Show The Utah Statesman Group counseling center established by Cydne tling vshah is more Horroiks nr group counseling ami Iwrn initiated by brrapv program lias nirmlxT' of the Counseling and Testing Center Stuff to mote full v nifft the needs of the students at USU with their intrajwiMinil nr mterper-- 1 nal fuiuertis Mark Weaver sjinkestnan tor the Center said been stall an program that meet the students' Counseling and Testing "Never before has thete ftTuri to establish sm h a (ould more lullv needs here at L'Sl' "Clients have similar kinds of prob- lems whuh make group counseling more desirable line students have the npportuiutv to leun and practice new behavior in an inter personal set c Ioselv resembling the real world According to Weaver "Viiarious learning and mutual supjxirt from other members of the group is more helpful as opposed to one on one with the individual and the expert” A group counseling and psy hotherapy program new to L'SL' has also been established Other groups can be added to those already started depending on the rear (ton "One time oik option and barrier towards counseling and therapy people have” said Weaver ‘‘is the tendency of jieople to think you have to Iw rav to a(ept counseling People have diHi(ii!tv in understanding what counseling is have said “Many c ‘Counseling? Therapy? That’s for the crazies isn’t it?’ But really when you look at it” he said “if you have a problem and you need help and you know where help might lx- - found (like here) and you don’t seek that help that’s more ‘crazy’ than anything else Many kinds of group experiences are offered through the Student Counseling Center Diagnostic tests may Iw helpful in identifying more particularly the pattern of a student’s academic and occupational interests and abilities Students are free to discuss with others their interests pro-b- l ems and concerns alxiut present jobs and future plans The whole person is helped much more than what a test may indicate Other groups dealing with shyness Monday January 12 198i Page 3 at USU parenting and women’s issues will be adapted to fit the interests and needs of the participants Groups will hold weekly sessions that will run for the length of the quarter Schedules are arranged around the students and can be flexible No fee will be charged for group counseling “The only real cost lies in the amount of effort energy and involvement you are willing to invest” said Weaver New groups will be forming each quarter to meet the needs for the students By contacting the Counseling and Testing Center in Old Main Room 2 an appointment can be made to meet with skilled group leaders to see which group will meet your particular needs Book Exchange at USU: an alternative for texts by Steve Cook Two discouraged students walked out of the USU Bookstore after spending what they thought was an outrageous amount of money on this quarter’s books One turned to the other and asked “Isn’t there some way we can avoid spending so much money on books?” According to Student Relations Vice President John Worley there is The book exchange is in operation the first part of every quarter and its sole purpose is to help students save money when they buy textbooks According to Worley “T he book exchange is a program designed to save students money because we’ve all felt the frustrations of buying Ixsiks from the tjookstore at high prices nt selling them ImwIi at Che end of the quarter for very lit- - tie" The operation of the exchange is simple Students bring their books to Room 335 in the Student Center and fill out two contracts: one for themselves and one that remains with the book The txxiks are then categorized according to subjects and arc placed on tables where other students arc then able to come and buy them The person whose book is being sold sets the price for the bcxik and when it sells he or she receives the full price except for a 30 cent handling charge According to Worley “There is a lot of marketing involved with it because if a student should go in there to sell a Ixxik and sees other bcxiks like the one they want to sell they have to scalp their price lower then the rest so students will buy theirs This competition is what brings the price lower than -- the bcxikstore “It’s not a money making organization” he continued “It’s purely to help the students The 30 cent handling charge is to cover the cost of printing up contracts and making posters to advertise (the bcxik exchange)” All the work that goes into the Ixxik exchange is volunteered and comes from the Bcxik Exchange Committee which is headed by Cary Arnett The members of the committee arrange to spend their time at the exchange while it is in operation the first five days and the last two days of the quarter These students often miss classes during this time “This quarter we’ve set all kinds of records Monday and Tuesday alone we had more books come into the exchange then we have in other previous quarters” Worley said “It’s just becoming more and more popular I think it’s probably because of the high prices charged by the bcxikstore and with the economy the way it is money is tighter and students are trying to lx-- more thrifty” he added ‘‘I think that there has been a misconnotation about the bcxik exchange When I first heard about it I thought it was a place where I had to come up by myself and try to sell my bcxik to someone else and if there happened to be someone who wanted to buy my book right then we could make a deal I never tried it because I thought it would be too much fill out your bother But it’s such a good idea because you just entire the P"lod book there contract and leave yofir The book exchange sold over 13300 Still no all student can one book here but I can’t find the that I need” ei vTldTy - |