Collegian (Hurst, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 30, 1988 Page: 2 of 16
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2 Opinion / Collegian
Wednesday, November 30,1988
Council supplies student interest
By Larry Paschall and Toni Stroud
On any other college campus, mention student activi-
ties, and an image materializes of young men and women
who are positive, involved and concerned, students who
are active in their school.
With the largest enrollment in the district, NE Campus
should have students coming together for all kinds of
reasons.
But something is said when the Organized Democrats
pay good money for a half page ad in the campus newspa-
per only to cancel the scheduled event and when Phi Theta
Kappa plans a pool tournament only to decide not to have
it the day of the games.
Students on NE Campus are not interested in being
more than students.
Yet members of the Student Activities Council have
stumbled upon an idea they feel will involve more students
in campus life.
They have opted to have their members appointed to
the council by the administration of NE Campus and to
change the name of the group to Student Advisory Council
(SAC).
As if this would help.
SAC would consist of students appointed from within
the 22 student organizations already established as well as
five at-large members.
What SAC’s officers and members fail to realize is that
if students are not interested in becoming involved, then
coercing them to sit on the council will certainly not change
their attitude.
If anything, such actions will make it worse.
Students become involved because they want to be in-
volved. No one wants to be told to do anything.
If former councils had proved that they could accom-
plish something no matter how small their membership,
then perhaps involvement would not be a problem.
SAC needs to earn the interest of the student body on
NE Campus instead of having administration give it to
them.
Pointing fingers and saying, “You’re it,” may only gain
the student body’s resentment.
Parking raises problems for student
To the Editor:
Although I am no longer in
Comp II, I had the sudden urge to
write a story for your readers. My
tale begins with a mature busi-
nesswoman who had proudly at-
tended TCJC for two years. This
woman had excelled academi-
cally, participated in extracurricu-
lar activities, and had been a real
credit to the school. She encour-
aged others to return to college,
and was directly responsible for
the recruitment of quite a few
students.
However, after many semes-
ters of attending class in the eve-
nings, the woman made a monu-
mental mistake: she enrolled for a
day class in addition to her sched-
ule at night. Each class day, she
would leave her job and rush to
campus in order to find a parking
place and be to class on time.
This was usually quite an under-
taking, but the woman loved her
school and did not mind having to
walk a long way to the building
where her class was to be held.
As a matter of fact, she rather
enjoyed the exercise.
All went well for a time, but
then a dreadful thing happened: it
rained. Campus officials, fearful
of having vehicles stuck, blocked
off “the field” where everyone
parked when they could not find a
regular parking space. And so the
womanonedayfound herself with
no place to park her car. She
circled the entire campus numer-
ous times looking for a spot with-
out success. In desperation, the
woman finally gave up and parked
in the faculty lot, knowing per-
fectly well that she could expect to
receive a citation. That is exactly
what happened.
Now the woman knew that
she could not dothis again, and so
she begged her husband to ex-
change vehicles with her so that
she could drive his pickup truck.
The next class day, the same thing
occurred: no parking spaces were
available anywhere on campus at
the time she was due for class.
Not wishing to take up a faculty
space orfire lane, she chose what
seemed to herto be the only alter-
native; she drove over the curb in
the pickup and parked in the grass
out of everyone’s way. Lo and be-
hold, she then received a citation
for parking on the grass.
The woman knew that she
could not afford a ticket each day,
so she began to call campus offi-
cials to ask where she could park
if she found herself in these cir-
cumstances again. Unfortunately,
NO ONE had an answer for her.
The woman had paid her tuition
and was entitled to attend her
class, so she BEGGEDforSOME-
ONE to help her. She offered to
drive up the stairs of the ATB
building and park in the hall if
given permission to do so.
The responses she received
from campus officials ranged from
condescending to downright rude.
After two years of walking long
distances to park without com-
plaint, the woman found herself
accused of “bei ng too lazy to walk.”
She was also told that no
other students appeared to be
having a problem. This certainly
seemed strange, as there were
approximately 428,693 pink cita-
tions to be seen on car wind-
shields each day. Perhaps it was
simply just at that particular time
of day (10:00 a.m.) between
classes when there was a prob-
lem.
FINALLY, a certain officer in
public safety offered to tour the
campus with the woman next time
a parking place was unavailable
to her. Of course, that day was
mid-term and many students
dropped, thus relieving the park-
ing problem to some extent. The
woman is now once again able to
park and attend her class. This is
a good thing, because the woman
was so frustrated with the lack of
help from the administration that
she was about to take rather dras-
tic action: she had already bought
the white paint and arranged for
her bond.
For the first time, the woman
was no longerproud of her school.
Sincerely,
Christi Summerour
BLOOM COUNTY
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Collegian
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Toni Stroud
MANAGING EDITOR
Larry Paschall
NEWS EDITOR
Vicki Row!Is
SPORTS EDITOR
Trenten Hilbum
STAFF WRITERS
Danny Clements - Berta Morris
-Troy Hatch - Suzanne Reed -
Cynthia Sparks
REPORTERS
Cyndi Barker - Linda Jung -
Paui Maginnis - Jeff Moss - Lisa
Richardson - William Stewart
PHOTO EDITOR
Chris Hood
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Anh Ainsworth - Wayne Day -
Michael Fontenot - Amy
McCormick - James Richter
Gary Shafer
DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING
Gail Garrett
EDITORIAL CONSULTANT
Diane Turner
ADVISER
Dr. Joe L. Norton
The student newspaper of
Tarrant County Junior College is
published weekly except for
review and examination periods
and school vacations. Editorial
statements reflect the opinion of
the writer and not necessarily that
of the TCJC administration.
The Collegian welcomes
any comment or opinions from
students, faculty or staff in the
form of lettersto the editor. Letters
should be brief, no more than 150
words, signed by the author,
including social security number,
and free from libel and poor
taste. We hope readers will take
advantage of this opportunity to
voice their complaints, make
helpful suggestions or offer
opinions concerning TCJC.
Letters may be brought or
mailed to the Collegian office
(CAB 119) on the NE Campus,
Assoc. Dean's Office on NW
Campus, or SUB 104 on South
Campus or by writing
Collegidn
828 Harwood Road
Hurst, Tx 76054
-656-6619
TCJC is an equal opportunity
institution which provides educational
and employment opportunities on the
basis of merit and without
discrimination because of race, color,
sex, national origin or handicap.
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