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TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY
NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION
POSTAGE PAID USPS NO. 133
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS 76401
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1989
THE BEST PART OF THE TEXAS A&M SYSTEM
Student Referendum hits TSU
By Ben Tinsley
and Pmanuel Alvear
Editorial Staff
The Student Referendum Vote
on ap increase of student fees —
primarily drawn from Senate
Bills 881, 878, and 1701 — will
be held Wednesday and Thurs-
day in the TSU Student Center,
the lobby of the Humanities
Building, the Business Building,
and the Dining Hall.
Each of the fee increases will
be voted on individually and will
pass or fail independently of the
other proposed increases.
The referendum vote will deal
with a fee increase for the cam-
pus medical facilities, the in-
tramural athletics department,
and a fund for the construction
of a new Student Center on the
Tarleton Campus.
. The three bills passed by Texas
Legislature call for a fee increase
upon student approval through a
campus-wide referendum vote.
The proposed increases are as
follows:
* A new recreational sports
fee of 75 cents per credit hour
that will be used as support for
the various intramural programs
at Tarleton. This increase, of-
; ficials say, will also be used to
purchase sports equipment and to
provide maintenance and expan-
sion of game facilities.
* A hospital fee increase of 25
cents per credit hour. This
referendum, say officials, is not
for the addition of a new charge,
but for an increase of an already
existing fee.
* An increase of $3 per
semester hour for the General
Use Fee. This increase, say of-
ficials, will provide needed funds
for the construction of a new Stu-
dent Center, and would allow
construction to begin as soon as
next year. All monies generated
by this increase will go directly
in a fund to finance the new
Center.
The increase of the hospital
fee, say officials, is due to
understaffing and insufficient
supplies at the Student Medical
Center. The need for this in-
crease is attributed to an increase
in the cost of equipment and
presciptions in recent years.
The Medical Center provides
First Aid and limited medical
treatment for students, on the
TSU campus.
The bills passed by Legislatures-
are intended to give students an
input into their fees and semester-
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Potential Center: This is a model of the New Student
Center that the Tarleton administration says they intend to
build with the funds generated by the potential increase in
student fees that will be voted on Wed. and Thurs, in the
Student Referendum Election. The election will take place
in the lobby of the Humanities Building, the Business
Building, the Student Center, and the Dining Hall. This photo
was provided by Dean of Students Rusty Jergins.
ly charges, TSU adminstrative
officials say.
For the purpose of presenting
pro's and con's of the upcoming
vote to the student body, the
group Students For a Better
Tarleton (SFABT) has been
formed by TSU students in
response to a request by the
Tarleton Administration. This
group has been conducting a
series of presentations to student
organizations this past week, and
will continue to present the issues
until the election days.
In addition, a forum specifical-
ly designed to allow students to
publicly speak their views and
ask referendum questions of
SFABT and administration of-
ficials, will be held at 4:15 today
in the Tarleton cafeteria.
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PSE fingerprints
By Amy Campbell
Reporter
Pi Sigma Epsilon participated
in a regional service project on
October 30, called Stephenville
Protects Our Own
Kids{ SPOOK).
The members of Pi Sigma Ep-
silon took finger prints of the
children enrolled in the
Chamberlain and Central
Elementary schools. The prints,
along with a current photo of
each child, were sent to the
children's parents in case of any
future emergency.
There are seven chapters of Pi
Sigma Epsilon throughout Texas
at Baylor, East Texas, Sam
Houston State, University of
Houston, University of Texas at
Arlington, Texas A&M Univer-
sity, and Tarleton State
University. ,
Cody Smith, a participant ^in
the SPOOK activity, said, "The
project went great. We received
a lot of thank yous from the
parents. And the principals of the
schools told us that there were a
lot of good responses from the
parents, also.''
Pi Sigma Epsilon members
sent thank yotf notes to the
parents for allowing them to
sponsor the SPOOK program. •
SPOOK took place at what
Smith considers an appropriate;
time of the year. "We did this
the day before Halloween which
is a very dangerous time for kids
who go out trick-or-treating,"
said Smith.
Arsonist convicted
Brits debate world terrorism
By Pmanuel Alvear
News Editor
Tarleton State University was
the scene once again for a debate
with International Touring
British Debate Team.
For the second year in a row,
representatives from the renown-
ed British Debate group debated
with members of the University's
debate team, the Advocates.
The meet was held Thursday,
November 9 in the Theater of the
Clyde H. Wells' Fine Arts
Center. "Terrorist negotiations"
was the subject-of the debate
which was sponsored by the TSU
Department of Fine Arts and
Speech,^the speech communica-
tion faculty and ULTRA Club,
the fine arts support organization.
The British debaters who
visited Tarleton were Matthew
Christmas and Gregory Jones.
Matthew Christmas was paired
with Advocate Joe Culver while
Jones had Advocate Jason Jacks
at his table.
Jones and Jacks argued against
negotiating with terrorists, while
Christmas and Culver argued for
negotiation.
The theater was filled to
capacity for the debate, and those
present were asked to vote on the
subject by leaving through
specified doors.
The British Debators said that
they are given a variety of topics
for the tour and are given the
topic for each debate immediate-
ly before the debate begins. This
is to ensure that they do not have
an opportunity to create an un-
fair advantage.
The team has debated on a
variety of topics in colleges in
America and will continue to
debate until later this month.
Christmas, 22, is a graduate of
the Queens College of Oxford
with a BA in Ancient and
Modern History. He is a veteran
debater having participated in the
World Debating Championship
at Princeton in 1989 and as a
member of the English Speaking
Union's American tour. He has
, travelled extensively in France,
Greece, Israel, Egypt, Italy and
Spain as well as the United
States,
Christmas said he intended to
move to America someday, "I'm
very serious about that. I wasn't
trying to score points [at the
debate] by saying it," he said.
Jones, 21, is a student at the
New College of Oxford, where
he is president of the Oxford
University Law Society and the
New College Law Society.
He is also an experienced
debater and he has participated
in the Middle Temple Debating
Competition and the World
Debating Championship.
This was his first visit to the
United States, but he has travell-
ed in France, Holland, West
Germny, Italy, Yugoslavia, the
Republic of Ireland and
Luxembourg!!.
Jones intends to return to Great
Britain, where he will continue
his studies and hopes to evenutal-
ly become a lawyer.
Both debators said that they en-
joyed touring America, but they
really were not given enough
time to see eveything. "We see
all the big monuments, but we
don't get to see much of the
everyday things" said Jones.
Christmas said that he enjoyed
seeing all the unique
characteristics of Texas and that
he wanted many souvenirs. "I'd
like one of those huge belt
buckles, and I'd like some boots,
but I'd prefer them to be made
out of something that wasn't an
endangered species," he said.
When comparing America
and Great Britain, Christmas at
one point said that although Bri-
tain had more intense educational
systems, America had more
wide-spread education. "Your
best and our best are quite com-
parable. It all balances out," he
said.
The two left Stephenville ear-
ly Friday morning to fly to Col-
orado for their next tour. They
will debate in several states in-
cluding Colorado, Nevada, and
Utah before finishing their tour
in California and returning to
England.
By Ben Tinsley
Editor In Ghief
Martha Alice Gossett, the
38-year-old ex-wife of TSU's
Dr. Herb Jarrett, Director and
Associate Professor for the
Social Science Department's
Social Work Program, was
sentenced last month to eight
years of probation and a $500
fine for the attempted arson of
Jarrett's home on Aug. 3.
Gossett pleaded guilty to arson
at her Oct. 3 hearing.
The incident occurred in
August, when Gossett stacked
old papers and boxes against the
back door of Jarrett's university-
owned house on 771 Rome
Street, and set them ablaze, TSU
police reported. Jarrett was
unharmed by the incident.
Gossett took refuge in
Tarleton's Crockett Hall im-
mediately following the arson at-
tempt, which at the time was in-
habited by Resident Hall Ad-
visors (RA's) and students in the
Y outh/Experience/Success
(Y.E.S.) and Youth Oppor-
tunities Unlimited (Y.O.U.)
federal programs at TSU. .
The RA's at Crockett reported
that Gossett was intoxicated at
the time she entered the hall, and
that she attempted to speak with
several young boys in the Y.E.S
and Y.O.U. programs. She was
escorted out of the building by
then-Resident Advisor Lance
Moore.
At that time, Moore said, none „
of the RA's believed claims of ar-
son that Gossett repeatedly made, .
because she was too intoxicated
to be taken seriously. ,
When Stephenville and TSU
Police arrived on the scene,
Gossett ran back inside Crockett
Hall up to the second floor, and
tried to hide in a student's closet.
Gossett was then asked again *
to leave by the Crockett RA's.
She then began to beg them to
conceal her from the police, ad-
mitting again that she had set her
ex-husband's house and car on
fire. She was escorted from the
student's room, and was taken to
the lobby while police were
summoned.
Moore and other RA's
reported that Gossett made bla-
tant sexual propositions while she
was hiding in Crockett, to many
of the RA's and to the 14-17-year
old students in the Y.O.U.
program.
Stephenville Justice of the *
Peace Sarah Miller arraigned
Gossett August 4 on two felony
counts of arson. Bonds of
$25,000 Were set on each charge.
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