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The Battalion
Monday
June 13,1994
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Alcohol
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questions relating to job deci
sions and careers as men have
in the past,” Reardon said.
“The problem we are facing is
women are beginning to deal
with stress the same way as
men do.”
Sgt. Dan Jones, with the Col
lege Station Police Department,
said he has not noticed a signif
icant change in the number of
women arrested for alcohol re
lated charges.
“We do arrest a significant
number of females for Pis,
MIPs and DWIs, but the num
bers haven’t really increased
over the past few years,” he
said.
Many A&M students agree
that women are drinking more,
but are not aware that an alco
hol problem may be surfacing.
Kelisey McCloud, a sopho
more psychology major, said
she thinks women do drink as
much as men.
“It still surprises me to see a
girl carrying around a pitcher
of beer,” she said. “It really
shouldn’t bother me though, be
cause it is something I see each
time I go out.”
Heather Jasinsky, a waitress
at Sidepockets, a College Sta
tion pool hall, said just as many
women order drinks as men.
“I feel the ratio between men
and women drinking to be
about equal,” she said. “Also,
women aren’t just ordering
beer. They order hard liquor
and shots as often as men.”
Sam Steirman, former em
ployee of a College Station bar,
said he can’t say women buy as
many drinks as men because
many times men purchase the
alcohol for women.
“Even though women may
not buy as many drinks, that
does not mean they aren’t con
suming the same amount of al
cohol or drinking to get drunk
less than men,” he said.
Melanie Fernandez, a sopho
more nutrition major, thinks
accusations concerning wom
en’s drinking habits to be some
what biased.
“I’m sure many women do go
out to get drunk, but not all of
them,” Fernandez said.
“Sometimes I go out and have a
drink, and sometimes I don’t.”
Reardon said that in the
Texas A&M System the trend
toward abusive drinking is
muted by the overall conserva
tive nature and traditions of
the school and the students’
high family values.
“The challenge we face now
is finding a solution to counter
act any drinking problems
among college men and
women,” Reardon said. “By
College
drinking
The Commission on Substance
Abuse at Colleges and Universities
has turned up alarming statistics on
alcohol abuse. White students are
the biggest offenders, with a sharp
increase in the number of women
drinking on campus.
Average number of drinks per week
9
White Hispanic White Black Black
males males females males females
Other statistics
■ In 90 percent of all campus rapes,
the assailant, the victim or both had
been drinking.
■ Sixty percent of college women who
acquire sexually transmitted diseases,
including herpes and AIDS, were drunk
at the time of infection.
■ Students spend $5.5 billion on alcohol
each year, more than on their books,
coffee, tea, sodas and other drinks
combined.
AP/Bob Bianchini
informing and showing stu
dents the effects of alcohol and
also working to find ways to
relieve stress, I am optimistic
about the College Station area.”
Haiti
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for democracy and instead are receiving dema
goguery,” Schrager said.
President Clinton’s special adviser on Haiti,
William Gray III, dismissed the address. “I
doubt if a speech delivered at 2 a.m. ... by a pup
pet government really has any major signifi
cance,” he said on ABC-TV Sunday.
There was no further statement after the
predawn speech and journalists who went to
Jonassaint’s home were turned away by guards.
Sen. Tumeb Delpe, leader of the pro-Aristide
National Front for Change and Democracy, de
scribed the declaration as an attempt to confuse
Haitians with a state of siege, under which mar
tial law is declared.
Other analysts saw it as a symbolic effort to
rally Haitians opposed to Aristide, a Roman
Catholic priest who was overwhelmingly chosen
in 1990 in Haiti’s first free election.
Jonassaint saved his harshest words for Aris
tide, whom he accused of “asking these people to
invade Haiti to return us to slavery.”
Recalling the nation’s founding fathers, who
ousted French slaveholder colonists to win inde
pendence in 1804, Jonassaint urged Haitians to
fight to the death “to resist any foreign interven
tion.” The nation also was occupied by U.S. sol
diers from 1915 to 1934.
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voting student seat on each
university system’s Board of
Regents. The bill died in the
Texas House of Representatives'
after being introduced for the .
22nd time.
Confidentiality at board
meetings would still be main
tained because the bill re
quires the student regent to be
absent from closed sessions.
Since the Board represents
the Texas A&M System, the
bill requires a student regent
to be present from each school
in the system.
West said her only concern is
how to choose the student and
that the process of selection
will have to be stopped some
where.
However, Bowen said, he
feels that a better way to deal
with student issues is to sit
down one-on-one in an infor
mal setting because the Board
of Regents deals with more
than just student issues.
A&M Regent T. Michael O’
Connor said he thinks it would
be beneficial to have a student
regent because there is a lack of
knowledge among students
about what goes on in board
meetings.
“People say that student is
sues are not being addressed,
but the meetings have been
moved to the second floor of the
Memorial Student Center to
make them more accessible to
students and faculty,” he said.
“Our mission was to put
meetings where they enable
more exposure and students
can walk in and see what we
are doing,” he said.
A&M Regent Bill Clayton
also supports the idea because
he said he welcomes student
input.
“I don’t mind them coming to
meetings because I truly appre
ciate students and their involve
ment at any time,” he said.
O’Connor said he would also
like to sit in on student govern
ment meetings to get an idea of
the issues facing students.
“I would be happy to sit in on
student government meetings
or whatever it takes,” he said.
“I would like to establish the
kind of relationship with stu
dents where we can sit down
and talk about issues.”
O’Connor said he extends an
open invitation at any time for
students or faculty to attend
board meetings and to address
any issues they wish to discuss.
A&M Regent Guadalupe L.
Rangel said she supports the
idea of students being involved
and said she encourages them
to listen, learn and participate
at meetings.
“This is a public meeting;
students can speak out,” she
said.
A&M Regent Alison Leland
Briscoe said there are a lot of
competing interest groups that
would like to have a seat on the
board. This concern was voiced
by other legislators who worry
that if students gain a seat,
other factions would demand
representation.
“I think it would be a great
opportunity for a student to
learn and contribute to the
work the regents do,” she said.
“On the other hand, we have
seven institutions, so the per
son would have to represent
them also.”
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Richards office said Richards
supports the idea of a student
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Monday
Student Counseling Service, Center
For Career Planning: Strong interest
inventory workshop. (Requires completion
of testing 2 working days prior to
workshop). From 1:30 - 3:00 P.M. at
Henderson Hall, Student Counseling
Service. For more information contact the
Center for Career Planning at 845-4427.
welcome. No experience necessary
Contact Faye at 822-0651 or Janina at
696-0877 for more information.
Tuesday
Student Counseling Service, Center
For Career Planning: How to choose
a major workshop. From 10:00 - 12:00
noon at Henderson Hall, Student
Counseling Service. For more
information contact the Center for Career
Planning at 845-4427.
Mexican Student Association:
General meeting at 7:00 P.M. 106
Richardson Bldg. (Petroleum Eng
Bldg.). Contact Alejandro at 693-8955
for more information.
G.L.B.A. (Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual
Aggies): Religious discussion group,
general meeting at 7:00 P.M. 145 MSC.
For more information call Gayline at
847-0321.
Rio Brazos Audubon Meeting: There
will be a discussion between the two
candidates for Southwest Region
representative to the Audubon National
Board. Incumbent David Carson of
Bastrop Audubon and challenger Ted
Eubanks of Houston Audubon will
participate. Meeting at 7:30 P.M. room
101, College Station Conference Center
For additional information call Bert Frenz
at 846-9042(wk) or 693-3214(hm).
TAMU Roadrunners: Anyone
interested in getting in shape and making
friends should come run with us. Monday
through Thursday every week at 9:00
P.M. in front of G. Rollie. Contact Shea
for more information at 694-8000.
Student Counseling Service: African
American Support Group every Tuesday
afternoon from 3:00 - 4:30 P.M. in
Henderson Hall (Student Counseling
Service). Contact Dr. Brian K. Williams at
845-4427 for more information.
TAMU Women’s Rugby: Practice every
Monday and Wednesday from 6:30 -
7:30 P.M. at the rugby field next to the
polo field. Old and new members
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call the newsroom at 845-3313.
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