VOL. 9, NO. 13
North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, N.C.
FRIDAY, APRIL 8,1994
Professor
publishes
new book
By CECILLV LYNN CASEY
North Carolina Wesleyan’s
Book Store held a book-signing
March 30 in honor of Dr. Paul J.
deGategno’s second book,
Ivanhoe: The Mask of Chivalry,
in the Twayne’s Masterworks
Studies series.
Dr. deGategno’s new book not
only contains his insights and un
derstanding of Ivanhoe, but has
students responses to the text.
“Not all the book in the Mas
terworks series incorporate stu
dents responses. I used Ivanhoe
in some courses I had taught and
had some excellent responses to
the material as well as what I had
to say which help shaped the
book,” deGategno said.
Dr. deGategno was asked by
Robert Lecker, editor of the Mas
terworks series, to write a book
about Scottish authors after
Lecker read Dr. deGategno’s first
book James MacPherson in
Twayne’s English Authors series.
“My colleagues gave me much
encouragement and support. It is
very difficult to write unless you
get that type of backing,” de
Gategno added. Dr. deGategno is
now working on an essay for the
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‘Internet’
may come
to campus
CATCH — Pete Widell of Sigma Pi competes in the Spring Fling
Goofy Olympics on Monday, sponsored by Delta Sigma PhL The
Olympics have been part of a week-long series of fun activities
that continue today from 1-5 p.m. with Beach Blast ‘94 on Edge
combe Lawn and Saturday with the Sun Tan Jam Band Fest from
1:30-9 p.m. on the Edgecombe Lawn featuring four live bands.
By SCOTT ROLFE
North Carolina Wesleyan Col
lege is exploring the possibility
of getting Internet campus-wide.
Director of the NCWC Li
brary, A1 LaRose, said that he
hopes the system will be installed
within one to three years.
One problem that must be
overcome before Internet is a re
ality is the financing of the
project LaRose said, “A startup
cost of $3,000-4,000plus a $100-
200 monthly fee will have to be
paid.” This is one of the red tape
issues that must be solved prior
to NCWC gaining the system.
LaRose had several options of
paying for the system in mind.
Some ideas being discussed are:
the school deciding to pay for the
program outright, the possibility
of a National Science Foundation
Grant, and possibly using part of
the library’s yearly budget. This
seems to be one of the most im
portant and undecided issues. The
final decision on the outcome of
Internet wiU be up to the Aca
demic Dean Robert Bussom.
Good news about the system
is that it is not “System Specific.”
This means if implemented
eventually, students would be al
lowed to access the programs
from the residence halls through
their personal computers. Accord
ing to AI LaRose, this would be
accomplished with a “Router.” A
“Router” is a device that keeps
track of time share, and distribu
tion throughout the halls. The stu
dents wiU be able to gain access
to the system by dial-in access.
Recently, Associate Professor
of Philosophy and Religion, Dr.
Charles Creegan, gave the NCWC
campus an informative presenta
tion on the Internet program.
Creegan, who has used comput
ers as a hobby since high school,
is very excited about the Internet
program.
The Internet program, Creegan
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New SGA president sets out priorities
By ALAN P. FELTON
Fresh from his victorious ef-
brt to capture the Student Gov-
mment Association’s top post,
Chris Brandt is already busy pre-
jaring priorities for his term in
office.
The incoming Student Govem-
lent President wants to build a
tronger relationship between the
tudent Senate and the Executive
Board, implement a campus-wide
recycling program, and improve
the overall reputation of the SGA.
. Brandt said in an interview
with The Decree that too often
the SGA is thought of as “the
money people.” He wants to
transform the Association into an
organization where students feel
they can receive help with solv
ing problems, a process he said
had begun this year.
Also, tlie ca:npus-wide recy
cling program that Brandt worked
on this year will be another top
priority. The program has gotten
off to a slow start, but Brandt is
convinced tliat recycling on the
North Carolina Wesleyan cam
pus can be successful.
In conjunction with this
project, Brandt plans to submit a
proposal to the SGA Executive
Board and Senate to sponsor a
Wesleyan Earth Day in October.
Tlie day will be one where stu
dents work to clean up on cam
pus.
“Various groups on campus
sponsor highway cleanup pro
grams, so why not sponsor one to
work right here on campus. The
maintenance department does a
nice job of working in this area,
but with all their other responsi
bilities they are unable to do ev
erything,” he said. “Students
should step in and take part in
some of the work needed to main
tain the campus.”
Brandt is planning to improve
on Executive Board-Student Sen
ate relations by working closely
with the Senate and keeping them
involved throughout the year. He
wants to sponsor informal get to-
, gethers for Senate and the Ex-
, ecutive Board one Saturday each
month in order to foster an in
creased closeness and more ef
fective working relationship.
Brandt, a rising senior from
New Jersey, said he took it “a bit
personally” because he was able
to run unopposed. As current
SGA Vice President, Brandt was
responsible for election organi
zation this year and did every
thing he could, including putting
out voice mail announcements
and posters campus-wide, to boost
election participation.
“I was all ready to run my cam
paign and had spent a good (teal
of time preparing for an oppo
nent,” Brandt said. But the new
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