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Campus Page 2 The Battalion Thursday, October 1,1951 Sorority proj ect focuses on African-Americans By TANYA WILLIAMS Reporter of THE BATTALION Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is celebrating the African-Ameri can culture through participat ing in their third annual Delta Week, which is centered on the sorority's core ideals. These ideals, also called the "five-point thrust," are economic development, educational devel opment, physical health aware ness, political awareness and in ternational awareness. Alicia Haskin, coordinator of the week, said the sorority works hard to focus on all five points in their projects. "In each of our programs, we try hard to make people aware of a variety of issues," Haskin said. Earlier in the week, the soror ity focused on economic devel opment in the community by inviting area African-American businesses to a Black Expo and Style Show, and political and na tional awareness with a discus sion about how to increase the political power of African-Amer icans today. Throughout the rest of the week, they will celebrate African-American culture with a program on Kwanzaa, a celebra tion that focuses on African her itage combined with American present contributions. Another program will focus on physical health with help from Aggie Reach, an organization that deals with making healthy choices. The program will deal with nutrition, stress management, STDs and other diseases that Haskin said are often over looked in college. "People are often reluctant to talk about these things," Haskin said. "We got Aggie Reach to help us since it is their special ty The sorority will sponsor a freshmen rap session and dis cuss any concerns that freshmen have about life at A&M. "Freshmen do not get coun seling from other students very often about which classes to take and other concerns," Haskin said. "We are trying to start a mentorship that will help ad dress those concerns." The Deltas will end the week with a step-off, party and a church service in the All Faiths Chapel. The step-off will be between black campus fraternities featur ing the African and Greek tradi tion of stepping. Haskin said the week allows the community and the campus to know that sororities and fra ternities can provide services. "Delta Sigma Theta is a pub lic service sorority," Haskin said. "The public can call upon us. We try our best to provide ser vices to both the students and community. It is a renewed sup port system for black Greeks on campus, as well as the commu nity around and on campus." Professional advising office plans to hire law counselor By BRANDI JORDAN Reporter of THE BATTALION The newly created Office of Professional School Advising, which handles professional advising for students interested in the medical, allied health and law professions, plans on hiring a full-time law counselor in January. The Office of Professional School Advising falls under the direction of and receives funding through the Honors Department as well as from the Associa tion of Former Students. Program Coordinator Randee Nicholas said she has been counseling students interested in law in ad dition to overseeing the office. "When we proposed our budget to the association for funds, we knew we had to scale back because of the economic situation around the country," she said. "We know the association's money comes from former students and Aggies currently out in the work force. We know the economy is hurting every body - even Aggies." Nicholas said that since the office is under-fund ed and under-staffed, law advising has not been em phasized as much as she would like. "Pre-med counseling has been a 24-hour a day job," she said. "And we want to offer that same commitment to the pre-law counseling." Nicholas said that hiring a full-time law coun selor will cost about $35,000 a year, including salary and library needs. "But, I anticipate that whenever the association's fiscal year begins in January, we'll be able to get the money we need to hire a full-time law counselor," she said. PEDALING FOR PLEASURE RICHARD JAMES/The Battalion Bicyclists take advantage of recent mild weather Bicyclists and joggers frequently use the park to to take a few laps around Research Park. exercise. Still waiting for your to come in? Why wait any longer? Why not take a step in the right direction: consider Studying Abroad to"round out" your education. You can make a start during TAMU Overseas Day, and discover overseas opportunities you never knew existed!! OCTOBER 8 10:00-2:00 MSC Main Hall For more information, contact Study Abroad Programs 161 W. Bizzell Hail 845-0544 The Battalion ATLANTIS TILLMAN. Editor in Chief STEVE O’BRIEN, Managing Editor JASON LOUGHMAN, Opinion Editor MEREDITH HARRISON, News Editor HEIDI SAUER, News Editor TODD BLACKMON, Arts & Entertainment GARY CARROLL, City Editor J. DOUGLAS FOSTER, Sports Editor CHRIS WHITLEY, Sports Editor RICHARD S. JAMES, Photo Editor Editor Staff Members Reporters — Melody Dunne, Mark Evans, Todd Stone, Brandi Jordan, Cheryl Heller, Tanya Sasser, Robin Goodpaster, Juli Phillips, Tanya Williams, Julie Chelkowski, Monique Lunsford, Mack Harrision, and Will Healy. News desk — Kyle Burnett, Tracia Newbold, Jennifer Mentlik, David Thomas, Lance Holmes, Lauri Reysa and Jennifer Smith. 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