The Collegian (Hurst, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 26, 1997 Page: 1 of 10
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Volume 9 • Issue 24
SERVING THE TARRANT COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT
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TASP results submitted to TCJC
Feature
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ne news
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south news
sports editor
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advertising
Hiring frozen
■ Easter Sunday
Sunday, March 30
• Last day to drop a class
Friday, April 11
TASP test date
Saturday, April 19
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Total Students
1766
Passed
1359 (77 percent)
Total Students
1729
Passed
1463 (85 percent)
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TCJC. Those who have graduated but
have not attended any other college since
, earning an associate degree are eligible for
the scholarship, Shirley Binder, vice presi-
dent for student enrollment services at
UTA, said.
Micki Roemer, director and coordina-
tor of Financial Aid at TCJC, said, “I think
this scholarship is wonderful for TCJC
students. I think it is going to help stu-
dents who are trying to decide which
school they want to transfer to.”
The scholarship can be renewed for a
second year if students maintain a 2.5
Brick bybrick
some brick could be donated.
Allen is in the junior advanced ce-
ramics class. Faculty members are
looking for a permanent place to
put the wall with the different de-
signs. Currently it is in the cafete-
ria until a new location is found.
Chair of science
second to play
m The Hitmen’s forward
J)lays like a girl.
That is not an insult
for Vanessa Dykstra, who
is the second woman to
participate in the SE
■Dampus 3-on-3 intramur-
Wil basketball.
“The last time I played
organized basketball was
1990,” Dykstra, SE chair
of Science, said.
■ See Basketball,
page 8
Math Writing
Total Students
1920
Passed
Minimum Level
1023 (53 percent)
College Level
227 (12 percent)
Binder said, “We (college officials)
found students who have gone to another
college and enter into their junior level,
graduate at a higher rate than students
without at least 60 hours.”
Roemer is glad UTA is helping out
students in this way and hopes other col-
leges who do not have a similar scholar-
ship will be pressured to do the same.
Money for the scholarship will come
from UTA’s scholarship funds, Binder
said.
For more information on this or any
scholarship at UTA, call 272-2197.
Collegian awarded
All-American rank
for campuses
by chancellor
by Eva-Marie Ayala
editor in chief
The interim chancellor has im-
plemented a hiring freeze in an at-
tempt to help the college’s budget
problem.
The hiring freeze,
which was put into ef-
fect by Dr. Larry Dar-
lage Feb. 11, prevents
the hiring of any new
personnel at the col-
lege.
TCJC is currently
facing the end of its
fiscal year $2 million
short.
The low budget is
attributed to a decrease
GPA. They must complete an admissions
application and a scholarship application,
according to a press release.
The scholarship is for $1,000 a year,
$500 for each semester, to cover tuition
costs for two 15-hour semesters.
Dr. Robert Witt, president of UTA,
started the scholarship this semester to in-
crease enrollment at UTA.
Binder said applications and informa-
tion may be picked up in any of the Finan-
cial Aid offices at TCJC. Once the appli-
cation is complete, students need to send it
to UTA.
Legislators questioning TASP
Bill underway to repeal standardized test
by Andrea Cagle
collegian staff
Texas legislators are debating
the pros and cons of the Texas
Academic Skills Program (TASP),
the test that must be passed in
order to take college parallel Eng-
lish and math.
Republican Irma Rangel, who
heads the House Education Com-
mittee, is planning to draft a bill to
repeal the standardized test, which
has come under scrutiny because
of its cost to the state.
According to the Arlington
St ar-Telegram, Rangel thinks the
test is a waste of time and money,
and she thinks the test is a failure.
Cost for the TASP test has
risen from $38.6 million to $153.4
million since its inception in 1988.
be placed in math and English.
Jason Thomas, NE student,
said, “I have not been learning the
skills necessary to take the TASP.
I have taken the TASP three times,
and I have failed it three times.”
Dr. Larry Darlage, interim
chancellor, said, “If the TASP
Wednesday, March 26,1997
by Sarah Baker
associate editor
For the 14th consecutive semester since 1990, TCJC’s student publica-
tion received the highest ranking available to college newspapers for its fall
semester editions.
The Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) ranked The Collegian as All-
American for its consistently high quality of writing and coverage of the
college’s four campuses.
“The Collegian seems to have its finger on the pulse of the campus and
the student body. I think the editors have made this a ‘must read,”’ the
judge said.
ACP awarded The Collegian five marks of distinction, the highest num-
ber possible, qualifying the publication to be in contention for a Pacemaker
Award if the spring semester issues also receive the All-American ranking.
Recipients of the Pacemaker Award are chosen from newspapers
across the country with the All-American ranking for both semesters.
The Collegian won its first Pacemaker Award, also the first for any
collegiate newspaper in the metroplex, for issues published during the
1995-96 academic year.
Editor in chief for the fall semester was Eva-Marie Ayala, who said she
has high hopes of winning another Pacemaker this year.
“The quality of this newspaper has always been outstanding,” she said.
“It’s always a challenge for the whole staff to keep up with its national rep-
utation for being one of the leaders for community college newspapers. I
hope we can continue the tradition.”
Dr. Joe Norton, director of Student Publications, said the All-American
ranking with five marks of distinction indicates a high degree of dedication
and professionalism by the student staff.
“This is a most prestigious award for college journalism,” he said. “It
places us in the very top percent of high quality community college news-
papers across the nation.”
The Collegian has been ranked an All-American paper 14 consecutive
semesters, beginning in the spring of 1990.
The five marks of distinction represent excellence in five areas: cover-
age and content; writing and editing; photography, art and graphics; layout
and design; and leadership.
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Grady Patterson
checks himself into prison
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handcuffs, however; he
visits them as part of a
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Bvcademic advisor
shares suggestions
Educational struggles
t are something every stu-
jrient deals with, a NW
BDampus academic advi-
sor said recently.
Suzie Olmos-Soto
shared suggestions on
overcoming obstacles.
| See Struggles, page 2
Multicultural Fest
planned on SE
To celebrate diversi-
fies on SE Campus, the
■TCJC Multicultural Fest
1997 begins Monday,
■/larch 31, and runs
Jprough Friday, April 4.
W The fest is organized
‘ :by Student Services.
See Fest, page 3
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Dr. Michael Saenz, president of .
the NW Campus, said if an employ- |
ee wishes to resign, the resignation
may not be accepted.
“If there is an event and some-
one is needed, (the college) will not j
accept the resignation
until after the event,” he
said. “We need to make
sure people are avail-
able to keep the cam-
puses running.”
Kirby Cox, division
chair of Science and
Technology on NE
Campus, is feeling the
affects of the freeze.
“The pharmacy tech-
nician program that was
scheduled to begin next year has to
wait another year,” he said.
The program lacked a coordi-
nator to head the curriculum.
Cox was anxious to get the pro-
gram started because pharmacy
technicians must pass the national
exam by the year 2001 to be li-
censed.
Jim Moore, division chair of
Technology and Math on South
Campus, said the freeze does not af-
fect him yet.
Brad Allen, NE Campus business
major, creates a stepping stone in
wet brick as a project for his Ce-
ramics II class. The brick he is
working on was donated by the
ACME Brick Company when a fac-
ulty member called and asked if
Scholarships offered for UTA student transfers
by Andrea Cagle
collegian staff
Scholarships for students transferring
to the University of Texas at Arlington
(UTA) with an Associate of Art or Science
degree are available in the Financial Aid
Office; deadline is Sunday, June 1.
Students must have earned an associ-
ate degree from TCJC to be eligible for
this scholarship, according to a press re-
lease from, UTA.
The overall GPA must be at least a
3.0, and students must be enrolled for 12
hours or more each semester while at
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Students at a recent TCJC were to end, TCJC would carry on
forum questioned why the TASP as it has been. Students would still
should be taken if the questions have to take some form of
are high school level.
Dr. Tom Stover, dean of In-
Nancy Wood, UTA English struction and Student Develop-
professor, served on the TASP
committee that helped develop the
reading section of the test.
Wood told one UTA Short-
horn reporter that the TASP was
helpful in determining those who
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Dr. Larry Darlage
in enrollment and the building of a
new campus.
Darlage said one possibility to
save money is to not hire people in
positions that are left vacant.
“Salary is the largest amount of
expenditure, and a way to make
change is not to rehire when people
leave as a result of retirement or
resignation,” he said.
If a position is vacant, faculty
or staff within the college may be
asked to fill the position instead of
hiring someone new.
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assess-
ment in order for them to be
placed on the right level.”
Students have to take the
ment on NE Campus, said, “It is TASP before they complete nine
the state that requires students to hours of credit courses.
pass the TASP, not TCJC.” Ending the TASP would re-
Stover told students that even move some barriers for students
if the TASP did not exist, TCJC coming to college, Darlage said.
would still give students a place- “The concept of the TASP is a
will face academic problems at the ment test to see where they should good one, but test officials might
college level. be place(I >n math and English. want to think about some modifi-
ttrphe test is okay for what Jason Thomas, N^E student, cations, he said.
we’re using it for,” she said to the sa^’ ^ave not ^een learning the “Students who are not inter-
reporter “The importance should skills necessary to take the TASP. ested in a degree and are taking
not be on passing the test; it I have taken the TASP three times, classes only for enrichment should
should be on teaching students an<^ 1 ^ave failed it three times.” be exempt from taking the TASP,”
how to do math, read and write on ^r’ Larry Darlage, interim he said. We (TCJC) want our
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The Collegian (Hurst, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 26, 1997, newspaper, March 26, 1997; Hurst, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1339552/m1/1/?q=%22Education+-+Colleges+and+Universities+-+Tarrant+County+College%22: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room.