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Pauli Research International® Call Today 776-0400 Paid Advertiaement Memory course helps students boost grades By Anthony Rao Former University of Houston football coach Jack Pardee said it best: “This was so helpful to several of my players, I am now making the whole football team take the cour se.” Pardee read about a memory seminar held by noted memory ex pert Alvin Jackson and sent three players who needed to pass some important tests in order to stay in school. Uncertain that anyone can be taught photographic memory, Pardee sent athletic department academic advisor Dr. James Berlow as an observer. In one three hour session Mr. Jackson took three college fresh man, whose college entrance exam grades were so poor they are not al lowed to practice football, and trans formed them into students who can study and recall tasks as well as the brightest students on campus Since Dr. Berlow took in the class, he admits his recall and mem ory increased sixfold. He wishes Jackson’s course was available when he studied for his doctorate. To test the athletes’ increased memory, Jackson asked the trio to memorize this number 9185952963092112 well enough to recall it in 13 weeks. It took them an average of 2 minutes. This reporter attended the seminar and witnessed them master French, Portuguese, anatomy, names and faces. What impressed this writer the most is how memory techniques are used in reading and listening. Jack- son used a third year economic text book and I watched as freshmen read and recalled a whole chapter on “Macroeconomic Effects on a Fully Employed Economy”, after read ing it once. “Contrary to popular belief peo ple are not born with photographic memories, it can be taught, I have taught thousands. I have taught it to those wanting to use it to in crease their G.P.A. to those with perfect G.P.A.s who wish to cut down on study time while main taining high grades,” Jackson said. “Our present educational sys tem gives high grades to those who can memorize. If you remember more of what you hear in lectures and remember all of what you read, you will get higher grades,” Jackson added. “I know many techniques and teach my students the one that fits them best. Right now all students use “Rota” memorization system taught in school. Under “Rota”, you have to go over and over what you want to learn. As far as I am concerned, “Rota” is the worst. What student has that much time to repeat information enough times to get top grades?” says Jack- son. Jackson will jbfi at College Sta tion Community C^n^er on George Bush DHVe, Rm #105 on February 8th ohe'day only for two sessions. One at 1:00 p.m. and a second session at 6:00 p.m. The tuition for the S-'/z hour session is $55.00 Jackson guarantees results. “If I don’t triple their memory capacity three fold in the session, I will re fund all tuition.” he said. Jackson is only accepting 30 per sons in each class on a first come first served basis. It is worthwhile and enlightening. You can register by calling 1-800-462-8207. Paid Advertisement 1991 HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW & RODEO KnflEfinyu r MUCH 3 1991 PERFORMANCE TIMES: Saturday Matinees -11 a.m.; Sunday, Feb. 24 matinee -1 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 17, and Sunday, March 3 - 4 p.m. performances only. 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Available for all H TF in ir® 1 ilg^gF H B performances, 5 p.m. to midnight, Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to midnight, — T ™ ™ Saturday and Sunday. Fare Is only $2 per rider, round-trip. TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: TICKETRON OUTLETS: College Station: Foley’s in Post Oak Mall and the Texas A&M University MSC Box Office. To order tickets by phone, call Ticketron at 1-800-275-1000 toll-free, statewide, or Rainbow Ticketmaster at 1-800-749-9494 toll-free, statewide. For tickets by mail, write: Ticket Director, P.O. Box 25395, Houston, Texas 77265-5395. Rodeo ticket prices range from $5 to $12 and include admission to the Livestock Show. ALL NET PROCEEDS BENEFIT YOUTH & SUPPORT EDUCATION Page 4 The Battalion Monday, February 4, Spade Phillips by Matt Kowalski 'well., No MftLE muCf Hh/ovrt ftu. THE DETF)l'-$. IT'S sec RET FtrtftLE filTofIL THRT\ OriLY TtlLriED flBaUTWHEM ft HOTH£H flrVP Of)obm-£K ftUWB NFflA LflRbE wmr l HEoft. iriN*>Lvet OoMCEMrXffTEP HYPROCALOR/C flap fWD SFvERfV- F/wri oF SO, X 60ESS XRBWFE T»L*VN% ftdooT CLEMWO OUT THElft JftFFftl&ERfrroRo* l SAfiK/ioi-cH, Tftftr ^ M*y ee EumtAitTK Tubularman X 3u5T TolD Voo THIS PlOl?NlN6 THAT X VjAS 6oiw(j To A Fo«A4AL TOVITFlYcnj rve vek Pay attevvton t© You PftoGABLY DON’T EVEN KNOW That THERg'5 A WAR. Iff THE GW-Ff by Boomer Cardinale TUERE'5 A war GoINo' on in "me e>olf of Mexico? Post office raises stamp to 29 cents WASHINGTON (AP) - It’s official: Mailing a letter now costs 29 cents. After nearly a year of hearings and study, higher postal rates took effect Sunday. The new- first-class rate is 29 cents for the first ounce and 23 cents for each additional ounce Sending a post card now costs 191 cents. And just about all other mail will cost more, too. The new rates were imposed after nearly a year of study and hearings. Special “F” stamps featuring a flower are available at post offices to cover the new rate until official 29-cent stamps are printed. In addition, so-called make-up stamps worth 4-cents (although they don’t show any amount on them) are available. Those stamps, combined w ith a 25-ceni stamp, represent the new 29-cent rate. Nerd House by Tom A. Madison NOTICE U. S. Poshu 0uTKA6£D, blEPLBEZT DEClbES To BUY 1100 WOfcTH Of STAMPS BEFOPZ THEY CO UP TO Zl i . Budget, education top list of priorities for Richards tory agencies and health and humiij services. A former teacher, Richards ins® that education is one of govern merit's most importantjobs. But T exas public education is crisis. The state Supreme Cor! . twice has r uled the school funding; system unconstitutional for failing | provide equitable spending on poo school districts. The governoi i 6 Legislature face an April 1 deadlin® for reform or the courts threaten!; take over. The budget is a looming problen as well, with a $4.5 billion deficit!* | ing projected for the 1992-93 k: get years. Talking about that last weel | Richards herself gave a hint abw the upcoming speech. “There is a mood in state goven ! ment among elected officials to c® | serve, cut back. I’m going to be mat | ing a State of the State (address).. ! | which we are going to propose son opportunities where we think then are economies,” Richards said. AUSTIN (AP) — Schools, the budget deficit and ethics — thorny issues all — likely will be spotlighted by Gov. Ann Richards when she de livers her first State of the State ad dress to the Legislature this week, aides say. The speech, scheduled for noon Wednesday in the House chamber before a joint Senate-House session, will be Richards’ first major address since her Jan. 15 inauguration. Although her staff didn’t expect the final draft to be completed until early this week, aides said the speech should contain specifics on Ricnards’ plans for the next four years. “It is going to be a very detailed outline of what she hopes to ac complish in the next several years,” Bill Cryer, the governor’s press sec retary, said. “It’s going to be, I think, a power ful speech,” he said. “I think there will be some surprises, too.” Cryer said he expects the address to detail proposals for education, the budget, governmental ethics reform, insurance reform, the state’s regula- Yellow ribbons serve as reminders PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The yellow sprouted early this year. But the bouquets were not signs of a spring come early, rather a somber reminder of a country at war. In cities and towns across the nation, yellow ribbons flutter from lampposts, and bows of yel low adorn front doors like Christmas wreaths gone awry. “Supporting our troops should always be up permost in our minds,” Mayor Daniel E. Bogan, of Fall River, Mass., said at a ribbon-tying cere mony last month. “Yellow ribbons will serve as a reminder.” The symbol has aroused controversy as well. A Pennsylvania hospital has barred employees from decorating with yellow ribbon. A Rhode Is land columnist calls them “floweis of fascism.” A Florida store manager fired an employee for wearing a ribbon in violation of company policy, but the decision was reversed by embarrassed company executives. The yellow ribbon’s current status as a token of support for U.S. soldiers overseas seems unas sailable, but it is far from clear how the symbol originated. “We’ve searched books on American lore and symbols and found nothing” explaining its ori gin, said Barbara Cook, a reference librarian at the Providence Public Library. The Archive of Folk Song in the Library of Congress has been responding to inquiries with a six-page reprint of a 1981 newsletter that at tempts to outline the beginnings of the tradition. It cites a number of possibilities, from the 1973 song, “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree,” popularized by the group Tony Orlando and Dawn, to the 1949 John Wayne movie, “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.” Yellow ribbons last lined the nation’s streets 10 years ago, when 52 American hostages returned after 444 days of captivity in Iran. That phenomenon was likely triggered by Penne Laingen, wife of ex-hostage Bruce Laingen, who tied a large yellow ribbon around a tree in front of their Bethesda, Md., home, Par sons said. Laingen said at the time that the idea came to her spontaneously, “to give people some thing to do.” She was inspired by the song written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown, which tells of a convict riding a bus home after three years in prison. He had written his sweetheart telling her to tie a yellow ribbon on a roadside oak tree if sk wanted him back. Sure enough, the ribbon is there. Levine said he and Brown based the song on) story Brown heard in the Army in the 1960s. The movie “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” popit larized another song, “(Round Her Neck) Sk Wore a Yellow Ribbon.” Parsons said the song can be traced to a 1917 composition by GeorgeA Norton, called “Round Her Neck She Wears) Yellow Ribbon (For Her Lover Who is Fur, Fra Away).” Whatever the origins, the ribbons seem hereto stay for the duration of the Persian Gulf War. But their acceptance is not universal. At Clearfield Hospital in Clearfield, Pa., era ployees have been told not to tie yellow ribbonsto the doors. “Not everyone perceives the ribbonsas meaning the same thing,” said spokeswoman Parry Kummick. “Some people could under stand them as support of the war itself.” Gerald M. Carbone, a writer with The Provi dence Journal-Bulletin, wrote that he finds yel low ribbons “troubling ... symbols of blind sup port” that cannot be detached from the war. li'ir Let's Party In Cancun! 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