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Tarleton celebrates
African Heritage Month.
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Intramurals end basket-
ball season. Page 5
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Guinea pigs 2
TASP program 3
Scholarships 4
Texan basketball... . 5
Generation X 6
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The Tarleton Texan Weekly News
Volume 151 Number 6
A part of the Texas A&M System,
February 22,1996
TSU recruits 25 players from junior colleges, high schools
By Jeromya S. Beltman
Staff Writer
February is a busy month for
-sports here at Tarleton. With the
basketball teams finishing up their
seasons, the baseball and softball
teams starting up their prospective
seasons, the football team has taken
its second step in the slow rebuild-
ing process by announcing all the
recruits who have signed national
letters of intent to play for Tarleton
Students
replace
SPA execs
at conference
Special to the J-TAC
For the past few years, TSU's
Student Programming Association
has sent representatives to the
National Association of Campus
Activities national convention. The
convention offers students from
across the country an opportunity
to preview entertainers who rou-
tinely play the cdllege circuit.
This year, however, those repre-
sentatives who could determine
TSU's future student activities will
riot be in attendance. Instead,
seven students and two advisers
from the Tarleton Association of
Student Leaders will make the trip.
Unless some TASL members
join the programming association
next year, they will be unable to
make programming decisions
based on. information obtained at
this years convention. SPA repre-
sentatives declined to explain why
its officers and/or members are
unable to attend.
'There is a lot of leadership and
learning opportunities at the con-
vention as well, it's not just about
(campus) entertainment," stated
Scott MacDonald, SPA weekend
programming chairman. "They
also have educational sessions."
TASL members who will par-
ticipate in the convention this year
include students Mario Delgato,
Mark Smith, Mike Smith, Kerri
Singleton, Jade. Manganella and
Erika Hori. Paul Paschal! and
Janet Trepka will serve as advisors.
'This is a good opportunity for
these students to obtain placement
and professional assistance as well
See SPA on page 3.
State.
New coach Todd Whitten hopes
that this class will be a building
block for better things to come here
a Tarleton. With -25 players, 11 on
offense and 14 on defense, this
class will be instrumental in help-
ing retool the talent level on the
football team. The coaching staff is
cautiously optimistic about the new
recruits.
"Right now we feel really good
about this class, but with recruiting
you don't really know until you get
them on your campus and work
them out," said Whitten.
Offensively, most of the help is
going to come at the tight end and
offensive line positions. On the
defensive side of the ball, the
immediate impact will come at
linebacker and defensive line. The
secondary, specifically cornerback,
is the only need that might not have
been adequately addressed.
"We really needed one more cor-
nerback, and that's one thing we are
kind of disappointed in," said
Whitten. "We had one or two cor-
nerbacks, one in particular, that we
lost but we have a lot of real good
athletes that can play cornerback.
"Some of these guys that we have
listed at running back will have to
play cQrnerback for us," said
Whitten.
On offense, Whitten says look
for the offensive line and tight end
position to be' a big help next sea-
son.
"I think we got a strong class of
freshmen offensive linemen and
with no tight ends on campus,
someone is going to have to step in
and play," said Whitten.
Look for that tight end to be J.J.
Barton, who played at Stephenville
High School and is considered by
Whitten to be the top recruit on the
list.
"J.J. is really a good football
player who has just a whole bunch
Cadets travel to Fort Lewis for final phase
Special to the J-TAC
Tarleton cadets scramble over the edge of
the Humanities Building as part of the prepa-
ration for the upcoming six-week summer
training camp.
Thirteen members of the Reserve Officer
Training Corps at TSU will participate in the
six-week Army jjvOTC Advance Camp this
summer at Fort Lewis, Washington. The
intensive military training experience is the
final phase of cadet training before being
commissioned as Second Lieutenants,
Tarleton students scheduled to attend
include John Bennett, a senior exercise and
sports studies major from Whitney; Steve
Beseda, a junior management major from
Mount Calm; Meagan Bryant, a senior crimi-
nal justice major form Paris; Robert Comer, a
senior criminal justice major, Whitney;
Daniel Isabell, junior history major, Killeen;
Thomas McFall, junior, agricultural services
and development, Jasper and Wendy Mullins,
junior, Lubbock.
Other cadets who will participate include
Eddie New, sophomore criminal justice,
Olney; Andy Saran, senior, agricultural ser-
vices and development, Austin; Brad Smith,
sophomore, exercise and sports studies,
Belton; Mike Williams,junior, exercise and
sports studies, Zephyr; Krista Womack,
junior, exercise and sports studies, Zephyr
and Jay Yancey, sophomore, pre-engineering,
Dublin.
Cadets will arrive at camp in groups and
conduct their training through a cycle that
includes physical and mental stress, physical
fitness training, instruction on general mili-
tary subjects, weapons training and basic and
advanced tactical training. The training pro-
gram cumulates in a field training exercise
entitled Adventure Challenge. •.
Unlike Army basic training for enlisted
service members, ROTC Advanced Camp has
the added mission of developing and evaluat-
ing leadership potential. Numerous team
building and leadership opportunities will be
implemented.
Army ROTC is the nation's primary
source of commissioned officers.
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of ability," said Whitten. "We think
he is going to be a good football
player for us."
Along with Barton, Whitten
expects at least half of the high
school signees to compete for play-
ing time next year. More help
should come from the junior col-
lege transfers, who Whitten says
should all compete for starting
positions.
"Lamont Randle is the first guy
See SIGNING on page 4
Royalty
approved
favorites
eliminated
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By Justin Wayne Beam
Staff Writer
A decision was made on the fate
of homecoming queen and class
favorites at the Student
Government meeting Monday.
For the last three weeks debate
has wracked the student govern-
ment over homecoming queen and
class favorites. A new election
code presented at the Feb. 5 SGA
meeting called for a new committee
formed of non-SGA students to
, handle student elections, the drop-
ping of homecoming queen elec-
tions and class favorites and mov-
ing Mr. and Ms. TSU to homecom-
ing week.
At the Feb. 12 meeting, all of the
revised election code but article II:
Regular Fall Elections and
Nominations was passed. Article
two placed Mr. and Ms. TSU dur-
ing homecoming week. Plans were
made for the executive council to
redraft alternatives to article two
and present them at the next meet-
ing.
The next meeting was Monday.
At that meeting Martin McLemore
presented four options.
The first option was identical to
the way homecoming queen, class
favorites and Mr. and Ms. TSU
have been handled in the past.
Homecoming queen would be in
the fall and class favorites and Mr.
and Ms. TSU would be in spring.
Option two had two choices.
Neither had class favorites. Two-A
had homecoming queen in fall and
Mr. and Ms. TSU in the spring.
See Royalty on page 3.
New school logo approved by committee
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By Kisty Hoffman
Staff Writer
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Tarleton State University is being
represented by a new logo.
"Prior to my arrival, Dr. McCabe
had formulated a committee to look at
the whole concept of an institutional
logo. When I arrived, he turned that
committee over to me.," said Dr. Koy
Floyd, vice president for institutional
advancement.
The committee that decided on the
new logo consisted of Floyd; Sabra
Vickery, administrative assistant for
institutional advancement; Dan
Shepherd, retired alum; Dr. Marilyn
Robitaille, assistant professor of
English; Dr. Mallory Young, head of
the English department; Don Whitten,
printing center supervisor and Mary
Anne Foreman, communications spe-
cialist of university news service.
According to Floyd, there are many
logo styles to present to the institution.
"You can present the institution with
interesting graphics. You can present
the institution with stylized letters.
You can present the institution with an
architecturally appealing component of
the institution."
The committee attempted to use an
architectural approach in the new logo.
The logo, according to Floyd, is meant
to be an outline of the front of the
Student Development Center.
Floyd stated that the new logo sug-
gests that Tarleton is "student-cen-
tered."
The design of the SDC has open
lines. The lines are left open to show
that Tarleton welcomes its students
with open arms. The lettering inside
the building indicates the growth of
Tarleton.
"Tarleton is not* everything it is
today, but instead we are growing
tomorrow:" We are showing that we
will expand," said Floyd.
The logo was designed by Sam
Davis, a graphics designer, and Beth
Heschper, coordinator of publishing
and graphics design.
Floyd said that the committee con-
sidered a campus-wide contest to bring
in logo ideas. The idea was rejected
because Tarleton can not be the inter-
pretation of just one student.
According to Davis, the chosen logo
was not his first choice. In fact the
logo was one of many other designs.
Among the different logos was a
design of the old gates on McHilaney
street.
Davis stated that Dr. Dennis
McCabe, president of Tarleton, liked
the gates. However, Davis said that the
gates are no longer a main focus on
campus. The SDC is the new campus
highlight.
"The SDC helps to promote us into
the next century," said Davis.
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