McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 9, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 28, 2001 Page: 4 of 8
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The War Whoop - Page 4
Wednesday February 28 2001
HOUSING continued
from page 1
certain needs and standards. An
offshoot of this plan includes con-
verting one room per floor into a
study room allowing students to
study in some place other than their
rooms or the lobby.
Social clubs have long
been a tradition at McMurry. To
help to continue and further this
tradition the Housing Proposal
suggests allowing social clubs to
get a block of rooms together as-
suming that a club officer (presi-
dent vice president secretary trea-
surer or pledge educator) agrees
to live with them and they agree
to fill eight rooms. In addition
they will be allowed to convert one
suite or room on each floor or
block into a social club lounge
giving clubs a place to meet and
have informal get-togethers.
Many social club mem-
bers already live in blocks of rooms
together but the themed housing
plan will make it official. At a re-
cent MSG meeting Mr. Harvey
Oaxaca the intern residence hall
director said of the plan "It will
build unity by creating diversity."
As for students who are
not members of a social club or not
interested in living in a study in-
tensive building only a minority
of rooms will be delegated to so-
cial club and study intensive
rooms. The remainder of the
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Roger Nicholas Gerald Sandoval and Ben Walton pledge and members respectively of
KIVA social club in a dorm room converted into a lounge. Photo by Tom Turner.
rooms will function as they are
now. The plan also includes a
stipulation to allow social clubs
and individuals alike the oppor-
tunity to paint the hall space out-
side their room and the exterior
of the doors so to personalize their
homes.
Another part of the plan
allows summer residents who
help as summer conference staff
Local paper
free to
students
by Kim Tribou
For the remainder of the
school year free copies of the
Abilene Reporter-News will be
available to the students at
McMurry.
The Newspaper is cur-
rently sponsoring a trial period
with the school for no cost.
Newspaper racks with free cop-
ies of the Abilene Reporter-News
are currently in the campus cen-
ter and each of the four residence
halls. As of April l McMurry
Student Government and the Of-
fice of Student Affairs are spon-
soring the bill. If students show
continued interest in the paper the
program will continue next year
with the bill coming out of Hous-
ing or some other source.
The Abilene Reporter-
News is sponsoring the "College
Readership Program" which al-
lows students access to a local
newspaper for a very low cost.
The idea was originated by the
New York Times and is now be-
ing sponsored by various news-
paper companies across the nation.
resident assistant staff activity
staff or maintenance staff to re-
ceive free housing instead of a pay
check assuming they work at least
ten hours. RHA MSA and MSG
students can also receive housing
for free over the summer assum-
ing they work ten hours a week in
their departments. Final parts of
the plan include designating one
of the new apartments as guest
housing and streamlining the
guest visitation hours to 1 p.m. to
12 a.m. seven days a week.
The proposal has not yet
passed the Cabinet and with the
exception of the FYE housing
none of this is set in stone for next
school year.
Honors society
inducts new members
by Dalila Lara
New members of Alpha
Lambda Delta the national honor
students' society will be inducted
on the evening of March 28. This
is the inaugural year of the
McMurry chapter of Alpha
Lambda Delta.
To join the honor soci-
ety which is for freshmen and
sophomores only students must
have at least a 3.5 GPA.
Dr. Patricia Graham a
vice-president at the University of
Texas at San Antonio and Na-
tional President of Alpha Lambda
Delta will preside at the induc-
tion ceremony.
In other honors news in-
terviews for the incoming fresh-
men hoping to enter the honors
program next fall were held on
February 17 and 24. There were
twenty interviews on the 1 7th and
twenty-four on the 24th. Appli-
cants had to write an essay get let-
ters of reference and score 27 or
higher on the ACT or be in the top
5 of their class to be considered
for the program.
Those being considered
underwent twenty-minute on-
campus interviews with three
McM faculty members. Eighteen
faculty members participated in
the interviews.
Representatives from the
AEC Academic Advising Finan-
cial Aid Housing and the Music
Department were on hand to an-
swer the applicants' questions
about McMurry. Current mem-
bers of the Honors Program were
also in attendance visiting with
the applicants and leading them on
campus tours. The applicants reg-
istered in the Campus Center and
the opening assembly was held in
the chapel. Later they went to
their interviews followed by a tour
of campus. Lunch was held in the
Radford Social Hall where
speeches were given by faculty
and members of the Honors Pro-
gram. Dr. LeMasters the direc-
tor of the Honors Program said he
believes the program helps attract
outstanding students to McMurry.
"Interview days are exciting for
everyone and both the students and
faculty enjoyed talking to the ap-
plicants" he said.
McM artists
receive
awards
Members of faculty
and art alum place in
recent shows
by Katy Goss
The McMurry Univer-
sity Art Department is currently
celebrating the recent awards re-
ceived by Linda Strickland for her
ceramic sculptures "Lost Souls"
and "Fat Cats" that were entered
in the Stars of Texas Art Exhibit
in Brownwood. Strickland re-
ceived the "Best of Show Award"
with a thousand-dollar prize for
"Lost Souls" and an "Honorable
Mention" with a fifty-dollar prize
for "Fat Cats." Both of these
pieces were featured in her exhi-
bition at the Center for Contem-
porary Arts in Abilene last Janu-
ary. Sarah Logan Director of
Waco Art Center judged the Stars
of Texas Art Exhibit and was said
to have been "looking for visually
stimulating pieces of work that
displayed originality and creativ-
ity with professional execution."
Out of the 230 entries only 77
were chosen to exhibit including
pieces by Charlene Cummings
(recent BFA graduate of McMurry
and employee of the McWhiney
Foundation) and Kathie Walker-
Millar associate professor of art.
Since the Exhibit in Brownwood
a renowned gallery in Johnson
City has approached Strickland
with an offer to show her clay
sculptures. This elegant gallery is
also currently carrying the work
of painter Benini that is on exhibit
at the Grace in Abilene until
March 17.
Walker-Millar said she
was "sincerely excited that one of
McMurry's faculty and alumni
received such prestigious awards
in the art world." Strickland is
"definitely an exciting asset to the
McMurry community" she said.
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