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February 14, 2002 • Volume 163 • Number 4
The J-TAC
Valentine's Day
Sex Issue
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University
Weekly
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INSIDE
OPINION
SEX, SEX and more SEX!
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NEWS
Looking for love? Try online.
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SPORTS
Tarleton baseball and soft-
ball is off and running.
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PULSE
The Vagina Monologues hit
HBO.
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PULSE
Justin takes a look back at
"Kids."
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Date Rape:
better to
be safe
By Kane Urban
Staff Writer
Acquaintance rape is defined
as being subjected to unwanted
sexual intercourse, anal sex,
oral sex or other sexual contact
through the use of force or the
threat of force.
Becky Tabony, professional
counselor at the Student
Counseling Center, said "it cer-
tainly happens here at
Tarleton."
However she said, "date
rape is such a personal viola-
tion that many people don't
want to come forward to prose-
cute or receive counseling."
"Date rape can be a student's
first sexual experience which
gives them the wrong impres-
sion of what sex is really like,"
Tabony said.
"Counseling can be helpful
to sort out the confusion and
deal with the pain. Counseling
is confindential and the foucus
is on recovery."
University Police Officer
Jonathan Hutson said "for
every one rape that is reported,
there are nine that go unreport-
ed statistically,"
Officer Hutson pointed out
that there is no legal difference
between date rape and rape.
"The only difference is that
date rape occurs between indi-
viduals that are acquainted
with each other," Hutson said.
"Date rapes are often very
hard to prosecute. Many
would think that date rapes are
just a "he said, she said" case,
but this is not necessarily true,"
Hutson said.
Hutson added that there are
many physical aspects to rape
that are not present during con-
sensual sex.
Rapes are not necessarily that
hard to distinguish, however
many people are not willing to
come forward because it is very
personal and many people do
not want anyone to know.
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Mavs Man plays to a Texan crowd during the home
victory against abilene christian university this past
saturday.
Photo By Chad Morris/The-J TAC
SPA presents dancers from classic dance ensemble
as part of Black History Month celebration.
Dancers visit TSU
By Alyson Henigan
Managing Editor
On Monday, Student
Programming Association (SPA)
presented the Classic Dance
Ensemble (CDE) from Prairie
View A&M in celebration of
black history month.
The show included a variety
of dance styles such as ballet,
tap, interpretive dancing and a
traditional African dance.
The evening also featured
poetry reading, the singing of
traditional spirituals and a per-
formance on traditional African
drums. The final dance includ-
ed flashy costumes and strobe
lights.
"I thought the performance
was lively and energetic," said
Lindsay Morrison, a freshman
sociology major. "It was a great
performance."
"I think that our performance
went well. I am satisfied with it.
We had alot of fun," said
Ka'Shawna Banks, a freshman
psychology major and member
of CDE.
"Our inspirations for dancing
are unity, sisterhood and spiritu-
ality," said Carlecia Wright, a
sophomore business manager
and a member of CDE. " We are
bonded together."
Classic Dance Esemble has
been performing all over the
state of Texas in celebration of
black history month.
"We are booked throughout
the entire month of February for
black history month, sometimes
twice a week," said Keisha
Celestine, a sophomore nursing
major and member of CDE. "I
hope that we get the opportuni-
ty to come back to Tarleton
sometime."
The Classic Dance Ensemble
was founded in 1989 and has
produced professional dance
instructors, cheerleaders for pro
fessional teams and dance edu-
cators.
r him; for who?
By Alyson Henigan
Managing Editor
Stephanie Garcia, a senior at Tarleton State
University, has been selected as a nominee for the
FHM Student of the Year Award.
If chosen, Garcia will receive $2000 plus an all-
expenses-paid trip for two to Australia, according
to the March 2002 issue of FHM Magazine.
FHM stands for For Him and according to its
cover its "The world's fastest growing men's mag-
azine."
The international magazine features photo-
graphs of women and stories that is geared to a
male audience.
Seeing Ms. Garcia in a full-page color photo was
unexpected by some and supported by others at
Tarleton.
According to Vice President of Student Services,
Dr. Wanda Mercer, "I think our students are adults
and I think they make their own decisions. I don't
think that most of the decisions students make
reflect on us as an institution."
Dr. Dennis P. McCabe, president of Tarleton
State University said, "I don't know what the con-
test is and I am not familiar with the magazine.
But it looks like she's a contestant and I wish her
well."
Rusty Jergins, dean of Student Life said, "Some
will say that it is great for the university and some
will say that it is inappropriate. It will be an indi-
vidual decision on how people feel about it."
"As far as Tarleton goes, it is not a violation of
Tarleton's code of conduct," Jergins said.
When asked about submitting her entry, Garcia
said, "My fiance subscribes to FHM and that's
how 1 found out about it. I didn't actually think I
would have someone call me back."
Stephenville resident, Jim Mosier, simply stated,
"Wow, who's that? . . .looks like sex to me, sex
sells."
If she wins, Garcia is planning on taking the trip
to Australia as a honeymoon,
Harassment: a professional issue
By Eric Newman
Staff Writer
In recent years, a public dis-
cussion about sex is incomplete
without discussing sexual
harassment.
Misty Glasgow, president of
the National Organization for
Women (NOW) chapter at
Tarleton said, "It is important for
every student at Tarleton to be
aware of the sexual harassment
policy on campus."
^^^eSAlii^rlfiton'<4^iStudenii.
Handbook describes sexual
harassment as being, "Sexual
jokes, comments, looks, sexual
rumors, derogatory comments
based on gender, name calling,
sexual photos, screen savers, cal-
endars, sexual messages, e-mail,
notes, drawings, graffiti, illus-
tration, sexual touching, grab-
bing, pinching, intentional
brushing up against someone,
forced kissing, pulling at cloth-
ing in a sexual way, sexual mes-
sages, cornering someone, pres-
suring someone to accept a date,
etc."
"This may sound just a tad
ominous and all encompassing"
said Becky Tabony, a counselor
at the Tarleton State University
Counseling Center. "But it is
actually very simple. It is all
about showing people a little
consideration."
i..Tabony explained ,that: the
goal of sexual harassment poli-
cies is to create a non-hostile,
comfortable working environ-
ment.
"Sexual harassment is not real-
ly about sex, it is about power, it
is about a person using their
power over another person to
make them uncomfortable,"
Tabony said.
The University of Oregon
Counseling Center self-help
website says there are five types
of sexual harassment.
The most common form is
gender harassment, including
insulting remarks, lewd com-
ments, followed by seductive
behavior, which could lead to
unwanted advances.
Sexual bribery and sexual
coercion, both involving a per-
son in authority using that
power to obtain sex or other sex-
linked behaviors.
Sexual imposition includes
forced sexual contact and sexual
assault.
Tabony explained that sexual
harassment can have a large
impact on someone's life, "There
have been instances were
women have dramatically
altered their lives to escape sex-
ual harassment," Tabony said.
"They will change their
majors, quit their jobs and even
See Harassment Page 8
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Photo by Ashley Ensey The J-TAC
Alpha gamma Delta sorority does their part to raise money for the Dick Smith
Library with "Lost Penny Day/'
Pregnancy help
By Beth Cloud
Staff Writer
There have been 12 cases of
pregnancy diagnosed by
Tarleton's Student Health
Center this year.
These 12, and students like
them, have multiple resources
on the Tarleton campus, regard-
less of whether the pregnancy
was planned or unexpected.
The first step is usually verify-
ing the results of the grocery
store pregnancy test, which can
be done at the Student Health
Center. "We offer pregnancy
tests, both urine and blood
tests," said Nancy Gaither, the
Health Center's registered
nurse. The blood test is more
expensive and can show the
stage of pregnancy, but both
tests generally agree with the
grocery store urine test.
The health center also pro-
vides nutritional counseling to
ensure that mother and child get
the vitamins necessary for a
healthy pregnancy.
"It's very important that any-
one even thinking about getting
pregnant takes vitamins with
folic acid," said Gaither.
Lack of folic acid can cause
anencephaly, were part of the
brain is missing, or spina bifida,
in which the tube surrounding
the spinal cord does not com-
pletely close. These complica-
tions can occur even before the
mother is aware of the
pregnancy.
See Pregnancy Page 8
Black History
Month Events
Friday, February 15
Gospel Fest
7p.m.
Clyde Wells Fine Arts
Center
Wednesday, February 20
You don't know Black
Gameshow
7p.m. - 9 p.m.
SDC Gameroora
Thursday, February 28
An Evening at The Apollo
6:30 p.m.
SDC Ballroom
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