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Bpard elects McCabe
president of Tarleton
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August 29, 1991
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Dr. Dennis McCabe was mimed
the fourteenth president at Tarleton
State University July 26 by the Texas
A&M University Board of Regents.
The new president succeeds Dr.
Barry B. Thompson who resigned
last fall to accept a similar position at
West Texas State University.
McCabe came to Tarleton in
1988 as Vice President of University
Operations.
A native of Rio Hondo, Texas,
Dr. McCabe earned his Bachelor and
Masters degrees from New Mexico
Highlands University and his Doc-
torate from the University of New
Mexico.
He spent over 25 years teaching
in the public school system and on
the college level. In his teaching
career, lie has served as an assistant
professor at Pan American Univer-
sity in Edinburg and as an associate
professor and full professor at East
Texas State University.
He is currently still considered a
full professor at Tarleton. He has
spent nine years teaching graduate
and undergraduate courses and has
13 years administrative experience.
McCabe, 48, served as Assis-
tant to the Vice President of Aca-
demic Affairs and chaired the De-
partment of Secondary and Higher
Education at East Texas State Uni-
versity and lie was- Dean of the Col-
lege of Education at Lamar Univer-
sity prior to coming to Tarleton.
Expressing his gratitude to the
TAMUS Board of Regents for their
show of confidence in selecting him
for the presidency, McCabe said he
is committed to Tarleton's tradition
of "institutional integrity" and to the
academic welfare of past, present
and future TSU students.
A veteran educator, McCabe is
dedicated to protecting and main-
taining the "sacred trust" of Tarleton
by devoting its academic resources
to the enhancement of the educa-
tional process.
"At Tarleton, the student is
number one," said McCabe. "Our
educational system is a valuable com-
modity which should not be mis-
used or abused.
"We believe that preparing our
students to be tomorrow's leaders re-
quires not only continued academic
growth but the development of the
whole individual through the cam-
pus experience."
Calling Tarleton one of the most
effective and efficiently run institu-
tions of higher education in the coun-
try, Dr. McCabe praised the faculty
and staff for their dedication to the
University.
Hie new president said he lodes
forward to working with them in
meeting the challenges of a new era
as TSU appproaches its first 100
years- of operation.
McCabe is married to Dr. Mary
Louise McCabe, former Director of
Minority Affairs at Tarleton, and they
have two sons, Brian and Tim.
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Dr. Dennis McCabe
Bill approves tuition
By Christy Moore
Managing Editor
The Texas Legislature
passed an appropriations bill this
summer to increase tuition at
state colleges and universities
it reaches the $32 maximum.
"I don't see it as an
unreasonable amount," said Larry
Bicket, Vice President for
Business Affairs.
He also foresees the
increase as having little effect on
from $20 per semester hour to
$32 by the 1996-97 term. Tfirletoti's enrqUment. "I could
marginally, :y
increase last semester's tuition finahced, perhaps putting
from $18 to $20 per semester
hour for the 1991-92 term. The
state bill will then come into
effect for the 1992-1993 term and
raise the semester hour cost to
$24. An additional increase of $2
will be added each full year until
themselves through school,
taking one less class a semester
to balance out the increase," said
Bicket.
According to Bicket, the
state has provided additional funds
for Tarleton but the possibility of
TSU receiving any revenues from
the proposed tuition increases is
still unsure; however, part of this
year's $2 increase will be acquired
by the university.
In addition to the tuition
increase, the student service fee
ha? also been raised. The fee,
previously capped at $90 per
semester, has been expanded to a
$150 maximum. Tarleton's
student service fee is now boosted
to a maximum of $96, roughly a
six percent increase. The
additional money will stay at
TSU to fund student programs
and activities.
Julie (iriclvr
Editor In Chler
Howdy Week is once
aj'iiin underway to v.vli'miu. Lhe
swarm ot iiiLOirmig ueslimeii and
ri'iuriimn students to 'latletoii
State University with j week ol
luii, games <uiJ entertainment.
"A Night at the Raccs"
will kick oil the activities
Sunday evening at7 p.m. in the
'1 arli-lon Center. Students mil
able to Ivt lake money on
pi tret hi >k\I Iwusc uces and buy
pi i/o .it the end of the ni;;ht with
then uiimingv
"CiuiNe the Island1 will
also lv mi Sunday at 10 p.m. It
will he time to shine up the pu.k
ups and unit emblem get .i load
of rnud\ friends and keep Ik
Tarleton tiadiliuii aim: In
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BEARDS' DOWN,., Randall Thornton makes a winning ride at the CNFR.
TSU rides well in finals
Dorms enforce new policies
By Julie Grkler
Editor in Chief
Each June, a top notch group of
rugged, agile athletes and fast horses
gather in the Gallatin Valley of Big
Sky country to determine whose best
at (Hie of the wildest most exciting
sports in the world - college rodeo.
The College National Finals
Rodeo was held June 17 - 22 in
Bozeman, Montana, where only the
top two individuals and teams in
each region competed. This year
was special for Tarleton State Uni-
versity in that it marked the first time
since 1971 that both the men's and
women's teams qualified at the same
time.
"1 was real thrilled that both
teams qualified to go to Bozeman,"
TSU rodeo coach Randy Majors said.
The TSU women's rodeo team
finished the season ranked ninth in
the nation out of approximatly 125
competing colleges, while the men's
team finished 11th in the nation.
Individually, Shawn McMullan
ended up seventh in the nation in
calf roping. Randall Thornton fin-
ished the season ranked ninth in the
nation in bull riding and Charles
Soileau also finished ninth for the
year in saddle brone.
In Bozeman, Thornton won
second in the average of bull riding.
Soileau also won second in the aver-
age in saddle bronc.
The men's team traveling to the
nationals were Shawn McMullen,
Beau Mayo, Dax Lackey, Wade
Hebb, Shay Good, and Thornton.
Soileau qualified on his own.
The women's team consisted of
Angie Almond, Schelli Walls and
J.J. Hampton.
Although not finishing in the
average the women's team marked
up some points too. Walls won the
second go round of banel racing and
went into the finals winning, but
(See Rodeo page 8)
By Kelly Boren
Starr Writer
Silence is golden, or so the story
goes. According to the new student
handbook, silence is necessary,
Beginning this semester, all
dorms and university-owned apart-
ments have a mandatory 24-hour
quiet rule. Previously quiet hours
were restricted to the'period of 10:30
p.m. to 8 a.m, with the exception of
Crockett Hall and those ramps
deemed as quiet
As quoted from the handbook,
ithis rule states: "You are expected to
maintain reasonable quiet so that
others may study, sleep, etc. Your
courtesy and consideration for your
fellow residents shall be reflected in
confining conversation and visitin;
to your room or lobby areas and in
keeping radios, record players and
televisions turned to a low volume.
Low volume means sounds are not
discernable in adjacent rooms and in
hallways."
Why lias this rule been instated?
According to campus officials it's
purpose is simply to keep noise lev-
els down so students can study or
sleep in their dorms without being
disrupted. Brad Bradshaw, director
of housing, expressed "the over-
whelming concerns and complaints
I get from students are that the halls
are too loud and that there is too
much noise." There are many stu-
dents who enjoy a quiet atmosphere
and appreciate this rule like Mich-
elle Fry, a resident of Hunewell Hall,
who stated that "some people hold
weird hours. I study at night."
Last year Crockett Hall tested
the 24-hour quiet rule and according
to Matt Barron, director of Bender
and Ferguson Halls, the overall dorm
grade point average was raised to a
2.37 from about a 1.5. Mr. Brad-
shaw expressd that last year students
asked to be assigned to Crockett Hall
because of this rule and that "the
Crockett Hall experience was excel-
lent, they(the students) loved it."
In the words of Barron "The
quiet hours' was a plan put in to keep
our students here...I don't want them
to get kicked out because of their
grades."
(See Dorms page 9)
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