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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.