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The Tarleton Texan Weekly News
Volume 152 Number 9
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A part of the Texas A&M System.
October 31,1996
Homecoming royalty, awards announced
Homecoming queeri Amy Bumpus and her -
parents at the football game Saturday. (Photo
by Joey Wingo)
Dead Day
celebrated
on campus
By Kisty Hoffman
Staff writer
Nov. 1 and 2, son el Dia De Los
Muertos. Es un dia'muy impor-
tante en el mundo hispano. Como
el dia de Halloween en los Estados
Unidos, la gente hispana cree en
faiitasmas y mbhteosr^—''
For all non-Spanish speakers,
this Friday begins the Day of the
Dead which is celebrated by
Hispanics in honor of the deceased.
Day of the Dead is similar to our
Memorial Day. However, there is
no mourning.
On Nov. 5 at 5 p.m. the Spanish
Club will show the movie "El Dia
De Los Muertos" in the Language
Lab (Room 210) in Humanities.
Members of the Spanish Club
encourage everyone to attend regu-
lar meetings on Tuesdays from 5
p.m. to 6 p.m. and learn more about
Hispanic traditions.
Legend has it that the deceased
come back from the dead on Nov.
1 or 2 to visit and Find a variety of
treats awaiting them in the ceme-
tery.
Altars are prepared with the
favorite foods for the deceased.
Delicacies such as pan de muertos
(bread of the dead) and. calaveras
de azucar (sugar skulls made of
sweet potatoes) are also placed on
the altars. ,
When the alter is prepared on
the last night in October, candles
and marigolds, the death flowers of
the Aztecs, are added.
. When night falls, the vigil
begins. Candles are lit and women
pray while men toast the dead.
After the vigil, families enjoy a
fiesta and a picnic in the graveyard.
By Justin Wayne Beam
Managing editor
Homecoming happened in high style,
heralded by a week of traditions and activ-
ities.
It all began Monday with the Hunt for
the Silver Bugle, a scavenger hunt in
which contestants search for information
about Tarleton's past. The winner was the
team from the Delta Zeta Sorority.
Tuesday night dorm dwellers came out
for the annual Fish And T Signing Party,
during which they displayed their artistic
talent while meeting new people.
Wednesday the campus echoed with
the cries of Yell Contestants. Chosen as
the most spirited were the sisters of Delta
Zeta, who won the honor of being second
to beat the drum, after the Plowboys.
Dr. Dennis McCabe, TSU president,
began the drum beating Wednesday night,
accompanied by the Plowboys. The
drum's reverberations shook the campus
non-stop for the next three days.
One of the events highlighting
Thursday night was the Beauty and the
Beast Contest. Contestants get dressed up
in their finest—each other's, that is—and
parade through the SDC ballroom for
prizes. The winning beauty was Candy, a
leggy, leather-clad brunette and her
escort—and agent—a' short, cellular
phone toting "businessman."
Thursday was also the night of the pep
rally, followed by a midnight breakfast.
The dining hall was the location of the
meal served by the Student Government
Association. Last year's monster food
fight did not turn into an annual event, to
the SGA's relief. One fellow who threw a
biscuit was apprehended by campus
police before it hit the ground, and was
escorted into the kitchen where he spent
part of the evening washing dishes.
Friday the mellow tones of a bugle
rang through the crisp autumn air when
the ROTC conducted the Silver Taps
Ceremony in honor of Tarleton Alumni
who have died. Later that night Tarleton's
pride burned bright as its homecoming
Queen was chosen and its bonfire ignited.
The Homecoming Queen is Amy
Bumpus, an agriculture service and devel-
opment major from Lampasas.
Saturday morning the Homecoming
parade caravanned around the campus.
The winner of the grand prize in the
parade was the IT department, which
designed a float that had giant football
helmets crashing together. The helmets,
suspended over a football field, jread J-
TACandN-TAC. '
Taking first place was the float built by
Alpha Gamma Delta and Kappa Delta
Rho. Second prize went to the float con-
structed by Delta Zeta and Sigma Chi.
At 2 p.m. Saturday, the Tarleton Texans
took to the field for the Homecoming
game. Despite a brilliant effort by the
Texans, the Abilene Christian Wildcats
won by 10 points.
All fired up
Plowboys James Manasco, left, and Roy Valdez are joined by a Purple Poo member during the bonfire
Friday night. (Photo by Robert Benton)
Delta Chi wins football title
rival fraternity disputes rule
By Chris McBride
Sports editor
Every year the intramural
department finds a new ingredient
to spice up its highly popular flag
football league. Last year it intro-
duced TSU's first ever women's
league.
This season the department
decided to initiate a Greek league
so campus fraternities could battle
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Tarleton's first ever Greek
league champion is Delta Chi
which roared through Greek
League competition with an unde-
feated 6-0 record including a string
of blowouts.
Delta Chi's domination was
clouded a bit by a controversial rule
prohibiting no more than two for-
mer Tarleton football players per
roster. The fraternity that this rule
affected most was Sigma Chi
whose organization consists pri-
marily of former and current Texan
football players.
Because of the rule, Sigma Chi
was forced to field a team made up
of nearly 90 percent pledges.
According to Delta Chi quarterback
Matt Holly, the league would have
been more competitive if Sigma
Chi were allowed to use all its
active members.
"Sure, everything would have
been a lot different," said Holly.
"But I still think we could have
won the league. We had several
former players who weren't
allowed to compete also."
According to Sigma Chi mem-
ber Greg Cranfil, the results would
have .definitely been .different. "I
know we would have won if we'd
had our full roster. I understand
why the department made the rule,
but it's like we're being punished
for having a lot of good players. I
think everybody's best players
should be allowed to play in order
to determine a true champion."
Cranfil backs up his argument
by pointing out last year's flag foot-
ball domination by then Sigma Chi
Omega in the Greek Olympics.
"I think we have a good cjhance
of going all the way," said Holly.
'The teams that should be favored
are probably Off, Distinguished
Gentlemen and Late Hit, but I
believe we can still hold our awn."
Playoffs begin next week.
Student directories due
By Justin Wayne Beam
Managing editor
The Tarleton student directory,
expected in early October, will
arrive soon.
The directory's release was
delayed for several reasons, includ-
ing some students' desires to be
excluded, a lag in getting organiza-
tions' information and the fact that
all the numbers listed were wrong.
"The numbers were all three
digits lower or higher than what
they were supposed to be," said
Josh Golden, student body presi-
dent. Golden said that there was a
calculation error and the numbers
had to be corrected and reprinted.
The directories are now printed,
and are on their way to Tarleton.
.Golden says^they could come in as
early as Thursday. When they
arrive, student directories will be
distributed through the dorms and
placed at various campus locations.
End of an era - - Wilma Davis to retire
By Charles Crittenden Jr.
Editor-in-chief
: "Hello darlin;." "
Those words have greeted students,
faculty, staff and other visitors to the TSU
president's office for the past 26 years.
After more than two decades, Wilma
Davis, secretary to the president, has
decided to step down.
"I never wanted to retire. This is not
work for me, I am being paid to be
around people I enjoy," Davis said.
DaVis admits that she counts students,
faculty and staff among her extended
family. "They are very much a part of my
life. After working with people for 26
years, they sometimes seem closer than
your family," Davis said.
Davis is retiring to spend more time
with her husband who has had 10
bypass operations in the past eight years.
"I want us to spend his last day together.
We want to travel to Alaska and the
Northwest areas of the country," Davis
said of her immediate plans following
retirement.
After 26 years of service, Davis still
remembers her first interview with for-
mer provost, Dr. Robert Fain in
September of 1971.
"I was out bailing hay when he called
me in for an interview. He told me to
come as I was, and I came with hay in my
hair," Davis said.
"I was told that the only way for any-
one to get a job at Tarleton was if some-
one retires, dies or gets married. It was
just my luck that Dr. Fain's secretary was
getting married," Davis said.
"The most memorable moments that I
can recall came in football — the year we
went 10-0, or better yet the year we went
to the Sun Bowl," Davis said. "The years
that we had a great football team were
exciting times at Tarleton" according to
Davis. "There was an atmosphere here
that you would not believe."
Most people at Tarleton cannot
remember when the administration was
housed in the Education Building but
Davis does. She worked there in the
1970s when the country was going
through an energy crisis.
"It was a horrible building to work in.
The windows were covered with some
type of black tarp or paint. We were all
gloomy; I was happy when we moved to
this'new building in 1984," Davis said.
She worked for Dr. Fain for 13 years
and in 1984 former TSU president, Dr.
Barry Thompson hired her. After
Thompson left, Davis started working
for Dr. McCabe.
A native Texan, Davis has traveled all
across the state to watch Tarleton play
football. Davis graduated from
Alexander High school where she played
basketball.
She left Alexander to go to Lubbock
where she Worked for Southwestern Bell,
then she moved to Washington D.C.
where she was employed by the Bell
Company.
After her stint on the East coast, she
returned to her roots in Stephenville,
Davis owns some land outside of
Stephenville where she spent most of her
time before she was hired at Tarleton.
Davis plans to remain active at
Tarleton while she is in retirement. She
will be a part of the booster club and
other organizations that will show her
support for Tarleton.
Wilma Davis
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