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T E X A S W E S L E Y A N (J N t V E. R S I 7 >
Rambler
The students' voice since 1917
April 21, 1999
Fort Worth, Texas
Vol. 82, No. MX
Freshly hired R.N. plans
changes in medical services
Hka'i her L. Cannon
Special to The Rambler
After Kevin Scully's resigna-
tion in January and three months
without a nurse on campus, Kim
Sullivan, R.N. assumed the duties as
director of health and'wellness ser-
vices on March 29.
She says she is excited to he
here and has many ideas to make the
nurses of fice more,accessible to stu-
dents. "I want the students to know
I am here whenever they may need
me," Sullivan said.
The nurse's office offers first
aid, immunizations and referrals to
the students. She wants to start
tuberculosis testing and offer
tetanus shots to the students and
stall.
When asked 'about the proposed
health insurance plan for the stu-
dents, Sullivan said it was one of the
things discussed in her interview.
"[The health insurance plan is] in
the works, but hasn't been finalized
yet," she said.
Sullivan said of the plan, "The
ball kind of got dropped in the inter-
im somehow." She said she's in the
process of sifting through it and
wants to keep the cost at about $ 125
per student per semester. She said
she would like to have the insurance
plan initiated by the fall of 1999.
Scully and Peter Phaiah had
gotten the insurance plan started..
Phaiah said the plan would go to
senior staff for a vote when it is fin-
ished. Phaiah says it's "a win - win
situation."
Sullivan is also interested in
educating the students on alcohol
and drug issues. She said while she
is a nurse first, teaching is one of
her passions.
She's had teaching experience
in the past and is head of the drama
department at her church She
would combine both of these
aspects and use a dramatic style of
teaching. "A lot of people fall into
the boring monotone routine. I've
been there and don't like listening to
it," she said.- She wants it to be fun
and interesting.
Teaching has always been one
-of her goals. She wants the oppor-
tunity to educate students on. the
issues of A1D$, rape and pregnancy.
Sullivan said she and Kenneth Bell,
assistant director of. student life, are
working together to stait peer edu-
cation groups at Wesleyan. Sullivan
and Bell would organize and lead
the peer education groups but it
would be student based. Sullivan
said, "It would be students teaching
students." The groups would help
with counseling and advise on
issues ranging from violence to peer
pressure.
It's that time again
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Students wait--and wait and
wait-to register for summer
and fall classes April 20.
Some classes may be cut to
alleviate Wesleyan's budget
problems, while tuition will
increase to $9,000 a year for
full-time students. Added
into student costs is a new
"technology fee" which will
help upgrade computers and
telecommunications around
campus. The fee will be $10
an hour for part-time stu-
dents and $125 per semester
for full-time students.
One of a few good men
Wesleyan professor relates military, life experiences
Heather L. Cannon
Special to The Rambler
How would you like to live in
an igloo for several days, build snow
caves and as your graduation exer-
cise, snow-shoe down a. 10,000-foot
mountain range? •
Michael Menefee, Lt. Col. in
the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves and
adjunct professor of business man-
agement at Wesleyan. got to experi-
ence just that. "It Was fun. but very
cold; and 1 didn't bathe for six
weeks," he said.
"And in the water survival
training they dropped us off the
Ship and dragged us m the *vean
they had sharpshooters up to
watch for sharks*" Menefee said.
Menefee serves as an intelli-
gence officer assigned to the
Indications and Warning Branch
at the IVntagou where he makes
strategic warning forecasts and
briefs Adin Thomas Wilson,
director of intelligence for the
Joint Oneh of Stall
Besides the Marines and
Wesleyan. this vuih generation
Texan, husband and lather of
tinvc is a tut! time financial set
vices representative lor Met Life
Resources where he
ments
church.
Menefee said he had always
planned on joining the military. "I
made a promise to my father when 1
was four-years-old. My dad was in
a uniform and was wearing all his
war ribbons."
"I told him I would serve my
country and be the very best I could
be," he said through choked-back
tears.
There were several times
Menefee would have liked to renege
on that promise But he said
because of the love for his father and
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SGA officials elected
Complications with vice president, chief justice election necessitate run-off
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PhotO by Jon McKen/.ie
Cedric Adams was elected Student Government president for 1999-2000 on April 15.
pUSTIN FOCKLER
News editor '
The Student Government
Association held elections lor all
offices, April 14 and 15.
Junior Cedric Adams, current
vice president, captured the office
of president with 54 percent of the
vote. Brent Morton, current presi-
dent, was unopposed and elected
treasurer with 70 percent of the
vote. Alicia Young, also unop-
posed, clinched 80 percent of the
vote and will assume the duties of
secretary.
The percentages of the vote
received by candidates for an office
must be separated by at least 2 per-
centage points. However, the vote
for vice president did not fulfill this
condition. As a result, this office
will be decided by a run-off vote
April 28 and 29 alongside repre-
sentative elections.
The run-off vote will also
"I intend to fulfill
[my obligation 1
diligently."
-Cedric Adams
decide which candidate will fill the
office of chief justice. The vote for
this office was subject to some con-
troversy because one candidate
failed to act in accordance with
SGA election policy.
According to a source who
wishes to remain nameless, the
candidate in question stood in the
immediate vicinity of the voting
table and encouraged people to
vote in his or her favor.
The election committee decid-
ed against disqualification. "We did
investigate the accusations against
the candidate [who violated SGA
election policy] and the election
committee decided a run-off would
be in the' best interest of everyone
involved in elections," said Joy
Reeves, current SGA secretary.
Adams said he is looking for-
ward to assuming the office and
duties of president.
"I recognize the huge respom
sibility facing me in the upcoming
year and I intend to fulfill my
obligation diligently," Adams said.
Humanities session disrupted
Professor accepts blame for "extremely confrontational" situation
"We were told that there might students who got carried away and
be some disruption, but that we turned it into their own personal
should handle it as we would in our agenda," he said. "There were also
Donna Haney
Staff writer
Management profevsor Michael Menefee
problems, been through three of the
military's four survival schools and
eaten bugs while living off the land.
So why teach?
He believes he has a lot to con-
tribute. He wants to make his class-
es fun. "i want to do more than my
professors did. i bring in third party
material and try to make it as inter-
esting as possible."
Menefee, who began teaching
at Wesleyan in August, said he has
really enjoyed teaching here.
Menefee said he was honored and
"really fortunate" when one of his
students asked him to robe her.
Menefee has taught at other
universities, but wants to contin
ue teaching at Wesleyan. "I'm
impressed with the politeness
and maturity of most of my stu
dents At other schools students
would come in with hangovers."
He said he plans on making
teaching his full time career. He
wants to focus on leadership and
management classes. He w ould
like to teach a class with a con-
centration in competitor mtelli
which is gathering legal.
lot of spare time, but is involved
with his son's, soccer teatiu dau^h
lers' activities, the PTA and his
mlSm
siHirce information on bust
his two
. friend who lost limbs in
a grow
for inner ear
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What began as an assignment
for one class resulted in the disrup-
tion of the April 20 Humanities 9:25
joint session. Students in Jeff
Walter's section were given the
group project to entice humanities
students to become fully involved in
a joint presentation. As a group.
Walter's class was encouraged to
design various involvement tech-
niques to be used during the joint
lectures that would exemplify the
relationship between technology
and diversity
In several class meetings, stu-
dents, under Walter's guidance
developed a plan to interject their
own technology into the session. It
was agreed that a student would
openly and actively defy convention
by eating during the lecture.
Another would openly display his
frustration at the overly fast-paced
PowerPoint display by taking
Polaroid snapshots of each slide.
One student brought her niece to
test whether or not young children
are disruptive to an adult cducatton
al situation. The students attempted
the experience, but
only show the stu-
away
before
time to warn
y Milakovic,
in humanities,
to conduct the.
planned disrup-
tions.
own classes," said Milakovic. "Mr.
Castro was not in favor of allowing
the project, but there was so little
advance notice given. There was no
time to prepare for what was com-
ing. We expected minor disruption.
Instead, the situation became
extremely confrontational."
According to Milakovic, stu-
dents did "the wave" in the back
row, ate Doritos, called each other
several times on cellular phones and
interrupted the lecture by clapping
at inappropriate times and making
ridiculous comments. She said,
"We are not opposed to criticism.
We want the students to give us
feedback But when I am discussing
the ethical question of when a life
becomes a person, and a student
raises their hand to claim that 'a fish
should be considered human too,' I
do take it personally."
Castro became so frustrated
with the students that, after asking
them to stop disrupting scvfcral
times, he left the lecture hall. He
declined comment to The Rambler.
Walter offered his sincere
apologies to fellow faculty members
and to students who were offended
by the experiment. "This project
was developed without concern
regarding who or what was being
presented. There were sincere and
genuine concerns expressed by
many members of my section about
the students' role during joint lec-
tures. These were not students
intent on a personal protest.
Unfortunately, there may have been
reports of students who were not
involved in my section who took
advantage of the situation."
Walter said, "One of the goals
of humanities is to teach values. My
students got an unplanned lesson
about the repercussions of one's
actions. 1 have spoken with several
of them who feel terrible about the
way that things evolved. While 1 did
not intend things to get so out of
hand, and I regret that I was not
there to stop" it, I am ultimately
responsible for the actions of my
section. It was neVer my intention
to cause hard feelings for any of my
fellow instructors. Every person in
this department is dedicated to
being the best at his or her profes-
sion."
He added. "It is interesting to
see what happens when there is a
clashing support structure when
dealing with the issue of subjective
diversity. That was the point of this
project, to examine how an institu-
tion such as Wesleyan deals with the
problems created by the relationship
between technology and diversity.
The single parent has individual
needs. As docs, the student who
can't take notes fast enough to keep
up with the lecture. At what point
do we reign in technology for the
greater good of our students? It is
an interesting question."
Walter preferred not to identify
the students involved in the experi-
ment. He said, "Any students or fac-
ulty members with complaints
should direct them to me."
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