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raise spirit at the bonfire pep rally. (Below right) Homecoming Queen Mendi Driver and her escort. Photos by Marc Parks.
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Legislative bill endangers
student loan program
By Karmen Edgar
Reporter
Many Tarleton students may
soon have to look elsewhere for
college loans. Texas voters decided
August 10 to cut the Hinson-Hazel-
wood College Student Loan Pro-
gram,
The program would allow the
State of Texas to sell up to $300
million in bonds to finance approved
financial aid. It would allow the
funding to be replenished without
reaching into taxpayer's pockets.
As current legislature stands,
113 Tarleton students will find their
student loans ending in January be-
cause of insufficient funds, accord-
ing to the financial aid office.
The bill will come to a vote
again on November 5. If it passes at
that time, loans will continue to be
given out.
The program is up for a revote
due to its placement in a controver-
sial election in which voters were
unaware of the effects of the bill or
found themselves confusedly the
bill's wording, according to legisla-
tors.
Tarleton State University offi-
cials have lobbied extensively for
the passage of the bill. Among other
lobbying attempts, Tarleton Presi-
dent Dr. Dennis McCabe and Gail
Mayfield held a radio program in
August in support of the bill. Their
desire was to inform the public as to
the nature of the bill and to clear up
any misconceptions as to its pur-,
poses or effects to taxpayers and
students.
If the program is not approved,
there are other methods by which to
get financial aid. The Stafford Loan
Program, a federal program, is a
guaranteed student loan available to
students across the nation, while the
Hinson-Hazelwood loan program is
Texas-based.
Students may also apply for state
and federal grants as well as various
general and departmental scholar-
ships through the Student Financial
Aid Office, located in the Admini-
stration building.
SGA holds meeting
By Nikki Robertson
Reporter
The Tarleton Student Gov-
ernment Association held a
meeting on October 7 at 5:15 on
the second floor of the Student
Center.
Bart Bradberry, SGA presi-
dent, opened by thanking mem-
bers for their participation at the
midnight breakfast, along with
all other Homecoming activities
the Student Government partici-
pated in. "This year's Home-
coming went very well, and will
be hard to beat next year."
Bradberry said.
SGA Vice President Justin
Lookadoo reported that the House
of Representatives met and
stressed that every organization
should be represented in order to
be recognized on campus.
Lookadoo will send out a survey
on campus to see what needs to
be changed. The House of
Representatives will meet again
on Oct, 14.
A children's show will be
presented on Oct. 17, 18 and 19
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Stacy
Hawes announced that the Delta
Zeta Step Sing is Oct. 25, and
everyone is encouraged to attend.
Senior Class President Ben
Bradberry said the senior class
will meet Wednesday, Oct. 8 in
room 108 of the Humanities
building to elect a senator and
discuss plans for the class.
Junior Class President Terry
Lynn Neeley and sophomore
president Clay Chenault both
will hold meetings on Oct. 8.
The junior meeting will be at
5:15 in the Trinity room, with
the sophomore meeting
following at 8:00 in the Brazos
room.
The freshman class will hold
its meeting on Oct. 10 at 6:30 in
the Rio Grande Room. President
Karen Theode said fundraising
ideas will be the main issue dis-
cussed.
(See SGA page 3)
. By Julie Gilder
Editor in Chief
After millions of drum beatings,
die reenactment of several old tradi-
tions, gorging at midnight breakfast,
.frying at the bonfire, winning the
football game and crowning the
queen, Tarleton's Homecoming '91
came to a close last weekend.
During halftime of the football
game, which the Texans won against
a nationally ranked team 18 to 7,
homecoming queen Mendi Driver
was crowned and introduced along
with her court.
Driver is a junior speech and
drama major from Sinton. She is a
member of the Alpha Gamma Delta
national sorority, the Student Pro-
gramming Association, Student
Government and the Tarleton Play-
ers.
Many Tarleton and Stephenville
groups demonstrated their spirit
Saturday afternoon with a "Purple
Salute to the Red, White and Blue"
during the homecoming parade.
Grand prize winner in the float con-
tast was the Tarleton Society of In-
dustrial Technology. First place float
was won by the Alpha Sig, Sigma
Alpha, Kappa Alpha Order coopera-
tion. Second place in the float con-
was#. PlFpsiloii ancle Kappa.
JQdta Rho float. _.
Several Tarleton students com-
peted for the honor of winning the
Friday Night Live! Talent Show.
Students went through tryouts on
Thursday and competed on Friday
for cash prizes. The top three con-
testants then performed at the Dis-
tinguished Alumni Luncheon.
Kelly Hancock, a civil engineer
major from Austin and Ibeen Grif-
fin, a CIS major from Dallas, danced
their way to first place and $200.
Second place in the talent show
went to Moira Gerard, a music edu-
cation major from Belton, Third
place was Amy Beth Jones, also a
music education major, from Sher-
man. Both girls sang in the compe-
tition.
Tlie Beauty and the Beast con-
test held Thusday night during the
dance \yas (Mice again a hit, program-
mas said Jason Mohr of Coed won
the illustrious contest in which male
dorm residents dress up like females
and display themselves in a beauty
contest.
Ladonna Priest won the tradi-
tional Fishes and Ts contest In this
contest freshmen females create a
fish and males make a "T" upon
which they get signitures of Tarleton
students who fit a preassigned list of
descriptions.
The Tarleton cheerleaders won
the organizational yell contest held
Wednesday, with the Delta Zeta
sorority coming in second. The yell
contest is for campus organizations
to perform unique cheers and dis-
play their spirit in competition.
The weds began Nta&y with a
Silver Bugle Hurif hosted by the
Alumni Ambassadors and was won
by the Alpha Sigma Alpha, sorority.
Participants in the scavenger hunt
looked for the long lost silver bugle
by hunting clues regarding TSU tra-
ditions. '
"We started this to encourage
students to find out about TSU's past
(See Homecoming page 3)
Minority affairs office
undergoes many changes
By Brig Lopez III
Staff Writer
The Minority Affairs Office
has under gone certain changes
this fall including name, location
and program responsibilities.
The Minority Affairs Office
is no longer located at the
Teaching and Learning Center
and will no longer be known as
the Minority Affairs Office. The
office is now called the Office of
Special Programs and Minority
Affairs and is located on the sec-
ond floor of the Tarleton Center.
The Office of Special
Programs and Minority Affairs
was basically created to help stu-
dents. The goal of the program
is to provide students with any
kind of help they may need.
This ranges from financial
aid packets to offering students
jobs when available, Brig Lopez
Jr., Director of Special
Programs and Minority Affairs
said.
The Office of Special
Programs and Minority Affairs is
in charge of several organizations
(See Minority page 3)
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