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TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY, STEPHENVILLE
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February 8,2007
SINCE 1919
Volume 173, No. 3
'Find a way'
Speakers challenge campus during Unity Rally; event
intended to encourage students to embrace diversity
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Francisco Reyes/The J-TAC
Town and Country Bank Manager Darrell Brown speaks up at the Unity Rally on Feb. 5. The rally attracted a few hun-
dred Tarleton students, and the attention of several local media stations, including Dallas' Channel 8*
By D'LEESA KEYS
Staff Writer
Despite the cold rain, the Tarleton
family came together as a show of their
solidarity to the Student Government
Association (SGA) sponsored Unity
Rally on Feb, 1 at the Barry B. Thomp-
son Student Center ballrooms. The
event soon became a standing room
only event and was covered by vari-
ous newspaper and TV outlets includ-
ing the Stephenville Empire-Tribune, the
Waco Tribune-Herald, and FOX 4 News
and ABC News 8, both stationed in
Dallas.
Jim Douglas, a reporter with News
8, said that he was "struck by the ma-
turity of the students" at the rally, and
"that is something we as a society can
all learn from."
"The whole. Facebook situation is
something that could have been very
divisive," Douglas said, "Instead, it is
being used as a tool to bridge cultural
gaps and serves as a reminder that we
need to try to see things through other
peoples' eyes."
The evening began with a greeting
from SGA President Casey Hogan.
"When a family member makes a
mistake, that's when we need to come
together," Hogan said. "This is a great
opportunity for us to come together
and that's what we're going to do."
Hogan also stated that the rally
"would not be a one-time thing," and
that it was a "beginning to continue to
embrace diversity."
Speakers for the night included Dr.
Wanda Mercer, vice president for Stu-
dent Life, who was filling in for Presi-
dent Dennis P. McCabe; John Black,
member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fra-
ternity; and Darrell Brown, Tarleton
alumnus and senior vice president for
business development at Town and
Country Bank. McCabe was not able
to attend the rally because of a meeting
he had with the Texas A&M University
Board of Regents, Mercer said it was
the "only kind of important business
that would keep l)im away from the
event."
"I'm a proud family member of Tar-
leton, but I am not proud of what hap-
pened last week," Mercer said. "Every
time I speak to the media, I tell them
how proud I am of Tarleton State Uni-
versity and that through better com-
munication and reconciliation, Tarleton
will become better as an institution."
Black, who is also a senior sociol-
ogy major and member of the Tarleton
See UNITY RALLY, page 10
Housing
showcases
new identity
By HEATHER PARKER
Copy Editor
The department - of
Housing and Residence Life
is in the process of chang-
ing names and has already
changed many of its opera-
tions, according to Director
for Housing and Residence
Life Ms. Elizabeth Wallace.
The new name for Tar-
leton's housing department
will soon be Residential Liv-
ing and Learning. There are
many differ-
ent things that Name change is the
together £jrst gtep towards
'creating a seamless,
experience... in
living and learning'
came
to cause this al-
teration.
"We desire
our name to be
the foundation
upon which
we shall build
a program rec-
ognized nationally for its
unique collaboration with
the academic elements of the
university," Wallace said.
"This name change reflects
our desire to create a seam-
less experience where living
and learning, in this educa-
tional community, go hand
in hand/' Wallace said.
Katy Thompson/The J-TAC
Residential housing is an
integral part of the learning
process during college and
can enhance the educational
experience.
"We believe the residen-
tial setting will serve to fan
the flame of intellectual dia-
logue and pursuits for our
students. Students of today
and tomorrow realize that
living in a community set-
ting and sharing discussions
and dialogues about learn-
ing can enrich the elements
and tenets or
their Tarleton
education,"
Wallace said.
Even though
the name of
the housing
department is
changing, the
management
is staying in place.
"Our management has
not changed. Dr. Mercer
remains our vice president,
Mr. Jergins is the associate
vice president we report to,
and I will remain the direc-
tor," Wallace clarified.
See HOUSING, Page 10
-Wallace
University eliminates foreign student exchange program
ri Exchange program conducted as experiment, last group of students arrive fall 2007
By MAND1 ROBERTS
Staff Writer
Tarleton's Indian exchange program
which brings in students from the Ansal In-
stitute of Technology (AIT) in India will be
phased out by next fall because Tarleton de-
cided not to renew the contract.
"We .tried the AIT program as an ex-
periment," Dr. Duane Snider, associate vice
president for Academic Affairs, said. "But we
started it around the same time that our Ste-
phenville campus decided to actively recruit
in the Tarrant County area and at the same
time our Killeen campus has been expand-
ing. Now we have decided to redirect efforts,
time and energy that would be
used in traveling to and moni-
toring the AIT program to other
areas of recruitment."
The AIT program was start-
ed about four years ago by the
suggestion of Executive Direc-
tor of Tarleton Central Texas
Campus in Killeen Dr. John
Idoux who had previously
worked with the program at
another university. Within the
program, students had to take
specific coursework at the AIT campus in In,
Dr. Duane Snider
dia and then complete training at Tarleton's
Stephenville or Killeen campus
for a year. Graduation was of-
fered in two undergraduate
programs or two graduate pro-
grams, all in the business de-
partment. '
Students from AIT will still
be permitted to transfer or ap-
ply to Tarleton, but now they
will not come as part of a pro-
gram but must apply as an in-
dividual student.
"We will continue to wel-
come individual applicants from AIT. as we
would from any other school or country,"
Snider said. "We got some great students
from AIT that we especially value because
they diversify our campus. We were, how-
ever, not always happy with their overall
academic preparation, so we would rather
review them individually as we do other stu-
dents."'
There are currently 42 AIT students en-
rolled right now between the Stephenville
and Killeen campuses, according to Dr. Fred
Koestler, director of International Academic
Programs. A small group in fall 2007 will be
the last group covered informally under the
contract which expired this spring semester.
Index
News
2
Opinion
3
Features
4
Entertainment
5
Campus Life
6
Special
7,9
Sports 11
-12
'MLK' Party
African-American students
speak on controversial 'MLK' party
Tarleton conducts survey
E-mail questionaire
aimed at improving
programs and activities
See Page 4
See Page 6
The Ex-Aryan
Former skinhead and inspiration for
'American History X,' talks to students
on his experiences See Page 6
Valentine's Day
M The top 10 Valentine's gifts
ti What do Tarleton students ^
plan to do on Valentine's
Day? See Page 7
Softball
TexAnns open season with two
wins over Texas Wesleyan
See Page 11
I ' ' X-
Basketball
Men and women's teams both
earn victories on last second
shots.
See Page 12
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