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* Get Involved, Get Solutions
* Flying With the Aggies
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You can still pick up your Gig ‘Em Week passport and
schedule of events at Gig ‘Em Week Central located on the
second floor of Rudder Tower to be eligible for great prizes.
Get the details at:
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Crime rate declines
Violent, property crime rates fall
WASHINGTON (AP) — The vi
olent crime rate declined by 10.4 per
cent last year, the largest one-year
drop in the 26-year history of the gov
ernment’s largest crime survey, the
Justice Department reported Sunday.
The property crime rate fell 8.9
percent from 1998 to 1999, accord
ing to the Bureau of Justice Statistics’
national crime victimization survey.
“W/Tiile these
numbers are
heartening, there
is a great deal
more work to he
done/'
— Janet Reno
Attorney General
The survey estimated there were
28.8 million violent and property
crimes in 1999, the lowest figure since
the survey was begun in 1973, when it
found an estimated 44 million crimes.
The violent crime rate decline be
gan in 1994. The decline in the over
all property crime rate extends back
a quarter of a century — to 1974, the
statistics bureau said.
The declines were no surprise —
either in the short- or long-term.
As with earlier, similar reports,
President Clinton called the figures
“further proof that the Clinton-Gore
administration’s anti-crime strategy
of more police on our streets and
fewer guns in the wrong hands has
helped to create the safest America
in a generation.”
At Republican presidential candi
date George W. Bush's headquarters,
spokesman Ray Sullivan said, “It's
typical for the Clinton-Gore adminis
tration to take credit for good things in
America but... much of the credit for
the decline in crime has to go to gov
ernors and local officials who have
passed tougher laws, longer prison
sentences and lowered parole rates.”
As governor of Texas, Bush started
toughening criminal and juvenile jus
tice Jgws in 1994, Sullivan said.
Academics have cited a wider set
of causes, including the aging of Baby
Boomers past the crime-prone years,
a subsiding of the crack cocaine epi
demic of the late 1980s, antigun cam
paigns by local police and federal gun
controls, crime prevention programs
aimed at young people, and a healthy
economy producing jobs.
“While these numbers are heart
ening, there is a great deal more
work to be done,” Attorney General
Janet Reno said.
The 1999 survey figures con
firmed preliminary FBI figures for
1999 released in May. The FBI data
showed the total of seven major vio
lent and property crimes reported to
police dropped for an eighth consec
utive year in 1999, down 7 percent
from the year before.
Self-Hypnosis Training Seminar
Mondays 9:30-11:00 AM
Self-hypnosis is a potent tool for attaining greater self-mastery
through relaxation and focused awareness. Students in this
seminar will acquire skill in using self-hypnosis to enhance
physical, academic, and social functioning.
Screening is required.
Facilitator: Ron Lutz
Fall 2000 Groups
Empowering Yourself Group
Mondays 1:30-3:00 PM
A group for women and men with sexual molestation in their
pasts. Identifying and exploring aftereffects of abuse will be the
focus. Dealing with relationships, building self-esteem, and
gaining power are emphasized.
Facilitators: Robert Carter & Nancy Welch
Women’s Issues Group
Tuesdays 1:30-3:00PM
Come together with other women and work on becoming the
woman you’ve always wanted to be. Improve your self-
confidence, assertiveness, and relationships by sharing and
processing with other women with similar issues.
Facilitators: Nancy Welch & Sarah Haley
Biofeedback Workshop
Mondays 5:00 - 6:30 PM
One-session workshops that give an introduction to relaxation
techniques, including how biofeedback aids in relaxation.
Individual follow-up consultation is available.
Facilitator: Steve Wilson
Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Transgender Support Group
Tuesdays 3:00-4:30 PM
This group focuses on issues related to the coming out process,
relationships, religious concerns, family conflicts, and whatever
topics the group finds important to discuss.
Facilitators: Mary Ann Moore & Cindy Peveto
Academic SURVIVOR Series
Wednesdays 4:00 - 5:30 PM
Need some help managing your time, taking notes, preparing for
a test? It’s not too late to get prepared to meet the ULTIMATE
CHALLENGE...ACADEMIC SURVIVAL! Before the “tribal
counsel votes you off," attend this Wednesday series from
4:00-5:30 PM beginning October 25 and ending November 15.
Facilitators: Patti Collins & Lynelle Ragland
Dissertation/Thesis Support Group
Wednesdays 5:00 - 6:30 PM
This group is for graduate students who are struggling with
the process of writing a thesis or dissertation. Group topics
include issues of competence, procrastination, anxiety,
goal-setting, and bureaucratic struggles.
Facilitators: Brian Williams & Debbie Rabinowitz
Conflict & Loss in Relationships Group
Mondays 5:00 - 6:30 PM
This group is for students who are currently or have previously
experienced conflict in interpersonal or romantic relationships,
or who have recently experienced a loss of a meaningful rela
tionship.
Facilitators: Brian Williams & Lynelle Ragland
Non-Traditional Women’s Group
Tuesdays 5:00 - 6:30 PM
This therapy group for women 23+ allows each member to enter
the group with her own unique issues and share, process and
problem solve within a group context. This group can help
individuals who are wanting to develop healthier ways of
dealing with the stress of school and work, relationships,
personal problems and family issues. When we begin to talk
more honestly with others, we can often find new ways to deal
with the problems we face.
Facilitators: Amanda Samson & Cindy Peveto
Multicultural Issues & Relationships Group
Wednesdays 5:00 - 6:30 PM
The purpose of this group is to increase awareness of multicultural
issues and improve communication and self-confidence when
dealing with multicultural relationships. Group topics may
include, but are not limited to, cultural shock; cultural, religious,
and social differences; and bi-cultural/multicultural relationship
issues. This group is open to all students.
Facilitators: Gisela Lin & Amanda Samson
Anxiety Group
Tuesdays 3:00 - 4:30 PM
An interpersonal group for students who suffer from general or
social anxieties. Students will be able to work on the impact of
anxieties in their lives, as well as explore the interpersonal
meanings of anxiety symptoms. It is not a behaviorally oriented
group, and thus, probably will not be as helpful for more
restricted anxieties (i.e. single or simple probias) or obsessive
compulsive disorder.
Facilitators: Steve Wilson & Nancy Stebbins
Interpersonal Growth & Exploration Group
Tuesdays (Group 1) 5:00 -6:30 PM
Wednesdays (Group 2) 1:30-3:00 PM
This psychotherapy group is for students who desire to live
more authenically wth themselves and relate more
genuinely with others. Group members will be helped to
explore self-limiting life patterns and share themselves with
others through honest self-disclosure in a safe, supportive
atmosphere.
Facilitators:
Ron Lutz & Theresa Sharpe (Group 1)
Ron Lutz & Sarah Haley (Group 2)
Eating Concerns & Body Image Issues Group
Thursdays 3:00 - 4:30 PM
The purpose of this group is to increase insight about eating
problems and make progress toward recovery. Group topics
may include daily eating and exercise behaviors, dealing with
others about food issues, developing trusting relationships,
expressing feelings, and managing stress. A PHYSICIAN’S
RELEASE IS REQUIRED FOR GROUP PARTICIPATION.
Facilitators: Debbie Rabinowitz & Theresa Sharpe
Older Than Traditional Age Group
Fridays 1:30- 3:00 PM
This group addresses concerns that differ from those of the
traditional undergraduate student. Potential topics are
marriage, divorce, office politics, committee chairpersons,
dissertation projects, and dealing with children or partners.
Facilitators: Robert Carter & Debbie Rabinowitz
Nixon
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Richard Nixon over many ye)
took a mood-altering drug
a prescription and that he bead
wife at times of personal crisis
a claim a Nixon intimate calls
conceivable.”
The Arrogance of Power
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himself, the book said,
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actions to Dilantin,
slurred speech, decreasedcoft
nation and mental confusion,
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divorce.” But that view was' 1
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chief aide in his retirement ye*
now director of the Richard
Nixon Library and Birthplace
Yorba Linda, Calif.
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