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More Construction sunwatcher finds new home next to Clark Student Center
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Editor In Chief Only one ticket had filed to run in Government S1uden1 1he Associa1ion elections by Tuesday afternoon. Jaclyn Bunger, current SGA vice president, is the only candidate who as filed 10 run for presidcnl. Secretary Jessica Warchol will seek re-eleclion 10 her office . SGA studcn1 assis1ant Ma1lhc:w Terbec:k said he will run for vice: presidenl. bul he hid no! filed by Tuesday. Candidates have until 5 p.m. Friday to file for the SGA offices or to run as class scnaiors. Fonns are available in the SGA office in the Clark S1uden1 Cen1c:r or the vice president for s1uden1 and administrative services office, room I 12 of the: Hardin Building. Bunger said her administration would largely be a contin1ua1ion of this year's SGA officen . "When we fin1 started out this current year, we were all new and not really swc: wha1 we were always doing," Bun1er said. "AJI three of us have been doing the job. We know how 10 gc:t things done and what is e1.pec1ed of us." Bunger said one of SGA's major projecu will be bringing a fuU-time doc1or to campus. "Part of our new thine is in Austin right now," , he uid referring 10 lhe legislation that wi ll have 10 be approved by the Texas Legislature to bring the doctor to campus. SGA will also contin1Je working ALISHA FERGUSON
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Wigwam Trail has mysteriously disappearc.d during Spring Break. Actually. the street has been pulled up lo make way for the The Plaza. Sunwatchcr -Sunwatchcr" s1a1uc, donated to
1hr school in 1997 for its 75th il!M·mary by lhc Ex-Students Aisociation, had ~en placed btt~·ccn O'Donohoc and Bea Wood. Ralph Perkins, the arch ilecl consuilcd for the project, said al !ht Nm·. 6 Bo:ird of RcgcnlS rncctmg the sl3tuc would stand on ■ 4foot-lall platform designed to look like a rocky rise in the center of ■• circular display designed 10 edlo
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WIIUI.' A ttte- lincd, 1iled walkwa, lead from lhc statue 10. ari · a,nph11hca1cr. According to Vice President of~ Academic Affairs Al Hooten, lhE
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constructioo is projcc1ed to c~ 1160.000 and is scheduled 10 be
coa,plc:ted June 25. The money from university local funds. including some funds from dooors to the unh·c:rsily, including n -~udc:nts. Hooten ~d so far the projcca.is ~ going well.
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"l..ast week's rain caused some ba\"oc," be said. "h's going lo be a wc:athc:r-dc:pc:ndc:nt projccl. But we: have: a really good contraclor and he: thinks he can have if done by the scheduled completion date:."' Director of Alumni Relations Sherry Kingcade said, 'ihc actual sta1ue and whole idea of the plaza was the idea of the Ex-Students Association. We gave the statue 10 the: university for 1hc: 75th anniversary. The idea was 10 give the universiry a lasting gift." The group intends to contrib4.lte approxima1cly $30,000 10 the ExStudents Association Endowment for scholarships after the: sale of the pa\·c:rs. '1'hc unh·ersi1y is incurring • lot of the: cost of building the plaz.a. We 're only paying for the pa\•ers we sold for engraving." Kingcade said she is pleased with the way !he projccl is shaping up: " I think it's going 10 be really nice. I've been involved from day one with the archi tect giving f~dback." Members of the Ex-S1udents Association will continue 10 sell pavers to be engraved with the name: of the donor, which will be installed by lhe university on an annual basis. They hope this will renew inlerc:sr with other alumni who had no! been involved.
MSU club gets charter · - WENDY GARFINKLE TheWIChitan
Midwestern ·1 campus chapter or Habilal for Humanity has a long way in the pa.st
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On March I. MSU 's chapter Of Habitat for Humanity became
lbr 543rd campus chapter to be offw:1ally affiliated with Habitat lmc:rnu1oml . "It v.·a~quite: an achicveme_nt," Join Pruiu. \'Oluntecr coordmalor or Wichita fall s Habitat for Jfomaoi1y. said. "It 's been a 1lruggleforthcm."
fi,~: s~ c:~i~b:~~I ~o;d Hl~m:~~~·~ ~ foi e finhhing the pape~k ;tciunc:d 10 officially J0ID i..bi1a1International , ~ausc: of
a death in the famil y. 'The second president was over committed and also had to resign. The curLance president, rent Scarbrough. was finall y able to ftniffl lhe paperwork involved. which includes expressing the chapter's goals, by-laws and . operating procedures. MSU Habilllt for Humaruty has been acti,•e since Spring Sue by bcfun 1998. when it was Henson, the ad viser, and Jeannc:ue Richmond. MSU Habitat's achie\·ement was announced al the: Sooth11o·cs1 Regional Conference (Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma) for Habiial for Humanity, held in San An1onio March 5-6. where
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on current Presidc:nl Gane Grimc ·, goal of placing emergency call boxes around campus. Warchol said her main goal for the year is 10 revive the Mc:nlor Prognm. '"The main problem for the program now is gelling people 10 be proteges," she said. She said she is trying to work with the Residents HaJI Association 10 provide information 10 new sludc:nts when 1hey mo,·e in10 the dorms. Warchol also said she hopes to improve the SGA Toy Drive. Terbeek Wd be: hopes to impro,·e the way 1hc Student Senate works. He wanu to emphasize procedure to make lhe meetings run more smoothly so that "meetings won·1 last as long." He said the fits! couple of meetings will teach new sc:na1ors 1he rules of the senate. Bui new ideas are in the works abo, Bunger said. "We're planning a 'Pack the Stadium "' for the football 1eam, she said. The event would be similar 10 "Cram the: Coliseurd'"'"';wi lh prizes for students who auc:~ Bunger said she w d also bring back the SGA schil!., hip rame. The raffle would gi"f.,:,back every dollar raised in schol~ ps. Bui Bunger said her officiaJ platform is SliU in the works. "We haven ·, .finisblld.lip all our ideas," she said. "If anybody has ideas, of course, we' ll lis1c:n 10 them." Voling will run April 12-16.
Student referend um on doctor schedul ed
Top: Construction has begun on the Sunwatcher Plaza. Once completed, the statue will be moved from its cu"ent location to the middle of what was Wigwam Trail. Photo by Masako Miura Bottom: The blueprints for the new plaza.
The Midwestern State Student Government Allociation in connection wilh the Student Senate has passed a bill regarding the establishment of a medical services fee tha1 requires a student referendum. The referendum involves approval of a new fee that would be paid every sc:mesler, iodependc:n1 of the student service fee, or any other fee. for lhc: sole purpose of providing a full-time: doc1or at MSU . 'The doc1or would be able 10 see patients on a walk-in basis, prescribe medicine, perform routine and more specialized health examinations, pcrfonn minor mcdicaJ procedures and give medical counsel• ing, while re1aining the right 10 refer studenls 10 other medical facilities for major core and emergencies. If approved, each sludent at MSU will be charged a medical service: fee not 10 exceed $15 for c:ach semester of 1he regular tenn or 12week summer session and not to exceed $7 .50 for each six-week or shor1er term of the summer session. Additionally. the fee may DOI be increased by more than 10 percent in any academic year unless the increase has been approved by a stu-
dent referendum. Voting for the referendum will bt held in conjunction with the voling for SGA officers and senalors running April 12-16. This election will conform 10 the standards or and be under the authorily of the SGA Elecl ions Board and the SGA. Asper Texas law, a simple majority (50 percent plue one) of the students voting will decide the referendum issue.
Deadline nearing to apply for financial aid JINNIRII TH.LUY
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eligible to ttcei,·e the most a,nounl of money without having 10 apply for loans. Texas has a lot of grcal state: programs. and studen1s migh1 be able 10 qualify for state: money even if they oon ·t qualify for a fed-
College studenu shouldn' t have: 10 complain aboul not ha\·ing any money for school if the Fmaocial A.id Office has anything to do with eral Pc:ll Grant" This is the only application the it. This office handles financial aid FAO deals wilh, but it has to be in the forms or loaru., granis and fed- filled OUI perfectly and ha\'e aJI e:a:tra eral and state financial aid pro- tax infonnation auachc:d for stugram:;. Ii does no1 h.iodle scholilI- dents to qu:i.lify. For this rc1Uon, anyone: who works in the FAO is ship applications. The prioriry dc:adJine for the Free willing to go over the application Application For Student Aid with any s1udcnt before: it h mailed. "We: can look at i1(the FAFSA) to (FAFSA) is April I. so s1uden1S can get mooc:y for June 1999 through make sure students filled it out correctly before thc:y send it to the: May 2000. ··s1a1c: of Texas money goes fast." Dc:panment of Education:· Neely Debbie Neely, financial aid coun- said . Students can also comple!c: the selor. said. "Students who apply first usually gel it (money from the 3pplication 0\·er lhe lntemc:L MSU 's st.ale). and we want sludcnts to be web page has 3 link from the finan-
cial aid page to the application. Because the application is for federal money, students can fill out the applica1ion and send it to other :fur~n~=-ing to trans-
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student. makes a year, how many people arc in the fa,nily and how many people: in the famil y arc in college. Neely has :a positi,·c: outlook abou1
tio:r:~s::~~tse~~S weeks 10 process, bul if the applicalion is fi.lled ou1 on the lntemc:i. it usually lakes 1wo 10 three weeks, Neely s:iid. Only 48 pcrcenl of students ended
~;~:p~i~~;:ISi : :s~n i:: : do~~ judge whelhc:r a student will get money. "h's nOf as difficuh to get money as s1uden1S thini. Many au: surprised when they gc:t some aid," she said.
~!r g~~~S~~: s'!Jioo~fy~~3:":~~~ ing 10 Neely. Aid is given out on the basis of nc:cd, not academic achie\·emcnt. . Three \'arfables are in the fonnula, Necly said. The major faclors of consideration for financial aid arc how much each family member, including the
She also bclie,·es sludents need to fill out the: fonn as a safety net because famil y si1ua1ions can change:. She said when family mcm• bcrs die:, students who did not quali fy for financial a.id can suddenly qualify afler the: death. and it is easic:r to change infonna1ion on II form tha1 has already been filled oui.
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