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• Holiday activities at Tarleton in-
cludes program to provides gifts for
, needy Stephen ville area children, mu-
sical performances and dances spon-
sored by the Rodeo Association and
^Alumni Association. Highlight of
;■ Ithe events is the annual Tarleton
'Christmas.
► *. The weeklong celebration began
► •Monday as the Student Program-
► ;ming Association launched its Adopt
I 'an Angel program in the Student De-
r velopment Center. The name of a
I -Stephenville child is written on a
1 -cardboard ornament in the shape of
I *an angel placed on the Christmas .tree
!<in the student center. The card pro-
I -vides the age of the child and some of
>his/her needs and/or Christmas
wishes. The program runs through
Dec. 5 for anyone who wishes to
adopt an angel.
Monday night's festivities ended
with the TSU choir and band hosting
I a holiday concert in the Fine Arts
Center. The choir sang some of the
best known Christmas melodies .
Tonight the Tarleton Rodeo As-
sociation is celebrating the holidays
its way by hosting the Cowboy Christ-
mas Ball starting at 8 p.m. in the
ECLA barn.
• SPAis capping the activities Dec.
7 with tlie Tarleton Christmas. In the
past, the celebration was held in front
of the Hall of Presidents. This year,
it is going to take place in front of the
student center. ' i " .
The TSU Choir starts the event
by singing such holiday favorites as
"Frosty the Snowman" and "Joy to
the World." Alan Weihausen will
recite stories such as 'Twas the Night
Before Christmas" for the'children.
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Weihausen also will narrate the Na-
tivity scene performed by the
Tarleton Players.
For the kids (and kids at heart)
SPA will have Santa along for those
who want pictures taken with him.
In addition, refreshments will be
served during the event.
According to Shelby Head, ac-
tivities chairperson of SPA, the orga-
nization is trying to localize the event.
"We wanted to do more of a Texan
theme," said Head. "We're going to
decorate the place with bales of hay
and wagon wheels. I mean, we can't
do a white Christmas theme."
On Dec. 17, five chapters of the
Tarleton Alumni Association will
host a Tarleton Alumni Christmas
Party at the Stephen ville Holiday Inn.
Sponsored by TAA chapters in Dal-
las, Fort Worth, Waco, Abilene and
Stephen ville, the party will include a
buffet dinner at 7 p.'m. followed by a
dance from 9 p.m. until midnight.
Tickets for the dinner and dance
are $12.50. Dinner reservations must
be made by Dec. 14 by calling the
TAA office at 968-9074. Tickets for
the dance only are $6 per person and
$10 per couple.
Special to the J-TAO
Short term loan applications will
be available to students Jan. 2 in the
student financial aid office.
The following information is
taken from the short term loan appli-
cation and other materials available
in the student financial aid office.
Tarleton State University pro-
vides short term loans for students
experiencing temporary financial
difficulty ins connection wjfh educa-
tional or educational related ex-
penses. ; '
These loans must be repaid with
interest and/or service charge within
a prescribed ^epaj^nent period.
Short term lans are not designed
to supplement or replace any regular
long-term aid ,or assistance offered
by the student'financial aid office.
The requirements for short term
loans are 1) a student must be en-
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uncation major Cindy Overton. The bookstore has a variety ofgift
for Christmas giving. (Photo by Marc Parks)
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of the seasorys in us
all. Mikey Duggan
selects a card from
the Angel Tree in the
student center. Tlie
cards contaih tljie
Christmas wishes of
needy, Stephenville
children. The gift-
giving program runs
through Dec;. 5. ;
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rolled for classes and 2) owe tuition
and/or fees to Tarleton (except for
book and personal expense loans).
Available loan funds to students
include: the Emergency Tuition and
Fees Loan, Tarleton Loan, Potishman.
Loan, Stephen, Student Memorial,
Score and Long Term Porter Leigon
loans.
Repayment of these loans are due
for fall/spring 90 days (and for sum-
mer sessions 30 days and Potishman
30 days) after signing the promissory
note or by the end of thle semester
depending on which is earlier. 'Until
paid in full, students' re^r^ and
transcripts will be blocked..* Pay-
ments on these loans are to be made
at the cashier's window.
If students have any questions
about short term loans or other finan-
cial assistance they may contact the
financial aid office in the
Administation Building at968-9070.
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By Marco Buscaglia
WASHINGTON (CPS) — Stu-
dent aid programs and federal re-
search are among the programs tar-
geted for billions in budget cuts by
the newly elected Republican major-
ity in Congress.
While White House officials say
it's still too early to tell how the
Republican agenda will impact Presi-
dent Clinton's policies, student lead-
ers and administrators say they fear
the proposed changes may mean stu-
dents could be paying thousands of
dollars more in interest on their stu-
dent loans.
Even before the election, GOP
leaders presented voters with a series
of changes they would support which
would affect colleges and universi-:'
ties across the nation.
In their "Contract with America,"
which outlines billions of dollars in
possible cuts from a variety of fed-
eral programs, Republicans say they
plan to: '
* Cut $13.4 billion, or 60 percent
of the total budget, paid to teaching
hospitals.
*Cut $7.6 billion in job training
grants.
*Cut $3.5 billion in aid to stu-
dents and colleges.
*Elirninate government payments
of interest on student loans while the
' students are still in school,.saving $8
billion.
*Cut $1.62 billion from aid to
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schools that conduct federal research.
*Cut $2.87 billion of federal funds
to dampus aid programs.
^Cut $1.23 billion on academic
computer projects.
*Cut $830 million on agriculture
research.
'Madeleine Kunin, U. S. deputy
secretary of education, said depart-
ment officials are concerned about
the proposed cuts to subsidized stu-
dent loans. Under the Republican
plan, interest would compound while
the student finished college, adding
hundreds or thousands of dollars in
interest for the student upon gradua-
tion.
"It would have a significant im-
pact on students," she said, adding
that a typical $5,000 loan would
incur an additional $350 per year if
interest is not suspended While that
student is in school. "It seems like it
would discourage the very students
See Republican piige 4
Grade distribution study underway at Tarleton
By Roderick Richardson
Editor-in-Chief
In response to similar action at
other universities and faculty con-
cern here, Tarleton officials have
begun a study of grade-distribution in
every department.
"Average grades have risen at
Tarleton over the past few years, so it
was decided to look at the situation,"
said Dr. Sue Atkinson, assistant vice
president for Academic Affairs.
Information from the office of Dr.
RobertC. Fain, provost ajid vicepresi-
dent for Academic Affairs, cautioned
against making comparisons of
grade distributions in different de-
partments. ,
Such comparisons, he said,
"...would be difficult and possibly
misleading becausf of differences in
courses and departmental missions."
Department? with the highest
grade point ratios in the fall 1993
semester were agriculture service
and development at 3.37; physical
education at 3.35; and education and
psychology at 332. Others over the
3-0 mark include fine art s and speech
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at 3.27; and management, marketing
and administration systems at 3.02.,
At the other end of the spectrum
are the department of math and phys-
ics at 2.10; social sciences at 2.15
and biological sciences at 2.37. Ra-
tios of other departments, in alpha-'/
betical order, include accounting and .
finance, 2.54; agronomy, horticul-
tural and agricultural economics,.}
2.90; animal sciences, 2.77; CIS,
2.87; English and languages, 2.53;
human sciences, 2.91; industrial tech-
nology, 2.94; and social work; soci-
ology and criminal justice, 2.59.
The grade distribution evaluation
indicates that the following percent-
ages of students in the various de-
partments were a warded a letter grade/
of "A." Accounting and finance,
22.1; agricultural servjcp and devel^M
opment, 51.5; agronomy, horticul-|
ture and ag economics, 37.4; animal'
sciences, 25.2; biologicaLsciences,
16.4; CIS, 33.1; education and psy-
chology, 52.2; English andlanguages/.
20.3; fine arts and speech, 49.3'; .
physical education, 52; human sci-,
ences, 27.5; industrial technology^
34.9; math and physics,-14.1; man-
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agement, marketing and administra-
tion systems, 39.2; physical sciences,
13.5; social sciences 13.5; and social
work, sociology and criminal justice,
2516. '
Grade tallies from the fall, 1994
semester,'Dr. Atkinson said, will be
available in mid January for evalua-
tion arid comparison purposes. The
process of grade evaluation, how-
ever, will be ongoing, she added. It
will be up to Dr. Fain to determine
bow the information will be used,
she said.
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