one of the following services. ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE SERVICES * * 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 will ing to tutor courses offered at A&M. It also contains information from many academic departments explaining procedures for obtaining ex tra academic help. Come to the Third Floor, YMCA Bldg., 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.., 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 con sidered the best method for maintaining academic motivation. Student Activities, Room 208, Pavilion (845-1133) and the Memorial Student Center Student Programs Office, Room 216 (845-1515) will guide stu dents to campus activities that fit the student’s interests and social needs. The 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 Asssistance—Difficulties with concentra tion usually result from failure to establish a good study environment, from unfocused academic and life goals, or from relationship and other personal problems. The Student Counseling Service (845-1651) and the Counseling and Assessment Clinic (845-8021) offer both indi vidual and group programs to help students with these concerns. Most services at the Student Counseling Service are free to currently en rolled students who have paid the student service fee. The Counseling and Assessment Clinic charges a fee for services to students. * English Writing Lab—Located in Room 241, Blocker Building, the Writing Lab offers help with acquiring effective writing skills. Call 845- 2568 for information about current programs. Diagnostic testing, self- study, and tutoring to aid development are services which are avail able. Fee charged. * 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 microcomputers. 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 instructions for learning to use mircocomputers and micocomputer software. In addition, short courses in the use of specific software packages are offered. A fee of $3.50 per hour is charged ifor 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 by individual department. Please call the specific department to inquire about services. * Mentors—A large university like TAMU is filled with busy people and can seem very impersonal. Mentors consist of more than 300 A&M fac ulty members who have volunteered to set aside part of their week to “just talk.” This is an excellent opportunity for students who wish to have the guidance of someone on the inside of academia. Call ytmr de partmental office to ask about the Mentors Program. * Old Exam Files—Professors and Student Government have placed copies of old exams in a file at the Sterling C. Evans Library Reserve Room. A call number, accessed through the computer terminals, is needed. Instructions are provided near the library terminals. * Professors—Very often the most effective resource for academic as sistance that students have available to them is the professor of the course in which they are having trouble. It is wise 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 too late for anyone having serious difficul ties. Professors have office hours and a student should arrange to meet professors during that time. * Study Skills Improvement—The Department of Educational Psy chology offers a course each semester called “Improvement of Lear ning” (EPSY 101). The Student Counseling Service, 3rd Floor, YMCA Building (845-1651) offers both individual and group study skills assis tance to currently enrolled students on a weekly basis. * Test Rehabilitation Commission—Provides assistance to Texas A&M University and Blinn College students with permanent or handicap ping disabilities. Example of the disabilities covered are learning disa bilities, orthopedic deformities, emotional diorders, diabetes, epilepsy, heart conditions, ect. Call 845-0350 or 845-1620, or go to Room 147, MSC, or Room 223, Beutal Health Center for information regarding scholarships, financial assistance, tutors, diagnosis, treatment, and other services. * Volunteer Tutoring—Phi Eta Sigma (Honor Society) offers free tu toring in most freshman courses. Go to the Student Activities cubicle area, Pavilion, for more information. Many departmental undergrad uate honor societies will also offer free tutoring in freshman and soph omore courses. Contact the honor society’s president through the ap propriate academic department office or through Student Activities. * Academic Skills Program—This program is designed to meet the academic needs of Texas A&M University students whose Texas Aca demic Skills Program (TASP) test results indicate basic skill deficiencies in the areas of math, writing, and/or reading. Various college credit de velopmental courses taught by specialists provide students with in structional aid and support while helping them successfully prepare for the TASP test and other academic coursework. Academic counsel ing and information regarding the TASP test are available. Contact this program at 241 Blocker, or phone 845-2568 for further informa tion regarding these services. * Career Information—If students belive that being in the wrong major is affecting their performance they may call the Student Counseling Service at 845-1651 or come to the third floor of the YMCA Building to make an appointment for career testing and group interpretation. * All services are subject to change. Please contact the service of in terest for the most current information. or call Student Counseling Service Career and Academic Resource Center Third Floor, YMCA Building 846-1651 Information obtained and compiled by the Student Counseling Service ...a department in the Division of Student Services. Page 4 The Battalion Friday, November30,195 Former senator says commission mislead DALLAS (AP) — There were ef forts by President Reagan and his top aides to mislead the Tower Com mission and cover up White House involvement in a key aspect of the Iran-Contra affair, former Texas Sen. John Tower said. In his soon-to-be-published mem oirs, Tower said he was shocked when Reagan denied the White House gave advance approval for an August 1985 shipment of missiles to Iran, contradicting an earlier statement. The longtime Republican law maker said Reagan’s about-face seemed part of a “deliberate effort” to cover up then-White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan’s involvement in the affair, the Dallas Times Herald’s Washington bureau re ported Thursday. Tower also raised the possibility that by subtly showing investigators that aides prepared a statement changing his story, Reagan was “de liberately tipping us off that Donald Regan was up to something fishy.” The Tower Commission’s report noted Reagan’s shifting stories about the missile sale. But the newspaper reported Tower’s book marks the first time a principal figure has sug gested that the changes were part of a deliberate cover-up. In a Jan. 26, 1987, meeting with the Tower board, Reagan said that sometime in August, 1986, he ap proved a shipment of arms by Israel to Iran. In a meeting with the Tower board two weeks later, Reagan said that he and Regan had gone over the matter a number of times and that Regan had a firm recollection that the president had not authorized the August shipment in advance. The president said he didn’t recall authorizing the August shipment ei ther. Then on Feb. 20, 1987, the president wrote the board a letter, changing his story again. In the let ter, he said he simply couldn’t recall whether he approved the August shipment in advance. Texas combat unit called Texas Guard battalion from McAllen mobilized McALLEN (AP) — A battalion in the Lower Rio Grande Valley is the Texas National Guard’s first combat unit to be mobilized in response to the Persian Gulf military buildup, officials said Thursday. The 3rd Battalion, 141st Infantry of the Texas National Guard has been mobilized in the regular Army effective Dec. 7. Gov. Bill Clements Wednesday announced the activa tion to involve about 820 men in the mechanized infantry unit. “It’s the first Texas combat unit to be called,” Col. Barry Ottley, chief of staff for the Texas National Guard’s troop command, said. “The others have been support units.” Troop command directs about 6,200 members of the Texas Na tional Guard who are not in the 49th Armored Division, based in Austin. Ottley was in McAllen Thursday to supervise the sudden upsurge in activity at the armory since the acti vation was announced. He described the 3rd Battalion as “one of our pre mier units. They’re trained to oper ate worldwide in any type of envi ronment.” The battalion was alerted on Nov. 15. It will mobilize at its home station armories on Dec. 7, then move to its mobilization station at Fort Hood within a few days, Clements’ office said Wednesday. After mobilization at Fort Hood, the unit will move to Fort Irwin, Calif., for desert training, Ottley said. It will become part of the 155th Armor Brigade of Mississippi, “It's the first Texas combat unit to be called.” —Barry Ottley, colonel, Texas National Guard according to present plans. They have no orders to go overseas but could be sent, officials said. Soldiers with the battalion, which is based in McAllen, have trained primarily with the M2 Bradley fight ing vehicle. { Convenience Cash Center Check Cashing Service We Cash: Payroll-Government-Personal-Money Orders Located atE. 29th St & Briarcrest 774-7450 Fax Service Available! OPEN M-Th F Sat 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. £ KAPLAN STANLEY H. KAPLAN EDUCATIONAL CENTER LTD. Register NOW for the GRE GMAT MCAT LSAT Bring in a TOY for TOYS-FOR-TOTS and get $50 OFF! * Good Until Dec. 19,1990 707 Texas Ave. Suite 106 E. College Station, Texas 77846 (409) 696-3196 What’s Up Friday COLOMBIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have last meeting at 7 p.m. in?: Kleberg. Call Juan at 775-0645 for more information. UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: will have Bible study at 6 p.m. at A&M Presbyter: Church office. MGMT 481: will have a speaker at 10 a.m. in 114 Blocker. Call Libby at 847-2S5 for more information. VASA: will have graduation party at 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Pavilion. Call846-1?‘. nt< for more information. OCA: will have a dinner club at 7 p.m. at Fuddrucker's. Call Brian at 823-65)7: more information. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a discussion at noon. Call theC.D.PE: 845-0280 for more information. AFRICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have a general assembly andspeake 7 p.m. in 440 Heep. FORESTRY CLUB: will have a Virginia pine Christmas tree sale from lOa.iuir dark in front of the Commons. Saturday OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: will have a discussion at 9:30 a m. at St. Titer; Episcopal Church. Call 693-9912 for more information. MSC VARIETY SHOW COMMITTEE: will have a meeting at 7 p.m. at305ABRj: der. STAGECENTER COMMUNITY THEATRE: “Visit to a Small Planet” will show; p.m. at 3715 East 29th. Call 846-0287 for more information. Sunday STAGECENTER COMMUNITY THEATRE: "Visit to a Small Planet” at 2:30pm; 3715 East 29th. Call 846-0287 for more information. METHODIST STUDENT CENTER: 5 p.m., 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. Vespers,8p- recreation at the Methodist Student Center. Call Max at 846-4701 formr: information. EPISCOPAL STUDENT CENTER: will have evening prayer and communityoj ner at 6:15 p.m. at the Canterbury House. CaM 693-4245 for more infonr;| tion. TRI BETA: will have pre-finals pizza party at 5 p.m. at the Flying Tomato C; 847-4461 for more information. TAMU ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: will have a meeting at 7 p.m. in 100 Butler C; 268-1162 for more information. Monday ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a discussion at noon. Call the C DPEr 845-0280 for more information. TAMU ROADRUNNERS: will have a meeting and also handout club shirtsat7pr at 308 Rudder. Call 693-6368 for more information. 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