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Delta Tau Delta fraternity members believe the holidays are a better time to give than receive.
The fraternity is working with the Hays County Child Protective Board to earn donations to help purchase Christmas presents for children in protective custody.
“The holidays really bring out the best in us and our philanthropic efforts,” said Derek Nelson, Interfraternity Council president. “While we do community service events year-round, there are simply more opportunities around the holidays.”
Pi Kappa Phi members camped in The Quad last week to raise money for their philanthropy, PUSH America.
For 178 continuous hours, a member of the fraternity was present in The Quad.
Chapters across the nation host events to raise money for PUSH America. Texas State’s Pi Kappa Phi tradition is remaining visible in The Quad with a tent and scaffold, raising money and awareness for people with disabilities.
Veterans Day has lost its meaning, said Air Force Brigadier Gen. Randall Starbuck.
According to Starbuck, the day is not about supporting wars or political ideologies, nor shopping sales.
“It’s about honoring (veterans’) service to our country,” Starbuck said. “It’s about recognizing that brave men and women are ready, at any time, to serve when America is in danger.”
Students and university officials came together Wednesday beneath The Quad’s oak tree canopy and Fighting Stallions in the name of one cause — honoring American soldiers.
Faculty Senators have debated the idea of changing parking next to dorms to faculty parking, according to Bill Peeler, Transportation and Parking Committee co-chair.
“The idea of freshmen not being able to have cars on campus and having parking in satellite lots is something that has been debated many times over in the past several years,” Peeler said in a previous interview. “I’m sure it will be one that we discuss again.”
Satellite parking lots are on the perimeter of campus.
The University Police are calling Bobcat Village and the Mill Street commuter lot area a current ‘hotspot’ for vehicle burglaries.
Manuel Hernandez, UPD lead investigator, said thieves burglarized about 18 vehicles in the area since the Halloween weekend. He said the cases occurred in Bobcat Village with more occurring in the conjoining Mill Street commuter lot.
Hernandez believes the different burglaries to be apart of the same criminal episode.
A group has banded together to discuss recreating the Students With Alternative Transportation Program.
Zack Hughes, graduate student, worked with the Associated Student Governement’s S.W.A.T. Task Force. Hughes said students are asking for the revival of the service.
The S.W.A.T. program ran three nights a week and provided safe rides home for Texas State students who had been drinking. The program required a minimum of two officers and approximately 10 volunteers on operating nights to answer phones and drive the rental cars.
Old Main, Texas State’s iconic building, will likely be undertaking roof renovation in the upcoming year, said Michael Petty, assistant director of Facilities Planning, Design and Construction.
Petty said a study of Old Main was completed in 2008 by Volz & Associates, Inc. to determine what areas needed to be upgraded, modified or replaced.
Crickets’ time in the spotlight is over.
“We’ve realized crickets are drawn to lights and high places,” said Richard Cheatham, dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication. “Old Main is one of the highest spots on campus, so they are finding their way over here.”
Old Main’s lights have been turned off at night during cricket season for the last five or six years according to Joseph Ellis, assistant director of Facilities Management.
Houston Mayor Bill White spoke to the Texas State College Democrats Wednesday to publicize his race for the U.S. Senate.
White previously visited the University of Texas, Texas A&M, Lamar, Sam Houston State and Rice in hopes of garnering college students’ attention. He spoke for 30 minutes to more than 20 students at the meeting.
White said education is his main concern in the race.
There were few dry eyes at the memorial held at Fort Hood to honor the victims of Thursday’s shooting.
President Obama spoke to a somber crowd estimated to be 15,000 Tuesday afternoon. The president assumed the office of consoler-in-chief, as he told families and friends of those killed in Thursday’s tragedy.
“Your loved ones endure through the life of our nation,” Obama said. “Their memory will be honored in the places they lived and by the people they touched. Their lives’ work is our security and the freedom that we all too often take for granted.”
