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APRIL 11, 2002 THEJ-TAC
Page 3
CAM P US
BLOTTER
By Dallas B. Sims
Crime Reporter
There were 249 parking
tickets issued between
April 2 and April 8.
March 22
A report of a sexual assault
was issued with the
Tarleton State University
police department.
April 2
An officer met with a stu-
dent in reference to his
vehicle being burglarized.
Upon running his driver's
license, a warrant showed
no liability, failure to dis-
play license and failure to
appear and was arrested.
April 3
A TSU officer arrested a
non-student after finding
him passed out in the
Piggly Wiggly parking lot
at 5:30 a.m. After being
checked by the sheriff's
office, a DPS warrant
showed up out of Bosque
County.
April 6
A TSU student was arrest-
ed for public intoxication
in Bender at 2:10 a.m.
A TSU student was
referred to the dean and
released to his roommate
for being intoxicated in
Bender at 2:15 a.m.
April 7
A TSU officer arrested a
non-student at 3:30 a.m.,
for being under 21 years
while Driving Under the
Influence (DUI) on CR 351.
TSU police made an arrest
for Possession of a con-
trolled substance with the
help of the K-9 unit after
the subject ran a stop sign
and refused consent to
search.
Tarleton takes day off with Sixth Graders
By Kane Urban
Staff Writer
Last Friday the Student Government
Association at Tarleton State University
held its Seventh Annual Sixth Grade Day
Away.
Approximately 320 sixth graders from
Stephenville Intermediate School arrived
on campus to meet with collegiate leaders
in order to learn life values while having
fun.
Each class was assigned two Tarleton
students which escorted the group to dif-
ferent activities and kept them excited
throughout the day. Group leaders con-
sisted mainly of student government rep-
resentatives that volunteered to spend the
day with the sixth graders.
Topics included violence in schools, the
role of firefighters, heroes and how drug
dogs are used.
"We added several new activities which
included a Tarleton spirit activity. We
added these activities keeping in mind the
events of 9/11 and recent school shoot-
ings," said Brent Schouten, SGA Freshman
Representative Council co-chair.
Local firefighters and police officers
aided in presenting these sessions.
Sixth Grade Day Away was initially
started as a Tarleton Association for
Student Leadership (TASL) project seven
years ago with the intent of familiarizing
Stephenville students with the Tarleton
campus and engaging them in a fun edu-
cational program.
"I feel that they learned a lot, but the
topics could have been geared more
towards college life," said TSU freshman
Lauren Kmzel.
Schouten believes Sixth Grade Day
Away "was a huge success." He also said
that it was good seeing the sixth graders
having fun.
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Rocky Miller, The )-TAC
Andy Hudson serves as a student speaker during SGA's
Seventh Annual Sixth Grade Day Away on Friday.
Plea
Bargain
Accepted
By Alyson Henigan
Managing Editor
A plea agreement hearing for John Edward
Wilburn, Jr. will be held on Friday at 9 a.m. in
the Falls County Court House in Marlin..
Wilburn is pleading guilty to felony murder
and aggravated sexual assault in the murder of
Ashley Elizabeth Beasley in February of 2001.
At the hearing, Wilburn is scheduled to
receive two life sentences and must serve 30
years in prison for each plea.
According to Delayne Montemayor, family
friend of the Beasleys, the Falls County
District Attorney Jody Gilliam is asking that
the 30-year-terms be served consecutively
meaning serving a total amount of 60 years
before he will be eligible for parole. The judge
could also make Wilburn serve the two sen-
tences concurrently, meaning he will only serve
30 years for both charges.
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New Book Claims:
Colleges provide no
customer service
.. ... - m photo'Courtesy of Lirida Beasley
Ashley Elizabeth Beasley
Friends and family members are planning a
candlelight vigil in memory of Beasley on
Thursday night. It is going to be held at the
Indian Springs Park in Waco. However, at press
time, the time had not been announced.
This day in History:
April 10, 1938- Germany annexes Austria.
April 10, 1947-Jackie Robinson becomes the first black to play major
league baseball as he takes the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
By Caleb Chapman
Editor-in-Chief
According to a new book, the
higher education system in
America is' a billion-dollar
industry that loses up to 12% of
its customer base annually
because of poor customer serv
ice. It goes on to say that uni-
versities often chose to put
employees' desires before cus-
tomers' needs and believes its
customers want to be cheated.
"That's the condition of most
of American higher education,"
said Neal Raisman, author of
Embrace the Oxymoron:
Customer Service in Higher
Education.
According to Raisman, for
years colleges and universities
have been existing with no real
concern to the care of their cus-
tomers, the students.
"Many claim they do care,' he
said, "After all, they have stu-
dent services offices and even
create short-lived student pro-
grams. But the reality is, many
college employees still believe
the adage, 'This would be a great
place to work if the students
weren't here.'"
The book also discusses the
topic of what a customer service
audit is and how it can help a
college understand what it can
do to improve the experience
and education for students.
Tarleton President Dennis
McCabe agreed with this idea.
"I like the idea of a self-inspec-
tion, meaning self review
through an audit procedure on
customer service would or could
be helpful," McCabe said.
Raisman believes that students
and their parents are paying
higher tuition and getting
back on their investment. In"a
service industry such as college,
the investment translates into
the education itself. He also says
that in the long-term, poor serv-
ice effects our society, culture,
economy and future by graduat-
ing poorly educated citizens and
workers.
"Student involvement in cam-
pus decisions would go a long
way toward increasing student
(customer) satisfaction," McCabe
said.
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