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PAGE 4 — THE DECREE — DECEMBER 10,1993 Council hears student issues during forum (Continued from Front Page) straight to the President and Vice- Presidents of the college and only 20 or so come out it is very dis appointing.” Rouse, who is the Secretary of the S.G.A. and who served as mediator of the forum, was the only S.G.A. Executive Board member present. According to a representative in the S.G.A., President Tommy Allen had a last minute doctor’s appointment and Vice-President Christian Brandt had a flag football game. President Les Gamer opened the forum, which was an hour and 15-minute question session, by discussing the need for improved writing and communication skills, the college’s continuing commit ment to improving facilities on campus, and the need for an im proved commitment to public ser vice. Scott Cuviello, a resident stu dent, began the question and an swer session with a question re garding the removal of mud and leaves in the parking lots. This topic led to questions regarding the improvement of campus light ing and the need for a sidewalk on the back side of Nash HaU leading from North Hall to the classrooms. Deborah Pittman, director of Campus Security, noted that un til lighting behind the library and other dark areas of campus is im proved students are encouraged to use the escort service provided by Campus Security. Among the major concerns voiced by the students present was the need for better management of North Carolina Wesleyan’s weight room and the need for more weekend activities on cam pus. Resident student Chynna Bonner said, “I don’t think it is fair that the student athletes on this campus can have the weight room reserved every afternoon. Those are the best hours to work out, and it’s not even q)en on Saturdays.” S.G.A. Senator at Large, Marie Lenane, responded that the issue was presently being handled by S.G.A. and that a committee had been formed to meet with the ath letic department. Lenane said, “We are in the process of dealing with this issue. Those of you who wish to voice your concem are welcome to attend the S.G.A. meetings and speak to those in charge of handling this.” TIM McDOWELL McDowell announces resignation North Carolina Wesleyan College’s Vice President for De velopment, Tim McDowell, has annoimced that he will resign ef fective May 1, 1994 in order to become the chief legislative rep resentative for the North Caro lina Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. According to NCWC President Leslie Gardner, McDowell has been very important to the col lege in the past, helping with the capital campaign, founding WESQ, and the founding of the planned giving program. His leg islative experience makes him very qualified for his new post as NCAICU representative. The coUege is looking for a replacement and hopes to have a new vice president by May 1, Gamer said. Gall receives grant Daniel G. Gall, visiting assis tant professor of chemistry at North Carolina Wesleyan Col lege, has received a $2,000 grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Science Faculty Scholarship Pro gram to complete his study of greenstone artifacts at an archaeo logical site in Moundville, Ala. The goal of Gall’s Moundville study is to describe the types of greenstones used for making ground-and-polished artifacts found at that site and match them to their geologic sources. The ar tifacts are composed of an acti- nolite-epidote-albite-chlorite schist that appear to be very simi lar to the massive greenstone por tions of the Hillabee Formation of the Alabama Piedmont. Small staff struggling to finish last two editions of ‘Dissenter’ (Continued from Front Page) zations in getting their pictures tumed in, the Dissenter was late coming out, and will have to put out two yearbooks this year. The 1993 issue has already been sent off to the printer, and the 1994 issue is heading into the layout stages as soon as the Spring se mester starts. Because of the lateness of the Dissenter last year, NCWC’s Stu dent Government Association de cided to look into the matter, and President Tommy Allen had a meeting with the Dissenter staff at the beginning of this year. The final decision that S.G.A. reached was that the Dissenter was un derstaffed. ”S.G.A. was called into the yearbook problem when the former president, Judy Boyd, learned that there wasn’t going to be a yearbook,” Allen said. “S.G.A. found out that the editor left, equipment was missing, and fimds were lower than could be accounted for. So because we knew that they were behind this year I held a meeting at the start of the semester to see how S.G.A. could help. “We discussed what they thought the problem was, what they needed from S.G.A. and what they thought they should do. Get more staff. That was their focal point,” he said. “It was sug gested that letters should be writ ten to all organizations asking them to send pictures with short comments attached, maybe even have S.G.A. make it a require ment that all organizations sub mit pictures or the organization will not be funded. “Also they wanted us to some how recmit members for itself. However die Campus Activities Board has started taking pictures and writing notes on everything that they co-sponsored with an organization,” Allen explained. Allen said that if no one helps with the upcoming yearbooks, “then they will be just like” the 1992 yearixK)k. “Don’t get me wrong, for just one person to put it out it was a wonderful yearbook; however for the campus as a whole it was a weak yearbook,” he said. “I want to give credit where credit’s due, Jessie Johnson has done an out standing job with the Dissenter SQ far. Unfortunately, she is re ally far behind and I don’t know how much longer she can last. “I hate having all that money go down the drain, and having another organization fade away, but until students realize that they need to put in something to get something I don’t see what can be done,” Allen added. Johnson responded to Allen by saying, “At times there seems to be no thanks. There are all these questions, but no one wants to help. We have cried for help from S.G.A. but there is only so much they can do. This is not a magio yearbook, it won’t just fall out of thin air. When you consider that we’re catching up to where we' have to be at this time, I think it'?’ an unrealistic goal to expect fronf such a few people.” ^ Chairman of the Student Pub lication Board Kim Curseen com mented, “Unfortunately, due tor the S.P.B.’s lack of information, into this matter it would not be fair to express an opinion at this time.” Dr. Vivienne Anderson, tha advisor for the Dissenter, was unavailable for comment. This year NCWC sent twd staff members and the advisor to the Decree to the collegiate me-, dia convention in Dallas, Tex., in which many aspects of media were talked about, including many sessions about yearbooks^. No member of the Dissenter staff went, nor did the students con nected to the Dissenter know any*- thing about the convention. HOME ALONE II Sutniim MacMbty Culkitty & Joe Pesci [December 10 9:30pm L EXTRA! EXTRA! You be the judge! Should the college continue the yearbook or utilize those funds for something else? YES! Keep the yearbook! ^NO! Use the money for something else! Please check one, clip the coupon out of the paper, and drop your judgment at the post office. If you're interested in working on the yearbook, contact the SGA office at ext. 5225for further details! "I J
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