Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1988 Page: 3 of 4
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Thursday, October 27, 1988
RAMBLER
Page Three
Help offered for eating disorders
Library Hours of Othor Collages
Austin College 91
Dallas Baptist University 74
Incarnate Word ...................................... RR
Southwestern University 92
Texas Christian University 100
Texas Womens University 99
UT, Austin 104
UT, Arlington ....................................... 104
Library Hours of TWC
Normal Hours........................................ 83
Extended Hours ..................................... ■ 95
New library hours
by Alonda Wrage
and Jamas Cannid
Diets abound and so do the
waist lines of Americans We love
to eat and indulge ourselves in
all types of food, ranging from
fast foods to haute cuisine, while
at the same time wanting to be
thin. The fashion and entertain-
ment worlds have helped shape
our norms for the way we want
to look and we have accepted
the idea that we can never be too
rich or too thin. Two eating dis-
orders that reflect our concern
with food as well as thinness are
bulimia and anorexia nervosa.
In a society that equates worth
with thinness and success, eating
disorders are reaching epidemic
proportions, especially among
young women
Most everyone, at one time or
another, has been concerned
about food, celebrating too much
by overeating or skipping meals
to meet deadlines. However, peo-
ple with eating disorders are
obsessed with thinness and have
excessive (ear of fatness Ano
rexics will simply eat very little,
while bulimics will follow a rou-
tine of dieting, binging and purg
ing (eliminating food by vomit
ing or taking laxativea).
In spite of their unusual eat-
ing behaviors, it's not always ob
vious when someone has an eat-
ing problem People with bulimia
or anorexia often feel guilty,
ashamed, and out of control
around food, and struggle to hide
or minimile their problem How
ever, there are warning signs:
* extreme fear of gaining
weight
* Constant dieting on low-ca-
lorie, high restriction diets
* using body weight to measure
one's own worth
* seeing one's body image
much differently than others
do
* depression and mood swings
* using food to mask negative
feelings such as anger, rejec-
tion. or loneliness
exercising obsessively
* fear of being unable to stop
eating once one starts
* fatigue and cold sweats from
loo-fast changes in blood-
sugar levels
* insomnia and hyperactivity
Most people with distorted eat
ing patterns can recover. They
can learn to control their weight
and rating, develop a healthy
body image, manage difficult
feelings, and build better rela
tionships with others, but they'll
need help It's work and requires
a commitment to change. How-
ever, with treatment and support
from professionals, family and
friends, their life can be im-
proved.
If you would like more infor-
mation for yourself or a friend,
you can contact the Counseling
and Testing Center on the second
floor of the Campus Center, 531-
4432. The first step towards re-
covery is reaching out for help.
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mittec members viewed the re-
quest with skepticism, but they
felt it would only be fair to have
a trial period.
"Our impression was that we
should give it a trial at some
time not near finals,” said Turn-
er. "My feeling is that everybody
(on the committee) does not ex-
pect the students to use the
library."
There are 13 full-time library
staff members. There are about
20 students working from six to
20 hours week. Ferrier said the
library would need another full-
time worker to accomodate the
extended hours because the li-
brary could not be operated by
students alone.
There were 11 full time work-
ers on staff in the Armstrong
Library. When the West Library
was opened, two were added to
the staff. Ferrier said his staff
is too small.
“Even my secretary Is respon-
sible for running the library —
that is how short-staffed we are
now," said Ferrier.
The library will need to en-
large its staff eventually. Ferrier
said he had to have people shift
their hours to accomodate the
later hours now, but that re-
duces the number on staff at the
prime times of library usage.
TWC hosts high school workshop
by Margot E. Mortno
The Secondary School Work-
shop for high school counselors
and administrators was hosted
last week by Texas Wesleyan Col-
lege. Working in conjunction
with TCU, Texas Wesleyan alter-
nates hosting the annual event,
which is held to update and ac-
quaint high school counselors
about new policies and programs
offered by the College Board.
Specific programs involved
concern tests such as the SAT,
advanced placement and the
CLEP tests. One topic of discus-
sion was pertaining to any
changes (hat have been made in
current policies, or if any new
ideas have developed
Following a greeting from
TWC President Dr Jerry Baw-
com, College Board representa-
tive Martha Salmon directed the
workshop. High school counselors
attending from the Fort Worth
Independent School were from
Richland, Carter-Riverside, L. D.
Bell, 0. D. Wyatt, Brewer and
North Side, along with schools
represented from Boswell, Ever-
man, Midlothian and Red Oak.
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6200 Airport Freeway
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Jim Lollar — not board certified
Phil Phillips — board certified - family law
Abe Factor — board certified - criminal law
Everett Young — not board certified_
J ' S T
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Following the workshop, the
admissions office headed by man-
ager Kim Campbell, bought the
counselors lunch in Dora Roberts
Dining Hall. The counselors seem-
ed quite pleased as they talked
and visited with their former
students who now attend TWC.
Financial
Aid office
relocates
by Margot E. Moreno
There is something new in the
Administration Building. The Ad-
missions and Financial Aid of-
fices have split. The change has
been made to provide better or-
ganization.
Financial Aid has moved to a
new office of its own, located
directly across from the Busi-
ness Office.
Because the new office has
more of an identity, it can pro-
vide more personal attention to
the students. Financial Aid now
has its own reception area, and
is closer to the counselors’ of-
fices. Therefore, students won’t
get lost in “the maze” of the old
office.
College AIDS exhibit
comes to campus
As part of an AIDS awareness
program, an educational exhibit
on understanding AIDS will be
presented on campus by Planned
Parenthood of Texas, Inc. The
exhibit is to arrive Nov. 1 and
will remain in the Campus Cen-
ter until the end of the month.
Stephanie Hurn, a junior biol-
ogy major and a member of the
AIDS Education Committee went
to see the exhibit at TCU this
month to preview it. She said
the exhibit features a variety of
opportunities for interactive
learning about AIDS-related is-
sues, such as the transmission,
prevention, testing, research and
potential cures of AIDS.
A true/false quiz, a short video
and a computed multiple choice
quiz that ranks visitors from ex-
pert to novice on AIDS informa-
tion are included in the exhibit.
A stack of free books called You
Can Do Something About AIDS
are also available with the ex-
hibit. This book consists of one
to two page articles written about
AIDS by physicians, legislators,
educators and famous people
from Abigail Van Buren (Dear
Abby) to Whoopi Goldberg.
"The exhibit is an extremely
interesting and informative as-
sembly of vital things everyone
should know about AIDS," said
Hurn.
The exhibit was made possible
through grants from the Anne
Burnett and Charles Tandy Foun-
dation and the Amon G. Carter
Foundation as a gift to the Tar-
rant County Community and is
touring the area schools. After
its one month stay at TWC, it
will go to the University of Texas
at Arlington.
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You can visit these libraries and use
the Depositor) collection without
charge
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To find one in your area, contact your
local library or write to the Federal
Depository Library Program, office of
the Public Printer. Washington DC
20401
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presents
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Dinner Theatre
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Sunday, November 6
6:30 P.M.
Dora Roberts Cafeteria
Tickets on sale
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