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TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY, STEPHENVILLE
THE J-TAC
Vol. 178, No. 4
6-7
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tllil Tarleton student and local musician Ben
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www.thejtac.com
Opening the
Gateway
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By ASHLEY
FUQUAY
Staff Writer
Some students
have been confused
regarding student e-
■mail accounts. Cur-
rently students can
use both Webmail
•and Gateway for their
e-piail accounts, but,
WebMail will discon-
tinue on the Tarleton
'Web site
a^ of Oct.
1. Its re-
place-
ment is
called
: Gateway
arid is
- also ac-
;e**ssible
- £rom the
homepage.
: ~; ''We ' hope that
- till Gateway users
will benefit from the
improved mail inter-
face and that the new
; features will improve
campus communica-
- fion," said Rebecca
: Gray; executive- di-
rector of Information
- Technologies Servic-
es
Kenneth Brisendine/The J-TAC .
There are some
variations between
the programs. Be
aware that the pass-
word on Gateway is
case sensitive, where
as WebMail is not. To
gain access to Gate-
way, the students
will still use the same
username and pass-
word as they did on
WebMail.
Besides e-mail,
Gateway
See how to
access The
Gateway
on page 2
Tarleton
offers
new func-
tions such
as vari-
ous news
feeds, a
personal
calendar,
the option
to create bookmarks
for favorite Web sites
and up-to-date news
and dates for orga-
nizations. Gateway
also has an available
e-mail directory that
includes students,
faculty, and staff.
However, any per-
sonal contacts
See GATEWAY, Page 2
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Ways to cope
■ "Fuddy Meers" play review
B Results frorn intramural sports
V A SIJA family weekend calendar
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University releases
new crime numbers
TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY 2006 ANNUAL SECURITY REPORT
By REBECCA
HOEFFNER
Staff Writer
The Tarleton Police
Department has re-
leased the 2006 annual
security report through
the Clery Act. Crimes on
campus, public proper-
ties and residential fa-
cilities have decreased
since 2005; lowering the
overall total of crimes.
Universities are re-
quired by law to sup-
ply students with in-
formation about how
many crimes occur on
campus each year.
Students can con-
tact the Office of Plan-
ning, Evaluation, and
Institutional Research
at 254-968-9354 for the
records, or go to www.
tarleton.edu/~police
and dick on "Clery
Act" for more informa-
tion.
ON CAMPUS ! RESIDENTIAL NON-CAMPUS PUBLIC
FACILITIES
TOTAL
PROPERTIES
2005
2006
CRIMES
Kenneth Brisendine/The J-TAC
Crimes on campus are down from 80 to 49 and from 64 to 39 in the residence facili-
ties in 2007. Off-campus crimes rose by four but total crimes are down from 91 to 57.
New sorority debuts on campus
■ Lambda Theta Sigma is first local multicultural chapter
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Lambda Theta Sigma officially became a sorority on April 2, becoming the eighth Greek sorority on campus.
By REBECCA
HOEFFNER
Staff Writer
Lambda Theta Sigma,
formally known as The La-
dies of Tarleton State, offi-
cially became a Greek soror-
ity on April 2 of this year.
They held their first re-
cruitment event at 7 p.m.
last Wednesday in Ballroom
C of the Thompson Student
Center, along with four oth-
er multicultural fraternities
and sororities.
"Lambda Theta Sigma
has finally been established
as the first local multicul-
tural sorority on Tarleton
State campus and open for
all young women. Lambda
Theta Sigma promotes di-
versity, academics, social
activities, as well as, com-
munity service," said Delton
Gordon, director of Student
Leadership Programs.
Other multicultural so-
rorities on campus include
Kappa Delta Chi and Zeta
Phi Beta, which are local
See SORORITY, Page 9
Colorblind' Constitution discussed
By ASHLEY FUQUAY
Staff Writer
Constitution Day, Sept. 17, was celebrated by
Tarleton's third annual panel discussion this year
headed by Dr. Charles Howard from the depart-
ment of Communication Studies, Dr.' Malcolm
Cross from the department of Social Sciences, and
Amanda Bigbee, who is associated with the law
firm Henslee and Schwart and was well attended.
This discussion was held in the Jesse Tackett
Auditorium on the subject of race relating to the
U. S. Constitution. The title was "Colorblind Con-
stitution?"
Cross explained that the constitution means
what those in power says it means because it is
open to interpretation. "Because the society is not
colorblind, the constitution cannot be colorblind,"
he said.
"The constitution of the United States was not
intended to be a colorblind document, despite the
fact that it was written in colorblind language and
secondly, the Constitution of the United States will
never be interpreted in a colorblind fashion that
Katy Thompson/The J-TAC
Amanda Bigbee spoke during
a panel discussion on Constitu-
tion Day, Sept, 17,
given the prejudices we bring to
the constitution, given the fact
that we are not necessarily a
colorblind society, the constitu-
tion is not going to achieve that
colorblind status/' said Cross.
He contested that the begin-
nings of the constitution were
not colorblind.
Cross explained that in writing the
constitution there were many provisions
made to assure the South of its rights to
own slaves, such as the Three-fifths Rule,
that the South would representation based
on the number of free white citizens plus
Three-fifths of the number of slaves in the
state, and the installment of the electoral
college, which we still use today to elect the
president,
"For all its faults, the Constitution of
the United States and the men who made
it fashioned a national government and a
citizenry strong enough and courageous
enough to continuously address the issue
of race in America," Cross concluded.
Bigbee went over the issue of racial pro-
grams in public high schools. Especially
the issue of admitting a student to a high
school in order to balance the
See CONSTITUTION, Page 9
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