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Week Days: 4 PM to 8 AM 84-5-2700 I Weekends: 24 hours a day <© I'm upset! We just broke up and I need to talk to someone. <© I think I hate my major. © I'm worried about my grades.0 How can I see someone at the counseling service? Mom just called & I'm worried about home. <£> I'm so lonely. Can we talk a while? The Helpline is a program of the Student Counseling Service, a department in the Division of Student Affairs. Tuesday • Febuary 24, 199| I would rather be driving a convertible Proudly offers these name brand names for an Exciting Spring Break "Coming Soon St-tAP^O BY WATER BY HAMO KIE l-TY HH Helly Hansen We know weaf he r 70% Off selected Specializing in Outdoor Adventure and items if you Travel needs for men and women ryo mention this ad! 1406 Texas Ave., South-Coilege Station • 695-2807 (Next to Copy Corner) Dine Out With Your Internet Phone Book. Check out the Restaurant Guide on our internet site and see where your appetite leads you. Rate the restaurants you like best or just see what's available, the choice is yours. Area-Wide Internet. Your phone book with a byte. AREA-WIDE >A.<r AREA-WIDE.com ■ MIKE FUENTESAhe I Brent Taylor, a junior marketing major, drives his bus through the “Howdy” route on Monday afternoon. Month Continued from Page 1 Mosadi Porter, a graduate edu cational administration major, has worked with the BAG for her practicum. Porter said Americans must learn about cultures to suc cessfully live together in society. “Black History Month is a review of the things we as a people have achieved,” Porter said. “It is a re minder of the struggles and the good things we have gone through and achieved. ” The idea for an observance honoring the accomplishments of African-Americans led to the es tablishment of Negro History Week in 1926. It was proposed by the late Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a Harvard- trained scholar and international educator who was the son of former slaves. Woodson is known as the Fa ther of Black History. Woodson realized the important role of African-Americans in Unit ed States and world history. His dream for the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History (ASALH) was to archive so ciological and historical data, pub lish books, promote the study of his tory and encourage racial harmony. In February 1926, Woodson an nounced the institution of “Negro History Week”, which coincided with the birthdays of Abraham Lin coln and Frederick Douglass. The observance became known as Black History Week during the early 1970s and was established Black History Month in 1976. Helen Smith, a spokesperson for ASALH, said Black History Month allows blacks to remember their heritage and share their culture with all Americans. “The work of the organization has historically been the conserva tion, preservation and perpetua tion of African-American history and culture,” Smith said. “Black History Month is one of the ways we do this. ” What's Up Tuesday TAMU Water Ski Club: A general meeting will be held at 8:30 p.m. in the Student Recreation Center. Con tact John at 695-8843 for details. Alpha Phi Omega: Meet to go to the Crestview Retirement Home at 3:30 p.m. in 133 Koldus. Aggie Lutherans: A meeting will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Treehouse, Our Saviors Lutheran Church. Call 694-6663 for details. Catholic Students Association: There will be a general meeting to day in MSC 225 from 7-8 p.m. There will also be a daily mass at 12:05 p.m. in the All-Faiths Chapel. Center for Academic Enhancement: A TASP Math review will be held from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in 526 Blocker. Call Amy at 845-2724 for details. Pre-Vet Society: There will be a gen eral meeting in MSC 292B at 8:30 p.m. Dr. Troy will be speaking about animal biotechnology. Pre-Medical Society: There will be a panel discussion on AIDS and disease awareness at 7 p.m. in MSC 292B. National Association of Environ mental Professionals (NAEP): Mitch Mathis, a senior research associate at the Center for Global Studies, will speak in Room 113 of the Peterson Building at 7 p.m. Study Abroad Programs Office: An informational meeting to promote the Italy Spring ’99 program will be held from 3 to 3:30 p.m. in Room 154,161 Bizzell Hall West. TAMU Forestry Club: Career Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in atrium of Horticulture/ Forest Science build ing for FRSC, WFSC, RLFM, RPTS, RENR and other majors. Inter times are available in Rm. HFSB. Call Raquel Diaz at 6678 or Ben Ballard at 775-5 for details. Aggie Anglers: General meetir new members and to discuss: urday’s tournament at Lake Bast; at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder 404. Call! at 693-5415 for details. Counseling Psychology Depa ment: They will hold a supp group for women in abusive tionships in 112 Harrington fra 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. Call 845 for more information. ® TAMU Gymnastics Club: An op practice will be held from 4:30 p.ii to 7 p.m. in 307 Read. Comej the gymnastics team and le skills from all ability levels, ners welcome. Call Abby at 6897 for more information. Disorders Continued from Page 1 “As dieting progresses, however, malnutrition and changes in brain chemistry occur,” Santucci said. “In dividuals may become increasingly more obsessed with weight loss and less able to eat normally.” Information tables will be in the MSC hallway today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Handouts will include informa tion on factors contributing to eating disorders, the binge/purge cycle of eating disorders and ways to help friends who have eating disorders. A screening program will be held tonight from 8:30 to 10 p.m. in 201 MSC. Included in the program is a pre sentation on eating disorders, an edu cational video, a panel discussion and confidential screenings performed by mental health professionals. Tammy Ackerman, Aggie R.E.A.C.H. chair, said an estimated one in every 200 girls is starving themselves. On college and universi ty campuses, that number increases to one in every 100 young women. “I think it’s more prevalent among college students because people are away from home for the first time and have increased pressures,” Ackerman said. “It’s so prevalent on campuses, even if someone doesn't think they have (an eating disorder), chances are that they know someone that does.” Eating disorders are not restricted to women. According to the NEDSP eating disorders are becoming in creasingly common in males, espe cially male athletes. Kristina Diecidue, a psychology intern with Student Counseling Services, said some of the people that have come in for help with eating disorders were involved in athletics. Diecidue said wrestlers who need to drop a weight class and sv who need faster speeds in cor tion may develop eating disorde “There is the idea that lea faster,” Diecidue said. “But coa here are really downplaying i ins or weight requirements.” Jane Cohen, health educator a nutritional specialist at the Stud Health Center, described a team a proach in treating eating disor She said they use a physician i treat physical problems, a dietitian* deal with the food component c psychologist to provide counseling-j “While [the illness] focuses ( food, it has a deeper identity wit family situations, stress and r ships," Cohen said. “Food is just t tip of the iceberg.” For students unable to attend 8 days program, Cohen welcomes a pointments for personal scr and dietary analysis. ^Battalion Tiffany Inbody, Editor in Chief Helen Clancy, Copy Chief Brad Graeber, Visual Arts Editor Robert Smith, City Editor Jeremy Furtick, Sports Editor James Francis, Aggielife Editor Mandy Cater, Opinion Editor Ryan Rogers, Photo Editor Chris Huffines, Radio Producer Sarah Goldston, Radio Producer Dusty Moer, Web Editor Aaron Meier, Night News Editor Staff Members Cm- Colleen Kavanagh. 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