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For some it is a sign. For others it symbolizes a safe haven.
Members of the Allies of Texas State said their organization’s placards on campus have been stolen and ripped apart. Others defaced embossed with defamatory statements.
Allies members and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning community said they have been noticing discriminatory acts on campus for some time now.
A single vehicle knocked out all of downtown’s power Tuesday night after the driver lost control and ran into a utility pole.
“What happened here is basically the same thing that happens in heavy weather conditions,” said Fire Marshall Ken Bell. “When a wire starts bouncing around and it hits a primary system, it causes a reaction at the substation and it responds by opening the safety circuits which cause the power to go out.”
Bell said he sees large power outages like Tuesday’s approximately a dozen times in a year.
Texas State students have not had an on-campus polling location on Election Day in the past, nor can they expect one in the future.
Joyce Cowan, Hays County elections administrator, said issues of legality and convenience are the cause.
Voters must cast their ballot at a designated polling location according to their precinct on Election Day.
Texas State is part of several precincts because of its size, which by law can only contain 5,000 citizens, Cowan said. A polling location on campus would not meet ADA requirements, she said.
Memories of the Aquarena Center will outlast its buildings and exhibits, say individuals who know the area best.
Peggy Fairey, an Aquamaid in the early 1950s, reminisced about the long hours she spent swimming in the shows.
“After you did several shows you would be real cold, then afterwards we would lay out on the dock and get a suntan,” Fairey said. “I still remember that.”
Fairey said the park holds memories for everyone who was a part of it.
“Even people who went to school here have a lot of emotional attachments to this place,” Fairey said.
Drivers are not scheduled to receive train relief on Aquarena Springs Drive for a while.
Sabas Avila, city assistant director of Public Transportation, said a four-lane overpass with a one or two lane frontage road is being designed by the Texas Department of Transportation. The overpass will cross over the Aquarena Springs Drive Union Pacific railroad tracks.
Texas State is not among the 280 colleges and universities in the United States that have non-discrimination policies including gender identity and expression.
Texas State students have worked toward implementing gender identity into the anti-discrimination policy recently, but have been unsuccessful.
Fernando Gomez, vice chancellor and general counsel of the Texas State University System, said the Board of Regents allow each individual campus to decide whether to include the poliy statements.
A single vehicle knocked out all of downtown’s power last Tuesday after the driver lost control and ran into a utility pole.
“What happened here is basically the same thing that happens in heavy weather conditions,” Bell said. “When a wire starts bouncing around and it hits a primary system it causes a reaction at the substation and it responds by opening the safety circuits which causes the power to go out.”
Fire Marshall Ken Bell said he sees large power outages like last night’s about a dozen times in a year.
A shortage of academic advisers may result in students paying more next year.
Administrators are traveling to Beaumont Wednesday to propose an approximately 5-percent tuition and fee increase to the Board of Regents.
The proposed increases are multipronged: an increase in the advising fee and a 4.1-percent hike in tuition.
The Fee Increase
Students pay $60 in academic advising fees. Under the proposal, students will pay $73 and $90 during the 2010 and 2011 academic years, respectively — a 2.5 and 3.1 percent increase.
How far should bobcats go to show their pride?
Texas State Traitors was founded Nov. 10 by Associated Student Government Sen. Jon Riggs and grew to more than 1,000 members in less than a week. Riggs said the group was designed to foster school spirit by poking-fun of disloyal students.
Pictures of individuals sporting other schools’ apparel are posted on the group. There, they are labeled as traitors. The photos are posted without the students’ knowledge or consent.
ASG senators will vote next week on a bill that would add another ‘dead day’ to the academic calendar beginning spring 2010.
Sen. Coty Morris, music studies junior, authored the bill to include another day for preparation.
Morris said other universities have several days or a week to prepare for finals, while others have a fall break. She said the additional day was necessary to allow for better preparation.
Morris said adding one day would allow for more time to study without disrupting the academic calendar.
