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PAGE 4 — THE DECREE — WVEMBER 20,1992 Tlie Decree OFFlCtAl STVmNTNBmPAPBRO^ NOitTH CAROUm WESLEYAN CQLLBOE EdUot —John *‘lndy^’Peraell Staff Edited—Tiffimy Page» Copy; NiGrf« Cos, News; Delitidd Lee, Sports; Dan Moyjt^Stuoi, Advertfeing A4vi$or — Dr. Margee Morrison Tb4 Decree Is located in tfae SpruQt Buitdlng, Nortib Caroiiita Weskyan CoU^^ Wesleyan CoQege Station, Rocky Mount, NC 2780L Policy is determined by the Editorisd Boanl of The De cree. Re'publicafion of any matter herein without the express consent of the Editorial Board is strictly forbidden, The Decree is cMaposed and printed by Ripley Newspapers of Sprite Hope. Qpiniws published do not necessarily reflect those pf North Carolina Wesleyan CoU^e. Wesleyan slogan little but rhetoric At an ever-increasing rate, students at Wesleyan College are finding out the true meaning of the official catch phrase of the college, “Where the student comes first.” From the availability of parking to the lack of courses being offered, stu dents are making their own personal judgments on the validity of this statement. However questionable the statement may be, what is most disturbing is how this slogan is being used by the college. Lately it appears that “Where the student comes first” is being used as a dis guise to hide the failings of the college. Even though we are small, offer limited classes, provide little recre ational activities for stu dents, and any other short comings we can think of, that’s fine because the stu dent comes first. Regardless of how lacking the college may be, you should still at tend Wesleyan because by some seemingly divine power, at Wesleyan the stu dent comes first. There is only one problem. A cute catch phrase designed by someone to attract students has no benefit to the stu dents already here. No matter how much the college would like to think that students come first, the actions of the school prove the opposite. The problems of students are addressed, but no solutions are sought. Every student has a personal list of examples so there is no need to waste space cit ing a list of examples that no matter how long would stUl regrettably be incom plete. Problems at Wesleyan are too often addressed with promises, hollow phrases, and rhetoric. It is safe to as sume that rhetoric has never solved a problem at Wes leyan. The college should place its attention on substance, not on hollow advertising slogans. Students are not asking for much, only for the college to live up to the potential it is presently squandering away. The last thing needed is a meaning less phrase that only serves as a facade to conceal the problems of the college. If the student did actu ally come first at Wesleyan, we would not need a slogan to be reminded of it. storm in a teacup.” — William Bayle Bernard VEH- mrz NEW?. SW51HTUEMIUTWW? r 3 Signs of the times If only posters could talk By DR. STEVE FEREBEE Have you ever wondered what happens to those campaign yard signs once the election is over? Probably not, but that’s why we need the columnist. We worry about these issues. On the morning of the elec tion I noticed that a yard near me had 27 signs, all for Republican candidates except for a local Democratic judge. The next day I looked to see how the family was doing. Each sign was neatly tom in half and lying stacked in the gutter the st^es were also neatly broken in half and tied together. In the recycling bin laiy one empty Jack Daniels bottle. While I was waiting at a traf- Dr* Steve Muses fic light later that day, I saw a Well-dressed man leap out of a Cadillac, rush over to a Clinton/ Gore sign, kick it expertly into the air, and whirl around looking for more. I left I then saw an old man driving a truck with Gardner and Bush/ Quayle signs flapping around in the back. I decided he was taking them out to dump them in the graveyard for campaign signs. I began to wonder what such a place would be like the night af ter the election. The Hunt signs, of course, are listening in on the Gardner signs, which, in turn, are trying to ob scure the Hunt signs. A Libertar ian candidate’s sign occasionally blows over, but no one can read its name, so a couple of local Re publicans cover it with red, white, and blue. In the meantime, the Bush/ Quayle signs desperately tiy to re-surface after being dumped underneath a load of used bumper stickers calling for voters to an noy the media. A light rain does not affect the permanent dyes and plastic-coated cardboard. As the night wears on, the Quayle side (Continued on Page 5) Judicial Board does its best Dear Editor: I am writing this letter in re sponse to the letters to the editor in the Oct. 23 issue regarding the Campus Judicial System. For those students who may not know the purpose of the Judicial Board, I wish to explain. This board is designed to hear level two violations (Student Handbook, 1992-93) and contro versial cases that the Judicial Co ordinator deems necessary to be hard. Furthermore, the board’s main purpose is to hear a case, then try to determine whether or not one is guilty based on the particular case brought before us. However, do not let this lead you Letters to the Editor to believe it is a court or that our duty is to punish the students. In stead of sentences, the group im poses sanctions that will hope fully be most beneficial to the students and allow them to suc ceed in the college community. The board was enacted for the students and to ensure their due process afforded to them and de termine the validity of an accusa tion against them. However, none of the people that serve on the board (three elected students, one faculty member, and one Student Life member) have extensive law experience. The student represen tatives are like everyone else but were chosen by the student body to do a duty. Moreover, we deal with the cases as professionally as possible without a set code of formal conduct other than com mon courtesy and mutual respect. We highly respect and honor our positions and take them very seriously. All of us realize that our sanctions affect people, and this is something not one of us (Continued on Page 5)
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