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As Midwestern State's Greek system recruits new members, has the alcohol poisoning death of a Louisiana Stale fraternity pledge led to any changes?

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Editor in Ch_ief Assistant Dean of Students Jane Lcishncr w,is promoted to dean in mid-August, fo llowing Dean Phil Birdine's departure lo accept a posi tion at ano1her university. Bird ine announced in early August th .it he hadacccpted anoffer from hi s undergraduate alma mater, L:mgston University in Oklahoma, to be associate vice president for student affairs and assistant to the president. He was dean of students at Mid westemfor sixyears. Vice Preside nt for Student and Adm ini strat ive Sen•ices Howard F:irrell announced Lcishner's promotion at a pre-semester facultys1aff meeting 011 Aug. 18 Leishncr has been a~sis1ant dean a l MS U for past six years, and se rved as act ing dean for short time ~fter her appointment to that position before Birdine was hired. Prior to workin g in the Dean's Office , she w;isd irectorofthe CareerPlanning and Placement Center on campus for three years. She earned ii bachelor's degree in

Throu gh the years, MSU has exper ie n ce d many chan ges. lnl 922theuniversity was estab li shed as Wichita Fall s Junior College with 55 students Today, MS U ha:• grown into ;1 larger un iversi ty that offers much rnorc 10 Students. "We can be pr~ud of our history," Dr. Louis J. Rodnguez snid. "It 's so importan1 for institutions such as ours to have a sense of pride." Junus. Buss, _director of pub lic in formatm_n. smd plunning for the 75th Ann 1vcr.~ary celebration has been a lot of work "\'ilc just fe el like there 's going to be_ something for everybody," Buss said. Bu!<.s sa id the entire week of the celebration will he busy because Parents' Day and th e 75 th Anf'livcrsary ce lebration will both

~~a i~1u;:~ct~1:rc~~j be the Sunwatchcrst atue dedi cation in which some members of the Ki owa Tribe will be prese nt. Sunwat<.·her is a bronze statue of a South Plains Indian currently under complet_ion by Jack Stephens. a local art ist. Another event planned during the celebration is the Gates of Hercules unveiling which will rnke place in the grnssy area south of Bolin Sc ience Hall. The anonymous donor is taking finai_1cial responsibi lity for the entire proJCCl. R~riguez said he hopes Lhc 75th ~nm versary ce lebration wi ll help mcrease know ledge about and pride fo~ MSU . " I feel really good abou1 tlus." Rod ri guez said. ··1t onl y comes around once every 75 years." Sophomore Meg Morrison agrees. ··1t·s gre;u to be a part of such a milestone. I'm proud to be at :i school that has been around and is sti ll growing.''

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State's ca mpus has cuuscd some ~ temporary inconveniences. the r,-lcted projects should be worth it _':ie of ~e main projec ts undcrw;1y is the ~ lructlQn of Clark Student Center i '?t)1!1ing has, in essence. been rebu ilt.'' Al ./tn,\·1ccprcsiden1of business, said. ~ nsaid there will be 7,000 square fee t ~f ~truc1ion when Clark Student Center 1s

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Construction leaves University with different look Al though there is mud1 more work 10 be done on th e studcrl! center, !>ludent ~ l1a vc al ready been ab le 10 u1ilizc some of the new facilit ic:i;. The Mesq uite Dining Room i!. now open and is vastly different from the old c:1fc1eria. "[l' s (the dining hall) better than the old one,'' fre shman Jam ie Lamm said. Hooten said the new kitchen should be com-

pkted hy mid-Septcmbcr whi le the rood cou rt, '\ll :1<.: k har :md rnrnputer rornns arc still under con~tni c1io11. "[ 1hi11 ~ it\ a m~ss,:· fre shma n _S\1clby Hausk:r \ :l id. "13ul I 1h111k 11'11 be worth 11111 the eml " lloolcn said Clark St1!de 111 Center's m1ticip:1tcd date o_f r.:omplction 1s April 1998 , although ph :1scsw1II hccomplc tcclupunti l 1ha1dute McCull ough-Trigg Hall is also under con~1~1ctio11 with 1h ree lloors being added to the buil ding. A n cxcrcbc room. cx1rn storage and n sernnd elcvatN will he .idde<I to the dorm . Accord ing 10 Hooten, the ant icipated date or

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~ ibi!ityandinvolvemcnt are ~ ideas he~i~d the Student ;7-981 Assoc1at1on's agenda ~~iiidcnt Aaron You ng said ,l!tir ui;~;o~~ .

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English and a master's of education in human resou rce development al MS U. Fflrrcll praised Lcishner as a pro~ ponent of s!Udents and said he is pleased Leishner accepted the position. "We're very lucky to have someone ofher professionalism and quality," he said. "A lot of the duties and responsibilities of the dean of students she was already 'fa miliar with ." Lcishncr said she is ready for 1hc challcnges~fthe ncw~sition "It's not like I came m10 it blind," she said, citing her time as acting dean . " I am ex.cited. I"vc gotten

take Place during Ho mecom ing Weck, Oct. 20 to 25 . Buss said students arc likely to enjoy comedian George Wallace. presented by Lhe Arti st Leciure Series on Oct. 24. Rodri guez said there will be a lot

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Ano1her item on the election pl atform last spring was 10 all ocate fund ~ to the Greek system. The pl:m now is to make the money avail able through the Slu~cnt Leadership Fund , which is a\·mlablctoallcam~~: do~~a;;::i~~~~i:t~~j ~::~~!~~~'. ly Young said the Grc_ek ~y~tcm was a primary foc us ~r 1h1s idea hc~ause fres hmen who jom it have a higher retention ralc thnn those who don't. SGA is still work ing on extending visitation hours in the dorms from midnight 10 2 :1.m. Young sai d the Housing Office appenrs to _be responding posit ively. Before ncuon is taken to make the change. h~wcvcr, " We 're going to fi nd out if the students livi ng in the dorms ~iow reall y want a change." Youn_g said. He pl ans to survey the rcs 1de1~1S to learn what they 1hink about the idea. SGA Vice Prcsiclcul George Cunningham s,iid Student Govern-

ment is working with 1hc Office of Student Activi ti e.~ to promo1e involvement among ~tudents in general. In celebration of Mklwc~tem State's75thAnnivcrsary,SGA plan!> a food drive with a goal of 7,500 pounds or food to donate th rnugh United Way. ''It' s a way tha1 the campu , can gel toge1hcr aml do somc1hing for the communily. l>ecm1 ~c they give U!> so much in so many war.'' Cunningham said. Stu<lcntActivi tic., Director Les lee Pontlcr said she talked with Young and Cunningham about ideas to promote student involvement. Thi! Student Go\'emment ol"licc b in the Clark Student Center, Room 106. Hour.; will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.. with ei ther Young ur Cu 1111ingharn av.1ilahlc to students most of the time.

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Soccer team alumni returned to MSUon Sunday to take on this year's team . The alumni won by a score of 2-1 .

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