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The Tarleton Texan Weekly News
Volume 152 Number 3
A part of the Texas A&M System.
September 19,1996
Campus mourns loss of Philip Haynes
By Ann Davenport
Staff Writer
Student body president Josh
'Golden and Dean of Students Rusty
Jergins led the Tarleton delegation
at the funeral services Tuesday for
Philip Ray Haynes, a junior agricul-
ture and development major at
Tarleton.State University. It is esti-
mated that more than 40 Tarleton
students attended the services.
Haynes, 22, of Wellman, Texas
died early Saturday morning as the
result of a head injury.
A police department student
worker who was conducting a rou-
tine security check found Haynes
behind Tarleton's Clyde Wells Fine
Arts Center at approximately 4:30
a.m. Saturday. Haynes was taken to
Harris Methodist in Stephenville
and later transported by ambulance
to Fort Worth where he was pro-
nounced dead at 10:55 a.m.
Dr. Nizam Peerwani, chief med-
ical examiner for Denton, Parker
and Tarrant counties, has not
released his finding into the death
of Haynes. The latest information
came from a spokeswoman for the
Tarrant County Coroner's office
who announced Wednesday that the
cause of death was a cranial cere-
bral trauma due to a .blunt force
injury.
In an interview Sunday with the
Empire Tribune, Chief Jim Wade of
the Stephenville Police Department
indicated that Haynes' injuries may
have been the result of a fall, how-
ever, he didn't want to shut the
doors on anything that might be a
possibility.
"The investigation from this
office is pending and is expected to
be complete sometime within the
next seven to 10 days," the medical
examiner's spokeswoman said
"The finding will determine if the
death resulted from an accident or a
homicide."
Stephenville Police are continu-
ing an investigation into the events
leading to Haynes' death. 'The
injury was believed to have
occurred off the campus," said
Wade. "We know he was at the City
Limits club earlier in the evening
and also .at Bostocks," Wade said.
"After that he was seen at a resi-
dence on McNeil where a private
party was being held.
"We are appealing to the media
to try and find someone who may
have seen or had contact with
Haynes after he left the residence
on McNeil Street," Wade said "He
left there at about 12:30 a.m. We
are hoping he may have been seen
by people leaving Bostocks as it
was closing that evening. He was
wearing a light gray, short-sleeved '
polo shirt and a pair of faded blue
jeans."
"We have a report that indicated
he was intoxicated," Wade said. "If
anyone knows anything or saw a
person fitting his description, we
certainly need them to come for-
ward and help us work this thing
out."
Friends say Haynes loved to
play the guitar and sing. "I went to
See Haynes on page 7
Philip Haynes
Hopwood
influences
scholarship
applications
By Justin Wayne Beam
Managing Editor
The Hopwood decision of Mqrch 18, 1996 jef a
precedent that* clarified the 14th Amendment of the
Constitution and changed the admissions policies of
ihany of the colleges and universities in the South. It
also affected scholarships.
The Hopwood vs. State of Texas trial came about
after two white applicants to the University of Texas
Law School were denied entrance in 1992 because of
their race, despite superior qualifications.
The would-be students, Cheryl Hopwood and
Douglas Carvell, sued the university for violation of
their 14th Amendment rights. The case went as far as the
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans when, on
March 18, 1996, it was decided that race could not be a
factor in admission to a university. Recently the
Supreme Court has refused to hear the case, meaning
that the verdict stands. But because it did not make it to
the Supreme Court, it only has jurisdiction in the three
states within the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals; Texas,
Louisiana and Mississippi. Tarleton has no problem
complying with the decision as far as admissions go.
"That part of the decision did not impact Tarleton,"
said Dr. Dennis McCabe, president of Tarleton State
University. "Tarleton does not take into account in the
admissions process the person's ethnicity or race."
'The second area that the attorney general tells us
about that's impacted by the Hopwood Decision is finan-
cial aid," said McCabe. "Tarleton did in fact have schol-
arships that were specifically for minority students."
These scholarships were the minority leadership
scholarship and the minority academic scholarship. Any
student who earned one will continue to get it as long as
all requirements are met, McCabe said, but they will no
longer be awarded.
"That is the law of the land," McCabe says.
'That money will be rolled in with the regular schol-
arship money," said Barbara Lee, director of the scholar-
ship office. "We will still have the same number of dol-
lars, they'll just be put into a different fund."
The money from the minority leadership and minori-
ty academic scholarships will be moved to the presiden-
tial leadership and presidential academic funds. The cri-
teria was exactly the same for the minority and the regu-
lar scholarships, explained Lee. The only difference
between them was that one pair was for minorities, and
the other was for anyone.
Sound advice
Drum major makes his mark
By Melissa Middleton
Staff Writer
The lights bf the football field
provide the only illumination as
the band's cresendo rises in the
brisk autumn air, held in time with
the powerful strokes of the silhou-
etted drum major as he conducts
the music.
a™ This year's dtum majory is-
senior Alan Nash, who transferred
to Tarleton 2 1/2 years ago. Nash,
who was born and raised in
Stephenville, has had no trouble
adjusting to college life at
Tarleton.
He began his business studies
at Southwestern University in
Georgetown, but returned to his
hometown college for economical
and nostalgic reasons.
'The people in Stephenville
are more down to earth. I got tired
of watching the students drive to
school in their Jaguars and
BMWs," said Nash.
A band member throughout
high school, Nash is completing
his fifth year as a band member.
This is his first year as drum major.
"I never intended to try out,
until I felt like I could contribute
something," said Nash. "I enjoy it
the most when it's the middle of a
song, and the band hits the loudest
part, and I'm waving my arms so
hard I really feel like I could fly
away."
After graduation, Nash plans to
continue working for WEB
Testing, Inc., and possibly go on to
law school at the University of
Texas in Austin. His major at
Tarleton is. business, with a minor
in government. He enjoys politics,
and may have a future in it.
To entering freshman, Nash
donates this piece of knowledge,
"It gets more exciting as the end
gets nearer. You really do learn
practical things as you go through
your courses."
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Alan Nash
conducts
the Sound
and Fury
of Tarleton
Alumni wants
to inaugurate
Big brothers,
sisters program
By Kisty Hoffman
Staff writer
John Gerhardt, a Tarleton graduate in sociology
and youth case manager at the Pecan Valley
MHMR, would like to unite Tarleton students with
the Stephenville community.
Erath county has no formal Big Brothers/Big
Sisters program. Gerhardt hopes that Tarleton stu-
dents will help him begin an official Pecan Valley
Big Brothers/Big Sisters program for Erath, Hood
and Somervell counties.
According to Gerhardt, the program will serve
emotionally disturbed young people. Most of the
young men and women have serious illnesses such
as depression and attention deficit/hyperactivity
disorder. Some come from poor families and have
had bad role models, Gerhardt said.
"I can help these young people with SociaF
Security or Medicaid, but I can not spend extra
time with them,"-Gerhardt said, 'They need men-
tors."
Gerhardt hopes for volunteers to donate as lit-
tle as one hour each week to this program. He also
encourages fraternities and sororities to sponsor an
individual in the program.
"Working with Tarleton students will inspire
them," Gerhardt said.
Volunteers must call Gerhardt at 968-4183
extension 115 and make an appointment for an
interview to discuss applicants' preparation for the
project. Volunteers will be informed of the behav-
ior and emotional problems of their assigned indi-
vidual during the interview. Gerhardt also will
check the background of volunteers with their
consent. During the background check, he will
run their names and driver's license numbers
through the DPS.
Special Education majors are especially
encouraged to join the Pecan Valley Big
Brothers/Big Sisters program, Gerhardt said.
However, it is a good community service project
for anyone.
"'There is no greater insight into the future than
recognizing when we save our children, we save
ourselves,"' Gerhardt quoted from an anthropolo-
gist, Margaret Mead.
Students cast no vote
Although it's election time at
the polls, there are no active
political organizations on the
Tarleton campus. Advisers of
both the Young Democrats and
the College Republicans stated
that the chapters are inactive due
to lack of student interest.
Jeremy Curtoys, associate pro-
fessor of Social Sciences and pre-
sent sponsor of the Tarleton chap-
ter of Young Democrats, said
there is "no action at all at this
point." Malcolm Cross, associate
professor of Social Sciences who
advises College Republicans,
reported similar apathy.
Curtoys said he has encoun-
tered interested students, none of
whom will take any initiative to
organize activities or meetings.
Anyone interested in partici-
pating in a chapter can contact
Curtoys or Cross in the Social
Sciences department.
-- Information compiled by
Brandy Coffman and Jennifer
Burkhalter.
Hispanic Heritage month events planned
By Kim Wade
Guest Writer
The Office of Student Activities
will sponsor several events to rec-
ognize Hispanic Heritage Month
from Sept. 20 - Oct. 15.
The most important event is a
bone marrow donor recruitment
drive which will take place from
9:30 a.m, - 5 p.m. on Wednesday in
the Sf)C Ballroom A.
It is important, a spokesman
said, for minorities to be aware that
bone marrow typing is inherited in
the same way as eye, hair and skin
color. The best chance of finding a
donor for a minority is from anoth-
er minority. Due to the fact that so
few minorities donate bone mar-
row, it is important, a spokesman
said, to come by and give a small
blood sample that could be matched
to a minority in need.
The schedule also includes a
"dance till you drop" Macarena
Party featuring D.J. Mario Campus
from 8 p.m. to midnight on Sept.
20 in the SDC B(allroom.
Admission is free. Ernesto
Calderon, executive director of the
Mexican-American Education
Foundation, will speak at an open
forum featuring Hispanic organiza-
tions on campus at 7:30 p.m. on
Oct. 2 in the SDC Room 219.
A comedy night featuring Willie
B.arcena, Evening at the Improv,
will be presented Oct. 9 in the
SDC Ballroom A.
On Oct. 15, Robert Gamboa,
director of development at Texas
State Technical College will speak
in the SDC Ballroom B and C. A
reception will follow. For more
information on Hispanic Heritage
Month, please contact Sonya
Segura at 968-9497.
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