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ENMU Employee Has Worked Toward Degree for Almost Three Decades
by Marc Schoder
Communication Services

Working toward her Eastern degree has been a long and winding road for Lenna Rolan, Financial Aid Specialist. In fact, the road has taken 29 years and 26 total semesters of often taking one course at a time.

	(photo by Jillian Butler)

“I am ready to graduate; I have worked very hard for this.” says Lenna.

She began her quest for her degree in accounting and business administration for real in 1975, but says she wouldn’t endorse her route.“I wouldn’t recommend going to school this way,” says the former church-league softball player. “I always tell students to go to school while your brain is still young.”

Lenna, who has been with Eastern since 1980, used her employee waiver to take one class at a time. She says that she has a good support system. “With the help of my family, I was able to balance family, my professional life and my education.” She adds that her mother has been a big help by picking up her kids at school, as well as tending to her kids while she studied or worked. When she made the plunge back into school, her children – her oldest son, Jared, and her younger son, Justin – realized that mom had to study.

“I have gone to school most of my younger son's life. It’s a fact of life that I have to study,” says Lenna of her children's understanding.

She began her career at Eastern as a departmental secretary for the Advising Center in Lea Hall. In that position, she worked for Dick Walsh for 10 1/2 years. In 2002, she became a professional employee in Financial Aid.

One key that Lenna contributes to her success in school is that she considers herself a night owl. “I am kind of a night person, so I would study before I would crawl into bed. I have rarely gone to bed much before midnight. However, I have even gone to bed around 3 or 4 a.m.”

At times she thought she would never finish; however, she takes humor in one particular part. “I joked one time that if they would have let me stay in the 1975 catalog that I started with, it wouldn't have taken this long."

Lenna says another factor that helped her get her degree was that she Clepped 18 credit hours. (Clepping involves taking a test to demonstrate knowing the subject matter without taking the course.) “I Clepped out of math, English, and humanities right after I got out of high school, so I didn’t need to worry about taking those general education requirements,” she says.

The voracious reader, who likes to keep a stack of books by her bed, is looking forward to free time after she graduates in May. “I am definitely not going to miss studying.” She especially looks forward to reading books that aren’t business-related. “I like to read a lot, but I only read for enjoyment during the summers because I figured if I am spending that much time reading I needed to be reading my textbooks.”

The avid Dallas Cowboy fan is also looking forward to sitting back and doing another one of her favorite hobbies, cross-stitching.

When not engaged in her hobbies or schooling, Lenna takes great pride in her work. “I actually feel like I can help people. When I have people come in I try to make them feel more comfortable in dealing with the financial aid aspect of college. That makes me feel good."

Instructor of Education Foundations Also Outstanding Athlete
Story and photo by Scarlet Smith
Communication Services

Bill Gaedke, instructor of education foundations, not only is an instructor of educational foundations, but had a long military career and is an outstanding athlete.

Mr. Gaedke has been with ENMU since 1994 and teaches EDF 222, a requirement for all education majors. When asked what he loves most about teaching, Mr. Gaedke said, “I love my students; they keep me revitalized. I live for my students and my wife of forty-nine years as of this May. I also have two beautiful children.”

Mr. Gaedke is a retired Air Force chief master sergeant and his title was senior enlisted advisor of the commander, 27th Tactical Fighter Wing. The senior enlisted advisor is the liaison between the wing commander and the enlisted personnel of the base and the primary duties mainly involve the quality of life of the enlisted personnel.

Along with Mr. Gaedke’s outstanding military career, he has competed in track meets as a U.S. Masters competitor from 1972 (age 41) through 1988 (age 57) when he stopped competing due to attending school at ENMU and coaching volleyball and track at Clovis High School. At the age of 46 in 1977 he attended the National Masters Championship in Chicago and won the national championship in the 400-meter dash in a blazing 54.3 seconds and took third in the 800 meter at a personnel best of 2:03.2 (beating his high school time of 2:04.6).

Mr. Gaedke has volunteered his time to the Clovis Municipal school system while teaching for seven years at Clovis High in the aerospace science department.

One of Mr. Gaedke’s former students, Brian Dickinson, says, “Chief Billy is an inspiration to all students in the education department. Class with the Chief is a good experience and helpful in the field of teaching.”

Bringing Books and Children Together: ENMU Reading Professor Offers Family Literacy Projects
by Scarlet Smith
Communication Services

Dr. Jeanne Cobb, associate professor of reading in the College of Education at Eastern New Mexico University, is the director of a Verizon Literacy Foundation Grant to provide community outreach services in literacy education. She initially received the $71,000 grant while employed at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, and brought the grant with her when she came to ENMU in the fall 2002.

	(photo by Jillian Butler)

Dr. Cobb says, "This project is very exciting and rewarding to have the opportunity to put books in the hands of children. We know that many children in New Mexico do not have access to books in their homes or even to books in a nearby public library. This project provides literacy materials and books to families so that children can succeed at school."

The project involves 18 ENMU reading master students who are required to plan and design a family literacy project and to implement the project in their local communities. Some of the projects include parents and their children learning about literacy strategies, teen parents learning about enhancing their children's literacy development, caregivers in an adult facility for the mentally challenged, pregnant teens learning about reading to their babies and enhancing their language development, middle school science students and parents learning about literacy activities in science, and bilingual parents of preschoolers and kindergarteners learning about literacy and how to help their children be successful in school.

ENMU education master's student Pattie Donovan says, "This has been a wonderful opportunity to work with the families that are interested and involved in their children's reading education." Blanca Banuelos, ENMU education master's student, says, "This program is allowing parents to see their children grow through literacy and also become involved in their education progress."

As a result of this large-scale family literacy initiative in the state of New Mexico, Dr. Cobb has also been chosen for a Scholastic Literacy Partners grant that has awarded the project large discounts on books for family literacy projects to make it possible for approximately 2,700 books to be given to children in Portales, Clovis, Hobbs, Ruidoso, Roswell, Tucumcari and Artesia.

Class in Water Gardening Being Offered on Saturday, April 24
by Helena Rodriguez
Communication Services

	(photo by Margaret Estrada)

Ever dream of having your own little pond or water garden at home but you think it’s too time consuming or expensive to do yourself?

	(photo by Jillian Butler)

“Designing Your Own Water Garden” is a one-day class that will show you how to create a water project on a budget and in a small amount of time, but with impressive results.

The class will be held on Saturday, April 24 from 1-5 p.m. in the College of Business, Room 128.

Margaret Estrada will once again teach the class through ENMU’s Extended Learning.

The class is designed for ages 12 and up. The deadline to register is April 21 and there is a $15 class fee.

The class will include a complete presentation on how to build your own water garden or pond. Two displays will feature a traditional method as well as Margaret own creation which is a water garden you can build on your own for only $20.

“A lot of people think building your own water garden or pond is difficult, but it is really easy and you can get really creative with it,” said Margaret, Student Records Clerk/VA Certifying Official in the Registrar’s Office.

For more information about the class, contact the Office of Extended Learning, located inside Quay Hall, Room 106, or at 505.562.2165.

Margaret can be reached at 505.356.5376.

Eastern New Mexico University Presenting 'How I Learned to Drive'
by Scarlet Smith
Communication Services

Eastern New Mexico University is presenting “How I Learned to Drive,” a Pulitzer Prize winning play by Paula Vogel, at 8 p.m. on April 14-17 in the Studio Theatre in the University Theatre Center. The play is directed by Felipe E. Macias, chair and professor of theatre.

“How I Learned to Drive” is about a young woman who is on a journey of empowerment after overcoming the tragedies experienced in childhood, according to Mr. Macias. “To discover the outcome of the young woman’s journey you must experience the play,” he said.

The main characters in “How I Learned to Drive” will be performed by ENMU students Jennifer Livingston, Josh Aguirre, Ryan Jason Cook, Jennae Pinnell, Dorothy van Der Sterre, along with other ENMU theatre department students.

Mr. Macias said, “It is a very cutting edge play. Paula Vogel is in the top handful of living playwrights.

General admission is $3. For more information, call 505.562.2711.

Trio of Business Professors Present Paper on Emotional Intelligence and Coping Ability
by Marc Schoder
Communication Services

Drs. John Humphreys, Bill Brunsen and Dale Davis from Eastern New Mexico University's College of Business authored and presented a paper titled "The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Coping Ability, and Affective Commitment: Further Implications for Health Care Management" at the 21st Annual Southwest Business Symposium at the University of Central Oklahoma at Edmund on April 1-2.

“It seemed to be a good avenue to run a little research in,” says Dr. Davis, professor of marketing.

“It’s the type of paper that one does in academia,” says Dr. Davis. “It often confirms common sense. Dr. Humphreys took the time to lay it out step by step,” adds Dr. Davis.

The paper came from original research done at Presbyterian in Clovis by Dr. Humphreys and a graduate student.

“Dr. Humphreys and the graduate student wrote a paper about the research that they had done,” adds Dr. Davis. The trio of ENMU business professors examine leadership and why people do the things they do, and is the effect on them.

Dr. Davis says that they came up with 5-7 hypotheses that were presented in the paper. “The higher the emotional intelligence, the more likely the higher the affective component of the caregiver,” says Dr. Davis. “I had done my doctorate in organizational behavior, even though I had been teaching marketing for a good number of years,” adds Dr. Davis.

Until Dr. Humphreys came to ENMU three or four years ago, Dr. Davis had been teaching the graduate organizational behavior class. “I have maintained this interest even though I haven’t been teaching the class,” notes Dr. Davis. “I was interested in Dr. Humphreys' original research just as an item of interest since I have been around, off and on, caregivers for my own health and health of my family,” says Dr. Davis.

This interest leads Dr. Davis to reflect on health caregivers in general. “I have been hospitalized a number of times while in the Marine Corps, as well as in private life,” says Dr. Davis. “It’s a good paper and something I can identify with. It should be well received by the academic community.”
(photos by Jillian Butler)

Communication Program Draws Graduate Student from India
(prefers walking to car to feel spirit of community)
by Helena Rodriguez
Communication Services

The communications program at Eastern New Mexico University is not only drawing students from around the state and country, but from around the world.

While ENMU has attracted several graduate students from India into its chemistry and biology programs, it’s the communications program that has attracted one graduate student, Anamika Ghosh.

	(photo by Wendel Sloan)

Anamika is from Kolkota, also known as Calcutta, which is the largest metropolis in India with a population of 14 million people. Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal and was capital of British India.

When looking for a United States college to attend, Anamika said she considered two factors, the quality of the program and the size of the town. “It was my first time coming to this country as an adult, so I gave importance to courses offered in a Communications program. I also did not want to live in a very big city,” Anamika explained. ENMU proved to be the ideal school so she enrolled in the graduate program in August and is now about to complete her first academic year at ENMU.

Prior to coming to ENMU, Anamika had only visited the United States one time, as a three-year-old, when she went with her family to the East Coast.

Anamika, earned a master’s degree in film studies from Jadavpur University, an institution that is considered “the center of excellence in mobile computing and communications” by India’s University Grants Commission. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Calcultta University in advertising and sales promotion and sales management.

Although Anamika’s mother tongue is Bengali, the national language of Bangladesh, she has also been learning English since she was a young child, as well as Hindi, the national language of India.

Anamika is an only child but, in spite of this, she said that her parents, who own a printing press which does pre- and post-press, supported her decision to come to school in the United States.

“This will help me get a good job in India,” Anamika said. “Now India is growing a lot, opening up its economy, and allowing more foreign companies into the country.”

Anamika said she plans to return to India after completing her education. However, she may extend her stay here to pursue a Ph.D.

“I feel at home here at ENMU. It is very friendly,” Anamika said. “On my first day here, I met a girl named Michelle who really helped me a lot and showed me around the campus. At first, I used to get very scared about my classes and would go to Dr. Roehl. She really helped me,” Anamika said.

Besides a big difference in cultures, Anamika said another distinction between the countries is in technological advances. “In India, we hardly get an opportunity to get a hold of things, like certain books and the Internet. Access is easier here. There is a better system of information compared to my country.” She also said the schools here are more advanced. “In India, the area of communications is very new and few schools offer programs in communications.”

It’s mom’s home cooking that Anamika misses most about India. “In my country we eat a lot of spicy food, but we use different spices and herbs. In my state, we eat a lot of rice, lentil and fresh fish. You can hardly find any fresh fish around here.” Anamika lives with three other students from India and they take turns cooking their favorite Indian dishes. She said they go to Lubbock or Albuquerque to stock up on spices and herbs from India.

“The culture here is all so alien to me. We have something like MTV and HBO, but it is all so different from my culture.” However, Anamika pointed out that one of her favorite singers was inspired by Western classical music.

When she’s not busy studying, Anamika and her friends enjoy watching movies from India that they purchase online. “We belong to a membership club that has music and movies from India.”

“Even the birds here are different from those in my country,” Anamika pointed out. She also noted differences in dress. “I wear trousers here, but am more comfortable wearing outfits, dresses from my country.”

Anamika said a positive side to culture in the United States is the emphasis on the individual. “Everyone has individuality. In my country, we are a close-knit family and my decisions are not just my decisions. They include elders like my uncles and aunts. We don’t give that much importance to individualism.”

Anamika can be seen walking all over campus and the community. She does not have a car here but said she likes it that way. “If you don’t walk through the streets of a place, then you won’t get close to that place; you won’t get close to the spirit of it.”

Native-American Awareness Week Set for April 12-16
( Native Americans proactively promoting culture at ENMU)
by Helena Rodriguez
ENMU Communication Services

“Honoring Our Past, Present and Future” is the theme for Native American Awareness Week that kicks off at Eastern New Mexico University on Monday, April 12.

	(photo by Richard Salas)

The third annual Fashion Show & Banquet and a first time Royalty Day featuring Native American queens from around the Southwest, will highlight this year’s events which begins with an official proclamation by Mayor Pro Tem Donald K. Shafer at noon on Monday at the Veteran’s Memorial. The Veteran’s Memorial is located between the ENMU fountain and CUB building. Banquet speakers will include Fred S. Vallo, governor of the Acoma Pueblo, and Joe Shirley Jr., the outspoken president of the Navajo Nation in Arizona.

“During Native American Awareness Week, we hope that people will acknowledge us as we share our culture with everyone. It would be nice for people to take part as we celebrate our past, present and future,” said Utahna Livingston, student director for Native American Affairs.

Livingston noted that the annual Native American Awareness event has not had guest speakers of this caliber in awhile.

Livingston said a first time Vendor’s Day has been tentatively set for Tuesday, April 13. If there is response, some Native Americans from around the state will sell original, handmade jewelry and crafts inside the CUB from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Another highlight is Royalty Day. Some of the local school children will attend this event on Friday, April 16, which will feature six or
seven Native American royalty coming from Utah, the Zuni Pueblos and Navajo.

“The royalty will give presentations about their tribes and show their talents, such as weaving,” Livingston said. Miss Native American ENMU, Dwan Martinez, will be present, along with Miss Eastern Navajo, Fern Spencer of Crown Point.

During the fashion show, which will be featured during the Thursday night banquet, ENMU students will model a variety of traditional Native American attire. On the night of the banquet, the first Rayla Parraz Scholarship will also be awarded to two students. “Parraz was a good friend and an ENMU student who died last September in a car accident. She was not Native American, but she helped us with everything, so we wanted to do something to honor her memory,” Livingston said. A number of other awards will be given to graduating Native American students and students who have excelled in their discipline.

Other events during Native American Awareness Week will include showings of the movies, “Wind-Talkers” and “Self Esteem for Native Americans” throughout
the day on Wednesday, April 14, inside of Ground Zero. There will also be a display of Native American photographs and art inside of the CUB lobby throughout the week and the N.A.T.I.V.E. club will have an information booth in the College of Business on Wednesday, April 14. N.A.T.I.V.E. stands for Native Americans Teaching Integrity, Values and Education.

Although there are no Native American reservations in the immediate vicinity of ENMU, the university has about 93 Native American students who make up three percent of the school population and are proactively educating the public about their culture. The majority of the 93 Native American students at ENMU are Navajo. However, there are also a number of other tribes represented, including Acoma, Apache, Cherokee, Kenaitze and Pueblo.

Diana Cordova, director of Multicultural Affairs at ENMU, said, “The Office of Native American Affairs advocates and works as a liaison for Native Americans of all tribes. Students support one another in diversity.”

The banquet is slated for 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 15, inside the Cub Ballroom and is open to the public. Tickets are $15 and should be RSVPed. For more information contact the Native American Affairs office at 505.562.2740.

ENMU Mural to be Featured on State License Plates
by Helena Rodriguez
ENMU Communication Services

A painting inside the staff lounge of the Eastern New Mexico University Music Building will soon be seen on cars around the state.

	(photo by Jillian Butler)

An untitled oil painting by Nil Hogner, a now deceased New Mexico artist who was noted for his Western works, is one of five designs chosen to go on license plates produced by the New Mexico Community Foundation.

The license plates will be available for sale to the public with proceeds going to support community arts programs for New Mexico children. The endowment will be called the Community Arts Resources Fund or the CAR Fund.

The mural depicts a friendly meeting between cowboys and Native Americans.

The license plates will be available for a minimum $25 charitable tax deduction for each plate or for $100 for five plates. Sponsors may purchase license plates from the Foundation to donate to their local community arts council.

For more information go to www.nmcf.org or call 505.820.6860.

30th Annual Student Research Conference Set for Tuesday, April 13
The 30th Annual Student Research Conference is scheduled for Tuesday, April 13, from 1-3 p.m. in the College of Business. Students compete for cash awards in eight categories at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Students have entered research papers/projects in Business, Communication, English, Hispanic Studies, Humanities, Social Sciences, Physical and Biological Sciences.

Thirty-one research papers have been submitted in the 2004 competition from students enrolled at ENMU and Texas Tech. The individual with the top paper in each category will receive a cash award of $150.

The presentations are open to the public and ENMU students are encouraged to attend. The conference is held in the College of Business. A sign will be posted in the lobby of the COB indicating where each category is scheduled.

The presentation of awards is made at the annual banquet. This year's speaker is Dr. Gregory Keller, assistant professor of biology. The title of his presentation will be The Decline of Migratory Song Birds.

The SRC was started by a group of concerned faculty in 1974. Dr. Ram Sharma coordinated the event until his retirement in 1998.

The SRC committee members are Dr. William Andersen, Dr. Mary Anaya, Dr. Rosemary Bahr, Dr. Tom Brown, Dr. Bill Brunsen, Dr. Ollie Oviedo and Dr. Anthony Schroeder, the current coordinator of the conference.

Two ENMU Students Win Research Awards at Texas Tech University

Ms. Bonnie Cash, an Eastern undergraduate student, won the second-place award and Mr. Eliseo Castillo, an Eastern graduate student, won the first-place award for their recent presentations at the Student Research Day at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. [more]

ENMU Debater Finishes 43rd in Nation
by Kara N. Dillard
Speech and Debate Program

	(photo by Kara Dillard)

The Eastern New Mexico University Speech and Debate program proved again that it deserves a place among the nation's best forensics programs in country, receiving several high honors at this year's season-ending Cross-Examination Debate Association (CEDA) National Tournament.

Darrick Matthews led the way, exploding in what is presumably the last debate tournament of his career to tie for 43rd Speaker in the nation and being named a 2004 CEDA All-American.

Darrick and his partner, Mark Hendley, had been idle for several weeks previous to the national championship tournament, making their success very surprising.

"They debated their hearts out," said coach Kara Dillard. "Darrick and Mark have spent a lot of time being somewhat successful in moderate competition. To succeed like this competing against the best debaters in the country is amazing." [more]

ENMU-Roswell Assists in Launching Mixed-Use Incubator Program
(story below explains meaning)
Story and photo by Donna Gutierrez
ENMU-Roswell

The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell have formed a partnership and launched a mixed-use incubator program on campus that will house start-up and fledgling businesses.

A unique feature of the program is a youth entrepreneurship component that will offer young people in the area an opportunity to start and operate their own business. The students will have access to the same resources and staff that are available to other participants in the incubator program. These resources include one-on-one assistance in the form of business analysis, business plan writing, marketing and management assistance, business counseling, workshops, and seminars. The program is one of only two in New Mexico funded by a unique SBDC grant.

An open house celebrating the first youth entrepreneurs to operate out of the incubator program was held April 6. Goddard High School seniors Garren Visser, Doug Evans, and Phillip Fresquez have formed Uber Weiss, LLC. The students showed off their unique line of boarding/surfing apparel to a large crowd of community supporters. The students said their idea for the clothing business arose out of boredom and the growing popularity of snowboarding. Their clothes are aimed at the teen market, both male and female.

"Even people who don't participate in the sport like it because it's cool and different to wear," said Evans. The students said the SBDC staff has been very helpful in getting the company started and they plan to establish an Internet site to sell their clothing.

During the open house event, Dr. Judy Armstrong, ENMU-Roswell provost, said the university is proud to be a partner in the incubator program. "It will make a difference in the economic environment of this community and we're excited about the future," she said.

David Howard, incubator manager, said the while the program is still in the early stages, donations for the incubator program have already been received to establish a revolving loan fund to finance the businesses. Howard especially thanked Bank of the Southwest and Pioneer Bank for their support and said additional contributions are being solicited.

For more information, contact Howard at 624.7133.

Special Thank You

A special thank you to Will Kayatin for providing the orange Spring Fling shirts to everyone in our office. We not only wore them on Friday, but let our students borrow them for the weekend so they would wash them for us." – anonymous employee in Communication Services

If you would like to pubicize a special thank you to someone, e-mail information to monday.memo@enmu.edu.

Don't Forget

To bring a brown-bag or fast-food lunch to the Zia Softball Field at noon this Wednesday, April 14, and watch the inter-campus faculty/staff softball game between ENMU-Roswell and ENMU-Portales.

Employee Briefs

Dr. Phillip Million, chair and associate professor of communicative disorders at ENMU, was recently appointed by the University of New Mexico to serve on the inaugural Advisory Board for Speech and Hearing Sciences. As a founding member of the Board, Dr. Million will provide leadership and advice on professional matters affecting the various state constituencies and the University of New Mexico.

Robert D. Sprague, assistant professor of business administration, has had accepted for publication a peer-reviewed encyclopedia submission, "An Overview of Liability for System and Data Quality," to be published in the Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology.

Michael F. Shaughnessy and Susan Veronikas of Texas Tech have had a paper accepted for publication in EDUCAUSE.

Candid Camera

President's Cup Will Go to Inter-Campus Winner (photo by Jillian Butler)

Of Wednesday's Softball Game Between ENMU-Roswell and ENMU-Portales – The Fighting Tumbleweeds of ENMU-Roswell and the Goober Gulchers of ENMU-Portales will play a faculty/staff softball game at noon this Wednesday, April 14, at the Zia Softball Field on the Portales campus for the right to take home the President's Cup. All employees are encouraged to bring a brown-bag lunch and enjoy the just-for-fun action. President Gamble will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at 11:45 a.m. to Dee Rogers of the Roswell campus. Last year, the Gulchers traveled to Roswell to play the Tumbleweeds in basketball. Members of the Fighting Tumbleweeds are: Sam "The Slam" Martinez, Frank "Fungo" Gonzales, James "The Man" Mares, Trish "The Terror" Jones, Bill "Bam Bam" Jones, Paul "The Punisher" Sandoval, Joe "The Jolter" Sedillo, Richard "The Racer" Griego, Rollah "The Rocker" Aston, Arthur "Long Ball" Leible, Eva "Whallopin'" Whatley, and Peter "Hot" Stover. Members of the Goober Gulchers are: Wendel "The Commissioner" Sloan, James "The Jokemiester" Chacon, Travis "This Ain't T-Ball" McCorkle, Mike "I Hate Running Backs" Walton, Don "The Doc" Elder, Sia "I Love Samoan Cookies" Poyer, Mark "Sparky the Sparkplug" Romero, John "This Ain't Chess" Kirby, Richard "Stone Cold" Stoneman, Josh "Treetop Lover" Lynn, Cam "Son-of-a-Doc" Elder, Dan "Buzz Saw" Buzard, Danica "I'll Play for the Free Meal" Silva, Sarah "Will I Break a Nail" Boone, Emily "Bring the Pain" Partin and coach Kevin "Blastoff" Blaskowski.

Mystery Photo Contest (photo by Mr. Anonymous)

Win DQ Blizzard – Identify the mystery ENMU employee "Cotton-Eyed Joeing" at the recent Council for the Advancement and Support of Education Conference in Houston and win a free Dairy Queen blizzard of your choice. The winner will be drawn from all correct responses received by Monday, April 19. E-mail guesses to monday.memo@enmu.edu.

Key to Beating Allergy Season (photo by David Moon)

Always Be Prepared – Troy McCollum combats allergy season with the latest in high-tech disposal units.

Feel the Power (photos by Kenny Prince)

Of Huie Brown – As he Tai Kwon Does his way to a black belt. Huie is a sciece technician for ENMU's Physical Sciences and studies martial arts with Eastern's Steve Blakeley.

Scenes from The Alley's 'Tiki Day' (photos by Jillian Butler)

During Spring Fling – We hear on good authority that Student Affairs' Kelli Richerson, Phillip Gill and Nico Cameron observe Casual Friday every week and that Spring Fling's "Tiki Day" was just a convenient excuse. We will attempt to get photos at their future "Scottish Kilt Day."

Bookstore Winner (photo by Marc Schoder)

Of Bounty of Booty – (left) ENMU student Greg Qualls was the Bookstore winner in their recent drawing for a bounty of booty for an upcoming graduate. Bobby Brunson presented the certificate symbolizing the haul. Greg was recently married in the Campus Ballroom. Bobby also knows about married life, and is reportedly working on a sequel to his previously published poem in the Monday Memo about rumors that his wife had worked him over when he supposedly had only fallen out of bed. Inside sources suggest that the locale for the sequel is set in a recliner.

Sign of the Season (photo by Wendel Sloan)

Looking just plum good through window of Music Building.

Food for Thought: (photo by Betsy Chavez)

But where is the food? – While Eastern's braintrust was attending last Tuesday's "Lunch and Learn" session on "Don't Shoot the Messenger" in the Campus Union Building, their nostalgic thoughts couldn't help but drift back to the fine meal they'd just enjoyed.

Someone Bought a Ticket, a Tasket... (photo by Wendel Sloan)

And Won an Easter Basket – But it was neither of these young ladies. The winner of AEOP's Easter Basket was Sheri Higgins of Albuquerque. Accepting on her behalf is (right) her daughter, Kathie Brunson. The basket was so heavy that AEOP president Betsy Chavez had to assist. AEOP uses the funds raised for ENMU scholarships for employees.

Hate to Leave Old London Town (photo by Christopher Glaser)

How ENMU Band Spent Spring Break – Members of the ENMU band flew across the pond to England for Spring Break. In addition to sightseeing, they also performed two concerts.

I Thought We Were Going... (photo by Christopher Glaser)

To South Padre – said one bewildered member when the ENMU band landed in England.

Rubbing Shoulders with Royalty (photo by Miss Fun Funnel)

While Keeping It Real (World) – South Padre Spring Breakers Jillian Butler and Christy Lawlis rubbed shoulders with one of the biggest celebrities in reality TV today: Brad (they couldn't remember his last name) from MTV's The Real World. The Chi Omega Phi Beta Kappers reported that they first spotted Brad, while finishing up term papers on the penetrating power of the sun's rays on sunscreen-less skin, at the South Padre Public Library and Oyster Grill. Despite his unfortunate looks and introverted demeanor, the solar scholars say they were immediately attracted to the household star when they noticed that he was using a book of Plato to balance a plate of oysters on one knee and a thirsty-for-knowledge coed on the other while simultaneously using a funnel to demonstrate Newton's Immutable Law of Gravity.

Milestone Birthday? (photo by Jillian Butler)

Refuses to Say Whether It Was 30 or 40...

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