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Road scholars travel across state to talk to alum
Jennifer Martin
Megaphone Staff
A new program started
last March in response to
alumni demands for a stronger
tie to their alma mater. It’s not
unheard of for former students
to long for their college
years....right?
Road Scholars lets
alumni "see their professors
again, talk about new things on
campus (such as the Olin
building and the Student Union
plans), and have an
opportunity to see their college
friends,” explained April
Hampton, a recent graduate of
SU now the development officer
in charge of major gifts.
The program kicked off
in March with a lecture by Dr.
Bob Soulen (retired) to the
alumnus in the San Antonio
area. Recently Dr. Edward Rain
gave a lecture in Houston.
“What happens is a
faculty member simply talks
about their research, or gives a
lecture, and SU sends out
invitations to all the alumni in
the region to come and see this
lecture,” said Kain.
Hampton states, “The
general format includes a brief
presentation on what’s
happening on campus, then a
lecture by the professor. At the
conclusion of the lecture, the
alumnus have a chance to talk
over refreshments.”
Dr. Kain gave a lecture
on predicting what families will
be like in the twenty-first
century. “I spoke for around
forty-five minutes, and then i
opened the discussion for
questions. The alums had tons
of questions.”
April Hampton believes
that the program is a huge
success. “The faculty really
enjoys the program. They get
to travel and see their former
students.”
Dr. Kain really enjoyed
the experience. “1 had a list of
all the alum’s that were at my
lecture. Twenty-one of them
had me for class. 1 had the
chance to meet a lot of folks 1
hadn’t known before...and it
was fun to see them and talk
about what they’re doing now.”
Hampton recognizes
that the campus creates close
ties that make us unique as an
institution. She has received
SOAL
from page 1
planned, and I’m really excited
about the drag ball. The people
I’ve talked to that are in other
organizations are really excited
too ”
“For all of the hard
work that went into it, and a lot
of hard work did, I really think
we’re getting a payback on it.
It’s really nice to see the benefits
of a good investment, and I
cannot thank the other
members of the executive
committee enough, especially
Jamie Suthard, Jill Glancy,
Melanie Rast, and our advisor,
Dr. Maria Lowe,” said SOAL
President Sarah Mundy.
“Understandably,
some people have been
wondering why on earth there
would be such a week as
National Coming Out Week, as
if we enjoy bringing up our
sexual orientation all the time,
we’re obsessed with the topic,
without anything else in our
life to think about but our
sexuality,” said SOAL member
Chris Frerichs.
“1 simply reply that
gays, lesbians and bisexuals
didn’t make [our sexuality] an
issue, basically the US Govern-
ment has done that for us by
denying us the most basic of
civil rights, you know, the right
to marry, the right to have a
family, to serve honestly in the
military if qualified, to be free
from job and housing
discrimination.
“With each individual
that comes out, society sees a
complete spectrum of the gay/
lesbian/bisexual community
that is equally as varied as the
heterosexual community.
People always try to shove the
whole gay/lesbian/bisexual
community into one tiny little
space, as if we had one
monolithic philosophy, and
who would ever try to
characterize the entire
heterosexual community as
thinking or behaving in a
universal manner?
“So sexual orientation
does not denote any positive
or negative value; it’s whether
you make something healthy
out of w^ at you are that counts.
Personally, I’m not looking for
a pat on the back from the
government, family or friends.
1 just want to get married,
maybe start a family some day,
and it terrifies me that it’s not
an option for the gay/lesbian/
bisexual community right
now.”
Careers Connections
Southwestern l 'niver\it\ Career Services
Interviewing Skills
Workshop
Career Services will help
prepare you for those difficult
interviews. Attend the
interviewing skills workshop
on Mon. Oct. 14,1996at4pm
in the Career Services
Building.
Resume Writing
Workshop
Learn the do’s and don’ts of
effective resume writing at
the Resume Writing
17 in the Career Services
Building.
Teach For America
A representative from Teach
For America will hold an
informational session for all
interested students on Tues.
Oct. 15, from 7:30-8:30 pm,
SLC 133.
WorldCom
WorldCom will be
conducting on campus
interviews for positions in
sales, marketing, and-
customer support on Oct. 16.
Anyone interested in
interviewing must sign up
with Career Services by noon
on Oct. 11.
For Additional
Information, Call
Career Services at
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evaluations from the first two
presentations, “and the
response has been overwhelm-
ingly positive. Alums are very
excited, and want more
programs like this one.”
Dr. Kain expresses the
same encouragement for the
program. “As a faculty member,
it’s good to see what the former
students are doing. The
program reinforces that it
(education at SU) is really worth
The next Road Scholar
trip will feature Dr. Tim O’Neill
in Dallas. Trips to Ft. Worth.
Waco, and San Antonio are
tentative in the Spring.
Hampton hopes that all
of the professors will want to
participate in the program, and
that students will appreciate
the program in the future as
much as they seem to
appreciate it now.
The Kappa Alpha Fraternity house had paint thrown on it last Saturday
night and it is one of several incidents of vandalism on campus, (photo
by Suzanne Daniels)
Fraternity vandalism upsets
many on campus, continued
of vandalization have been
taking place on campus as well.
There have been several reports
concerning damage to vehicles
such as slashed tires and also
car-keying, which* both
constitute very expensive
repairs.
“These things have
been happening in the parking
lots adjacent to the Fraternity
Houses, but we believe that the
damage done to the KA House
has no relationship to the
damage of the cars,” Chief
Brown said.
According to Chief
Brown, the two students that
did commit the act had been
drinking earlier Saturday
evening, and decided that
vandalizing the KA House might
be fun. In the end, they turned
themselves in, and this week
they must go before a University
Discipline Committee to find
out what consequences they
must pay. Literally, to find out
if they must pay for the repair
of the damages done to the
house and to the cannons.
“The Interfraternity
Council is conducting an
investigation, and we cannot
offer any other comments at
this time. Hopefully, there will
be more progress as the weeks
go on,” said President of the
Interfraternity Council, Jon
Summers.
People across campus
seem to be very frustrated with
the situation, simply because
they feel it was unnecessary’
and disrespectful.
“I think it was very
immature of these two students,
and anytime that you do
something that is destructive
to property or anytime that
you do something that is
harmful to another person, I
think it is pretty inexcusable,
and that is why it is going before
the University Discipline
Committee,” Dr. Leese said.
The two students
involved with the vandalization
to the KA House will soon
receive their punishment, but
those involved with the tire
slashing and keying of cars will
not until they are caught. Chief
Brown asks that any people who
see someone hanging around
the cars who looks suspicious
to please come forward to the
police as soon as possible.
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