The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 159, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 2000 Page: 10 of 10
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T he J-TAC
March, 30, 2000
T A R L E T O N
Candidate
Profiles
continued from page one
Elvis J. Moya
Sophomore
Political Science'& Marketing
(Spanish Minor).
Shamrock,Texas
May 2002
2
• Social Sciences department
representative
• Political Science Association
representative
• Cheerleader representative
• Academic Affairs Executive
chairman
• Residence Hall Government
representative
•Texan rep
• Duck Camp group leader
• Political Science Association
president
• Academic Council
•TSU Cheerleader
• Residence Hall Government
24-hour visitation committee
• Student-Athlete Advisory
council
• Rebuilding of the Hunewell
Bandstands
• Getting lights placed on
highway billboards
• Placing commemorative
markers on campus depicting
historic sites and past buildings
NAME
CLASS
MAJOR
HOMETOWN
DATE OF GRAD.
YRS IN SGA
OFFICES HELD
IN SGA
David A. Sweeney
Junior
Speech Communications/Pre-
Law
Stephenville,Texas
May 2001
3
• Freshman Representative
Council
• Fine Arts and Speech
Representative
• Baptist Student Ministry
Representative
• Freshman Representative Co-
Chairman
•Traditions Chairperson
• Co-chairman of college min-
istry
• Duck Camp group leader
• Co-chairman for Sixth Grade
Day Away
• Alumni Ambassador
• Distinguished alumni escort j
■ Full-time orientation advisor j
• Centennial homecoming plan- I
njrig committee j
• VP of Kappa Delta Rho i
TOP 3 PRIORITIES * ^or to more adequately i
represent the entire student j
body !
• To make the administration I
:
and faculty more aware of stu
dents' wants and needs
• To have fun
OTHER
LEADERSHIP
POSITIONS
Don't forget to vote April 17-19 online.
https://www.tarfeton.edu/scripts/ballot/ballot.asp
outdoor intramural facility to over 20 acres, one of
the biggest in the North Central Texas area.
Giles said he currently has a crew of 40 students
to help maintain this large intramural complex
and run the various programs associated with it.
He said each day the sand volleyball courts must
be watered and raked in order to keep the facility
in proper working order.
He also added that the grass on the soccer, foot-
ball and Softball fields are mowed and kept free of
trash by those same students.
"We don't have a total program, but we have
one of the better outdoor programs in this area,"
Giles said. "Our outdoor facilities ranks better
than UTA, SMU or UNI', so we take great pride in
it."
Tarleton's rodeo program receives $126,000
from student services fees and uses the majority
of this amount for scholarships and student trav-
el.
Bob Doty, rodeo advisor said, the bulk of the
funds he receives goes to cover scholarships.
"We provide $24,000 in scholarships," he said.
"The remainder goes toward student travel and
the salaries of our student workers."
Mercer added that there are "very few full
scholarships in the rodeo program, most of them
are partial scholarships."
Many rodeo students are forced to come up
with their own funds to travel to the various
rodeos they attend each year, Mercer said.
The cost associated with maintaining and hous-
ing the practice livestock come out of the amount
rodeo activities receives, Doty said.
Student service fee funds are also used each
year as the program sponsors a college rodeo that
brings students from around the state and nation
to the Stephenville area.
"Because of the success of Tarleton's rodeo pro-
gram, more students are beginning to look at
coming here versus going to some other schools in
the state/' Mercer said.
"I'm proud of our rodeo program here and I
think the money we give to the rodeo program is
money well spent/' she said.
Student publications also receive funding
through the student services fees — around
$120,000 for both The Grassburr and The J-TAC.
Mercer said that she wants all students to
understand that they do get their student service
fee dollars back at some point.
"Every time a student pkks-up a copy of The J-
TAC or scans through a copy of The Grassburr,
they are looking at their^ student service "S'es at
work," she said.
Funds received from the student service fees by
student publications are used to purchase new
equipment used in design and layout of the two
publications, and to pay the salaries of students
who work on the weekly paper and annual,
Rachel Cruthirds, student publications advisor,
said.
"Salaries for The J-TAC alone are between
$21,000-$22,000," she said.
Cruthirds said that in the past many students
ordered annuals, however they never picked
them up when they arrived.
This year, students who order annuals will
receive them via mail if they fail to pick them up,
thus alleviating additional costs that are tied up
with printing additional copies.
"Most universities charge $45 to $65 for their
annuals," she said. "We charge $30 for our annu-
al, of which, $28 goes to the cost of publishing it."
Mercer said j:hat student publications are
important to the university, because they provide
a history of each year that the school operates.
The Student Development Center is in a special
situation because it receives $106,000 from the stu-
dent services fees, but it is supplemented with
$476,000 from other sources of income such as
vendor revenues.
Mercer said that on the surface the SDC appears
to be making a large amount of money. However,
most of the vendor revenues and student service
fees go toward paying employees.
The supplemental income comes from various
sources such as the ATM rental, the food court
rental, the book store rental, game room sales and
the ballroom rental.
The $30 student center fee charged at registra-
tion also accounts for a large portion, roughly
$426,00, of the $476,00 vendor revenue.
Ed Knoll, Student Development Center director,
said that he wants every student to understand
that most of the money he receives goes to cover
the daily operations of the massive SDC facility.
Electricity, water and gas will account for
.$96,000 of the SDC operating expenses for this
year, Knoll said,
"This is up about $8,500 over last year, because
we converted to using city water for the ground
maintenance versus our well water," he said.
"Most of our other expenses go to simple things
like toilet paper or fitness towels," he said.
Student wages alone account for $118,000 of the
SDC budget, Knoll said.
See next zoeek's ]-TAC for the conclusion of the
student service fees series.
Tri County Agribusiness
i
Assn.
recognizes the immeasurable
contribution of
DR. DAVID SNYDER
to the Texas Dairy & Farm
Show
and to our Board of Directors
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