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The J-TAC
Summer 2005
Tarleton to stay in Lone Star Conference
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Southland Conference chooses not to extend invitation to TSU
By JOHNATHON PARKER
Editor-in-Chief
Despite hearings,- planning and debate,
university President Dr. Dennis McCabe
announced that Tarleton State University
would not be extended an invitation to join
the Southland Conference and NCAA Divi-
sion I-AA. '
The university received informal encour-
agement from the Southland Conference to
explore potential membership in March. Mc-
Cabe responded after "considerable thought"
by submitting a "letter of interest" to the
conference and initializing a series of hear-
ings and discussions with students, faculty,
alumni and Tarleton friends.
"I am disappointed that our exploration
efforts were not given an opportunity to ma-
terialize/' McCabe said in a campus-wide e-
mail.
The Southland Conference instead ex-
tended invitations to the University of Cen-
tral Arkansas and Texas A&M University—
Corpus Christi.
Though McCabe did not speculate as to
why Tarleton was passed over by the con-
ference's expansion committee, he said that
the conference was probably searching for "a
deep and undivided kind of commitment."
As it stood at the end of the spring se-
mester, many Texans supported a potential
' :hove:'from Division II (Lone Star Confer-
ence) to Division I (Southland Conference).
However, dissenting opinions did exist. The
April 21 issue of The J-TAC {Vol. 169, No. 12)
played host to a pro/con debate, providing
arguments both for and against the possible
change.
McCabe said that responses via e-mail
and telephone indicated that general opinions
were three people for the move for everyone
one against it. Though the actual move may
not have been unanimously agreed upon,
McCabe said that "a lot of people indicated
that we needed to proceed slowly."
The disappointment McCabe expressed
came from the fact that the exploratory pro-
cess was cut short. Plans were already in the
works for more revievirs, financial modeling
and Scheduling for the necessary "ramp up"
process that would have been required to
move up, fo Divisionl-AA.
Even though Tarleton's. potential move
to the Southland Conference has fended with
the Texans staying* put, McCabe expressed
contentment with the university's current po-
sition in the Lone Star Conference.
"We are very c.ompetitive on a national
level in Division II in several' of our athletics
programs," McCabe said in a news release.
This statement finds truth in the record
of Tarleton's sports teams, especially the male
Basketball team and its trip to the Final Four
in the spring.
Overall, McCabe felt that the entire pro-
cess was good for the university,-particularly
the hearings that provided discussion on top-
ics varying from academics to athletics and
from Tarleton's past to its future.
"Nothing says Tarleton can't move into
Division I in the future/' McCabe said. "We
don't want to close any doors, now do we?"
Academic advising center proposed
for Tarleton at spring SGA meeting
By PATRICK CHARLES WRIGHT
Staff Writer
What if students didn't have to won-
der if they really had all of their ducks in a
row when it concerned course work verifi-
cation for degree plans, required tests and
certifications, deadline dates for gradu-
ation and any number of other academic
anxieties?
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•: Most students would probably agree
that a friendly helping team of advisory
personnel to lead the unsure through these
murky waters would be a huge stress re-
liever. ,
An advisory center with the necessary
information and resources could become a
whole academic support system reality.
"The idea of an advising type of cen-
ter has been discussed at Tarleton since
'92 when I got here. It would be a place
for students to receive academic advise-
ment, a 'Wal-Mart' for academic support,"
Dr. Dennis G. Jones, director of general
studies and testjng said. "The thing I was
impressed with the most when I saw Sam
Houston State's academic advisement cen-
ter was the connectionj.Jbetween academic
advising and student support service."
Jones believes that the academic ad-
visement center could house a wide vari-
ety of programs that are decentralized and
would provide support and tutoring pror
grams for students.
Jones isn't the only one who thinks the
school is in some of need of a single com-
prehensive place for advising students in
which courses to take.
"The academic advising committee
has discussed having the academic ad-
visement center because, as Tarleton keeps
getting bigger, it's hard for us (professors)
■ to take care of advising students," Rusty
Freed, assistant professor1 of management,
said.
, Freed knows that students will ben-
efit from ha'ving an academic advisement
center at Tarleton because it will provide
a central location for incoming freshmen
to have orientation in one placp. He also
thinks that the faculty will benefit by hav-
ing the center because it will allow profes-'
sors to teach the academic matter that's
relevant to the students.
Jones' acknowledges the other benefits
of such a center, including the following:
being able to get more information, more
readily available advising and not hav-
ing to work advising in between student's
classes or set appointments three weeks in
advance.
"It's difficult for faculty members to
keep track ($ftlfe non-major curriculum for
a degree, core .courses, minor and concen-
tration requirements, and placement poli-
' cies is a challenge for faculty members,"
Jones said.
He's also seen cases where faculty
members don't know where all the sup-
port services are available on campus,
whether a student needs tutoring or some
instructions on meeting with the director
of disability services because he or: she
■ may have a learning disability. , \ ■ '
j ."Dr^Peer, threw out, a. figure Monday
: night .at the SGA meeting of $25 dollars
: a-semestep for students paying to get;ad-
vised, but we haven't put pencil to paper
on cost yet_ because it depends on what
will be included, how many people will
/ work there and if it will be open from 8
*a.m. to 9 p.m. at nighjt," Jones said.
> However, if an academic advisement
center comes to Tarleton, Jones' believes a
fee of somewhere between $25-$35 dollars
a semester per student would suffice.
If the center is approved, the first thing
the university would need to do is have
a vote in January 2006 to assess student
opinion. If the students pass the referen-
dum, the approval, along with a request
to add the new fee, would go to the Board
■ of Regents, which meets in March. Every-
thing would have to be completed by Ja'ri-
uary, meaning that a sufficient discussion
has to be done by the end of the fall 2005
semester.
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Megan Young / J-TAC File Photo
Tarleton Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Gary
Peer speaks about the possibility of creating a iv academic advising
center at Tarleton during an SGA meeting in the spring.
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New Assistant Vice President
of Student Life takes office
By JOHNATHON PARKER
Editor-in-Chief .
Tarleton's Student Life Division gained, a new
leader with the addition of Dr. Thad Anglin to its staff.
Anglin takes the position of Assistant Vice President of
Student Life.
The position of Vice President of Student Life was
created in February when Student Services reorganized
and was renamed Student Life. Dean Rusty Jergins
was promoted to Associate Vice President of Student
Life during this change, shifting some of his duties.
Anglin. was hired after a selection process. Some
of his responsibilities include division assessment and
planning efforts, leading the
staff in developing depart-;
ment and division goals, su-
pervising the departments of
Financial Aid, Student" Pub-
lications and the Thompson
Student Center and providing
assistance in the development
of marketing and promotional
strategies.
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ground involved in student affairs at institutions of
higher education, including Texas A&M-Commerce.
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