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VOL. 3, NO. 6
NORTH CAROLINA WP:SLEYAN COLLEGE, ROCKY MOUNT, N.C,
FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1988
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OMNICON DELTA KAPPA WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS
Students inducted into ODK
Three students were inducted Jan.
19 into Omicron Delta Kappa, the
national honorary society, said Dr.
Allen Johnson, secretary of the
Wesleyan circle of ODK at North
Carolina Wesleyan College.
Inducted into the society were
Valerie J. Hales, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Alton E. Hales of Roanoke Rap
ids; Kimberly D. Murphy, daughter
of Eleanor Howard of Kinston; and
Lesley L. Freeman, daughter of Doug
and Lynn Freeman of Jacksonville.
Hales is a senior majoring in early
childhood and intermediate educa
tion. Murphy is a senior majoring in
criminal justice and politics. Freeman
is a junior majoring in middle grades
education.
Mark D. Cnmi, a senior majoring
in business administration and son of
David Crum of Columbus, N.J., offi
ciated at the induction ceremony.
Omicron Delta Kappa is a society
honoring students for their leader
ship, scholarship, and involvement in
extra-curricular activities. To be eli
gible for membership, a student must
be in the upper third of the junior or
semor class scholastically and must
be a leader in at least two phases of
on-campus activity.
The society also elects members
from the faculty, staff, and alumni,
and members “honoria caura” from
the larger commimity.
Enrollment leads
to some changes
in class offerings
By HASSAN M.JARRA
Due to low enrollments, a number
of classes were cancelled for the
spring semester at Wesleyan.
According to Registrar Cliff Sul
livan, these classes are: Accounting
320, Section B; Business 404, Sec
tion B; Economics 304, Section A;
CSC 203, Section A; English El,
Section E; English 208-A, English
307-A; and English 405-A.
On the other hand, due to over-
enrollment, several classes were
added. These include an additional
section of Math 112 and another sec
tion of Business 206. So many people
signed up for these courses, addi
tional sections were of)ened to ac
commodate them. *
The ultimate decision to cancel or
add classes rests with Dr. Marshall
Brooks, Academic Dean. However,
the decision is not made solely by
him. He is assisted by the Registrar
and the individual department chair
persons after consultations with the
faculty.
Sullivan said, “After pre-registra
tion I prepared an enrollment tally
which lists courses by number and
professor, which I take to the dean.
We go through the figures and try to
determine which classes are in some
kind of numerical problems.”
Brooks said, “Our goal is to have
a schedule that is made up of classes
that have a minimum of 8-10 stu
dents.” However, low enrollment
does not mean that classes would be
automatically cancelled. Brooks said.
“In amving at the decision to cancel
a class, we look at the enrollment, the
class itself, whether it is an upper
level class that is required for a ma
jor, and if so, are the students taking
it needing it to graduate. The class
will not be cancelled if that is foimd
to be the case.”
Sullivan used as an example an
auditing class with only five stu
dents. Theoretically, the class should
have been canceUcd, but it so hap-
p>ened everyone of those students tliat
registered for the class were graduat
ing seniors who needed the class to
graduate. The same holds true for
one of upper-level English course.
The college was able to go ahead
with cancellations now rather than
wait until after registration because,
Sullivan said, “pre-registration fig
ures are usually about 90-95 percent
accurate as to what the probable en
rollment of that course is going to
be.” Also, it is easier to cancel a class
before the semester begins rather
than two weeks into the semester.
As a result of the cancellations
and additions, a number of faculty
have been reassigned to other
classes. Dr. Brooks said, “We are
trying to reduce, whenever possible,
the number of adjunct professors that
we use so that students will have the
experience of full-time faculty mem
bers who are hired to teach.”
Sullivan went on to say, “There
isn’t much sense in hiring adjunct
faculty members when you already
have full-time faculty members who
could be teaching those courses.”
Double Eagle Security protects campus
By MARGARET CULVER
Double Eagle Security of Rocky
Mount became a part of the
Wesleyan community on Dec. 1.
According to Carl Pagles, Dean
of Admissions and Financial Aid,
“their principal role is to try to help
people.” The change from Pinkerton
is expected to bring quality service to
the campus and is actually available
at a lower cost, he said.
This switch to Double Eagle Se
curity was made in order to have 24
hours of quality service. The Pinker
ton company had only two shifts and
was supplemented by work-study
students, Pagles said. He also noted
that Pinkerton workers were not ob
servant while on campus.
Although the main purpose for
the change was service, the college
will also be saving money. The serv
ices of Double Eagle will cost
$45,000, which is $5,000 less than
spent on Pinkerton.
The decision was made after sev
eral possibilities had been explored.
One possibility considered was con
tinuing with services from Pinkerton.
Pagles felt this was not a good idea
due to their quality of service and
two-shift organization.
Guardian Security was also con
sidered by college officials. Double
Eagle was chosen due to their refer
ences, Pagles said. Establishments
such as Rocky Mount Undergarment
and Hardees spoke highly of the
Double Eagle Security, and Pagles
explained the two companies felt
Double Eagle employees worked
well with f)eople.
According to officials, the work
of Double Eagle has been good in the
first two weeks. Pagles felt it would
take approximately one month for
them to get accustomed to the cam
pus community, but now “people
know they’re here.” There have only
been a few errors in the beginning of
their work, but, Pagles said, these
have been “errors on the good side.”