The Collegian (Hurst, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 3, 1999 Page: 1 of 12
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Richard Vela, Eddie Sandoval and Seldon Mapel, dressed in whacky counseling or business services would purchase the most chess
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for a Pacemaker the next year but
did not win. The editor was Eva
Ayala.
“We are honored to earn a
Pacemaker. It is the collegiate
The Collegian was the only
Texas newspaper to receive the
award, while two other Texas pa-
pers, The Ranger of San Antonio
College and Et Cetera of Eastfield
College were nominated.
This is the second Pacemaker
The Collegian has won.
The newspaper won its first
Pacemaker in 1996 for the proceed-
ing year; editors were Ellena Fort-
ner and Christy Williams.
The paper again was nominated
by Sean Dickerson
editor in chief
The Associated Collegiate
Press (ACP) has awarded The Col-
legian a Pacemaker, one of the most
prestigious awards in college publi-
cations in the nation.
The Collegian is one of 21 col-
lege newspapers to receive the
award.
Other recipients include Uni-
versity of Missouri, University of
Delaware and Duke University.
extended
on campus
by Justin Young
reporter
The NW Campus police de-
partment will offer a second
chance for students to enroll in the
Help End Auto Theft (H.E.A.T.)
registration, a program that hin-
ders the theft of automobiles.
Automobile etchings will be
available in the north parking lot
(parking B) Monday, Nov. 8, 9
a.m.-l p.m.
Automobiles are etched with
numbers and registered with
H.E.A.T. so they can be traced if
i stolen.
l] “This is a great opportunity to
W get your vehicles etched before the
holidays. Also, most insurance
companies will give you a reduc-
tion in your rates for having your
car registered in the H.E.A.T. pro-
gram,” Jerry Eaton, police officer
, J on NW, said.
1 -J This free program is offered in
conjunction with the Fort Worth
Police Department and allows reg-
istered cars to be stopped between
the hours of 1-5 a.m.
M| Vehicles registered in the pro-
fl gram will have their cars etched
with serial numbers to help keep
Until recently, a publication
was required to earn the All-Ameri-
can rating with five marks of dis-
tinction to be considered for the
Pacemaker.
According to ACP, “The Pace-
maker competition, which recog-
nizes general excellence, is open to
all ACP member newspapers, re-
gardless of their participation in the
critique service or their honor rat-
ing.”
Judging is basically based on
equivalent of the Pulitzer,” Diane
Turner, adviser to The Collegian,
said. “The fact we are the only
Texas paper to win is icing on the
cake.”
Each year, The Collegian par-
ticipates in the ACP’s critique com-
petition where it has received an
All-American rating each year.
Last year’s run of The Colle-
gian earned five marks of distinc-
tion in addition to the All-American
rating.
the newspaper’s news coverage, ed-
itorial content and leadership, edit-
ing, photography and art and layout
and graphics.
Carlos Raigosa, NE news edi-
tor, said, “We put a lot of work into
the paper. It is nice to get some
recognition of our efforts.”
Dr. Joe L. Norton, last year’s
adviser, said, “This is our second
Pacemaker. We take great pride in
this award; it is a very great honor
for us.”
■ Collegian wins Pacemaker from ACP in national competition
trustees
Planting
honors
by Nick Pugh
se news editor
Members currently serving on
the Board of Trustees for the Tar-
rant County College District re-
cently were honored with the dedi-
cation of an oak tree on the SE
Campus.
Dr. Violet O’Valle, division
chairperson for the humanities di-
vision on the SE Campus, likened
the branches of the tree and the
shade they provide to the protec-
tion and encouragement students
find on the SE Campus.
“The Trustees Tree dedication
ceremony was made very special
by Dr. O’Valle’s description of the
symbolism of the tree,” Janet Kay,
director of the S E library, said
The tree, located on the south
side of the campus near the library,
is to be bordered with bricks which
have been engraved with the names
of the current members of the
board. Bricks were donated by
Larry Clements of Acme Bricks.
Lights, designed to illuminate
the tree year round, were turned on
for the first time at the end of the
ceremony.
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options available from business services and
requirements for registration, she said.
Students also can verify their TASP sta-
tus, obtain transcripts, learn how to use the
Easy Access Student Information (EASI) ter-
minals and resolve registrations dilemmas in
advance.
Beginning Monday, Nov. 8, students who
register during early registration have the op-
tion of paying one-half of tuition to reserve
their spring classes. The remaining balance
can be paid in two equal payments Feb. 18
and March 31. Students who wish to pay one
payment in full must do so by the end of early
registration Sunday, Jan. 2.
Early registrants at the fair will receive
free food and have the chance to win door
prizes.
The regular registration period is Mon-
day-Friday, Jan. 3-17, and late registration
will be Tuesday-Wednesday, Jan. 18-19.
Students can register at EASI terminal,
through teleregistration by calling 515-6788
or online at www.tccd.net.
For more information on the fair, contact
the registrar’s or counseling offices.
division chair of humanities on South Cam-
pus, said.
Representatives from business services,
the registrar’s office, the career center, finan-
cial aid, various student organizations and
other faculty and staff will be on hand to an-
swer questions students may have and give
personalized service with registration proce-
dures.
The event, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. in the SUB both
days, is an excellent opportunity for students
to ask questions about majors and degrees of-
fered at TCC, course specifics, payment plan
out and couldn’t make it,” Eaton
said.
Last year, the H.E.A.T. pro-
gram had approximately 20 cars
etched and approximately 15 peo-
ple signed up for the program.
up with them.
Last month, the police depart-
ment offered the program, and 29
vehicle owners had their cars
etched free while nine cars were
registered with the H.E.A.T. pro-
gram.
“We felt that, due to the over-
whelming response to the program
last month, we should offer it
Fair to assist South students with spring registration
by James Ethridge
south news editor
Early registration for spring 2000 classes
has begun, and to promote participation, the
South Campus will host an advisement fair
where students can obtain information about
again for those people who missed registering, payment options, courses avail-
able and other relevant information today and
tomorrow.
“(The fair) is to encourage students to go
through early registration for spring... and
(the fair) is a way to get some advisement
from faculty and counselors,” Dr. Jo Bagley,
Bernard Marcus
thing that made the island inhabit-
you poured out a kazillion spores,
you would like to a kazellion peo-
ple to keel over, and you would
like a vaccine to be available to
vaccinate your team.”
He also explained that most of
the early symptoms look like the
fl; and by the time the pulmonary
symptoms show up, it is too late to
save that person’s life.
McGraw said there are two
places he could think of that are
vulnerable to bio-terrorist attack.
“If I were to put an agent with
a human to human transmission
such as small-pox in Dallas-Fort
Worth International Airport and in-
fected one-half of the people in the
airport, where would that agent be
able was when they went back and
sterilized the soil.”
McGraw said that the federal
government also tested agents it
believed to be innocuous in New
York and San Francisco.
He said the government want-
ed to test the concept of distribu-
tion, but we suddenly had human
infections we hadn’t seen before,
and this created more problems
than expected.
“If you are a bio-terrorist what
would you like?” McGraw asked
the audience. “You would like
something easy to grow, highly in-
fectious, a significant mortality
rate, and you would like it to sur-
vive storage and distribution. If
College Section in the NE Campus
Student Center’s Center Comer last
Friday night.
“Imagine something you could
grow in your local micro-brewery,”
James McGraw, a registered nurse,
said.
could fit in a Volkswagen easily and McGraw continued, “The
could be deployable by farm equip- problem was the island was unin-
ment. You got any farm equipment habitable for 40 years. The only
in your neck of the woods?”
by Ann Danehower McGraw explained that bio-
reporter warfare is not a new idea, but bio-
A TCC associate professor of terrorism is. Although it has been
nursing painted a picture of the dev- used in the past, he said that it has-
astation that a biological weapon n’t been very successful up to pre-
would cause at an annual banquet sent day.
of the National Association of Biol- McGraw said that during
ogy Teachers Two-Year Community World War II, the United States de-
veloped an anthrax bomb.
“To make sure it was effective,
we took those anthrax spores, and
we used them on an island near
Scotland against sheep,” he ex-
plained. “Wonderful! The sheep
“This weapon when created fell over dead.”
McGraw continued,
Association studies biological devastation
in 24 hours? It would be world-
wide,” he said.
McGraw said that the other
place vulnerable to an attack is
Texas Motor Speedway because of
the attendance and the outdoor at-
mosphere.
“Go by in an airplane, and
everybody gets infected,” he said.
“ By the time that they get in their
cars within 12 hours, they would
be in the southeast or the south-
west before they show any symp-
toms.”
McGraw outlined the symp-
toms and the lethal results of po-
tential biological agents such as
the ebola virus.
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