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« IMPERIAL I”! I I"* A Chinese Restaurant 16 th Anniversary Celebration Newly Remodeled & Expanded Buffet More Delicious Choices Now over 100 Items Includes Our Famous Meats Buffet 2232 Texas Ave.S. College Station (409) 764-0466 Aggie Bucks accepted LUNCH & DINNER 7 days a week Lunch: Mon - Fri s 4.95 Sat - Sun s 5.95 Dinner: s 6.95 *T N » >9* JL 1 •0 m sing the d Wide Web Research Texas A&M University General Libraries is offering a class to assist Texas A&M University students and faculty in effectively using the World Wide Web for research. This session uses Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer to search the World Wide Web. It surveys WWW search services, illustrates advanced search strategies, teaches how to store sites useful for your class work or research and provides criteria for evaluating and citing web information. Web access to library databases is demonstrated, with guide lines for choosing the appropriate databases for the subject or type of information needed. Prerequisite: This class meets for an hour and a half in a CIS Open Access Computing Lab. You must CLAIM A LABS ACCOUNT from the Block ATM screen or a CIS help desk (call 845-8300 for assistance) prior to the class in order to use a computer in an Open Access Computing Lab. Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Date January 24 January 25 January 26 January 27 Time 5:45 -7:15 pm Location Student Computing Center, 114 5:30 -7:00 pm West Campus Library, Rm. 126 5:45 -7:15 pm Student Computing Center, 114 5:30 -7:00 pm Student Computing Center, 114 Bring a formatted high density disk if you want to save information. There is no charge and no sign-up is necessary. All are welcome. Spring 2000 Business Career Fair February 8-10 Wondering What a Host Does? Host Informational's (Optional) Monday Jan 24"' 8:00-8:30 Wehner 159 Tuesday Jan 25"' 8:00-8:30 Wehner 159 SIGN-UPS TO HOST SUNDAY JAN. 30th 1:00 p.m. @ WEHNER116 Tuesday Wednesday Host Mandatory Meeting Must attend one!!! Feb 1 st 7:30-8:00 Feb 2 nd 7:30-8:( Wehner 159 Wehner 159 Check out the company list at http://wehner.tamu.cdu/bsc Any Questions, email chaseOO@tamu.edu or n-lee@tamu.edu NEWS Page 2 THE BATTALION -7"’, , -ft rndav, Jawrl t -L iday. Jan Stress, anxiety, depression plague college students News in Brief MSC to host spring open ho BY JORDAN DAVIS The Battalion A survey recently released by Internation al Communications Research only confirms what millions of students may already know — in college, anxiety is a fact of life. The survey, which polled American college students about the stresses of university life, found that a large number of students are suf fering from the detrimental effects of anxiety, and few are seeking the necessary treatments. According to the study, anxiety is more than just pre-test stress. It is a serious medical condition, the symptoms of which can have devastating effects on students' lives. The survey found that sleep disturbances, irritability and an inability to relax and enjoy time with friends occurred in roughly three- fourths of college students. Seventy-nine percent of students polled were found to have difficulty concentrating, which one student said may be a major hin drance to a student whose life revolves around paying attention to lectures and studying long hours every day. “1 think that students are under an undue amount of stress,” Robert Davis, a sophomore political science major who said he has expe rienced trouble managing stress, said. ‘‘And it is a common problem, but one I think that most people will not think is a problem that needs to be — or even can be — treated.” But school-related stress and anxiety can he treated and are issues students don’t have to live with. Dr. Wade Birch, director of Stu dent Counseling Service (SC'S), said. “People will resolve their issues on their own,” Birch said. “But the advantage ofcoun- selling is that people will usually resolve their issues quicker and come to a solution that is of a better quality.” Two additional campus facilities offer stu dents counselling services. The Counseling and Assessment Clinic is run through the Department of Educational Psychology. The Psychology Clinic is housed in the Department of Psychology. Birch said both are staffed by qualified graduate students and are available to students as an alternative to the SC'S. “Some stress is helpful, and acts to moti vate students.” Birch said. "But there comes a point where that stress become unhealthy and can make a student nonfunctional.” Birch encourages all students to take ad vantage of the SCS. The facility is open to all students, is free of charge, and has several on staff psychologists and two psychiatrists. SCS offers regular anxiety screenings, as well as its annual September event. ‘Beat the Hell Outta Stress.’ Ten thousand students are expected to Memorial Student Center's Open House this! 23. from 2 p.m. to 6. About 250 organizations will be represent# Open House, which will occupy the first and i of the MSC. “The purpose is to put together University i student organizations and to get students Michelle Walker, MSC executive director of marts a junior finance major, said.. “The spring Open House is always a smaller<*» m the fall], because a lot of student organizations! take members in the spring.” Walker said. “Buf comparable in numbers, and is especially signfc freshmen who are looking for organizations.‘ i Netscape chief gives $100m SKX) to Mississippi school chilC JACKSON. Miss. AP) ■ Former Netscape tf STQl high Barksdale is giving $100 help Mississippi J>a\ m learn to read — among the largest private donatjgXvcn li made to a college. JBShcr of “It's such a huge st, irt md to invest it m hish nally see has to be admired.* state College Board memberTheH). and bert said of the gift from Barksdale, former chief ex- .*rinas for fleer of Netscape Communications, and his wife. SakBi half. The donation, announced today, win fund thefeHs uuh Reading Institute at the University of Mississipp pea e’s “ tute will impart new techniques to help teachers m? '«> anted reading skills of their students. nd the de He and his wife had donated $5.4 million to Oxford in 1996 to create the McDonnelt-Barksdate-M - o College and last year garve $2 million for scholars'*; -orfi Add University of Mississippi Medical Center for black r ngh satirii Ole Miss Chancellor Robert Khayat. joined by ,uuil NBC's ‘Today’ show this morning, said the educafeB " ul u munity was ■overwhelmed’ by the gift no ' u c He said the Barksdales had ‘made it clear tofl|fl! llms ° tended to use their resources to help the peoptetfH. 1 ' 0 sl; sippi." ,aslmail > ■Biatural Parking ^•niters -into the lisi BRANDON HENDERSON /Tm H u i u kin C ontinuedjwrr ^ timc c Texas A&M University System The committee ak' attma Ost representatives of the A&M student body. Hurd and Dti|; Southerland, vice president for student affairs. Gen. Wesley Peel, vice chancellor of facilities, pis construction for the A& M n> stem mis on the comniineti pending Bowen’s decision, the committee would be exj^ options available to it to minimize the inconvenience tot and staff. Peel said this could include building addiliot adjacent to the new building. Construction on the proposed chemical cnMecdiigi pending the approval next week ol ihc Dr. Bm\ avis slate gin in two years. Debate continues over confederate flag COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) —Gov. Jim Hodges has announced that the Confed erate battle flag should be removed from the Capitol dome, his boldest statement yet on the issue and onfe that drew im mediate criticism for its lack of specifics. In his State of the State address Wednesday, Hodges said it was time to re solve the dispute that has led a national civil rights group to boycott South Caroli na amid charges of racial insensitivity. “Let’s resolve this issue,” the Demo crat said to applause Wednesday night. “We must move the flag from the dome to a place of historical signi licance on the Statehouse grounds. The debate over the Confederate flag has claimed too much of our time and energy.” GOP leaders appeared lukewarm about the proposal. “I think we all expected him to come out with a specific plan, to say this is what I think should happen and I’m going to call on both sides to come to that point,’’Re publican house speaker David Wilkins of Greenville said. “We didn’t get that. We didn’t get anything new.” As a state legislator, Hodges support ed previous attempts to remove the fiag, and earlier this year said he personally did not think it should fly above the dome. His address came two days after near ly 50,000 people rallied on the State- house lawn, urging the Legislature to bring the fiag down. The question of what to do about the Hag is one of South Carolina's thorniest issues. Hodges’predecessor, Republican Gov. David Beasley, has said his public support for removing the flag was partly to blame for his election loss. The NAACP, which helped organize Monday’s Martin Luther King Day rally, has urged tourists to boycott South Caroli na because it Hies flag, which the group considers a racist symbol. “The entire nation is watching and listening to us,” Hodges said. “Most im portantly, South Carolina’s children are watching and listening to us.” Hodges also said South Carolina should recognize King Day as an official state holiday. It is currently an optional holiday for state employees, who also can pick several Confederate holidays or a day of their choice. Hillary Clinton slips inp<\ First lady’s popularity slips Americans still say Hillary Rodham Clinton should run for the US* Senate, but her popularity has slipped, according to an AssooaWj Press poll Here are some of the results. Is your opinion of Hillary Rodham Clinton favorable or unfavorable Unfavorable 31% Don't know 9% > I ivomhlc 58% Unfavorable 40% Refused 2% June 1999 Don't know 8% Refused 2% I 01 January As you may know, Mra. Clinton has said she plans to run for the US Senate In New York. Do you think she should run or not? (June: Question said “she is deciding whether to rur Yes No. should should run not run 54°. 34% Don’t know 9% > No. should not run 38% Don't know 9% > F f I Refused 2% Refused 1% Is your opinion of Bill Clinton favorable or unfavorable? Unfavorable 44% Don’t know 7% — » Favorable 48% Unfavorable 46% Don't know 5% I rom cent i Web otic ofthe ■ Thepr gether son; tom ofthe ; “| The: Jam* president ( particular! Webbc LJr^sinc ; a Golden < from the li i “Ifyoi Refused 2% June Refused 2% Jam)* The latest poll is based on telephone inlerviews with 1.022 randomly selected adults and we 1 ? to represent the population by Key demographic lactora The interviewing was conducted J* 11 by ICR of Media. Pa Interviews for the earlier poll of 1,016 people were conducted Jun*' In the polls, the error margin was plus or minus 3 percentage points Due to rounding sun's 1 not total 100 percent Phi Beta Lambda Professional Business Fraternity Spring Rush 2000 Informational Monday, January 24 7:30 Wehner 129 Professional Dress Pool Social Wednesday, January 26 7:00-9:00 Yesterday’s Casual Dress Board Game Tournament Saturday, January 29 6:00 College Station Conference Center 101 Casual Dress Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? Monday, January 31 7:30 Wehner 125 Casual Dress Guest Speaker Wednesday, February 2 7:30 Wehner TBA Professional Dress *Three out of five events must be attended to join Contact Rush Chairmen with Questions: Julie Kalenda 691-8773 Lauren Alford 691-7400 THE BATTALION Marium Mohiudilin. Editor in Chief Beverly Mireles, Managing Editor Meredith Hight, Community Editor Stuart Hutson, Campus Editor Kyle Whitacre, Aggielife Editor Veronica Serrano, Aggielife Editor Mariano Castillo, Opinion Editor Eric Dickens, Opinion Editor Jeff Kempt', Night News Editor Doug Shilling, Sports Editor Jason BennyhoH, Radio Producer Brandon Payton, Web Master Robert Hynecek, Graphics Editor Ruben Deluna, Graphics Editor Guy Rogers, Photo Editor JP Beato, Photo Editor Dave Amber, Science and Eechnology F* News: The Battalion news department is managed by students at Texas A&M University |f Division of Student Media, a unit of the Department of Journalism. News offices are in 013J McDonald Building. 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