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INSIDE
CALENDAR!
T.he Cowboy Astronomer
showing at the planetarium.
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OPINION
Students respond to last
week's article, "Military
women abroad: should they
be subject to foreign
beliefs?"
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NEWS
Tarleton Spotlight-an
interview with Dr. Jim
Cook.
Page 4
PULSE
Kris continues the Road
Trip Music Review.
Page 5
SPORTS
Tarleton basketball experi-
ences the thrill of victory
and the agony1 of defeat.
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TSU Alumni
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Stock Show
Special to The J-TAC
Tarleton State University
alumni and friends are invited
to a reception scheduled for
Thursday, Jan. 31 on the
grounds of the 2002
Southwestern Exposition and
Livestock Show.
Hosted by the Tarleton
Alumni Association and the
TAA's Cowtown Chapter, the
reception is scheduled for 6 to 8
p.m. in the McFarland Room on
the Stock Show grounds.
Former students, faculty and
friends of the University are
encouraged to come by for fel-
lowship and reminiscencing.
The Southwestern Exposition
and Livestock Show runs
through February 3 at the Will
Rogers Memorial Center.
The Tarleton Alumni recep-
tion is held each spring during
the historic stock show and
rodeo and has steadily grown in
attendance. A number of
Tarleton current and former fac-
ulty members will be on hand to
welcome former students and
friends from the Metroplex and
surrounding areas.
For more information on the
Cowtown Chapter of TAA or
any of the statewide alumni
receptions, contact the Tarleton
Alumni Offices at 968-9074.
Marketers
host Haskie
Special to The J-TAC
Bob Haskie will be the featured
speaker at Tuesday's
American Marketing
Association meeting, set for 6:30
p.m. in room 313 of the hydrolo-
gy building.
Haskie a co-owner and sales
manager at 377Broadcasting
will highlight the new organiza-
tion's first meeting.
For more information, contact
case Horton at 968-2780.
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Photo by Alex Nieto/The j-TAC
University Operations Chair Rusty Key discusses adding
new groups to the organizational sidewalk,
SGA's Movin'
Photo by Alex Nieto/The j-tac
Dr. Dennis P. McCabe addresses the Student Government Association last Monday.
He spoke on a proposed fee increase.
By Beth Cloud
Staff Writer
By Alyson Henigan
Managing Editor
On Monday, Jan. 28, Tarleton
State University President
Dennis P. McCabe led a student
fee hearing to discuss proposed
fee increases at 5:15 p.m. in the
Student Development Center.
Dr. MeCabe presentod-a basic
outline of the fee increases that
are expected to be implemented
in the fall of 2002.
"The March Board of Regents
meeting will determine the out-
come of the proposed fee
increase," McCabe said.
For state tuition, board-
authorized tuition, health serv-
ice fees and student services
fees, the increase will apply per
semester credit hour.
State tuition, which is required
by law, will increase $2 per
semester hour for undergradu-
ate and graduate students.
Graduate students now pay $52
per credit hour, which is more
than the state tuition of under- ■
graduate-students.
The board-authorized tuition
is expected to raise from $30 to
$36. This proposed rise will be
used to support increases in fac-
ility and staff salaries, supple-
ment departmental operating
budgets, which may include
new computers and existing
academic scholarship programs.
It is also expected to be benefi-
cial'to tlieT-ibrary;"^ '
The health service fees will
increase 25 cents which will up
the cost per hour to $2.85. The
benefit of this increase include
more lab tests available, more
prescription and over-the-count-
er medications and larger inven-
tory of supplies. It will also help
defray the costs of additional
staff hours to better serve the
Tarleton community.
"It will improve patient care
and patient flow. Medical care is
very hands on," said Jan Irons,
director and nurse practioner at
the Student Health Center.
The student service fee will
increase $1.50 for a total of $14
per semester hour.
For full time students, carry-
ing a load of 12 hours or more,
there is a ceiling rate of $168.
For summer semesters, the
increase will be 90 cents, with
the proposed rate set at $8.40 per
semester hour.
This will provide money for
student-related activities and
expand student programming,
"Wni£K'Includes'athletics.' ~
In addition, there are expected
to be additional fees in some
agriculture classes.
The current rate for the ID sys-
tem is $5 but with the new sys-
tem will be raised to $10 per
semester, not semester credit
hour.
Starting in the fall of 2002, the
university will be implementing
the One Card system, which is a
new student identification card
system that will use digital tech-
nology to increase operating
efficiency and student services,
such as laundry use.
Students will also be available
to access the doors at the resi-
dent halls which will provide
safety to the students.
Tex Books goes Greek
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Photo by Andy Duncan/The J-TAC
James Felkner brings new bookstore to the Tarleton
community.
By Cason White
Staff Writer
Across the street from the
Tarleton State University
Administration building, a new
store called Tex Books has
recently opened.
While textbooks are their pri-
mary form of business right
now, they also have in stock a
good selection of other items.
In fact, Tex Books has a selec-
tion of Greek and TSU t-shirts,
sweatshirts, stickers, shot glass-
es and hats.
Some of the clothing can be
purchased with the stitch work
design for specific Greek letters.
According to the owner, James
Felkner, the selection is going to
grow with time.
"For what they have in stock
right now their selection is
good," said Brian Bodine, a jun-
ior communications major and a
member of Lambda Chi Alpha,
Tex Books is individually
owned and operated.
Felkner has made it clear that
Tex Books is here to serve the
students of Tarleton State. "I
want to cater to what they (TSU
students) want," Felkner said.
That means that in the near
future custom t-shirt designs,
Greek paddles and blankets will
be available to order.
The store has several catalogs
to look through with dozens of
different items to choose from.
"Compared to other Greek
stores, Tex Books" prices are
great," Bodine said, "f spent
See Tex Page 7
The Student Government
Association (SGA) met for the
first time this semester last
Monday , raising topics that
indicated changes will be com-
ing to the Tarleton campus.
The most controversial subject
was the potential conversion of
Tarleton's identification card
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as the One Card.
The benefits of the new card
would include access to laun-
dry,, vending and copy machines
without the need for exact
change.
The card could eventually be
used for facility access, meaning
that designated individuals
could use the cards as a key to
certain buildings and storage
facilities. The university would
then be able to monitor the time
a particular door was unlocked
as well as whose card was used
to open it.
One concern raised by Robert
Benton, graduate student, was
that this service would pose a
risk to individual privacy and
security because stolen cards
could be used by uncertified
persons to obtain restricted
materials. However, the card
could be immediately deactivat-
ed if reported missing.
Former Student Body Vice
President Kane Urban, who has
researched the information on
the card for the past year and a
half, voiced potential concerns
that students may have regard-
ing the cost of the installation.
The cards would cost $5 more
than the current IDs, bringing
the total price of the new card
system to $10. By raising the
price now, an inflated fee will
be avoided during the project's
first years and distribute the
considerable cost over time.
The primary argument seems
to be that the cost would be
imposed upon upperclassmen
who may leave Tarleton never
having utilized the system.
It is anticipated that the sys-
: fem Would be implemented in
three phases, each taking
approximately one year.
Another notable change dis-
cussed was the possible addi-
tion of a new organizational
sidewalk.
UniversityOperations
Chairman Rusty Key said
"There are a lot of new organiza-
tions that are not on the old
sidewalk because they didn't
exist or they just didn't get the
opportunity. Our goal is to
make a new sidewalk about the
same size that the remaining
groups can be represented on,"
Though no official site has
been designated, the SGA is cur-
rently considering continuing
the sidewalk across the street
from the present one or on the
northeast corner of Lillian and
Jones Streets.
"It's still in progress. We're
looking for a lot of feedback
from people on it," said Key.
Key also hopes the new side-
walk can be used as an actual
walkway.
Walking on the old sidewalk
is prohibited because of safety
concerns as well as tradition
because some of the indenta-
tions in the cement are too deep.
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