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sub Student Counseling —BH|^nrmwm»vmw»finnwwmnniwV< 845-2700 Hetp£in& The Batialion FREE CONFIDENTIAL 845-2700 ©I m upset. We just broke up & I need to talk to someone. ® I think I hate my major. How can I find the right one for me © I'm stressed out! What can I do? © I'm on scho pro- worried about grades. How do I improve my study skills? © How do I make an appointment to see someone at the Counseling Service? © Mom just called & I'm worried about what's going on at home. © Does the Student Counseling Service have a group for someone like me? © I'm lonely. Can we talk a while? © Provided by the Student Counseling Service, Texas A&M University. .g Call the at 845-2700 ~ Healthy Aggies 2000 committee introduces new programs for fal /WAES □ An Internet home page for health center information and a 24-hour counseling service are two of the programs created by an A&M committee to keep students healthy. Society oj 'Mexico^ /tnenicott SnyiM&M and Sciwti&U FIRST MEETING By Javier Hinojosa The Battalion Date: Thurs., September 7 Time: 7:00 p.m. Place: HELD 100 ALL WELCOME! FREE PIZZA! Members of the Healthy Aggies 2000 com mittee Wednesday introduced their fall ini tiatives to keep Texas A&M students men tally and physically in shape. The new programs include a campaign against alcohol abuse, a 24-hour phone coun seling service and a new Internet home page. Helen Janss, assistant coordinator of the Center for Drug Prevention and Education, said CDPE is working with Aggie REACH (Representatives Education About College Health) to deal with the issues concerning alcohol abuse on campus. “We have been working with Aggie REACH to make students aware of the typi cal facts and myths about alcohol,” Janss said. “Basically, we’re just letting students know that it’s their decision and that they need to make it a responsible one.” In order to increase awareness, represen tatives of the Division of Student Affairs will be speaking with student leaders, faculty and staff, Janss said. “We will be promoting alternative activi ties, such as special events where students can come and have fun,” she said. “It will be a natural high.” Dr. Deborah Rabinowitz, a psychologist with Student Counseling Services, said the staff for the Student HelpLine, a new phone counseling service, will complete training Sept. 22. The counseling service will be available to students from 4 p.m. until midnight on weekdays and 24 hours on weekends. Stu dents can call the HelpLine at 845-2700. The Student Counseling Service also re ceived funding for a full-time psychiatrist, Rabinowitz said. Dr. Jane Cohen, coordinator of health ed ucation for the A.P. Beutel Health Center, introduced the new home page for Healthy Aggies 2000 on the World Wide Web, and the address is 2000.tamu.edu. “There is a lot of interest in this area,” Co hen said. “Students can have access to the health center whenever they need it.” The home page currently resembli brochure, but will expand to include^ tion and answer programs, she said. Dr. Bill Kibler, associate vice presid for student affairs, said the committee!* fits the students because it has accesstoi rent student health trends. “The committee accesses health infou tion and health trends data from stud® and then follows up with programst! think will affect A&M students most,"Kit said. “Programs address such things ast ing disorders, drug and alcohol abuse, nut tion, student behavior and habits.” The Healthy Aggies 2000 committeer formed in 1993 to improve A&M studec health and fitness. Members of the commi come from departments within the Univers: and leaders from community health agencies li an Committee members address 13 heal'® - areas identified as specific to the heal needs of the student body. These areas include physical activity fitness, nutrition, tobacco, alcohol, fami planning, sexually transmitted diseast HIV, mental health, violent and abusive! " havior, unintentional injuries and person! safety, environmental health and chroi disease prevention. 18/ Shelly Batton Kate Bishop Jenny Blackwell Amy Broline ^ Julie Hart Holly Heflin Amanda Horner Holly Hoskins Presidential candidates get caught in the Net lefts’ an ice c One thee sure have McDaniel Kelly McSpadden Jena Meche Erin g J=! <v N w Reames Ashly Robinson Jennifer Rodman Ashley Underhill Corrie Vick > o (h <D G S-4 H > 3 o o o- "C O Oi e LG o <xs Od G I 3 < fG <D <D o3 <D G O' I'O G > G o <L> G £ JG G -V! CD (D Pi G CD -G a, CD o # We Love Theta Class ‘95 CD 0 00 G i-i G G ^1 > 3 G G CL G GO o G CL CD M GO tr G G CL £ G £ Cd g p | § Ol o 3. G CL □ Voters can stay at home and access information about the 1996 presidential race via Internet. > C/3 jlr vf 2 < CD td G 3 C/3 (D < GO o Ef G CL CD G O G* O CG G" G O G r G G sureT[i!AA SjnquoRiqAV qjTUis: oqso'i joguquios 1 uojnun oqnf uniiqij oiqqy uosjojoj ipumg joqrej P jomtnig oiSuy uunmqo'q ^Ifing oqop\[nq jojiunop g o o CL, ^ § CD 3 -«l W CD 3 WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a booming new neigh borhood on the Internet, Ameri cans can bypass bug-infested campaign picnics or rhetoric-filled rallies and dive into presidential politics from home. Voters who want more than TV sound bites are taking part in on-line chat sessions with the 1996 presidential candidates. They’re reading speeches deliv ered hundreds of miles away and calling up campaign schedules to see who’s coming to town. Since 1992, the Internet has moved beyond circles of computer- literati into the home computers of millions of voters. The candidates’ computer sites seem to reflect their personalities. Unassuming Sen. Dick Lugar, R- Ind., asks visitors, “Who is Dick Lugar?” while hard-driving Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, wants browsers to know they’re part of something bigger. Before signing off his site, a recent visitor is in formed she is “the 147,889th visi tor to this page.” In his “Issues” section, Pat Buchanan’s views on border politics spill forth in a lengthy introductory essay: “Illegal im migration must be halted and no illegal alien given welfare. The presidency must become a bully pulpit for traditional val ues. Not gays in the military.” Viewers can return to the campaigns’ on-line sites as they are updated with daily quotes from political pundits, aug mented trip schedules and can didate responses to incoming mail. “You don’t even have to wait for sound bites any more. You have In terbites,” said Paul Unger, a spe cialist in telecom munications and Don id a in that are made in the heat of ttlion i Rir tie o moment,” he said. Let the browser beware though. Mischievous Net users allow v ready have launched fake homi gulat pages that can put a candidate.' foot securely in his mouth. "They may be from far ends of the spectrum, but that's the wonder of the Net — it's one to one." — Martha Baa Wired magazine features editoi edran vice president of Chicago-based A.T. Kearney Executive Search. Unger said the Internet also may protect candidates from “foot in mouth” disease. “You at least may avoid some of the mistakes Experts estimate that one quarter of all U.S. homes \ be on line in the next five years. 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College Station, TX 77840 4 Blocks East of Texas Ave. & University Dr. Intersection ! «And bill irrival, A K T National Professional Business Fraternity presents: Fall Rush ‘95 First Baptist Church College Station 2300 Welsh (Across 2818 from A&M Consolidated High School) loryvil W C, JUstor The Battalion Editorial Staff Rob Clark, editor in chief Sterling Hayman, Managing Editor Kyle Littlefield, Opinion Editor Gretchen Perrenot, City Editor Informational Meeting: Monday, September 11 th 301 Rudder 7:00 - 9:00 PM Casual Attire Professional Casual Rush: Wednesday, September 13th 301 Rudder 7:00 - 9:00 PM Professional Casual Attire Service Schedule 8:30 a.m. Worship 9:45 a.m. Bible Study 10:45 a.m. Worship 5:00 p.m. Discipleship 6:00 p.m. Worship Various weeknight Bible Studies/Discipleship jODY HOLLEY, Night News Editor Stacy Stanton, night News editor Michael Landauer, Aggieufe editor Nick Georgandis, Sports Editor Stew Milne, Photo Editor Staff Members Professional Rush: Thursday, September 14th College Station Hilton, Ballroom 4 7:00 - 9:00 PM Professional Attire Social Rush: Friday, September 15th Time & Place T.B.A. ^Invitation Only Van Schedule & Route 9:25 a.m.-The BSU 9:30 a.m.- The Commons For more information, call: Crista Heflin 693-5931 Priscilla Guajardo 696-2598 Craig Wilburn 693-7260 ‘AK'F... 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