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The J-TAC
April 6,2000
TRIP
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outside of the classroom,"
according to Janis Petroriis who
is coordinating the tour to
Guatemala.
During the 1999 fall semester,
Fernanco Monterroso, president
of Universidad Francisco
Marroquin, a private university
in Guatemala City, visited the
Tarleton State University cam-
pus with an invitation for
Tarleton students to visit his
campus. The trip will include
tours of coffee and sugar planta-
tions, Guatemalan and multina-
tional businesses, area historical
sites including the colonial city
of Antigua, and a reception at
the American Embassy. The
Tarleton group will travel with-
in the country on a tour bus, and
will be accompanied at all times
by a representative of
Universidad Francisco
Marroquin, and an English
interpreter.
Students wishing to make the
trip to Guatemala are required
to enroll in summer session I
International business, GB4443
and/or International marketing,
MKTG 4543. Applications must
be submitted to Janis Petronis in
the business administration
building no later than Friday,
April 14, The cost of the trip
will be approximately $700, in
addition to registration fees for
the course(s). The trip cost will
cover airfare, lodging, food, and
group transportation while in
Guatemala. A $100 deposit is
required with your application
to ensure airfare reservations.
Other requirements include
being in good standing with the
university and obtaining a rec-
ommendation by a current fac-
ulty member. Anyone with fur-
ther questions regarding this
trip may contact Janis Petronis
at extension 9342 or by e-mail;
jpetrone@tarleton.edu.
The department of English
and foreign languages are also
coordinating a trip to
Guatemala as an immersion
program for Tarleton Spanish
students. The program will
count for 6 credit hours in
Spanish 2013 and 2023 will last
four weeks. During those four
weeks students will be housed
with Guatemalan families for
the duration of the trip and will
receive four hours of individual
instruction with a language
institute instructor in the morn-
ings and two hours of group
study in the afternoon, as well
as participate in excursions to
local cultural and historical
sites.
"As part of the social agenda
for the trip, a portion of the
course fee will be going to the
local Mayan children to buy
books for their school's book
mobile," according to Assistant
Spanish professor, Maria Bohm,
The cost of this trip will be
$1,500 and will cover the cost of
round, trip airfare, tuition, and
room and board. Students will
be leaving for Guatemala May
21 and return June 18.
"The program is aimed at
helping Spanish students to
increase their fluency and give
them experience in living
abroad, in particular those stu-
dents majoring in education,
international business, and
social work/' said Spanish
instructor Burton Smith who is
helping to coordinate this pro-
gram.
Students who are interested in
this program for summer 2001
and will be enrolled in interme-
diate or advanced Spanish over
the next academic school year
may get in touch with Smith at
extension 9287 or Bohm at
extension 9282.
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University of Michigan
Group wants to drop course on male identity
ByTMS Campus
Special to The l-TAC
A conservative group is push-
ing officials at the University of
Michigan to drop a course on
male homosexuality that it says
is recruiting and teaching teen-
agers to be gay.
The course, titled "How to be
Gay: Male Homosexuality and
Initiation," is scheduled to be
offered for the first time in the
fall. Descriptions of the course,
which will fall under the
English department, state it
"will examine the general topic
of the role that initiation plays
in the formation of gay identi-
ty" by analyzing the writings,
musical and artistic works of
gay men.
Gary Glenn, president of the
Michigan affiliate of the
American Family Association,
sent an e-mail last week to
UM's president and board of
regents, state legislators and
Gov. John Engler, calling for the
course's cancellation. The asso-
ciation's Web site states that it
strives to "expose the misrepre-
sentation of the radical homo-
sexual agenda and stop its
spread through our culture." .
"UM actually wants to force
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Michigan taxpayers to pay for a
class to openly recruit and teach
teen-agers how to engage in a
lifestyle of high-risk behavior
that is not only illegal but many
believe immoral, behavior that
further increases the burden on
taxpayers to pay its public
health consequences," Glenn's
letter states.
University officials said they
have no intentions of canceling
the class. In a statement, Nancy
E. Cantor, UM's provost and
executive vice president of aca-
demic affairs said, "We are
completely in support of !
Professor (David) Halperin's
course and of his freedom to
teach this course as he con-
structed it."
"If you look at some of the other state sponsored
schools in Division II their budget is at 45 percent
or higher."
Lonn Reiseman, Tarleton Athletic Director, said
the 45 percent that Tarleton athletics receives is the
lowest in the Lone Star Conference.
He said that TAMU-Kingsville has set up their
budget where their athletics department receives
about 65 percent of their student service fees.
"The percentage of fees ranges from 45 percent
to 65 percent," he said.
"Then you have Eastern New Mexico that gets
no student service fees, but receives funding from
the New Mexico state legislature,"
Some of the larger Division I schools in Texas do
not receive funding from their sponsoring institu-
tions, Mercer said.
Texas A&M University and the University of
Texas support their athletic programs through
alumni contributions, media contracts and ticket
sales, a Texas A&M century club member said.
Current budget allocations show that athletic
scholarships receive around $150,000 of the mon-
eys the athletic department receives,
"We have 70 scholarships, which is also the low-
est in the conference/' Reiseman said. "But, we
compete against schools that provide full scholar-
ships to many of their athletes."
Tarleton's tennis team has only two scholarships
and is competing against nationally ranked teams
like Abilene Christian that provides six scholar-
ships, Reiseman said.
"We want all of our teams to be competitive,
while we keep the percent we receive as low as
possible," he said.
A general administration account used for trav-
el expenses, student salaries, game administra-
tion, drug testing for athletes, work study pro-
grams and other expenditures gets $265,000.
Both students and faculty have said they-have
questions about the amount of money the athletic
program receives.
"I don't understand why my student service
fees should go to benefit something I don't even
take part in," Darla McNeely, a Tarleton junior,
said.
One Tarleton faculty member, who asked not to
be identified, said, "Imagine the benefits the stu-
dent body could have if they didn't have to sup-
plement the athletic program?"
Reiseman said he hopes to improve the visibili-
ty of Tarleton through the success of the various
athletic programs.
He said one day, in the distant future, he hopes
to get one of the athletic teams into one of the
national tournaments.
"Try buying "the amount of visibility that
Michigan State or Florida got from playing in the
Final Four. How much money would that kind of
advertising cost the university," he asked.
Current budget allocations on file in the Dick
Smith Library show that the athletic budget
receives $110,724 for football, $131,513 for athletic
scholarships and $50,774 for TexAnn basketball.
Several other athletic departments receiving
considerable funding through student services are
baseball ($46,707), softball ($41,944), Texan basket-
ball' ($40,917) men/women track ($39,482) and
TexAnn volleyball ($29,539).
"I believe the current budget is an appropriate
balance for the size of our institution. We still pro-
vide our students with the ability to participate in
various organizations such as Purple Poo or
Student Government," Mercer said.
"We have one of the top rodeo programs in the
nation, and we have a literary magazine that is
outstanding. Our athletic programs don't just
play in the Lone Star Conference; they consistent-
ly compete against tougher, larger schools."
Operational budgets for all Tarleton organiza-
tions are available for public viewing in the Dick
Smith Library.
Any Tarleton student may view these budgets
without question from any faculty member or stu-
dent.
Coke isn't it for many students
ByTMS Campus
Special to The /-TAC
Many students across the
country are making a pledge to
swear-off Coca-Cola.
At least for now. A 20-foot
inflatable Coke bottle stood in
front of the University of
Northern Arizona's student
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lined up to sign an Eco-Pledge
encouraging the soft drink
maker to use more recycled
plastic in their bottles.
In 1990, Coke promised to
begin using 25 percent recycled
plastic in its bottles, but aban-
doned the idea in 1994 citing
high costs.
". Recording % tl^ flasti^" s ,
Coke only one- tenth of a penny
per 20-ounce bottle to use 25-
percent recycled plastic.
Eco-Plegde.com and the
Grass Roots Recycling Network
are going to college campuses
around the country to encour-
age students to boycott Coke
products until they become
rmore rpnmentally responsi-
ble.
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