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Thursday,. March 26-, -1987
Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION "
Postage Paid USPS No. 133 - . ,
Stephenville, Texas 76401
Johanson is named
as president of TAS
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By MARY ANNE FOREMAN
TSU News Service
Dr. Lamar Johanson, Dean of the
School of Arts and Sciences at
Tarleton State University, was
elected recently as president of the
Texas Academy of Sciences, Dr.
Johanson took office during the 90th
annual meeting of the state organiza-
tion at Sam Houston State
University.
Becoming an officer in the Texas
Academy of Sciences is a four-year
commitment. Those elected serve as
vice-president, president-elect,
president and then past-president.
The Academy includes over 1,000
members statewide representing 10
sections including mathematics,
physical science, earth sciences,
biological sciences, social sciences,
environmental sciences, science
education, computer science, and
aquatic sciences. The Academy
■ membership^includes three levels:
senior (professional educators and
researchers and graduate students),
collegiate (undergraduate resear-
chers) and junior (public school
students).
Dr. Johanson, Professor of
Biological Sciences, has been a
member of the Tarleton faculty since
1961. He began his affiliation with
the Texas Academy of Sciences
more than 30 years ago as a student.
He has been involved in all aspects
of the organization serving on corrf-
mittee assignments, the board of
directors, and audit and nomination
committees.
The Texas Academy of Sciences
meets annually to hear a selection of
scientific papers and to provide
graduate researchers with a training
ground for presenting their papers.
Among the research presented at
the 1987 conference were papers
done by two Tarleton graduate
students. Sherry Stalling, a junior
from Mingus, presented a paper en
Polyphospate Chains." John
Kuehler, a junior from Corpus
Christi, presented his paper entitled
"Conformation Studies of
Polydimethylsiloxane." Dr. Jerry
Darsey, Assistant Professor of
Chemistry at TSU, worked with the
graduate students in preparing their
papers. The research was done by .
the students independently at the
University.
Keynote speaker at the annual con-
ference was Dr. Peter M. Mclntyre,
Professor of Physics at Texas A&M
University and Co-founder of the
Texas Accelator Center. Each year
the Academy awards Outstanding
Texas Scientist recognition to pro-
fessionals who have distinguished
themselves in their fields of study.
Previous recipients included Dr.
Michael DeBakey and Dr. Perry
Adkisson. The 1987 recipient was
Dr, Richard Starr, Ashbel Smith
-Professor df B.ota|ty uA'the Univer-
titled "Conformational Studies of sity of Texas at Austin,
4 campus elections coming up
Four campus elections, three for
Student Body Government and one
for Tarleton cheerleaders, will be
held over the next three weeks.
Thursday, April 2, is election day
for Student Body President, the three
Vice Presidents, the Departmental
Senators and the Tarleton Texan.
The polls will be open all day in the
lobby of the Student Center.
Every student enrolled at TSU is
entitled to vote; show your Tarleton
ID at the polls to pick up your ballot.
Petitions for Pres., Vice Pres. and
Tarleton Texan are past due;
however, there's still time to sign up
for Departmental Senator. Get your
name in at Student Services, in the
Administration Building, by March
31.
The Tarleton Cheerleader election
is ne.w. Any student who wants to try
for cheerleader must sign up at Stu-
dent Services by April 3. Tryouts are
to be performed before the student
body and the NCA on Thursday,
April 16.
Both elections will be held in the
Student Center; tryouts will be held
in Widsom Gym.
If you have questions about these
elections, call Student Services at
968-9080.
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Right on time
The coming of spring break
brings with it the birth of baby
horses at Tarleton's Ag Farm.
At top, Colt expresses delight
at his recent arrival. At bot-
tom, filly slips underneath her
mother. (Photos by Russell
Huffman)
TSU service organizations to sponsor blood drive
By MARY ANNE FOREMAN
TSU News Service
The Alpha Phi Omega and Gam-
ma Sigma Sigma national service
fraternity and sorority at Tarleton
State University will be sponsoring
a Blood Drive on campus Monday,
March 30.
Carter Blood Center in Fort Worth
will be conducting the blood drive
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the
Ballroom of the Tarleton Center.
The blood drive is one of the an-
nual spring projects for the national
organizations which were chartered
on the TSU campus in the 1960s.
Donors must be 17 or older and
should not have given blood for at
least eight weeks. Prospective
donors will be checked for
temperature, blood pressure, pulse,
hemoglobin level, and a detailed
medical history will be performed
prior to their acceptance as a donor.
It is suggested that donors should
have consumed food and drink of
significant amount within four to six
hours of donating. The giving of
blood is a quick process, usually tak-
ing five to 10 minutes, with approx-
imately one pint of blood drawn in-
to a plastic container.
The average adult has about 8 to
10 pints of blood and can easily af-
ford to donate one pint. After dona-
tion, the donor rests briefly and is
given light refreshments.
Dr. Margie B. Peschel of the
Carter blood Center said that confu-
sion and fear of AIDS has kept many
people from donating blood in recent
months. The confusion is over the
use of the word "transfusion" which
means receiving blood and not
"donation" or giving of blood.
"The Carter Blood Center con-
ducts the blood donation process
under the strictest regulations of the
American Association of Blood
Banks and the Federal Drug Ad-
ministration," she said. "Blood
donation is free of risk of AIDS and
if the people of Texas do not unders-
tand this and refuse to donate, pa-
tients' lives will be in jeopardy."
Donors interested in participating
in the APO and GSS blood drive can,
call Mike Me-Vey at 968-0653 to
make an appointment for Monday or
they can simply come by the,
Tarleton Center from 10 a.m. to 6,
p.m.
Tarleton police chief
found guilty of assault
. By RUSSELL HUFFMAN
Reporter
Justice of the ' Peace Sarah
~ ..Miller found Tarleton Stale
University Police Chief Don
- Weiler guilty of simple assault, a
; .class C mhdeameanor, arid fitt-
ed him a maximum $213 on
March 17. The complaint in the
4,case was filed by student
•" employee Julia Hopson, who
' worked for the university parking
Facilities,
'Weiler entered a plea of no
.contest, reversing an earlier plea
of not' guilty made on March 9.
At the time Weiler said, "the
'charges are untrue, and I have're-
guested a trial by jury,as quickly
as possible. There is more to this
case than meets the eye,"
Weiler was accused by Hop-
ton, MOn Dec 18, (986 of hav-
' ing pushed Hopson against a
, wall j kissed her, and then tried to
put his hand up under her
sweater/' said Miller in an
earlier report.
Earlier in the week Weiler's at-
torney Stephcnville lawyer Garry
l.ewellen, withdrew from the
case, after reportedly .finding out
-that an associate in his law office
had spoken with Hopson about
the complaint, Lewellen's law
firm has a contract with Tarleton
to provide legal services to
students and personnel.
Weiler had admitted to having;-
"kissed Hopson, but not in the
manner described by Hopson in
her complaint," said investgating
officer Lt, Ken Maltby of the
Stephcnville Police Department-.
Hopson had taken the matter to
TSU President Barry Thompson.
Thompson gave Weiler a written
reprimand after considering Hop-
sons complaint pnd had the repri-
- nmnd placed into Weiler's per-
sonnel file.
Thompson called the matter a.
"dead issue", and after the case
said, "the university has already'
taken action In the matter.''
In a brief statement following
, the-case Weiler said,- "1 never
denied-that a kiss occurred bet-
ween us, but, no,thing more. The
exposure of the background facts
that led to this incident would not
See WEILER, Page 6
Tornadoes devastate Texas in spring
First sign of danger is rapid cloud gyrations
By RANDI JONES
News Editor
Few words are more electric, few
objects more mysterious to residents
of the American plains than tornado.
Once there was talk of Indian
legends and barriers in the terrain
than promised immunity to towns
throughout Tornado Alley, buf no
longer.
Through the years it has become
clear that the twister scorns the
thought of safe passage, spares no
season or locale and posts few war-
nings of its advance.
Just 20 years have lapsed since the
Weather Bureau first dared to
forecast tornadoes publicly. Even
now, in an age of affluent
technology, man has scarcely gain-
ed in his mission to tame these
vicious winds.
Since 1916, vyhen systematic
record keeping began, tornadoes
have be,en reported in all U.S. states.
Since Texas is the largest state in the
midcontinent region, the location of
the world's most frequent and most
devastating tornadoes, it might be
expected to lead the tornado column,
and it does.
From 1916 through 1968 Texas
reported 2140 tornadoes. The
Weather Bureau said this region
faces "The greatest basic tornado
death potential" anywhere. A
Weather Bureau study of the years
1916-1961 pinpointed the western
Red River country as Texas' busiest
tornado region.
A tornado is a vortex of violent
winds flowing inward and upward.
The air particles start far out in the
tornado system and spiral toward the
swirling vortex.
At the center of the vortex, power-
ful centrifugal forces slow the par-
ticles, and they are drawn upward,
leaving the column with a partial
vacuum. The particles cool and ex-
pand rapidly in the low pressure.
Their moisture condenses and the
funnel cloud begins to form.
The first signs of a tornado may
be dust and debris. An observer
should detect rapid cloud gyrations
over this surface disturbance. A fun-
nel may form. Its shape is unpredic-
table; the general pattern progresses
from a "megaphone" to an
"elephant's trunk" to a sinuous
rope-like design at the end.
Usually, the tornado clouds bring
heavy rains and huge hail, The tor-
nado usually has a localized nature,
confined to a width of a few hundred
yards and a length of a few miles.
The average duration of a funnel
is about four minutes and five mileis.
Although tornadoes may strike at
any hour of the day or night, they
generally form during the middle or
late afternoon between 3 to 7 p.m.
Tornadoes may occur during any
month of the year. The month with
the most tornadoes is May and more
than half the year's total occurs dur-
ing April, May, and June. No season
of the year is free from tornadoes,
but in spring and summer they are
five times as numerous as in winter
and fall.
Death by tornado takes many
forms. The deadliest of the tornado
effects is pressure, the brute force of
the winds. In their grasp the tiniest
objects become lethal projectiles. Iij
winds of 200 mph, any object
becomes a weapon - sand, gravel,
straw, splinters, sticks, and glass.
See TORNADO, Page 2
Clubs invited to enter Quiz Bowl
TSU's Texas Alpha Kappa chapter
of the Alpha Chi honorary society is
hosting its first "Quiz Bowl" April
7 and 8. The tournament is open to
all Tarleton campus organizations.
The new annual Quiz Boyvl is a
sort of college Trivial Pursuit, rang-
ing in topics from the educational to
the general-type trivia questions.
A team shall consist of three
members from each organization;
each organization is allowed two
team.
The deadline for entry is April. 1.
Sign up in Dr. Fain's office, room .
237, in the Admin. Building. You. ■
may mail your entry to Box T-189. '
Please include the name of your
organization, the number of teams
entering and your representative's
name and phone number.
The tournament will begin at 6 *L
p.m., April 7, in room 116 of H&B.
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