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the J-TAC
Pmanuel flluear
Editor In Chief
Rmie lampbell
Managing Editor
Mike Marbach
Sports Fditor
.Julie Gnder
Features Editor
Mart Park*
Photo CooscMator
Glory Neoper
fld Coordinator
Charles Reynolds
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Editorials
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Homecoming,
A time for safety
Editors's Note: Due to the extreme positive response to
last year's Homecoming Editorial, it is presented agian
below.
It's Homecoming time again, and parents, friends, and
family will be gathering at TSU to celebrate times past,
present, and future.
The bonfire will bum, the drums will be beaten, and
everyone will gather together to celebrate their heritage - the
heritage that is Tarleton State University.
This special time, however, should not be mamed by
accidents and injuries, but it probably will.
There are always students who will drink too much, get
too carried away with their fun, or perform reckless stunts
while driving.
There will be scores of beer bottles left in the dormitory
parking lots and students stumbling upon one another to get
that next drink.
Many of them will be underage.
i Many of them will throw caution to the winds in an
attempt to have that unforgetable "Homecoming Blast"
To those who feel the inclination to anything in the
aforementioned area, the J-TAC would like to offer
suggestion on how to make this special time of year even (r
more special far those loved ones, who,;will be.renewing old
bonds,-and for ;the student body* as well. > < < •
*Don't drink and drive. A trip to the hospital or to the
> cemetaiy is NOT something anybody wants on their
v Homecoming agenda.
♦Don't get into a fight Nobody, wants to face their
. parents or friends with bruises or broken bones.
♦Men, don't harass the women. None of them appreciate
listening to blatant propositions being screamed at them, and
every one of them would like to feel safe about walking
around campus without having to worry about who might be
lurking in the dark waiting to pounce.
Many ladies have brothers or fathers - people just like
YOU, who would not want something bad to happev. 'heir
daughters or sisters. Treat the ladies with respect, and don't
go out of your way to let them know how attractive they are.
Every one likes a compliment, but no one likes a letch.
♦Don't drink if you are underage. It is against the law,
and the law will be watching. Hani
♦Don't crash parties to which you are not invited. If you
can't find your own, there are plenty of school-related events
to which you are welcome. Just check the Campus Calendar
or list of Homecoming events.
Crashing a party at which you are not welcome will only
lead to, at worst, fights or incarceration, or at best, extreme
bad will. Show a little consideration for others. i
, *There will be those troublemakers who offer
"recreational drugs" at parties. Don't listen to them when
they tell you that "everybody does it" Show the moi .1
courage to "just say no."
Granted, the odds of this problem being anything other
tfian minimal at Tarleton are small, but the problem does
exist Besides dropping your guard and being open for
exploitation to people you don't know, the legal
consequences are great Don't be a fool. Stay clean..
♦Don't arrive drunk to TSU-sponsored events. The
Student Government Association and the Tarleton
Administration have gone to great pains to provide a gooc
time for all - students and alumni alike. Don't spoil
everyone's good time. Show a little respect.
This Homecoming promises to be one of the ,-nd
brightest Tarleton has ever had. Let's show our alumni hov/
we, as the TSU student body, are progressing into the future
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Parking worries
To Whom It May Concern:
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We have been attending
this University for three years now
and the parking problem on campus
has progressively gotten worse.
This problem is not a secret! It
has been t rought to the attention of
the administration several times in
the past. As you all know
everyone living on campus has
parking sticker on their vehicle
indicating which parking area they
are allowed to park in. The girls
parking , stickers are for red zone
which is the parking all around the
building, the parking lot behind the
dorms, one side of the island, and
there is parking at the Education
parking lot we can park in.
At one point the
administration said that we could
park in the white zone parking lot
behind the Fine Arts building
without getting a ticket and they
jSaidtot \y$ could, park, in yisitors
parking after the hours of. 2:00pm.,
But'w'e Have to have ourcarsmo'vdd
't>y!7:00am there are 'fib parking
places to move our cars to.
On several occasions we
have gotten tickets for parking in
visitors before 2:00pm. Yet during
the hours of 4:15 and 6:15, when
the dining hall is open for supper,
people from other parts of the
campus drive over here and park in
visitors and even in the places that
are just for red zone parking. There
is rarely a policeman out giving
. these people tickets. We see
policemen drive by during this
time...why are they not stopping
and giving tickets?
Our recommendation is
that a policeman be patrolling the
parking lot outside the dining hall
during both the lunch hours and the
.supper time hours, and that the
visitors parking hours be changed
to 9:00am - 2:00pm so that we
have enough time to move our cars
the next morning before we get a
ticket.
We are paying too much
money to live in these dorms and
for the dining hall (whether we eat
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there or not!) to not be able to park
around the building that we live in
because someone else is in our
parking space:, who doesn't belong
there!!!
Sincerely,
Ladies living in Gough Hall
Upcoming vote
To the Editor:
The Gubernatorial election is
coming up fast, and voters should be
prepared to take a Sand, either way,
on issues that will affect our state.
Whether you are an "Ann Fan"
or a supporter of "Claytie," you
should exercise your constitutional
right to vote.
The Tarleton Democrats and the
College Republicans will be spon-
soring a debate cm the gubernatorial
issues Nov. 5 at 1:30 in the Fine Aits
Center Auditorium. We welcome all
who can to attend.
Come and hear the issues and
contribute to the effort in making
Texas great again.
We'll be seeing you there.
- Monte Guthrie,
Vice President of The Tarleton
Democrats/Co-Chair for Ann
Richards' Campaign in Erath County.
Wildlife survival
Letter to the Editor
Why is it such a fad to be inter-
ested in the environment? Why has
it taken so long for this interest to be
cultivated? Environmental issues as
they are collectively termed, are
crises that were born tog ago. One
such aged crisis is that which Ms.
Grider addressed in last week's J"
,TAC.
of-tlie-world,-began with careless use
of fishing nets that trapped more
than tuna, ancient tribal beliefs that
:,the ihinnoceros' tan was an aphro-
disiac, and yes, even the demand for
beautiful items of luxury made from
ivory ami furs. I agree that the de-
struction of wildlife is tlx; responsi-
bility of mankind, but those "groups"
that "control where they (the ani-
"mals) will live, what they will eat,
their mating habits, their entire life"
are striving and pledging their lives,
to ensure species survival and repro-
duction in the event that the natural
habitat of those animals is no longer
available.
Because of zoological parte and
reserves, with their extensive, coop-
erative breeding programs, species
survival of buffalo, Przewalskii's
horse, tule elk, white-tailed gnu, and
Siberian tigers has been insured.
Believe it or not Ms. Grider,
Peregrine falcons actually were
saved from extinction by scientists
who introduced them to cities where
. they now live atop "progress" (sky
scrapers) ard in China, special land
has been chosen for the remaining
1,000 wild Pandas.
I hope that by pointing out
goals and successes of government
agencies, scientists, and volunteers,
you do not forget that the crisis fac
ing wildlife is still very much alive.
Did you know that for only fifteen
dollars you can adopt a humpback
whale for a year, or that you can
pledge a few dollars to the Jane
Goodall Institute, which is develop-
ing a reservation for chimpanzees'!
Conservation organizations
have a wealth of programs designee
to help end the crises. Do something
today - WRITE!
Sincerely,
Melissa Ruyle
Dedicated to wildlife survival
*World Wide Fund for Nature
1250 24th St NW -
-Washington,. D.C. jMOQ37'W
♦Defenders of Wildlife
1244 19th SL NW
Washington, DC 20036
*National Audobon Society
950 3rd Ave.
New York, NY 10022
♦Rainforest Action Network
301 Broadway, Suite A
San Franncisco, CA 94133
♦National Wildlife Federation
1400 16th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
♦Whale Adoption Project
International Wildlife Coalition
634 North Falmouth Highway
P.O. Box 388
North Fallmouth, MA 02556-0388
♦Jane Goodall Institute >
P.O. Box 41720 t
Tucson, Arizona 85717 •
Lessons in taking control
JJujiQS®
I walked in 10 minutes late tc
my new school in fifth grade. The |
classroom full of Polo and Levi
Buttonfly-clad rich kids turned and
stared at me. Already thoroughly !
humiliated for being late, the ulti-
mate thing happened They laughed
at me.
Why? Because my mother made,%
me wear a ridiculous tan sundress
with a red-trimmed bib on it with
embroidered cherries. To top it off,'
I wore red knee socks and loafers.
That first scene at the new school!
molded the next five years of my life
with those kids.
I didn't want -to wear the stupid j
dress. But sometimes people make
you do things, especially parents,
that are hot always for your best
interest.
I think all kids have been forced
to wear clothes they didn't want to;
but gosh was it awesome when you
announced you were now going to
dress yourself. Especially guys. I
figure that's when all the guys stopped
matching in junior high. But they
thought they were bad because Mama
wasn't telling them what to wear
anymore.
No matter what the situation is,
people in general are happier when
they are making the calls.
A teacher once told me the one
thing that made him really mad was
when people say they are unhappy
with their life.
"Why don't you do something
about it?" he asks. They reply they
. can't.
Nonsense. Who's life is it any-
way? It is your life. You have
control. People who say they can't
change their life aren't willing to
sacrifice or gamble anything to en-
sure their happiness. Nothing comes
free in this world and unfortunately
happiness falls into that category.
Many adults are unhappy with
their jobs and where they live. Move!
Get a new job. Maybe the job won't
pay as much, but that person may
end up better off anyway.
I don't think college is for eve-
rybody, but for some people it is
perfect If a person doesn't want to
be here, they are not going to do well,
be miserable, and waste their parents
money.
I have a friend who is a fresh-
man this year and he hates it. Now he
has decided to go into the Navy. At
first I was shocked and tried to talk
him out of it But he had thought it
out, and this was going to make him
happy. It was his own decision, and
that proved to be a big iactor in the
situation.
Standing up for yourself and
being yourself applies to every as-
pect in one's life. If you're in a bad
relationship that is not making you
happy, get out.
If you feel like you are being
used or undeirated at wcric, say some-
thing.
Yeah, you may lose your job or
a boyfriend, but you'll be better off in
the long run.
l could have walked in late to
school that day in my Wranglers arid
boots and those rich kids probably
still would have laughed at me. But
it would have been what I wanted
and I would have felt good about
myself anyway. i
Running your own life is tfje
key to happiness. j
Julie Grider is Features Edi-
tor for the J-TAC. J
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