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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 2000)
igust 28 - Septemb igust 28 - September igust 28 - September J igust 28 - September^ nber 4-September 1;l nber 4 - Septem ^ ^ Joseph Pleasant "teb^Seplembe'#^^ nber 4 - Septembef n on closing date. SC celebrates Oth anniversary || One building on campus that will be visited by all Texas A&M students and that houses many ne- u " L ' w;,, |"r)ffirial! cessities for college life is the Memorial Student hL^Si4 n ter(MSC). ( : XI 5 ( . At the MSC, students can find a bookstore, ec < OLI restaurants, a post office, a barber shop and art gal- 3n informal.on ^ |enes Ws/t our I yr r ^ < The MSC, established in 1951, serves as a liv- ?ming regis rd jig memorial to Aggies who died defending the United States. I This year the MSC celebrates its 50th anniver- l ed up s ^’>- an d the Department of the MSC, a division w i||t)t of the Department of Student Affairs, has a num- ird skills screening^ ^ ^ act j v j t j es planned. ^ The 21st day of each month will be declared MSC Awareness Day, and a birthday party will be held, said Amanda Arriaga, executive vice presi- — dent of marketing for the Department of the MSC. current EMT B certl '1 “Also, on April 20, the Department of the plication at the Me MSC will host a black-tie ball as the culmination is September 1 st. of the activities planned throughout the year,” Ar- rines subject to riagasaid. Arriaga added that everyone, both present and former students, is invited to all the activities cel ebrating the MSC’s anniversary. B Luke Altendorf, senior associate director for the >ns can be pick ications are requu' 1 Department of the MSC, said students can find out more about the pro grams, organizations and ways to get involved at the MSC Open House on Sept. 3 from 2 to 6 p.m. “This year we have made some changes to Open House,” Altendorf said. “We have opened up Rudder Exhibit Hall, as well as the Rudder Fountain area, which will reduce the congestion of past Open Houses.” Altendorf added that a lot of programs and ac tivities will be going on line at the MSC Website, so students will be able to access up-to-date event calendars. The MSC offers recreational activities as well as personal services, such as a barber shop. Theresa Herrin, manager of the MSC barber shop, said the majority of students do not know about the barber shop in the MSC or think it is ANDY HANCOCK/The Battalion The Memorial Student Center serves as a memorial, houses student organizations and is a popular on-campus meeting and event site. strictly for the Corps of Cadet’s members. “We used to be just for the Corps, but now we do all students,” Herrin said. Herrin said the barber shop is usually busy dur ing the school year, but business has dropped as a See MSC on Page 8B. BRADLEY ATCHINSON, CODY WAGES, STUART VILLANUEVA and ANDY HANCOCK/the BatiaucS Student Counseling Service offers advice, promotes study skills By Stuart Hutson The Battalion Everyone needs some help some times, and college students are no ex ception. For many, the college years are a time when students learn to cope with the realities and obliga tions of life — all while balancing an intense regimen of classes and tests. It is no wonder that there are times when students can use help making sense of it all. The Student Counseling Service (SCS) is an on-campus facility de signed to aid Texas A&M students by providing advisers, counselors and psychologists to help with problems from poor test-taking techniques to relationship difficulties. “You can basically divide our op erations up into four categories — learning skills development, educa tion and career counseling, personal and relationship counseling, and cri sis intervention,” said Wade Birch, director of the SCS. Birch said learning-skills devel opment may encompass everything from learning how to cope with test taking anxiety to learning how to properly read a textbook. “Some students haven’t learned how to read a chapter in a textbook effectively,” Birch said. “We ask them, ’What is the first thing you do when you begin reading?’ and they say, ‘Well, I open the book and start reading.’ Wrong. The most effective way to read is to first survey the chapter for the main points, develop some questions based on those main points, read the chapter to answer those questions, recite the main points after reading, write notes based upon your reading, and then review your notes before the test.” Birch said the learning skills See Counseling on Page 8B.