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A Proud Part
of the
-Texas A&M System
Thursday, March 10, 1988
NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION
Postage Paid
USPS No. 133
Stephenville, Texas
7640.1
Bleeding hearts
Cari Wilson of Midlothian
fabove) gets moral support
from Tammy Felan and a
teddy bear as Danna McCoy
of the Carter Blood Center
inserts the needle during the
Alpha Phi Omega/Gamma
Sigma Sigma blood drive
Tuesday. At right, Dianne
Massenger of Raymondville
waits for the bag to fill. The
blood drive collected 173
pints of blood, up
significantly from last
year's total of 134. (Photos
by Mark Grear)
Bush and Gore chosen
by Erath County voters
in the November general election.
Lewellen was unopposed in the
primary.
In the sheriffs race, incumbent
Democrat David Coffee defeated
Bill Roach by a landslide,
3,817-1,262. There was no
Republican candidate.
Voting was close in the two coun-
ty commissioner races, both decid-
ed in the Democratic primary
because there was no Republican op-
position. In Precinct 1, Kenneth
Robertson edged C.H. Adams,
557-529. In Precinct -3, Duane
488 votes, followed by Pat Robert- will face Republican Garry Lewellen ' Oakes beat Kenneth Evatt, 528-453.
Crisis Center helps victims
Erath County voters picked
Democrat A1 Gore and Republican
George Bush as their favorite
Presidential candidates in Tuesday's
primary election.
According to unofficial totals,
Gore received 1,696 votes, follow-
ed by Michael Dukakis, 1,320; Dick
Gephardt, 947; Jesse Jackson, 314;
Gary Hart, 230; Paul Simon, 71; and
Bruce Babbit, 31.
Dukakis led the 16-state Super
Tuesday primary, picking up 374
convention delegates, followed by
Jackson, 358; Gore, 325; Gephardt,
93; and Hart, one.
On the Republican side, Bush got
son, 194; Bob Dole, 93; and Jack
Kemp, 50,
Bush won a lopsided victory in the
16 states, gaining 578 delegates,
followed by Dole with 98, Robert-
son with nine and Kemp with four:
In the U.S. Senate primary,
Democrat Lloyd Bentsen over-
whelmed Joe Sullivan by a
4,108-734 margin. Wes Gilbreath
was the top Republican senatorial
candidate with 343 votes, followed
by Beau Boulter, 145; Milton E.
Fox, 83; and Ned Snead, 75.
In the local district attorney race.
Democrat John Terrill outpolled
Gale Warren , 3,690-1,353. Terrill
Interfraternity Council wins awards
By TIFFANY P. HALL
Assistant Editor
Tarleton Interfraternity Council
won three awards at the annual Mid-
American Interfraternity Council
Association and Mid-American
Panhellenie Council Association in
St. Louis last week.
Thirteen TSU students attended
the conference which was held in the
Sheraton Hotel of St. Louis. Over
1,400 students and Greek advisors
attended the three-day conference.
Tarleton was recognized for
Superiority in their rush programm-
ing and rush promotion in the
category of schools with two to
seven fraternities. TSU also won the
Man-Miles award for bringing the
most students the furthest to the
conference.
The students left for the con-
ferences early Wednesday afternoon
and stopped in Joplin, Missourri that
night. They then continued on the
next day and reached St. "Louis in the
late afternoon. That evening,
everyone attended an orientation that
gave general information about the
conference. Also, T.J. Schmitz the
Executive Director of Tau Kappa
Epsilon gave a short exciting
presentation.
The seminars began early Friday
morning and continued through Sun-
day morning. Over 90 seminars
dealing with Greek life were offered.
Some of the seminars were: Creative
Thinking for Leaders, Safe Sex and
AIDS, Finding the 25th Hour,
Values and Ideals. Ritual and
Etiquette.
The hotel offered DJ's every night
as well as a luncheon and breakfast
buffet. Many of the sororities and
fraternities held breakfast in which
they encouraged their members to
meet the national representatives.
The conference was ended with a
semi-formal banquet and ball.
Dean Leese, vice president of stu-
dent services and Rusty Jergins,
Kappa Alpha Advisor also attended
the conference as Greek advisors.
They attended seminars designed to
address specific problems Greek ad-
visors might face.
Each of the fraternities, sororities,
IFC, and Panhellenie were
represented as well as Kappa, a local
club that is striving to go national.
- Those students who attended the
conference were: Rob Van Til, IFC
Mike Deen, Lambda Chi Alpha
Richard Webb, Kappa Alpha
Robert Parker, Kappa Delta Rho
Chris Oiler, Delta Chi; Tommy
Green, Delta Chi;. Chris Lanue,
Kappa Alpha; Tom Fleischer,
Lambda Chi Alpha; Melett Rowland
Panhellenie; Elizabeth Caddel,
Alpha Gamma Delta; Tracy Gray,
Delta Zeta; Christine Hancook, Kap-
pa; Tiffany Hall, Kappa.
By SUSAN STOFFER
Editor
About 30 people were present for
the Monday evening rape and child
abuse seminar held in the humanities
building. The speaker was Susan
Harris of the Rape Crisis Center of
Tarrant County.
"Our purpose originally was to
have a hospital where women who
have been sexually assaulted could
go for initial treatment," she said.
"We now have a working relation-
ship with child, male and female vic-
tims, with police departments and
health centers."
The first thing Harris did was
define rape as anal, oral, or vaginal
entry without consent with any ob-
ject or body part. Next she defined
consent. "Consent does not mean
submission,"-she stated, Consent is
willing participation in whatever is
being done. If a person submits due
to fear this does not mean they have
given consent.
"Our job is to make the victim
understand that it is not their fault,"
she said. "Maybe our most impor-
tant job is to believe what they tell
us."
Harris also dicussed some myths
about rape. Sexual assault is not an
act of sexual gratification, she said,
but an act of power and violence.
The rapist is not attracted to a vic-
tim because she is perhaps wearing
a short skirt or a revealing blouse.
The rapist chooses his victims with
these thoughts in mind, "Can I con-
trol her (or him), can I get access to
her, can I isolate her."
Surprisingly, the highest number
of reported rapes are not committed
against women, but against 11 to 14
year old males.
Still, it is estimated that one of every
3 women will be sexually assaulted
Susan Harris
in her lifetime. A handout passed out
at the seminar gave some other facts
about rape. The FBI estimates that
only about one out of 10 victims ever
reports the assault to police. Most
rapes occur in the home, where the
victim feels safe,. About 50 percent
of the time the victim knows the at-
tacker. Victims range in age from
the very small baby to the elderly.
In Texas, a rape occurs every 1
minute, 17 seconds.
The subject of weapons came up
when one girl asked Harris if she-
thought a woman should carry a stun
gun. "No," Harris said. "When 7
out of ipO police officers who are
shot are shot with their own guns,
that is enough to convince me that
anyone who carries a weapon can
have it taken away from them and
used against them."
Harris then said that she had talk-
ed to many sex offenders and they
had agreed that if someone was close
enough to reach out and touch them,
"They're mine."
Another brave audience partici-
pant then spoke: "I was raped about
a year ago," she said, "and I am
glad there was no weapon anywhere
around, you are caught off-guard
anyway and there is no time to
prepare to defend yourself. You may
wrestle with a man playfully , but that
is nothing like when someone walks
up to you and completely over-
powers yqu."
"Any situation is a potential rape
situation. Don't think you're safe
just because you don't wear black
leather mini-skirts," said Harris.
"The best way to prevent rape is by
being an assertive person. Stand
straight and act like you know where
you're going, even when you
don't."
What can you do if you are raped?
The best thing to do, according to the
Crisis Center is to report the rape,
and have a rape examination. This
will give police and the District At-
torney's office forensic data to pro-
secute and it will allow the victim
venereal disease and . pregnancy-
protection.
Both of these choices are the vic-
tims to make. Without choosing
both, the chances of the rapist being
apprehended and brought to trial are
very slim. ' . /
Rape Crisis houses' 10 full-time
staff members and a host of exten-
sively trained volunteers. They of-
fer comprehensive, professional ser-
vices to the community free of
charge. These services include:
crisis counseling for children,
adolescents.and adults, therapy and
support groups for victims and fami-
ly members, 24-hour telephone
counseling, and hospital, police, and '
court accompaniment. They also of-
fer personal safety programs for
kindergarten through senior high.
Adult rape awareness presentations
are also offered to civic groups and
other organizations. Their 24-hour
hotline is 92-RAPES.
"Remember," said Harris, "it is
never the victim's fault."
'Redemption' opens March 22
John Templin's "Redemption" opens March 22 at 7:30
p.m. in the Fine Arts Center. Admission is free.
The play deals with the history of the civil rights move-
ment and touches the life of Dr. Martin Luther King,
the slain civil rights leader. Templin wrote the play, and
Scott Walker composed the score for the civil rights play.
"It's going to be a very heavy tech show," Templin
said. "We will have lights, a slide,show, projectors,
music, the whole works. 'Redemption' has been fund-
ed by the university and will involve actors from Prairie
View, SALT, the KING's KIDS and members of TSU's
drama department."
Scott named Home Economist of the Year
TSU News Service
Rosemary Scott, an assistant pro-
fessor of Home Economics at
Tarleton State University, has been
named Home Economist of the Year
by the Texas Home Economics
Association.
Mrs. Scott, who has 37 years of
service in education, was presented
the prestigious award at the THEA
annual meeting last week in San An-
tonio. Jalyn Burkett, vice president
of the state association and Home
Economist for Tarrant County, made
the presentation at the Saturday
awards luncheon.
Dr. Ruby Nell Ruth, chairman of
the Tarleton Home Economics
Department instigated the nomation
process for Mrs. Scott, Letters of
recommendations were written by
Dr. Ruth and four others, including
TSU President. Dr. Barry B.
Thompson: President Emeritus. Dr.
W.O. Trogdon: Lee Edwin Terry,
retired department chairman: and
Dr. Et'fie Moore, a member of the
Home Economics faculty.
A native of Rockwall who now
lives in Comanche, Mrs. Scott came
to Tarleton in 1965 and spent 22
years teaching at the University
before taking an early semi- '
retirement in January of 1987.
"Technically, I'm a part time
teacher." she said. "But the people
in the department think I'm here as
much now as when I was teaching
full time."
Clothing and textiles are her
teaching specialities but probably her
biggest project is the supervision of
student interns who spend 200 hours
working with practicine professional
home economists from all phases of
retail, wholesale and extension ser-
vices. "It is much like student
teaching." explained Mrs;. Scott.
"They are given the opportunity to
work in their chosen areas of
interests."
Mrs. Scott received her Bachelors
from North Texas State and her
Masters from East Texas State, She
has also done graduate work at
Oklahoma State and Oklahoma Col-
lege of Liberal Arts. She taught high
school home economics for 10 years
in DeLeon and for six years in
Anadarko, Oklahoma. Her service
to the THEA and THESS have in-
cluded serving on state committees,
in various state offices and the
presentation of numerous
workshops. Although it isn't
"documented", Mrs. Scott says she
has attended just about every state
and district THEA meeting in the
past 38 years.
In recommending Mrs, Scott for
the state honor. Dr. Thompson said,
"Mrs. Scott is the epitome of pro-
fessionalism. She has always
represented her department, and the
University as a whole in an effective
and capable manner- She has a ge-
nuine interest in each of her students
and truly enjoys teaching and
counseling."
Dr. Ruth said Mrs. Scott "has
brought sophistication and profes-
sionalism to hundreds of young
women and men emerging from the
farms, ranches, and small towns of
central Texas. She has worked quiet-
ly in her corner of the world without
accolades, but has been instrumen-
tal in producing some of the finest
home economists in Texas."
Although she was aware of the
nomination, Mrs. Scott was totally
shocked by the presentation and was
surprised to learn that members of
her family were in attendance at the
luncheon. On hand were son, Dr.
Mark Scott of Comanche, and
brothers, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hall
and Congressman and Mrs. Ralph
Hall, all of Rockwall.
Even semi-retirement has not dull-
ed Mrs, Scott's commitment to her
students and therein lies her reasons
for teaching. "My greatest satisfac-
tion is when I have been able to
counsel and guide a freshman home
economics major into becoming a
professional home economist," said
Mrs, Scott. "The ultimate satisfac-
tion is when that student finds a job
and a place in society where she can
use -,her training and expertise in
helping families have a better life."
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Rosemary Scott
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