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By Daphne Phillips
The Battalion
S tudies have found symbolism
in the way people dot their i’s
and cross their t’s. A person’s
handwriting is his or her private
trademark, which cannot be repro
duced by any other individual.
Graphology, also known as
handwriting analysis, is the study of
penmanship to determine person
ality, aptitudes and even a person’s
past. It is sometimes taught as a
branch of psychology and is rou
tinely used as a job-screening tool
in Europe.
Graphologist Anne-Marie Sey-
farth said handwriting analysis of
fers an in-depth understanding of
self and others as well as the oppor
tunity to explore additional possi
bilities for a more fulfilling life.
“Our handwriting reveals our
character, attitudes, likes and dis
likes, the way we think and feel,
the depth and scope of our emo
tions, our imagination, abilities
and possible talents, chances for
success and fears and defenses,”
Seyfarth said.
With an accuracy rate of 85-90
percent, handwriting analysis reveals
personal characteristics through
several graphic elements. Grapholo
zine that emotions often can be de
termined by the slant of handwriting.
“Slanting to the left or straight up
and down can indicate a withdrawn
person,” Imberman said. “A slant to
ward the right signals a friendly per
sonality, and a heavy slant toward the
right can be an index of impulsivity.”
Although handwriting analysis
reveals numerous personality traits,
all handwriting changes from time
to time.
Deborah Berk, president of a
handwriting consulting firm, said
in HR Focus magazine that mood
or weight may change over time,
but bone structure or height rarely
do. These analyses can be related
to handwriting.
“How many people look the
same way at 2 p.m. as they did at 6
a.m.?” Berk said. “The same princi
ple applies to handwriting. The size
of the letters may be different be
tween samples, but speed and pres
sure most often remain constant.
And those elements are what char
acterize each individual.”
From large corporations to
small businesses, handwriting
analysis gives employers insight
into new hires and employees they
want to promote. Handwriting
analysis is similar to psychological
testing, but less expensive, faster,
gists study size, speed, slant, pressure less stressful to the subject and of-
and spacing of handwriting. ten less intrusive.
Graphologist Arlyn Imberman
said in Successful Meetings maga- See HANDWRITING, Page 4
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The Battalion
prophet can be someone divinely in
spired or an individual with the ability to
see into the future. Bryan-College Station
|:k band Lost Prophets sees their future in
ng music.
hree shows every week, including birthday
ties, bar mitzvahs, weddings and funerals,
te business as usual for the band. Tonight’s
low will be held on Double Dave’s patio on
Irthgate at 8 p.m.
PhotoEdito r ■si n g er /g U i tar j st Gonzales, an English
iEber, CaRT° oN Iduate student, and keyboard player Mike
■hop met nine years ago at Santa Barbara City
jniversityin'^fBloge in California. Gonzales said the music
are in 013 Re® 1 ^ Ine in Santa Barbara contrasts significantly with
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was different in California because there
nentbyTiie i r e all kinds of famous bands — Toad the Wet
>d advertising 1:311 t| roc ^ et ’ Ugly Kid Joe, Dishwalla — in ourhome-
8 a.m. to 5 P 11 -” Gonzales said. “When you see your friends
■MTV, you think, ‘Why can’t that be us?”’
nick up a ^■Bishop said playing to small Texas crowds can
too! year and |^ scoura g in g-
2611 I came to this desolate wasteland to try to
fallal something out of this nothingness,” he
uringth ® ^oiKjaysi-ld. “We’re trying to build a scene. I can defi-
U ' 1IVe f SI n IX f ee l a surge, an upswell of people wanting
^flexasA&M^ 66 live music.”
ingl |Upon their arrival in Aggieland two years ago,
■hop and Gonzales recruited drummer Scott
McKenzie, a junior business analysis major, and
began to write songs. The original bassist they re
cruited was replaced in August 1996 by Jesse Gob-
er, a senior animal science major.
Gober said there are no disadvantages to play
ing in a college town — except in College Station.
“This is the most sterile university,” he said. “In
Athens, Ga., it’s like Northgate times five. There’s
no scene here.”
Despite frustration with local circumstances,
the band members enjoy playing as often as pos
sible. Their debut album, recorded at Harry O’s in
Wheelock, Texas, is currently being digitally mas
tered in Los Angeles. The album features power
ballads with a pop groove.
Gonzales said his experience as an English
teaching assistant has helped him write words
with meaning.
“The songs were all written with love in mind,”
he said. “It’s all well and good to write about poli
tics, but when it comes down to it, I guess I’m a
jaded romantic. The CD is a series of heartbreaks
with distortion.”
Bishop said the band’s music is personalized
and deals directly with emotions each band mem
ber has experienced.
“All of us have an urgency and a need for love,”
he said. “That’s evident in the music and the way
we play. That’s part of who we are.”
Gonzales agreed, saying the band members are
“compulsive” where the subject of love is concerned.
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