PAGE 2 — THE DECREE — SEPTEMBER 29,1989
OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF
NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
Editors
Terrie Roberts and Diane Jensen
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Carolina Wesleyan College.
Locked side doors
open and shut issue?
Welcome to North Caro
lina Wesleyan College, or
what some might call North
Carolina Wesleyan Peniten
tiary. During the first weeks
of school, the side doors to
each residence halls were
renovated so that students
were no longer able to enter
the building through them.
Although it is possible to
leave the building through
these doors during certain
hours, if the doors are opened
after hours an alarm sounds
and a $25 fee is assessed to
the person exiting the build
ing. If no one is caught, the
$25 is charged to community
damages. It is not fair to indi
viduals who respect the door
policy to be charged a portion
of this fee.
Student Life’s reasoning
for this added security meas
ure is to maintain watch on all
people who enter and leave
the building. What’s next?
Security cameras on each
floor?
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The inconvenience caused
by being unable to enter the
building through the side
doors, because they no longer
have door knobs on the out
side, is unnecessary. It is un
derstandable that the doors
should be locked in the eve
ning, but there is no reason
why students cannot gain ac
cess through these doors from
the outside during the day.
Most times during the
morning and afternoon no one
is present in the lobby to see
who enters the building.
Therefore, the only accom
plishment made by having the
side doors inaccessible from
the outside during the day is
inconvenience on the part of
the students. If people who do
not belong in the hall want to
get in, they can enter through
the front door just as easily as
they could through the side
doors if they still had door
knobs.
Student Life should exam
ine this situation further.
Center already available
Commuters want space
By PATRICIA RADFORD
Many commuter students at
tending N.C. Wesleyan College
have expressed a concern about
the lack of adequate areas where
commuter students can have the
opportunity to meet other stu
dents outside of the classroom
environment.
The idea of having a desig
nated area where commuters
may socialize, meet other stu
dents, or study seems to have a
great deal of support. While a
solution to this problem would
be for commuters to become
more actively involved in clubs,
organizations, and student ac
tivities, this just isn’t possible for
many commuters who face the
many obligations of work,
house, and family as well as
studies.
In defense of Wesleyan, I
would like to point out that such
an area already exists. The multi
purpose room in the Student Ac
tivities Center was designed as a
place where all students, both
on-campus and commuter, could
socialize. Many students regard
this area as an auditorium and are
not aware of its varied uses.
While some students may argue
that the building is too far re
moved from the classrooms to be
of any use, realistically it is no
farther than the dorms and would
require very little effort to utilize
the facility.
Whether we choose to utilize
the facilities in the Student Ac
tivities Center or not, the fact
remains that it was built for the
students’ benefit It was meant to
be a place where all students
could go to meet and socialize.
Dean Marron has expressed
an interest in hearing suggestions
on how the center can be im
proved so that the students will
feel more at ease using the cen
ter. As members of the Wesleyan
community we, as students,
should feel obligated to take ad
vantage of this opportunity to
make our opinions known. It is
only by doing this that changes
can be made.
Not only should we voice our
opinions but, we should take
advantage of the opportunities
already given us to our years at
Wesleyan will be as enriching
and fulfilling as possible;
Aging rock groups
dominated summer
By MARK BRETT
“Where is Santa and his
sleigh? Tell my why it is always
this way.” Well, maybe that’s
because it was June, guys.
The above quote is from a
song called “Merry Christmas (I
Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)”
by the Ramones. Released early
this June on the “Brain Drain”
album, this song got the summer
off to an odd start. Christmas in
June can do that, I suppose.
At any rate, the Ramones
seemed to set the tone for music
in the remainder of 1989’s sum
mer. “Brain Drain” also included
a surprisingly light theme song
for Stephen King’s “Pet Sema-
tary,” a punk version of “Pali
sades Park,” and all the usual
Ramones brilliance. After that, I
thought at the time, the oddness
quotient would surely plummet
Fortunately, I was wrong.
In the summer of ’89, dino
saurs walked the Earth. Bol
stered by new albums, the return
of original members, and the
“Debbie Gibson Backlash,”
long-dead seventies rock bands
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seemed to be crawling out of the
woodwork. Such hoary rock
icons as Little Feat, the Doobie
Brothers, and even Mother’s
Finest launched comebacks this
summer, touring the length and
breadth of the land.
While these groups were fan
tastic in their day, they don’t
seem to have progressed any
since then. The new material, for
the most part, sounds like a re
tread of the old. That being the
case, why did they bother?
The only redeeming factor I
can see in this situation is that at
least good rock and roll is being
given some airplay. There are
young groups out there that
could fill that void a bit more
freshly, however. The only prob
lem is that most of those groups
can’t get on the radio because
they don’t fit into the categories
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