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INSIDE...
• Opinion page 3
• Sports page 4
• Briefs page 6
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Spirit
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Various Tarleton
spirit organizations gath-
ered last Thursday night
"for; the first peprally of
tlie year which is tradi-
tionally held during
"Howdy Week" before
the first football game.
'Spirit raisers such as the
Purple Poo, the Texan
cheerleaders, the Plow-
boys, the Texan Rider,
the Texan Marching
Band, as well as many
student supporters were
on hand to cheer for Tar-
leton sports. Photos by
Chris Gordon.
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Student Government plans year
By Nikki Robertson
Reporter
Student Government Associa-
tion held it's first legislative session
of the fall Monday at 5:15 in the
Guadalupe room of the student cen-
ter.
SGA's first item of business was
to elect Dusty Joyner speaker of the
senate, ,
Joyner has served two years on
the Student Government "I feel I am
very qualified, " Joyuner said, "I
have many good ideas from o'her
speakers."
Serving as Student Body Presi-
dent is Bart Bradberry, Vice Presi-
dent Justin Lookadoo and secretary
Molley Mosley.
This summer members attended
a rally in Austin for higher education
which was liighly supported by Tar-
leton students and alumni.
Homecoming was the promi-
nent issue discussed during the
meeting. Nominations for king and
queen will be held Sept. 26, with
elections Oct 3. Other homecom-
ing activities discussed were the pep
rally, a bar-b-que and dance, the
midnight breakfast, and the parade.
Among other issues discussed
the TexAnnes will hold a spagelti
dinner Sept. 27 and a bike rally Sept
28.
Registration for mens rush con-
tinues through Friday with rush ac-
tivities and parties next week.
Student Government members
are preparing for various activities
such as midnight breakfasts, parents
Day (which is Nov. 9) and Hall of
Fame Day.
"I am looking forward to a good
year," Bradberry said. "We have
many hard workers who have gotten
a lot accomplished. Our biggest
concern right now is homecoming.
The first General Session of
Student Government will be Mon-
day at 5:15 on the second floor of the
student center.
Mens' fall rush underway
By Christy Moore
Managing Editor
"Go Greek" is the cliant being
heard all over campus this week as
Tarleton's fraternities begin their rush
registration to recruit new members
into their organizations.
Rush week will begin on Mon-
day evening, September 16, at 7 p.m.
with a mandatory assembly in the
auditorium of the Fine Arts Center.
A mandatory fraternity,
"smoker" or party will take place in
the Student Center from 7-10 p.m.
on Tuesday.
Wednesday evening will be
devoted to individual fraternity par-
ties.
Beginning at 6 p.m., Lambda
Chi Alpha will hold "A Farewell to
Summer" in the City Park while Tau
Kappa Epsilon hosts a "Bar-B-Q" in
the Mall Area. "Win, Lose or Draw"
will be held at 1068 W. Sloan Street
by Kappa Alpha Order, also at 6 p.m.
"A Night at the Rat Races",
sponsored by Alpha Gamma Rho,
will begin at 7 p.m. in the Tarleton
Center Ballroom. At the same time,
Delta Chi will host "A Night at the
Masters" in the Delta Chi house and
Kappa Delta Rho provides "Golf and
Games" in the Tarleton Center
Gameroom.
The individual fraternity activ-
ity for rushees is continued on Thurs-
day evening with more mixers.
Lambda Chi Alpha will sponsor
a "Watermelon Bust/Highway
(See Rush page 6)
Parking problems escalate
By Kelly Boren
Staff Writer
You've been driving back and
forth through the parking lots on the
Tarleton campus for at least an hour
and no one has moved their car. You
had to skip your first class because
you just couldn't find an open space
to park in. As you drive down Wash-
ington you see plenty of spaces to
park in that are reasonably close to
all of your classes, so what if they
aren't on campus...
Students who park in local busi-
ness parking lots which display
"customer parking only" signs will
now be charged with criminal tres-
passing charges or have their cars
towed.
Lieutenant Pringle from the
Stephenville Police Department
explained that a criminal trespassing
charge is a Class B misdemeanor.
The maximum penalty for this kind
of violaton is a fine not to exceed
$1,000 ana/or confinement in jail for
up to 180 days.
Local merchants were forced
to take such harsh measures to keep
students from parking in retail store
lots surrounding the school because
of financial reasons.
In the words of Dean Jergins,
"The merchants have a difficult time
selling their products if their cus-
tomers have no place to park."
Dan Malone, owner of both the
Dairy Queen and Taco Place on
Washington said that his business is
being hurt because customers see
that his lots are full and keep on
driving under the assumption that
the restaurants are crowded when in
reality, they really are not.
Glenn Daughrity, assistant
manager , of the Eckerd Drug store
directly across the street from the
campus, spoke of similar problems.
He also observed that, lately, each
year the problem of students parking
in his lot while not shopping be-
comes worse.
Both of these businesses have or
will hire security personel to keep
non-customers from parking in their
spaces.
Rising enrollment is a key fac-
te in TSU's parking problems. In the
last ten years, Tarleton's enrollment
has almost doubled; however, there
have been only 1,032 parking spaces
added. Currently there are 3,106
student parking spaces and there are
approximately 6,500 people enrolled
in classes. Never the less, this will
not be taken into consideration when
you have to appear in front of a
judge.
The campus police are in charge
of parking and they are aware of the
space shortage. They are not lenient
with students who park in the re-
served spots or in zones that they are
not designated to park in.
The head of TSU police, Chief
Hooper, stated that he had "had a lot
of complaints from businesses, but
there's not a lot of things we (campus
police) can do."
Student center architecture begins
By Julie Grider
Editor In Chief
Architects from the Texas A&M
University system and the Tittle and
Luther Partnership met with Tarle-
whieh should begin actual corfslruc-
tion in about 15 months.
Tarleton students first heard of
the proposed student center in the
fall of 1989 when a student referen-
dum was passed that increased stu-
dent fees in order to fund the con-
struction of the building. Although
obvious progress has teen obsolete,
phases of planning have been under-
way since the bill was passed.
"Over the past two years we
have been working on a program
requirement We've dealt with eve-
rybody who will be working in the
building and finding out what space
they need as well as other program
requirements," Dr. Johnny Johnson,
Vice President of Student Affairs
said.
Thursday , TSU officials tried
to convey these needs to the archi-
tects who will design the building.
During this phase, which
Johnson says usually lasts about 15
Rion$s,; tti&v;0r^ytects will start pff ;
with rough copy and work up to
scale modles. When the plan has
been finished, it will be presented to
the Board of Regents of the Texas
A&M System.
After approval, the building
contract will be awarded to the best
bidder, Johnson said.
The student center will host a
great relm of new and improved
facilities including a banquet facility
that will be capable of seating up to
1,000 people theater style and 500
banquet style. There will also be
snack bars, multi-level informal
seating with an outdoor terrace, a
lobby, post office and a bookstore.
Several programs will be in the build-
ing such as the Health and Counsel-
ing Center, the recruiting center,
student publications, student activi-
ties, media center, as well as the
headquarters for all campus organi-
zations. The recreation facilities will
also be enhanced.
< - "The students of-Tarleton havfr
always wanted a free-weight weight
room, which seems to be the hot
thing, so we are building a big nice
one," Johnson said.
In front of the building will be a
large, nicely landscaped area for pep
rallies, dances and student gather-
ings.
Dr. Dennis McCabe, president
of Tarleton State University, is
pleased with the progress of the stu-
dent center.
"We are very excited about
moving into the next phase of build-
ing the new student center and are
squeezing the most we can out of the
money. We promise to be prudent in
our actions to meet the needs of
students today and years to come,"
McCabe said.
Enrollment rises again
By Brig Lopez 111
Staff Writer
University officials indicate that
as of Friday, Sept. 6, student enroll-
ment at Tarleton State University
stood at 6,626. This figure repre-
sents an increase over last year's
enrollment of 6,240.
According to Don Ross, TSU
registrar, the freshman enrollment
peaked at 1,991; sophomores at
1,367; juniors at 1,110 and seniors
at 1,422. However, the freshman
class dropped 5.5 percent while the
rer lining classes showed substan-
tial gains.
In addition, graduate student
enrollment jumped from 665 to 776.
This represents a net increase of 17
percent over last year's figures. Ross
was quick to add that off-campus
programs in Brownwood, Waco, Fort
Worth, Coppers Cove and Clyde
greatly contributed to the overall
growth of the graduate student body.
Special recognition was given
to the newly developed program in
Clvde, which is presently serving
iho \bilene area, for the rise in the
number of graduate students.
"Successful recruitment efforts
by TSU personnel certainly paid off,"
Ross ssid.
Ross also indicated that there
will no longer be two different dates
on which to drop courses. As of the
fall semester, 1991, Nov. 8 has been
designated as the only date for drop-
ping courses this semester.
"This change definitely should
be noted by all graduate and under-
graduate TSU students," Ross added.
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