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'T'l 1 he Decree VOL. 7, NO. 1 North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, N.C. FRIDAY; SEPTEMBER 27,1991 Students join area clean-up Under the direction of College Chaplain, Rev. Kirk Oldham, a large group of students from North Carolina Wesleyan College participated SepL 21 in Operation Clean Sweep. Students joined other Nash County volunteers, lead by Jan Manning of Keep America Beautiful, Inc., to clean the area’s rivers and streams at 18 different sites, such as the reservoir, the Tar River, and Battle Park. More than 20,000 volunteers throughout the state participated, including more than 160 from Nash County and 150 from Edgecombe County. Nash County volunteers joined the Wesleyan students on campus on the morning of SepL 21. Teams were chosen and each team headed out to one of the desig nated sites. “I think our students have an increasing concern for environ mental issues. So, not only was this an opportunity for the^ t8 act on their concerns, buf also a chance to benefit Rocky Mount community,” said Oldham. “The community is so supportive of Wesleyan, I think it is great to be able to give some thing back to the community.” 9 By NICOLE COX !« ijfi Visitation is a major concern '•Ifiof much of N.C. Wesleyan’s stu dent body this year, particularly .30lhe freshman class. Many students If feel that this issue needs to be jj-jaddressed and that the school’s x' policy should be changed to one 3 that is a bit more liberal. The campus Student Govem- 6. ment Association has recognized !fi this concern over visitation policy and is in the process of forming a t; committee to take action. ,( Carl Turner, SGA president this year, says that “Visitation is Mayor delivers address r Rocky Mount Mayor Frederick E. Turnage delivered the key note address at the 1991 Opening Convocation on Sept. 9. Turnage's speech, "How to Get the Most from Your College Experience,” was marred by a failure to attribute ideas and direct quotations from an article by Georgie Ann Geyer entitled “Seriously, College Students Should Have Fun” which appeared in the Raleigh News and Observer. Tumage later apologized for what he characterized as his “oversight" (see page 2). enrollment sets record Despite current admissions trends. North Carolina Wesleyan College is setting records this year widi the largest freshman class in its history. The 235 freshmen entering Wesleyan this fall indicate a 12 percent increase over last year and a dramatic 85 percent increase over two years ago. Wesleyan also received a record-setting 900 ^plications this year. SAT sccnes have increased for the third con secutive year, increasing 7 5 points from the 1988-89 school year. “We are pleased to be seeing these numbers of freshmen during a time when many colleges are experiencing difficulty in their admissions efforts,” said Vice President for Admissions and Fi nancial Aid Douglas E. Clark. “We are especially happy that we have also been able to see im provements in the SAT scores as well.” This large number of students created a sUght residence hall problem. Wesleyan’s residence halls are only designed for a maximum of 440 students, and staff had to find room for 460. Many students were encouraged to move off campus and took the opportunity, but most students eiqjressed their desire to live in the doims. As a result, Wesleyan is lock ing into the possibility of building residence halls to handle future demand. “This is the kind of problem college presidents like to have!” said Wesleyan President Dr. Leslie H. Gamer, Jr. Many colleges have experi enced smaller freshman classes because of the declining numbers of traditional college-age stu dents. Private colleges, in addi tion, have had to fight increasing consumer resistance to the rising costs of a college education. Clark said Wesleyan has been able to ' prosper in this environment be- (Continued on Page 4) see visitation as major issue at the top of the list” of issues to be addressed by the SGA in the near future. The results of the student survey sent out in the September SGA newsletter indi cated just that Asked to give their ideal visitation policy, student answers varied from 24-hour visitation to “out of rooms by 12. In the lobby as long as they want.” Turner feels that a change in policy can be reached if students will simply go through the proper channels. This includes involve ment with the SGA. “Fd like to see SGA become more involved with all students instead of just 10 or 15 students making the decisions. Students using channels correctly, instead of waiting around until the issue gets too bad, will achieve results,” Turner said. Fred Moore, assistant to President Les Gamer, fully agrees with Turner. He noted that the administration is definitely re ceptive to any student concerns, but added, “The importance is that the SGA officers are elected by the students. They provide a mechanism for students to effec tively communicate with the ad ministration.” ■ • I ;. Moore also pointed out that he and President Gamer have already met with the SGA executives once this year to discuss student issues, and plan to do so on a regular basis. In addition to these meetings, the SGA executives also meet with the Board of Trustees. “The relationship between the SGA and administration is excel lent,” Moore said, and by going through the SGA, students will achieve results. Evidence of such results was presented at recent meetings be tween residence hall students and the President’s Council, consist ing of Moore, Vice President for Development Tim McDowell, Vice President for Academic Af fairs Dr. Marshall Brooks, Vice President for Admissions Doug Clark, Director of Administration Belinda Falkner, and Dean of Student Life Pam Derrick. The council informed students of the many actions t^en in re sponse to suggestions and con cerns brought up in meetings last spring. For example, last year many students complained about (Continued on Page 4)
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