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Arson suspect arrest
ed Tuesday
Looking to right flank. Dole calls for school prayei
TV values, looks to strengthen position in GOP
The Bryan Police Department
arrested its first suspect Tuesday in
the March 28 arson of the Bryan
Public Library.
Ronnie O’Neal Jr. turned himself
in to the Midland County Sheriff’s
Department Monday afternoon.
Sgt. Choya Wallings, public
relations officer for the Bryan Police
Department, said that another
suspect, Clyde Newton Settles has
informed the Bryan Police by
telephone that he will turn himself in
within the next few days.
□ The Republican front-run
ner speaks of his conserva
tive record and discusses so
cial issues.
Preregistration will
include summer two
Beginning Monday, April 17,
students will be able to preregister for
all their fall and summer classes.
Registrar, Donald Carter, said until
this semester, students could only
preregister for the fall and the 10-week
and first summer sessions. Students
then had to register for the second
summer session at a later date.
“Starting next Monday, students
can preregister for the fall and all their
summer courses,” he said. “If they
have their academic year planned,
students will not have to wait to
register.”
Carter said due to programming
and fee technicalities, students had to
wait until June to register for the
second summer session. He said
there will be another preregistration
date in June for students who have
not already planned what they want
to take or are not sure whether or not
they are attending during the second
summer session.
DBS MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Moving
to shore up his conservative creden
tials, Bob Dole called for voluntary
school prayer Tuesday and lashed out
at Hollywood for promoting “casual vi
olence and even more casual sex.”
“We began as a people seeking reli
gious freedom and have evolved into a
nation whose government often seems
the enemy of religion,” the Republican
presidential front-runner said as he
campaigned in Ohio and Iowa. “The
moral code we nurture in our churches
and synagogues is under attack from
our government.”
Dole’s overture to conservatives in
cluded tough talk on welfare reform
and a promise to phase out federal
funding for the arts and humanities,
longtime targets of the Christian right.
And he accused President Clinton of
contributing to the nation’s moral de
cline by abdicating leadership in the
war on drugs.
Dole’s courting of social conserva
tives came just a day after he made a
major gesture to economic conserva
tives: pledging not to raise income tax
es if elected president next year.
Taken together, the remarks under
scored Dole’s principal goal on his
week long campaign announcement
tour: to cement his position as the
front-runner by strengthening his sup
port among the conservative factions
ascendant in GOP politics.
To rivals, these might be viewed as
concessions to shore up weaknesses.
But the Senate majority leader reject
ed that characterization during a con
versation with reporters on his cam
paign plane.
He said he signed the tax pledge, af
ter refusing to do so in his failed 1988
campaign, because this year’s version
allowed for the closing of loopholes.
As for his comments on values, Dole
said that he had a proven conservative
record on social issues but that it had
received little attention in the context
of his Senate career.
Nonetheless, in dropping his usual re
luctance to discuss social issues Dole
highlighted the importance of religious
conservative voters, and the competition
among GOP contenders for their support.
He made values the centerpiece of speech
es at the Ohio statehouse and then later
at the Iowa State Fairgrounds.
Wading into the school prayer de-
"YVe began as a people seeking
religious freedom and have
evolved into a nation whose
government often seems the
enemy of religion"
— Bob Dole
bate. Dole said: “If students can dis
cuss sports and music or drama at
school they should also be allowed to
voluntarily — voluntarily — pray.”
Some Republicans support a consti
tutional amendment allowing school
prayer; Dole voted in favor of such an
amendment in 1984.
His preference, however, is legislation
allowing students to pray and lead peers
in prayer; school officials could notlg
dictate prayers. Dole has not introt;
such legislation and told reporters!
was virtually no chance such a
clear the Senate next year.
In taking aim at Hollywood,!
sounded much like former Vice Prey
Dan Quayle, whose decision to sri
the 1996 race is one reason theft
ian conservative vote is not see
committed to any one candidate.
“Every parent knows the gres
challenge to family valuesis
way our popular culture riditt
them,” Dole said. “Our miii
movies and advertising regu!
push the limits of decency, bom!
ing our children with destrud
messages of casual violence
even more casual sex.”
Dole said censorship was not the
swer because “we have more to
than to gain from putting Washm;
in charge of culture.”
Instead, he said individuals,!
lies and communities needed to
the mission up themselves. “Share
a powerful tool,” Dole said. “We sir
use it. ... Let’s put the heat on
entertainment industry.”
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Blow of personal loss softened by time, family suppo
Senate approves uni
versity merger bill
By Deborah Barton
Student Counseling Service
AUSTIN (AP) — The Baylor
College of Dentistry and East Texas
State University would become part of
the Texas A&M University System
under bills passed by the Texas
Senate.
One of the bills also includes a
proposal already passed by the Senate
to shift Texas A&M International
University in Laredo to the University of
Texas System.
Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, said
she wanted the Laredo provision in
more than one bill to give it another
chance at passage in the 1995
Legislature. “It gives us another
opportunity,” she said.
The bills passed unanimously
Tuesday and go to the House for
consideration.
Under a bill by Sen. David Cain, D-
Dallas, the independent Baylor College
of Dentistry in Dallas would transfer to
the A&M System. Governing boards of
the college and the system have
endorsed the move.
Loss is a universal human
experience that involves change
— in relationships, location,
health or a belief system.
Change can be intentional or
unintentional, desirable or un
desirable.
Grief is the feeling associated
with coming to terms with loss.
The grief process involves saying
goodbye, gaining closure and
moving on with the rest of life.
Grief can be thought of as a
journey through stages. Some
stages are visited more than
once or a journey may skip
some stages.
One stage may include a
brief period of denial, shock or
numbness. This period can al
low a person to carry on duties
like legal tasks, funerals or im
portant exams.
Anger, yearning and denial of
the permanence of the loss may
occur next. It is a mistake to min
imize feelings of loss or hurt.
A period of despair or disor
ganization can follow.
The reality of the loss sets in
and underscores the meaning
or value of the loss. Mourning
is central to this time. Normal
functioning may stop while the
pain of grief is endured.
A time of reorganization or
re-entry is next. Humor is re
covered and a person can enjoy
things or relationships again.
Remember that it takes a
full year to experience holidays,
special events, birthdays or oth
er important dates after a loss.
The intensity of the grief will
ebb and flow during this time.
Grief lasting a year is not uncom
mon when someone you love dies.
Suggestions for coping with
loss:
• Participate in the appro
priate, familiar social and cul
tural ritual when possible. A
funeral may intensify feelings,
but aids in closure.
Some changes may require
designing your own ritual. A di
vorce, for example, does not
have a ritual ending in the
American culture.
• Find and use support sys
tems. Family members can
help each other by talking with
each other instead of holding
painful feelings in. Talk. Cry.
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Grief can be thought of as a jour
ney through stages. Some stages
are visited more than once or a
journey may skip some stages.
of the loss. Name and accept
the feelings accompanying the
loss. Sometimes using writing,
art or music helps.
• Stay with a routine, even if
it feels like just going through
the motions.
• Be gentle, forgiving and pa
tient with yourself. It is all right
to make mistakes or lose your
concentration.
• Accept ups
and downs.
Some days will
be better and
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some worse.
• Give your
self time. Time
does
how
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Sometimes family members
are not available. Find a friend
who can listen with empathy or
find another person who has ex
perienced a similar loss. Avoid
isolation from other people.
• Acknowledge the meaning
heal,
long
but
it
takes is an individual thing.
• Wait to make major life de
cisions.
• Stay away from depressive
chemicals like alcohol that
numb your pain.
When to get professional
help:
People sometimes askcoi
selors for help if they do
have a support system or
uncomfortable talking*;
family and friends.
Being stuck in one staff
grief or being told a griefra
tion is prolonged or severea
signal that counseling is ifi
priate. Some people develop
longed physical symptoms,d
as stomach problems, diffiG
sleeping, unusual fatigue or!i
of appetite that signal a nek
professional help.
Doubts about yourself or!
grieving process are also leg
mate reasons to ask a counsf
for reassurance. v,Wc.
Counseling: ? ““
Counselors are available
help with the grief process.
Students currently enrol
at A&M can make an appo:
ment to visit a counselor
calling the Student Counsel
Service in Henderson
845-4427.
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