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September 12, 2002 The J-TAC
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September 12-18
Thursday
• Kappa Delta Chi rush booth, 9 a.m., library
• Organizational Luncheon, 11:45 a.m., TSC Ballrooms
• Search for Life in the Universe, 4 p.m., Science Building
Planetarium
• Student Programming Association, 5:30 p.m., TSC Room 219
• TSU Science Fiction & Fantasy club meeting, 6:15 p.m.,
TSC Room 21
• Sigma Alpha rush, 7 p.m., TBA
• Interfraternity council formal rush
Friday
• Texas Music Educators Association meeting, noon,
FAC Room 105D
• Sigma Alpha ruih, 7 p.m., TBA
• Through the Eyes of the Hubble, 7 p.m., Science Building
Planetarium
• Pre-season flag football tourney, Vance Terrell Intramural
complex
• Interfraternity council formal rush
Saturday
• Search for Life in the Universe, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., Science Building
Planetarium
• Pre-season flag football tourney, Vance Terrell Intramural
complex
Sunday
• BSM 9:01, 9 p.m., TSC ballrooms
Monday
• Baptist Student Ministries $1 lunch, noon, BSM
• Methodist Student Union free lunch, noon, Wesley Foundation
• Student Government Association meeting, 5:15 p.m.,
TSC Room 22D
• Student Organizational Forum meeting, TSC Room 22D, 6:30 p.m
• Movie on the Lawn, 9 p.m., Heritage Park
• Flag football league begins, Vance Terrell intramural complex
Tuesday
• Church of Christ Center free lunch, noon, CCC
• Student Music Recital, 4 p.m., Fine Arts Center
• Mock Interview Night, 6 p.m., TSC Room 218
• Kappa Delta Chi open rush, 7 p.m., Oscar P
Wednesday
• Dairy and Farm Show, 8 a.m., Lone Star Arena
• Baptist Student Ministries free lunch, noon, Bostocks
• Kappa Delta Chi open rush, 7 p.m., Oscar P
Freshman Living-Learning Program
Program helps freshmen adjust to, stay in college
By Mindy Roberson
Staff Writer
For Tarleton students involved in the
Freshman Living-Learning Program, living
and learning takes on a new outlook. The
program is designed to help incoming fresh-
men make it through their first year success-
fully and return for their sophomore year.
Program organized accomplished this by
advising and encouraging involvement in
campus activities. The 2002-2003 school year
is the second time that this program has been
offered, and participation is on the rise.
Enrollment in the program has more than
tripled last year's numbers.
Tarleton students, Matt Sapp and Chad
Morris, participated in the FLL Program last
year and have returned to work with the pro-
gram. Both feel that the program has some-
thing for all freshmen. It is not just about
learning in the classroom, but it is "about
learning to work together and build relation-
ships as part of the Tarleton fam-
ily.
According to Sapp, "The FLL
Program is primarily established
to encourage freshmen to get
involved in campus organiza-
tions and student life. Freshmen
who get involved the minute
they get here and feel needed
around campus are 85 percent
more likely to return the next
semester, not to mention the fol-
lowing year. All FLL students
are encouraged to stay at
Tarleton on the weekends.
Students who have one foot here and one foot
at home are less likely to get as much out of
their college experience.
"I think that
joining the
FLL program
is the best
thing 1 did as
a freshman/'
Chad Morris
FLL participant
"I think that joining the FLL program is the
best thing that I did as a freshman. It really
helped me to get integrated into the
student body, and it can help scared
freshmen come out of their box and
live their college life to the fullest,"
insists Morris.
Part of the program consists
of participating in activities such as .
the Tarleton Challenge, tailgate
parties, movie nights, study groups
and sporting events. "From the
Tarleton Challenge, we all got to
know each other very well, and I
think we learned a certain amount
of trust between us," said Morris^
For further information about the
Freshmen Living-Learning program, contact
Ed Knoll, FLL committee chairman at 968-
9256 or knoll@tarleton.edu.
Psycle Lab
Tarleton lab
improves health
of paraplegics
By Desa Baker
Staff Writer
Tarleton's Laboratory for Wellness and
Motor Behavior (the psycle lab), set up espe-
cially for people suffering from paralysis or
spinal cord injuries, is making great strides in
its research. This is the only therapy/rehabil-
itation center in the nation that focuses on the
paralyzed area of the body.
The program was created in part by Dr. Joe
W. Priest, director of the lab which is open for
students to observe, located in Wisdom Gym.
He says the facility offers people suffering
from neurological impairment an oppurtuni-
ty to participate in a supervised physical
education activity.
Supervision is provided by Priests' exercise
physiology students.
Client results have made this lab success-
ful, Priest said. Clients participate in training
that requires three-six hours per week ses-
sions for 15 weeks during the fall, spring and
summer semesters. This program increases
their endurance, improves their mental
health, improves mobility and decreases
expense and dependence on prescription
drugs.
A common misconception is that once the
brain can no longer send impulses to parts of
the body those parts become "useless."
However, Dr. Priest said, with this program,
there is an override of the thought process
having to do with movement The body parts
still move, with some help in the beginning
and later, on their own. Not only can they
move, but the skeletal muscles grow, which
has been proved by the electromyography
test conducted on long-term participants.
Priest stresses the fact, "If you don't use
something you will lose it. That is the pur-
pose of the program, to stop the degenerative
effects of a sedentary lifestyle. The muscle
growth is an unexpected bonus." He also
claims to truly appreciate the program one
must see the participants and talk to them
about how it has helped them.'
The participants are truly happy to be a
part of such a productive, odds-beating pro-
gram. They feel better about themselves, and
see visible results, Priest said. Their resting
heart rate and blood flow are in good condi-
tion, they not only cycle but they can walk,
which is a miracle in itself. Jerry Thornton
has been in the program since it began in
1994 holds the record for over 1 million revo-
lutions. Thornton says it is comforting to see
others in the same place striving for the same
thing, they motivate each other and they
encourage each other. According to
Thornton, the only thing that disappoints
participants is the lack of knowledge about
this program.
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