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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.
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