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Siegelman echoes the latter problem, pointing out that some students think if you come down to Room 13 it means "you're not in control of your life...
Although the counselors say that this year's program is going very well so far, they express a desire for more people to use the service. One problem, a counselor says, is that many people feel the service is primarily for freshmen, who are making the difficult transition to college life, but the coordinators emphasize this is not the case...
Room 13's difficulties are not unique. Peer counseling services at other schools seem to have problems similar to those of Room 13. According to Thomas Bechtel, dean of student counseling at Brown, the services of Student-to-Student, Brown's version of Room 13, "aren't that heavily utilized" because of the misconception that "You've got to be pretty lonely" to use them. T. L. Hill, a junior at Brown and co-coordinator of Student-to-Student, adds that like Room 13, his program has a problem reaching upperclassmen, especially sophomores and juniors, who, unlike freshman and seniors...
...coordinators and their supervisors at UHS and the Bureau stress that although most Harvard students will never bring a serious problem to Room 13, the important fact is that the service is there for those who need it. It is the only student-run counseling service that's open all night to help with the problems everyone faces. "You'd be amazed by the intellectualization of problems" among Harvard students, Burger says, adding, "We try to help them feel about it rather than think about...
...President Carter had focused more on the energy problem at the beginning of his term, Ruckelshaus added, "the long term political benefit would have made his re-election inevitable...