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Construction to begin
on low-income center
The Center for Housing and Urban
Development in Texas A&M's College
of Agriculture will begin construction on
its sixth community center in a low-in
come unincorporated colonia.
The new center will be built in the
Sparks community near El Paso, Texas on
May 11, and it will serve as a place where
educational, medical and social services
will be available to the residents.
Centers are currently operating near
Brownsville, Weslaco, Laredo and in
Montana Vista near El Paso.
Another contract is pending for a center
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A&M leads state in
graduating students
Texas A&M University leads all
Texas public universities in the per
centage of freshmen who earn bac
calaureate degrees.
The Legislative Budget Board's "Sum
mary Assessment for Agency Perfor
mance" reported that during the six-year
period covered by the report, 68 percent
of A&M freshmen earned their degrees.
The University of Texas at Dallas and
the University of Texas at Austin fol
lowed A&M with 67 percent and 65
percent, respectively.
A&M and the University of Texas tied at
87 percent for Ix'st retention after one aca
demic year of full-time, first-time freshmen.
National Day of Prayer
celebrated locally
National Day of Prayer was celebrated
across the country Thursday night and ac
tivities extended to the Bryan/College Sta
tion area where members of all faiths and
denominations gathered at the Brazos
Center to offer prayers for the city and na
tion, for family and friends, and for govern
ment and schools.
Local leaders and ministers led the
service which was sponsored by Alders-
gate United Methodist Church. This is the
45th consecutive year National Day of
Prayer has been recognized in the area.
By Marissa Alanis
The Battalion
Every day more than 28 mil
lion Americans experience some
form of anxiety.
Anxiety can strike at any time —
while on the job, stalled in rush hour
traffic or preparing for a big exam.
However, high levels of anxiety
can be a cause for concern when it
affects an individual’s productivity,
personal relationships and social life.
Texas A&M’s Employee Assis
tance Program in conjunction with
National Anxiety Disorders Screen
ing Day provided two seminars
May 1 to educate faculty, staff and
other employees about anxiety.
Last October, the Health Step
Risk Assessment Program, which
identifies and educates employees
on health issues, found that more
than 50 percent of A&M’s employ
ees were vulnerable to stress.
Dr. Anna Jenkins, a counseling
psychologist and co-coordinator of the
seminars, said the difference be
tween stress and anxiety is that
stress is a pressure or strain on the
system that forces a person to adjust.
Anxiety is a fear that sur
rounds a specific event. Jenkins
said a person would be experienc
ing anxiety if he or she failed a
test and perceived it in such a cat
astrophic way that he or she
would begin to consider the possi
bility of being jobless or homeless
as a result of the test score.
At the seminars, employees
watched a video that identified
five common anxiety disorders,
which included panic, obsessive-
compulsive behaviors, generalized
anxiety, social phobia and trau
matic stress disorders.
Symptoms of a disorder such as
social phobia would include the
recurring fear of being visible to
others because the person could
be scrutinized. These individuals
are afraid of being subjects of hu
miliating or embarrassing acts, so
they avoid social situations, which
could interfere with their work.
After the video, the employees
had the opportunity to take an
anxiety disorders screening test,
and a panel of psychologists and
counselors discussed the implica
tions of anxiety disorders.
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will formulate a diagnosis so the^.^^
patient can grasp an hnderstaifd
ing of the causes and effects of his
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Dr. Barbara ^anfprd, a psjjyj
chologisit in the, Bryan-Collegc
Station area> said more that! one
road of treatment exists for anxi
ety disorders.
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of not treating disorders can in
clude impaired job performance,
lowered production, impaired re
lationships and being afraid to go
out in public.
Graciela Leon, a professional
counselor in the Bryan-College
Station area, said people who
know someone with an anxiety
disorder feel frustrated by the
person’s behavior and will dis
tance themselves from the person
in the long run.
“It’s very frustrating to go with
someone to a restaurant who can’t
even read the menu and make a
decision,” Leon said.
Dr. DeWayne Taylor, a psy
chologist in Bryan and College
Station, said that when patients
come in for help, the counselor is
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ety disorder, which might prevent^paymei
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