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Griffith teaches students By Tanya Nading THE BATTALION Margaret Griffith, better known as Maggie the Aggie, has been serving Texas A&M students for five years as health education coordinator and HIV and sexual health specialist at the A.P. Beutel Health Center. Griffith is the primary adviser for Aggie REACH, an on-campus group of volunteer peer educators trained to give presentations about sexual health, nutrition and general wellness to residence halls, student organizations and in the classroom. “My student peer group gave me the name Maggie the Aggie and it’s stuck ever since,” Griffith said. “No matter where I go, whether it be the supermarket, or around campus, I hear people calling out, ‘Maggie the Aggie!’ It’s a wonderful feeling. I’m truly honored that the students have decided to call me Maggie the Aggie.” Griffith is the daughter of Texas A&M gradu ates Carolyn and Edgar McMurry. She was bom in New Orleans and raised in College Station. She attended Texas Tech University before transfer ring to A&M in the spring of 1965. “I was one of the first girls to live in a dorm here at A&M,” Griffith said. “Women had just begun to be accepted at this University so I went through quite a culture shock. But we (the women) did have an advantage because there were so few of us and so many men.” She soon met Craig Griffith, Class of 1967, and left school to marry him. Throughout his career in the military, she worked various jobs and contin ued to attend school. She eventually received two majors in business administration and psychology from Saint Mary’s College in Leavenworth, Kan. In 1996 she received her masters in health educa tion from A&M. Her son, Jason Griffith, who received his bach elor’s in kinesiology from Texas A&M, went into a military program for his master’s in physical therapy at Baylor University. He is now a four- year medical student in San Antonio, Griffith said. Griffith worked with the Bryan Aids Serv ices of the Brazos Valley, Planned Parenthood and the Bryan Family Health Services before taking the job at Texas A&M. “In Lake Charles, La.. 1 started working for the Aids Prevention Education and Services and with that comes (jobs in) sex and sexuality.” she said. While in Louisiana she became the Director of Southwestern Louisiana AIDS Council, which was her first time to work with people who have the HIV virus. “1 got involved with this organization because I knew a woman whose son died. Her story was so compelling, it really touched me, so when she wanted me to be the director, I did,” Griffith said. After eight months as an HIV and sex educator at Texas A&M, Griffith was promoted as the Health Education Coordinator. “I have the best job in the world.” Griffith said. “There is no place I’d rather be. I love working with the students here. I feel that they are the best group of people to work with.” Griffith was named a Howdy Camp namesake in 2000. Griffith teaches a human sexuality course, 1 lealth 342, which is an elective for non-health majors. Griffith said she wants to make sure students know that they should not be afraid to seek help. As a mentor and an Aggie Ally. Griffith said her door is always open. “Get your education but know that over the course of your life you may be faced w ith multi ple changes. Go where your heart leads you,” Griffith said. “Find out information when you need it and don’t be scared.” Griffith said that for students this is the time where help comes at no cost. “If you don’t want to come in person, send us an email,” Griffith said. “We are non-threatening: we can lead you in the direction you need to be in. We are the people who can set you back on track if you are momentarily derailed.” Duncan claims he followed advice of lawyers WASHINGTON (AP) - The auditor fired for destroying documents in the Enron Corp. affair is laying the blame squarely on his accounting firm, Arthur Andersen LLP, telling congressional investigators he was just follow ing advice from its lawyers. The auditor was questioned for several hours Wednesday as the White House disclosed that President Bush's chief economic adviser, Lawrence Lindsey, was asked to study the impact of an Enron collapse after presidential aides were alerted to the problem last fall. The energy-trading concern, once the sev- enth-largest U.S. company, entered the biggest bankruptcy in the country's history on Dec. 2. David Duncan, the former chief auditor for Andersen's Enron account, said the Big Five accounting firm's lawyers suddenly began emphasizing Andersen's policy allowing destruc tion of some documents. 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