| Summary: | For people with problems, Hotline "someone to talk tor The problem with life is that if s so daily. by Peter Bakken People have problems. Some-times they're lonely, depressed,, pregnant and unmarried, or on drugs. They need someone to talk to, somewhere to turn. In Fargo-Moorhead, as in many other communities, one some-one and somewhere is Hotline. Hotline is an area service which give^people with prob-lems someone just to talk to, or tells them where they can find help jr particular problems. It is operated by Children's Village and is staffed completely by volunteers. According to one such volun-teer who has been working for Hotline during the past year, "We are by no means profes-sional. We're just someone to talk to." For example, if a girl who has a "problem pregnancy" calls, the Hotline volunteer talks with here about how she is feeling at that time, rather than just what she should do about it. "We just deal • with the situation at the moment, until they get their head on straight enough to think about th.e alternatives." The caller is then referred to area services which Innovative 'wilderness workshops9 set learning in the Adirondacks The Moose River region of the Adirondacks is the setting for a literature course, the "Wilder-ness Workshop." Directed by Professor Jona-than Fairbanks at the State University of New York at Potsdam, the workshops offer the student physical and intel-lectual contact with a major aspect of American culture. Prior to the field periods (which vary from 10-day back-packing treks in the Adiron-dacks and Colorado Rockies to a two-week canoe expedition in Northern Ontario), students read, independently, American and Canadian classics bearing on the wilderness. Writers such as Thoreau, Hemingway, and London are read for the Adirondack course. The Colorado readings empha-size the literature of the Indian and of the mountain men. The Canadian program concentrates on the literature of the trappers, fur-traders and Voyageurs. Applicants are accepted on a first apply-first accepted basis. The program offers both under-graduate and graduate credit. In the summer of 1977 the Colorado expedition is schedul-ed for June 8 through 17 and July 1 through 10; the Adiron-dack treks are offered July 22 through 31, August 3 through 12, and August 15 through 24; and the Canadian field period will be August 6 through 20. The cost for the Colorado and the Adirondack Workshops is $325 and for the Canadian trip, $395. This covers tuition as well as equipment, food, lodging and transportation costs while in the field. Additional information may be obtained by writing Dr. Jonathan Fairbanks, Wilderness Workshop, Morey Hall, State University of New York, Pots-dam, N.Y. 13676. Classified Ads TEACHERS WANTED all levels Foreign & Domestic Teachers Box 1063 Vancouver, Wa. 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For more information, contact Pat Ken-nelly, NDSU, 237-8381. are qualified to help straighten out his or her problem. Since January of this year, Hotline has already received some 600 calls. Most of them came from people between 17 and 21. Their most frequent reasons for calling are depres-sion and loneliness, the next being problems in the area of sexuality-pregnancy, abortion, and so on. The number of calls per three-hour shift usually averages somewhere between five and ten. The frequency tends to •increase before and after breaks at the local colleges, and around holidays, when loneli-ness is often felt most acutely. The calls can last anywhere from five minutes to an hour and a half, and there are some people who call quite often. The Hotline number—235- SEEK-is open from 7 p.m. and to1 a.m., and is always manned by two* people. Any calls requiring immediate help which come outside of the regular hours are referred to another number. The volunteers are made up of a wide variety of people from every part of the community. Many are from MSU, NDSU and Concordia. They go through a short training program which consists of four sessions—one night, one full Saturday, and two follow-ups. The training is not specific, and deals largely with developing self-awareness. According to one of the five volunteers from Concordia, it has to be general, since every person and problem is different, and "you can't go turning through a book to find what the answer should be." When asked if talking to so many people with problems got to be depressing, she replied, "I used to think it would be. But there's a saying that you never leave Hotline thinking about someone else's problems. It does no good to leave with another person's problem on your mind." After the caller hangs up, the volunteer is helpless, but while there is contact, "You do what you can." Although the volunteers re-ceive no pay, there are other rewards. "One of the things that's really satisfying is to think that something you saia might help someone." Working with people is another rewarding aspect of the job. She offered this observation about the Hot-line volunteers themselves: "The people I've met while working at Hot Line are really neat. They're willing to give their time to people they don't even know, when they'll never know whether they've helped that person or not." CROSSCOUNTRY SKI SALE 2 5 Yz OFF-NEW SKIS also SPRING OVERHAUL ON Bikes -$21.00. N E W SEKAI BICYCLES. 1140 N. 8th Fargo 237-5683. / SURVEY ON INTERCOM READERSHIP We are trying to determine whether weekly publication of Intercom, the student-faculty-administration newsletter, is sufficient and whether the newsletter is of value to the college community. . ••-, i r . . . . . • •". , " ' . v . ^ . : - '• • -.-/r- Please answer the questions below and return this quertion-nair by campus mail to Intercom, Office of Communications, Administration Building. Thank you for your cooperation. „ . * Circle the appropriate answer: . . 1. I am a {student, administrator, staff, faculty member). 2. I (do, do not) read Intercom each week. 3. I (often, sometimes, never) notice people reading the posted Intercoms on campus bulletin boards., 4. Content of Intercom is (satisfactory, unsatisfactory). , Comments: 5. 1 think Intercom publication should be (continued on a . -weekly basis, discontinued, more frequent). 6. 'Additional comments or ideas fora more effective news1 letter, complaints, etc.: Mexic/in VIILL/IGC dUTHGNTIC DINING OP€f1 S€VJ€fi M W A W€€K, 11 AM. T011 P.M. 9UND/4V -THUR9MV« 11 AM. TO 1.3O AM.,. FRIDAY dND MTU.RD/IV. 814 MdIM dVJC DOWNTOWN MRGO DIAL 293-O12O MARCH 11, 1977 THE CONCORDIAN PACE 3
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