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TEXAS WESLEYAN
OCT 1 9 2000
LIBRARY
University
The students' voice since 1917
October 18, 2000
Fort Worth, Texas
Vol. 84, No. 8
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News Briefs
Bake Sale/Food drive
Gamina Sigma Sigma
will have a bake sale Thurs-
day, Oct. 19, during free peri-
od, in the SUB. s&xigit
Gamma Sigma Sigma is
having a canned food drive
for the needy now through
Oct. 26. Boxes are located
near the entrances to all the
main buildings on campus.
Blanket/Coat Drive
AEGIS will collect
sweaters, blankets and jackets
for the needy Oct. 23-26.
Boxes will be located in the
library, SUB and fine arts
building.
Voter's Awareness Session
Student life and the Stu-
dent Government Association
will have a voter awareness
session Tuesday, Oct. 24, dur-
ing free period, in the Quad
of the Brown-Lupton Cam-
pus Center.
A panel will answer stu-
dents' questions about the
elections and distribute hand-
outs with information about
political parties.
Hair Tickets
Wesleyan's school of fine
and performing arts is pre-
senting Hair, a '60s tribal
rock musical, now through
Oct. 22, in conjunction with
RadioShack RetroFest 2000.
Performances are at 7:30
p.m. now through Oct. 21 and
2 p.m. Oct. 22, at the Scott
Theatre located at 3505 W.
Lancaster St.
Hair is recommended for
mature audiences orriy, due to
language and brief nudity.
Tickets are $12 for adults
and $6 for students and senior
citizens. Reservations are not
required but are strongly rec-
ommended, and can be made
by calling the box office at
(817) 531-4991.
Crop Walks
Metroplex Crop Walks
will be held Sunday, Oct. 22,
to raise funds to fight hunger
and poverty. The event is
sponsored by Church World
Service, and eight social ser-
vice agencies in Tarrant
County will benefit. More
than 3,000 walkers are
expected to raise $100,000.
Crop Walks will be held
at 2 p.m. at the Texas Christ-
ian University Stadium park-
ing lot; at 4 p.m. at the Pavil-
ion in Chisolm Park, located
at 2200 Norwood Drive in
Hurst and at 2 p.m. in Bicen-
tennial Park, located at 450
FM 1709 in Southlake.
For mor6 information,
call the Crop office at (817)
923-4703.
International Week
The activities for Interna-
tional Week have been moved
to Nov. 12-18, in order to take
place during International
Education week.
Campus Capital Campaign progresses with
preparations for new building, renovations
Shelly Wright
EDITOR IN CHIEF
The Fort Worth City Council
approved unanimously construc-
tion of the new Nenetta Burton
Carter Building Oct. 10, according
to Caren Handleman, vice president
of University advancement.
Wesleyan expects to gain
access to the land in the alley
behind the construction area Oct.
25, after the area is reallocated.
The start date for construction
to begin is late-October, and should
take about 10 months.
Handleman said, "If the weath-
er goes in our favor, it could be less
time, but if it doesn't, it will take
more time."
The Nenetta Bur- "7/the weather goes in our
ton Carter Building is favor, [building the Nenetta
the first project of the Burton Carter Building
could be less than [10
months], but if it
doesn % it will take more
time."
-Caren Handleman
Capital Campaign, ini-
tiated by former Wes-
leyan president Jake B.
Schruin.
The new building
will be located next to
Dan Waggoner Hall.
It will house the department of
psychology and will include offices
for faculty, a laboratory, two class-
rooms, a student lounge and a stu-
dent work area.
Renovation of the Fine Arts
Annex will
begin when
fundraising
is complet-
ed, and
Handleman
said the
University
is about
$700,000
away from
its goal.
Construction on the Annex is
expected to begin next summer, and
renovation of the Fine Arts Audito-
rium may begin sooner.
Handleman said renovation of
the auditorium can begin anytime
after the fundraising is completed,
because the building is not current-
ly in use.
She said construction of the
academic wing cannot begin until
after summer, because summer
classes are scheduled there.
Handleman said, "We won't
disturb or displace classes in the
building."
Midnight Madness Hits Wesleyan
Raijn Shepherd
STAFF WRnER
Midnight Madness hit the
Wesleyan campus Oct. 14 at 11:30
p.m.
Students were promised a
night of food, fun and fastbreaks.
and that's exactly what they got.
Here's a recap.
The night began with Domi-
nos delivering 40 piz-
zas to the gym for stu-
dents to devour.
Shortly after mid-
night, men's head bas-
ketball coach Terry
Waldrop introduced members of
the varsity team.
Next, the JV team took their
place on the court, and both teams
eased into their warm-up drills.
Expectations of an exciting
night rose as player after player
dunked the ball during warm-ups.
The crowd sat mesmerized.
Fifteen minutes of high-flying
dunks and three-pointers were
shot.
Following the varsity scrim-
mage, varsity player Robert Allen
won a three-point contest with 14
shots in 45 seconds.
The three-point contest was
followed by a dunk contest, featur-
ing a variety of dunks.
Senior education major
Monique Rogers said, "I really
liked the dunk contest. It was
NBA style."
After the contests were over,
the junior varsity team took the
court, scrimmaging for fifteen
minutes.
Amy Bretthauer, senior psy-
chology major and president of the
Student Government Association,
said, "It was nice to
"/ really liked the see Wesleyan stu-
dunk contest. It dents supporting their
was NBA style." leam 011 a Saturday
-Monique Rogers
night. I only hope
that the turnout for all
the games and sports continues to
be this good or better."
Senior business major and
president of Lambda Chi Alpha
Ryan Ridgeway said, "We went
out to support the whole team. It
was fun, but I thought more people
would be there. The "oarsmen"
plan to come to all home games."
Director of student life Peter
Phaiah said, "It was the best ever.
Coach Waldrop came in. A bunch
of people kicked in to help.
"It was a great turnout for
what we hope to be a new tradi-
tion," Phaiah added.
U,
Photo by Martha Brinkcr
Varsity basketball player Shawn Ashworth pumps up
the crowd for the dunk contest After getting a
response, Ashworth ripped his shirt off and dunked
the basketball.
Turtles in McFadden are healthy, Dixon says
Jennifer Swenson
STAFF WRITER
To all the students worried about the three
turtles on the second floor of the McFadden Sci-
ence building, they are healthy and doing fine,
said Dr. Michael Dixon, associate professor and
chair of the biology department.
For some time now, students have expressed
concern for the turtles in the aquarium near the
staircase on the second floor.
A few students have commented on the tur-
tles' lack of sun, their food supply, and the lime
deposits left on the glass from lowering water
levels.
A "We Need Sun" sign, assumed to be writ-
ten by a student, is posted above the aquarium on
a mail-in card.
Sunlight wouldn't hurt the turtles. Dixon
said, but they are not suffering from deprivation.
Photo by Martha Brinkcr
Dr. Mike Dixon's three turtles live in
the McFadden Science Building.
Dixon said the turtles are kept there
to teach students about the diversity
of animal life.
One reason the turtles need sunlight is to
receive vitamin D and calcium.
A theory also holds that sunlight is needed
to kill off parasites. The turtles receive light
from a lamp.
"Here they do not have parasites," Dixon
said.
"They cannot pick them up in captivity
unless we bring them in."
Sometimes the turtles are purposely not fed.
This is to avoid too much weight gain so they do
not become 'couch potatoes,' he said.
The food they receive one to two times daily-
has plenty of the needed nutrients, Dixon said.
For variety and challenge, goldfish arc
occasionally dropped into the tank, along with
spinach and romaine lettuce.
All the turtles were raised in captivity and
donated. Unable to properly care for the turtles.
See rl\irtles, page 2
Sorority
seeks
members
Shelly Wrigii i
EDI TOR IN CHI El
Alpha Kappa Alpha, the oldest
Greek-letter organization estab-
lished in America by African-
American college women, may
come to Wesleyan.
The next meeting for students
who are interested in joining the
sorority is Thursday, Oct. 26, dui
ing free period, in Room 125 of the
Armstrong-Mabee Business Build
ing.
Marian Crossley, secretary to
the weekend university, who plans
to become a member and adviser to
the sorority, said the Wesleyan
chapter must have eight women
before the graduate chapter will
pledge Wesleyan's chapter.
According to Crossley, four
women have expressed interest in
the sorority, and the organization
has received 10 letters of interest.
Crossley said the organization
is still collecting letters from lactic
interested in joining the sorority
The letters should state why the
women are interested in joining the
See Sorority, page 2
Phi Beta
Lambda
resurrec
Shelly Wkk.ii i
EDITOR IN ( HI El
Wesleyan students are working
to resurrect I'hi Beta Lambda, a
national organization for business
majors and minors.
Dr. Frank Norwood, program
coordinator of business adtninistra
(ion and management, and adviser
to Phi Beta Lambda, said the orga-
nization has been at Wesleyan since
1958 but has been inactive in the
last year or so.
Sophomore marketing major
Zach Sellers, co-president of Phi
Beta Lambda, said the organization
has meetings with guest speakers
the last Tuesday of each month.
Meetings are held in Room 102 of
the Armstrong-Mabee Business
Building during free period.
Co-president Jessie Gonzalez
. a junior sports management major,
said Richard Baker, a franchise
owner, will speak Nov 28.
Norwood said the organization
has opportunities to compete in
areas such as accounting and mar-
keting. Winners at the state level
will go to the national level to com-
pete.
Gonzalez said, "We're just in
the rebuilding stage this semester,
and we'll hopefully have a launch-
off in the spring."
Sellers said, "1 hope 1'lu Beta
Lambda can inform students of dif-
ferent areas of business that they
haven't thought of before."
Norwood said, "I'd like to see
it get rejuvinated and become a
leading organization on campus
again."
Hypnotist comes to
Wesleyan... pg. 5
Blazing bunny creates controversy...
Pg- 3
Check out the new fall fashions... pg. 4
Liars get caught.. .pg. 4
Haunting of
South Fork
Review... pg. 8
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