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TEXAS WESLIVAN
NOV 0 9 2000
LIBRARY
T E X A S W 8 S L E Y A N V N / V E R S / T Y
Rambler
The students' voice since 1917
November 8, 2000
Fort Worth, Texas
Vol. 84, No. 11
News Briefs
Community of Learners
Correction from last
week's Rambler: Dr. Bruce
Benz, assistant professor of
biology, will speak Wednes-
day, Nov. 15. Dr. Gerri
Reaves, assistant professor of
English, will speak Dec. 5.
Flu Vaccinations
Flu vaccines will be
available for those with
chronic medical Conditions
Thursday, Nov. 9, at the
Health Center in the Sid-
Richardson building.
Vaccinations will be
given on a first come, first
serve basis Monday, Nov. 13,
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5
p.m. to 7 p.m.
On Tuesday, Nov. 14,
vaccinations will be given
from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
After Nov. 14. the vacci-
nations will be given during
regular Health Center hours
(8 a.m.-4 p.m.) until they are
gone.
There are only 150 vacci-
nations available this year
due to a manufacturing short-
age. The cost will be $12.
For more information,
call ext. 4948.
Wesieyan Singers
The Wesieyan Singers
will present their fall concert
at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov.
12, at Arlington Heights Unit-
ed Methodist Church and at
7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov.
13, in Peace Lutheran Church
in Hurst.
ITS Workshop
Michelle Giles, secretary
of alumni relations, will give
a Microsoft Interactive Train-
ing Demonstration, from 3-
4:30 p.m. on Nov. 8, in Room
B25 of the Eunice and James
L. West Library. The presen-
tation is open to faculty, staff
and students.
For more information,
call the Help Desk at ext.
4428 or e-mail to
helpdesk @ txwes. edu.
Graduation Flowers
Mortar Boad will partner
with Psi-Chi to sell dozen and
half-dozen rose bouquets for
December graduation. Flow-
ers may also be available for
the robing ceremony.
The organizations hope to
make this a new tradition if
all goes well.
For more information,
contact Lora Bryson, presi-
dent of Mortar Board and Psi-
Chi, at (817) 413-9366.
International Week
International Week com-
mences Monday, Nov. 13 and
runs through Friday, Nov. 17.
Events will include Interna-
tional Entertainment, an
International Film Festival,
Indoor Soccer World Cup, a
Study Abroad Fair, an Inten-
sive English Open House and
more.
Education department must
make curriculum changes
Donna Haney
CAMPUS LIFE EDITOR
Wesleyan's school of education
faces major curriculum overhauls
because of several new policies adopted
by the Texas State Board of Education
committee. All changes in the universi-
ty's program must be in place before the
September 2001 deadline.
According to Dr. Robert Wilson,
assistant professor of education, there has
been very little teacher input into the
decisions passed by a board primarily
made up of members with political or
business backgrounds, rather than educa-
tors.
"[The board] says that we're not
training enough teachers. When this aca-
demic school year started, the Texas pub-
lic school system was short about 41,000
teachers," said Wilson.
"These changes are an effort to get
more teachers quickly. But they haven't
thought them through. They are not giv-
ing us enough time to do it correctly."
These mandates will have an imme-
diate and profound effect on the school of
education, according to Wilson.
"Our entire program has to be
changed. We have to go from a two-tiered
certification program (second-eighth and
eighth-12th grades) to three (PreKinder-
garten-fourth, fourth-eighth and eighth-
12th grades). We have to redesign all the
course requirements that our students
have to master before they take the
ExCET (state teacher certification test)."
Students who have not completed
their degree and certification under the
current program before 2002 must meet
the new requirements.
Of major concern to the faculty
members of the education department is
the decision of the board of education to
do away with several areas of specializa-
tion, including reading, technology and
early childhood education. Currently,
approximately 80 students are enrolled as
education majors with a reading special-
ization.
See Education, page 2
Backing the team
II
Peter
Phaiah
Photo by Martha Rrinker
Wesieyan volleyball players Debi Zuffinetti and Lindsay Chandler, from left, post a reminder about
the Heartland Conference volleyball tournament, to be held Thursday, Nov. 9 through Saturday,
Nov. 11. The team has a 7-8 record.
Communication
network will be
available January
Shelly Wright
EDITOR IN CHIEF
A new Mascot Network system, featuring free e-
mail for students, will be implemented in January. It
should be available when school resumes from Christ-
mas Break Jan. 10, according to Peter Phaiah, director of
student life.
A Mascot representative visited Wesieyan Oct. 31
for an implementation meeting in the Carter Conference
Room.
The Mascot company is
offering the new network to uni-
versities for free in order to pro-
mote it. Phaiah said it will cost
about $ 1 for each student on cam-
pus to keep the network after it
takes off in a few years.
Phaiah said, "It's kind of like
a virtual communication area. It's
a great way to get organizations
binding together."
The network will feature e-
mail for every student on campus.
Students will be able to receive personal e-mail, as well
as messages from clubs the student is involved in, and
from teachers.
It will have a student directory, where each student
can post photos and information about himself or her-
self, such as telephone numbers, home address, hobbies
and organizations the student is involved in.
It will also offer the means for students and organi-
zations to chat. The network will only be available to the
University, so no outside students will have access to the
information.
Phaiah said students will have their photographs
taken when they register for spring courses, and they
will have the option of posting their pictures on the web-
site.
Students will also be assigned an e-mail account at
registration.
John Ward, director of ITS, said, "Mascot allows
some level of group association."
Ben Taylor, chief technology officer, said, "It cre-
ates a central point ]for Wesieyan students]."
The Mascot network will also have hyperlinks to
activities and other organizations on campus. Once a
week, a student's photo will be featured with informa-
tion about the student.
The network will have no advertisements, but it will
include links to companies which may interest college
students.
The Mascot company will hire "DJs," who will be
responsible for writing pieces to fill dead space on the
network. A promoter and marketer will also be hired.
The positions will require eight to 10 hours of work
a week and will pay $8 an hour.
Phaiah said, "We are just trying to get the Uni-
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Theater department honored for its production of Hair
Shelly Wright
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Wesleyan's production of Hair was hon-
ored by the Kennedy Center/American Col-
lege Theatre Festival (KC/ACTF) at Collin
County Community College in Piano, Oct.
25-28.
The rock musical produced by the school
of fine and performing arts was recognized as
worthy of consideration for inclusion in the
five-state regional festival, which will be held
February 2CK) 1 in Tyler.
Hair, directed by Jeanne Everton, associ-
ate professor of theater; Libby Bogart, senior
musical theater student; and Leslie Jones,
musical theater alumna, was cited for excel-
lence in the areas of costume design, ensem-
ble acting, lobby art display, musical perfor-
mance, stage management and technical pro-
duction.
Student actors Natalie Davidson, Keron
Jackson and Casey Robinson were nominated
for the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Com-
petition, which will be held at the Region VI
festival in Little Rock, Ark., in February.
The KC/ATF regional committee will
convene Dec. 9-11 to determine the final
selections for the regional festival.
The committee members will view
videotapes submitted by the regional finalists.
Schools selected by the committee will have
the opportunity to go further in the regional
competition and perform at the Kennedy Cen-
ter in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Robert Pevitts, dean of the school of
fine and performing arts, said Wesleyan's pro-
duction of Hair had a $ery positive response
at the local festival in Collin County.
"It's very difficult to tell (if the Universi-
ty will be selected to perform at the Kennedy
Center], because we've only seen those pro-
ductions that we've been to," Pevitts said.
The region includes schools in Okla-
homa, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and New
Mexico.
Two other schools, Texas Woman's Uni-
versity and Collin County Junior College,
were also recognized at the recent competi-
tion in Piano.
Natalie Davidson, a junior at Wesieyan.
said. "I did nol,expect [to receive the award|
at all."
Junior Keron Jackson said. "1 was overly
excited. I was overwhelmed [to receive an
Irene Ryan nomination |."
"I hope we get to advance," Davidson
said, "Our name is in the hat, but we have to
get chosen."
Pevitts said, "1 thought [Wesleyan's pro-
duction of Hair] went very well. We had a
positive response."
Jackson said, "1 feel we went to compete
with a lot of energy and the crowd loved us.
"1 think we went in there as top dog. 1
think they really were waiting for us to
come."
Everton said. "Clearly, it went better than
we had ever hoped it might."
Visitation policies create disharmony in residence halls
Shelly Wright
EDITOR IN CHIEF
While policies for Wesieyan dorm resi-
dents are the same in each dorm according to
the Student Handbook, tenants say different
policies are enforced or ignored in each of the
dorms.
According to the Student Handbook, vis-
iting hours in the residence halls are noon-
midnight Monday through Thursday; noon-1
a.m. Friday; 1 p.m.-l a.m. Saturday; and 1
p.m.-midnight Sunday.
The handbook states that residents must
sign in their guests, escort their guests in pub-
lic areas and sign out their guests.
Only same sex guests may stay in student
rooms overnight.
Residents say dorni policies for visitors
are strictly enforced in Elizabeth Means Arm-
strong Hall, occasionally enforced in O.C.
Armstrong Hall and rarely enforced in the
Ramada Plaza Hotel. R.A.'s in each dorm say
handbook policies apply to all students in that
dorm.
Latrice Montgomery, an R.A. in Eliza-
beth. said visiting hours are strictly enforced
in the women's dorm
She said other women may stay
overnight in the dorm, but men may not All
tenants must sign their visitors in and out, and
if a resident has a male visitor after hours, the
resident will be written up.
If there are continuous problems, the
R.A. will speak to the Resident Director
(R.D.), and the student may be expelled from
the dorm.
Montgomery said. "Most people do not
agree with the visitation hours [for men].
They want the dorms to be open."
An anonymous resident of Elizabeth said
visitation hours are strictly enforced for stu-
dents, but a former Resident Director fre-
See Dorms, page 2
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