Articles – The Campus News – 12/10/1979
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Specialized Travel Agencies Cater to the Adventure-Lover
“People are beginning to look for something more meaningful than sitting on a resort beach,” says James Faubel, president of Himalayan Travel Inc. The travel agency’s most popular trip – 32 days climbing Mt. Everest in Nepal, with Sherpa guides, for $1,900 – is just the kind of adventure trip that most sophisticated travelers now…
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Hinton’s Hog Wash
by: Loren Hinton Since this is the last CAMPUS NEWS of the semester, I am going to attempt to settle a little business in this column in order that we may begin the spring semester with a clean slate. This semester, the CAMPUS NEWS staff has tried to produce a newspaper each week that is…
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Exxon Recruiters Rejected by Students
Three Exxon recruiters were chased from the office at the University of Wisconsin by student protesters and were escorted by University police to a waiting van. A university spokesman said that there were no arrests or reported injuries. Interviews scheduled by the recruiters for the next day were cancelled. The university spokesman said that the…
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Recent Gallup Poll Reveals Startling Level of “Civil Illiteracy” Among Older Teenagers
People keep telling us that high school students are becoming more and more stupid as years go by. The college entrance tests point that out, and so does the alarmingly high rate of functional illiteracy among high school graduates. Now George Gallup, in a survey published in the Washington Post, has more evidence that high…
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Thought for the Week
by: Gladys Gibson No other day of the year has the power to stir and excite us as much as Christmas. … It is the time when we reason for the richest. Part of the reason for this feeling is that we are thinking in terms of giving, which is, in itself, an expanding idea.…
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Fun in the Snow to Cost More This Winter
Prices at ski resorts will increase this year, but operators are optimistic. They expect most skiers to shrug off the high cost of gas to get to the slopes. Once there, they do not think skiers will worry about the high cost of the ski lifts. The lodges at Stratton, a big Vermont ski area,…
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Recession Rumors and Inflation Cause Students to Take Interest in Economics
“Students are taking an active interest in economics during these times. They are not as interested when times are good,” said Errol Hatfield, professor of economics at TCC, recently. This and a growing concern about what is happening with the nation’s economy have helped to increase enrollment in economics classes. Indeed, one has to draw…
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New Look Planned for TCC
Texarkana College will receive a 1 million facelift in the months to come, according to B.J. Murdock, Dean of Program Development. Beautification plans for the campus include remodeling of the grounds by planting trees, bushes, and shrubs and by building new lighted sidewalks, and parking lots. The project will be divided into five phases, the…
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Record Review
by: Jeff Kauffman Aerosmith: NIGHT IN THE RUTS In 1970, Aerosmith was born. The band members practiced long and hard. . . until . . . finally, their work paid off. Today their albums turn gold and platinum, and the band plays to sell-out crowds from coast to coast. Aerosmith’s newest album, NIGHT IN THE…
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January Non-Credit Courses
Sixty six non credit courses will be offered by the Evening and Continuing Education division of Texarkana Community College during the Spring Semester. Of these, two will begin on January 7, nine on January 14 and five on January 15. Others will start on the 16th, 17th, and 19th, respectively. Piano Preparatory starts on January…
