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Hance gives funds for chapel “
POTENTIAL CHAPEL USE I would probably (use it because) it’s a great thing to get a hold of God on campus. We’re a public university, so it kind of gets put on the wayside. Someone could go in between classes and pray and kind of have an open area where they could be comfortable. I could see people using it.”
Building to be named after chancellor By CAITLAN OSBORN STAFF WRITER
Texas Tech Chancellor Kent Hance said he donated 60 percent of the funding for a $3 million non-denominational chapel to be built on Tech’s campus. The chapel will be christened the Kent R. Hance Chapel, in accordance with a university policy that states gifts covering more than half of the building’s costs are named in honor of the primary donor. Margaret Talkington, a
Lubbock businesswoman and philanthropist and a friend of Hance, also made a donation, according to a news release sent Sunday. The chancellor said he first approached the Board of Regents two years ago with the idea for the building.
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“I think it’s a good idea because I know a lot of people don’t have church homes around here, so it would probably benefit students and kids. I think it’s a very good use, and I think a lot of students would use it.
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- Dedrick Dews - sophomore sports management major from Dallas
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TEXAS TECH’S CHAPEL, approved by the Board of Regents in February, is set to be built near 19th Street and University Avenue.
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I wouldn’t use it. I mean, who has time to use a chapel? I guess if I were more religious I would. If (Hance) is using his own money, then I can’t see why it shouldn’t be here. I think it would be good especially for weddings and people who want to come back to Tech to get married.” Angela Andrus sophomore clinical lab sciences major from North Richland Hills -
Professors weigh in on plagiarism as finals approach
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Consequences could greatly impact future By AMY BREWER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
T h r e e m e m b e r s o f Te x a s Tech’s faculty name a variety of reasons students choose to plagiarize, but they all agree on one thing: The consequences of plagiarism do not end when the semester does. Liz Watts, an associate journalism professor at Tech, said plagiarism is often written off as an ethical issue, but it can also be a legal issue. She said most people who put their work on the Internet, such as dissertations, copyright them. “A lot of universities put their theses and dissertations on the Internet now,” Watts said. “You
could go borrow from any university who does that, and if you get caught, the university can dismiss you. It’s done. It’s over. You won’t ... if you get your degree.” get caught, Sofia the university Rodriguez, can dismiss director of you. It’s done. Student JuIt’s over. You dicial Prowon’t get your g r a m s a t Tech, said degree.” when an Liz Watts Associate Professor a c a d e m i c integrity issue is reported to her office, she keeps it on file for seven years.
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The Texas Tech American Red Cross club attempted to outdo the Guinness World Record for largest water balloon fight Saturday at Urbanovsky Park.. LA VIDA, Page 5
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Getting Froggy Red Raiders try to break Guinness World Record, raise frog awareness
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Texas Tech biology students, under the direction of assistant professor Ximena Bernal, spent Arbor Day celebrating Save the Frogs Day to raise awareness about wild amphibian conservation. “Save the Frogs!” is a nonprofit organization that began in 2008 in California, Bernal said. ARBOR DAY: Check Bernal’s lab, composed of out photos from both graduate and underother festivities. graduate students, works La Vida, Page 6 with live amphibians in order to study the animals’ behavior. Bernal said she believed it would be a good idea for her students to share what they have learned in her class with the rest of the college community. “We know that in about the last 30 years, about 200 species of amphibians have gone extinct,” she said. “That’s losing one species every two months. So there’s been a lot of concern in the scientific community about it. We feel that the general public is unaware of the fact and many don’t know that the population of frogs and toads and other amphibians are in trouble.” FROGS continued on Page 6 ➤➤
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