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April 6, 2000
Volume 159, Number 9
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Weekly News
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PRAYER BEFORE
FOOTBALL GAMES
Three commentaries argue the
Supreme Court case.
Opinion, 3
POOVS
SKULLS
Comparison
of the two
secret groups.
Pulse, 6
KISS RULES!!
Rock gods perform to
potential.
Pulse, 7
BOYCOTTS ABOUND
Talk of banning man classes
and Coca-Cola,
News, 8
SERVANT & SUCCESS
Penn State Custodian earns
respect and degree.
News, 9
PLAYING IM
SOFTBALL?
Check out your team's stand-
ing and your competition.
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RECREATIONAL SPORTS
REVIEW
Program offers various sports
opportunities.
Sports, 10
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TexAnns Baseball
vs.
West Texas A&M
Friday at 4 p.m.
Exotic
summer
trip offers
class credit
By Katie Debusk
StaffWriter
Tarleton students
enrolled in either
International business or
intermediate or advanced
Spanish courses during
summer session I will
have the opportunity to
visit Guatemala this sum-
mer.
As an added bonus
Tarleton students who
participate in the Spanish
immersion program will
have the opportunity to
aid the local Guatemalan
children.
Students enrolled in
either International
Business or International
marketing will have the
opportunity to take a one-
week trip to Guatemala.
The trip is planned for
summer session I and will
depart July 1, returning
July 8.
"The reason for the trip
is to give students the
chance to experience first
hand international busi-
ness and marketing
Trip See Page 8
Candidates speak
out about issues
Don't pay until you play
By Tohma Morrison
Editor in Chief
With the Student
Government Association
presidential campaign well
under way, both candi-
dates are out gathering
support for the April 17-19
elections.
Both Elvis Moya and
David Sweeney sat down
for a pre-debate interview
and answered questions
about a wide variety of
issues that they could face
as president.
Below are the issues that
were presented during the
interview and each of the
candidates' responses.
Tarleton - Central Texas
Both candidates felt that
by traveling to Killeen with
members of the SGA execu-
tive board, the concerns of
those students could be
heard.
They also would like to
see a representative from
Elections See Page 12
By Blair Ponder
StaffWriter
Tarleton student will be asked in the
coming weeks to vote on a referendum
that will provide funding for a proposed
indoor recreational sports facility.
Students are being asked to approve the
recreational sports fee, $50 for fall and
spring semesters and a $25 for summer
sessions, which will be used to defer the
cost of construction of the new facility.
Matching funds from the Texas A&M
system, the Texas Legislature and several
other outside sources will be used initially
to get the facility built.
"There- is this misconception going
around campus that this fee will take
effect next semester/' Ronnie Giles, recre-
ational ^port director, said. "This is incor-
rect. Students will not be asked to pay this
fee until the facility opens its doors."
Giles said that he hopes the facility will
be used not only by students, but faculty
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By Lacey Page
Special to The J-TAC
A former skinhead leader and neo-Nazi
recruiter has taken a new leaf after life in
prison and tells his story to encourage others
to fight against hate crimes,
Frank Meeink will tell his story to student
and faculty members Wednesday in the SDC
ballrooms at 7:30 p.m.
Meeink became a skinhead at age 13 and was
roaming the country by 18 with gangs that
would beat people up for fun due to their race
or color of skin.
Arrested at age 17 for a kidnapping and
beating case of a rival skinhead, Meeink.began
to meet a variety of people with different races
in prison.
He decided to change his life and now
spends his time working for an Anti-
Defamation League and traveling around the
country telling his story.
The trial of Timothy McVeigh over the 1995
bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma
City caused Meeink to do more soul-searching
and find a way to help stop hate crimes.
Meeink is the founder of the Hockey for
Harmony Foundation, which encourages
youth of all races to play hockey.
Competing with and against minorities
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while in prison, Meeink learned that the racist
views he spoused, as a teenager were a myth.
In fact, the first person to give Meeink a job
on his release from prison was a Jew, even
while Meeink was covered with neo-Nazi tat-
toos.
The presentation is free to the public and is
co-sponsored by the Student Programming
Association and the Office of Multicultural
Services.
For more information, contact the Office of
Student Activities at 968-9490.
The above article was compiled from
previously published press reports.
Defining news
CNN anchor to give lecture
Special to The J-TAC
How do the decision
makers in the media decide
what is news and what is
not - what the public will
see and hear and read?
Is there a bias that inter-
feres with responsible
reporting?
Whose opinion counts
most, and has "journalistic
ethics" become just anoth-
er oxymoron?
Sesno, CNN anchor,
reporter, and bureau chief,
will address these ques-
tions in a lecture here at
Tarleton State University
on Monday, April 10 at 2
p.m. in the,Clyde H. Wells
Fine Arts Center
Auditorium.
Sponsored by Tarleton's
Speaker Symposium, the
lecture is free and open to
the public. A reception in
the Fine Arts Gallery will
follow.
"The discussion that
Frank Sesno brings to
Tarleton couldn't be more
timely, given our upcom-
ing elections, and it's guar-
anteed to provoke vigor-
ous give and take with the
audience," said Rose Ann
Kincannon, chair of the
Speaker Symposium
Committee.
"Few people are in a bet-
ter position to offer
insights into the people
and decision-making
behind the news. I'm
thrilled that he's going to
bring that insight to us
here at Tarleton."
Sesno, a dynamic and
Minority students honored
at end of the year banquet
By Marily Durbin
StaffWriter
The Office of Multicultural Services is preparing for the
annual End of the Year Banquet and Dance to be held on
Friday, April 28 at 7 p.m. at the Stephenville Holiday Inn.
"The event started in 1995 as a way to honor Tarleton's
minority students," said Andra Madkins, director of mul-
ticultural services.
The banquet honors minority students for their
achievements in campus organizations, academics,
Special to The J-TAC
Frank Sesno
informative speaker, draws
in his audience with
humor, anecdotes from the
trenches, and a strong mes-
sage, He encourages
CNN See Page 12
Awards See Page 12
Rec See Page 12
Students
injured in
accidents
Both in
intensive care
By Amanda Gilbreath
Managing Editor _
Two Tarleton students
are hospitalized with seri-
ous injuries from two
unrelated car accidents.
Nancy Pitts, a 19-year-
old junior interdisciplinary
studies major from Clifton,
is in intensive care at
Hill crest in Waco with
injuries from her accident
on Saturday afternoon.
Women's housing coor-
dinator Heidi Mims noted
, ihat Pifts is in critical ctm-
dition, suffering from bro-
ken bones and head
injuries. Pitts is a resident
advisor in Hunewell
Annex.
Juan Arrendondo, a 20-
year-old junior psychology
major from Comanche, is
Accidents See Page 12
Athletics
receive
chunk of
change
By Blair Ponder ')
StaffWriter _____ _
When Tarleton's athletic
programs moved up to
NCAA Division II, the
administration was forced
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more money to the athlet-
ics side of the budget,
Wanda Mercer; vice-presi-
dent of student services,
said.
"In order for Tarleton to
be competitive at that level
we knew the budget would
have to be adjusted," she
said.
Fees See Page 8
Candidates to debate Monday
By Tohma Morrison
Editor in Chief
The two candidates for Student
Government Association President will
square off Monday, April 10 in a candidate
forum sponsored by The J-TAC and the
Tarleton Press Club.
The event will be held in the SDC
Ballroom A at 6:15 p.m. with Elvis Moya
and David Sweeney answering a wide
variety of questions. 1
The debate will be split up into three
parts. The first will feature seven to ten
questions from editors of The J-TAC.
The candidates will then be allowed to
ask each other two questions. The debate
will conclude with approximately twenty
minutes of questions from audience mem-
bers.
All students, faculty and staff are invit-
ed to attend, and a reception will follow
the debate.