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January 25, 200t) * Volume 161 • Number 1
February is Black History Month.
The following are several events planned for
the upcoming month. Check The J-TAC
throughout February for detailed information
or visit the Multicultural Services website at
www.tarleton.edu/ -multserv
1 Open Forum
1 After Game Mixer
; Movie Night
1 Bake Sale
• Soul Food Dinner
• Game Show
• Jazz & Poetry
• Banquet
Black
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INSIDE
COUNSELING CENTER
Tips for success in spring
2001-
Page 2
KERI PAYS HOMAGE
TO THE PRESIDENCY
Transition brings
forth new attitudes.
Page 3
BUSH STRIVES TO
IMPROVE NATION'S
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Proposed measures
give parents greater choice.
Page 4
TEMPTATION ISLAND
Can you resist?
Page 5
LONE STAR
CONFERENCE
Men's and Women's
basketball re-cap.
Page 6
SUPERBOWL SUNDAY
The Cinderella game
begins.
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McCabe
addresses
SGAon
possible fee
increases
By Jennifer Dawson
Senior Staff Writer
Dennis P. McCabe, president
of Tarleton State University
addressed the first Student
Government Association meet-
ing of the semester about the
proposed Distance Learning
fee.
The Distance Learning fee
will cost twenty-five dollars
per semester credit hour, and
will only affect those students
who are enrolled in on-line
courses offered by the
University.
Although the price per
semester credit hour may even-
tually increase, there is a forty
dollar cap placed on the pro-
posed fee increase.
In exchange for charging the
new fee those students who
live off-campus and attend the
Stephenville campus will be
able to waive fees such as the
student center fee, the health
service fee, the student services
fee and the parking fee.
The University is proposing
to charge the Distance Learning
fee in the Fall of 2001. The stu-
dents who attend the Killeen
campus and take on-line cours-
es will also be affected by the
Distance Learning fee.
However, they will have a
few fees waived that the stu-
dents who attend the
Stephenville campus will still
be required to pay.
According to Wanda Mercer,
vice president of
SGA See Page 7
The Clery Act:
University campuses go public with crime statistics
By Leslie Patteson
Staff Writer
When you were considering which col-
lege to attend did you look at their crime
statistics? Did you pick Tarleton because it
had a safe campus? Do you now read the
crime reports in The J-TAC?
In part to one family's painful ordeal,
laws are now in effect to make these figures
public information.
In 1986, Jeanne Clery was a freshman at
Pennsylvania's Lehigh University. She was
raped and murdered in her dorm room by a
fellow student who was let in by another
student. Her murderer, Joseph M. Henry,
was tried, convicted and sentenced to death.
Then her parents, Howard and Connie
Clery, later found out that the university
failed to inform their students about 38 vio-
lent crimes that had been committed on
campus in the three years before their
daughter's death.
Because Lehigh was a private university,
the incidents were downplayed and some
even went unreported. So, Clery's parents
led a crusade to enact the Campus Securities
Act. Congress formally named the law in
memory of Clery in 1998.
The Clery Act is a law that requires col-
leges and universities to disclose informa-
tion about crime in and around their cam-
puses. All institutions of postsecondary
education that participate in and receive
federal student aid programs are subject to
the law, therefore all public and private uni-
versities must comply.
1 Not complying with the law Can result in
a fine of up to $25,000 or other legal action.
Every college and university has to send an
annual report to the U S. Department of
Education (DOE) by October .1 which
includes crime statistics from the past 3
years, certain security: policies, sexual
assault policies, the' law enforcement
authority of campus police and where stu-
dents need to go to report crimes.
New ID Card
System to put
Tarleton on the
cutting edge of
technology
i By Credence Hatley
i Staff Writer
CRIME See Page 7
races Tarleton with
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Special To The J-TAC
The Trogdon House was blanketed with snow during the holiday
season. The Stephenville area received one inch of snow on December 27, 2000.
j A Tarleton committee com-
I posed of students and adminis-,
1 trators are considering a new
j ID Card System that will fur-
! ther advance the University in
i the race for technological excel-
i lence.
"We live in an age of con-
sumerism," says Kane Urban,
vice president of student gov-
ernment. "A student is a con-
sumer and a University has to
sell itself to the student. There
is no better way to get students
to come to the university than
to show that the school is at the
cutting edge of technology."
The committee is considering
either a "smart card" that con-
tains a technology chip or a
"magna-strip" card similar to a
drivers license.
The new ID cards will replace
the old meal cards, and will
resemble a credit card or dri-
vers license, Texas A&M
University at College Station
uses a system called Aggie
Bucks, which would parallel
the proposed ID cards.
The card, which uses a
.declining balance, could be
■ used at participating off-cani-
pus restaurants, stores, and
businesses. Keyless access into
residence halls and University
buildings will be another fea-
ture of the new proposed sys-
tem.
This would make living
quarters much safer and allow
Tarleton to set more flexible
ID CARDS See Page 7
Amnesty declared for National Book Month
By Dana Seals
Senior Staff Writer
January is National Book Month and the Tarleton
Dick Smith Library is celebrating in style. First, an
open house and reception was held the week dorms
opened, with entertainment provided by the Tarleton
Jazz Combo under the direction of Greg Ball.
A very important announcement was made in
favor of the students. Amnesty has been declared by
our librarians until January 31. This means that any
student can bring back any overdue book until the
end of the month, and no fines will be charged.
Martin Luther King luncheon
Awards presented for excellence
By Dana Seals
Senior Staff Writer
LIBRARY See Page 7
Special To The J -TAC
Donna Savage welcomes students, faculty and
staff to celebrate National Book Month.
January 19 marked the annual
Martin Luther King, Jr, lun-
cheon hosted by the Office of
Multicultural Services in the1
Student Development Center
Ballroom. Key Speakers at the
lunch, which had a turnout of
around 255, were Andra
Madkins, director of multicul-
tural services and Bob Ray
Sanders.
During the MLK luncheon,
several awards ' were
announced. These included
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
winning the Martin Luther
King, Jr, Humanitarian award;
Tarleton's Homecoming Queen,
Samantha Hicks, won the
Martin Luther King, Jr. Student
Leadership Award; and Robert
Glasgow won the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Outstanding
Individual Award.
"Mr. Sanders' message made
it an interesting program in that
MLK See Page 7
Tarleton celebrates dedication ceremony in Fort Worth
Special to The J - TAC
Special To The J -TAC
Dr. Richard C. Schaffer delivers his
speech at the dedication ceremony.
Tarleton State University administrators, faculty and
staff visited the University's Terrell School of Clinical
Laboratory Sciences on Thursday, December 7, 2000 to
celebrate the dedication of the new $1,5 million Richard C.
Schaffer Education Building.
Recognized as one of the fines medical technology pro-
grams in the nation, the Terrell School of Clinical
Laboratory Sciences has achieved at 100 percent first-time
pass rate on the Board of Registry exam. After completing
three years of University-level work, students enrolling at
the Terrell School complete 14 months of full time classes
and lab work to earn the Bachelor of Science degree in
Medical Technology.
The new facilities add 13,000 square feet to the original
building, almost doubling the capacity of student enroll-
ment. Although the addition is not completely finished,
Tarleton and Terrell staff members couldn't resist the
opportunity to honor the man who was instrumental in
raising the funds for the construction,
Dr. Schaffer and his family were among the special
guests attending the open house. A longtime Fort Worth
physician, Dr. Schaffer served as medical director of the
Clinical Laboratory Science program from the time it was
begun in 1978 until his retirement in. 1998. In 1997 he
founded the Dr. May Owens Memorial foundation for the
purpose of raising funds for the Terrell School and to
honor the memory Dr. Owens, a highly respected Tarrant
County pathologist.
In his comments at the dedication Dr. Schaffer pointed
out that medical technology is a choice field, saying that
there are currently 70 medical technician vacancies in
Metroplex hospitals,
An emotional Dr. Schaffer praised Dr. Owen for her
vision and thanked Tarleton for its support of the pro-
gram. Dr. Schaffer has been honored by the University as
Distinguished Friend and he was given Medical Director
Emeritus status by Board of Regents of the Texas A&M
University System. -
Dennis McCabe, Tarleton president, Karen Murray,
director of the Terrell School and the Honorable Jeff
Wentworth, Fort Worth city councilman were among the
dignitaries making comments at the dedication cere-
monies. Michele Schultz, a Tarleton student enrolled at
Terrell, spoke on behalf of the current student body.
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