w
VOLUME I, NO. Ill
NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11,1985
Plans Made For NCWC Snack Bar
By WINDY CHAMBLESS
Mr. Erwin Berry, Director of
Food Services and Hotel Man
agement, and several of his stu
dents are working to add some
appeal to the North Carolina
Wesleyan College Snack Bar.
Plans for the snack bar in
clude finding a name for the
snack bar, menu changes, and
having entertainment in the
snack bar.
Berry’s plans are designed to
bring students together by giv
ing them a place to talk, enjoy
good food, and seek entertain
ment.
An immediate concern of Mr.
Berry’s is finding a suitable
name for the snack bar. He has
set up a contest to help generate
a name. Whoever sends in the
best entry will receive a $25 food
credit.
Berry has several plans for
the snack bar. He has already
expanded the menu, while keep
ing prices below competitive
prices in the area. This expan
sion includes luncheon specials,
such as a chicken salad and a
ham salad plate.
Berry also plans to expand
the night menu by adding
cheese nachos, popcorn, pizza,
and milkshakes. He also hopes
to add a quiche special, plus chi
li, soups, and hot chocolate with
marshmallows during the win
ter months.
One of his greatest ideas is to
have entertainment a couple of
nights a week. He wants to set
up a talent show. Students or
groups of students will be chos
en to perform on Friday and
Saturday nights. The jukebox
will be available the remaining
nights. This will hopefully put
some spunk into the social life
on campus and keep students
here on weekends.
Berry hasn’t forgotten about
those Monday Night Football
fans and has decided to put a
big screen television in the
snack bar. He hopes this will be
a big success. i
Berry has worked hard on the
Wesleyan snack bar and de
serves a big pat on the back.
There was also support from
local and national companies.
The Intedge Industries Inc.
donated a meat slicing machine
and small wares. Boddie-Noell
donated a seating and lighting
package, a stainless steel sink,
and a milkshake machine. Gar
land Industries donated a pizza
oven and an oven-range.
Hardee’s donated two compu
ter register systems. The West
ern Sizzlin franchise donated
enough money to buy a large
piece of equipment. All of the
donations totaled more than
$15,000.
The profits made from the
snack bar will be used to pay off
the investment the college has
put into the snack bar. With
student support and influence,
the investment should be repaid
within a couple of years.
Career Seminars Planned
Job hunting is rarely easy.
But there is a place which, if
followed, should increase your
chances of getting a satisfying
job in the location you want.
The Cooperative Education
Department is sponsoring a ser
ies of workshops which will help
you develop job hunting skills.
In addition, students will be in
troduced to the co-op program
and its value to them in reach
ing their career goals.
The series began Monday,
Oct. 7, with an overview of the
Co-op Experience. The remain
ing seminars will be held every
other Monday through Dec. 2
from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in Room
.276. Convocation Credit will be
given for each seminar at
tended.
The remaining seminars are
I
m
(Photo By Janice Pearsall)
Wesleyan faculty, staff and students take advantage of the new Snack Bar.
Students Are Playing K.A.O.S.
as follows:
•Oct. 21 — “Exploring My Fu
ture Career.”
•Nov. 4 — “The Job Market
and the Realities of the World of
Work.”
•Nov. 18 — “Resumes — Your
Ticket In.”
•Dec. 2 — “Interviewing and
Dress for Success.”
A number of the seminars will
be conducted by local employers
and job specialists.
“We hope to see many stu
dents there,” says LaRue Elli
ott, Director of the Co-op Pro
gram. “We have developed a
quality series which will benefit
all students. Our goal is to show
students how to use the co-op
experience to increase their
skills in their chosen major as
well as in the world of work.”
By REGGIE PONDER JR.
The two friends go to the
shower together, although only
one is taking a shower. The oth
er is standing guard.
Standing guard? This scene
seems imusual, but these stu
dents are playing KAOS, the
assassination simulation game
which has created a controversy
at North Carolina Wesleyan in
recent weeks.
The object of KAOS is to
shoot a designed person with a
toy gun without any eyewit
nesses. When such a shooting
occurs, the “assassin” must tag
the “victim” with a sticker and
report the “killing” to the me
diator — the presiding official in
the game.
Members of the Wesleyan
community have expressed var
ied opinions about KAOS.
According to Joel Pearce, the
organizer of KAOS at Wes
leyan, the purpose of the game is
to “break the monotony” and
give the students a chance to
have fun. Pearce feels there is
nothing dangerous or unethical
about the game. “The people
who play are lighthearted about
this,” he says. “We frown on bad
attitudes. This could just as eas
ily be a game of tag.”
Sean Booker, the game’s me
diator, and freshman John
Jansen, a KAOS player, agree
that KAOS is providing the 98
Wesleyan players with “a
chance to meet people.”
Booker says, “It’s in fun. It’s
just a game,” but admits “It is a
little corrupt.” Jansen says,
“There is no ethical basis for the
game. That’s not the point. It’s a
game.” To these players, KAOS
seems nothing more than a re
creational activity and a social
opportunity.
Jim van Roekel, director of
Campus Security, does not be
lieve that the simulated assas
sinations will lead to real vio
lence. Van Roekel says, “If tak
en in the right context, it can be
a lot of fun.” The fact that the
players are of college age is sig
nificant to van Roekel. “It is
certainly not a game I would
encourage to be played by ele
mentary or junior high stu
dents,” he said.
Other members of the Wes
leyan community consider the
game something vastly differ
ent from an opportunity to have
fun and to meet people.
Dr. Mark Wethington, cam
pus minister, believes the game
is “rather sick” and hopes that
“students would use their
energy and creativity to pro
mote something that is con
structive, rather than destruc
tive, to the life of the communi
ty.” Wethington feels that the
game demonstrates how “peo
ple are increasingly becoming
anesthetized to death, to
murder.”
Dr. Greorge Connell, Assistant
Professor of Philosophy, is also
disturbed by KAOS. “To en
courage people to think the un
thinkable doesn’t seem like a
good idea,” says Connell. Con
nell feels that the game’s popu
larity “suggests that we have
become de-sensitized to vio
lence.”
Though some people fear
KAOS is harmful, there has
been no physical injury to any
of the players here at Wesleyan.
One student was hit in the eye
with a projectile with a KAOS
gun, but the incident did not
take place during regulation
play and the student’s eye was
not damaged. At this point,
KAOS does not seem to have
caused any significant prob
lems at Wesleyan.