VOL. 10, NO. 10
“The truth is out there,,”
North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, N.C.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24,1995
SGA passes bare
budget for spring
By GREG PURCELL
In a special meeting on Feb.
13, the North Carolina Wesleyan
College Student Government As
sociation approved the Spring
1995 budget.
SGA Secretary Allan Beasley
said 17 members voted to approve
the budget, while four members
voted against it with one absten
tion. A total of 22 votes were cast,
although the SGA agenda showed
BLUES CONCERT — The Blues duo of Sidney James Wingfield only 21 members eligible to vote,
and Katherine Davis performed Feb, 8 before a small crowd. The special meeting was held
Review would have been on page 6, had there been a page 6. after the budget was tabled for
further discussion and review dur-
• . . • - ing a regular SGA meeting on
f\ O C fl^/1 W* 1W /Tf M£}/m Several members of the
li'i SGA Senate had expressed a need
to examine the budget in greater
According to a college an- detail during that earlier meeting,
nouncement issued by Sullivan, spring 1995 SGA budget
Jenkins left her position at North reflected a $4,000 shortfall caused
Oarfallhb Wesleyan College in or- overspending by Student Gov-
der to “explore other career op- emment during the fall 1994 se-
portunities.” However, according niester and the failure of the North
to several other sources, Jenkins Carolina Wesleyan business of-
was terminated from her position inform the SGA of the
as Acting Registrar after an un- number of students withdrawing
successful probationary term on ^heir enrollment between the two
the job. semesters, which caused a de
crease in the amount of student
(Continued on Back Page) activity fees collected.
noG Jnobi2ai*?-3'-)iV ion
By ALAN P. FELTON
Acting Registrar Lynn Jenkins^
left the service of North Carolina,,
Wesleyan College on Feb. ^j^ter
seven years of employthe
institution.
Assistant Dean of Academics
and former registrar Cliff Sullivan
has been selected as a temporary
replacement until a permanent
registrar is named.
Spring SGA Budget
‘93-’94 FALL ‘94 SPRING ‘95
BSA
$1,150
$425
$165
CAB
50,000
26,978
25,500
CLUB DRAMATICA
750
1,235
800
COLL. REPUBLICANS
845
410
100
DECREE
9,615
6,320
3,600
DISSENTER
14,000
7,796
9,845
GOSPEL CHOIR
2,060
690
600
GREEK COUNCIL
1,000
500
235
INTRAMURALS
4,283
2,700
2,250
LACROSSE CLUB
3,425
2,205
600
PBL
3,275
2,000
0
SGA
4,970
2,000
0
CONTINGENCY
5,219
2,965
485
SNCAE
250
115
150
STUDENT RADIO
2,000
100
25
BACCHUS
0
0
75
PSCYHOLGY CLUB
0
150
70
SGA President Chris Brandt
said that the budget-making pro
cess had been tough and “some
organizations are, of course, dis
appointed with their allotments,
but without the necessary funds
there is little that can be done.
We tried to be as fair as possible
in forming this budget.”
The Campus Activities Board
(CAB) received the largest allot
ment in the current budget with
$25,500. CAB was allowed ap
proximately a 10 percent increase
in their budget compared to iast
year. The Dissenter was given
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Poll identifies issues important to students
By PATRICK BRANNAN
(First of a series.)
Residence hall policies, alter
nates to the current meal plan,
and the scheduling of classes are
key issues resident students iden
tified in a recent survey conducted
by The Decree.
Sixty-two percent of students
responded that they wanted longer
visitation hours in the residence
hall. Twenty-two percent cited the
policies in the dorms as the great
est weakness in residence life. Yet
at the same time, 17 percent said
they wanted more npise c?ntrol
and 13 percent said the halls were
too noisy.
When asked about alternatives
to the current meal plan, 64 per
cent responded that they did want
alternatives compared to 12 per
cent that said no alternatives were
needed. Of those wanting alter
natives, 37 percent listed the num
ber of meals on the current plan
as a suggestion for alternatives.
Twenty-three percent wanted
more variety in the food, nine per
cent wanted more transferability
with Docs, and eight percent
wanted longer hours for the caf
eteria. •- • . -
When asked about the sched
uling of classes in variety each
semester, 62 percent of the stu
dents responded that scheduling
was good. Twenty-seven percent
said scheduling was poor while
only eight listed scheduling as
great. Yet under weakness of aca
demics at Wesleyan the lack of
courses offered was cited as the
biggest weakness with 26 percent.
When asked if they thought it was
possible to take the classes to
graduate in four years 56 percent
said no while 40 percent said yes.
When asked to list the general
strengths of- the college -17 per-' ;
cent of the students listed the
small size of the school as its big
gest strength. The lack of activi
ties, lack of respect for students,
size, and food were listed as the
greatest weakness each with six
percent.
The survey of resident students
was completed by 42 percent of
the residents. The survey asked
the students to list specific
strengths and weaknesses of vari
ous areas of campus live includ
ing residence life, student life, and
academics.
Seventy-four percent of the
students listed'the'rcsiden9c:halis:
as good while 20 percent said they
were poor. The bathrooms and
housecleaning-were among the
top weaknesses in residence life
while the staff and the friendly
atmosphere in the dorms were
listed as strengths.
Activities were both a strength
and weakness in the student life
■"area. Yet many students also listed
the fact that the school does not
listen to them as a weakness.
In academics, the faculty was
the largest strength while the lack
of courses and favoritism were
listed as weaknesses.' . \v, - »