The Decree
VOL. 6, NO. 3 North Carolina Wesleyan CoU^e, Rocky Mount, N.C. FRTOAY, OCTOBER 19,1990
'New' Doc's opens next week
By DHANA CHESSON
“We decided that Doc’s really
needed a feice lift,” said senior
PiOTe A. Goria n, a Food Serv
ice major and one of the two gen
eral managers of Doc’s this past
summer.
Doc’s will have a grand open
ing on OcL 25 from 4-7 p.m.
NCWC’s trustees will be on hand
and everyone is invited to come
to the “new Doc’s.”
Goria was helped in the re
decorating of Doc’s Restaurant
SAC officers
attend state
conference
Officers of the Student Activ
ity Committee attended the Na
tional Association of Campus Ac
tivities’ Conference in Winston-
Salem on the weekend of Sept.
27-30.
The officers attending indi|^^
President Amy Seate, Vice Presi
dent Judith Boyd, Tr^^r Re
nee Mallard, and Secretary
Kirsten Cooper. Also attending
the conference was Pamela
Gourley, director of campus ac
tivities.
The NACA conference was
sponsored by the Stouffer Hotel
and the Hyatt Hotel, where all
the classes and other events were
held.
The Student Activity Commit
tee attended several educational
sessions to learn about how to
run the Committee. Some topics
included time management, lead
ership woricshops, contract agree
ment woritshops, and co-op work
shops.
The students and Ms. Gourley
also sampled acts such as come
dians, magicians, hypnotists, and
bands, booking many.for North
Carolina Wesleyan College.
Those who attended felt the
conference was successful, and
hope the acts booked for this fall
and next spring will be a success
aswell.. ' = ■"
from Katrina Gamer, who at the
time was also painting the lob
bies of the resident halls.
Garner, along with Kathy
Runge, director of Food Service
and Hotel managwnent; membCTS
of the Pretty Committee, and the
two general managers, Goria and
Dean Hogan, generated ideas on
the renovation of Doc’s.
“The reason it has taken so
long for the opening is renova
tion has taken longer than first
anticipated and the shipment of
new itms had also been slowed
up,” Gamer said.
Goria suggests that the cam
pus restaurant wasn’t a comfort
able place to be in “before the
renovation started. The drab light
ing and hard booths didn’t attract
people to come in and eat.”
The plan of all those involved
is to “brighten up” the atmosphere
of the student-run restaurant.
Hogan, a senior, said, “We want
to make Doc’s into a social set
ting.”
wide screen television which was
purchased by the SGA. Anoth^
new attraction is the designated
wall for seniors to sign.
“It could be a start of a new
tradition on campus,” Goria feels.
The menu will still serve the
traditional hamburgers and french
fries, but Doc’s has adso added
new items such as frozen yogurt
from a new yogurt machine, gy
ros sandwiches, stromboli, and for
a lighter bite they will offer
chicken and pasta salads for
lunch.
John Wesley, founder of
Methodism, “visited” North Caro
lina Wesleyan College earlier this
month to share the story of his
life with hundreds of students and
visitors.
Actor Roger Nelson brought
“The Man from Aldersgate” to
an overflowing crowd in
Wesleyan’s D.S. Coltrane The
atre. The play, written by Brad
Smith, was ad^ted directly from
John Wesley’s journals.
In a theatre-in-the-round per
formance, “Wesley” spoke to the
audience as friends, as if he had
stopped his travels to chat while
his horse rested. Oxford scholar
John Wesley (1703-1791) him
self rode more than 250,000 miles
on horseback to bring spiritual
renewal to 18th-century England.
Nelson, dressed in black waist
coat and breeches, three-comoed
hat, and well-wom, knee-high
boots, told of Wesley’s trials and
adventures. He became the child
John as he re-enacted the fire set
by those who disagreed with his
father, Samuel. Nelson described
being plucked as a “brand from
the fire,” as he was saved by a
fast-acting bystander.
During the two-?K;t poform-
The new hours for Doc’s will
be Monday through Friday from
11:30 ajn. to 1:30 p.m. fOT lundi
and 5-7 p.m. for dinner at at night
from 9:30-11 p.m. Doc’s will be
closed on Saturday and on Sun
days it will open for dinnw and
night hours.
“BecauJte of the hard woik by
everyone involved, such as Ka
trina Gamer, Kathy Runge, and
the Pretty Committee,” Goria
added, “Doc’s will be a com
pletely different place and will
be a complete success.”
ance. Nelson fought the mobs,
winning over those who had come
to jeer and to harm him. He
preached by the wayside, convert
ing thousands. The actor’s mate
rial was rich, for Wesley had writ
ten more than 200 books and
preached more than 42,000 sot-
mons. He established schools, ot-
phanages, medical care units,
milk dispensaries, and shelters fw
battered women.
Nelson, a member of the New
York actors Equity, has given
more than 700 performances as
John Wesley on six continents.
He is a graduate of the University
of Colorado and Fairleigh Dick
inson University.
The Wesleyan celebration
began with a chapel service,
“Worship and the Wesleys.”
Other events included a film on
the life and work of Wesley, an
informal discussion with Nelson,
and a drama workshop.
The events were made possible
by the Thomas F. Staley Founda
tion, a private, non-profit organi
zation established to administCT
, funds to further the evangelical
witness of the Christian Church,
with a particular concern for col
lege students.
Doc’s will have a new 42-inch
DISTINGUISHED "VISITOR" —Actor Roger Nelson portrayed
Methodism founder John Wesley durii^aperfonnancethismonth
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Packed theater
enjoys brief visit
by ’John Wesley’