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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
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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;
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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
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Senate In New York. Do you think she should run or not?
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Is your opinion of Bill Clinton favorable or unfavorable?
Unfavorable
44%
Don’t
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48%
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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
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Saturday, January 29 6:00
College Station Conference Center 101
Casual Dress
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Monday, January 31 7:30
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Contact Rush Chairmen with Questions:
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