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The Collegian
SERVING THE TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Volume 18 • Issue 5
Wednesday, October 5,2005
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Ambassadors aim to re-establish student government
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We want to be the middleman for students and
administration. We want to give students a chance
Animals evacuated
to area shelters
need homes...pg. 7
Student dominates
table tennis tourney
on NE Campus...pg. 9
Folk comedy gets Hairy
on SE Campus
next week...pg. 10
Clinton leading
way to greener pastures
for future...pg. 2
Katrina evacuee saves
clarinet, sax
from floods...pg. 3
Wed., Oct. 5 .
Thurs., Oct. 6
This is not the first movement
by students to create an SGA on
NE Campus.
“TCC had a student govern-
ed to bring that back,” Rachael
Martin, vice president of student
ambassadors, said.
The first student government
on NE Campus was dissolved after
it became too unstable to maintain
operations.
“One person was president of
the SGA for four years, at a two-
year school,” Dr. Paula Vastine, di-
rector of student development ser-
vices, said. “There was a lack of
interest from the students. They
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as digital with wireless, enables such a compact,
versatile device to be created.
Tim Forsting, associate professor of com-
approval.
“They [administration] liked
the idea, but they wanted to know
more about what it is that we want
sues are too complex. We want to
simplify it.”
Students know that they still
Students may decide between applying con-
vergence technology to a business or home envi-
ronment.
A home technology integrator could include
the installation of a refrigerator/stove that is ca-
pable of being controlled through a server while
at work, Cypert said.
The new degree program will include six
new courses and also incorporates pre-existing
classes.
Forsting said the degree is a combination of
courses from existing programs to get the right
mix of technologies and skills.
Although the course requires 72 credit
hours for completion, it seems to be a trend
sion with security,” he said.
When it comes to security in business incor-
porating new technology, Stewart views conver-
Luce said he got into the technology field
for his job at Electronic Data Systems, but has
decided to advance his knowledge in the field.
Luce is interested in the job of a securities
analyst, where he would face the challenge of
managing a technical environment in a secure
manner.
sentatives from every club on cam-
pus take part,” she said.
NE Campus students have
mixed feelings about the possibili-
ty of having a student government.
The intention of the group
comes into question. Some ask if
the students involved are truly try-
ing to make a change on NE Cam-
pus, or if it is just another mark to
add to a transcript or resume.
“If the mission statement is
geared to helping the students, I
would support it,” Donna Gregg,
student, said. “I would hate to see
it become a bureaucracy.”
Non-traditional college stu-
dents make up a large portion of
the student body at NE Campus.
Many attend class at night and on
Saturdays. The question arises re-
garding how they will be served.
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by Robert Barowski
editor-in-chief
The idea of student gover-
nance at a college or university is
not new. Many schools have a
Student Government Association
though no such group exists on NE
Campus.
However, a group of NE Cam-
pus Student Ambassadors has been
petitioning the administration to
change that trend and help create
an SGA.
The SGA is meant to be the
advocate for a student body. The
organization aims to present an av-
enue for students to voice their
concerns and address issues that
affect them.
Every major university in the
area has jsome sort of student gov-
ernance.
According to the University of
North Texas’ Student Governance
Web site, the SGA has five purpos-
es: serve as the central and all en-
compassing student organization
on campus; create, promote and
support programs of benefit to all
students; provide -a legislative
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body that is representative of the
student body; establish and pro-
vide communication within the
student body and with administra-
tors, faculty and student bodies of to have their voices heard. ”
other institutions and ensure that
the voice of the student body is al-
ways heard.
At Midwestern State Universi-
ty in Wichita Falls, the SGA had
an active voice in arranging a new
parking fine structure. The organi-
zation holds monthly meetings to
discuss issues in an open forum ment before, and some of us want-
with the student body.
“The SGA has one representa-
tive from each student organiza-
tion on campus,” Ashley Stevens,
former MSU student, said. “If that
representative missed more than
three meetings, we [the SGA]
would request a new representa-
tive.”
•Some community colleges
also have an SGA, Collin County
being among them. The SGA for
Collin County has its own consti-
tution that students drafted* that had elections, but the voter turnout
outlines legislative powers and the was poor.”
purpose of the organization. The group hopes to re-estab-
Fri., Oct. 7.
Sat., Oct. 8
Administrators on NE Cam-
pus are supportive of having such
an organization on campus, on the
basis that it will be successful.
“We are working on obtaining
specifics,” Dr. Van Parker, dean of
student development and educa-
campus student tional services, said. “There is a
lack of clarity in what the goals are
lish a relationship with the student for the organization, and some is-
body by holding open forums for
people to express concerns and is-
sues.
“We want to be the middle- have work to do in order to gain
man for students and administra-
tion,” Martin said. “We want to
give students a chance to have
their voices heard.”
The model for TCC’s potential to do,” Martin said.
SGA came from Collin County.
The NE students drafted a consti-
tution that the administration rec-
ognizes as the mandate for the or-
ganization.
The development of the orga-
nization is in the infancy stages.
The group of students has present-
The current constitution under
review does set guidelines for who
could serve as an officer (presi-
dent, vice president and senator) in
the association, how legislation- there is no way of knowing if those
in charge think or care about issues
the same way you do,” Melea
Casterline, night school student,
said. “Who is to say they are on
your side?”
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would be passed as well as how
elections would be handled.
“Any student at TCC can be a
ed a constitution to administrators part of SGA; anyone can come and
and is currently engaged in talks to speak,” Martin said.
have it ratified. “We would like to have repre-
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by Esther Cho
managing editor
We live in a global hodgepodge in just
about every sense of the phrase, and conver-
gence technology is one example of a step to-
ward universal merging that will have new
meaning to TCC.
TCC students can now work toward an as-
sociate degree in convergence technology on the
NE Campus.
“Convergence technology is the blending
and merging of voice and data over a flexible
network to include new and emerging technolo-
gies,” Penny Cypert, computer science and in-
formation technology department chair, said.
Cypert said a good example of convergence among convergence technology students to com-
technology today is a cellular Personal Digital plement their degree with other computer-related
Assistant. associate degrees and certificates.
A cellular PDA has various functions and Hardware, software and the integration as-
could be used for making phone calls, checking pects of technology are needed to grasp conver-
e-mail, typing Word document and playing gence technology.
video games and MP3s, just to name a few. TCC student Robert Stewart, 21, will add
The merging of various technologies, such his convergence technology degree to his net-
working technology and information security
degrees along with related certificates.
Stewart is interested in attaining a job in the
puter science, said convergence technology also realm of information technology and/or security,
asks, “How do you bring multiple operating sys- Stewart said his developing interest in secu-
tems together and multiple hardware platforms rity led him to realize the benefits of witnessing
together?” multiple operating systems working together.
For example, Cypert said convergence tech- The incorporation of convergence technolo-
nology asks how to deal with multiple vendors gy with security “is an extension of my obses-
in one setting, such as making a Dell computer,
a Samsung TV and a Sony Play Station work to-
gether.
Many potential job titles exist in the field of gence technology as a key player,
convergence technology: from networking tech- “[Businesses] are going to have to build
nologist to computer solution specialist. these things into their networks because if they
Cypert said the main focus of the program don’t, they’re going to be bigger targets for at-
and a job skill that seems to be emerging in the tackers,” he said. “When you build things out of
industry is a convergence technician. multiple systems, they have to work together.”
As a convergence technician, Cypert said TCC student Doug Luce, 30, already has an
one would design, install and maintain networks associate degree in applications development,
that may use wired or wireless technology and but will be working on having a total of four
will connect a multitude of systems, including computer-related associate degrees.
voice, video and data over that network.
In the business arena, companies are look-
ing to Web/video conferencing as a more cost-
effective replacement for business travel, Cypert
said.
The introduction of broadband and wireless
technology into the mainstream has made this
option possible, Cypert said.
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