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VOL. 1, NO. 10
NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE, ROCKY MOUNT, N.C.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1986
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College Adds
New Degrees
In Business
BISHOP VISITS — Bishop C.P. Minnick (center) is welcomed by North Carolina
President S. Bruce Petteway (left) and Rev. Mark Wethirigton. Minnick was
featured speaker during chapel service on Feb. 4.
Bishop Speaks At Chapel Service
By RICK SHOWALTER
Bishop C. P. Minnick of the
North Carolina Conference
was the featured speaker dur
ing chapel service on F’ebruary
4 at North Carolina Wesleyan.
Minnick spoke on how God
can make things happen in a
person’s life if he will turn his
life over to Him.
Minnick made reference to
the story of Moses and God in
Exodus 4:1-4 in his message.
He told how Moses did not
trust God when he turned his
staff into a snake and told him
to grab it by the tail. Moses
fled from the snake, but turned
back to pick it up after God told
him to do so. As Moses picked
up the snake, it returned to its
original form of a staff.
Minnick compared the
theme of this story to the
theme of the lives of some of
America’s greatest heroes.
Men such as Benjamin Frank
lin, Thomas Jefferson, and
Thomas Edison. He explained
how these men turned their
lives over to God and how he
turned their talents and abili
ties into greatendeavors that
will never be forgotten.
In concluding his message,
Minnick left the audience with
the words that God asked
Moses to let them think about
“What’s thatin your hand,” to
make the audience think if
they’re willing to turn their
lives over to God and let him
make the most of their abilities
and talents.
By MARK CRUM
The Wesleyan faculty has
passed a proposal to add three
new degrees to the two already
offered by the Department of
Business Administration in
the fall of 1986. The new busi
ness degrees, which should get
final approval by the Board of
Trustees later this month, are
in the areas of Finance, Per
sonnel Management, and
Marketing.
Douglas Goodwin, Chair
man of the Department of Bus
iness Administration and a
member of the Curriculum
Committee, made the initial
proposal for the new majors in
November of 1985. “These new
degrees are designed to pro
vide the student with an inten
sive concentration in these
areas,” said Goodwin. The re
quirements for the Marketing,
Finance, and Personnel Man
agement degrees include nu
merous lower level business
courses: ECOlll, f]C0ll2,
ACC203, and ACC204.
“These three new degrees
will continue to meet the trend
for more professional people in
the working force. Goodwin
also said, “The local business
community is very excited
about the three new degrees.”
Goodwin also stated that
two of the new business de
grees, Finance and Marketing,
are considered two of the more
popular degrees on most col
lege and university campuses.
All three degrees can lead to
careers in such areas as sales
management, personnel ad
ministration, and advertising.
Currently, there are 481 stu
dents at Wesleyan who are
seeking degrees in the area of
Business Administration.
Survey Shows
Dissatisfaction
WIth S nack Bar
By ANGELA PITTMAN
On last December’s survey
concerning “Doc’s,” the N.C.
Wesleyan snack bar, “Doc’s”
received “food marks on food
quality, menu selection, (and)
housekeeping, but fair on ser
vice,” according to Dr. Erwin
Berry, Director of Food Services
and Hotel Management.
“Constantly, this has been an
embarrassment to me, "Berry
said of the service at “Doc’s."
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Greeks Work Together For Successful Rush
By JOHN HARTIGAN
The start of February is the
time of year when the names of
uch organizations as Alpha
Delta Chi, Nu Gamma Phi, Pi
Epsilon, Sigma Phi Delta,and
Sigma Pi are heard all over
campus. This is the time when
Rush begins. Campus fraterni
ties and sororities announce
their pledges, and subject them
to a variety of pranks and prac
tical jokes.
This year’s Rush period was
the most successful Wesleyan
has seen since the early ’70s.
The Greeks ended Rush with 25
men and 21 women pledging a
fraternity or sorority.
There are a number of rea
sons why this year’s rush has
been so successful. Dorothy
Phifer, of the Student life office,
thought much of the reason for
the successful Rush was that
“all of the Greek organizations
worked together as a group in
stead of single fraternities or
sororities.”
She also expressed her satis
faction with the job the Inter
F raternity Council did, noting
the “I.F.C. and its president
Mark Crum did an excellent job
in organizing the Rush period.”
Phifer, no stranger to the
Greek system after being a
member of a sorority herself,
thought Wesleyan’s Rush was
about “what she expected it to
be.” Phifer thought all of the
organizations and their presi
dents, Steve Scalzi (ADX), Dav
id Langlois (NGP), Kim Ross
(SPD), Cindy Bovee (PE), and
Mike Dolliver (SP), did an excel
lent job in “recruting good stu
dents as well as people who are
interested in a social organiza
tion.”
Most of the Greek members
shared Phifer's feelings. Crum
feels “the success came about
because of the pre-planning of
the I.F.C.”
The Rush period concluded
with a ceremony in the cafete
ria. Each Fraternity and Sorori
ty announced their pledge class
for the spring. Phifer was the
originator of the ceremony. She
said it let “the entire Wesleyan
community see who is pledg
ing.”
The pledges will be even more
noticable in the future as they
will be seen carrying canes,
bowling balls or standing on
cafeteria tables singing.