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r | ' ,ii iiiiii IIIJU i ,|y ,>^V H A For moi Undergr College (tempon 777-219 IMMEF Spend 6-? new Interi Administi Approx Locatioi hours so been feeling anxious lately. After being around Johnny, her anxiety turned to comfort. "I am a huge dog lover, so for me it was really good having him there," Lerner said. "In a way, he distracted me, though, because I wanted to be on the floor playing with him the whole time. I'm excited he'll be there, though, because he adds that warm element to the class." Kate Wambach, an assistant professor in the School of Social Work, said using dogs can be very effective, but it really depends on the individual. "For certain clients, it can be Covering all the bases. [PEOPLE PLAI Schoolhc Collog* Pun S?rvic? AUSTIN, Texas ? University of Texas social work Professor Leslie Wind has found truth in the saying a dog is man's best friend. That is why she chose to use a 95-pound golden retriever named Johnny in therapy for patients in her clinical practice and now for students in her class. If you're feeling tearful, he will come lie at your feet If you're yelling, hell back off and lay in the middle of the ^ v room,''Wind said. Wind, who brought J ohnny I] m to two of her I classes for the \\\WMffij'/ first time in late ' February, always Tv' has used the dog II jL at her clinical practice, located ? at Westlake Psychotherapy Center She said Johnny is good therapy fa* her patients, and she hopes he will have the same effect on her students. "From what I saw today, students are more comfortable in making eye contact with Johnny than they would with a teacher, which is very soothing for them," Wind said. "They also feel more relaxed in learning, and this is a real positive influence." She added that Johnny also should be able to ease a little of the stress graduate students face. Stephanie Lerner, a graduate social work student, said she has ZES WHATNOT] | rase dog ! very calming," Wambach said. B "When used appropriately, it can be a mechanism for making environments less stressful, and it helps to establish an atmosphere when intimate details of one's life can be discussed and worked on." Wambach said she has seen significant results in using dogs for therapy, especially in nursing homes. "It really helps av\\ to draw out the _ chent. A lot ot the I Vj. 3|Au time, people are . 'A Iimm/a- no^ very in^rac_ tive, biit when / MBw the dog is around, they'll open up . ^ySTi and start inter actihg with it," V ^ W i n d d e - I scribes golden re- | trievers as "very gentle, sensitive, 1 uriel madden highly trainable | The Gamecock and wanting to please." Before | . Wind purchased Johnny from ' High Mark Kennels, he was a champion show dog. She said Johnny is able to tol- I erate many attitudes and has a . personality that is able to fit in- I to the calm environment of a clin . i Il^ll pi Cl^U^C. J "My anxiety really goes down in treating difficult patients with j Johnny. It is very reassuring to have him around. He knows he * has to be calm at work," she said. | People call Johnny "Mr. Mellow," Wind said, because he is so calm. I Wind said one of her patients, t who often tries to harm her ill I t brother, is schizophrenic. But be- t cause the patient likes animals and is gentle with them, Wind \ said she uses Johnny to show the | ? child how to treat her brother. j "There is really a distinct | r change with kids. I have never _ \ had a child say to put him out," I g Wind said. "By the end of the ses- _ c sion, they are all over him." I ^ Wind said she consults her pa tients to find out if any of them e are allergic to or afraid of animals. f And she does not use Johnny as ? part of therapy if patients have j an objection to the procedure. ( "I hope this is a statement | c about the creative ways we are ? able to provide treatment," Wind I t said. \ I i 1| 1 iSferillfe 1 I > i . | 9 Gamegpcksipitte |||| * s ; J ' | 8 w 5 ' | 1 nee - <$umm ISE YOURSELF IN FRENC J weeks living and working in Fran nship Program sponsored by the Cc -ation and the Ecole Superieure De imate dates: June 1st - Auguj n: Ancient town of Troyes - a uth of Paris re information contact: aduate Division of Business Administration arily located on the 8th floor) 1 X Pfifcki^Y ON A RECENT TRIP K GROUP OP FRIEN EXACTLY HOW MU< HABITS OF MEN AND As we went from store to store, ;he females in the group continued X) try on every article of clothing they ;ould get their hands on. Call me :razy, but I have never spent 45 minltes in a dressing room to see if a 3air of pants matched my watch. Guys buy clothes the way we do ust about everything else in life. We vant to make a good deal, but we vant to get it over fast. When I go nto a store, I can immediately look it the clothes on display and decide f I like them. Occasionally, I have ;o try on a pair of pants, but I can nake it and out of the store with a ;ime of about 10.000 minutes. Women, on the other hand, use a ot more effort when shopping, and m innocent excursion to Columbia Mall can easily turn into an all-day lightmare. The following scenarios rave been experienced by everyone, 10 pay close attention to them so you an be better informed the next time r'ou go shopping. Example 1. The dress (or anything ?lse, for that matter) that just won't it. The woman usually only weighs ibout 95 pounds and claims that she s too fat for anything in the store. 5uys, when she steps out of that Iressing room, she will ask you how ihe looks. Even if you are sincere and ell her she looks great, she will tell rou that you are lying, and this jrocess will be repeated six times hat afternoon. Example 2. The salesman that ust won't give up. I am approached >y this person in 99 percent of the tores in any mall. I usually tell him ' hat I am just looking until I really reed him. However, the salesman i till tries to sell me everything in the ] tore. CLIFTON C iev / 99 j :H CULTURE! \ ce by participating in a )llege of Business Commerce de Troyes. it 1st pproximately 11/2 '' ft ' f .. f tjB&jfkBHSSjfP Jllll^B H v JPlilfBi > the mall with a ds, i realized :h the shopping i women differ. When it comes to women, the overzealous salesman will tell them, "Oh, you have the figure for this. You'd look great in this, homegirl!" Too often, I have seen women take so many clothes into the dressing room that they need a team of salesmen to help them. Then they buy everything they try on, bring it home and take it back two days later. Either they want to impress their friends with what they bought, or they just can't make up their minds. Example 3. Hie newly issued credit card. Because all of us are harassed by the Discover/Visa/MasterCard/American Express man in front of the Russell House five days a week, this is a situation that both men and women can get themselves into. Sure, that free T-shirt or squirt bottle seems like a good deal at the time, but once we hit the mall, a strange instinct seems to take over our minds. We tend to look at all the clothing, tennis shoes, stereo equipment and CDs and say to ourselves, "111 just pay the bill at the end of the month. I can handle it." That is, until you count in finance charges, annual fees and the constant threat that our credit report will be screwed up for life. As you can see, men and women both have shopping habits that are less than perfect. However, men tend to look at the shopping experience as one where they will actually accomplish something. Women, on the other hand, become mindless creatures that aimlessly roam the mall in search of anything that will remotely look good on them, and that is the way it will always be. HESTNUT '} -VV-fv. .? il : ' Yf^f V> vt- A v-?W/lrf ' y.00 Five Points r SO^ItewlrteStfsset l's;,~ :> ::<y.V y:-' fastest quad-speed, v | intheworldl ^^eback in time to ft M JM wml I ragfp; / ^fr Em WOMEN KNOW TH SERIOUS BUSINESS \ CONSIDER SHOPPINC OR A CHORE, WOMEN A EUPHEMISM FOR "I We arm ourselves with credit t card and checkbook in pursuit of the y perfect outfit, shirt or pair of shoes, trying to remember that this is sup- o posed to be fun. fc Today will be the day, we think, s that I find the blouse to go with the t skirt with the tags still on it in the c closet. It's out there somewhere. It's just a matter of finding it. a There is no such idealism for guys, p The hunt for the just-right piece of f clothing is lost on the men. t "Guys walk in already knowing e what they want. They get it and y leave, occasionally stopping to look at the clearance racks," business j sophomore Tim Cooper said. "Girls g go in and could wander aimlessly for r an hour and still walk out with noth- ^ inrr " *"& What guys don't understand is y that shbpping is more than just walk- ' ing around the mall. It's a bonding t experience. Mothers, daughters and girlfriends typically get along best 8 when they shop because they are united for a common purpose. 8 It's only clothes, right? Sophomore psychology major Becky Flem- ? ing said that while clothes are only important for the guys when the ? Duckheads start coming apart at the 8 seams, girls know it's the clothes that make the woman. t "When guys go in, they're look- s ing for a shirt and a pair of pants," c Fleming said. "Girls aren't going to P buy just anything. Tt's an investment v Restaurant an< for them." c While mam "ss, navy, khaki and o white are all pretty much interchangeable, and a tie, slacks and t] maybe a coat will do for pretty much 1( any occasion, women must face the ii world of dress pants vs. skirts vs. si ALLISON V feet nm Killl -v. - " 'V . { >ortant to switch handbags for (liferent seasons. Yes, there are such hings as winter and summer purss. As for shoes, never, ever wear our white pumps after Labor Day. So, if women spend what seems ike an inordinate amount of time igonizing over whether these earings go with that blouse, now you :now why. However, if men give women a tard time about the time they spend rying on article of clothing after aricle of clothing, have you ever been hopping for electronics with a guy? At least we don't research Conumer Reports before we hit the mall. Juys will spend forever when it comes o electronics. If guys shake in their toots about visions of holding their irlfriend's purse in The Limited, iris dread trips to Best Buy. It's true that some women will ake their time when it comes to honnine'. And ves. ifs true that cnrls r~r o ~ * 7 o ould try on every blouse and every iair of shoes in the store and it still /ouldn't be right, but for women, lothes are just not something to put n in the morning. "Girls go in with the attitude that bey want something to feel good in, x)k good in," Fleming said. "Guys go i with the attitude that they need OTiething to cover themselves up in." ITILLIAMS ^ an's Red e?g.5o ^iif Spr>N? .' T ' v ";" 1 < :< ?;: ., . : : ; .1" - - .#, >: : xvX?: : S??:':\-<>. - :': m Wim WMmSMmm ? MMM -< MfflPMmmM > z -< .a Is/ ^ |m* V\&Lg^BB88M ? ^2^ni o ^^ Mi 3 E AT SHOPPING IS WHILE MANY MEN I TO BE A PASTIME I KNOW "MALL" IS BATTLE ZONE." he power suit vs. the dress. I'm sure rou can get the idea. It's hard for men to grasp the idea f being underdressed or overdressed, >ut believe me, wearing the dress lacks when you're supposed to wear he power suit can be the kiss of leath. Not to mention accessorizing and ill nf thp niloa Unr PYflmnlo it'a im.