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Growing Pains
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RA Richard Tibbs prepares his
By Ron Fitzwater
As North Carolina Wesleyan College
moves into the 2004-05 academic
year it will be going through several
areas of growth and transition. One
of those areas which is causing
concern early on is in the housing
of resident students.
On August 21 as the majority of
this year’s resident students were
arriving on campus and beginning
the long task of processing and
finding that special place to hang
their toothbrush, concerns began
to arise as to where to house
everyone.
room for an unexpected guest
Leaving the congested buzz of
resident student in-processing at
the Hartness Center I made my
way to Petteway Hall to speak with
students and resident assistants
(RAs) involved in the difficult task
of building a community within a
very small space.
Inside Petteway the resident
assistants were set up to greet
students and assist them with
whatever they might, require to
ease transition into the hall. Third
floor RA Richard Tibbs took a few
minutes to walk around and speak
with the Decree about the particular
problems that he and other RAs
were facing this year as students
move in.
RF—I notice that there is quite a lot
of coming and going today. How is
the move-in going so far?
RT—It went well the first day,
but now it’s getting kind of rough
because we’re running out of
space.
RF—Now, by running out of space,
do you mean that you don’t have
enough rooms?
RT—Exactly.
RF—Is that going on campus wide
or just here in Petteway?
RT—No, no, it’s campus wide.
They just had a person move in
from Nash to go into a Resident
Assistant’s room. I guess Nash
needed more space so they put
them over here.
RF—Have you been told what the
reason is for all the congestion?
Speaking with administration
officials last year, one of the things
I was told was that space in the
residence halls has never been an
issue.
RT—Well it’s definitely an issue
now. We are trying to cram people
into places now that I never thought
possible. It’s getting insane
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Take It from Those Who Know
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By
Kierra
Jones
With the 2004 year starting at
North Carolina Wesleyan College,
some of the school’s faculty, staff
and upperclassmen have already
begun sharing helpful advice with
the incoming class. This advice is
simply to assure that the freshmen
don’t make the same mistakes
that some of the upperclassmen
encountered.
Jennifer Monroe, a 20-year-old pre-
med student from Jacksonville, NC,
stated that, “the freshmen must
make sure they don’t slack off first
semester because the grade you
get will either make or break you.”
Khira Evans, 22, biology
major from Baltimore, said to
“study hard and stay focused.”
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Students in-process at the Hartness Center
Christal Bobbit, 20, an accounting that you can. If you have to pay for
major from Louisiana, stressed
that the freshmen “don’t cheat on
homework assignments because it
doesn’t pay off.”
Doretha Chichester, an information
specialist/facilities coordinator
from Rocky Mount, recommends
that freshmen “be serious about
classes. Start off by doing the best
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the classes, do your best from the
beginning.”
Sandra Joyner, a sociology major
from Nashville, NC, holds a job as a
Community Health Assistant, while
taking classes at Wesleyan. She
offered this advice to freshmen: “Put
in your mind that you can reach any
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