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lexas A&M University offers a
taste of independence to stu
dents as well as an education,
(espite this new-found freedom,
:nts do not have to face their
’e problems alone,
le Student Counseling Center
Student Conflict Resolution
ler offer multi-faceted services
Ifocus on the education of the
mt and their personal growth,
he Student Counseling Center,
ed in Henderson Hall, provides
main services: academic coun-
g, career counseling, personal
iseling and crisis intervention,
services are covered through
Student Service Fee.
Wade Birch, director of Stu-
iit Counseling Services, said the
svice focuses on helping students
Je it through A&M.
)ur main purpose is to do
rthing we can to help students’
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piirch said. “That’s the only rea
we exist.”
iS is staffed by 15 psychologists,
[counselors and one psychiatrist,
irch said the SCS staff is there to
ly serve the students needs.
[[The SCS] staff are not academ
ies, and they’re not researchers.
Kr all were hired because they
Ter to work with students,” he
|. “It is absolutely required that
ieptaff care about the students. ”
Academic counseling, learning
Js resources and personal coun
ting are offered Monday through
pthySa.m. to 5 p.m.
!roup counseling and special
fkshops are set up at various
i throughout the semester,
student-manned Helpline is
liable 24-hours a day for stu-
Its, and a 24-hour CounselLine al
ls students to call and listen to in-
Jnational tapes on a variety of
ppcs ranging from depression to
posing a career.
Hesomces in the Learning
Library, including videos,
hputer programs and cassette
|es, can be accessed after nor-
operation hours, Monday
pough Friday 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. by
Uppointment.
Birch said any student who even
questions whether or not they
should seek counseling should use
the Student Counseling Service.
“If that thought, T wonder if I
need counseling,’ crosses a student’s
mind, it is probably a good indicator
they need to come visit us,” he said.
“1 suggest to students to get in as ear
ly in the semester as they can be
cause we frequently have a long
waiting list.”
Birch said despite the waiting list,
emergency situations and crisis in
tervention situations do not require
an appointment.
“Emergency services are avail
able to students day, night and on
the weekends,” he said. “An emer
gency is whatever the student de
fines to be an emergency. ”
Emergencies after normal busi
ness hours are referred to the SCS
HelpLine (845-2700), which is-
manned by students and backed by
five psychologists.
“There is not a minute in a sev
en-day, 24-hour week a student can
not get a human voice here,” he
said. “They are going to get some
one. The HelpLine is here to be sup
portive and give students advice and
referrals.
“For serious things, the students
[workers] do not take the calls, they
are patched on to the psychologist
who is on duty.”
Birch said crisis intervention
is required when a suicide at
tempt or other emotional trauma
has occurred.
“If someone kills themselves, that
is the only problem we can’t solve,”
he said. “If a student is feeling that
desperate, there are things we can
do to help them.”
The Student Conflict Resolution
Center located on the second floor
of YMCA offers students legal ser
vices, mediation services and judi
cial services.
Rick Powell, licensed attor
ney, counsels students on legal
issues but does not represent
them in court.
He gives advice on issues ranging
from automobile accidents to alcohol
violations at no charge to the student,
but cannot provide advice when the
adverse party is another A&M stu
dent or the University.
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Shaun Travers, coordinator of judicial services in the SCRS, discusses
SCRS services with Andy Coffey, a senior environmental design major.
Powell said a lot of first-year
students get in trouble with alco
hol violations.
“Minors don’t hesitate to drink
in front of the police or walk
around with beers,” he said. “They
don’t know it is a crime to hold a
friend’s beer, even if they are not
drinking it.”
Powell said students who wish to
speak to him concerning legal issues
only need to e-mail or call the SCRS of
fice to make an appointment.
“Students should bring any pa
perwork they have concerning the
issue with them,” he said. “I’ll listen
to the student’s story to get the facts
and discuss their options with them.
They can then choose what course
of action they wish to take. ”
Negotiation and mediation ser
vices aids students in working out
their personal disputes with
roommates, neighbors, landlords
or co-workers.
Rene Harris, coordinator of ne
gotiation and mediation services,
said students who do not wish to
go through mediation with a
problem have the option of get
ting a consultation.
see Services on Page 4B.
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tel Health Center was first given the
honorary title of “The Quack Shack” by
lexas A&M students, but Dr. Lucille Isdale,
Iiealth center director, is working hard to erase
■ from the students’ memories.
I Isdale said when she came to A&M in Aug.
1995, the health center needed help.
I “1 found past evaluations of the health cen-
terthat had never been opened,” she said.
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“I felt we had a situation where we could
really do something,” she said,” because it
was not a top quality place when I first came
on staff.”
After three years and numerous changes to
create a student-focused health center, the
number of complaints by students has de
creased by 40 percent.
Regardless of whatever nickname A&M’s
health center carries, Beutel is a step above
A&M’s first health center in 1876, which was
set up in a series of tents.
The health center was moved four times
during A&M’s history, its last move was in
1973 to its present-day location.
This health center was named in honor of
Dr. A.P. Beutel, a former member of the A&M
Board of Regents and former Vice President
and General Manager of Dow Chemical Co.,
Freeport Division.
Today’s facility, located on Houston Street
between the YMCA building and Fish Pond,
has eight staff physicians who offer health
care Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m., a 24-hour Dial-a-Nurse service and 24-
hour ambulance service.
The health care services provided by the
center include preventive medicine, a
women’s clinic, an asthma clinic, health edu
cation, medical laboratory, pharmacy, physi
cal therapy and radiology.
Most services offered by the health center
are covered by the Student Health Services
Fee, but those that are not, such as X-rays
and prescription medications, are offered to
students at costs lower than private health
care providers.
Appointments for services can be made
Monday through Friday 24-hours a day. From
7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., students can make ap
pointments at 845-6111 and after 5 p.m. at
845-2822.
Visits to the health center by students are
strictly confidential under the
patient/provider confidentiality provisions,
and information regarding a students’ visit
only will be released with the patient’s writ
ten permission, except in cases specified by
the law.
Isdale said she is striving to make the
health center student-focused and education-
focused.
“My main objective is to educate,” she said.
“If I can educate and make a difference in a
student’s lifestyle, I made an impact.”
Isdale said she also expects the health cen
ter staff to focus on the students.
“We have students to see. If [the health care
staff] does not want to see them, [they’re] in
the wrong place,” she said.
see Health Center on Page 4B.
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