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Texas State to join Sun Belt in 2013
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Texas State is once again changing athletic conferences.
University officials held a press conference Wednesday morning to announce all Bobcat sports will begin play in the Sun Belt, effective July 1, 2013. The move gives Texas State its third athletic conference membership in three years.
The announcement comes a year and a half after Texas State declared its move to the Western Athletic Conference. The Bobcats, which are currently a member of the Southland Conference, will play the 2012-13 season in the WAC, before moving to the Sun Belt for 2013-14.
Sun Belt Commissioner Karl Benson said Texas State is “a perfect fit” as the league is expected to lose North Texas and Florida International to Conference-USA.
“While the Sun Belt may lose (some) of its members in the coming days, Texas State is a tremendous replacement for the Sun Belt,” he said. “Our goal is to regionalize.”
Texas State campus fluoride- free, despite UT claims
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The University of Texas unveiled a plan to install two fluoride-free drinking fountains on their campus. UT heralded this plan as the “first in the nation,” but Texas State’s water fountains have always been fluoride-free.
Water fluoridation is the process in which fluoride is added to water by the government. This fluoride is added to prevent tooth decay, but has become controversial over the years due to concerns about how safe the compound is.
Robert Love, UT public affairs graduate student, was the author of the bill passed by UT’s Student Government to install reverse-osmosis water fountains on their campus, thus making the water fluoride-free.
Emerging research status comes with added benefits
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The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board named Texas State in January the eighth Emerging Research Institution in Texas. The title granted the university eligibility for state funding through the Texas Research Incentive Program as early as 2014.
The university may experience a change in public perception as the end of the semester brings “the end of the beginning” to a close, as University President Denise Trauth told Texas Tribune.
Provost Eugene Bourgeois said emerging research status might be the final step in debunking Texas State’s reputation as a “party school.”
“Now, people will look and see we compare very favorably,” Bourgeois said, citing Texas State’s high-ranking slot — fifth — on the list of Texas public university graduation rates.
Meeting will discuss construction consequences
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An information session will be held Thursday to discuss the construction of several South Campus projects that will result in temporary roadway closures, detours and alternative parking options around campus.
The South Campus Construction Traffic Flow and Parking Logistics session will be today, April 25, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the LBJ Student Center room 3-14.1. The session will explain construction plans for the new Recital Hall and Theater Center, the University Drive Parking Garage, the South Chill Plant and several other projects. Construction workers are currently building the Undergraduate Academic Center and carrying out renovations for Commons Hall, Brogdon Hall and the Lampasas Building.
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