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Inauguration
set for Saturday
Tarleton State University will celebrate the inaugura-
tion of its 14th president, Dr. Dennis McCabe, with some
special activities planned for Friday and Saturday, April 3
and 4.
Official inauguration ceremonies are scheduled for
Saturday, April 4, at 2 pjn, in the auditorium of the Clyde H,
Wells Fine Arts Center. Dignitaries representing institutions
of higher education from across the nation, officials from the
State of Texas and representatives from The Texas A&M
University System are expected to participate in the formal
program.
A reception honoring Dr. McCabe and his family will be
held immediately following the ceremonies, beginning at
3:30 p.m, in the Tarleton Center.
Dr. BJ. Alexander, Associate Dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences at TSU and chairman of the Inaugural
Committee, invites all friends of Tarleton and the McCabes
to join the celebration. "This is an important day in the life
of the University as well as the McCabe family and we
extend a warm invitaion to everyone to join us for any or all
of the activities," said Dr. Alexander.
(See McCabe page 8)
SGA candidates
run for office
By Christy Moore
Editor in Chief
The candidates for student body positions met last
night to go over codes and rules and to plan their
strategies.
Campaigning began yesterday after the meeting and
will continue through the elections.
In addition to poster and flyers, candidates will be
; jjiven several chances to yqi<;c their positions. . Soapbox
speeches will take place April 6-iO at various locations
around campus at lunchtime, Monday's speeches will be
held in front of the Fine Arts building, then moving to
the Dining Hall, Student Center and Library/Humanities
area, respectively, for the rest of the week. However,
Friday's location has not yet been announced.
Candidates will also speak at the Spring Dance on
Wednesday. The class president and Texan Rider
candidates will speak between the two bands, with the
Student Body President and Vice-President candidates
speaking at the headlining band's first intermission.
While numbers were sparce, Bradberry feels that
enough people are running to give the voters a fair choice.
The only candidate for Student Body President is the
current Student Body Vice-President Justin Lookadoo.
Vice-Presidential candidates are Michael Copeland, Mandy
Spemath and J,T. Eli.
(See Student Body page 8) '
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Student center
plans reviewed
J-TAC Photo/Rob Macchietto
Michelle Cox, an English major at TSU, donates a pint of her blood to help the needy during Alpha
Phi Omega's 26th Annual Blood Drive. Cox was one of 118 volunteers who agreed to "Bleed for
Those Who Need."
By Christy Moore
Editor in Chief
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board met
with Tarleton Officials yesterday morning to discuss plans
for the proposed Student Development Center to be built
on the corner of Lillian and Vanderbilt.
The Board is the State agency that oversees the disper-
sion of state funds to educational institutions. Approval of
the project, revisions, postponement or or a complete shut-,
down of the project are all options currently open to the Co-
ordinating Board.
"In order to approve the project, we must determine
that there is a great enough need for the project to not hold
back on state expenditures in this time of increasing fiscal
stress," Sub-committee on Campus Planning Chairperson
Carolyn Bacon said.
The proposed building is a three-story structure that
will hold many aspects of the student development con-
cept.
The tower level will house the Teaching and Learning
Center, student publications and a recreation center. The
bookstore, Student Services, Post Office, food court and
the Academic Convention Center will be moved to the
ground floor.
The third story will contain offices, the Placement
Office, the Health Center, Student Activities and the
Counseling Center.
Board members raised the questions of deferred main-
tenance on those buildings that will be left deserted by the
move.
Larry Bicket, Vice President for Business Affairs,
said that it was in the plans to demolish both the Teaching
and Learning Center building and Davis Hall. The current
Student Center wotild be used to accommodate various
/types' of campus growth.
Cited among the reasons for building the Student
Development Center is the extraordinary campus growth-
-78.8 percent in the last 11 years. Other arguments in-
cluded the inavailabilty of such services as the Teaching
and Learning Center and the Health Center because they
are scattered campus-wide and the lack of conference
space as illustrated by the need to close the gym to allow
space for a faculty/staff luncheon.
The numbers presented for the Student Development
Center are staggering. The Center itself will cost an
estimated $15 million. The utility building or plant next to
it has a price tag of $500,000 for Phase I.
The utility plant is part of a plan to eventually achieve
central utilities on the Tarleton campus. Most of the
buildings on campus have their own controls for utilities;
(See Board page 8)
Springfest celebrated at TSU
By Brig Lopez III
Staff Writer
So you're back from spring
break and you think the party's
over. Well my friend, let me tell
you-the party has just begun.
TSU's Springfest party will
start off on Monday, April 6th.
At 6 p.m. in the Administration
Mall Area, the "Battle of the
Bands" event is to begin. Six
bands will be battling it out for
the opening spot for the Spring
Dance.
Following the performance, a
cash prize will be awarded to the
best band. The administration will
be suppling three judges to decide
the ultimate decision.
The following bands will be
participating in the Battle of the
Bands contest: The Change (Rock
and Roll),' Dog Set (Rock and
Roll), Gothic Hip-Hop
(Alternitive), Onyx (Top 40) and
Disco Fire (Bluegrass), There
will also be a picnic going on
outside the cafeteria from 5:00 to
7:30.
The Springfest party will
continue on Tuesday April 7, with
the airball championships.
.Twelve to fifteen teams will be
participating in the tournament.
The tournament will begin at 5
p.m. and end around midnight.
The airball championship consists
of playing vollyball on a air-filled
trampoline. Each team will play
a 15-minute single elimination.
Springfest will conclude with
the Spring Dance. The dance will
be held in front of the
Administration building. The
dance will begin at 7:00 p.m with
the winner of the Battle of the
Bands opening up for the
headliner, Sugarfoot. Student
candidates will be speaking during
the bands intermission at about
9:30- 9:45.
Inaguarual Events
April 3, 1992
12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
Faculty/Staff Luncheon (Deli Buffet)
Speaker: Dr. Bill Franklin
Small Gymnasium
2:00 - 2:55 p.m.
3:05 - 4:00 p.m.
Session I: Dr. Craig Clifford
Business 176
Session II: Dr. Neil Daniel
Business 178
4:15 - 5:00 p.m.
Rehearsal for Inaugural Procession
Assigned rooms in Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
TSU Musical: Godspell
Fine Arts Theater
April 4, 1992
1:00 p.m.
Registration and Robing of Official Delegates
2:00 p.m.
Inaugural Ceremony
Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center
3:30 p.m.
Inaugural Reception
Tarleton Center
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Cisneros to speak
In conjunction with President
MeCabe's upcoming inauguration,
the Speaker Symposium Committee
and the Student Programming Asso-
ciation of Tarleton State University
will host the Spring 1992 Distin-
guished Speaker Series on Friday,
April 3, at 11 a,m. in Wisdom Gym
on the TSU campus. The Honorable
Henry G. Cisneros, former mayor of
San Antonio, will provide the key-
note speech on "America's Challenge
in a Changing World."
Cisneros, who received his
bachelor's and master's degree from
Texas A&M University and his
doctorate in Public Administration
from George Washington Univer-
sity, has devoted most of his life to
public service. He was elected to the
City Council of San Antonio for three
terms between 1975 and 1979 and
served as mayor of this city from
1981 to 1989.
Cisneros was also interviewed
by Democratic presidential Nomi-
nee Walter Mondale as a potential
vice-presidential candidate in 1984
and was asked by then-Vice Presi-
dent George Bush to brief General
Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev dur-
ing the 1987 Summit Meeting be-
tween the United States and the
Soviet Union,
Since his retirement from pub-
lic office in 1989, Cisneros has acted
as chairman of the Cisneros Asset
Management Company, taught
courses in Public Administration and
Urban Studies at the University of
Texas at San Antonio and Trinity
University and has presented
speeches on such topics as educa-
tion, cultural diversity, Hispanics in
America, the future of cities and the
changing demographic composition
of the United States to university,
administrate, and corporate audi-
ences throughout the country.
"Mr. Cisneros is sure to deliver
a dynamic, informative and thought
provoking speech," Dr. Chris Guthrie
of the TSU Social Sciences depart-
ment said. "His provocative and
penetrating comments on America's
future role in the world will comple-
ment the other events surrounding
President MeCabe's inauguration and
underlining Tarleton's commitment
to train future generations of Ameri-
can leaders."
All students, faculty and staff as
well as the general public are en-
couraged to attend. Admission is
free.
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