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Parnell used his family history to
illustrate what he called "friendship
"I don't know if the old man pulled
a knife on my dad," Parnell said,
Parnell said his father calmly asked
to see the knife and began cleaning
" Well, the military has been doing this for a hundred
years and their kids are turning out OK," Grams said.
"Think of the opportunity of taking your child to Cali-
By Leticia Rodriguez
Staff Writer
By Jerry Garcia
Staff Writer
person in the world—his mother.
The old man told Parnell's father
he believed his mother was in
heaven. This paved the way for the
"You know what life is about?" Walls
asked. "It just is not or cannot be all happy.
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" You'll have a fresh approach to teaching," Grams
said. "You'll have new enthusiasm about your job and
some professional growth," she said.
That revitalization can provide a i
nal college. That could help this college in the case of a fomia or Hawaii and living there for a year or a semes-
teacher shortage, Grams said. ter. It's really a great opportunity for them also," she
After 27 years of teaching, rather than retire the
teacher tried an exchange program. He went to New
Community and Junior Colleges, the League for Inno- York City and went to museums from Buffalo, N.Y., to
of happiness, he said. I ' ‘
For example, Walls said big screen musi- said.
"Suppose you enter into a relationship
ter. It's really a great opportunity for them also," she
"We could have them teach here for a year or a said.
Walls said he wished a class could be
created for married people that would teach
them and others that no other person is
responsible for one's happiness.
"You're responsible for your happiness,"
Walls said. "You can add to someone else's,
they can add to yours, you can take from
someone else’s or they can take from yours.
But you are the one in charge of your happi-
ness."
Another hurdle in living happily is inabil-
ity to face problems. If problems arise, pay
attention to them, he advised.
"If a problem is there, it's there. Don't
pretend it's not," he said.
sons to be happy.
He used author Dennis Wholey as an
example of how one should accept life.
"Wholey wasmiserableformostofhislife jected. The list goes on and on."
Walls said when an individual feels un-
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Austin minister calls
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By Nancy Bergman tion past the third grade, Parnell's
Staff Writer father became a preacher, serving
churches in small Texas towns.
People need to share their faith in Parnell described one of his fa vor-
Christ with friends and family iteexamplesofhisfather'sday-to-
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the book "Are You Happy?" which describes
life as a "a mixed bag of joy and sadness,
Living happily is not as easy as it seems, laughter and tears, pain and growth," Walls
Dr. Jim Walls, orientation coordinator, told said.
students Oct. 19 in a student development
seminar.
Walls distributed a handout with 20 rea- We need to understand that upfront. There
sons to be happy. would be something wrong with you if you
were happy all the time. People get hurt and
die. We have disappointment. We get re-
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and possibly teach with them. After that, I could come
"We may have somebody from here go out to Flor- back to San Antonio College and be able to offer that in-
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His father became a Christian continued to visit him every week
when Parnell was 2 years old and
immediately began sharing his faith
and leading others to Christ.
His racially prejudiced grandfa-
ther was an alcoholic who had killed
"He was known as a very mean
man," he said. "Within a matter of
weeks, my dad led my grandfather
to Christ."
Despite his lack of formal educa- two to discuss theology.
Class tours UTHSC
form of genetic engineering.
He showed how researchers iso-
late DNA to break it down for ge-
netic mapping. This is done with
chromotography, a process using
ultraviolet light.
Another researcher, Dr. Keith
Krolick, explained the latest tech- S
niques he uses in studying myasthe-
nia gravis, which is a form of mus-
cular dystrophy.
"I didn't understand some of the
things Krolick said in the lab," Fred
Padoa, sophomore microbiology
student, said. "I t was over my head,
but it made me more curious."
Oralia Garcia, sophomore micro-
biology student here, said she was
excited about learning about ad-
vanced research equipment in the
UTHSC research labs.
"Being able to see the equipment
and what it can do helped me to
visualize and understand what I read
about in books," Garcia said.
Christmas tree?
plying to colleges to study medi- Gina Pellegrino and Marie Klietze join in the Beaux-Arts Ball Oct. 28 at Koehler Cultural Center,
cine, veterinary medicine and den- revelry at the Art Guild's annual costumed Participants shared prizes, food and music.
tistry," Harber said.
"See, if you were unhappy all the time, the married and they live happily ever after."
Walls said people should not expect to
you up and take you to the institution," live happily the rest of their lives.
Walls said. "On the other hand, if you were "It's a shame for people to think they'll
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People need to learn how to touch
without touching leading to sex, a
theater and communication profes-
sor said Oct. 26 in a seminar.
"In today's society, touch is
thought to lead to sex and sex is
highlighted," the professor, Gary
O. Smith, said.
"Sex is used to sell in today's
advertising and has eschewed the
way we feel about affection," Smith
said.
Smith said touching is like food
and air for humans. Without it,
physical and mental health is in
jeopardy.
Touching involves the nervous
system. If not enough stimulation
occurs to the nervous system by
means of touch, an individual will
wither and die, he said.
Smith polled 50 people in the
audience asking if they could have
only one of the five senses for the
rest of their lives, which one would
they choose.
The majority would rather keep
their sight with few wanting to keep
their sense of touch.
"We've all experienced what if s
like not to be able to see if we've
ever stumbled around in a dark
room, but does anyone know what
it's like not to know how to be
touched?" Smith asked.
Smith explained the importance
of touch using the animal kingdom
as an example.
A mother of three kittens died. As
a result the kittens were not licked,
especially in the genital area.
Because the nervous system was
not being stimulated, the kittens
were not able to urinate and defe-
cate and died, Smith said.
"Touch is the mother of all senses.
You need it to stay sane. You need
it to stay healthy," he said.
Smith explained touch is com-
municated in different ways de-
pending on the way it is transmit-
ted.
He described types of touch as
functional such as a physician
touching a patient and social-polite
such' as a handshake.
Smith also cited as examples
friendship such as a hug, love-inti-
|| macy such as a loving kiss, and
sexual arousal such as playful touch.
Smith said five emotions that arise
from effective touching are moth-
ering, being fearful, being detached,
being playful or being angry.
Information distributed by Smith
to the audience described ways
individuals can increase communi-
cation through appropriate touch.
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because he used drugs and alcohol for
happiness," Walls said. "After a while, he happy, someone should tell him to join the
Walls said. "On the other hand, if you were "It's a shame for people to think they'll
happy all the time, the men in the white live happily ever after. Face it, there will be
coats will still come and get you." unhappiness because that's a part of life
Times, have changed and so has the view we've got to face upfront," he said.
Marriage is not a bed of roses either, Walls
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body on release time with another project," she added.
The exchange program also could help instructors
have good ideas on how to stay motivated and also to learn more about subjects that could be added to this
pick up more good ideas. college's curriculum.
"You'll learn more reasons to stay motivated and Grams said she might like to teach a course in artificial
challenged and you're going to come back and infect the intelligence, but her knowledge is limited to what she
rest of us who didn't get to go," she said.
This program will not affect college budgets much,
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. Tooth decay is probably the most
expensive bacterial disease because
of bacteria living in mouths, a re-
searcher at the University of Texas
Health Science Center told 20 micro-
biology students from this college
Oct. 27.
t "Streptococcus is a major cause of
(| tooth decay, and I can assure you all
of you have the bacteria, streptococ-
cus, in your mouth," Dr. Don
LeBlanc, the researcher, said.
: Microbiology students visited the
health science center and heard three
researchers explain experiments in
progress there. The students then
toured the labs.
; "Students saw state-of-the-art
Equipment not available in most
undergraduate labs," Joe Harber,
professor in biological sciences here,
said.
' Researchers showed techniques to
identify and isolate organisms in an
experiment.
Dr. Bill Haderwang, researcher,
demonstrated DNA sequencing, a
(Title III provides opportunity for exchange
By Jerry Garcia munity College, she said. "When he went back to California, he taught another semester and that could help us out in staffing," Grams
Staff Writer Grams said the program is not meant to replace 10 years. said.
----<•-’ ------« He was just elated that he could share those expe- We may even have someone come in and teach for
riences with students because many of those students us and not send anybody else out and they put some-
would never have a chance to go east," Grams said.
Grams said she expects any person willing to go to
People need to share their faith in
members, the director of the Baptist day evangelism involving
Student Union at the University of bootlegger.
Texas at Austin said Nov. 2 at a The bootlegger had been run out
luncheon. of town many years before and re-
The director, Joe Parnell, told turned to live in the woods nearby,
'students at the Baptist Student The townspeople were afraid of him,
Center they should learn to witness Parnell said, and the man devel-
to people they meet in everyday oped a reputation for hating preach-
ers.
Parnell said his short, overweight
father who walked on an artificial
evangelism." He said he had been leg went to visit the bootlegger.
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model in his father. <
"Every time I think about my fa- "but he took a pocketknife out
y ther, I think about evangelism," he
said.
His father believed in eternity and his fingernails with it.
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friendsorfamilyafterdeath,hesaid. tionship with the bootlegger and
for six months.
"He was listening and waiting for
God to give him the right words to
say to the old man," Parnell said.
Eventually, Parnell's father found
at least two black men, Parnell said. the bootlegger cared about only one
cals in the 1940s and 1950s which projected "Suppose you enter into a relationship
life as harmonious would not stand up like marriage with the attitude that you're
nowadays. g°ing t° make her happy and she will make
"In those days, the theme'was always the your life happy. Good luck."
same. The guy wants the girl. She doesn't When two people are together for a long
want him at first. Then it's OK. They get time, there will be problems, he said.
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careful hiring practices.
"I've been asked, 'What are you trying to do here,
to work in other community colleges in the United ship our people off or get new people in so we never
"That's not the intent. We're trying to give people a
Quest new lease on life—a new lease on teaching."
A major benefit to participants is job revitalization,
’ The coordinator, Dr. Mary Ann Grams, computer she said. o - - -
Information systems professor, said Activity No. 2 of " You'll have a fresh approach to teaching," Grams rest of us who didn't get to go," she said. has learned in workshops and conferences.
Title III makes it possible for faculty to teach at commu- said. "You'll have new enthusiasm about your job and This program will not affect college budgets much, But if I could find a college, I could take a course in
nity colleges and share their experiences with others get some professional growth," she said. she said. She noted the exchanges mean trading one artificial intelligence from knowledgeable instructors
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’ "The purpose of the exchange program is to establish college, she said. For example, a faculty member might '
---l—come back as a "new" person. ida," she said. struction in this institution.
"There was an art teacher from Bakersfield, Calif., "Florida will send someone to California. California Drawbacks to participating may be fear of the un-
who didn't want anything more to do with teaching. He sends someone to Michigan and Michigan sends some- known and uprooting the family, she said.
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lege in Phoenix, Ariz., was established at this college in Grams said. The cost of the teacher exchange is lo w because an
May. After 27 years of teaching, rather than retire the incoming/outgoing instructor will be paid by his origi-
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vation in Community Colleges and by Maricopa Com- Washington, D.C.
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States, Canada and Australia under an activity listed in have to hire?' " Grams said.
Title III, the program coordinator of the Community
College Exchange Program said Oct. 31 in a C
Seminar.
Information systems professor, said Activity No. 2 of
Title III makes it possible for faculty to teach at commu-
here when they return.
Opportunities for exchange of faculty, administrators
frnd staff nationwide and a little bit beyond that," Grams
said.
• This program, based in Maricopa Community Col-
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