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April 25, 2002
Fort Worth, Texas
Vol. 87, No. 12
News Briefs
Open Forum
President Harold G.
Jeffcoat inviteg alllstudents,
faculty and staff to attend an
open forum on Thursday,
April 25, during free period in
the Sid Richardson gym.
Jeffcoat will address student-
athletes about changes for
Wesleyan athletics.
For more information,
contact Terry Waldrop, athlet-
ic director, at ext. 4224.
Mortar Board Applications
Deadline for Mortar
Board applications is Friday,
April 26. at 4 p.m.
Mortar is a senior honor
society, whose requirements
include: at least 90 credit
hours at the end of current
semester; cummulative
G.P.A. of 3.0?or higher; com-
pleted application; with tran-
script."'"*""' ' f
Applications are available
from Ann Reed, DW303, ext.
4224.
Blood Drive
Carter Blood Care will
host a blood drive on Tuesday,
April 30, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
The blood mobile'will be set
up in the Brown Lupton park-
ing lot. Call ext. 4872 for
information or appointment.
SGA Summer Splash Social
SGA is sponsoring a free
end of the year social which
will be held at the Best
Western on 1-30 and Beach
St., on Tuesday, May 7 (the
night before Dead Day), from
8 p.m.-l a.m.
Students should sign up
for the event in the SGA
office in the Sid Richardson
building or call ext. 4267 for
more information.
58 registered sex offenders live near campus
Melanie Manning
EDITOR IN CHIEF
According to figures main-
tained by the Texas Department
of Public Safety (DPS) Crime
Records Service, 89 registered
sex offenders live in the 76105
ZIP code area, 23 of whom live
within one mile of the Texas
Wesleyan campus.
In addition to photo-
graphs, offense details
aliases and addresses,
DPS provides risk
assessments for all
offenders
released after
January 1
2000. The
classifica-
tions are
assigned
by the
Risk
one, a female, is designated low
risk. Risk assessments were
unavailable for the other 42 peo-
ple.
Despite the proximity of the
sex offenders, there have been
no reports of sexual assault on
the Wesleyan campus by a non-
affiliated individual.
"Crimes of opportunity
come when there is an
opportunity."
-Chuck Huddleston
The 2001 main campus
crime statistics indicate that
there was one incident of
forcible sexual
assault, but
according to a
university
security guard,
the offense was
a case of 'date
rape.'
Chuck
Huddleston,
director of
facili-
ties,
said
crime area than other parts of the
city, and we have to acknowl-
edge that it is, we are fortunate
here in the
fact that we
have 24-hour
security."
B
e r s if.
consid-
campus
Assessment
Review
Committee
and are based
on the number
of offenses, the
age of the victim(s)
and the specific
nature of the crimes.
Of the 16 people
released after 2000 and living
within a two-mile radius, 10 are
considered by
the registry to The Xs on the map above represent the 23 registered sex offenders
be at moderate located within one mile of the Wesleyan campus. The concentric
risk, five are circles have radii increasing in four-tenths of a mile increments.
high-risk, and
safe. "While [the
community] is a higher
Huddleston
offered a number of safety tips to
students who are concerned
about their safety on campus and
in the surrounding neighbor-
hood, including walking in pairs
or groups and keeping dormitory
doors closed and locked when
going out, even for a moment.
"A lot of people think,
'Leave it open so I can run
inside,' but when they do that,
and they get to talking to some-
one, anyone could just walk in
the dorm," he said
To protect against other
crimes, such as theft and auto-
mobile damage, Huddleston said
vehicle doors should be locked
and windows should be rolled up
at all times, and that people
should not leave valuable items
in their cars.
"Crimes of opportunity
come when there is an opportu-
nity," he said.
Information about regis-
tered sex offenders in the sur-
rounding area and elsewhere in
Texas is available to the public
through the Texas Sex Offender
Database located online at
http://records.txdps.state.tx.us.
Board members approve 6 percent tuition increase
Donna Haney
NEWS EDITOR
The Wesleyan board of
trustees approved a proposed
operating budget for fiscal year
2(X)2-03, on April 19, thereby
increasing tuition for general
undergraduates by 6 percent.
The increase will take effect
June 1 for the Summer 1 semes-
ter, making the tuition rate $340
per credit hour for undergradu-
ates, up from the current rate of
$320 per hour.
For the fall and spring
semesters, students can take
advantage of the block tuition
plan, which bills the same tuition
$10,306 for 12 to 18
hours.
However,
block
tuition is
not avail-
able for
the sum-
m e r
semesters.
William William
Bleibdrey Bleibdrey,
vice presi-
dent of finance and budget, said,
"In order to keep pace with the
rising cost of higher education,
most or all colleges and univer-
sities are raising tuition rates. We
have held ours as low as possible
while still allowing for a bal-
anced budget."
The new $34 million budget
will allow the university to bal-
ance its operating budget and
eliminate excess draws from the
unrestricted endowment.
Undergraduate and general
fees will remain at $30 per cred-
it hour.
Approximately 88 percent
of Wesleyan students have
financial aid. A total student aid
budget of $2,625,000 was
approved for the fiscal year,
which includes funds from
scholarship endowments as well
as tuition discounting.
' Our expectation is that fall
enrollment will be up from last
year's level," said Bleibdrey.
"[Right now] the financial
aid package will be similar to
last year in total dollars, but with
an emphasis on rewarding those
students who remain at the uni-
versity.
"As we are able to attract
students in numbers greater than
our expected enrollment, our
pool for financial aid will rise
proportionately," he said.
"If we are able to enroll 10
percent more students than are
budgeted, our financial aid will
increase by 10 percent."
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Manning, Melanie. The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 2002, newspaper, April 25, 2002; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth253277/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Wesleyan University.