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These included management discussion topics If you're still suffering from personal management and included defining the jobs to be stress and worry here at Rose. organization, how well one done. setting priorities, and vou probably did not attend the reacts to and manipulates his recognizing one's own ability. stress management workshop environment, and how well one Herrama and Heider did a presented here at Rose. by controls his own attitude great job by inviting much I.S.U.'s clinical psychology Participants also filled out a discussion from the group mem- department. Two graduate personal stress assessment bers and by handing out self- Maril students, Randy Herrama and questionnaire for this session help sheets and other informa- 41114 Sylvia Heider came to Rose for that dealt with sugar, alcohol, tion. When asked to summarize three consecutive Monday caffeine, and nicotine consump- his experience, Brian Ramey evenings and taught participants tion, physical stress, amount of said, "The program helped me methods of evaluating and sleep, and stress from work. identify and evaluate stressful controlling stress. Finally, the third session situations." Ralph Anderson said In the first session, covered stress "inoculation" and what he liked best about the participants talked about time management. Stress program was that it showed him stressful situations such as inoculation involves preparing or "ways to look at particular homework, tests, overcommmit- "inoculating" oneself for stressful school situations and ment, relationships, illness in stressful situations in advance. assess them realistically rather Al Schmidt, Professor of Mathematics, has been on the the family, and many more. Preparation methods included than emotionally." local lecture circuit to drum up support for improvements Randy and Sylvia then taught positive thinking and imagery. Overall, the workshop proved in the nation's public school system. Mike Hendershot muscle relaxing techniques to For example. when preparing to be a positive experience. photo. release the tension that builds for an interview, past interviews Hopefully, Herrama and Heider from stress. that went well could be will come back again soon for During the second session. concentrated on as a model for those of you who missed out. So Schmidt critiques schools skills, strengths. and needs were the upcoming interview. Time just relax — if you can. by Gary Bechman in our society. In California, one may earn a Professor Schmidt has spoken degree in Driver's Education, to many groups but his audiences not just a general degree, but a are not a direct part of the Ph.D! Tios educational pet system disarray. s, in In the Indianapolis Public What he is striving to do is to School System, a beginning bring pressure to bear on the teacher with a minimum four system through concerned years of college education citizens who were not aware of commands a starting yearly the stifling, unproductive Vol. 18, No. 21 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology APRIL 15, 1983 salary of $3,000 less than a newly character of most of the nation's hired painter for the same school school systems. system's maintenance depart- But, as he quickly points out, ment. the crux of the problem lies with N.M.U.N. In response to these and other team the attitudes of our society. returns atrocities, Professor Al Schmidt Since World War II, Japan and by Al Hippleheuser Darby Keeney (FR. CH 1, Steve about the United Nations, world has launched an effort to expose Germany (and now the Soviet New York — Success met Pettit (JR, CE) and Ted Poulos issues, international negotia- the "poor situation of public Union) have supported educa- seven students from Rose- (JR, EE). Dawn Cawdrey from tions, and foreign affairs. The education with regard to science tional goals which support their Hulman at the 1983 National St. Mary-of-the-Woods served as students on each delegation and math as well as the industrial goals. Statistics Model United Nations (NMUN a member of the NMUN staff. familiarize themselves with their lackadaisical attitude toward indicate between one-third and Conference, an educational On the first day of NMUN, assigned country's foreign policy other courses" in the social one-fourth of all of their students experience which was held in Keeney, Hippleheuser, and months before the Conference. sciences and the humanities. in the higher institutions of New York City from March 29 to Poulos were all elected This is not a recent problem in learning are in engineering. April 2. chairmen of their committees. Some of the issues covered in our educational institutions, However, the United States has Over 1500 students from 120 and served the entire week twenty-two committees included rather it has only been continually placed greater different schools attended the moderating proceedings. This is the threat of nuclear war, exacerbated by the rapidly emphasis on social programs as conference this year. The men one of the first times that one fighting in Central America and growing high technology element Cont. on page 3 from Rose joined four women school has ever had chairmen in the Middle East, human rights from St. Marv-of-the-Woods so many committees at the violations, the world economic College in representing the national simulation. Rose was situation. the status of women, Modulus will return Central American country of commended by the NMUN and the drafting of a convention Costa Rica. Those attending Secretary-General for this out- against mercenaries. At the by Geoffrey Lang them 1. The students are so busy from Rose were Mark Bailey standing achievement. Conference,' Since 1968, Rose-Hulman's making grades and interviewing the student (FR, EE), Laszlo Bardos (SO, An exciting alternative to delegates actively yearbook, the Modulus, for jobs pursue their has had that they never think of EE), Alan Hippleheuser (JR, traditional education, NMUN very few editions completed on the long term nostalgic value of CH), Rob Jacoby (SO. CM), provides an opportunity to learn Cont. on page 3 schedule. For instance, from a yearbook. What many do not 1968 to 1973 no yearbooks were realize is that a yearbook does published, while in 1974 not really serve a purpose until concerned students overcame after graduation; years later the Rose-Hulman flaunts its proud past campus apathy towards the yearbook can be used to remind Some of the History of Rose- year . Favorably impressed first appreciable Modulus and published five one of his college years and to capital with Hulman with the location and the people which he was consecutive issues (1974 to 1978). show his children what college later to build a Part I (of only II parts): 1817- in and about Terre Haute. I fortune. Unfortunately, a lack of was like. He sold a large block of 1962 returned and became a resident land to the Terre enthusiasm haulted its printing The apathy is not new or Haute & An eye-witness report by A. R. in April, 1818." Richmond Railroad from 1979 until 1982. This past unique to the Modulus; other Company Schmidt,'49 Chauncey Rose was an for $500/acre year the understaffed and over- organizations have also been ( which showed Have you ever thought (or unusually ambitious man. Not already his worked Modulus has managed to experiencing poor attendance at instinct for heard others say) there's nothing only had he sawed lumber in business! ). He built complete, publish, and distribute functions. However, the the first to do in Terre Haute? So what's Parke County, but af ter large hotel to both students and alumni, the administration, particularly in Terre Haute, new? Quoting from Chauncey inheriting $8,000 (and in 1825, yearbooks from 1979 to 1982. President Hull3ert and Kent became one of the "Railroad Rose's own letter: "In the fall of that was a tidy sum! ), he That is a lot of work for only Harris, have been supporting the kings" of the West, was 1817 (author's note: six years invested these funds in eight full time and seventeen Modulus for its nostalgic value. a interested in canals, and, as it after the disappearance of New mercantile business and in land was part time contributors, This year's Modulus, 1983, is described by one of the ten Madrid, Mo.