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Mark Loyd Associate ed.Jlor MSU 's Internat ional Students office will undergo "rc.s1ruc1uring" due to "cost cutting efforts" according to MSU president Lou is Rodriguez. "The stale of Texa., is not making it 100 easy 10 survive these d:iys," Rodrigue1. s:iid. He added that pending Texu lctlSlatiC'lf1 could have an effect on interna1ional student recruitment. One bill, he said. could eliminate outof-state tuition waivers. Two other bills stand to make 1 ~u~:r~~ i:!iv~~ m~:-~rr~~:1~ by incrca.,ing the competitive scholarship fC4juircmenL One bill raises the minimum scholar!ihip from $200 to $500 the otherto $ 1.000. The ISO receives no s1a1e appropriated money. It is financed through the Intensive Langu:1gc lns1i1u1e, Brinkl~y said. .
o,,v,tcMn. Using 1tdfnoloiy u, A ts,st Public ~-/tflOls will he held April !1 rrom 12 noon 10 2:30 ;..., The broadcas t will ex~ lhc use of the computer iiid videO networks and tt(hnologies of~ emerging r,,uon1I lnfonn:iuon
1nfr1-WUClllrc to restructure
1"1>hc cdUClllOn MSli's mu.,;1c deparuncn1
is sponsoring a percussion coc,ccct:n8 p.m. in Akin
i\ud1tonum Thursday, April
Z7. An MSU symphonic
1,111d conccn will he held
FndaYApnl 28 in Akin Auditonum at 8 p.m. MSU theai..:r's Festi-.,al of
()De ;\CL~ will be held in Bea
wood m ,re at 7 p.m. Friday. Apnl 2R and Saturday
,lpll 29. Aspnng choir concert ,ul l,e held Sa1urday. April :9al 8 p.m. in Akin Auditon:im.
The MSU Jazz Ensemble ..-111 ~
nt an outdoor
spring concert on Sunday, Apnl 30 al 3 p.m. in the Fain rioe Ans Ampuhcatcr nut »Picrtc fl:lll.
Focuhy and Staff apprca:ltlon day ~ Monday, May A l reception will be held in CSC room I04 from 3:30 Jm.•5 pm. illld L'i open to the lilrtcampus. MSU"s ycarllook. The l '11•Kun. is ac<.-cpling appliCJllons for the cdnor p(IQUon, Those inlere!-lcd ~Id ccm1ac1 Jane Lc1shner
CSC room IOJ. ACHIEVEMENTS
f1td Stangl. Jr.. MSU hiology and
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lnry Au.sun. a former MSU ~ Muckni, have a re-
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, s named SCh0Iarshipwmner James Winham II Reporter Corby Walker and Cody Cole were named Hardin and Clark Scholar. respectively, a t MSU 's 1995 Honors Recognition Banquet The banquel was held Friday. Apri l 21.st at 7 p.m. in D .L. Coliseum . Olhcr aw.ttd.~ prcs.cntcd a1. the eve n,
Erfccti..,c June I, 1995 lilt: Financial Aid office will mplcment changes in the SauiKtory Ac:ulcmic '1ogress rule,. Students ffl.lvmg financial aid tould con1ac1 I.he offi<.-e ror lllYCdet:uls.
Thursda y,April 27, 1995
Included: O u1S1anding
s1odcn1. MM and Woman o( the Year. di visional awil.r<h, Viola
expenses._fie said. like mos<
Grady award. Jamu L Stcwan aw.-d. Monar Board award. Alplu Chi Scholar. and Honors Program
awards. Shana ll1ckman and George Cunningham rcc:t1vcd Outil.lnding Frt.shman aw•&. Nadine Koenig and Cbrist.ophcr Finnell rtteivtd OutScanc!ing Sopflomorc awa,ds. Kaihryn Seir and JCMC Mcfldcl
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Alul.1 rcccived ()yt.Manding ScnlCI' awards. Cyntflia 1..cick and Brian
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recognizes citizen's contributions Bernard Hurtault StaffWritu Glenn Collier, Sr.• deputy game warden al the Waggone r Ranc h, wu recogni zed by the MS U bio logy department for his contributions to 1hc university the past three decades. The prnscn1a1ion took place WcJncsday. April 19 at the induc tion ceremony of MSU's biology honor society, Beta Beta Beta. During the ceremony. 24 new member~ we re acce pted into 1he scu;:icty and pledged to main1ain the .scx:icty's go.ils of promoting .schola~ship in the h1l)lo g1cal sc1~nces. e ncouraging rcscan.:h . in ~he discipline. and disscm1naung informatio n a bout the hmlogical scie nces. Thi: highligtH of the proL·c c d1ngs wu the prescn1a1ion of the award to Collier. Thc ciLat1o n s~a~cd that .MSU was rccognmng Collia for hi .; in\'aluahl~ se n icl' w lhl· . bw logy pw !!ram for o-.•cr thuty Yl.'Jrs. The :award ~cnt on m rcaJ that ( 1lllll'f had a;;;i.!'-tcd pakn1C'h1~11;1 W3Jt Dalqu1i.1i.n h-c,1 11ng. PlcistoccnL' fossil dcpn~ll '"" Bca,·L·r Creek as pro , tding _his ~•d i h e:q'll'rw;c nn local \\'1ldhfe. Colher's knowledge was
utilized as an information source in lhc hook, .M.iLmmJJ..s oC Nonb·Crorr;ll Icn,s which w.11.s publis hed hy MSU prc.ss. The ciliUion concluded by rccogni1jng Collier and his wife of 57 yc3rs. Ina Jackson Collier, fo r having served their famil y. community and humanity. making all who ha..,c come in L'Ontac t with the m heller for the experience. he had Collier .said became involved with MSU son's s hi fo llow in g aucndance. He S4id that he tting ~e at was very pleased 1hc 11ward since. · 11 was the had an)'Onc that firs1 time done some1hing for me.· ranch. W:1ggoncr said fie wl'll're most of lhe reS(arch was conduc1cd. would remain :1cccssible 10 the biology program at MSU and he hoprs 10 continue helping as bes! and for as long as he can. Wai!goncr Ranch is the larges! ranch in !he world con1amcd by one fence. a~cordmg IO MSU gradua1c stude nt Margaret JenowskiBcll. ~h(I 1s conducting rc~arrh on the ranch. The 520.000 acre ranch spans across four Tc;,.:as coun11c..s.
org:uuzat1ons he would have liked more but this amount wa..; enough to run the office. _Bri~kley said the waiver legislauon could have some cffec_1 on inte rnational recruitment but it would simp~~ mean reorien ting recnmmg efforts. In 01hcr word.~. MSU would approach Students who could pay the oul-0f•slatc tuiti on ra1e, ~The re arc some cultu res, including the West Indian region, where its cheaper to come here. and pay out•of SOile tuition then it is to go 10 lhe Univcr~ily of West Indies
which 1s right in their backyard," Brinkley said. Functions of the ISO will be distrihute:d to ocher campus offices, Rodrig uez sai d. Recruiting will be handlt!d by William White, instructor and coordinacor of the ln1ensivc Language lns1i1ute. Immigratio n. Rodriguez said, could be handled by the rcgis1rar's office or school rcla1ions. The decision has not been finali;,.cd. Brinkley. said he wa.s informed in February 1995 the o ffice would be •abolished." According to Brinkley, the decision was made by Jesse Rogers. viccpresident for academic affairs, Brinkley said. The ISO is under the division of humanities. The ISO. according to Brinkley. has hccn a folltime operation on campus for ahout two years. Its purpose:. he said, wa.s to increase cultural divcr..ity on campus, boost enrollment and to help raise the "overall academic standing of the campus" through recruitment of motivated in1crnation al students. Brinkley :iddcd "By and 1:irgc infcrnational s1udents are ,·cry good xadcmic:1lly... and they tend to graduate here. They stay here and gr.1dua1e from MSU and in much grc:ucr numbers than American Sludcnts do." The office served m:iny includin g functi o ns stu den t internation al recruitment and helping the studen1s get along 11t MSU once they arrived. The office handled everything from immigration 10 academic
advising for int.cmational students, Brinkley said. As for the quality of service MSU international students will receive following the res1ruc1Uring Brinkley said. shaking his head, "I don't know." During his two years. lhe office successfull y recruited over 250 internation al studcnts:--primarily from die We.st Indies, Japan and Mex ico. This number, Brinkley said, was SCI by Rodriguez who expressed hope that the goal would be reached the nc.tr future. Rodriguez. said, one o( the goals in starti ng an international program MSU was 10 make s[udents more sensitive 10 1hc international community. He added tha1 the university sought 10 a1trac[ more internaiional made :1nd s tudents arrangements to take care of the m once 1hey arrived at
MSU.
Rodriguez said the move should have no significant impac1 o n international .students already on campus. However, White said recruiting efforts arc bringing 280 Japanese students 10 MSU this May. The uni versity is hosting a conference at which these studcnlS will be advised on Ame rican colleges and universities , as well as American culture. The NCN lnstilute , whic h helps Japanese students find a university to s uit their needs. guaranteed MS U thai 7-8 of these s1uden1s will be enrolled at MSU this fall. White said. Rogers was unavailable for comment.
Oklahoma City bombing has possible fanatical links By Ne,·ille Lewis A.tSOdate Editor severa l Whil e Midwestern S1a1e University profe.ssors express outrage at the horror in Oklahoma, they believe lhJI the country's c limate current political lends ilSClf 10 the rise of such radicals. "An environment ha.s been creaied in our country. o,vcr the las1 15 years especially, that has allowed people of thcsc(u hra-righ1 conservative ) pcn;ua..;ions to come out of the cracks and woodworks. • Ernest Dover. associa1c professor or politi cal .science. said "I don't like the climate of the coun1ry right now. • Emily LaBeff, professor of sociology, said. "J think it is mean-spirited. I think that 11 has a mean, vindictive side 10 it." As federal :1gcn1s comb 1hc rubhle or wha1 wa.,; once a Unit.cd St.1ies fcd~raJ building 1n downtown Oklahom.a City 111 an at1cmp1 to put togc1hcr the pu,~ c of what happened in la.st week's horror. bl.imc
is s1ill uppermost in the maJority of people's mind. With m:iny eyes cast .. and perhaps, fi ngers pointingon them , conservatives. who have been creating much news la1cl y. now find themselves on the defensive. in p~rticular the c:uremc-righ1 wmg. LaBeff. however. is not hlammg conscr\'ativcs on a whole. She thinks tha1 "most Americans who lean to the n rh1 would never apthe a1rocHy and P.rovc~ lirccl~i~~~1ticd hy something
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Dover hcl 1eves that hlamc h es With l hc VICWS of radical conscn •at1 ves as much as some rhetoric from main stream 1ources .;uch as the media. !.'s pecially talk shows m ongly advocate wh_1ch an11-governm ent scn1imcnL,; "I think some of the talk s_hows . no douh1. arc parually re..,;pon..;ible in tht: scAA• that .so much meannes.; and hatred is espoused on tclcv1. sion 1hat goes 001 across radio land and all aero» the 1t.1tion.··
· 11 is unfortunate. I'm sorry to sec all these kids dead. • Dirk Lindemann. associate professor of history, said. "Many Americans arc going 10 he ..,ery much sohcn:d and wary of any kind of extremism." With 1hc arrest of the fi rst suspect in the recent Oklahoma devastation, a second bomb seemed lo have dc1onatcd with a nation-wide fall -ou1effect. For mo.s1 Americans. the fact that Timothy McVeigh a foreig n was neither terrorist nor an American left wing radical was disturbine news enough. but his alleged radical right wing ties remain c oncern. a cause fo r c.;pcc1ally wi1h the current con'serva1ive brccw that is blowmg across the na1ion . LaBeff said she became angry a..; a rc..;ult o ( lhc Arah "ba.shinl!( which immediately followed ~ports of the bomb1~g that has accounted for 87 hves at pre.~ 1imc ~h did no1 make sense to automa1icall y lay hlame." she Stt Oklah1una JNII' J