1980

Michael Benson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Benson and piano pupil of Esther Mills Wood, won first place, by unanimous decision of the judges, in the state division of the Baldwin Junior Keyboard Achievement Award. His father is a professor at TCC. The competition was held at the University of Central Arkansas in…

ARIES: (March 21 to April 19) Control your tendency toward volatile outbursts of temper both at home and in the workplace – it will work to your disadvantage! Angry confrontations can inspire others to plot against you to “get even.” Cut down on your spending, too. TAURUS: (April 20 to May 20) Expenses could be…

Jimmy Thomas is employed by TCC to teach Air Conditioning and Refrigeration at the Federal Correctional Institution in Arkansas. He has 17 students in his class, which is one of many classes offered to the inmates. Thomas has worked for 17 years in air conditioning, which is a requirement for the instructors. He was also…

By BOB BUDDStaff Writer To gain a further understanding of how a newsroom operates, TCC Journalism students toured the Texarkana Gazette Nov. 12. They listened as Don Ferrell, executive editor, traced the course of a news story from A to Z. A to Z, it turned out, involved a seven-pole slalom course with modern electronic…

By BOB BUDDStaff Writer Vincent Bugliosi, the prosecuting attorney turned author who put Charles Manson and most of his family behind bars, painted a bizarre picture of the family’s crimes for students and guests at TCC Nov. 10. Marked for murder by the Manson family, Bugliosi said in a press conference following his talk, he…

Cyril Lang, 55, a Montgomery County, Md., 10th grade English teacher, was threatened with a seven-month suspension without pay after he refused to stop teaching Aristotle’s “Poetics” and Machiavelli’s “The Prince” following complaints by some students’ parents who said the classics were too difficult for their children to understand.

Arrows were the order of the day on Tuesday, November 11, as Coach Henry Duke sponsored the Tencathlon Archery tournament. There were six shots to a round, with two rounds fired from 20 yards, another two rounds at 30 yards, and the final two rounds from 40 yards. After the scores were tabulated, the results…

Jim Parsons, sponsor of the Athletic Association, has announced that the next event on the Tencathlon schedule is volleyball, to be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 3. Coach Wayne Williams is the sponsor of the event. 10 points will be awarded to all participants in the event. The first meeting of the AA basketball…

W. B. Robison, 71, is one of a half dozen senior citizens who are taking foreign languages at Texarkana Community College as a hobby. Foreign languages have been Robison’s hobby since his high school days. He learned Spanish in high school, studied German in college, and is now taking elementary French under Professor Albert Riusech…