The Pony Express (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 1, 1994 Page: 3 of 6
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The Pony Express-3
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2 BURGERS
2 FRIES
2 Medium DRINKS
only
Includes condo* (directly on the beach)
for four days and 3 nights, transporta-
tion, admission to and refreshments at
three large parties
* four people to a condo
BROWN BAG SPECIAL
1710 W. Panola
693-5181
109 West Panola
Thfc availability
improved over the #£
completion of the new |
helped the parking pro)
room to park in the lo-
There is still a 3
and help,
In order to provide a safe exit from the college an
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PC students seeK improvements
for dormitories, cafeteria service
==Tomeka Bagley
The Pony Express
What started out as a simple
meeting on improving the food
in the cafeteria turned into a full
scale meeting on dorm life.
Pizza, chicken fried steak,
applesauce and cleaner rest-
rooms in the dorms. These were
just a few requests made by
students.
"It started out as a cafeteria
meeting but turned into a
cafeteria and dorm meeting,"
said Van Patterson, cafeteria
manager.
Students attending the
meeting were Brandon Milam,
Choya Adanandus, Jennifer
Jenkins, Randa Robinson and
Dixie Price.
Also attending were Brent
McQueen, Walter Whiten, Jeff
Smith, David Blanton and
Vanessa Willie.
Students also recommended
the cafeteria staff serve ranch
dressing and grated cheese on
the salad bar.
"We have already added
apple sauce and Golden
Grahams cereal to our menu,"
said Patterson. ’We feel we will
be able to keep up with students
demands by having these
meetings periodically."
After the cafeteria discussion
ended, matters continued on the
residence halls.
The cleanliness of the dorm
bathrooms was a very big issue
in the meeting.
One student, who moved out
of Merle Glass Dorm after only
one semester, said the shower
stalls were sickening. "They
looked as if they had not been
cleaned in months," she said.
"There was mildew all over the
shower curtains, and hair could
be found in the drains and on
the walls left by people that had
washed their hair."
A resident of the men's dorm,
A1 Rowe, said, "In the boys
dorm, hair left by guys cutting
there hair with clippers can be
found in the sink."
According to LaRhonda
Brown, dorm resident, a lot of
students come to Panola for
purposes other than education.
"I feel that if they are not here
for an education, then they
should not be here at all," said
Brown.
"The student senate will
become more involved with the
cafeteria," said Patterson
Don Clinton, director of
student activities said he hopes
the student senate will become
more active in cafeteria and
dorm policy making.
Faster and coiwenient
M.P. Baker Library expands computer lab
^^Tamla Garner
The Pony Express
The M. P. Baker Library has
"booted up" a new program that
creates an active and informa-
tive environment for students.
A new 10-station computer
lab is now in the facility.
Located in the former leisure
reading area, the computer lab
provides a spacious and well-
equipped area for student use.
The lab is networked and
menu driven. Featured are such
programs as DOS WordPerfect
5.1, a forestry program, Lotus
2.4, dBase 4, Quick Basic and
Print Shop.
The new computer area
contains such research tools as
encyclopedias, magazines and
newspapers on CD-ROM
software.
A fee of one cent per page
will be charged for copies.
Financial aid workshop set
in Q.M. Martin Auditorium
^rt’oMEKA Bagley
The Pony Express
Students who are attending
Panola College this semester
and who have not applied for
financial aid for 1993/94 have
until May 1 to complete the ap-
plication process.
It may be possible to receive
funds for courses completed this
past fall it the application is
completed within the next two
weeks.
Checks for students receiving
a Pell Grant for Spring 1994 will
not be available until the end of
February or the first week of
March. Notification of the actual
disbursement date will be pro-
vided later.
According to Bob Knight,
Financial Aid Director, the fi-
nancial aid office is ready to
process applications for the
1994/95 school year.
Students will complete one of
two types of forms to apply for
1994/95. Returning students
who received a Pell Grant in Fall
1993 should have received a re-
newal application in the mail.
New students, or anyone
who did not receive a renewal
application, will complete a Free
Form For Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA) available in the
Financial Aid Office.
According to Knight, stu-
dents planning to attend Panola
in the fall should return the ap-
plication forms with a copy of
their 1993 tax return to the
Financial Aid Office. Electronic
processing will allow the stu-
dents to be notified of the results
in seven to ten days.
Students who do not plan to
attend Panola should complete
either a renewal or FAFSA ap-
plication and mail them to the
central processor in Iowa City,
Iowa. A Student Aid Report will
be mailed to the stude nts in six
to eight weeks.
As a service to Panola stu-
dents, Knight will conduct a
short information session on the
1994/95 application process
from noon to 12:30 on Tuesday,
Feburary 1, in the Q.M. Martin
Auditorium. All Fall 1994 re-
turning students should attend
the session.
Better watch out
Parking violators now ticketed
^Tiffany Holland
The Pony Express
Parking stickers are a must
for anyone who drives a vehicle
on campus.
Stickers for the Spring 1994
semester can be picked up at the
campus police department
located in the corner of the
maintenance building on the
south side of the campus.
According to Campus Police
Officer Brent Gee any student
who does not have the correct
sticker on their vehicles will be
ticketed.
"The stickers which say Fall
1993 are no longer acceptable,"
he said. "Students need to get
validated stickers for this
semester. Hopefully next year
we can get a sticker that will go
year-round."
Multiple fines can be issued
for different parking offenses.
These fines should be paid in
the business office.
By next semester Gee hopes
to have colored stickers for dif-
ferent groups of students. For
example, dorm residents would
have a certain color parking
sticker, commuters a different
color and so on.
Gee also pointed out that ad-
ditional handicapped zones are
located around campus. Parking
in these zones carries a higher
fine than the other violations.
"Getting a ticket for parking
in a handicapped zone is $25 if
we catch it," he said. "If a city
police officer catches this offense
it can be as much as $100."
The additional handicapped
zones are located in the front of
the M.P. Baker Library and in
between the welding andv
maintenance buildings.
Two handicapped zones are *
also located at the back entrance
of the W.H. Gullette Technology"
Building. 1
Despite the added handi-
capped parking spaces, Gee said *
that there is still an adequate *
amount of parking space.
"Students must remember
that there is an empty parking *
lot by the gym for those who ::
have no place to park," he said.
"No one ever parks over there
and it isn't very far to walk."
Shelby College Center receives over
$6,950 in donated scholarship funds
^Tiffany Holland
The Pony Express
CENTER— Two new scholar-
ships are being offered at Panola
College's Shelby College Center.
Dr. Jerry Hopkins, director of
the center, told the college re-
cently.
According to Hopkins, vari-
ous businesses throughout
Center have donated monies
toward the scholarship funds.
"The Chamber of Commerce
raised $1,950 to fund $50 schol-
arships," he said. "Fifteen schol-
arships were given to students
through this program which has
been named the Pen Scholar-
ships."
Another goal in funding was
reached when the Bone Hill
Foundation awarded a $5000
scholarship to the campus.
Another addition to the
library is the Wilson Disc
which contains the Readers'
Guide Index on CD-ROM.
Finding material on this
program will be much faster
and convenient than searching
through old volumes.
Currently, interactive
televised classes are offered
through the University of
Texas at Tyler. Plans for adding
SFA to this program are being
discussed.
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