The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 14, 1998 Page: 3 of 6
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Question: Should
Wesleyan have its own
radio station?
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Brandy Dees
Junior
Management Information Systems
"No--I think it just doesn't seem practi-
cal. The school has better things to
spend its money on."
Alan Meadows
Senior
Computer Science
"It would give the mass communication
something to use as a tool and it would
increase Wesleyan's exposure to the
Metroplex."
Shameya Roberts
Junior
Management Information Systems
"I think it would be nice because it
would give Wesleyan some recognition
and credibility in the Metroplex."
Maria Martinez
Senior
Business Management
"It doesn't matter anyway because we aoi
wouldn't have it forever and a day from''"
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Jeff Hernandez
Senior
Management Information Systems
"I think we should. It would increase
the quality of campus life."
Brett O'Brien
Junior
Mass Communication
"I feel the university is at a turning
point where we need to expand and be
able to compete with other universities
in this area (especially TCU and UNT),
and a radio station is vital to its
growth."
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Here's something positive for a change
If you've been reading the opin-
ions page with any great
regularity, you may have
noticed most of the letters, columns
and editorials
have been
pretty nega-
tive.
Negative
about
Wesleyan,
about Bill
Clinton, about
the tiniest lit-
tle things.
Well, I'm
sick of it.
Why are 1 "
we complaining so much? Are
things really at their worst? 1 don't
think they are.
Yes, Wesleyan's facilities are
going to pot (if they aren't already
there). What are we going to do
about it? We can throw our prob-
lems to the wind and pray for some
divine intervention, or we can actu-
ally do something. Work harder.
Plant a tree. Something, anything
to give this university a little hope.
We've got great people here at
Wesleyan. People who care, peo-
ple who are willing to stand up for
their rights. They are not willing to
drown in a sea of apathy that wash-
es over Wesleyan time and time
again. I consider myself one of
these people.
I'm not ■
going to sit
back and watch one or anything for the
about it. We do care.
The Rambler is here to serve
the Wesleyan community, not to
bring it down. Anyone who thinks
otherwise needs to think again.
I'm not going to blame any-
one or anything for the
newspaper's or the university's
problems. To, me, that's a waste of
■ time and energy.
"I'm not going to blame any- What I'm going
to do instead is
Julie
King
Wesleyan crum- newspaper's or the university's
hie before my ,, II/f . . .
eyes If my problems. . . What I m going to
dorm starts do instead is focus on ways we
falling in a giant can make things better
$inkhole, I'll try _ ■ .. . ,,
with all my might to keep it from
going down. (Of course, there's
not much a 114-pound weakling
focus on ways
we can make
things better.
The first
thing everyone
in the Wesleyan
can do to save an entire building
from sinking into the depths of the
earth, but it's worth a try.)
The same goes for The
Rambler. Yes, we have spelling
errors. Yes, our computers are on
the fritz. What you have to realize
is we're trying to do something
community needs to do is get
along, and not under false pretens-
es. The last thing we need is for
everybody to smile and be happy in
public and venomous and hostile
behind closed doors.
Next we need to communicate.
Keeping secrets and conveniently
forgetting things will only push
people away, making them angry
and bitter.
Then we need to stop thinking
we're inferior to Texas Christian
University and other universities in
the Metroplex. We're really not.
In spite of what everyone thinks,
we have a great social and educa-
tional environment here. Of
course, if we had more money, we
could be even better.
Finally, we need to stay strong
in the face of adversity. If we give
up on this school without a fight,
then we might as well give up on
life altogether.
So, where does The Rambler
fit into all of this? Well, look at
our motto: "We'll follow the truth,
wherever it may lead." If the truth
leads us to some pretty nasty things
about the university, we have to
report it. We're not going to make
things worse.
If by some chance we do,
please tell us—or me, for that mat-
ter. I will try to make things right.
Julie King is a junior majoring in
marketing and the life and opinions
editor of The Rambler.
Letters to the editor
More on school spirit
I must admit that the level of school spirit
has increased. However, I must also agree with
Lisa Orlando's article on Wesleyan's school
spirit, or lack thereof.
Recently (Sept. 30), Jennifer Trotter
referred to Orlando's article as scathing. The
fact is that many students on this campus as well
as faculty and staff believe that one of the areas
that this university is suffering in its school spir-
it.
Orlando did nothing but voice the senti-
ments of people who will talk behind closed
doors and not speak out publicly.
Although 1 cannot .speak against what
Trotter has witnessed in her short tenure at
Texas Wesleyan. 1 feel more than qualified to
discuss this issue, considering I organized the
two pep rallies the university had last year.
Trotter used used organizational meetings
as her defense for the lack of attendance at the
pep rallies. Unfortunately, this rebuttal is not
sufficient because I personally sent letters to
every organization on campus in what I feel to
be ample time to make arrangements to be a part
of the pep rallies. Many of the organizations
turned out, but it could have been better.
As the president of the African American
Student Union, I gave a survey to the individu-
als who joined this semester and many of them
responded that this organization gave them
chance to meet people. However, none of this is
relevant to Orlando's article on a boost in, spirit
The president of the student body. Brent
Morton, and I had a discussion on the Orlando
article immediately after the Sept. 30 Rambler
came out and agreed that the article was true
and timely No« only that, but in our last student
government meeting, we applauded Orlando for
her insightful and well-pul article.
It's not enough to talk about the the lack of
school spirit behind closed doors, but someone
like Orlando, who has the experience first hand
as a former athlete, must take a stand in an
attempt to bring out change.
There are meetings held all the time with
SGA. SAC., intramural and other organizations
with an agenda to increase the level of school
spirit at our university.
The first pep rally this year will be Nov. 5
during free period. Let's see where our school
spirit is and how many of us arc willing to work
to increase it.
Cedric Adams
Vice-president, Student Government Association
I appreciate the column in your Sept. 30
issue concerning student morale—the author was
writing from her heart and was very sincere. I
am a fine arts student, so I was naturally glad to
hear from someone outside our circle, noticing
that we could use more support. I would like to
give another point of view about why our
morale could be "Suffering."
A lot of the students at Wesleyan are non-
traditional, which makes our student body the
diverse and interesting slice of culture that it is.
By non-traditional, I suggest students who have
chosen to return to college after having a family,
students from other countries and continuing
education students who are not necessarily pur-
suing a degree.
These arc at least three types of students
who are not concerned with pep rallies, athletic
events or faculty concerts. Rather, they aim to
make themselves more marketable, improve
their skill in a particular area or surround them-
selves with a new culture and language.
Students like these are attracted to Wesleyan
because they know they will be able to concen-
trate on their school work, and are not terribly
preoccupied with the social aspect of college
(yes, we're out there!).
I do agree that we could use a boost in
morale, and the recent upheaval in our adminis-
tration has not helped us at all. (Not to mention
that front-page article about the decrease in stu-
dent enrollment-you guys weren't really
surprised by thai, were you?)
Hem ever, we do need to accept and respect
the fact that a lot of us are here to get down to
business, not to party our way through school or
go out of our way to attend an event that nor-
mally would not interest us. You also won't find
us feeling guilty for not being there.
Bravo for speaking up anyway, Ms.
Orlando. It's good to know that someone is
noticing, regardless of whether anything really
needs to be done aboul it.
Jenny Smith
Junior
Theater Arts
Financial aid helpful
I recently received a delinquency notice for
the balance I owe Texas Wesleyan. I found that
aggravating since 1 have made several attempts
to apply for my student loan through Loans by
Phone.
I received my award letter back in July with
the breakdown of my transfer scholarship, TEG
grant and Stafford loan. I did not wish to bor-
row the amount I was offered. As required to
use the Loans by Phone service, I sent the award
letter back to the financial aid office with the
exact amount I wanted to borrow.
As August went by, I never received a revi-
sion of my award letter. 1 then went to financial
aid and explained this to them. I finally
received my revision towards the end of
September.
I again attempted the Loans by Phone ser-
vice. This time I was told my lender ID number
applicable with Texas Wesleyan. The lender I
wanted to use wasn't on the "lender list"
because they are new lenders.
I then called financial aid and they were
very helpful. They gave me"another lender ID
number from the same lender and told me to call
them back to let them know if it it didn't go
through so they could fix the problem. Well,
that ID number didn't work cither.
Financial aid gave me one last ID number,
and this time it worked. 1 called them and let
them know it did and thanked them for their
help. They could have easily told me to try a
different lender, but instead they were very pro-
fessional and helpful at resolving my problem.
Soon enough my bill will be paid. Thanks again
to the financial aid office!
' Name withheld by request
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