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APRIL 6, 2004
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President Trauth to switch roles with student for a day to raise scholarship funds By Nikki Dawson News Reporter Meetings with administrators, assistants and appointments with university leaders are what one student will look forward to as he assumes President Denise Trauth’s position on April 14 in The Big Switch. Meanwhile, Trauth will attend classes and mingle with students in their environment as she plays the role of student. The Big Switch is an annual fund-raising event hosted by the Student Foundation. Members of the foundation will sell tickets in The Quad today and Wednesday and at student organization meetings for $1 each. The money from the ticket sales will be added to a general scholarship fund for Texas State students. The organization hopes to raise at least $500, said Thomas McDonald, public relations liaison for the Student Foundation and mass communication senior. A student name will be drawn from the pool of entries at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Student Foundation office. Trauth and the student will meet at 8:45 a.m. April 14 to switch roles and will meet at noon to return to their usual positions. Although it is a Texas State tradition, this is the first year the Student Foundation has highly publicized the event. The Big Switch will allow a student to understand what it is like to be the executive administrator of a university and will give Trauth the opportunity to interact and hear from students, said Ismael Amaya, Mentoring Program Coordinator and Student Foundation adviser. “The event gives Dr. Trauth an opportunity to experience what students experience as part of their daily routines, and professors are asked not to alter their lectures in any way,” Amaya said. “Dr. Trauth will be in the role of (the) student herself and therefore will participate in class like any other student would.” For more information on the event, contact the Student Foundation office at 245-3469.
By Amelia Jackson News Reporter
Tony Ramos/Star Photo Damian Fanelli, mass communication senior, is greeted by Amike Woodland, international relations senior, from Pedal Power Bicycles during Bike to School Day Thursday.
Faculty, staff plan to get wet for the university
By Katherine Eissler News Reporter
This year’s University Fund Drive theme, “Now, more than ever,” demonstrates the faculty and staff’s collective vision to advance as a whole. The fund drive, now in its 27th year, was implemented by William
L. Deck, former professor of industrial technology, as a way for faculty and staff to make donations to the university and has been an integral part of the university’s Annual Giving program. To heighten awareness, mark the end of the drive and have some sun, the Texas State University Advancement Office and the fund drive will host Dunkin’ for Dollars Not Doughnuts from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday in The Quad. Faculty and staff have volunteered, some warily, to take an unavoidable dip in the dunking
Tony Ramos/Star Photo Mystery Salinas, psychology freshman, enjoys a cool afternoon at Sewell Park feeding geese.
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booth. A donation bucket will be on site for those who would like to have a throw for $1 to dunk some of the university’s deans, professors and other staff members. Elizabeth Frisbey, University Advancement development officer, said the fund drive has set a goal of 62 percent participation by its “family” faculty and staff to beat last year’s rate of 56 percent. Percent of participation is more important than dollar amounts because it shows external donors how much alumni and staff support the university.
“When we see participation, the dollars will follow,” Frisbey said. “How can we not support ourselves and ask for their support? It’s a strength statement. We are all a part of a community, and we all believe in higher education or we wouldn’t be here. It’s being engaged that matters.” Co-chairs of the fund drive — Jen Beck, assistant director of campus recreation, and Chris Frost, psychology professor and honors program coordinator — have issued g See DRIVE, page 3
New program to raise money for school supplies
By Julie Suenram News Reporter
Students of all ages are being offered the opportunity to give as well as receive in the name of education. The Golden Key International Honor Society will host a Taco Cabana fund-raiser today in order to purchase school supplies for the students of Travis Elementary. Golden Key will also joint sponsor a Personal Statement workshop with Phi Alpha
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In an attempt to establish an Honor Council at Texas State, a task force has been working for three years to collect information about academic cheating at the university. “The data shows 75 percent of students cheat in some form or fashion whether they are aware it’s cheating or not,” said Michael Blanda, biochemistry professor. Blanda addressed the Associated Student Government about the importance of developing a council at Texas State during its Monday meeting. He is a member of the task force implemented by former President Jerome Supple in Fall 2000. The task force is comprised of students, professors, deans and other faculty. Initially, they studied literature on honor councils at universities nationwide. The task force found that often students and professors have different ideas about what is cheating. The task force also found the
Volunteers splash for cash in fund drive
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The Golden Key International Honor Society will host a Taco Cabana fundraiser today in order to purchase school supplies for the students of Travis Elementary.
Delta and Career Services on April 19. “Supplies for Schools,” a new program in Golden Key, is designed to help purchase school supplies for the underprivileged students of Travis
Elementary. “The kids really do have to buy a lot. The parents are responsible for a lot of school supplies, more than I expected,” said Leann Field, speech communications senior and
Golden Key International Honor Society president. “It’s going to be a bigger project than we originally anticipated, but that’s a good thing.” The fund-raiser will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. and 10 percent of the profits will go toward buying the supplies. The project will take place through the course of the rest of the semester as well as through the summer. Although some supplies g See SUPPLIES, page 3
Author examines problems in public education By Kay Richter News Reporter In the controversy surrounding the debate on problems with the Texas public education system, at least one voice “refuses to stand silently by.” The voice belongs to Carl Glickman, School Improvement Mitte Endowed Chair in the College of Education. During a lecture Monday night, he discussed his recent book, Letters to the Next President: What We Can Do
About the Real Crisis in Public Education. Glickman explored the dilemmas in the public education GLICKMAN system from the different perspectives of the contributors to his book. Glickman is the author of 12 books on subjects such as school leadership and the moral necessity of public education. He is also the Institute
for Schools, Education and Democracy president, which is an organization focused on strengthening education, civic engagement and democracy. He was formerly a professor of education at the University of Georgia. Glickman explained to a small crowd of civic leaders, educators and students that the success of the public education system is not just up to the legislators and politicians. In his book, he encourages people of all ages and walks of life to write letters to the future presi-
dent of the nation. The book includes letters from different key players who help shape the education system, including an 8-year-old student, an elder senator and concerned teachers and parents. In a question posed to his audience, Glickman asked what is missing in the education system today. He answered the question by blaming low funding of schools, a large percentage of g See AUTHOR, page 3