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SEPTEMBER 20, 1990
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$591 thousand in PUF funding
University funds increased from last year
$300 thousand is
allocated for the
purchase of library
books and equip-
ment.
By PMANUEL ALVEAR
THE J-TAC
Tarleton State University has
been allocated $591 thousand in
Permanent University Funds
(PUF) for the 1990-91 school
year, an increase of $41 thousand
over last year.
For the last academic year,
Tarleton received $551 thousand in
PUF funds designated for
education and support services.
These PUF funds have been
specifically allocated for
educational and general purposes,
said Edward L. Bickett Jr., Vice-
President for Business Affairs.
Bickett said $91 thousand
would be used to link Tarleton to
a telecommunication network with
the Texas A&M system of
schools.
"This link would hook up
Tarleton with other schools in. the
A&M system for data, voice, and
compressed video communications
with those schools," he said.
This link is intended to
enable Tarleton to share
information and communicate
with other schools in the A&M
system. *
Of the $500 thousand that
remains, Bickett said, $300
thousand is allocated for the
purchase of library books and
equipment.
The library will use the
money to improve their facilities
for student use.
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The remaining $200
thousand will be divided among
the various educational
departments and the administrative
offices. This money will be used
to update'current equipment, and
to buy new equipment.
The administrative
\ departments will divide their
allocations among Suderu
Services, University Operations,
and the Business office.
Bickett said that, this money
was limited to academic and
support services only.
Different allocations will be
made for other campus needs
including the new Student Center
University in two year cycles, and
will not arrive until the next
school year.
The PUF funds that will
arive next fall will be allocated for
development of the student center,
and other similar non-academic
services.
Clayton Williams
campaigns near TSU
TWISTER
Students play Twister at a beach party help during Tarleton State Unversify's "Howdy Week"
Texans nail win
West Texas chokes
By MICHAEL MARBACH
and JUSTIN SCHMITT
THE J-TAC
Non-Scholarship
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Tarleton State University
entered this past weekend's
game with high hopes of
nailing down a win against 45
scholarship, NCAA Division II,
Lone Star Conference West
Texas State University.
And that they did.
(See 'Manhandled' Page 7)
By AMIE CAMPBELL
THE J-TAC
Texas gubernatorial candidate
Clayton Williams will briefly step off
the campaign trail to speak to Erath
citizens Sept. 26 at Stephenville's Court-
house Square.
Williams is
renatively
scheduled to
arrive at
Stephenville's
airport at 4
p.iTj., where
he will ■ be
met by a
welcoming
committee
consisting of Claytop Williams
County Judge Sara Miller, Mayor
George Swearingen, and an asortment
of other local leadership figures, in-
cluding Williams' personal friend and
political promoter A1 Anthony.
Williams and entourage will be es-
corted to the Erath County, courthouse,
Anthony said, Williams will speak there
on several topics that are of concern by
Stephenville residents, including crime
(See Williams' Page 9)
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Teacher's office hours
Students want attention that TSU provides
Harris
By BEN TINSLEY
THE J-TAC
Many students feel that
a teacher without regular office
hours is a teacher that is
unresponsive to the needs of
students - needs that are
especially demanding in these
formative years of college.
A recent J-TAC survey
took the issue of teacher
availability to the paying
customers - the students. The
question posed was: Should
teachers should make
themselves as readily available
as possible to those they teach?
And if they should, are they
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doing it at Tarleton?
Richard Harris thinks
so.
"Those here that do are
pretty much dependable," Harris,
a junior Theatre major, said.
"Most of my teachers say that if
we need help to come see them
whenever necessary."
Htirris said that those
teachers who refuse to be as
accessible as possible are not
only hurting their credibility --
they're hurting the students, as
well.
"If students care
enough to go by their offices,
they care enough to do well in
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their classes. Not being
available is not a positive
statement for these students,"
Harris said. 4
Margie Kenabe, a
sophomore Physical Education
major, thinks that teachers and
students should meet somewhere
in the middle in the
establishment of better
communication lines.
"I mean, I know that
we pay our money and if it
weren't for students, teachers
would have no reason to be
here, but it's the student's
responsibility to find out where
those teachsrs are," Kenabe said.
Oujesky
Vicki Keith, a
nontraditional student, said that
she hasn't had any prcblems yet
reaching her teachers in times of
need.
"The teachers that I
have post their hours," Keith
said. "And it's a great idea.
Especially for working non
traditional students who need to
know when they're there."
Although some of her •
teachers don't have strict office
hours, Keith said, most give
general descriptions of office
times and sometimes home
phone numbers in the
syllabuses distributed the first
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day of any given semester.
"Those that don't just
give me the impression that
they don't care. A person whose
purpose is to teach should know
this," Keith said.
Melissa Oujesky, a
junior General Business major,
doesn't thL*'- that TSU teachers
are as attentive to students with
their office hours as they could
be.
"My teachers hr.ve
been very good about posting
their hours, but I know that
some aren't. And they definitely
should be (more concerned)."
The fact that students
Weihausen
are paying at least $2000 per
semester for classes should
command more respect from
teachers for pupils than is
currently present in some
classrooms, said freshman Pre-
med major S teven Casey.
,"Of course," he said,
"Most of my teachers gave us
their home phone numbers."
Alan Weihausen, also a
freshman Pre-med major, said
that hours posted on teacher's
office doors would be nice - if
he were looking to find office
hours.
"I really haven't been
(See 'Survey' on page 4 )
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