VOL. 12, NO. 9
North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, N.C.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28,1997
McAllister
to resign
next May
By MONICA A LSTON
Michael S. McAllister, assis
tant professor of music, has noti
fied the college that he will be
leaving Wesleyan after the first
summer session in May.
It has been ten years since his
coming to the college and he ad
mits that it is time he settled down
in his hometown in California.
After spending many summers
past visiting there he feels that it
would be best to live there for the
benefit of a book that he is cur
rently writing.
Married with children, he has
also decided that it would be best
for the betterment of their educa
tion and the continuing of his
own. McAllister said he has “felt
for a long time that the problem
with education is there are not
enough good people doing it.” He
also admits that it has been very
expensive for the private school
ing he has found to be more val
ued here in this area.
McAllister acknowledges that
it is a little intimidating to leave
his position of ten years at
Wesleyan. Though this is the case,
he is ready to change careers. He
will be a teacher of secondary
education in Grass Valley.
He is saddened to not continue
in the experience of the college
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Trustees okay
strategic plan
for Wesleyan
Beyond Therapy
Cast members (from left) Gigi Glenn, Ryan Smith, Jen Morse,
and Tony Morrone prepare for Wesleyan’s production of “Be
yond Therapy,” scheduled this Thursday through Saturday nights
at 8 p.m. in Minges Auditorium in the Dunn Center. Written by
Christopher Durang, the zany comedy is directed by Kevin A.
Corbett. Tickets are $3 for students and $5 for adults.
Wesleyan appoints new
Adult Degree Director
By MONICA ALSTON
Replacing Angie Bennett as
Adult Degree Director is Sharron
McNeil-Davis.
McNeil-Davis received her
bachelor degree from Elizabeth
City State University and her mas
ters from Campbell University.
After 17 years of advertising with
Sprint Publishing, she has set her
sights on Wesleyan.
McNeil-Davis communicates
her desire to see more Adult De
gree students in the future. As it
is the recurrent necessity of the
program as well as the college to
recruit and retain students, She
looks forward to implementing
strategies releasing her advertis
ing skills and capabilities.
In addition to this she is proud
to mention the new ADP site at
Louisburg College which started
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By JAMES BELL
The North Carolina College
Board of Trustees gathered Feb,
14-15 to approve the college’s
new strategic plan that will surely
affect the students at Wesleyan in
one way or another.
This was a regularly scheduled
meeting and the board did pass
the plan as well as implement
many new ideas for the future of
North Carolina Wesleyan Col
lege.
The President of NCWC, John
B. White, reports, “It’s a good
plan. It will focus our energies
and give us direction.”
The new strategic plan defines
the purpose of NCWC. The plan
frames the goals, and the direc
tion that NCWC will take in an
effort to reach these goals. The
plan is also the framework for
such things as how funding will
be allocated, recruitment of em
ployees, college development,
expectations, priorities, rewards,
and recognition.
A major change that will defi
nitely affect students of Wesleyan
College is the raise in tuition that
the Board of Trustees approved.
The board approved a 7.4 perceiu
or $860 increase in the cost of
tuition here at NCWC. The tu
ition is still used for “Direct Edu
cational Expenses.”
Another item that will impact
Wesleyan students is the approval
of the construction and renova
tion of the on-campus power
plant. This old building, known
to some as the “crack house,” will
become the new Student Activity
Center. When the new SAC is
built, the current building will
become the Pearsall Fine Arts
Center.
The new SAC will probably
include such things as a food
court, offices for Wesleyan Stu
dent Publications, offices for the
Student Government, a television
room with surround sound, com
puter labs, an area for all students
to gather, a loft area in the third
story of the building, pool tables,
and other recreational items that
the students will be able to enjoy
by late August.
Building of the proposed rec
reational center will be delayed
until at least half of the estimated
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Will Tri Sigma survive on campus?
By JAMIE TEACHEY
Is Tri Sigma going to make it
on Wesleyan campus — that’s
the question that seems to be on
everyone’s minds.
Pi Epsilon closed its doors for
ever on Feb. 19. It is now in the
process of becoming a chapter of
Tri Sigma national sorority. The
lounge was cleaned out accord
ing to Panhellic rules governing
all national Greeks and nothing
of Pi Epsilon remains except
memories.
On the same day, some of the
remaining sisters of Pi Epsilon
went over in a Arc Degree pro
gram as Tri Sigma new members.
The Arc Degree program is just
one step in becoming a sister of
Tri Sigma. During the next few
months the new members will be
learning history and rituals of Tri
Sigma until they learn enough in
formation to become full-fledged
sisters.
During the process of becom
ing Tri Sigma, Pi Epsilon lost
eight of its original sisters, bring
ing the number of Pi Epsilon sis
ters to go over at seven. Some of
the sisters left for financial rea
sons and others did not believe in
it. The former Pi Epsilon even
lost its vice president.
. Former Pi Epsilon sister Jen
nifer Pfancuff said, “I believe that
going national was a wonderful
idea, but it is a very costly pro
cess and I had to go inactive be
cause I cannot afford it.”
This seemed to be the senti
ment of most of the sisters. Those
who could not afford it were
dropped from the Greek system.
“I think that was a great idea,
but things have definitely
changed,” said former sister
Shellia Reamy, who left for fi
nancial reasons but has no bad
feelings. “1 think that we should
remember that a sisterhood means
sisters forever. I wish them luck,
but I will always be a member of
Pi Epsilon.”
Tri Sigma is a national soror
ity with many chapters around the
United States. The sorority’s phil
anthropic project is the Robbie
Page Memorial, which supports
play therapy for tenninally ill chil
dren.
There are more chapters in
North Carolina and Pennsylvania
than any other states. Within two
hours of W'esleyan are approxi
mately six chapters, the closest
two being at ECU and Barton,
available to help with the chapter
formation.
New member Meg Hanlon be
lieves that "Tri Sigma is a good
idea because it will enhance
Greek life on campus.”