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Should Andrea Yates have
been put to death for killing
her five children? See the
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Pat Green is back on track
after being attacked while at
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Volume 159, Number
CAMPUS
BRIEFS
Sigma Tau Delta
inducts new members
On Tuesday, March 5, Sigma
Tau Delta, the International
English Honor Society, inducted
19-members into the Tarleton
chapter. The purpose of Sigma
Tau Delta is to confer distinction
upon-outstanding students of
the English language and litera-
ture in undergraduate, graduate
and professional studies..
Spring concert features
centuries of music
The Cross Timbers Fine Arts
Council will present a communi-
ty concert tonight at 7 p.m. in the
Bond Auditorium on Overhill
Drive. Members of the
Oklahoma Philharmonic
Orchestra will perform a range
of music from 17th and 18th cen-
tury baroque and classical
through 20th century jazz.
Tarleton Jazz Festival
this Saturday
The 40th annual Tarleton Jazz
Festival will be held Saturday,
starting at 9 a.m. This event is
for high school and jr. high j
musical groups and is designed ■
to give students exposure to aH
aspects of jazz. Awards will be
given to outstanding bands in all
classifications and outstanding
musicians and soloist in each
group.
Guest Jazz musician Gary
Hobbs will perform with the
Tarleton Jazz Ensemble on
Saturday night.
Executive Assistant
named at Tarleton
President Dennis McCabe has
named Jerry Madkins as
Executive Assistant to the
Provost for Academic Diversity, i
Madkins will work with Gary j
Peer the Provost and Vicei
President for Academic Affairs. !
He will advise and counsel on
areas such as recruitment and
retention of students, faculty,
courses dealing with multicul-
tural interests and expanding
the curriculum into the history,
culture and experiences of vari-
ous populations
Madkins will continue to teach
in the Dept. of Management,
Marketing and Administrative
Systems.
rj? | Leadership & Service
Dinner scheduled
By Phil Riddle
Editor at Large
Students, faculty, staff members and friends of Tarleton State
University who have gone the extra mile to improve the school's
learning environment will be honored at the annual Leadership and
Service dinner, slated for 6 p.m. April 19 in the Ballrooms of the
Student Development Center.
Applications for the 2001-2002 Tarleton State University Student
Leadership Awards are due by Monday.
Tarleton Director of Student Activities, Donna Strohmeyer, said the
awards are in recognition of extraordinary efforts put forth by stu-
dents and staffers.
"Service is a part of everything we do here," she said. "With these
awards, we want to recognize those individuals and groups, who, in
addition, to their academic schedules and work schedules, have
worked so hard to make a difference here."
Awards applications may be obtained in the lobby of the SDC, in
the Student Activities office, or online at
www.tarleton.edu / ~stuserv / awards /.
Included in the awards to be issued are the Mary Jones Advisor of
the Year award, the Award for Fraternal Excellence, the Program of
the Year Award and the Senator Robert W. Glasgow Award.
In addition, the W.O and Flo Trogdon Individual Awards for fresh-
man and sophomore participation and the W.O, and Flo Trogdon
Organizational Award/Colonel Will L. Tate Organization of the Year
Award will be handed out.
Dean of Student Life, Rusty Jergins, traces the beginnings of the
awards to recognition of students.
"It started out several years ago as a way to acknowledge contri-
butions made to student life here at Tarleton," he said. "It's turned
into a really prestigious and worthwhile event that the university
should take pride in."
Tickets for the dinner are available on a first-come, first-served
basis through the TSU Student Life office. Tickets are free but space
is limited.
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Special to the j-TAC
A view of the excited spring break fans at the coca cola stage in south padre
Island. Tarleton student Melissa Young said, "A couple of friends and I went to
South Padre, it was a blast! Padre got pretty wild on those late nights,"
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Photo courtesy of Linda Beasley
Ashley Beasley is remembered by family,
friends and the Tarleton community one
year after her death.
By ALyson Henigan
Managing Editor
Monday, March 4, marked the one year anniversary
of the brutal murder Tarleton State University student
24-year-old Ashley Elizabeth Beasley.
Beasley was a senior interdisciplinary studies major
who started her education at Tarleton in the spring of
1995. She was also a member of the Phi Mu sorority.
According to friends and family, Beasley was well-
liked by anyone she met and was always willing to
help those in need.
"Ashley loved life. She was always, happy, always
smiling," said Delayne Montemayor, friend and Phi
Mu sorority sister. "She was so quick to help other peo-
ple. She helped anyone and everyone."
"Ashley loved everybody and everybody loved
Ashley," said her mother, Linda Beasley, "When I
remember Ashley, it's her big, bright eyes, blue as the
Texas sky, her beautiful smile, her contagious laugh,
her sense of humor, her strength and love of family
and friends I think of. To know Ashley was to love
Ashley. It was impossible to be with Ashley and be
unhappy because she was so much fun to be with,
always laughing, telling jokes and iiving each moment
of her life to its fullest."
Beasley was a third generation Tarleton student.
"She loved the fact that she was going to graduate
from Tarleton just like her parents and grandfather,"
Montemayor said. "She was really looking forward to
becoming a teacher."
Linda Beasley echoed Montemayor's comments on
how her daughter loved Tarleton.
"Ashley loved Tarleton, it's traditions, students, staff
and felt like she was a part of the Tarleton family,"
Beasley said.
The Phi Mu sorority at Tarleton has been forever
affected by the death of their sister. White ribbons
were worn in remembrance of Beasley on March 4,
which is also Phi Mu sorority's founder's day. At this
year's ceremony, she was remembered with a moment
of silence.
"At the ceremony we remembered her and let her
know we are here," Montemayor said. "We are defi-
nitely closer as a sorority. We also keep in close con-
tact with her mom and family."
Linda Beasley spoke about how Phi Mu helped her
family through their grief.
"Ashley's Phi Mu sisters have been absolutely amaz-
ing," Beasley said. "For over a year, they have sur-
rounded us with their love and support, even as they
grieved themselves. They're a perfect example of
what 'Tarleton family' means."
See BEASLEY page 7
Woman critical
after knifing
By Caleb Chapman
Editor-in'Chief
Wednesday, March 6 a woman was arrested and
charged as she fled from the scene of an attempt-
ed murder at 594 Harbin Street, across from TSU
Memorial Stadium. The assailant, Shirley Stroope,
35, was the ex-wife of the victim's fiance, William
Stroope.
The victim, Sharon Kyler, was found after a 911
hang-up call at approximately 8 a.m. According to
Stephenville Police Chief Roy Halsell, officers saw
blood indicating foul play upon entering the
scene.
Stroope was then seen running out of the back
door toward an alley. After securing Stroope the
officers then went back inside to find Kyler who
had been stabbed approximately 18 times.
Kyler was taken by ambulance to Harris
Methodist Hospital of Erath County where
CareFlight took her to Harris Methodist Hospital
in Fort Worth where she remains in critical condi-
tion,
Domestic revenge was Stroope's motive accord-
ing to Chief Halsell, "She (Kyler) was living with
the suspects ex-husband."
Stroope remains in the Erath County Jail on a
$750,000 boi>d.
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Rocky Miller, The J-TAC
Police tape surrounds the attempted homicide crime scene as a HazMat worker enters
the house to begin the clean up.
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