VOL. l,NO. 11
NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE, ROCKY MOUNT, N.C.
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1986
Swimming Pool Under Consideration
By REGGIE PONDER JR.
An indoor swimming pool is
one of the three options being
considered by the Student Life
Office for a new facility to serve
students. The other options
are an intramural/activities
building and a party barn.
The intramural/activities
building would feature “a full
Vandalism
Shows Drop
On Campus
By JODY PARADIS
Despite the recent vandal
ism that the North Carolina
Wesleyan College campus,
school officials say incidents
of vandalism is down this ye
ar.
“I feel the vandalism is
probably less now than it has
been” stated Dr. Carlton
McKita, Dean of Student Life,
during a recent Decree inter
view. According to McKita,
what we see a lot of is “very
careless use of property.”
Trash in hallways, doors be
ing slammed and flying balls
breaking windows account
largely for on-campus prob
lems.
Admissions Counselor and
former Security Director, Jim
Van Roekel takes the same
stand on this issue.
“I would say that vandalism
has been no more, even a little
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size basketball court,” accord
ing to Dr. Carleton McKita,
Dean of Student Life. McKita
says, “We would be able to do
things in there like volleyball
and badminton. It would also
be useful for dances, concerts,
etc.”
The party barn, according to
McKita, would be “a smaller
facility than the intramural
building — more of a ‘pub-like’
atmosphere.” McKita says the
party barn would feature “a
jukebox, popcorn, potato
chips, pretzels, and soft
drinks.” McKita says, “This
would be a place where you
could sit and play cards, talk,
snack, dance. ’ McKita says
alcohol will not be served at
the party barn.
The Student Life office is not
sure which of the three options
would best serve students.
“We’re looking at what the
students need and what we
can afford,” says McKita.
McKita feels that a swimming
pool would provide some be
nefits for students. “Alotof
people like to relax around a
swimming pool. And, obvious-
• ly, it would be helpful to the
physical education depart
ment,” says McKita.
Ann Fleming, admissions
counselor at Wesleyan, feels
that a swimming pool would
be attractive to prospective
students. “Anything that adds
to student activities will be
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New Course
To Replace
Orientation
WATER COOLER WAS VICTIM OF VANDALISM
By MARK CRUM
In the Fall ‘86 semester in
coming freshmen, both full
time and commuters, will be
required to take Liberal Stu
dies Seminar (LSS 151) in
place of Orientation (ORI101).
The following semester, re
turning freshmen will be re
quired to take the second part
of the two-course sequence,
LSS 152.
First introduced by the Cur
riculum Committee Task
Force, Liberal Studies Semin
ar is designed to orient stu
dents to academic procedures
and cultural responsibilities
which are vital to a college ed
ucation. Marshall Brooks,
Chairman of the Curriculum
Committee Task Force and
Department of Education,
said that one reason for the
change to LSS was to “find a
way to maintain the concept
that the college experience is
more than just the classroom.”
Brooks also said that the re
vised orientation program
(LSS) will provide “better op
portunities to expose students
to the skills required by a col
lege environment.”
The new two-course se
quence will be offered for one
hour of credit on a letter grade
basis. Each semester will re
volve around a contemporary
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Faculty Eliminates Major In Theater
, On Feb. 10, the North Carol
ina Wesleyan faculty, in a role
call vote of 18 to 15, eliminated
the theater maj or. An earlier
show of hands vote ended in a
tie. The reasons, according to
director of Theater Charles
Ackerman, are the high casts
improving the program and
low student enrollment. Cur
rently there are no theater ma
jors.
Dr. Paul deGategno, chair
man of the English Depart
ment sees the decision having
a “detrimental effect on the
liberal arts. There is a connec
tion between theater and other
liberal arts majors,” he said.
According to Professor Lionel
Bishop, chairman of the Com
puter Studies Department.
The decision “only effect the
teaching or upper-level theater
courses. Theater productions
will continue.”
NCWC was evaluated last
year by an outside consultant.
Dr. Chris White, vice president
of academic and student af
fairs at Elon College, a liberal
arts school in North Carolina.
Dr. White’s evaluation stated
that Wesleyan had some
under-utilized majors.
“He didn’t recommend elim
inating these majors,” said
Ackerman. “He suggested
that we evaluate ourselves —
should we put more money in
to recruiting for that area,
should we eliminate it, or
should something else be
done.” Ackerman went on to
say that colleges offer majors
to make money not lose it.
As a result of Dr. White’s fin
ishing a Title III Curriculum
Task Force Committee was
organized to evaluate the col
lege from several points of
view. It found that the chemis
try department, music de
partment, and theater de
partment had the highest ex
penditure per number of stu
dents enrolled. The Task Force
then recommended that the
curriculum committee decide if
a major should be eliminated.
According to Dr. Stephen
Fritz, Dean of the college. The
decision to eliminate the
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