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Dr. Simono Says: Signs Of Distress Are J\o< •. * • • £ ■ . • Uncommon As Exams Loom By Anne Robey Special To The Poet Stomach upset, head ache, fever, rash, fever blisters: all can be symp toms of tost anxiety. These signs of distress, stress with negative qualities, are not. uncommon as final - exams loom ever closer. ‘‘We have worked with students who become li terally paralyzed when they have to take tests,” said Dr. Simono. “They can't even spell their own names.” There is help for some students though. And Dr. Simono said exams do have positive qualities too. The UNCC Counseling Center has a program to address text anxiety. Bio fedd back-relaxation tech niques, behavior counsel . ing and cognitive strate gies are used to help stu dents overcome the depres sion or dread related to exam taking. “Through the relaxation techniques, we can teach students to be less tense at test time,’’ said Dr. Si mono. "In behavior coun , seling, sometimes we only need to help the student lay out a schedule: Once we show them how to budget .their time, they can see that there really is enough to time to study and pre pare for the exam. Four hours spent worrying could be better used for two hours for real study and two hours of relaxation. "Cognitive strategies in volve teaching the students test-taking methods,” ac cording to Dr. Simono. “Little things like skipping over answers you don’t know to ones you do know can help. You may even trigger a memory for an earlier answer farther down can help. It is im portant not to panic at the first unanswerable ques tion,” he added. - "Counseling also helps the student to understand why there is a problem,” ' Dr. Jerry Jones, a practicing tatnmlat haatroentrro legist in Charlotte, recently spoke tp the Barber Scotia College stadent body at tbe annual Health Fato\ He nrged Hack college students to consider the health professions as their chosen careers. Dr. Janes said the according to IMS statistics, there were SOS,SOS practicing physicians and only two percent of those were black. Dr. Jones warned that if we da not Increase the namber of blacks in the health service field, there will not be eaoagh of onr color to sapport oar needs. WTVI Sponsors After Auction Sale An “After Auction Sale’’ of merchandise donated to the WTVI Great TV Auc tion will be held from «-7 ■ p.m. on Friday, May 4, at the WTVI Studioa, 43 CoU aeum Drive. Over $5,000 worth of mer chandue and services will be available at the "After Auction Sale." Art prints, a typewriter, telephones, bi noculars, a script froth the TV show “AfterMash,” clothing and various other items win be sold. said Dr. Simono. “Perfec tionists are especially prone to depression if they make a bad grade on a test. It can be very traumatic to these students when they have this first failure, even if it was a B and they are used to making A’s. Per sonally, I think the sooner they get yiat ‘bad’ grade and adjust to it, the better it is for them.” There are positive qua lities to exams, too. For professors, exams are a way to identify levels of student performance. They also give the instructor feedback on his or her ac complishments. Exams can be good for the students. “Not all pressure is bad,” said Dr. Simono. • “Some pressures can be productive. Sometimes it stimulates performance not seen under other condi tions. “Exams can make a healthy kind of competition within the student, too,” he continued. “The student might strive to do his or her best to make an improve ment over a previous test score.” Another quality on the plus side of exams is that they are a way to identify academic excellence. Grades are an important measurement, for predict ing success of students wishing to seek higher degrees, according to Dr. Simono. Good, bad or indifferent, exam time always comes during a school or college career. In order to avoid the text anxiety that ac companies it, Dr. Simono recommends keeping up with studies throughout the semester, getting help early if a problem is sus pected, and not worrying to the point that studying is impossible. For UNCC students, classes for spring term end April 27, and final exams are scheduled April 30 through May 7, Ghost Town Maggie Valley • Ghost Town in the Sky, the 25 year-old wild west theme park here opens May 5 and will feature a new roller coaster called the “Silver Bullet.” This exhilarating ride will barrel 900 feet down the face of Ghost Moun tain through a pond, under the chairlift, and between trees, at 40 mph. Ghost Town’s general admission is «0 90 Child ren five and under are free. LIONEL HELPS PEN NEW PEPSI THEME - Superstar Lionel Richie, left, makes a good-natured attempt to impart some of his musical genius to Roger Enrico, president and chief executive officer of Pepsi Cola USA. Richie and Pepsi-Cola recently agreed to the largest and most comprehensive pact between a performing artist and a corporation, which will include Richie's composition of a new Pepsi-Cola theme song and appearance in a series of commercials. ~ _I Presidential candidate Jesse Jackson chats about Tom Gilmore with Dt. George Neely and Dr. Inex Tuck who presented him with a photograph of Jackson and Gilmore working together in the Young Democratic Club 20 years ago. Neely and Tuck are Orange County campaign chairmen for Tom Gilmore for Governor and met with Jackson at a High Point reception. NOW Committee Announces Endorsements The Charlotte NOW Po litical Action Committee (PAC) has announced its endorsement of the follow ing candidates: for the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, Republican Billie Camp bell; and for Charlotte Mecklenburg .School Board, Carrie Winter, Eli zabeth Bennett, Arthur Griffin, Harvey Sadoff, and Sarah Stevenson. The NOW PAC has con tributed $1,000 to Camp bell's campaign. As a long time NOW member and feminist, Campbell re ceived early considera tion and support. Other endorsements for County Commission will be an nounced after the May 8 primary. Winter, the current chair of the School Board, re ceived $150 from the NOW PAC, while each of the other candidates received $50. En<|prsements were based on the candidates' positions on such issues as the Equal Rights Amend ment, enforcement of Title IX and the elimina tion of sex-stereotyping in vocational programs and career counseling. The National NOW PAC has endorsed Walter Mon dale for President; Jim Hunt for Senate and Susan Green for Congress. The N.C. NOW PAC has en dorsed Tom Gilmore for Governor ; Carl Stewart for Lt. Governor; Betty Ann Knudsen for Secretary of State; Richard Barnes for Commissioner of Labor; and Meyressa Schoon maker for Judge, Court of Appeals. • The N.C. NOW PAC is also sponsoring a Gender Gap M Voter Hotline
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