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Show Brown Bagger Anger management is better than trying to control temper By Colleen J. Olsen Staff writer of The Signpost People lose control of their anger because they try to control it, said Dr. Larry Helmbrechtof WSU Counseling and Psychological Services Wednesday. Anger management is different than anger control, he said. Helmbrecht explained anger management during a "Brown Bagger" lecture Wednesday sponsored by the Women's Education Resource Center. "Our emotions are kind of like a gift that we have as human beings," he said. "They are our key that tells us what our needs are." Generally men and women process emotions differently, he said. 'Our emotions are kind of like a gift that we have as human beings. They are our key that tells us what our needs are." Larry Helmbrecht "Women in our culture have much more permission to feel hurt and act hurt, than they do to feel anger and act angrily," he said. "The saddest part about all this is that if we go around and express most of our emotions as anger, not many people are going to want to get close to us and help us feel our hurt." Helmbrecht suggested that people keep an anger log, recording what triggered their anger, the anger level, and the "anger talk" used to increase or maintain the anger. He suggested that people should try to think about coping talk, or self-talk that could or did decrease anger. Finally, try to identify feelings experienced other than anger. Helmbrecht identified five other basic emotions we experience besides anger. One is sadness. We need to discharge and express sadness in order to heal. "Part of the reason we don't discharge it, is we don't want to feel it because it doesn't OUTREACH (continued from page 1) : and Montana, said Smith. It includes two or three days of intensive workshop sessions. "We found by going there every six months we developed a good comradeship with the students," said Smith. Students are assigned independent assignments and projects based on the lecture, discussion, and other learning activities presented in these sessions. The Outreach program : is similar to an off-campus program. : "Basically it's campus credit. Students pay the regular tuition and student fees," Smith said. The program was first held in northern Utah cities such as Logan, Brigham City, Salt Lake, and Provo. Then, it was held in St. George, and programs were setup in Richfield and Vernal to meet the demand. Smith said that people from Wyoming then approached the program. Later they took the program into Montana, Washington, Reno, Nevada, and now Indiana. "Each time we take it to a state we investigate it very carefully whether or not that state will allow us in," said Smith. When considering to begin the program in Indianapolis they picked out the state that would be centrally located, he said. Most of the workshops are held in hospitals which provide the classrooms and equipment for the program. The Indianapolis workshop will be held in June at a hotel. Smith said that this year's workshop may bring hos-: pital ; representatives who may ask for programs based at their ; hospitals for future workshops. "We don't treat our students any differently. We have the same subject matter and the same testing program," said Smith. The only difference between the off -campus program and on-campus program is that the tests are sent out and given by appointed proctors. Smith said he has learned how to become a better instructor from the program. "It has taught us how to transmit a greater amount of student learning in a shorter amount of time' he said. feel too good to feel sad," he said. Fear warns us. something dangerous is happening or is going to happen. "Have any of you ever felt that cold feeling inside when someone walks by oryou meet somebody? That's your cue that person isn't safe," Helmbrecht said. Guilt is often made up of other feelings but usually comes when we have violated our own values. Shame is another emotion that comes from feeling we need to be much more than we actually can be. Joy comes in fleeting moments, and it is the emotion that we want to keep feeling, then we feel ashamed because we can't keep feeling joy. "What joy means is that most of our needs, or all of our needs are being met at that one time. That's why it lasts for such a short time," Helmbrecht said. SOCIAL (continued from page 2) Chronic Neglect Program This is the most intensive program. Again, the social worker enters the home to work with the families, but on the more frequent basis, usually two times a week for two hours for up to a year. Families involved have an average of six to eight allegations of abuse or neglect when they begin the program. The recidivism rate for those who complete the program is two out of 100. "This is a highly successful program which has received national recognition," Mugridge said. He feels he is sent the "best of the best" student workers and says he has had no problems with them. "They are dedicated to the job." The center cares for 60 to 80 children per month in the crisis nursery. That translates into 35 to 40 families which benefit from their assistance. Fifteen households use the teen parenting services. Currently 57 families are involved in Outreach programs. The Family Support Center of Ogden is a non-profit organization funded by the United Way, Children's Trust Fund, Children's Defense Fund, private donations and state funds. It is located on 622 23rd Street. SENATE (continued from page 1) ment (used to) keep sending in appeals, hoping to get their case changed," said Mark Mathson, business and economics senator. Ratification of the amended code will follow open meetings on the code to be held Wednesday and Thursday in the Sage Room of the Education Building at 3 p.m. In other Senate business, Cheryl Arnett was sworn in as Hispanic senator to replace Miguel Rodriguez, who resigned. Amett was sworn in twice, as the first swearing-in was under the oath pertaining to the old student constitution. A new copy of the constitution was found, and Arnett was sworn in. The Non-Declared Student charter will be voted on next week. LETTERS (continued from page 1) name and address so the student can write back to you. Students wishing to participate will be assigned a coordinator who will provide stationary and envelopes. A sixth graders name will be written on the envelope. After all letters are written and collected, the coordinator will distribute the letters to various schools and speak briefly to the students. 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