Austin Peay State University - Yearbook (Clarksville, TN)

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Student Nurses' Association contributes to nurse The Student Nurses' Association is made up of the following stu- dents: iL-R, First Rowl Penny Hickey, Nancy Kline, Pat Smith. John McDonald, Deborah Anderson, Diane Wald, iSecond Rowi Peggy Grose, Debbie Schmidt, Karen Mead- ows, Unknown, Un- known, iThird Rowl Marty White. Mary Un- derdofler, Park Ba- levre and Mary West. Thou Art encircles APSU student efforts The Thou Art club is the departmental art club at APSU. Membership is open to all student majoring or minoring in art. educaHon The Austin Peay Student Nurses' Association which is a constituent of the Tennessee Association of Student Nurses and the National Student Nurses' Association, is a local chapter of the only national organization for stu- dents of nursing. As such, APSNA assumes a responsibility for contribut- ing to nursing education in order to provide for the high- est quality of health care, seeking to provide programs for its members which will aid in the development of the whole person, support hisiher professional role as a fu- ture Registered Nurse and increase the awareness of the responsibility which is necessary in fulmling that role. Since its organization in 1971, APSNA has had one 01 the largest memberships in the state of Tennessee, and several of its delegates have been elected to state offices. Working with the state organization, APSNA members have studied such issues as llStriking Nurses: A Possibil- ity , ll Malpractice: Paying a Price, i'Legislation and Nurses and HChanges in Nursing Education . This year APSNA has also been active in a national effort to set up and staff hypertension screening and referral clinics. In cooperation with the American Heart Association, these clinics are designed to discover people with high blood pressure and refer them to their physi- cian before the disease becomes life threatening. Recently, the American Nurses' Association has launched a campaign to enhance the nursing image. This is an issue with which APSNA has been concerned for several years and plans to work with and support in 1977- '78. The campaign is designed to 'ireplace the public's handmaiden image of nursing with a recognition of nurses as independent professional health care providers.

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The 1976-77 year has been viewed by Mike McDonald, coach of Pi Kappa Delta tAPSUis debate teamx as debate teams' most successful year. McDonald's students attended Hforensic tournaments. Some of the tournaments were debate tournaments, some were individual events tournaments and some were combination tournaments. An APSU debate team, Mike Gotcher and Sandra Watkins, won the 1976 Stetson de- bate tournament and Watkins placed sixth in speaker points. At the Bradley University tournament, Mike Gotcher and John Bunnell compiled a 5-1 record and won second place. Gotcher was named second place speaker for the entire tournament. Watkins and Gotcher attended the Wake Forest tournament. After eight rounds of de- bate, they advanced to the quarter-finals with a 5-3 preliminary round record. Watkins placed fourth in total number of speaker points. Gotcher and Bunnell won first place at the Western Kentucky University tournament. The Ohio Vally Conference tournament was the best tournament of the year for the Watkins-Gotcher team. After compiling a 4-2 preliminary record, they won first place, Watkins won first place speaker and Gotcher won second place speaker. This is the first time that an APSU debate team has ever won the OVC debate tournament. At the Trevecca Nazarene College individ- ual events tournament, Gotcher won third place in extemporaneous speaking. This win qualified him for the National Individual Events Tournament. At the Tennessee Intercollegiate Forensic Association tournament, which is the Ten- nessee state tournament, Watkins and Gotcher won five rounds of debate and lost only one. After the elimination rounds were completed the Watkins-Gotcher team won second place. Watkins won first place speak- er in junior varsity debate. Dave Mason and John Bunnell qualified for the National indi- vidual Events Tournament. Pi Kappa Delta has most successful year ever Members of Pi Kappa Delta are: tL-Rt Sandra Watkins, John Bunnell, Mike McDonald tspon- s o r y a n d M i k e Gotcher. Senior Classical League stays busy with conventions The objectives of the Senior Classical League is to promote the study of the classics in colleges and universities, to aid and advise the members of the Junior Classical League in fulfilling the objectives of that organization and to work with the National Senior Classical League and the National Junior Classcial League as designated by the National Committee of these organizations. Each year SCL participates in three conventions. The regional con- vention was held on April 1, 1977 at Clarksville High School. Two other conventions were held later: the state convention was held on April 29- 30 at Nashville and the national convention will be held on July 30 e August 7 at Tallahassee, Florida. Each year different sites are picked for each convention. In intramurals this year, SCL won the following volleyball categories: women's and co-rec volleyball, under the names of the Amazons and APSO e Amazons Plus Some Others.

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Tower staff publishes quality literary magazine Above HStandlng, L-m Pam Roberts, Margaret Langford, weatem Park Balevre, David Till adviser; Gary Metheny wditoo and Philip Slaughter. Those not pictured include: Wayne Jackson, Jerry Passon, Vicki Gates, Dory Spiller, Walt Carpenter, Ric Evans, Susan Wallace, Kevin Lashlee, Algar Dole art advisen and Malcolm Glass Uiterary adviser; 251