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n>^>'- "4 tmMMM FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1986 - THE DECREE - PAGE 3 Trio Uses Classical Guitars In New Arts Performance WALL WAS DAMAGED BY VANDALISM Vandalism Drops Around Campus (Continued from Page 1) less, than last year, and that has been a result of favorable student body participation.” Nash Hall Resident Assist ant, Sleepy Taylor, and North Carolina Wesleyan Student, Randy Wisniesky, also agree that this problem so far has been minimal. Taylor commented: “Ifeel there has been less vandalism this year as opposed to the last two years.” Wisniesky added that: “Ev ery school is going to have its share of vandalism, there is no way around it. The problem is usually the entire college gets condemned for the actions of a few.” Nu Gamma Phi Fraternity President, David A. Langlois, told The Decree, “During my tenure here at Wesleyan Col lege I have seen my share of vandalism. There has been no more this year than any other year. College kids will be col lege kids.” With spring quickly ap proaching there will be more social activity on campus than usual. Dr. McKita added that one thing the college needs is “more ways of allowing the students to vent their frustra tions.” By RICK SHOWALTER If you had spent your Friday evening at the gym instead of the movies, you would have seen the New Arts Series se cond performance featuring the DeFalla Trio. The DeFalla Trio is Terry Graves, Kenton Youngstrom, and Dusan Bogdanovic. The trio plays different types of music on classical guitars. “We’re unique because we play jazz and pieces that entire symphonies play with just three classical guitars,” said Youngstrom. The audience was made up of New Arts members with a few Wesleyan students attend ing. The lack of students was probably because the concert was on a Friday night. The trio wore black tuxedos with red cumberbuns, enhanc ing the elegance of the even ing. They opened the concert by playing some standard classical music before playing the music they have been criti cally acclaimed for. The jazz pieces and the pieces of Wolf gang Amadeus Mozart were the highlight of the first half of the performance. The group took an intermission after playing these works and came back out to play what they called flaminco music, which is a type of spanish classical music. Everyone appeared to College Officials Consider Possibility Of Adding Pool (Continued from Page 1) helpful,” says Fleming. “It certainly would be attractive to students who would enjoy it on the intramural level or just for their own enjoyment,” says Fleming. Fleming adds, ‘‘There are many who are in-' terested in swimming as a competitive sport.” Admissions counselor, De wey Clark, agrees that a swimming pool would be a Crossword Answers I good idea. “I don’t think it would solve all of our problems in student life, but it certainly would be a giant step in the right direction,” says Clark. Of 19 colleges — comparable in size and location to N.C. Wesleyan — which were con tacted in a telephone survey, 11 have swimming pools. Of nine student life departments which were contacted, four said that the pool is used by a significant number of stu dents, aside from physical ed ucation classes. However, four of those student life depart ments said that the pool does nothelpin student retention. Of nine admissions depart ments which were contacted, four said the pool helps attract students. Five said it does not. The following colleges were contacted in the survey; Greensboro College, Living stone College, Methodist Col lege, Belmont Abbey College, Pfeiffer College, St. Andrews College, Columbia Bible Col lege, Erskine College, Presby terian College, Wofford Col lege, Paine College, Shorter College, Bridgewater College, Averett College, Randolph- Macon College, St. Paul’s Col lege, Virginia Wesleyan Col lege, Lambuth College, and Lane College. Join Us! All commuters are invited to come to Doc’s during the free period (10:50-11:30) for food, fun, and a chance to get to know other commuter stu dents. Be there on March 17! enjoy the trio’s performance. “I think it went rather well,” said Youngstrom. The trio performs about fifty times a year and are on tours ten to twelve weeks of the year. The trio has played Carnagie Hall at a festival for guitarist. When they are not touring they have jobs teaching at dif ferent colleges and universi ties in the Los Angeles area. The members of the trio came from different areas. Terry Graves studied at Indi ana University then went on to the University of Southern California to get his masters degree. It was there he met Kenton Youngstrom, who got both his undergraduate and masters degree at the Univer sity of Southern California. The newest member of the trio if Dusan Bogdanovic, who hails from Switzerland and has lived in the United States for the past six years. The group is currently work ing on their second album which will be out by the end of March. Course Replaces Old Orientation (Continued from Page 1) topic of interest and each stu dent will be required to attend selected events on campus, as well as doing additional read ing and study on the topic and events. The curriculum of Liberal Studies Seminar will consist of instruction of listening, note- taking, test-taking, study hab its, and other academic skills. Wesleyan’s current orienta tion program (ORI 101) con sists of a one-semester pass/- fail course which provides the new student with the basic skills needed for succeeding in college. The course also pro vides the student with infor mation about service and oth er opportunities in the area of studentlife. Freshman, Mike Morgan, who successfully completed ORI 101 in the Fall ‘85 semester, said “the subject matter was vague, but the in structor was motivating, which made the class interest ing.” If a student fails to complete ORI 101 satisfactorily, he or she must take the course again the next consecutive semester. The current orientation pro gram is in its fourth year at Wesleyan and is a requirement for graduation. Those freshmen who suc cessfully complete the two- course sequence will have sat isfied the convocation re quirement currently required for graduation from N.C Wes leyan College. Cliff Sullivan, Wesleyan Registrar, said “there is a good chance that the student (incoming fresh men) will attend more convo cations per term than those students currently enrolled at Wesleyan.” When asked about changes in convocations for those currently enrolled, Mar shall Brooks said,“students should expect to continue the same convocation program.” Brooks added “there maybe some modifications, but there will be no modification until we find out what happens af ter next semester.” The current convocations program consists of three areas or elements. The first area is periodic college-wide meetings. The college-wide events include Opening Con vocation, Founder’s Day Con vocation, and Honors Convo cations. Secondly, each student is required to attend the Spring Symposium. The Symposium usually runs for a two day pe riod and concentrates on a central theme or issue of cur rent significance. This year’s Symposium will be ^held March 18-19. The third requirement is at tendance at several cultural, religious, and scholarly meet ings which occur throughout the academic year. All students, full time and part time who are enrolled in on-campus day courses are re quired to participate in the convocations program. Those day students taking less than twelve semester hours may be excused from some convoca tion events by filling out an Exemption From Convocation Requirement form available in the Registrar’s Office. Currently, attendance at convocation events is checked through a card which must be stamped after each event. Se nior Steve Scalzi said, “if the convocation program was more appealing to the student body asa whole, there would be no need for convocation cards because students would attend in numbers.”
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