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The Battalion
Tuesday, January 18,1994
Counseling service gets new home
Bigger location,
rising demand
spur move
By James Bernsen
Thc. Baitackm
Student Counseling Services
at Texas A&M University has a
new larger location this semester
in Henderson Hall, which should
increase services.
The new offices will provide
space for all the previous pro
grams offered by Student Coun
seling Services as well as new
programs.
In the past. Student Counsel
ing Services was spread out in of
fices in the YMCA and A.P. Beu-
tel Health Center.
Bill Kibler, interim assistant
vice-president for Student Ser
vices, said the move is indicative
of the center's expanding role.
"One of the demonstrations
that the University considers im
portant is that they're moving to
their own building," he said.
"We wouldn't be making that
kind of an investment if we
didn't feel it was important."
Dr. Wade Birch, director of the
center, said the office provides a
wide variety of services for stu
dents and will be expanding
even more.
"Our facilities were just too
cramped," he said. "Now we can
run more counseling groups."
Birch said the center will
have a 24-hour crisis hot line,
and will recruit graduate stu
dents in psychology to do night
time counseling.
One office will be retained in
A.P. Beutel Health Center to pro
vide emergency counseling in
cases where the student also
needs medical attention.
The center will employ 16 doc
torate-level psychologists, three
master's degree professional
counselors and four interns.
The center helps students who
have problems studying, taking
notes or reading textbooks, and it
also has career planning services
which help students choose a ma
jor. Two staff members are on
duty at night for emergency coun
seling and crisis intervention
The center also provides assis-
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Stephanie Durocher, left, Rhonda Kraft, center, and Stacy Zips look
through grade distribution books at the Student Counseling Services.
tance for problems of a more seri
ous nature such as suicide at
tempts and deaths.
Birch said there are about one
or two suicides deaths by A&M
students every year.
But Birch said they realize
when a student cannot be helped
by the center, in which case he or
agencies for assistance.
Student Counseling Services
was established in 1974 through
the efforts of Dr. John J. Koldus,
former vice-president for Student
Services.
Conference
By Michele Brinkmann
The Battalion
A hotel and conference center
may be built on the Texas A&M
campus if University officials re
ceive approval from A&M's
Board of Regents.
However, Rene Henry, director
of University Relations, said plans
are not definite for the project,
and it is only being considered.
"We are still in the study phase
process," he said. "Right now I
am gathering information from
other universities that have con
ference centers to see how they
are working."
Rick Floyd, associate vice presi
dent for finance and administra
tion and interim director of Food
Services, informed the regents of
the idea at its Dec. 10 meeting.
Floyd said Robert Smith, vice
president for finance and admin
istration, plans to hold a town hall
meeting to discuss the conference
complex considered for campus
Officials cite need for public
discussion before drafting plans
center with the public.
But before a date for this
meeting can be set. Smithes office
needs to address a series of sug
gestions that State Rep. Steve
Ogden, R-Bryan, sent to Smith
Nov. 3, Floyd said.
Ogden's office sent the letter
to The Battalion in which he said
he could not commit to support
legislation to authorize the pro
ject until A&M officials consider
the following:
•Engage in public dialogue so
that all view points can be con
sidered.
•Provide evidence that the pri
vate sector, on private property is
unlikely to meet the needs of the
University with respect to hotel
and conference facilities.
•Explain in more detail why a
"public/private" partnership ad
vances the interest of the students
and how it supports the mission
of the University.
•Justify any tax advantages the
hotel and conference center would
have over its competitors.
•Justify any financial obliga
tions, either actual or contingent,
that would be incurred by Texas
A&M and to justify any subsidies
or guarantees that would be re
quired in order to develop and
maintain these facilities.
"This is still in the discussion
stages, the very, very early
stages," Floyd said. "We still have
a lot of work to do yet. There is
not even a draft of the plans."
Floyd said earlier reports that
the center has been secretly
planned for more than a year and
that it is scheduled to open in ear
ly 1994 are "garbage."
The idea of a campus hotel and
conference center has been around
since Floyd came to the Universih
almost 20 years ago, he said.
Bryan City Manager Mike Con-
duff said he doesn't know enough
about the plans to draw any for
mal conclusions about the center
but he hopes the center will no!
conflict with the city of Bryan's
plan to build a smaller-scale cen
ter on Bryan's public golf course.
"This is one of the issues tlia!
we would like to discuss in the
public meetings," he said.
Conduff«flaid he has yet to see
plans for the conference center at
A&M.
College Station City Manager
Ron Ragland said he has had no
further conversations with Smith
on the topic since it was first dis
cussed.
Before the administration can
draw up plans and continue with
the center, it has to get the ap
proval of the Board of Regents.
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By Michele Brinkmann
The Battalion
by the middle of March.
Hellriegel said the large and diverse appli
cant pool the committee is seeking is one rea-
The Texas A&M Presidential Search Com
mittee has received a large number of inquiries
and applications as it makes progress towards
its goal of presenting a candidate to the Board
of Regents by the end of March.
Don Hellriegel, presidential search commit
tee chair, said in the past two A&M presiden
cies, the Board has not tried to attract a nation
al pool of applicants.
"We are progressing quite nicely and are
very positive and optimistic in terms of this be
ing a national search," he said.
Texas A&M University System Chancellor
William H. Mobley has asked the committee to
submit a list of three to five candidates to him
"We are progressing quite
nicely and are very positive
and optimistic in terms of this
being a national search."
- Don Hellriegel, presidential
search committee chair
son the individual candidates will not be inter
viewed on campus this year.
"We will interview those potential finalists
at a neutral site," he said.
Hellriegel said unlike other searches, the
presidential search is exempt from the OperJ
Records Act. Presidential applicants' names aif|
not public knowledge because of the delicate!
and critical positions the applicants may hold ■
"If it was found out that these people were
seeking another position, it could be adverse tc
them," Hellriegel said. "It could jeopardize
their positions that they currently hold."
When the search committee is ready tc
submit the names of the candidates to there
gents, the candidates names will be available!
to the public.
The 20-member committee, formed in Sep|
tember by Mobley, had its fifth meeting Jail:
14. The committee will continue to narrow the
list of applicants and will soon begin inter
viewing candidates.
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