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Wanna get high?
l)l\'lslon of Fi ne Arts prepares a
Game to watch
The Wlchltan takes a look at marijuana use on campus and how attitudes about the drug have changed since the
~:;~!~t:~ntl~;~;;emorate the
turbulent 1960s
Un i v e r s i t
The volleyball team takes on Texas Wesleyan at 7 p.m. Tuesday In D.L.
Ligon Coliseum
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MSU: Home of the 'Boys? iJ University trying to land football team's summer training camp
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NICK EATMAN Sports
Wefeel,,eno,\ ha\cthes1.11c-of-1hc fac1l111l'\ lo hol<l u tr.un mg c,1mp Farrell s;1id. "Wi th our new dining hall and the add ition of three noon• to McCollough-Trigg Hall. we think we have fi rst-c las s facilit ies for the Cowhoys" The pmfe~sional 1i;-am has hcl<l its 1r.1ining camp at St. Edw;1rcr s Universit)' in Austin for the past eight )'Can:. but owner Jem• Jones <led<led he wa nted to move dSr\\ hcrc fo r nn t summer. Farrc ll said.aflcrameeling wi th seve ral memt,cr.,; of thl" univcsily facu lty ;111d adm inislr.iti(ln, including President Louis J. Rodriguez. he contactccl lhc Cowboys. and they ha"e considered Midwestern as 011eof1 hc final plnec.1. fo r the new 1r.iinmg s11e. "We looked at all of the issues, and we .irt
Editor
Could Amcric,1·s Team he hcadinc to 1 ha~~ it~ ~ :f\;~~te:hs~:c ~\·ay, 1he Dallas ~owhoys could he spending pan of their summer on 1hl." MSU campus. In an attcmpl to gain exposure for lh(' ~c hool. .the uni,·l"rsity has expressed 1111crcst in hcc0ming th(' home of the Cowhoy:. for 1/wir si;~ -wl.'ck tr.iinin c ~ camp in July. Dr. Howard Farn:11, vice president for ~tudcnt ;md adminslr.Ui\"C ~ervke s. said the univen:ity lwd been looking to hold a training camp fo r lhc las! three yc:1rs hut t:s~en wai ling to han~ the proi,cr faci l•
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,1skcd ourselves Do we have the fac1l111cs to hold them? And yes we do Farrell said. ''Then. we evalumed all the pros and cons, from parki ng to traffic and security. And we ull imntely decided that the posith·cs for over,,,•helmingly exceed the nc::gatives." He al so snid the cons were not considered as. cn1irely negotive aspects. but issues 1h:it would need 10 be dealt with. "Any time you h:ive a major function going on. you 're going 10 have some inconveniences... Farrell said. Farrell said lhc Cowboys, who are also consideri ng Lamar University, Soulhwes1 Tcxns State Univer.; i1y. lhe University of Texas-San Antonio and lhe Un iversity of Texas- El Paso, hope 10 mnke n decis ion by the end of October. "R ighi now, the dialogue continues
Race ~Edu cati,o n JASON LAWRENCE
Editor In Chia! Midweslem State i.1, unl ikel y 10 feel the ofa. 1996 ru ling that rJcc can no longer llSCd a~ a fact or in gr.1n1 ing :iclm1:.,.ions.. ding to MSU a:.sndutc profc,,.or of polit ,cience Emcsl Dover. J)o..-c:r said "shockw:1vc,·· were fell in Tcxa, cducu1ion " ·hen 1hc 5th Ci rcuit of thi: Coun Clr Appc:1h made thm rul ing 111 a brough1 by Cheryl Hop,H.,od ;1~.i in,1 the 'mitynf Tcxa-.. Hopwood. a white '-ludcnt who h.id been · admission to UT\. law ,;chool. filed ,uit thcunivcr,i1 y claiming rarial di!-enm1 -
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Tbe. federal di.1,tril·t court th..tt urigin;illy the case ruled in fav or of UT. but ·oo(I won " hen it \\ :1, .ippc:.ilcd 101he 5th iL The S\'Stcm u~c<l bv Tcxa~ unih·r, it ic, dec:tde.1. tO make up for.pal>! discnmination decl~d uncOO'sltutiona l llT's law school h.i:. ~l."cn " dramatk decli nl" fit number of Afrk an -Arncrii.:an :1ml minor.slUdcnls since the ruling. TI1c )Choo! had 97 · n-America11 , 1udent~ enrolled 111 Fall .,Jn lht' foll of 1hb yea~. only one Afric;mncan studen1 wa:. admmed to the l;iw pro• .actordinf to Dover. Bui at Midwc:-tl'm . the percentage of mi nor51udcnts actua!l v rose OCtween the Fall 1996 . F,IJ 1997. tcording 10 thl" Office of Puhlit· · til,n. African -Arnerir;m<;acwuntedfor pcrccrn of the total MSU enrollment in Thal numhc-r ha:- ri :.en to 5.8 percent thi:-
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ady Indians trying to keep ome winning streak alive
Mid westl."rn Stati: Lady s' soccer 1eum hopes the tum of a nine-game unbcatak "'ill carry through ;1 cou1mponan1 home games over Tfourdnys. Ilic pa._, nine game.. the Tribe ~tscorcd it s opponen ts 38-5. lhuhd::iy. the 8-2- 1 Lady \ play host to Sou thern ne, an old NA IA-ri\'al , al 6 before rtay ing ho~1 to the lprn~l:.ite Ramhcllcs on Su nday ~ t; is jus1 hoping its home
ten Streak of 16 games will
News Editor Race and issues surrounding it arc prevalent in every aspect or society, and Midwestern State is no excepti on. Senior Lyndon Locke. who is a membe r of a black fra1cmity. Kappa Alpha Psi, said one or the m.1in problems concerning racial issues m MSU is the feeling of os1racization. "College sludcnts a." a whole arc just real cliquish," Locke said. Locke i.aid minorities might feel more involved in the campus if there were more organizations for minorities. "I think it's imponant to hn\'c them:' Loc ke said. " It gets black
There is a variety of student organizati ons fo r mi nority st udent.~ncross campus. according to director of student activities Leslee Ponder. The groups ninge from special interest groups like the Black Studc111 Union to fraterni ties and sororities like Omega Delta Phi and Sigma Lanibda Alpha . The purposes \'ary from enhancing minority students' lives 10 sharing a ccrtuin cul1urc wi th the students of Midwestern State. According to poli tical science professor Emest Dover, the goal of the Alpha Phi Alphu fra1 cmi1y is to upli ft college men of color.
!t~t~~~;c~~~ );~~~nsu ltant :md writr'r:~ many anick:. abou1 the c:1:-c. said thi:
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TERAH CURRY
Associate Editor
alw risen. Hi spanics make up 6.7 percen t thi:- year. compm!d to 6.4
AiNTHONY NEWBERRY
Attitudes about minorities vary at Midwestern State
JOSH DESKIN
Tbe numhcr of Hi:.panic s1uden1.1. at \ ISU
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students involved in this college process." Locke said more minority organiza1ions would help MSU remin i1s minori ty students: "I think a lot of minority students would " 1 !/firini.u stay." Locke said that while he lhinks minority students are treated fairly: they-rometimc-s still foci out of place. "You kind of feel oslracized." Locke said. A Caribbean student who wanted to remain anonym0Us said he sees some problems with mCe on campus. "There seems to be some slight levels of ethnoccnLrisrri," the studen1 said . .. Some peop le see
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Groups promote sense of pride in minority students
f.tbc student hody
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hct"cen us and them (Cowboys)' Fnrre ll said They'\e md1c,11ed 10 us that they re looki ng ot us, as well ns 01her schools. Farrell said not on ly the university would benefit from housing 1hc Cowboys for six weeks, bu1 1hc community as well. '' It would be wonde rful exposure for the university. as well as 1hc ci ty of Wichita Falls," Farrell said. " It wou ld also he a great opponun ity to provide MSU with national and international exposure." Farrell also said all expenses y10uld be paid on ly by the Cowboys. "No state money wi ll he used 10 suppan thi s;· Farrell said. " It would he a between relati onship contractual Midwestern Siate Univers ity and the
co.~;1n~a1 SNU we have to mainlain our hard work, bu t when )'OU .ire on a roll il's hard not io _slack oIT:' fo r,,,·ard April La~a1cr said. "If we play like we·vc hccn pl ay ing. wc·11 1:>cfinc." Sou1hem Nazarene dcfeatcd 1he Lady Indians ht"t year. and according to assistant coach Rob Woodard. SNU has a more talen ted team than las! )'Car. Woodard also said 18th-ranked SNU has good ~peed and an All-American fo rward. "SNU is jus1 a challc_ngc," MSU hcn.d assistant Jeff Tnmblc soid. " It \ a real good game, and one of our biggcsi games of the year, to s.cc whcre wc 'rc u1us for.1sa com·
parison tn lu~f year's 1cam. "I'd like In !.CC if we CU ii ,lep Ufl and play ;1 good lcam C\'Cll . Ever)'thing's going righl :md we're plu)•ing we ll a1 home, .,o everything 's going our way." MS U will have ;mo1her strc.,k, a JO-g:unc unbeu1en .1.1rc11k in Lone Siar Conference play, on 1hc line when ASU visi1s on Sunday. Trimble suid ASU, who gave MSU its last blemish in LSC play. is 1111 impona111 game bccau~e of the significance or all conference games ''They're down a liule bi1 1his )'ear,butall thctcams sccmtoget up for conference gomes." Trimble said.
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~•With the strong support of our alumni chapter in Wichi ta Falls. we encourage our members to work hard and clcvmc themselves on the campu s and in the communil y," Dover said . "The main things we stress in the frat em ity are scholarsh ip and community service. "Since we began the local chapter back in 1989. Alph a Ph i Alpha has had a 92 percent graduation rate." Like Alphn Ph i Alph..t, the Black Student Union and the Nat ional Assoc iati on for the Advancement of Colored People provide n forum fo r AfrieunAmerica11s lo have their ideas heard according to D0\'Cr, who is
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"Others" account for 5 percent
In the name of progress Workers
continue constructron of the 3-story addition to McCullough• Trigg dorms. But the work
Is causing problems for some students. See the story
on page 4. Photo by Amber Lehmann