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I'hc lied and Black. Monday. October :tl. 1077
Researchers find
student subgroups
By STEVE BILLS
Executive editor
For the past 10 years, the Institute for
Behavioral Research has been gathering
information on freshmen Now it has enough
data to start telling freshmen what it found
The information has been gleaned from over
10,000 biographical questionnaires issued for
six years beginning in 1968 Researchers
organized the findings across a number of
“biodata factors” and found 38 "subgroups” in
the group of students who enroll at the
University.
The 118 questions, multiple-choice question
naire includes queries on a wide variety of
data, including family religious activity,
athletic interest, academic achievement and
interest and parental relationships
It was last given Sept 21. Freshmen who
want to find out how they did can make
appointments by calling the Institute at 2-1806
"We put people in subsets within which they
have the same sort qf responses,” according to
Dr. William Owens of the Institute. "This is
because the best way to predict how someone
will behave in the future is to see how he has
behaved in the past."
L'SINCi BOTH the information from the
questionnaires and other studies, the research
ers set up a number of factors which seemed to
have an effect on a person's later life In the
questionnaires, people tended to fall into
certain categories based on the way they
answered questions on different topics
The results—every individual can be
described according to the way he compared to
the norm in the different areas He can also be
compared within a "subgroup" of students
whose answers were basically similar
When the information on these freshmen is
compared with information about the same
respondents as graduating seniors, a rough
outline can be sketched of the students' college
career This information can be used in
counselling
"Counselling is not our primary focus, but it
is one of our foci.” Owens said. And it is not
quick work
“OBVIOUSLY IT takes a while to get
started,” he said. "You have to wait four years
before you can do anything " And then the
results are only generai findings.
"Even if something is true nine times out of
10, you might be the 10th time,” Owens said.
The findings, then, cannot tell a student what
he will do in the future, but it can tell him what
students similar to him have done. Owens said
This is effective for most people, but there
are some students whose past lives have been
so unusual that their responses do not fit into
any general category
THESE PEOPLE are called "isolates "
because their responses, plotted on a multiple-
dimension graph, stand apart from the clusters
of responses that represent subgroups
"Take a kid who enrolls at the University
who spent four years on an Army base in
Thailand when he was a child." Owens said
"His responses are going to be different.”
Institute researchers do not recommend their
counselling as a substitute for regular
academic or career counselling, which is
offered through other offices. But they say it
can be helpful to students by informing them
how others with similar backgrounds have
behaved.
The bio-data factors and subgroup catagories
are different for men and women "You’ve got
to remember that things were a lot different in
1968" when the program began, according to
Donnan Denning, a graduate student working
on the program Things have changed since
then, but the categories haven't, because it
would mean a significant loss of information,
she said
BI T SURVEYS of this type are constantly in
revision "The Strong Vocational Aptitude test
has just recently been revised." Denning said.
The Strong test was used for 40 years with
separate groupings for men and women, but
"There wasn't a men's category for
beautician,’ and there wasn't a women’s
category for pilot. ”' she said "But there are
men hair dressers, and there are women pilots.
So it had to be changed." The Strong test is
used as a reference indicator in the institute’s
counseling.
The results of the questionnaire have already
been used to a limited extent in conventional
counselling. Denning says. And while some
students have objected to being put into these
categories, others have considered the
information from the "home-grown” survey
uniquely helpful, she said.
The next step of the project for the
researchers is to trace these University
graduates through later life. As the information
accumulates about what people go into which
professions, the value of the test will increase,
they said.
One subject of particular interest is what
happens to students who drop out of the
University Denning said the information about
those who quit school early is almost
nonexistent.
The research is funded from a 1962 National
Institutes of Health grant Its goal is ‘‘to effect
a classification of persons,” Owens said. “No
more, no less than that."
ALCOHOL — please don’t abuse H.
Photo by GEORGE SICAY
Creswell residents take up clogging
Creswell clogs
for recreation
Clogging echoes through the halls of Creswell Wednesday
nights under the tutelage of Joanne Rose
The program started two weeks ago when Rose, a Creswell
resident assistant, held an educational and recreational
program for the residents of Creswell Programs of different
types are required of the individual RA’s once a quarter.
Rose has been clogging for two years and because of the
interest expressed by the members of her hall, she decided to
hold one session.
“It’s a good type of exercise, lots of fun and a good way to
stomp out frustrations that build up during the day," Rose
said.
When people asked for more. Rose set up a class on
Wednesday nights.
An American dance originating in the mountains of the
Southeast, clogging is an offshoot of the folk dances brought
over by European settlers. Clogging developed from the more
physical buckdancing.
“The men would work hard all week, and come Saturday
night they would let loose buckdancing." Raymond Smallwood
of the Kennesaw Mountain Kloggers said. Smallwood was on
hand Wednesday night to show some of his footwork to the
Creswell residents.
"Clogging has more definite steps than buckdancing. The
term comes from the Dutch Clog. The dance includes
German, Dutch and Irish steps," Smallwood said.
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GOOD MORNINGATHENS:
No more alarms
By FRED MORGAN
The problem is the alarm clock It goes off
with a racket that shatters the early morning
quiet, unsympathetically startling the slumber-
er into a state of bewilderment akin to that ol
birth trauma
Or it doesn't go off al all. causing students to
miss their first two classes
The solution, according to University
students Kevin and Lafaye Thigpen is Good
Morning Athens.'' the classic city's first home
telephone wake-up service
KEVIN AND I.AKAYK. brothers from Ml
Vernon, created the service for the dual
purpose of paying for their education while
providing a novel and efficient way of helping
Athens-area residents get up on the right side of
bed each dav
The daily calls feature the standard. "Good
Morning." plus a report on each day's weather
forecast The Thigpens say that thev hope to
expand the formal as subscriptions lo then-
service increase and finances become available
for its growth
Possibilities include personal reminders to
subscribers concerning business appointing,
and important dates and theme weeks dun,,,
which special events or people » t ||t
he highlighted I
\T PRESENT, the service, which operas
from 5 a m. till 9 a in. during weekdays, has
subscribers. However. Kevin and Lafaye hop,' r
to build their customer number up to 200 bv «, ' *
beginning of winter quarter through subs,-. I
lion giveaways on local radio stations and
offers of free service for customer referrals *
Lafaye feels the service is superior lo that,
an alarm clock because it provides a ••personal
element" not offered by clocks, and because 0 |
the menial stimulation provided by the weaiher'
report. !■
According to the brothers, the $5 charge per
month IS inexpensive compared to rales ,,,
other cities where similar systems have I,,,- >1
in use for years. Two daily calls pci household 4
cost a couple of bucks more, bringing the cost
to >7 per month. ■
The Thigpens share the responsibility oi '|
getting up at 5 a m to feed punchcards into tin i]
automatic dialer that they rent from the in,
phone company.
Zen workshop held
By TAMMY SAVAGE
"Anybody can do it." And.
everyone from Methodist mini
sters to athletes and politicians
to women of the evening do it.
according to Rev. Jistudo
Baran. It' Zen
Baran is a Soto Zen Priest,
trained at Shasta Abbey in
Northern California. Baran
was in Athens recently as part
of a nationwide lecture tour to
conduct a lecture and work
shop on the basics of Zen
Mediation. He is now based in
Austin, Tex.
"Meditation is a means of
looking for and realizing your
inner heart and peace of mind
and taking this peace with you
in all your daily activities It's
learning to see things clearly,
learning to be more aware
“I help them (people) lo
wake up. and then they find
themselves. They learn to pay
attention to life and give extra
attention where it's neces
sary." Baran said.
Baran first became interes
ted in Zen while he was a
student at the University of
California at Berkeley. Accord
ing to Baran. he was on a
spiritual search and "humped
into Zen" Having spent the
last seven and a half years in a
Zen monastery. Baran sees the
biggest change in American
society as being its easy
persuasion by the mass media
Baran explained that al
though Zen was introduced in
the United States in the early
part of this century, it has only
begun to gain popularity in the
last 15 years. "America is
opening up to Zen. the
movement started in the
colleges and universities and
has moved on." Baran said.
"Young people are more
rooted today than. say. in the
late 60's and early 70 s." Baran
said More people are turning*,
to Zen to learn to take control *
of their minds and bodies and
to come off "automatic pilot
Baran remarked
"Zen is getting deeper inside
yourself It is self-discovery
he added
From his Georgia tour *
Baran was scheduled for work
in several Texas prisons He is
participating in a new program '
that may soon prove to lie a *
valuable tool for rehabilitation
of convicts.
"Zen meditation allows the
men to see their problems face
to face—it is a concrete way to
see things. Besides, prison isn't
a had place to learn to
meditate." he said Zen is also
being used in psychiatric
hospitals for both major and
minor problems, according to
Baran
Bulletin board
MONDAY. OUT. 31
4:30 p.m.—Dr. Ken \lc< loud
of the Savannah River Ecology
Lab will speak on "Response
of a Long-leaf Fine Plantation
to Letter Removal" in 2101
Plant Sciences. Coffee will he
served at 4 p.m. in 2507.
:» p.m.—The Ag llill Council
will hold its annual activities
fair and cookout in the
Coliseum’s small arena. Ad
mission will be $1.50.
7 p.m.—Uommuniversity will
hold its annual Halloween
Carnival for underprivileged
children in the Brumby rotun
da.
TUESDAY. NOV. I
10 a.m.—A program oil
growing herbs indoors, includ
ing information on methods of
preserving herbs and using
them for flavor and fragrance,
will be presented by Everett
Keach at the University
Botanical Garden. To register,
call 2-1244. There will he a $3
fee.
7 p.m.— Hill Thomas will
speak on “Consumerism” at a
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meeting of Phi Beta Lambda •
(Future Business Leadeis o( 4
America) in 616 Aderhold.
—University football game
films will he shown in the third t
floor Russell lounge. Coach t
(astronis and the team cap
tains will he present.
7.30 p.m.—Delta Phi Xlph.i #
the German Honor Society. *
will meet in Meigs.
— The Athens Council on
Child Abuse and Neglect will #
meet in Athens General. The ^
meeting will he for members
and interested citizens.
S p.m.—Phi Kappa Literary
Society meets at Phi Kappa *
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