The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Page: 1 of 6
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The Stabler
The students' voice since 1917
March 11, 2009
www.txwes.edu/rambler
Vol. 102, No. 8
News Briefs
Scene Shop
The ground-breaking cel-
ebration for the Claudia
Stepp Scene Shop will be
held at 1:30 p.m. March 3
at the corner of Binkley
Street and Ave. C. A re-
ception will follow at the
Louella Baker Martin Pa-
vilion. All members of the
Wesleyan community are
invited to attend. RS VP to
Scott Cannon (scannon@
txwes.edu) by March 13.
Self Defense
Wesleyan Village will
host a self-defense train-
ing March 27. A black
belt and karate school
owner will conduct the
free class. For more in-
formation, contact Kelly
Neace at kdneace@mail.
txwes.edu.
Career Fair
Career Services will hold
its annual career fair from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March
31 in the Sid Richard-
son Center. More than 30
businesses are signed up
including sponsors Army,
Texas Highway Patrol
and Whitley Penn LLP.
Career Services, on the
second floor of the West
Library, is available for
more information, or for
a complete list of commit-
ted employers, e-mail ca-
reerservices@txwes. edu.
Service Day
The chaplain's office is
sponsoring 'A Great Day
of Service' with CTCYM,
Student Leadership Team
and the Metro Board of
Missions from 8 a.m. to 3
p.m. on April 4. The group
will meet at Poly UMC
for a breakfast and work-
shop before heading out
with their smaller groups
to handle special assign-
ments serving the minis-
tries of the Metro Board
of Missions. To sign up,
contact the chaplain's of-
fice at (817) 531-4461 or
e-mail gchilds@txwes.
edu before March 13.
Rambler Spring Break
The Rambler will be go-
ing on Spring Break with
the rest of Wesleyan and
will publish its next issue
April 1.
Photo by Gasten Schoonover
Photo by Tiara Nugent
Wesleyan's new coffee shop is named Java Joe's months before its opening, and the new location
for the Texas Wesleyan bookstore displays its sign weeks before the store moves. Both are now set
to open after spring break, and both are part of revitalization partnerships between the public
and private sectors.
Rosedale
Revival
Coffee shop, bookstore to open
The vision that drives renovation at the Rosedale
corridor continues to light up the Wesleyan campus.
The bookstore moves across Rosedale Street over
spring break, and the new coffee shop in the Baker
Building will celebrate its grand opening March 23.
In November, local dignitaries including U.S.
Reps. Michael Burgess and Kay Granger, State Rep.
Marc Veasey and Mayor Pro Tem Kathleen Hicks
joined University President Llal Jeffcoat in the Baker
Building dedication.
Burgess, a fervent local contributor, said that the
changes we see are great examples of "what we can do
locally with a little national participation."
On the same commemorative day, Jeffcoat un-
veiled plans for the future opening of a coffee shop on
the north end of the building. Named in honor of Joe
Brown, speech and theater professor, Java Joe's is in
the midst of a "soft" open and will open officially for
business March 16.
The shop honor's Brown's 30-plus year career at
Wesleyan. The Coffee Spot at Java Joe's offers a menu
of coffees, tea, specialty drinks and desserts. The cof-
fee bar is also Wi-Fi equipped for those who wish to
remain connected during their visit.
Poly Retail, TownSite Co.'s development in the
3000 and 3100 blocks of Rosedale across from campus,
is also taking shape. The bookstore is relocating and is
scheduled to open there after spring break.
Follett, the bookstore operator, has leased 3,900
square feet for the new location, according to the Fort
See Openings, page 2
Next year s tuition increase sign of the times
New rates, cutbacks a response to 'unavoidable, major cost increases
Rene' Edwards
STAFF WRITER
Tuition will increase $515 a semester for the
2009-2010 school year. The increase is needed to
account for growing costs the university is accu-
mulating, according to Bill Bliebdrey, senior vice
president of finance and admini strati on .
This rate brings the block undergraduate tu-
ition rate for full-time students taking 12 to 18
hours to $8,880, including the general and tech-
nology fees.
Bleibdrey said cost increases, such as insur-
ance and energy, are a few expenses that have ris-
en significantly in the past few years. When costs
rise, so does tuition.
"We intentionally wanted to minimize our
increase because of the general economic condi-
tions," said Bliebdrey. "We did this despite some
unavoidable, major cost increases. As a result, we
had to cut back in a number of areas in order to
keep tuition affordable."
According to the minutes from his presenta-
tion to Faculty Council, those cutbacks include the
elimination of faculty raises, a cutback in faculty
and staff retirement contributions, "selective" hir-
ing, a slowdown in IT development and delay of
any increased security expenditures.
He said in his presentation that such deci-
"We also don't want to generate excessive
profits by charging too much. Students can
expect annual tuition increases that will
reflect our increasing costs of operations."
- Bill Bliebdrey
Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration
sions were difficult but necessary during the cur-
rent recession in order to keep university finances
healthy. Institutions everywhere are experiencing
similar adjustments.
The cost of tuition is determined by a num-
ber of aspects, Bliebdrey said, such as the school's
costs, other local and national university tuition
and what the university considers reasonable.
University of North Texas and University of
Texas at Arlington are approximately $7,400 a
year full-time, according to their Web sites, but
they are public institutions with enrollment of
more than 30,000 students. Fees greatly increase
the actual dollars students end up paying at public
universities.
Texas Wesleyan University's enrollment is ap-
proximately 3,000 with tuition lower than other
private institutions in the area.
According to Texas Christian University's
Web site, full-time tuition is currently at $26,900
a year. Full-time tuition for Southern Methodist
University, according to its Web site, is $35,160.
Wesleyan's new full-time rate, $17,760 annu-
ally, is almost half of the schools mentioned above.
See Tuition, page 2
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Si.Tii Nelson
STAFF WRITER
A new item is being served on the Internet. An updated site for Wesley-
an's food services department can be found at http://www.campusdish.com/
en-US/CSSW Texas Wesleyan/.
The site not only features the familiar sights such as dining locations and
meal plans, but adds additional information, colorful pages and pictures, a
Weather Channel forecast and more.
"I think that it's definitely a step in the right direction," said Marques
Hamilton, a senior mass communication major.
Here are some of the things you can find on the site:
What's new? This new site shows newly-added meal choices. For example,
Dora's Cafe now lets you make ciabatta sandwiches.
Locations: Dora's Cafe (the all-you-can-eat establishment), Grille Works,
Java City, Bene and the C3 Convenience Store (all in the SUB). Hours are
provided for all locations.
Sports
Rams hoops ride winning streak and clinch automatic bid to
NAIA National Tournament.
Page 5
Menus: Soon, this Web site will add the daily rotating menu for Dora's Cafe.
This is Jospeh Barnes', director of food services, favorite part.
"When I put the menus in, you'll be able to check nutritional value of
each entree," he said.
See Dining, page 2
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