VOL. 3, NO. 5
NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLE(JE, ROCKY MOUNT, N.C.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1987
Search for ADP director put on hold
By HASSAN JARRA
The search for a new director for
the Adult Degree Program, following
the earlier resignation of Ms. Valerie
Meicher, has been temporarily post
poned for certain administrative rea
sons.
Dr. Marshall Brooks, Academic
Dean, gave the following two rea
sons for the postponement. First, Dr.
Leslie Gamer, President of Wesleyan
College, has put a freeze on all new
positions that become open.
Brooks said, “Dr. Gamer’s stance
on freezing positions that become
open is simply this — okay, we’ve
got a position that has become open
and you’ve got to come back and
rejustify that position. This does not
mean that the position is no longer
there; but, we have to be very clear as
to why we need to fill this position at
this time.” He went on to say that he
has not been given any negative sig
nals insinuating that he cannot fill the
position in this instance.
The second reason Brooks gave
was that the administration needed
time to thoroughly review the entire
Adult Degree Program and deter
mine what role a future coordinator
or director will have to play. To this
extent the entire program is being
looked into.
‘The nature of the Adult Degree
Program has changed; it has gone
through a couple of phases since its
start. The first phase was really get
ting it started, and that was where the
first full-time director helped,”
Brooks said. ‘The second phase was
to bring shape and order to the pro
gram. Here again, the director played
a key role. Now we are entering the
third phase of the program and that is
to fully integrate it into the heart of
the college — that it is not a satellite,
but comes from the core of the insti
tution.”
So what Dr. Brooks has chosen to
do right now is say, “Hey! Let’s stop
and study this program and see what
we need — where we should be
going, what we need to get there, and
what credentials and management
skills or other types of experience a
new person should have.”
At the same time. Brooks said,
“see how we as an institution start
responding to that program and start
picking up the slack that’s left be
cause the director resigned.”
(Continued on Page 4)
Student behavior
causes problems
in NCWC library
WESLEYAN PLAYERS — Bobby Price (left) and Matt McKown give the Wesleyan audience the news from
Tuna, Texas, In the N.C. Wesleyan Players' proeduction of "Greater Tuna. Turn to Page 3 for Margaret
Culver's review of the performance. (Photo courtesy of Mike Brown.)
By LISA STELL
About two weeks ago, N.C.
Wesleyan’s Head Librarian Ann
Wilgus, issued a memorandum con
cerning library behavior. There had
been several complaints from stu
dents who could not study or concen
trate because of noisy students.
James Cockrell, a nighttime li
brarian, said that most of the unor
derly students were sent there by
coaches or teachers and did not have
any work to do.
The main problem with students
talking in the library is that is carries
so badly. Cockrell noted, “Anyone
who talks, even in a whisper, it goes
all around the library.” He said it usu
ally starts when people come in,
greet friends and begin to talk.
President’s home undergoes repairs
By HASSAN M. JARRA
Annually, homeowners engage
themselves in the task of beautifying
and repairing their homes. This year,
Wesleyan added a new family. Presi
dent Les Garner and his wife Katrina,
who in August set about the task of
repairing and repainting the resi
dence.
The work was contracted to sev
eral firms, but both Dr. Gamer and
Ray Kirkland, Vice President of Fi
nance, thought it inappropriate to
discuss the costs. Kirkland said, "It is
partof the college’s property just like
the dorms, cafeteria, and gymnasium
and is maintained in the same manner
as the rest of the facilities."
The house has been vacant since
June of 1986, when Dr. and Mrs.
Petteway retired. According to Gar
ner, "It was just time. The house
needed painting and some minor re
pairs done."
It has been several years since the
house was renovated. The work was
mostly wallpapering and painting the
house and landscaping the yard. The
wallpaper in some of the rooms was
the original wallcovering (the house
was built some 25 years ago). The
kitchen was removed to provide
more space.
Maintenance of the entire facility,
including the president’s home, is
part of the operating cost of the col
lege. Funds for operating the college
are generated from gifts and grants
(about 25 percent). The rest comes
from earned revenues.
Dr. and Mrs. Gamer will continue
to invite students and faculty over for
tea or dinner in their effort to get
acquainted with their Wesleyan fam
ily.
Some of their activities have al
ready included two student/faculty
teas, pizza for the freshman LSS
classes, and the soccer team in recog
nition of a flne seastini.
“When a few chat, more chat, and
the noise level rises”, he said. The
ones talking don’t realize how loud it
actually gets. Wilgus said there were
two main factors that cause the noise
level to reach the disturbing level.
One is the small room size. Things
are heard more easily and clearly.
Second, the metal edges of the up
stairs balcony carry sound from one
end of the library to the other.
Besides the problem of students
socializing in the library, there is the
problem of their eating and drinking
in there, too. This was also addressed
in the memo. Candy wrappers and
drink cans/cups are frequently found
on desks and on the floor.
According to Cockrell, it once
took him about an hour to clean up
after the library closed.
Wilgus said the majority of dis
turbances occurred in the early eve
ning hours, between 6 and 8 p.m. She
said the library is quietest between
two and five in the aftemoon, when
there are fewer people. When asked
about a rumor several students had
been banned from the library, Wilgus
emphatically replied, “No one has
been banned.” She said that everyone
is welcome in the library, commuters
as well as resident students.
Wilgus and Cockrell both said
there has been a change for the better
in students’ behavior in the library.
Wilgus said she believed the memo
helped, and that no disciplinary ac
tion was needed. “Kids will be kids,”
she said;