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Page 8/The J-TAC/Thursday, December 4, 1986
Tarleton State University
The TSU choir sings carols at Tuesday's Christmas celebration
Time to get job for many students
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By THAD MILLER
Contributor
If you are like most students, the
holidays mean going home and go-
ing broke.
December is notorious for being
probably the most expensive time of
year, with bo'h tuition and Christmas
shopping to cope with.
To deal with money problems,
many students take part-time jobs,
whether temporary for Christmas
money or as a means to support
themselves for the entire year.
A good deal of importance in a
part-time job is placed on a good
schedule, pay and on an employer's
willingness to accept the fact that you
are a student and therefore will not
be available to work at certain times.
The type of work itself is also a ma-
jor factor in finding work, and job
demand is equally important. .
A good place for students to find
work is usually a business that is
open evenings and weekends, for
this is when most students have spare
time. Some examples are both
restaraunts and fast-food chains,
supermarkets and convenience
stores. Of course, not everyone can
find a job in one of these places, but
places such as that tend to have a
higher turnover of employees.
Although the pay for jobs such as
these never gets much higher than
minimum wage, is can provide
money for necessities.
Some lucky students find a job that
gives valuable training for the future
such as veterinary assistants or other
jobs that may help a career. Such
employment opportunities are tough
to come by however.
Overall, it seems that we students
are stuck with poor choices for
places to work, but when the alter-
natives are considered, hard-earned
money is better than none.
Mitchell appointed co-editor job
TSU News Service
Dr. Paula Mitchell, a member of
the faculty in the Department of
Biological Sciences at Tarleton State
University, has been appointed to a
five-year term as co-editor of the
"Journal of Economic
Entomology."
Published bimonthly, the Journal
is an official publication of the En-
tomological Society of A/nerica.
Dr. Jacqueline Robertson of the
USDA Forest Service at Berkeley,
is Dr. Mitchell's co-editor. The two
are responsible for reviewing bet-
ween 400 and 500 manuscripts each
year for publication in the journal.
The articles submitted generally deal
with research done by entomologist
across the nation.
The editors divide the manuscripts
by topic with Dr. Mitchell taking
tose dealing with ecology and Dr.
Robertson reviewing those on
insectides.
"We go over the manuscripts that
are submitted and then send copies,
out to a selection of reviewers to be
read and revised," said Dr. Mit-
chell. The edited manuscripts are
then returned to the authors for ap-
proval. Because of the lengthy pro-
cess it can be several months before
a submitted manuscript will appear
in print.
The "Journal of Economic En-
tomology" is one of three publica-
tions by the Entomological society
and members are required to
subscribe to at leat one. Current
distribution for the journal is about
3500.
Ann Allison returns favor
to Home Ec curriculum
BY MARY ANN FOREMAN
TSU News Service
Home Economics has been good
to Ann Allison and the Tarleton State
University senior is returning the
favor by promoting the benefits of
a curriculum that has come under
scrutiny lately.
A native of Carbon, Ann was
recently named as one of two state
Home Economists of the Year by the
Texas Home Economics Student
Section (THESS). She was selected
for the honor during the state con-
vention held in October on the cam-
pus of Texas Tech.
"Anytime this type of award is
presented, there are always a
number of very qualified people who
don't get chosen," said Ann. "I felt
that I had done the best that I could
(during the interview) but I make it
a point to never feel I have anything
clinched." THESS by-laws provide
for the presentation of the award to
more than one person if necessary.
Ann, who was the 1985-86 presi-
dent of THESS, served as chairman
of the convention so she had plenty
to occupy her time other than the
Home Economists of the Year
interviews.
"The vice-chairman of THESS
also received the award," she said.
"And although we tried to act con-
cerned about other things, we both
felt a lot better after the selection was
announced at the Friday night
banquet."
Being selected as a recipient of the
THESS highest honor shouldn't
come as too much of a surprise to
Ann. She has been active in Home
Economics since high school.
"Cooking and sewing, which are
the very concepts of Home
Economics, have been my hobbies
since I was a little girl," said Ann.
"But I didn't really think of it as a
career until I was a junior in high
school."
At that time Ann was selected as
a Texas delegate to the national
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Ann Allison
Future Homgxuakers
convention in Atlanta, Georgia. "It
was then that I really began to realize
what home economics could offer.
Before that I was ignorant of all the
things Home Economics involves
and didn't know how diversified it
was."
Now she is proof of the type of
benefits home economics can offer
a student and she has become the
field's most avid defender. "Home
economics has an influence on
everyone's life, whether they realize
'it or not," she said.
Still fighting the "homemaker"
image, home economics now covers
a variety of subjects dealing withailL
aspects of everyday life. The impor-
tance of courses in Child Develop-
ment, Nutrition and Marriage are
immediately apparent, but even
classes involving interior design,
fabrics and patterns contribute of the
aesthetic beauty in homes and
businesses.
"One of the major items of discus-
sion at the state convention was
developing some sort of promotion
that would help us change the 'im-
age' of home economics," said Ann.
"It was agreed that a name change
wouldn't do that much to help. What
we need is a nationwide publicity
campaign."
It is also hoped that local efforts,
such as the Home Economics
Awareness project at Tarleton this
fall, will help make students aware
of course available through Home
Economics which will make
beneficial electives.
Her interest in Home Economics
continued at South Plains College
and Sam Houston State University.
She was president of the local
American Home Economics
Association and secretary of the
local Vocational Home Economics
Teachers Association.
Arriving on the Tarleton campus
in the summer of 1985, Ann quick-
ly became involved in the Home
Economics Student Section on the
state and national level. She served
as president of Rhi Iota Delta, the
Home Economics Club at TSU and
was voted Outstanding RID
member.
Besides her,term as president of
THESS, Ann was on the board of
directors of the Texas Home
Economics Association, on the Plan-
ning Committee of the Northeast
District of THEA and was a voting
delegate to the National American
Home Economics Association
meeting.
Aim will'graduate from Tarleton *
in May and she plans to teach home
economics, first in secondary
schools, but later on the collegiate
level. "Home economics in high
school is a good experience for
anyone," said Ann, "but on the
university level it has so much more
to offer students because of the
diverse career opportunities."
There seems little question that
home economics will continue to be
a strong factor in Ann's life. She will
be married in May to, who else, an
assistant extension agent in Midland.
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We believe that all children in today's society deserve a
chance to have a Merry Christmas. However, with
unemployment and economic times being what they are,
some families will have a hard time supplying the basic needs for their
children, let alone buying Christmas Gifts.
EVEEY child needs to open a gift a* Christmas . ..
K mart, Wolfe Nursery, Stephenville help each child's memory of
Printing, The Empire-Tribune believe Christmas to be a pleasant one. We
that the people of Stephenville and have many children to help. We ask
Erath County will pull together and that your gift be a gift of a clothing ar-
ticle. Here's how it works:
1) At the front entrance of K mart, we will have a large Christmas tree.
2) On that tree will be Angel Tags.
3) On the back of the Angel Tag will be a first name of a child. The age of
the child from I month thru 12 years of age. Also the sizes for the child.
The Angels also will be numbered
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4) You pick an Angel from the tree: A
book will be available for you to
sign as to what Angel you have
picked.
5) We ask that you buy a clothing gift
for that child, wrap and return it
back to K mart with the Angel Tag
affixed to the outside of the
package by December 18th.
6) On December 18th, the gifts will be
bundled according to each family's
last name, and will be picked-up by
the family.
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