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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2D11
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Grim future for
Texas education
“Texas budget plan would cut $1.7 billion from higher education”
“Senators warned that Texas budget cuts could hurt higher ed”
“Proposed Texas Budget Slashes Funding For Higher Education”
Recent headlines paint a dim picture in regards to funding for higher
education, but what does this mean for college students?
I expect that the most obvious and most devastating blow to us
students will be the change in financial aid availability. Money for grants will be
significantly decreased and the Teach for Texas Loan Repayment Program may be
eliminated altogether. Additionally, financial aid assistance for
incoming students may be nonexistent.
Also, the lack of financial backing is causing many colleges and
■PfF| ^ universities across Texas to cut programs and degree options
that are less popular among students. Proposed budget cuts
JL J may force Ranger College to close its doors altogether along
with Brazosport College in Lake Jackson, Frank Phillips College
in Borger and Odessa College.
CLARK However, the same standards of excellence are expected
from the Texas education system. As a future teacher myself,
the daunting task of meeting all our state's requirements in
the classroom already seems challenging enough without all this 'defunding/
Rusty Jergins, vice president of Student Life, presented an inspiring
viewpoint on this matter. He said, "As a challenge it gives us the opportunity to
focus on what we think is important and redirect accordingly." It is this kind of
attitude from the leaders of our university that give me the confidence to say that
I truly believe Tarleton, even while dealing with the negative effects of potential
budget cuts, will still remain a reputable and desirable university.
'Kristin Cforf^
Letter to the editor
love in a “me” society
Editor's note: The following submission is in response to the editorial titled 'Love, love, love' in the
January 27, 2011 issue of the J-TAC.
American society today is dominated by the attention to self and only to self. Everywhere
we look we see that we are entitled to things or are deserving of better. Life is so convenient that
we no longer have the tolerance for any of life's difficulties. We have become so accustomed to
getting our way all the time over anything we want we have trained ourselves to be selfish in
nearly everything we do, and love is no exception.
Relationships in this society are based largely on the needs of each individual as
individuals, which fails on love's first basic premise. Love is not about what we want. Love is about
caring for another more than we care about ourselves. This conflicts greatly with everything else
we have become so accustomed to in life that we don't make an exception for love. When things
in a relationship don't go the way we want them to we simply shut down and walk away. We don't
stop and think about how that makes the other person, the individual we say we love, feel. It's
not about making another person happy as it is fulfilling a selfish personal desire that we mask as
love. It's not a malicious act, it's not done on purpose, it simply is.
We also fail to take examples of love from our history and fundamental beliefs. For
Christians we fail to look at Jesus' example of dying for people who don't even like you, dying
for people who hate you. That is the greatest act of love that we should seek to emulate. In
contemporary society all we need is the image of a mother's love for her children, easily willing to
sacrifice anything for the love of her child. Just because this type of love is not romantic does not
mean the same basic rules don't still apply. It's not about fulfilling the desires of self, but about
caring for another above and beyond how we care for ourselves.
In marriage people divorce because they no longer feel that spark, or the person no
longer feels that romantic desire they once felt. They fail to remember those vows to have and to
hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to
love and to cherish, till death us do part. Those vows were not made up because they sound good,
they mean something. Marriage is agreeing through a lasting bond to honor another person no
matter what happens. Some commitments are greater than we are, this is one of them.
Lastly, we as a society no longer really understand the definition of love. We qualify and
quantify the term, we apply it to various things but it has become commonplace. We no longer
truly understand what it really means. In our relationships how long does it take us to start saying
those three little words? Perhaps we start too soon to appreciate what it means. I know one place
with a fantastic definition...
Andrew Boyer
1 Corinthians 13
Second chance Valentine’s nay
Because every bad day deserves a second chance
By KRISTIN CLARK
Editor
Did you have an UNhappy Valentine's Day? The J-TAC is offering
a second chance at romance! Send us email describing why you had a
disaster Valentine's Day and enter to win a dinner for two at Pastafina Italian
Ristorante and a flower arrangement from Stephenville Floral. Email all
submissions to thejtacl919@yahoo.com by Tuesday, Feb. 23. The winner of
the Second Chance Valentine's Day contest will be announced in the Feb. 24
issue of The J-TAC.
All submissions will be reviewed and judged by The J-TAC staff.
Employees of The J-TAC are not eligible to win. Upon submission all
information provided will become property of The J-TAC. All decisions are
final.
Poetry in motion
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MEDIA RELATIONS
GRANBURY - "Brazos View," a collection of poetry by Granbury
author Charles Inge, was rescheduled due to the threat of winter weather
and will now be held on Wednesday, March 9, at 7 p.m. at Tarleton's
Langdon Center Concert Hall. The presentation was originally scheduled for
Wednesday, Feb. 9.
The book has been an ongoing project and process over the past 10
years. Inge says, "Living and working at Brazos View, our home overlooking
the lake, has been restful and stimulating. There is always something of
interest from sunrise to sunset and even through the night."
The poems are works of inspiration that took commitment on
Inge's part.
"There are themes running through Brazos View that encompass
awareness of oneself and a change from a past life," he says.
The change he speaks of includes moving from Dallas to Granbury,
and leaving the fast- paced world of high finance for retirement. "Brazos
View: An Evening of Poetic Stories with Charles Inge" is presented by
Preserve Granbury and Tarleton's Langdon Center's Partners for Enrichment
Society. No admission will be charged, and books will be available for
purchase.The Concert Hall is located at the corner of East Bridge and Brazos
Streets in Granbury.
By Kenneth Aaron Brisendine
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