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TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY
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STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS 76401
THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1990
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Policy meant to
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Tarleton dorms
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Escorts help campus police
Barbara Martin
Staff Writer
The TSU Police Department
has employed four students
, whose main function is to serve
as escorts to the female students
living in the campus dormitory
facilities, said supervisor of the
escort service Sergeant Darrell
Brown.
The escorts work in two shifts
from Sunday through Thursday
nights. The first shift is from 6
p.m. until 10 p.m. and the other
operates from 10 p.m. until 2
a.m. There will be two students
working each shift Brown said.
Chief Robert Hooper said that
the escort program along with the
■ increase in campus lighting and
' the new changes in the red zone
parking have all been im-
plemented to improve the safety
of women living on campus.
The program officially began
on March 21 and the students cir-
culate throughout the main cam-
pus area, around the men's
dorm, coed and the buildings
where female students may leave
at night.
An aside to the student escorts
main function is the ability of
writing tickets to students park-
ing in handicapped or 24-hour
reserved spaces, Brown added.
Brown said that escorts can be
reached by the phone located at
the front of the women's lobby
or by the intercom system located
in the p-13 parking lot near the
gas pumps.
Students can also contact the
Control facility and have an
escort dispatched to their loca-
tion, he said.
Escorts are equipped with
flashlights and radios and can be
identified by their white student
patrol uniforms. ^
The escorts: Brad Follis,
Rickey Johnson, Rhett Quade
and Glen Vigus were selected
from 13 applicants for the
positions.
The interview process was
conducted by Brown, Women's
Housing Corrdinator Renata
Prater and Dean of Students Rus-
ty Jergins.
Brown said that the type of
character they sought were
dedicated, friendly and outgoing.
"They had to show some type
of dedication because they will
be out in the sleet and snow and
they had to indicate that they
were capable of doing the
work," said Brown.
Vice-president of Operations
Dr. Dennis McCabe said that he
had heard of the need of such a
program since he had been at
Tarleton and the police depart-
ment had tentative plans that he
is pleased have now gone into
effect.
"The campus police has as its
main purpose to provide a safe
atmosphere to the students. I had
heard of the need of an escort
service for a year or even
longer," he said.
"As you know, there was an
attack on a coed this spring. We
have increased the lighting and
increased the campus police
department by 1.2 FTE so that
we have more certified police
and the escort system all helping
to ,make the campus more secure
for all of its students," he added.
McCabe said that by enhanc-
ing the security of the student
body the campus would be more
conducive to a better learning
environment.
Earth Day at Tarleton
Ben Tinsley
Assistant to the Editor
Any and all students found in-
stigating fights on campus are
subject to immediate suspension
with the Dean of Students deter-
mining the actual cause for such
a removal, Tarleton Vice Presi-
dent for Student Services Johnny
Johnson said to student housing
residents in a recent memo.
The memo, issued March 9,
stated that the stricter dicipline
guidelines were directed by TSU
President Dr. Barry B. Thomp-
son to be put into effect
immediately.
' 'If you are involved in a fight
and have been drinking," the
memo said, "you will probably
be suspended. We realize that it
fact who actually started a fight."
"We will do our best to be
fair, but we are taking a hard
stand against violence on cam-
pus... If you are having a pro-
blem with an individual which
could lead to violence, talk with
the Dean of Students."
Johnson told THE J-TAC that
the frequency of fighting in the
school dormitories is one of the .
factors that contributed to the
decision to issue the stricter rule.
Johnson said that other factors
contributing to the stricter ruling
included: ". .the severity of the
fights that were happening. Guys
were in here every week banged
up pretty bad, and most of th'e
• fights were alcohol related."
The violent attitude that was
prevailing among many students,
Johnson said, was not meshing
with the attitudes that he believes
belong in an institution of higher
education.
A Tarleton student, Johnson
said, should not have to worry
about being physically attacked
when walking down his or her
dormitory hall. "We're not go-
ing to have that kind of situation
for students at Tarleton. I issued
the memo to make the point clear
that we do not condone
fighting."
The ultimate intent of the new
ruling, he said, was to insure a
nonviolent Tarleton for all
students."
"I made the rule short and
simple," said Johnson, "but I
left much up to the Dean of
Students' interpretation.''
TSU Dean of Students Rusty
Jergins said that the memo is
simply the reinforcement of the
Tarleton rule prohibiting
disorderly conduct. "We felt like
we had to put some teeth into an
already existing regulation."
Jergins says he is unsure if the
memo has proved to be an actual
deterrent to dormitory violence
at this point. "We hope that it
did. The last memo we sent out,
we did the same thing [issued a
sipiilar warning] with alcohol,
Wearms aiid illegal or 'controll-
ed substances, and we've had
several who didn't take it to
heart,"
' 'As student service officer, I
listen to both sides [of the
assailants' stories], call in any
witnesses, any RA's, anyone that
is involved in this incident, and
get the story of all parties involv-
ed. I will at that time render a
decision."
. Anytime a student is placed on
diciplinary probation or suspen-
sion, Jergins said, a student has
a right to appeal that decision.
A student may have his or her
case reviewed by the Student Ad-
visory Board-a committee made
up of seven students: seniors,
juniors, and sophomores, ap-
pointed by the Student Body
President.
"You can come in and request
that your case be heard by this
advisory committee as an alter-
nitive, or I can refer you, if you
were a repeat offender," he said.
At this point, Jergins said, the
board would issue a
reccommendation.
The board's reccomendation,
he said, would be treated as a
suggestion. Jergins would take
this "suggestion" into considera-
tion before making his final deci-
sion, he said.
SGA sponsors recycling day
Walk-a-thon hits
Stephenville Park
By Amie Campbell
Managing/Opinions Editor
Student Government's Exter-
nal Affairs Committee will be
holding a Recycling Day on
Monday, April 23, in conjunc-
tion with the National Cool It
Day.
Cool It Day is a national
awareness day for colleges and
universities across America to in-
crease the knowledge of dangers
to. the environment.
This project is designed to en-
courage people to participate in
activities that, directly or in-
directly, result in a reduction in
the amount of greenhouse gases
emitted into the Earth's
atmosphere.
Heath Crumley, Chairman for
the External Affairs committee,
wants to educate the students and
faculty members here at
Tarleton. "What we're wanting
to do is promote environmental
awareness by educating students
and members of our community
on the benefits of salvaging
recyclable, products that are
available to them every day,"
said Crumley. "Products such as
aluminum, glass, plastic and
paper."
The recycling center will be
located in the island in front of
the Tarleton Student Center.
Containers will be available at
which people can drop their
recyclables off. Members of Stu-
dent Government will be present
to help organize the project.
Four types of products will be
welcome - aluminuiti, glass,
plastic, and paper.
Plastic containers must be
polyethylene (milk jugs and 2
liter cola bottles); glass products
must be a type of container,
reasonably clean, have no metal
caps and be color sorted; and
paper products must be separated
into the following categories:
corrogated (cardboard boxes),
newsprint, high color (inserts in
newspapers and magazines), and
computer paper. Any aluminum
containers will be accepted.
"Computer paper is the most
sought after category of
recyclable paper," said
Crumley. "It brings the highest
premium for recycling."
The External Affairs Commit-
tee will be trying to make the
Recycling Day an oh-going pro-
ject. "We're going to try and
make a permanent place for the
reeepticals where people can
deposit their products," said
Crumley.
"Besides, saving energy,
recycling also helps reduce the
more pressing problems of in-
creasing cost and the availabili-
ty of landfill space," said
Crumley.
Students of Tarleton and
members of the community are
all encouraged to participate in
the Recycling Day.
Crissa Miller
Staff Writer
The March of Dimes will be
sponsoring a Walk-a-thon at the
City Park on April 7.
One of the nation's largest
Walk-a-thon organization's, the
March of Dimes raise money for
the cure of birth defects.
The March of Dimes organiza-
tion informs and works with
other private organizations and
public agencies to help focus
their financial and human
resources on the prevention of
birth defects.
The March of Dimes has con-
tributed to the development of
Rubella vaccine, PKU testing,
and the Polio vaccine. ,
Bonnie Barries, Walk-a-thori
Chairperson, said that this year's
Walk-a-thon was expected to be
a great success.
The Walk-a-thon is open to
everyone, and registration for the
Walk-a-thon begins at 9 a.m.
Rest , stops will be provided
along the walk with the help of
several campus organizations.
The walk has a 14 mile max-
imum, but no minimum distance.
Prizes will be awarded for top
money raisers. Prizes include T-
shirts, radios, cameras, and
cassette players.
Students interested in joining
the Walk-a-thon can contact Bon-
nie Barnes at 968-5923, or
968-2181, ext. 228. Students can
also contact Krystal Kurz at
965-6395.
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