VOL. 11, NO. 13
North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, N.C.
MONDAY, APRIL 29,1996
Student elections called ^semi-successfuV
John Radzicki, coordinator of
this year’s SGA elections, called
them “semi-successful.”
Out of 40 petitions issued, 36
were taken, and of those 36, only
18 were returned, he said.
“You can see that more people
were aware of the elections, but
only a few wanted to, or actually,
participated,” he said. “In the past,
at the most, only five or six peti-
Fellows
take part
in forum
The Johnston Fellows of North
Carolina Wesleyan College at
tended the Emerging Issues Fo
rum at N.C. State University on
April 15-16.
The Forum, this year entitled
“The Knowledge Explosion:
What’s the Payoff for Ameri
cans?”, was a public service pro
gram designed to bring the high
est levels of enlightened public
policy debate to the people of
North Carolina.
The Forum regularly convenes
symposia, conferences, and dis
cussion groups which bring North
Carolina leaders together in a
common arena with top thinkers,
analysts, and decision-makers
from across the nation and the
world.
Among the many presenters
this year were Vice President A1
Gore, U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley; N.C.
Gov. Jim Hunt; John L.
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tions would be returned and the
vacant positions filled by appoint
ment through the SGA president.”
In this year’s election, Scott
Cuviello edged out Grant Long
to become the new SGA Presi
dent. Erin Durbin was elected the
new vice president and Carl
Hoskins became treasurer, but the
position of secretary remains va
cant.
Melissa Overman is the new
CAB President. Marcy Stover was
elected as Senior Class President
and Stephanie Pelham is next
year’s Junior Class President, but
the Sophomore Class presidency
is vacant.
The three new Senators at large
are Johanna Dobbs, Mammie
Freeman, and Angela Centra. The
new Judicial Board consists of
Caroline May, Marcy Stover, and
Kevin Corbett. Radzicki was
elected to the Board of Trustees
to represent Student Life and
Alumni.
Radzicki said he tried to in
crease student awareness by plac
ing petitions in the Administra
tion Building, next to the televi
sion, and in the cafeteria. He also
left e-mail messages and voice
mail messages to stir interest.
“This seemed to be success
ful, however I cannot force stu
dents to participate, which is a
task that next year’s SGA must
overcome,” he said.
“Their challenge will be the
same as every SGA in the past at
NCWC, to increase student par
ticipation and awareness,” he
added.
Wesleyan
restructures
to compete
THE MUSIC MAN — Jen Morse and Lars Messerschmidt act out
their roles in Wesleyan’s spring production of “The Music Man”
in the Dunn Center. See review on Page 2. (Photo by Karolyn
Braun.)
North Carolina Wesleyan Col
lege last week announced a series
of management moves to
strengthen the college and better
position the school for future
growth.
Foremost among the changes,
previously announced, is the S3
million contract with Honeywell
Corporation to air condition the
residence halls, improve the cam-
pus-wide energy system, provide
a fiber optic backbone to all cam
pus buildings, improve campus
lighting, and upgrade the fire
alarm system.
The Honeywell contract also
includes the installation of neces
sary energy equipment in prepa-
Language requirement suspended
By JESSICA BROWN
Until the department can be
reviewed next year, the foreign
language requirement at North
Carolina Wesleyan College has
been suspended.
On April 15, the college’s fac
ulty voted by a large margin to
suspend the requirement to save
the college money, and to save
some jobs as well.
“Right now we don’t have
much of a language requirement
anyway,” said Wesleyan’s Presi
dent Dr. John White at the stu
dent meeting on April 17. The
current requirement is that each
student take two 100 level courses
or six semester hours of one lan
guage, be it either Spanish or
French.
“That doesn’t really teach us
much language,” said White. Stu
dents will instead be asked to fill
the six credit hours with elective
classes. The vote will go into ef
fect next year, affecting all stu
dents enrolled at Wesleyan dur
ing the 1996-97 school year.
The student meeting, attended
by White and about 12 students,
also discussed rumors which were
floating around campus, and al
lowed students to address issues
which concerned them.
The question as to where many
popular teachers were going was
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ration for the construction of a
recreation facility within the nc.xl
24 months.
“This is an essential move to
allow us to be competitive with
other colleges and to replace an
old, inefficient energy system,”
said President John B. White. "It
also prepares the way for more
future improvements to the physi
cal plant of the College, such as
the planned recreation facility and
putting computer Internet access
in the residence halls.”
Additionally, in an effort to
cut operating costs during the up
coming academic year, the col
lege has restructured the way it
will deliver some services to stu
dents and the public.
Nine staff positions were
eliminated, reduced to part-time,
or reassigned through internal re
structuring throughout the admin
istrative offices. Two vacant fac
ulty positions will not be filled.
Wesleyan employs 150 full- and
part-time faculty and staff.
For the 1996-97 fiscal year,
N.C. Wesleyan College projects
a budget deficit of approximately
S3(X),000, or three percent of its
total annual operating budget of
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