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Freedom of speech defended
Home for the holidays: How to
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Volume 156, No.
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November 19
; TexAnns vs. Harding
University at 6 p.m. in Searcy,
Ar.
Texans vs. Harding University
at 8 p.m. in Searcy, Ar.
"Nunsense" at 7:30 p.m. in the
FAC Theater
The Agriculture Building to be
named after Joe W. Autry, vice
president emeritus, at 2 p.m.
in the Agriculture Building,
Rm. 113.
November 20
SPA Angel Tree from 8 a.m.-5
p.m. in the SDC Lobby.
SPA Tripping Daisy concert
from at 8 p.m. in Wisdom
Gym.
November 21
Mu Phi Epsilon Garage Sale
from 7:30 a,m;-4 p.m. at 894 N
Charlotte Drive.
Baptist Student Ministry
Parent's Day Out from 10
a.m.-5 p.m. at the BSM.
United Minority Association
"He Said, She Said" from 11:30
a.m.-5:30 p.m.in the SDC, Rm
21.
November 23
Tarleton Bands'
Extravabandza at 7:30 p.m. in
the FAC Theater.
November 24
Holiday Choir Concert at 7:30
p.m. in the FAC Theater.
November 25
Library closes at 6 p,m.
Residence hajls close at 5 p.m.
November 29
Residence halls reopen at 1
Library reopens at 5 p.m.
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Application deadline for
spring 1999 University schol-
arships.
Tarleton Cliristmas at 7 p.m. in
the SDC.
Happy
Thanksgiving
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TAC
Tarleton State University
Weekly News
A Member of The Texas A&M University System
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Graduation information
for winter ceremonies.
How to remedy your boredom.
November 19, 1998
By Denice Herrin
StaffWriter
The Department of Fine Arts and Speech host
ed a Junior Recital on Tuesday in the Clyde H.
Wells Fine Arts Center. Aaron Martin, junior
music major and David Wilson, junior music
educa- ^ g
After performing for the past fifteen years,
I feel that I owe something back to music.
Photo by Amanda Goodcion
David Wilson (right) invited his father to play with him for his junipr music
recital on Tuesday,
tion
major
presented the
recital in partial
fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music.
A junior and senior recital are requisites for grad-
uation.
Martin, who plays the trumpet, performed
five pieces consisting of "Concerto, Allegro con
spirito", by Johann Nepomuk Hummel, "Aria at
Scherzo", by Alexandre Aroutounian, "Suite for
Trumpet", by William P. Latham, "The Maid of ,
the Mist", by Herbert L. Clark, and "Scherzo, the
Average Quintet" by John Cheetham.
Wilson specializes in the clarinet and played
pieces such as "Variations", by Gioacchino Rossi,
"Sonata, Op. 12", by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco,
and "Concert Piece No. 1, Op. 113", by Felix
Mendelssohn. Very interestingly, Wilson was
accompanied by his father, Danny Wilson on his
last piece. The crowd seemed very appreciative
of the styles of both Martin and Wilson.
Seventeen years ago, Wilson's father was
preparing for his own junior recital. Wilson,
who was four years old at the time, spent hours
watching his father practice for the recital. He
was very
excited
about
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seeing the performance, but at
that time, children were not allowed in the audi-
torium during performances. Wilson was
allowed to watch his father from the front row.
Wilson started playing the clarinet in junior
high, then became a drum major at Granbury
High School, and is currently serving as the TSU
drum major and vice president of the Phi Mu
Alpha Sinfonia Music Fraternity, Wilson said,
"Music has always played a large part in my
life. I want to share it with others so it will
bring them the joy it has brought me." Wilson
hopes to become a successful high school band
director because he was inspired by his own
band director.
When Irish eyes are smiling
Band to raise bucks for trip to Dublin
By Wyatt Glade
StaffWriter
The Tarleton Bands will have a benefit concert and
silent auction on Monday. The money raised from this
concert will finance Tarleton bands as they travel to
Ireland in March of 1999.
Monday's silent auction will include over 100 items
including luxury hotel getaways, Hollywood memora-
bilia, free dry-cleaning, and even free tacos.
"We are sure to have a little bit of something for
everyone, " said Jonathan Hooper, Texan band director
The concert and auction will start at 7:30 on
Monday night.
Tickets will be available at the Clyde H. Wells Fine
Arts Center Box Office. For ticket reservations, you
may contact the Box Office at 968-9634.
The Tarleton Bands will spend their spring break
traveling and performing throughout Ireland.
They will marching the Saint Patrick's Day Festival
and Parade in Dublin, Ireland which is the largest cele-
bration of any kind in Ireland.
The Tarleton Bands have been invited to perform
in the festival by the Lord Mayor of London on the
merits of their past performances in London, England,
and at the New Year's International Music Festival in
1995.
Times they are a changin'
Core curriculum modifications
approved by academic council
By Holly Godwin
Guest Writer
The University Core Curriculum Committee's
proposal to adopt a 47 hour curriculum was
approved by Tarleton's academic council on
Tuesday and is awaiting signatures from B.J.
Alexander, provost of academic affairs, and from
President Dennis McCabe. If approved by
Alexander and McCabe, the new core curricu-
lum will take effect in the fall of 1999.
Currently, Tarleton requires each student to
take 57 hours of core classes, regardless of major.
The state has proposed changing the guidelines
to allow a minimum of 42 hours and a maximum
of only 48 without justification and approval
from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board .
On Nov. 11, some thirty plus students and fac-
ulty attended a forum regarding core curriculum
requirements at Tarleton. The forum was orga-
nized in response to changes proposed by the
THECB in the number of courses each student
must take as part of the basic requirements at
Tarleton.
A panel of five discussant presented the pros
and cons of curriculum requirements and the
suggested changes.
Presenters included Sue Cullers, MBA director
and associate professor of business systems;
Charles Howard, assistant professor of speech;
Arthur Low, associate professor of physical and
environmental sciences; Randy Rosiere, associate
professor of range management; and Don
Zelman, professor of history and director of the
division of general studies. Zelman is also head
of the University Core Curriculum Committee,
formed to establish a 47-hour core curriculum at
Tarleton.
Zelman opened the forum with an introduc-
tion and explanation of the intent behind the
curriculum, saying that these courses offer "all-
encompassing ideas" that help students face sit-
uations in many aspects of life.
"Information in a career can change rapidly.
The core classes teach you to think and be pre-
pared for change," said Zelman.
He contended that English classes can teach
students more than writing proficiency; they can
also improve students' communication skills and
their abilities to organize thoughts. Math, he
said, can foster critical thinking and logic skills;
science can make people better stewards of the
planet and their bodies; sociology, psychology
and history educate people about other people
and the past; and music and art cultivate aesthet-
ic understanding and creative expression.
Speaking next was Low, who gave a brief
account of how the core curriculum came into
being. He explained that the system was set up
with particular attention to transferring students
who, in the days before core curriculum, had
problems transferring from one school to anoth-
er.
The reason for many of the problems was that
schools often differed from one another in the
types of courses they required as basic studies.
In tjiis case, the advantage of having the state set
guidelines is that all state schools must accept
the core curriculum transfer hours from other
state schools.
ft-iojo sy Maw
Rauf MeSa, a poet and professor of biology at the University of Havana,
Cuba, spoke to an audience of about 60 people on Tuesday about the
social, economic and political aspects of life in Cuba.
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