The Collegian (Hurst, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Page: 3 of 16
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Tuesday, March 4th
5:30 pm
University of Texas at Arlington Campus
Maverick Activity Center (MAC)
, Auditorium
FREE ADMISSION
Luncheon aids scholarship
Seminar to address self-talk
A new scholarship program for
TCC students will be announced at
this year’s South Campus Women’s
History Month Luncheon.
Sponsored by the Women’s
History Month Committee, the
luncheon will introduce Women’s
History Month, encourage students
to attend other activities and cel-
ebrate women in general, Janine
Lund, chair of the Women’s History
Month Scholarship Committee
and instructor of psychology and
human relations, said.
Though the luncheon is an an-
nual event to introduce each year’s
events, in March 2007, the com-
mittee began plans to fund a schol-
arship beginning in 2008.
By JULISSA TREVINO
south news editor
studies in the 2008 TCC summer
term.
Students must meet the fol-
lowing requirements: completed
six hours by Spring 2008; enrolled
in at least six hours for summer
2008; have a minimum 2.5 GPA;
submit a copy of an unofficial
TCC transcript or other college
transcripts; if applicable, submit
one letter of recommendation from
an instructor, supervisor or other
professional; and write a two-page
essay about an influential woman
in their life.
Deadline for the application is
April 14. Students can submit the
application to the South Campus
Financial Aid Office or to Trish
Light (call her at 817-515-4740).
The scholarship must be used
at Tarrant County College.
This year’s luncheon sold out
within a week, Lund said.
Tickets were $5, and the pro-
ceeds went toward funding the
scholarship.
More than 55 students, faculty,
staff and administration will attend
the March 6 luncheon.
Guests will include South
Campus President Ernest L.
Thomas and Dean of Humanities
Judith Gallagher.
The luncheon will be 12:30-
1:45 p.m. in SSTU Living Room.
The event will include a presenta-
tion by speaker Catherine Simpson,
local relationship manager at
Prudential, and entertainment by
cellist Kristin Blair, pianist Julie
Blair and vocalist Laveria Bogan.
The new scholarship program
will offer a $300 scholarship for
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She plans to teach students
to listen for their own irrational
thinking.
Students will also learn tech-
niques for practicing positive self-
talk in their everyday life.
The event is sponsored by
South Campus Women in New
Roles and health services.
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Students needing help with
confidence building will find a
boost at a South Campus seminar
next week.
Women in New Roles
will present Positive Self-Talk
Wednesday, March 5, in the
SSTU Forum Room on the South
Campus.
Flo Stanton, campus nurse
and coordinator of health services,
said she would like to help stu-
dents have a positive outlook on
life.
The presentation will promote
constructive thinking by using
positive language, Stanton said.
Stanton said she will identify
the language of downers versus
uppers.
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Dr. Hamed Madani, professor of government on SE Campus, talks about
voting in primary elections.
Have the media ever made
you think negatively of your body
image, and think that you are too
fat or too skinny?
A seminar held Feb. 13 ad-
dressed this very issue.
“How the media portray self-
image, and how you perceive your-
self may be two different things,”
Jason Wooten, physical education
assistant professor, said in a Feb.
13 presentation.
The seminar on SE Campus
was designed to educate the col-
lege community on self-image and
the impact it has on health.
If a person is too skinny, he or
. she can be anorexic, and have heart
failure and any other heath prob-
lems as well.
If a person is overweight or
will last is if you see your relation-
ship as a place that you go to give,”
he said.
Eason used a toy box analogy.
If everyone takes toys out and
no one puts anything back in, the
box gets emptied. Once empty, the
relationship sours, and people leave
to get a new fix, Eason said.
Approximately 60 students, in-
cluding a psychology class learned
how to develop meaningful rela-
tionships.
Eason explained what code-
pendent and abusive relationships
look like and how people need to
evaluate their own relationship
skills.
To help with the learning pro-
cess, Eason distributed relationship
pattern and codependency ques-
tionnaires that asked basic ques-
tions about the participants’ current
and past relationships.
Eason encouraged people to
get out if they find themselves in
an abusive relationship.
“Drugs and alcohol are not an
excuse,” he said.
Abuse is not always physical,
Eason said. It can also be emotion-
al.
without even knowing it, they look
for someone who will help them
recreate their own parents’ relation-
ship.
For example, if someone grew
up in a family with constant chaos,
fighting and infidelity, that person
might have a tendency to recreate
that same environment in his or her
relationships, Eason said.
Components of a healthy rela-
tionship include honesty, respect,
trust and communication.
Communication is critical in
any healthy relationship, Eason
said.
“Go now and try to live
healthy,” he said.
Cherise Whitney, a psychol-
ogy student, said she picked up
some good advice in the session.
“[I learned] just to keep doing
what I’m doing,” she said. “Don’t
settle for something that’s not good
for you.”
obese, the health risks include heart
disease and diabetes.
The modeling industry has
made young women think that
being very skinny is very healthy,
but it is not, Wooten said.
Models Luisa Ramos and Ana
Carolina Reston became anorexic
and died of heart failure.
Even the fashion industry is
speaking out against this type of
body image.
“I have never liked thin girls,
and I have never made them go
on the catwalk,” designer Giorgio
Armani said in 2006.
In Spain, thin models are pro-
hibited from working.
“The fashion industry should
ban size zero models as a statement
against anorexia and other eating
disorders among young women,”
Wooten said.
According to a Fox News story
Men have a disorder called
muscle dysmorphia. When scien-
tists did not know what this dis-
order was, they called it “reverse
anorexia.”
Muscle dysmorphia happens
to men who want to look big and
bulky. They don’t have to be ath-
letes, but they do excessive exer-
cising and use steroids to help them
reach their goal.
Muscle dysmorphia is linked
to drug abuse, suicide, bipolar dis-
order and antisocial behavior. No
treatment exists for muscle dys-
morphia, Wooten said. The only
prevention is to educate the public
and trainers on this issue.
“Social support such as sit-
down family meals, dining out,
walking or jogging with a group in
the neighborhood are ways to help
prevent body image problems,” he
said.
“The glue that holds all rela-
tionships together, including the re-
lationship between the leader and
the led is trust, and trust is based
on integrity. ” - Brian Tracy
“Why do you want a rela-
tionship?” was the question pre-
sented Valentine’s Day by coun-
selor Michael Eason in Healthy
vs. Unhealthy Relationships on SE
Campus.
Various answers from the au-
dience included “to feel loved,” “to
build memories” and “it’s an innate
desire.”
“Some of the biggest challeng-
es in relationships come from the
fact that most people enter a rela-
tionship in order to get something,”
Eason quoted motivational speaker
Anthony Robbins.
“The only way a relationship
By ANGELICA ESTRADA
reporter
Eason said some people use
threats of suicide as a tactic to
maintain control.
“Do not encourage suicide,”
he said. “But also don’t give in or
you will just enable it.”
Eason said self-image is pri-
marily derived from the most im-
portant person in one’s life.
“Who is the most important
person in your life? And what do
they think about you?” he asked.
Love maps are what people
subconsciously use to look for
love, Eason said.
These maps are typically
formed at a young age by parents.
Then as children grow up,
online, a New York attorney wants
to set healthier standards for mod-
els and make them law.
Several warning signs point
to a distorted self-image, Wooten
said.
Exercise addiction, binge eat-
ing, rigid routines, fixation on
weight loss and working out even
when injured or sick are just a few
of the warning signs.
Female athlete triad, an eating
disorder, triggers irregularity in the
menstrual cycle.
It also stresses bodily func-
tions and causes loss of energy and
bone mass.
Wooten said female athletes
with this condition will restrict
calories, exercise excessively, eat
vegetarian meals and change envi-
ronmentally.
“Males also have problems
with their self-image,” he said.
Q. What is a primary election?
A primary election is an American phenomenon. It was introduced dur-
ing the Progressive era of the early 20th century to make the selection
of nominees more democratic. Previously, party leaders, activists and
elected officials selected each party’s nominees. According to Texas law,
any political party whose gubernatorial candidate received 20 percent
of the popular vote in the previous general election must hold a primary
election.
Q. If someone votes in the Democratic Party primary in March in
Texas, can he or she still vote for a Republican candidate in the gen-
eral election in November?
In Texas, no record is kept of which party ballot voters choose or have
selected in the past. Furthermore, voters are not required to declare one’s
party affiliation in advance of primary election. That is, voters can cast
their votes for candidates of their choice regardless of which party can-
didates they voted in the primary elections. However, voters in Texas are
morally (but not legally) bound to vote for his/her party’s candidates.
Q. What advice can you give about choosing which primary election
to vote in?
An important consideration for getting involved in the primary elec-
tion is one’s party affiliation. Party activists and supporters are the ones
who make sure to vote in the primaries. The voters rely on candidates’
position on issues and experience in deciding how to cast their votes.
The most important issues of concern to most voters in this presidential
primary election have been the economy, healthcare, immigration and
national security.
Q. What are delegates and super delegates?
Delegates are party activists from each party who attend the national
party convention to officially nominate a presidential candidate and a
vice presidential candidate. To become a delegate to the national party
convention from Texas, one has to be selected as a delegate in lower
party conventions, including precinct, county or senatorial district and
state conventions.
There are three types of delegates who attend the national
party convention: regular delegate, alternate and super delegate. A
regular delegate is a voting delegate and an alternate is a non-vot-
ing delegate and will become a voting delegate if a regular dele-
gate cannot attend the national convention. The Democratic Party
is the only party with super delegates. Approximately 20 per-
cent of the Democratic Party’s delegates are made up of super del-
egates. They are Democratic Party officials and elected officials.
Counselor explains relationship issues
By MICHAEL LINDEN
reporter
Speaker defies negative body image
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Feb. 27 South Campus presents Children’s Story Time. A sto-
ryteller will provide an oral history of the experiences of blacks
by relating the past to the present. Students from L. Clifford Davis
Elementary School will attend, and all TCC students are invited. The
event will be 10-11 a.m. in the SSTU Forum Room.
Feb. 27 South Campus closes its Black History Month events with
Harambee Closing Celebration noon-1:30 p.m. in the SSTU
Dining Room.
Calendar of Events
March 12-13 TCC campuses will host Maxine Maxwell: times and
locations will be announced later as part of TCC’s Women’s History
Month celebrations and programs. Echoes of the Past, a dra-
matic performance, will explore the strength and courage of African-
BLACK HISTORY MONTH American women throughout history.
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