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VOL. 6, NO. 5 North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, N.C^^ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16,1990
NCWC athletes arrested after Hght
Two members of the North
Carolina Wesleyan College
basketball team and two former
Wesleyan athletes were arrested
early Saturday morning follow
ing a fight outside a Rocky Mount
nightclub.
NCWC Athletic Director Mike
Fox said the school would inves
tigate the incident and talk with
the parties involved, but he would
not say what penalties might be
imposed on the players.
“We have a set policy in our
department to handle these situa
tions ” Fox said. “We will do what
is in the best interest of North
Carolina Wesleyan College.”
Basketball coach Bill Cham
bers, who notified Fox of the inci
dent Sunday, declined comment.
Police reports say five officers
were called in to assist an off-duty
officer after a fight involving a
large crowd broke out in the park
ing lot of Reflections nightclub on
Stone Rose Drive around 2 a.m.
Shawn Walker, 19, a former
Wesleyan player, allegedly swung
a met^ baseball bat at the owner
of the club, Tom Williams, and
chased him with the bat Walker
ROTC REBOUNDS — Cadet Major Danny Ginn leads an ROTC training session. The ROTC
program at Wesleyan has gained new strength from the enrollment of 12 new cadets this semester.
(Photo by Dhana Chessou.)
HomecoMing activities set
for week of Nov. 26-Dec, 1
By JOHN FENTRESS
Nov. 26-Dec. 1 is'Homecom
ing Week at N.C. Wesleyan Col
lege, with events going on each
day of the week.
The following events have been
scheduled:
Monday, Nov. 26 — Pizza
Eating Contest, sponsored by Pi
Epsilon, 9:30 p.m. in the Student
Activities Center.
Tuesday, Nov. 27—Comedian
Don Reed, sponsored by the Black
Student Association, 9:30 p.m. in
the Student Activities Center. ,
Wednesday, Nov. 28—Singer
Robin Greenstein, sponsored by
the N.C. Weselayn NCAE, 11:30
a.m. to 1 p.m. in the cafeteria
Thursday, Nov. 29 — Bonfire
and Pep Rally, sponsored by the
Outdoor Club and Cheerleaders, 9
p.m. on the front lawn.
Friday, Nov. 30 — Roger
Taylor Invitational Basketball
■, .Tournament; Fercuni College ,vs.
Apprentice School,6p.m.,NCWC
vs. DeViy Institute, 8 p.m. Also,
MidhightMasquerade, sponsored
IjyPi^ppaPhi, 10p.m. to2a.m.
at the American Legion Hall.
Tickets are $5 and formal attire is
required.
Saturday, Dec. 1 — Roger
Taylor Invitational Basketball
Tournament: consolation game, 2
p.m., championship game, 4 p.m.
Also, Lip Sync Contest, sponsored
by Sigma Pi, 9 p.m. at the Student
Actiyiji^? ir,■ ,•: >'
was charged with assault with a
deadly weapon and disorderly
conduct.
Mike Miskavech, 20, andRicky
L. Congleton, 21, projected start
ers for this year’s basketball team,
were charged in connection with
the fight.
Miskavech was charged with
second-degree trespassing, disor
derly conduct, and resisting ar
rest Congleton was charged with
second-degree trespassing and as
sault.
Police also charged Wilbert
Powell, 23, a former basketball
player, with second-degree tres
passing and assault
Bond for the four was set at
$300 each and a court date was
scheduled for Nov. 26.
New cadets
ease future
of ROTC
By KORY WEBSTER
The growing number of men
and women in uniform at
Wesleyan is no illusion. The Army
ROTC program has rebounded
from low numbers at the beginning
of the semester to triple its en
rollment.
The fate of Wesleyan’s ROTC
program, which is cross-enrolled
with host institute St. Augustine’s
College in Raleigh, was undeter
mined as of last spring. As a re
sult, the military science curricu
lum listings were deleted from the
college’s 1990-91 catalog, which
is one reason that enrollment had
reached a record low.
By late September, only six
people were enrolled in ROTC,
but since then the program has
added 12 new cadets, bringing the
total to 18. After seeing fellow
students in uniform, an increasing
number of students have learned
that they can take ROTC, a two-
credit elective, with no military
obligation. At the same time, the
studentcan compete for two, three,
and four-year scholarships.
Currently, senior Craig Benson,
junior Kory Webster, and sopho
more Christopher Cash all hold
scholarships which pay for 100
.percent .of ttiiton
board. It also provides those ca
dets with $100 a month and $195
per semester for books. Upon
graduation, it almost guarantees a
$25,000 a year job with benefits.
The cadets feel ROTC teaches
and instills integrity, oral commu
nications skills, self-discipline,
time management, leadership,
proper etiquette, and politeness.
“ROTC will provide me with
leadership skills and confidence,
as well as act as a resume builder,”
explains Robert Sissom, a fresh
man who recenfly enrolled in the
program. “I receive satisfaction in
seeing myself progress up the lad
der in rank, toward being an offi
cer.”
ROTC stresses the importance
of sound academic performance
while at the same time creating
exciting opportunities for the ca
dets.
“ROTC is fun. It’s gonna put
me in better physical condition,
and I’ll feel better about myself,
particularly knowing that I ac
complished what few other people
have,” said new cadet Ray Ander
son. “ROTC will teach me more
discipline, which will help in life.
It’s a good course.”
Other new cadets, like fresh-
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