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students who need help, there
are a lot of excellent resources
in the university and in the
community, he said. There are
counseling services through
NT's Counseling and Test-
ing Services and Psychology
Clinic.
Also available is the 24-hour
hotline, Friends of the Family,
for victims of sexual assault
and violence at (940) 382-
7273.
But the new program will
help to supplement what is al-
ready offered.
Yet, one major difference
between these university ser-
vices and the new program
is that the sessions will not be
run by psychology profession-
als but counselors in training
- third-year graduate students
in the behavioral medicine
and health psychology doc-
toral program.
But Scherbarth said that
one advantage of the program
might be that the co-facilita-
tors might provide a perspec-
tive that is closer in age and
March
experience.
"Since we [the co-facilita-
tors] are all students, we know
the student experience and
can empathize with student
relationships," he said. Also,
the low cost of the program
is an added benefit to partici-
pants.
The new program will also
help graduate student co-fa-
cilitators fulfill graduation
requirements for clinical ex-
perience. But he said that the
primary goal of the program is
to help students gain a better
understanding of the nature of
healthy versus unhealthy rela-
tionships.
The sessions will not focus on
abusive relationships, he said.
"Topics covered in the sessions
are really going to depend on
the people that come."
Co-facilitators will be there
to help further discussion, of-
fer feedback "to help put a
frame on things ... but it will
be the students processing
through things themselves,"
he said.
He emphasized that the ses-
sions are geared not only for
those already in relationships,
but also for those who have had
trouble starting them. He also
recommended that students
come individually instead of in
couples, so they'll feel less in-
hibited in discussion.
According to Scherbarth,
statistics show that one-fourth
to one-third of romantic re-
lationships in college have
elements of relationship vio-
lence or sexual assault. But
all relationships could use
improvement. Understanding
the elements of healthy versus
unhealthy relationships is cru-
cial, he said.
"In college, a lot of long-
term and committed relation-
ships are forming," he said.
"It's the perfect time to cover
these topics. That's where the
beginnings of ... relationships
take place."
Students can call the NT
Psychology Clinic at (940) 565-
2631 to sign up or for more in-
formation.
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roll at the university.
The marchers, carrying
signs, flags and pictures of
King, then wound their way
through the streets of Denton
to the Martin Luther King Jr.
civic center where they joined
another celebration already
underway.
The specter of controversy
stalled initial attempts to per-
suade congress to declare a
national holiday in honor of
King. It wasn't until 1983 that
the observance was signed
into law by President Reagan,
but it was another three years
before the holiday was offi-
cially celebrated.
Johnson hopes to promote
the idea that the holiday is not
simply a celebration of King's
life, but a celebration of the
ideals he stood for.
"It encompasses a lot," she
said. "He was about national
and global brotherhood."
Berry echoed the sentiment
in her speech.
"This is not a black holi-
day," she said. "It's a people's
holiday."
Several other groups, in-
cluding the Campus Greens,
Peace Action Denton and Vet-
erans for Peace attended the
march as well.
Martin Wallace, Denton
graduate student and mem-
ber of the Campus Greens,
believed it was important for
his organization to show its
support.
"Our principle of non-violence
goes hand-in-hand with what
Dr. King stood for," he said.
According to Johnson, the
theme for this year's march
was, "A day on instead of a
day off."
The slogan is meant to pro-
mote community service dur-
ing the holiday instead of just
taking the day off from work.
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the premises.
The lodge is "a long dream
that has finally become a re-
ality," said Patsy Patterson,
president of the Alpha Alpha
chapter of the Chi Omega
House Corporation.
The sorority has been saving
money since the mid-1950s
with the idea of constructing
a permanent home, she said.
The local house corporation
will own and operate the
house for the benefit of the ac-
tive chapter and alumnae.
The building of the lodge
by the Chi Omega chapter
coincides with a larger effort
by the university to expand
greek life on campus by con-
structing Sorority Row at Ber-
nard and Prairie streets, also
by this fall.
Chi Omega's new home
will not be located on Soror-
ity Row, however, because the
land was purchased in 1989,
before knowledge of the uni-
versity's construction of So-
rority Row, with a future Chi
Omega home in mind, Patter-
son said.
The new lodge will not have
bedrooms, either. Cox said
that the sorority chose not to
provide housing because of
"the difficulty of placing most
upperclassmen in on-campus
housing." Most prefer to live
off campus, she said.
However, she added that in
the floor plan there's space to
add a staircase and a second
floor in the future, if desired,
"We're just very excited be-
cause it's something we've long
waited for," Cox said. "The sis-
terhood will get stronger. It's
kind of like a little home we'll
have where girls can hang and
study together."
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