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November 19, 2003
Fort Worth, Texas
Vol. 90, No. 11
News Briefs
Man of the Year
The Wesleyan Man of
the Year competition will
be hosted Nov. 21 in
Nicholas Martin Hall.
Tickets cost $3 with the
funds benefiting the
Masonic Home and School.
Table tennis
The Texas Wesleyan
Table Tennis team will host
the Dallas Table Tennis
Club on Nov. 24 at 7 p.m.
in the Sid Richardson gym-
nasium. Admission is free
for students and faculty.
Opera production
Wesleyan's Opera
Workshop presents "A
Night of Cinderellas" in
Nicholas Martin Hall Nov.
24 and 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Theater production
Wesleyan Theatre pres-
ents Jane Martin's comedy
Anton in Show Business in
the Thad Smotherman
Theatre in the Law Sone
Fine Arts Center at 7:30
p.m. on Nov. 20, 21 and 22.
General admission is $8
and admission for students
is $4.
For more information,
contact the box office at
(817)531-4211.
AIDS Awareness seminar
Wesleyan professor Joe
Brown will conduct an
AIDS Awareness seminar
during free period Dec. 2.
The Student Organizational
Activities Committee will
sponsor AIDS testing.
Christmas concert
Ring in the season with
the "Songs of Christmas"
concert at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2
in Nicholas Martin Hall.
Recommendations approved by board to trim budget
Whitney Fowler
NEWS EDITOR
The set of recommendations that Texas
Wesleyan President Harold Jeffcoat present-
ed to the executive board was passed Oct. 31
and later ratified as part of the plan to modi-
fy Wesleyan's budget.
Jeffcoat said that the executive board is
now "feeling much better about the financial
stability of the institution."
Although there is much work left to do,
the president said that Wesleyan has shown
"much more discipline in how we utilize the
income and resources that we have."
The reallocation of Wesleyan's income,
according to Jeffcoat, will enable the univer-
sity to move more boldly toward determin-
ing the centers of excellence in each of the
schools at Wesleyan and providing more stu-
dent scholarships — the two biggest ongoing
needs, he said.
Jeffcoat said that he accepted recom-
mendations from School of Education Dean
Carlos Martinez "without equivocation."
Those recommendations draw emphasis to
elementary education, bilingual education
and math-science education areas and "a
more flexible anangement with nontradition-
al students and those who already have
degrees — to get certified."
Jeffcoat said that he did not accept all of
the proposals from the dean of the School of
Arts and Sciences. He rejected the elimina-
tion of the computer science program and
the proposal to eliminate all of the visiting
professor positions in the School of Arts and
Sciences.
Jeffcoat said that there is
no need to eliminate all visit-
ing professors because "there
still is much need of analysis
of where we're going — in
particular the sciences."
"Before we make any
long-term decisions in the
sciences, I think we need to
know where we're strong,
what we need to do to be
stronger," Jeffcoat said. "And
that may very well mean the
conversion of some visiting "
professorships in the sciences to permanent
tenure-track."
Jeffcoat said that he has put "some pret-
ty stringent requirements on the arts faculty
— the theatre division and the arts — to
become more actively engaged in the recruit-
ment of students."
"And to be fair with all the people in the
fine arts department — they really have not
had the tools to work with."
Jeffcoat said that Wesleyan wants to
strengthen those areas and give them the
Harold
Jeffcoat
tools they need to be more competitive in
recruiting.
The only fundamental changes in the
School of Arts and Sciences will be the
elimination of one or two programs that do
not grant degrees and then reallocating the
income to programs more likely to
experience growth.
One of the changes in the School
of Business, Jeffcoat said, is the plan
for three new tenure-track positions to
be phased in over the next three years.
The School of Business will offer
only one major and give students the
option to concentrate in one or more
areas. This change is going to make it
more "flexible for students to get a
broader kind of business education,"
Jeffcoat said.
This type of program revision, the
president said, is responsive to what the
business community prefers which promotes
more flexibility.
"We are trying to be more pragmatic in
our business education, and the dean has put
together with the faculty a very good first
step toward that," Jeffcoat said.
Jeffcoat said that he is putting in a
requirement that the School of Business
"work actively with their advisory board and
to start raising scholarship money," with the
See Jeffcoat, page 2
Renovations reshape church fellowship hall
Nici Sandberg
CAMPUS LIFE EDITOR
Hammering, drilling, jin-
gling of various nuts, bolts and
screws, doors opening and clos-
ing and gruff male voices — the
sounds of renovation per-
meate the Polytechnic
United Methodist Church.
Remodeling of the fel-
lowship hall has been
going on since Oct. 14,
thanks to longtime
Wesleyan supporters Betty
and Bobby Bragan. The
couple donated the funding
to help make over the fel-
lowship hall and a room on
the second floor of the
church.
The fellowship hall is
a "general purpose" room,
said Ken Dunson. director
of facilities. The church
will use it for wedding
receptions, funerals and
various other gatherings, accord-
ing to Dunson.
Wesleyan will also be using
the fellowship hall for events
including: board meetings, plays
and other occasions.
The room on the second
floor will contain Fort Worth
Cats memorabilia to honor
Bragan. who was a player and
coach for the minor league base-
Photo by Whitney Fowler
Workers Chris Trojanowski and Mike Newman
install ceiling tiles in the church's fellowship hall.
ball team.
The Bragans have also been
very active in supporting Wes-
leyan's baseball team by hosting
fundraising banquets and donat-
ing money to the team. Bragan
usually speaks at the annual
baseball banquet and also has
guest speakers attend. Dunson
said that Bragan always does a
great job because he is good at
telling jokes and
has fun doing it.
The newly ren-
ovated fellow-
ship hall will
have a plaque
outside its glass
doors (with
Wesleyan logos)
to honor the
Bragans.
Dunson said
that it was about
time the Bragans
were recognized
for their support
and dedication to
the school.
"We are so
proud that we
are able to do this for them,"
Dunson said.
City to ticket
parked autos on
Wesleyan Street
Marc Nettles
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Due to visibility problems
and accidents, the city of Fort
Worth has posted no parking
signs along Wesleyan Street.
Fort Worth Police will not,
however, ticket those parked
along the west side of Wesleyan
Street, north of Avenue A.
Students also should avoid
Avenue D near the Baker Martin
and Burton Carter buildings.
said Associate Vice President
for Administration and Human
Resources Steve Roberts.
"There are no parking signs in
those areas around the intersec-
tions with Wesleyan and
Binkley."
Students using the scene
shop should be able to park long
enough to load and unload mat-
erials. He also said that students
should not leave vehicles unat-
tended or park on the sidewalk.
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