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News Briefs
Texas higher education funds decreased in '95
aMPUS EVENTS
Howie Prince Spccilil reporter The quality or higher education in Tcx:is is being 1hrealencd by inadequate
Student Ambassador
applications for the 199596 1cadem1c year are le 1,-a,ilab_
in t~e Office of AlUJl'lffl Rt.labons. Hardin Juildin, room 111 . Deadline IS Friday April 7.
~c::nfta,~c~o;i~gR~a~~ Organi7.lltion's (HRO) annuaJ finance report for 1994-95. According to 1h1s report, Tcxa.s ranked 49th among the states in dollars spent per student for higher educuion and 501h in the amount students pay for college tuition and recs. According to the HRO. 18.4 percent of the state's budget was spent to finance state colleges and universities in 1985. This percencage dropped to 12.S percent in 1995. The report said the SUlle spends 24 percent less than lhc natiorut.l average lO educate each full -time student. Texas
The Enilish Uuge riarn, • requirement for Sfldu.ttion. will be offered Marth 23-25 at I :30 p.m. in ihe Business ,._dministration Annex 102 and Morch 28 at I p.01. in Hardin Adminisaalion building. Persons interested in f\lnning for student government and student sen.ate can register through Man:h it in the Student Govcrn-
,.,,n office. CSC room I06
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Students who have not taken the TASP test and will reach their 9th college level hour 1his semester •USI ISke lhe ICSI April 22. Reclstration ends Friday, Matth 24. Applications are 1vaillble in 1he Regislta(s office. Hardin South room JOI. Applications can also bt picked up in the Office or Testing. Business Admini.strttion Annex.
Caribbcao Expressions
'9S a night of Carihhean
eakmll expressions will be
leld Tuesday, Man:h 28 in teCSC ballroom at 7 p.m. Activities will include poea,, dance, instrument ocillls and various types of
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ACHIEVEMENTS
Billie Ruth Goss, IISU's coatiouing educa• COOldiaa1or, has been aa:IDd to serve a three Ill" 1e,n1 on the Intema11111 Aasociation for Con~ Education and Tia.lnfs Certified ..... Comm ission. Du~ ilclade establishing ..... and procedures for It IQllmissio.n and re- • and approving for Certified ....... membership.
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spends an average or $4,932 10 pay 1hc cost or each fulltime student every year. The national average is S6. 0 19. Louis Rodriguez. MSU presiden1. said "Texas hilS a serious problem. Th~ s~alC ranks low in appropn:111on. Additionally, studen1s in Texas pay almo~t the lo~cst tuition and fees m the nauon. This means that quality education is at stake. The C03l of higher educatio~ is setting higher and I will n~l be surprised if those who wuh lo raise the cost of tuition fees win.• The HRO report also staled that low funding makes it diHicult for Texas institutions to attract and keep quality faculty. According to the report, faculty salaries in Texas averaged $46,288 in 1994. The n1uional average that year was $51.730.
MSU symposiu m to address media ethics
Adroinislr2tive Services in }!,roin room I 12. Elections .,;nt,chcldApril3-7.
Nominations for Lord and Lady Midwestern. aass Favorites, Beauties ODd Beaus will be llCCCptcd 11>rougj, March 24 from 9 a.n>.-1 p.m. in the CSC ,uium. Elections will be lloldApri13-7.
Thursday, March 23, 1995
Midwestern State Univ<>rsity
A tornado, like this th destroy whatever la i°ne at struck Wichita Falls In 1958, can strike quickly and know where to f'i1nd Yh ~ its path. Students should stay aware of weather conditions and s e tcr in case a tornado &ouches down while classes arc in session.
ornado season looms...
Preparation key to tornado safety Man Loyd Students living in the Wichita Falls area in 1979 arc familfar with tomados and their devastaling effects. April 10. 1979, or "Terrible Tuesday" as the day is ortc:n referred lo, left 44 dead and an estimated $300 million in damages to residences, businesses and parts of the MSU campus, according lo official reports. Since then, weather officials and residents have educated themselves in case another powerful storm strikes. But. tornado season lasts longer than the months or April, May and June. According to John Basham, meteorologist at KFDX TV channel three.
tornado season l:lsts 24 hour, a day. 365 d,ys, yeor. He added. tomodos are more prominent in 1hc spring and fall due to weather condi-
tio":iasham said during spring ,nd fall the upper otmosphere is chilled and a~r c lose the Earth's surface 1s hot. The he:ued air rises an_d mixes with the CO<?lcr :ur making conditions nght for torn~i~tta F:111s is included in the geographical arc! known as " tornado alley,
Ba.sh:im said. Thi: ai:c-i runs sou1h from Kansas City. M?· and covcr!I a wide area m Kansas Oklahoma and north Texas. . Basham added he and rcsid~n1s have. much since ,1ht:campus tornado. 000 in s ustained .· L damages i_nc ludm;~d 0 ;h~ Ligon coh~cum W st socce r com~l.~x o~ffic~al Campus on,c.
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repons stated. RcsidcnLS should know ahead of time where to find shelter in case of a tornado, Basham said. People should stay on ground floors or areas be.low ground 1ike b:iscments and storm cellars. Basham also said "People should try and put as m:iny walls as they c:in between themselves and the outside.~ Rooms with no windows arc safer. He suuested laying in a bathtub in a bathroom with no windowa. There, he said. you are low and receive addition protectioo from the plumbing. One thing residents should not do. according 10 Basham, is Ir)' and out run a tom:tdo in their car. Drivers should get out of their cars and seek shelter. If no shelter is immediately available, occupants should get as far away from the vehicle as possible. Powe~ul tornado winds can easily 1urn a parked car into a projectile. Occupants sho_uld lie. down in a low spot like a duch or culven. Basham also dispelled the myth conceminJ open wmdows during tornados. It was long believed windows should be opened to equaliu.d air pre.ssure in a house. Windows. open or closed, should be avoided. Basham
radar. Tornado warnings are issued county wide by the Na1ional Weather Seni1ce. It will mention Wichitll Falls or other cities in the tornado's path. The ci1y or Wichita Falls will sound sirens when the city is threatened by a tornado. According to the MSU office of public infonnation. MSU has specific procedures to be followed in tht.: event or a tornado: I.Under no circumstances should students. faculty or staff attempt to leave campus while 1he warning is in effect. 2.Facully should not dis• miss classes. Students should be directed into an in1erior hallway on the lowest noor or the building. Persons should lie on the noor as close to a wall as po~ible.
said'The National Weather Service recommends people be aware or lhe weather. A tornado watch means weather conditions arc fa vorable for tomados to ~evelop. A tornado warning me31lS a tomado.h~ ac,ually been sigh1ed or indicated on
4. Eleva1ors should nm be used. S. University basements should be avoided. Steam pipes could burst and call5C· injury. 6. Normal tornado dnll procedures for dormitories should be followed.
3. Should a person lind thcmsclvc.s in one of MSU's unreinforced buildings (Music, Music education, Gaines Clinic, Band Hall, McOaha, McCullough, Vinson Infirmary, Daniel , Marchman, Welding and Paint Shop). they should 1ry and move to another building or seek shelter under heavy furniture.
nmbcrly Eys.scn Staff Writer Media ethics will be the topic of a symposium held Tuesday, M:irch 28, in the Clark Student Center Theater. The purpose of the symposium 1s 10 c:ducate the public and students about journalism ethics, said a.ssisUnt profcsS('lr of journal ism, Brian Thornton. "I want studt:ntS :ind citi zens 10 come t:ilk about these situations. I want to show the media does have principles th:11 guide our actions. The decisions we milke are tough. We need 10 tell how we decide which s1ories to run :ind which l o not run,11 said Thornton. The symposium is an audience ~nicipa1ion form:it. with se,·c ral MSU mass communications students: and professnrs lc:iding groups of audience mcmhcrs in discus sion. Each group will be g.iven three hypo1hcoc:1I questions concerning media ethics in news reporting. A panel of media pruft.:ss1onals from Wichita Falls will he present to discuss how the woulcl
handle the ethical situations and tell how lhey made their decisions. The panel or media professionals include: Ted Buss. Trish Cho:itc and Dana Mo(fan from The Times Record News, Rob Cizek from KFDX Channel 3. and R:iy Wallace from KAUZ Channel 6. ScverlU situ:itions similiar to 1he actual situations presented could be: A reponcr is asked out on a d:::ite by a source. The reporter is attracted to the source-should the reponer':iccept? Another siluation could be: An important meeting you nt:Cd to cover is closed but in an adjoining room you can hear che discussionshould you listen in? Midwes1ern State University's Media Club is spon soring th~ symposium . Bri:in Thornton will be moderator. ~1 w:int s1udents to see how media elhics c:in be used in the real world, in everyday situations," said Thornton. The symposium is open to the puhlic and is free of charge.