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Friday, September 4,195;
History in Action
RANDY NICHOLS/The Battalion
The Indian Students’ Association will present Bharatnamah:
The Story of India on Saturday Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. in Rudder The
ater.
The show chronicles various stages of Indian history includ
ing the Indus Valley Civilization in 25 B.C., the use of Buddhist
thought, English Colonialism and modern-day independence.
Using mime acting, narration, poetry, dancing and lighting,
the Indian culture and philosophy are presented, according to
Sukandah Kamdhalam, head of the association.
“The play is meant for outsiders more than Indians them
selves,” Kamdhalam said.
Following the performance a buffet will be served in MSC
Room 006 at 8:30 p.m., offering a variety of the country’s dish
es.
Local company photographs
A&M students for yearbook
By BRANDI JORDAN
Reporter of THE BATTALION
Art Hinkle, owner of AR Pho
tography, across from Texas A&M
University on Texas Ave., is get
ting geared up to take pictures of
thousands of Aggies for the The
Aggieland, the A&M student
yearbook.
"We've really had a good ex
perience dealing with Texas A&M
and with A&M students," Hinkle
said.
"As a former Ag and faculty
member, I feel that we have close
ties to the University. We really
care about the students and want
them to be happy with their Ag
gieland pictures.^
AR Photography takes between
6,500 and 10,000 class pictures for
the Aggieland every year. Hinkle
said statistical checks run by AR
Photography indicate that 16,000
students register for the "picture
in yearbook" option during regis
tration.
The fee option costs students
one dollar.
"But, AR Photography does not
receive any of the money from the
fee option," Hinkle said. "The stu
dents who don't have their picture
taken and have registered for the
picture option will forfeit
dollar to Student Services."
"It takes us about five minute
on an average day to pose a stu
dent and get several shots so fo
student will have several pictures
to choose from," Hinkle said
"That means that we spend ovei
540 hours just posing and snap
ping the pictures for the
gieland."
Hinkle said students comingtt
have their pictures taken should
come early in the morning before
their first class and should come
on Monday, Tuesday or Wednes
day if they don't want to havete
wait in a long line.
"We only have two cameras
and two photographers, and we
want to be able to donate plentr
of time to each student," Hinklf
said .
AR Photography will 1
taking senior class pictures at!
a.m. on Monday, Sept. 7. Seniors
can have their picture taken any
time between Monday, Sept,
and Friday, Oct. 2. AR Photogra
phy is open from 9 a.m. to 5 pm,
Monday through Friday.
AR Photography will also be
;ine Student Organization
gin taking
See Photo/Page U
Drug, alcohol problem in U.S. receives nationwide attention
By SHARON GILMORE
Reporter of THE BATTALION
The National Coalition on Alcohol and Oth
er Drug Issues in Washington, D.C. along with
the Mental Health Mental Retardation Author
ity of Brazos Valley is observing National Al
cohol and Drug Treatment Month in Septem
ber.
Janie Velasquez, the Brazos Valley
MHMR's director of volunteers and public in
formation officer said the purpose of the na
tional abuse treatment month is to create
awareness in the community of available
abuse treatment programs.
The 18 and older outpatient program at
MHMR's Substance Abuse Treatment Pro
gram serves a seven county area which in
cludes Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madi
son, Robertson and Washington County. The
treatment program has a staff of nine state li
censed chemical dependency counselors, and
their services are also provided to non-English
speaking people.
One counselor at the Brazos Valley MHMR
Substance Abuse Treatment Center says they
will observe this "Treatment Works!" month
by simply continuing their treatment program
as they have been.
"Treatment works," said Program Director
Craig Macintosh, M.A., LCDC. He said in the
MHMR treatment program they teach their
150 clients how not to use drugs and alcohol.
"Chemical dependency is a disease," said
Macintosh, a state licensed counselor and re
covering drug addict.
"Ten to 12 percent of our population is
chemically addicted," he said.
Macintosh said attributes of abusers in
clude low self esteem, situational depression
and a dysfunction in relating to people. He
said these can be dealt with, but the most com
mon problems are the result of drugs and alco
hol. Statistics on non-alcoholic chemicals be
ing used today do not come close to the costs
associated with alcohol by itself, he said. Nine
ty percent of the substance abusers that die
from the disease die from the accidents result
ing from the drugs, he said.
"It's the symptoms of the disease that
not the disease," Macintosh said. "Ourj
treatment," he said. "We are the ones in the
trenches."
The treatment program involves didactic
and group therapy and last about 12 weeks
Individual counseling also takes place durini
treatment. He said the clients see several
counselors during their treatment. These couiv
selors are often recovering drug addicts them
selves and are better able to relate to currenl
addicts, Macintosh said. Each client is also re
quired to attend Alcoholic Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous meetings regularly, he
said.
The MHMR program is partially funded b)
the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug
Abuse and can arrange treatment for those
with financial problems, Macintosh said.
For more information about MHMR's treat
ment program call 846-6935.
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Over 200 organizations represented, entertainment, door prizes, and FOOD provided by' Food Services.
Visit with Student Programs in the MSC, Student Activities in the Student Services building, and vice president of Student
Services, Dr. Koldus in Rudder Tower.
MSC Open House is sponsored by the MSC Public Relations Committee
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