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VOL. 10, NO. 4 ^^The truth is out there.., North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, N.C. FRTOAY, OCTOBER 21,1994 * NCWC may make changes to its mission PREPARING FOR “WILDERNESS” — Greg Purcell and Joe Bratcher rehearse a scene from Eugene O’Neill’s “Ah, Wilderness” which is currently on stage in N.C. Wesleyan’s Coltrane Theatre. The play will be performed Oct. 21-22 and OcL 27-29. For review, see page 6. Statistics show retention problem not black/white issue at Wesleyan By KIMBERLY CURSEEN ^ North Carolina Wesleyan Col lege has been plagued with the jproblem of student retention, but minority retention did not appear to differ from Caucasian reten tion rates in a statistical analysis ^conducted by Chris Carsten, As sociate Professor of Psychology at Wesleyan. Cliff Sullivan, Assistant to the Dean, said about 18 percent of the Wesleyan student body is made up of minority students. For the spring of 1991 to the fall of 1991 Wesleyan was able to retain 78 percent of its Afri- can-American students and 72 percent of its Caucasian students. The next year, Wesleyan retained 71 percent of its African-Ameri can students and 68 percent of its Caucasian students. In the fall of 1992 to the spring of 1993, Wes leyan retained 84 percent of its African-American students and 83 percent of its Caucasian stu dents. (Continued on Back Page) By ALAN P. FELTON North Carolina Wesleyan Col lege administration officials are currently reviewing possible changes in the College’s mission statement. A draft of a new mission state ment was completed by the President’s Council on Sept. 29 and a decision on whether or not to accept the new statement is expected to be made by Oct. 27, when President of Wesleyan Col lege Herman Collier will present a proposal to the Board of Trust ees. President Collier, speaking at a cormnunity meeting on Oct. 5, said “it is not unusual for institu tions to revisit their mission. Changes do happen.” Collier con tinued by saying that Wesleyan’s current mission statement could be bit more descriptive in or der to align itself more closely with the college’s activities.” Robert S. Bussom, academic dean for Wesleyan College, said that the mission statement should “serve as a foundation for strate gic decision making. Periodic re views should be done to see how the statement fits current and fu ture plans. The mission statement should also be specific enough to set priorities. Maybe our current statement is too broad.” Bussom stressed that any new mission statement “ought to iden tify our uniqueness.” The proposed changes are in response to concerns that the cur rent mission statement may not meet the guidelines set out by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), Wesleyan’s accrediting agency. Bussom said that SACS looks for a “system atic, formal planning process.” The mission statement is the be ginning of that planning, he said. The Committee Advisory on Planning and Priorities will aid President Collier in writing and proposing a mission statement to the Board of Trustees. This com mittee consists of the President’s Council and four additional fac ulty members. Dean Bussom said that in addition to this conraiittee “any member of the Wesleyan community is welcome to make suggestions, including students.” A draft of the proposed change was given to members of the Stu dent Government Association. Dean of Student Life Nancy VanKuren said that “Students should respond to SGA with sug gestions concerning the mission statement The sooner the better (Continued on Back Page) Recycling efforts increase on campus By ALAN P. FELTON North Caroltoa Wesleyan Col lege, along with the Student Gov ernment Association, has recently taken steps to increase the amount pf recycling being done on cam pus. ' Currently, all aluminum cans and cardboard are being collected for recycling. White p^r is col lected in the Braswell adminis tration building and in the Hardee’s Student Union, but not in the dormitories. Student Government President Chris Brandt said the implemen tation of the recycling policy has gone well. The next step in the policy will be to place white pa per recycling bins inside the resi dence halls. Brandt said he would work through the hall councils of each dormitory to pay for the white paper bins. Brandt said no current plans were under way to recycle glass on campus due to safety concerns. “We believe that recycling bottles is a safety risk. The risk of broken glass in the dorm hall ways and certain difficulties in transporting -full glass bins have caused us not to add glass to our list of recycled materials. I would, however, encourage students to individually recycle their glass bottles,” Brandt said. Brandt said the administration has been very helpful in imple menting the recycling policy. The college paid for the new alumi num can collection bins on cam pus. In addition, Brandt said that. “Cheryl McKenzie, Steve Sparics, Belinda Faulkner, and Kim Sparics have been especially help- fiil. Also it didn’t hurt to have a new recycling law passed for the state.” On July 1, North Carolina in stituted State Law G.S. 130A- 309.10 (0 which prohibits alumi num cans from being deposited in landfills and incinerators.
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