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Educators 4
Art show 5
Honor societies 6
Tarleton Texan Weekly News
April 30,1998
Volume 155 Number 13
A member of the Texas A&M University System.
Ready! Aim! Learn!
ROTC fires volley of scholarships
By Angela Brewer
Staff Writer
Be all that you can be — try out a class for free!
The Army Reserve Officer Training Corp program
has recently been armed with a new tactic for recruit-
ing future service men and women—"Ramp Up"
scholarships.
Tarleton's commander-in-chief, Dennis McCabe,
approved the allocation of University funds to aid in
the continued growth of the ROTC program. The new
"Ramp Up" scholarships will be deployed next fall as
a four-year test program.
The 40 freshmen and 30 sophomore scholarship
slots may b,e an attractive target for anyone looking to
experience ROTC without the military commitments.
The "Ramp Up" mission objective is to provide
scholarships that will completely defray the costs for
those who enroll in basic military science courses-
MS 1012 or MS 2013.
Introduction to Leadership Excellence, MS 1012, is
designed to emphasize leadership principles and con-
fidence building through activities such as moun-
taineering, orienteering and class discussions, as well
as basic? leadership skills.
Intermediate Leadership, MS 2013, covers the
areas of leadership development, management princi-
ples and the working relationship between the two.
Classroom activities include exercises designed to
promote positive leadership development through the
exploration of observed and individual leadership
skills.
Both courses can be used as an elective credit
toward a student's chosen field of study and may be
taken in lieu of required physical education hours.
Furthermore, there is no military service obligation for
students who enroll in the free classes.
"The main goal for this program is recruitment,"
said Captain Michael Silverman, assistant professor of
military science, "if we can just get students into the
classroom, over half of them will stay."
Although the "Ramp Up" scholarship is a new
strategy for Tarleton, it is modeled after a similar pro-
gram proven successful at the University of Alabama
in Birmingham. Tarleton ROTC is hoping to score a
direct hit with students.
"Alabama went from an ROTC enrollment of
under 37 to over 100," said Silverman, "our goal is to
hit 100 students."
Texas resident students age 17 to 27 who do not
have a condition that would interfere with a normal
college physical education course are eligible for a
"Ramp Up" scholarship.
Once a student is enrolled in one of the free class-
es, he or she cannot drop the course before the 45th
day of class and must maintain a 2.0 or above grade-
point average. If either condition is not met, the stu-
dent will be responsible for repayment of the scholar-
ship.
Anyone interested in receiving a "Ramp Up"
scholarship or who would like additional information
can contact Silverman at 968-9192.
Let the grass grow,
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planting an idea...
Members of the Tarleton Political Scicnce Association hope other groups will become more active in mak-
ing the campus look nicer.
.. (Photo by Jos Prado) ■ ■
By Amy McDonald
Staff Writer
The Tarleton Political Science Association
decided to give back to the University this week-
end through action. They planted an area of grass
to replace the bare ground between the library and
humanities building last Saturday morning.
'"We wanted to do something for the school and
hopefully other student organizations to go out
and have their own beautification projects," said
Vanessa Fox, president of TPSA. '"'We bought the
seed and will be responsible for watering and
making sure it grows for the next six weeks."
TPSA was loaned tools by maintenance, who
will take over responsibility of care after the six
week period is over.
The TPSA will be meeting every other
Thursday in the fall, and current members hope to
recruit | lot of new members.
"We want to get students to focus onpoMtics
and make them aware that politics is involved in
everything," said Fox.
In the fall, TPSA will be presenting another
candidate forum, tentatively set for Oct. 17, which
will include Becky Ferrar and David Lenglefeld
who are candidates for state representative for the
54thdistrict.
Exam Schedule
Exam Time
8 • 10:30 am
11:30 am-2 pm
3 - 5:30 pm
6:30 - 9 pm
Wad, Dec 9
6-9W&
7:3Q-8:45MW
Thur, Dec 10
8 TR
2:25 TR
10:50 TR
6-9 R &
6-7:15 TR
Fri, Dec 11
8 MWF
3MWF&
3:25-4:40 MW
10 MWF
Freshman
Chemistry
Sat, Dec 12
Freshman
English
12 MWF
Mon, Dec 14
9MWF
2MWF&
1-5 M& 2-3:15 MW
11 MWF
6-9 M&
6-7:15 MW,
T.ue, Dec 15
9:25 TR
1 TR
1 MWF &
1-5 W
6-9 T&
7:30-8:45 TR
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mouse-eye View...
Students of the future will be faced with this view (taken of the model in the University
president's office) as a permanent part of campus.
(Photo by Joe Prado)
Model of new science building
displayed in president's office
By Justin Wayne Beam
Editor-in-Chief
Plans for Tarleton's new science
building were approved by the
Texas A&M University board of
regents March 27.
The exact layout* and design of
the building has been determined,
and a model of the building has
been produced.
Ground will be broken for the
building in January 1999, and con-
struction should be complete in
two years.
Since the move to build a new
science building began.last year,
Texans have known that there
probably would be one within a
few years, but the exact specifica-
tions have been in doubt until
recently.
The building designs, produced
by local architectural firm
Huckabee and Associates, have
changed from two to three and
finally to four stories.
A courtyard was placed, then
removed. The number of class-
rooms and offices fluctuated, until
now.
In the design approved by the
Board of Regents, there are 34 sci-
ence labs; two computer labs; 10
lecture halls, including one which
will be adapted into a planetarium,
three research labs; 44 faculty and .
graduate assistant offices, two
department suites and a dean's
suite.
Sixteen more research labs
could also be built, if they fit into
the budget. If so, they will be built
four to a floor on the west side of
the edifice.
It is only a matter of time now
until the doors open and Texans
are attending classes in the
146,000 square foot facility, learn-
ing about our solar system beneath
the dome capping the planetarium.
SGA to look at constitution
By Justin Wayne Beam
Editor-in-Chief
The last Student Government
Association meeting of the semes-
ter will take place Monday at 5:15
p.m. in Room 22D of the Student
Development Center, and it is also
the last chance for members to dis-
cuss the proposed constitution until
next fall.
The meeting will be a general
assembly meeting open to all stu-
dents, though only official repre-
sentatives will be able to vote.
According to Jesica
Hendrickson, Public Relations
Committee chairperson, a final
decision will probably not be made
on the constitution at this meeting.
Instead, parts of it will be dis-
cussed and amendments will be
suggested.
If the constitution is approved,
there must be a student-wide vote
in favor of it before it can be
implemented.
The Constitution has been on
the agenda" for several weeks after
being introduced by James
McCutcheon, who is SGA
University Operations Committee
chairperson, and Hendrickson.
For the past several meetings,
said Hendrickson, the constitution
has been poured over line by line,
in an effort to produce something
satisfactory to the majority of rep-
resentatives.
The proposed constitution is
modeled after several documents
including past Tarleton SGA
Constitutions and the U.S.
Constitution.
It would split what is now one
group of representatives and exec-
utives into three branches-judicial,
executive and legislative.
The legislative body would be
subdivided into a senate composed
of class and departmental represen-
tatives and a house of representa-
tives with delegates from each
University recognized organization
- one representative for each ten
members.
Opponents of the proposed
constitution say that such an
arrangement would unfairly benefit
organizations where members join
for life. Proponents in turn argue
that this will only increase the
amount by which all students are
represented.
Thejudicial branch would be
composed of nine justices appoint-
ed by the student body president.
They would choose from their
ranks a chief justice to preside
over them. The justices would
serve until they graduate, are
impeached or choose to retire.
The duties of the justices would
include interpreting the constitu-
tion and seeing that all SGA activi-
ties conform to the rules outlined
in the constitution. They would
also issue the oath of office to all
elected officials.
The executive branch would
consist of the president, the vice-
president, the presidential cabinet
(appointed and assigned positions
by the president), the chief j ustice
and the chairs of the senate and
house standing committees.
The proposed constitution is
diametrically different from past
SGA constitutions in another key
way, it has a section of bylaws,
which can be changed by the SGA
without approval of the student
body.
This has the potential of making
it a more permanent document by
alleviating the need to gain stu-
dent-wide permission before,
changing sections.Legislation
would also be passed differently
under this new system.
Instead of being brought up and
voted on by a general body as it is
now, it would first need to be
approved by one section of the leg-
islature, then approved, amended
or failed by the other.
When it is passed by both hous-
es, legislation would go to the
president, who would have the
option of vetoing it or signing it
into effect.
Final J-TAC of the semester runs today
Restricted activities begins Tuesday, so the J-TAC
will not be printed again until the summer issue,
which will come out in July.
Leaving are staff members Charles Crittenden,
Chris McBride, Wade Miller and Amy McDonald
who are graduating.
The J-TAC will not run regularly again until next
fall, when volume 156 number 1 will be distributed on
Sept. 3.
Th€s editorial staff is still seeking writers for next
fall. Anyone interested should contact Kisty
Hoffman, 1998-99 editor, at 968-9057, or drop by
Office 20 in the Student Development Center for tin
application and to set up an interview.
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