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J-TAC Page 2 Nov. 17,1981
DEAN'S LIST
by Denise Dean
The holiday season was'
meant to be a long, drawn-
out process. It starts slowly
about two weeks prior to
Thanksgiving and
gradually gains momen-
tum, building to a
smashing good time on
New Year's Eve. That is,
for everyone but college
students.
How can a student get in
a festive mood a week prior
to Thanksgiving if he's got
three tests? And it's hard
to enjoy the oven-roasted
bird if visions of an un-
written term paper creep
unbidden into your over-
worked mind.
Half the joy of Christmas
is giving gifts (so they say -
- the receiving part isn't too
bad either). "How can
Christmas shopping be fun
if you have to borrow from
friends and loved ones in
order to buy them gifts?
When selections on
Christmas Eve are limited
to colors like green and
orange, styles to designer
creations gone bad and
prices too high, it's
discouraging, not fun.
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Christmas is a time of
family gatherings, when
the hard-working college
student is welcomed home
with open arms.
Usually Mother finds her
lost child on the front
doorstep, malnourished
from a diet of Twinkies and
fighting insanity.
Surrounding the hard-luck
student is the last of the
possessions she still owns.
Her clothes were borrowed
by friends and her record
collection broken at the last
key party. The remnants
were brought home,
however, because the
student didn't want to drive
back to school and pick
them up after grades came
in.
Somehow the poor
college student is robbed ol
the true meaning ot
Christmas while fighting
term papers, empty
pockets and last-minute
shopping.
and furthermore.
by Carol Daniel
Call me irresponsible,
call me unreliable, tell me
I'm impractical, but I say
the idea of changing
Tarleton's policy of
exempting graduating
seniors from taking finals
is a waste of time and
probably a ploy for
someone to get some at-
tention.
After listening to some
very sound reasons for
changing the policy and
practically no reasons at
all for keeping it, the
question still remains,
what's the point? Why
should we bother to change
the policy? Has some TSU
graduate's career been
stunted because he didn't
take a final exam his last
semester in college?
Dear Editor:
Tarleton has a problem.
"When I was a child I
talked like a child, I
thought like a child, I
reasoned like a child. When
I became a man, I put
childish ways behind me."
People, you are in college
and are supposed to act like
adults.
A large amount of money
was spent on the fountain to
enhance the campus.
Perhaps the soap was cute
once or twice, however it's
become plain juvenile.
Food fights were un-
derstandable in junior high
and maybe high school, but
it's time to grow up.
I hope the person that
wrote the obscenities on
my car with shaving cream
got everything out of it he
wanted. He owes me a
paint job because it
discolored my paint in
certain spots.
It was also brought to my
attention that other people
get a kick out of
discrediting others behind
their backs. You know, the
ol' make me look good, the
other guy look bad act. Be
mature enough to go to the
person about whom you are
making the accusations.
The Mickey Mouse days
should be over. It's time to
either grow up or go home.
Greg Lanham
Dear Editor:
"Have a good day" has
always been a good thing to
'say. Since 1973 the saying
"Have nice day," has been
heard. It was as if the
warranty on our country
had expired.
One day we were eating,
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EDITOR: Cindy Nelson
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Carol Daniel, Denise Dean,
and Maria Weaver.
PHOTOGRAPHERS: Jeffj
Arthur and Javier Tamez.
AD SALES: Tammy
Guthery
AD LAYOUT: Jim Cross
ADVISER: Byron Travis
It has been said ffiaF
finals exemption is an
"archaic" policy, and that
it is unfair to students who,
attend classes with
graduating seniors. On the
surface this may seem to
be true. But it's doubtful
that most students would
say they felt cheated
because of it. They know
they, too, will eventually
have the same privilege.
There are many areas in
which TSU needs some
changes and moder-
nization, areas much more
crucial to the educational
welfare of the student than
missing one semester of
finals. It seems more
appropriate for members
of the Academic Council to
expend their energy on
those areas than to raise an
issue that has been un-
successfully debated
before.
Of course, if the policy is{
changed, it won't affect
me, as I'm graduating in
May. However, I seriously
doubt that I'll look back to
my college days with
regret, wondering if taking
my finals would have
landed me that job on the
Washington Post.
drinking and being merry
and then there were 258
products on the market to
help our hamburger.
Same went on in-
stitutional food. Schools
were suddenly faced with
the problem of prices for
food, etc. So, with what
they have, I think the
cafeteria here does a good
job.
If you think back, Mom
was not always perfect
with the food. Certainly she
burned something some
time or another.
Maybe the food here is
not perfect, but it might
pay off to be com-
plimentary to the cafeteria
people who fix breakfast,
lunch and dinner for we
spoiled people.
Believe it or not,
Tarleton is rated as the
number five school in the
state for food service.
So if you still find you
don't like the food here,
don't talk with your mouth
full. Have a good day.
John Chapman
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Surviving
on campus
by R. Dulaney Barrett,
D.Min.
Director of Consultation
and Education
Pecan Valley Mental
Health Mental Retardation
Dr. Barrett is
educational officer for
Pecan Valley MHMR
Region. Your feedback is
requested. Topics you want
discussed will be
welcomed-the editor.)
Meet Bill Gumrn. I
should like to use the
. column today to feature a
very special person. Bill is
special in many ways, but
for purposes of this article,
he is special because he is
the therapist placed on
campus each week by
Pecan Valley Mental
Helath Mental Retardation
Region.
I felt this would be a good
way to acquaint you with
the man and the op-
portunity for counsel which
is provided by the Student
Senate and TSU.
Hailing from Fort Worth,
Tex., Bill graduated from
high school in Faribault,
Minn. He holds degrees
from UT - Austin (B.A. in
Education with emphases
in history and psychology;
also from UT, a Language
and Learning Disabilities
Certification) and NTSU,
Denton (Master of
Education in Counseling).
He is currently completing
a Ph.D. in Psychology at
TWU, Denton.
In addition to formal
academic work, Bill has
completed at least fourteen
workshops and other
training events. These
continuing education ac-
tivities include com-
munication techniques,
marriage and family
therapy, beyond divorce,
hypnosis in psychotherapy,
family communication, sex.
therapy, drug education,
crime prevention and
treatment of disturbed
adolescents.
Gumm's work ex-
perience includes teaching
at high school and college
levels, and counseling in a
variety of settings and
states (Texas, Minnesota,
Louisiana, Virginia). He
has published articles and
made professional con-
ference presentations.
A very active person,
Bill's hobbies include
reading, sports, jogging,
backgammon and cooking.
On campus at the Health
Center, Bill's TSU hours
are 1-4 p.m. each Wed-
nesday. He is available
there to counsel with TSU
students in relationship to
anything which may be
bothering them.
For emergencies after
hours, Pecan Valley
MHMR Crisis Hotline is 1-
800-772-5987,
(A health service
provided by TSU and the
Student Senate is con-
fidential counseling with a
Pecan Valley MHMR
counselor. On campus in
the Health Center, this
service is free to students
from 1-4 p.m. on Wed-
nesdays, Pecan Valley
MHMR's Crisis Hotline for
emergency counsel is 1-800-
772-5987).
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