Religious hypocrites
Gored by ’Horns
Bobcats lose to top-ranked UT, 9-3/Sports/Page 10
Eye of the beholder
Reality shows present their version of what beauty is/Trends/Page 6
Christians shouldn’t judge unless they want to be judged/Opinions/Page 5
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VOLUME 93, ISSUE 77 www.universitystar.com
APRIL 21, 2004
JUST BEING N.O.R.M.L. T E X A S
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Students help out with Master Plan By Jennifer Warner Senior Reporter
The class was divided into four groups, each with six technology and interior design students. Each group has developed a design that will be presented to the Academic Affairs division at 9:30 a.m. May 4 in the Mitte Complex, Room 4236. Tisdel hopes the students’ efforts will help Master Plan architects develop ideas that are feasible and functional. “Our research will aid the new architects that will be hired in efficiently looking at that space and possibly using some of my students ideas,” Tisdel said. “We hope we will give the architects some sort of efficient use of the space so that they can work more efficiently on their projects and their Master Plan.” Tisdel said the designs more than double the size of the Psychology Building and incorporate a visitor’s center with the
With the theme “Honor the past, claim the future,” planning for the 2006-2015 Campus Master Plan is underway to decide the future of all renovation and construction projects on university property. Technology students are getting involved with the planning stages of this process by submitting building designs to the university with hopes that some of their ideas will be incorporated into the Master Plan. Chris Tisdel’s advanced architectural drafting class has been working all semester to develop a design that will incorporate a new multi-story visitor parking garage, a new visitor’s center and a new psychology building into the current parking area between Butler Hall, the Education Building and the J.C. Kellam Administration Building.
Andy Ellis/Star photo Troy Reisner, Fil Grady and Brandon Reisner of the San Antonio band 51 Acres perform at the LBJ Student Center Ampitheatre as part of Texas State's N.O.R.M.L. event Tuesday. As a part of its celebration, N.O.R.M.L. gave out prizes and information on the legalization of marijuana as well as hosting a total of eight bands at the ampitheatre and Lucy's on The Square.
Electric trams ‘Literary outlaws’ go on display to speed up campus travel By Rickey Purdin News Reporter
By Amelia Jackson News Reporter Students who are often late to class because of long hikes across campus will soon have an alternative to hoofing it. Observant members of the Texas State community may have noticed two large, clothcovered objects on the side of the Nueces Building. These objects are the newest addition to campus transportation — electric trams. “We’re trying to move more people through campus instead of around it,” said Stephen Prentice, Parking Services supervisor. Texas State is the first university to have these trams, he said. The models have been
made to order, with a hotel in Hawaii being the only other entity to own one. The trams are part of Parking Services and not affiliated with the larger bus system run by Auxiliary Services. “With the increase in parking permit fees, we wanted to provide more services,” Prentice said. “This has nothing to do with student fees; this is money that was allocated three years ago.” The cost of the trams was covered in the parking permit fee increase presented to students three years ago, not the bus fee referendum passed this semester. The hold-up in implementing g See TRAMS, page 4
floor of Alkek Library. Showcasing six writers and journalists who infected Texas and the nation with Tearing through the Texas littheir innovative styles and indeerary scene of the 1960s with their pendent voices, the exhibit cointypewriters blazing, six writers cides with the release of a book changed the landscape forever, on the writers by Assistant according to a new exhibit in Curator Steve Davis in late the Southwestern Writers April. Collection. Now they’re getting Image courtesy of Barbara Whitehead Manuscripts, first-edition their time in the spotlight. novels, movie posters, type“Texas Literary Outlaws” is the newest writers, correspondence, pictures and exhibit in the collection located on the 7th numerous other nostalgic items present
Map courtesy of Office of the Vice President for Finance and Support Services Route illustration by Scooter Hendon Pictured is the future route of the electric tram service through campus. - Indicates tram will loop around Butler Hall, before passing in front of Lantana Hall.
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writers Bud Shrake, Billy Lee Brammer, Gary Cartwright, Peter Gent, Dan Jenkins and Larry L. King. “The display shows how we got from one place to another,” Davis said. “From a place where a black student wasn’t allowed to go to college to a place where Austin is now the live music capital of the world, with a big film and literature base.” At the height of the 1960s these boisterous writers came together as friends and g See OUTLAWS, page 3
Students protest with Day of Silence
By Katherine Eissler News Reporter
Students on campus, along with about 630 schools nationwide, are remaining silent today in protest of the prejudice that gays and lesbians encounter. Lambda, the student organization for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students and
their friends, will participate in the National Day of Silence, a national youth movement, to speak out against harassment, prejudice and discrimination of the GLBT community. In an effort to heighten awareness on campus, Lambda member Julia Decker, political science and history junior, will be among the participants. “This is just a way of show-
Task force seizes 192 lbs. of marijuana
By Kay Richter News Reporter
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The Hays County Narcotics Task Force received a tip that resulted in a seizure of 192 pounds of marijuana Thursday. The tip was received early in the morning, and by the end of the evening, four suspects had been arrested. The surveillance started around 6:30 p.m. when officers first spotted a tractor-trailer rig suspected of transporting the marijuana headed north on I-35. Detective Carl Spriegel, who was informed about the vehicle’s suspected drug trafficking, stopped the vehicle for traffic violations as it approached Highway 123. Department of Public Safety troopers later joined him. After receiving permission from the driver, officers searched the cab/trailer and found 12 bundles of what they believed to be compressed g See SEIZES, page 3
ing what social stigma can do to people,” Decker said. “We are calling attention to the fact that a lot of people aren’t going to speak out when discriminated against.” Part of Lambda members’ demonstration will be wearing black clothes and tape over their mouths. They will also have signs posted explaining the goal of their protest and sta-
tistics on why people don’t “come out.” “There is something striking about people not speaking,” said Griffon O’Connell, theatre and anthropology sophomore. The student organization has made several attempts to protest discrimination. In Fall 2003, Lambda set up g See SILENCE, page 4
Blogs all the rage I N S I D E Amusements....................8 at symposium
By Kay Richter News Reporter
AUSTIN — In the emerging global network packed with e-mails and cable modems, journalists are quickly embracing forms of technology that alter the traditional roles of journalism. With the appearance of blogs, a term derived from Web logs which are authored by journalists, an introduction is made into the large array of issues that remain a hot topic of debate. On Friday and Saturday, the Fifth Annual International Symposium on Online Journalism was held in the Jesse H. Jones Communication Center at the University of Texas. Rosental Alves, the Knight Chair in journalism, sponsored the symposium. Early Saturday morning, a small crowd of media professionals, professors and students gathered to discuss and reveal their research regarding “The State of Blog Journalism.” Mark Tremayne, assistant journalism professor, moderated the panel discussion. He said g See BLOG, page 3
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News.............................2-4 Opinions...........................5
Sports..............................10 Trends............................6,7
Today’s Weather
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