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Goodbye for now
It seems like years have
passed since I became editor of
the J-TAC. Actually, it's only
been about nine months.
Breaking it down, that's 32
issues or about 600 pages of
paper, churned out by a
faithful staff once a week.
Looking at it from another
angle, we put out the largest J-
TAC ever the first week of
school last fall. The paper was
24 pages. We then surprised
everyone, including ourselves,
with a 32 page Homecoming
issue.
I don't want people to think
I'm bragging on myself. I'm
not. The people I want to brag
on are the ones who helped.
There would have been no way
I could have filled an average
of 20 pages each week without
the help of several willing
workers.
The first to come to mind is
the J-TAC staff. The first few
Who started with us last fall
knew nothing about jour-
nalism. Besides having to get
them started writing in a good
journalistic style, I had to help
them learn how to build pages
and use the headline machine.
They caught on quickly and
began to write with relative
ease. Pamela Bell, Terrie Self,
Amie Johnson, Toby Hooper,
Renee Holden and John Flores
made up the first skeleton
staff.
Students in journalism
classes were a great help. They
wrote what they were told and
it was usually pretty good.
They saved my hide many
times when I was short on
copy.
People who just had ideas
and called them in were a
great help. We wanted input
from all over camp&s, and we
usually got it. There are some
pretty interesting people at
In the matter of the run-off
election between Gregg Sim-
mons and James Douglass,
there have been questions as to
the validity of the election.
There has also been an inquiry
into the petition submitted by
Gregg Simmons and the mat-
ter has already been resolved.
These two statements will pro-
bably be all that TSU students
will hear. But there is more,
much more!
On the day of the election,
between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.,
James Douglass was seen
working the election booths.
This is a direct violation of Ar-
ticle VII, by law VI, letter H,
which states: "There shall be
no campaigning, verbal or non-
verbal on election day within 50
feet of the polls."
A petition was filed stating
that Douglass had campaign
material posted in the student
Center lobby, which is also a
direct violation of Article VII,
by law VI, letter H. of the stu-
dent handbook.
Both of these petitions were
filed within twenty-four hours
after the elections, which com-
plies with Article VII by law I,
section two which states: "to
contest or question a Tarleton
State University election, a
protest or petition for dis-
qualificaiton of a candidate
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What's the truth?
must be filed, in writing, to the
chairman of the Elections
Committee within 24 hours
following the closing of the
polls."
A hurried meeting of the stu-
dent election committee of
which James Douglass is a
member, was called to begin at
8 a.m. Tuesday, April 24 with
Scott Coleman presiding.
Goleman led off the discus-
sion by stating that it was he
who told Mr. Douglass that he
could work the polls even
though Douglass said that he
knew it was against election
rules, and took full blame for
Douglass' actions. He also
made the statement, question-
ing "Who can keep up with 50
to 500 signs?"
It states very clearly in arti-
cle VII, by law VI letter B:
"Every candidate is responsi-
ble for all signs, ribbons,
posters and bond bills that con-
tain his name."
The only statement Douglass
made in his own behalf was
that if he was voted out of of-
fice by the election committee
he would file a petition against
Simmons for having seven
signs posted instead of the
limit five permitted.
Douglass was then reminded
that the 24 hour limit to file a
petition as stated in Article VII
by law I section two had
expired.
It states clearly in Article
VII by law VHI letter C section
four that the duties of the elec-
tion committee are: "To see
that all candidates who do not
comply with the election rules
are disqualified."
This raises to question the
validity and competence of the
Election committee and James
Douglass. Obviously they ig-
nored the rules stated in the
student Handbook in
preference for their own. Is
this the kind of student officers
we want at TSU; officers who
don't even know the rules they
are suppose to govern? This is
not only a job of high respon-
sibility but one of honesty.
In closing I would like to say
that the Election Committee,
in voting to keep James
Douglass has made a mockery
out of the rules stated in the
student bond book and just to
cover their own mistakes as of-
ficers. If this had been a court
of law there is no mistaking
that Gregg Simmons would
have won.
MIKE A. GUMP
See Letters, p. 16
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<;JBy LYPH FULLER
Partying for pay
this school ahd we were proud
to tell you about them in the J-
TAC.
Through the past two
semesters, we added some
features that we hope you have •
enjoyed ahd will continue to en-
joy in the semesters to come.
Some of these are the puzzles
on the last page, You Tell Us,
What's Happening and
Newsbriefs. If there is
anything you want to see, be
sure and let us know. We will
do our best to help you.
The staff has grown and
changed somewhat in the
course of these nine months,
but it will probably remain
pretty much the same next fall.
Hopefully, this will give us a
chance to keep up the work we
have done this year-and bring
you another exciting year of
Tarleton State University.
Goodbye 'til fall!
-LYNNA FULLER
Recent University of
JTexas iraduates t$& the UT.
counseling 'Center that par-
tying is the most helpful ac-
tivity in students careers.
They said that social ac-
tivities are best for making
future contacts.
Video rolls on
The use of video games is
not declining on college
campuses. College Union
magazine reported in its
April issue that business in
college student center video
arcades is still booming,
thanks in part to promotions
by the center and to the con-
stant introduction of new,
move challenging games.
First name last
"Americanizing" foreign
student's names is under
fire at the University of
Texas, where an Oriental
student objected to the
university's refusal to put
her last name first on her
diploma. The former stu-
dent, who now lives in
Singapore, says she has to
constantly explain the
listing of her name, since it
goes against Eastern tradi-
tions. UT officials say this is
the first complaint of this
nature.
60's reign again
A rollback to the '60's
week proved popular at the
University of Michigan-
Flint. Events included a
showing of the movie,
"Hair," a beer-can stacking
contest, an essay contest
contrasting today's students
with thos&sol? the '60's, a
dance with '60's music and
more. The two most popular
features were 1960's prices
at the campus grill, in-
cluding 18 cent hamburgers
and $1 pizzas, and a display
of pictures taken on campus
during the 1960's.
TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY
Editor
Lynna Fuller
Sports Editor
Cindy Boone
Photo Editor
Russell Huffman
Journalists
John Flores
Mary Hey
Janie Saathoff
Advertising Sales
Shirley Petty
Typesetter
Sherry Dahl
Faculty Adviser
Mark Grear
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