VOLUME 1, NO. 7
NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE, ROCKY MOUNT, N.C.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6,1985
Committee Supports Offering Minors
By REGGIE PONDER, JR.
Almost all colleges and uni
versities offer both minor and
majors in most fields of study.
Wesleyan is an exception, offer
ing only majors. However, the
curriculm committee has re
commended that minors be of
fered as options to Wesleyan
students beginning next year.
This addition should be benefi
cial to both the students and the
college.
In a memorandum.to faculty,
dated Oct. 15,1985, the Curricu
lum Committee recommends
that “minors be re-instated at
North Carolina Wesleyan be
ginning with the academic year
1986-1987.” The committee adds
that “minors are to be offered
only as an option.”
“I think it’s a wise idea to offer
Service Projects
Keep New Group
Busy On Campus
By REGGIE PONDER, JR.
What do “A Day for Wes
leyan,” “The Down East Festi
val of the Arts,” and the recent
Bo Thorpe concert at Wesleyan
have in common? Each of these
events was expedited with as
sistance from Sisters in Society
(S.I.S.), one of Wesleyan’s most
active student organizations.
S.I.S. was formed in March
1985 with 19 members. The cur
rent membership is 24. There
Sigma Pi Aims
For Affiliation
By REGGIE PONDER, JR.
Sigma Pi hopes to become a
nationally-affiliated fraternity
in the Spring. In pursuit of this
goal, the group is becoming
more involved in community
service projects.
Sigma Pi is currently con
ducting a raffle to benefit three
needy families in Rocky Mount.
Prizes for the raffle have been
donated by area businesses. The
group is also collecting alumi
num cans to raise money to be
nefit these families.
Another project of Sigma Pi is
the designated driver program.
This program is being carried
out in conjunction with Smoot
Distributors of Tarboro. Drivers
participating in the designated
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are two seniors, nine juniors,
eight sophomores, and five
freshmen in the group. Officers
for the group are Cheryl Tuttle,
Chairperson; Debby Bounds,
Secretary; and Anne Shaffer,
Treasurer. The reason S.I.S.
was formed, according to Tuttle,
“was to get a group of girls to
gether who wanted to do service
projects.” Tuttle points out that
S.I.S. is not a sorority. Says Tut
tle, “we voted in our second
meeting to remain a service or
ganization. We have no inten
tion of seeking a national sorori
ty affliliation.”
Last Spring S.I.S. sponsored
a Spring social for faculty, ad
ministration and students. Also
last Spring, they picked up
trash around campus and spon
sored a “Mr. and Miss Mama
Jean’s” pageant to raise money
for the special education pro
gram of the Rocky Mount City
Schools.
This Fall, S.I.S. drove the
Hardee’s van for “A Day for
Wesleyan. ” They raised nearly
$200 for hunger in the “Crop
Walk,” served as ushers at the
Bo Thorpe concert for “St.
Jude’s Hospital,” and served as
hostesses for the entertainers at
the “Down East Festival of the
Arts.” On Dec. 5, S.I.S. plans to
go Christmas caroling for the
faculty.
Plans for the Spring include
another pageant, another so
cial, and a smoking program for
fourth grade classes in the
Rocky Mount City Schools.
the minors as options,” says
Dean Stephen Fritz. Fritz says,
“We hope to improve the variety
and choice for our students” by
offering minors. “There is a
growing feeling,” says Fritz,
“that our students will perhaps
look like stronger candidates for
certain types of employment if
they have completed a minor in
a discipline other than that of
their major.”
The Curriculum Committee
defines a minor as “a selection
of courses that provides a stu
dent with a concentration in
some field of study, though not
to the magnitude of a maj or in
the same field of study.” A mi
nor consists of 18-24 semester
hours, of which at least nine
hours must be upper level. Also,
at least nine hours of work on
I the minor must be done at N.C.
I Wesleyan. According to the
Curriculum Committee, “A stu
dent cannot be granted a minor
in the same field of study as his
or her major.”
It will be up to the individual
department,” says Fritz, “to de
cide if they want to offer mi
nors.” Fritz adds, “I think some
of the minors will be ready for
the fall semester next year.”
“DOC’S” SNACK BAR DRAWS VARIETY OF COMMENTS FROM CUSTOMERS
Comments Being Sought
On Improving Snack Bar
By KELLY KENT
Erwin “Doc” Berry wants to
use the comments of North Ca
rolina Wesleyan faculty and
students to develop the snack
bar into a pleasing place to eat.
Professor Berry has already
given snackbar customers an
opportunity to participate in the
progress through the recent
name selection contest. He is
now developing a questionnaire
to gather the options of the pa
trons and use them as a means
of developing the restaurant.
now named “Doc’s.”
Berry said, “we are ready to
take some criticism now.” He
said that this criticism will be
used to make changes in the
snackbar hoping to please his
hungry customers.
The Decree asked some
members of the Wesleyan
Community to give their com
ments on the snackbar.
Debbie Jones along with Sara
Livelsberger and Christine
Shaltis all feel that the food and
service are pretty good.
Some of the faculty members
see a need for improvement. Dr.
Navangul used to be “a snack
bar lover.” He said “Idon’tsee
any sign of improvement since
the beginning of this year.” He
complained, “they are always
outof little necessities such as
onions, lettuce, and tomatoes.”
Dr. Flowers said that the snack
bar “is a definite improvement
from last year,” but it still needs
further changes. Dr. Tucker
thinks that the snackbar has
improved, but he wishes “that it
were a little more colorful.”