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The students' voice since 1917
February 4, 1998
Fort Worth, Texas
Vol 81, No. 2
Students stuffed with spirit—
and with marshmallows?
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Laurie Kisnf.r
Staff writer
The baseball, Softball and
golf teams were introduced and
contests and giveaways helped
promote school spirit during a pep
rally held during the free period,
Jan. 29 in the gym.
The rally began as the cheer-
leaders threw candy into the
stands and began dancing to a
music montage that started off
withi "Let's Get Ready to
Rumble." Students screamed
approvingly as sophomore cheer-
leader Becky Gilbert danced in
the front of the group to Fiona
Apple's "Criminal."
During a spirit contest, the
crowd's applause was equal for
sophomore John Novotny and
sophomore Stacey Dean.
To break the tie, they put as
many marshmallows as possible
info their mouths. Novotny was
able to fit 15, but Dean managed
16 and won a T-shirt.
Baseball head coach Willie
Gawlik, Softball head coach Carol
Pierce and golf coach Bobby
Cornett then took the spotlight to
introduce their teams and raise
support for the coming seasons
which begin next week.
"Texas Wesleyan is on the
move," Pierce said. "We would
like to see everyone come out and
show their support."
Freshman, Joe Donalley took
the prize and perfect 10s from the
judges during a slam dunk con-
test.
y Photo by Jon McKenzie
During a contest at the pep rally, John Novotny sees how many
Marshmallows he can stuff in his mouth, and still be able to yell, "Go
Wesleyan Rams!"
Photo by Jon McKenzie
The Texas Wesleyan Cheerleaders made their debut performance in
a pep rally, cheerleaders are (from front, left to right) Becky
Gilbert, Christina Montes, Laura Bailey, Kelli Quinn and Trevor
Andrews
SGA plans professor
evaluation changes
Laurie Kisner
Staff writer
The Student Government
Association plans to submit sugges-
tions to the administration concern-
ing changes to the professor evalua-
tion forms within the next few
months, according to SGA
President Aaron Young.
Additional questions are to be
added to the form. Young said the
current form is too vague. He said
more specific questions should be
asked.
According to SGA agenda
notes, new sample questions will
include whether tests reflect course
material in the textbook and lecture
notes, whether the professor did
everything possible to hold the
attention of students and whether
the student would consider taking
that particular professor again.
SGA also wants to add a sec-
tion to rate the financial aid office,
registrar, cashier, student services,
food services and security.
Young thinks that the SGA
office receives too many visits from
students who are frustrated with
other offices on campus.
He said students often do not
complain to the right people.- "No
good business can get better unless
the evaluation process is there," he
said.
SGA would also like to add
space on the form for students' com-
ments. Young said it is important for
the student body to voice their opin-
ions, and the old form was not meet-
ing that goal.
"The' old forms make it too
easy for students to just write in
anything," Young said. "They are
tailored too much to the university
instead of to the students."
Some SGA members would
like to see the results printed in the
course schedule pamphlet used for
registration. Young said he feels that
including information from the
evaluations will give students a bet-
ter idea about how a professor
teaches before, they take the class.
He thinks that a few comments
on each professor will be beneficial
to students. "1 would like to «>ee the
good put with the bad." he said.
"Then the students can make their
own decision whether to take that
professor or not."
Stephanie Newell, senior legal
studies major, said she believes that
adding comments to the course
schedule in such a small university
is a moot point because of the lack
of scheduling choices. For some
classes, only.one professor teaches
it.
"Besides, word of mouth
spreads very quickly here, and stu-
■dents don't always spend enough
time filling [the evaluations] out to
accurately reflect the professor's
ability," she said.
Young, however, said he is con-
fident that these additions will be
beneficial to commuters, parents
and other non-traditional students.
"There are a lot of students who do
not know a lot of people on cam-
pus," he said,"This will make their
lives a whole lot easier."
SGA is working with Dr.
Ronald Reed, SGA adviser and
Bebensee University Scholar, on
making changes to the form. Young
said he expects SGA will submit its
ideas to the administration in a few
months, after a discussion of results
from student representatives.
"This is a. slow process, and I
expect it to carry on into next year,"
said Young.
Campus computer Taylor temporarily fills
networking continues
Jason Lamers
Staff writer
The office of university com-
puting and telecommunications has
been working to install a fiber-optic
and coaxial cable backbone that
connects all major campus buildings
to the Library where the centralized
network servers are located.
Ben Taylor, acting director of
university computing and telecom-
munications, said the university fin-
ished the installation of the back-
bone infrastructure in September.
According to Taylor, the back-
bone construction
consisted of
installing one 2 inch
conduit and one 4
inch PVC conduit
between the library
and 17 campus
buildings, In the
future the university ■
will utilize the fiber-optic cable for
both video and voice transmissions
"We are now working on con-
necting every building and
installing new computers on the
desks of full time faculty members;*
said Taylor.
. Taylor said most of the faculty
(lid hot have sufficient hardware to
uk the networking system He also
.said the University is purchasing up
to 75 new computers to install in the
offices of faculty members.
According to Fay tor, soon as
the faculty members receive their
computers, they w ill have a number
of benefits including standard sotV
ware such as Window 95, Office 97
and Netscape
"They will also have direct
Internet access," said Taylor fay lor
said the faculty will also be go en e-
mail accounts including internal e-
mail, which would give the faculty
the ability to communicate on the
"The network is
something that will
continue to evolve, so
the project will really
never end."
-Ben Taylor
campus,
"We have established over 150
e-mail accounts for faculty and staff
at both the main and Law School
campuses," said Taylor.
As a result of the cable installa-
tion. Taylor said the university is
able to centralize the network
servers.
Taylor said a committee repre-
senting the primary administrative
offices (Student Records, Financial
Aid, etc.) will meet to discuss the
implications of campus-wide access
to students' academic records. The
faculty have requested access to aid
them in advising
students.
Additional licens-
es must be pur-
chased before the
faculty can connect
to the administra-
tive system
According to
Tay lor, student records can already
be accessed through the dean's
office of each school
In the future. Taylor said he
hopes to utilize the coaxial video
cable that was installed during the
backbone construction to broadcast
both satellite and campus video
feeds to all classrooms
With the right equipment.
Taylor said the university would
have the ability to have its own cam-
pus video broadcast "During regis
nation we could turn on televisions
around the campus that would show
closed classes as soon as they were
full, said Taylor.
said the original scope
m
semester.
pM|ip
evolve, so the project will really
never end."
university computing position
Jason Lamers
Staff writer
Wesleyan is now searching for
a director of university computing
and telecommunications.
Ben Taylor, who was the assis-
tant director of university comput-
ing and telecommunications, is act-
ing director until a replacement is
found.
In October 1997, Erich
Strasburger resigned as the director.
The director has a wide range
of responsibilities, according to
Taylor. "There is nothing 1 don't
have to worry about." he said.
Taylor said he is doing more
than the director would because no
one is, filling in for him as the assis-
tant director. Until the university
finds the right person. Taylor said he
will do the job of both director and
assistant director.
According to Dr. Tom
Armstrong, senior vice president
and provost of Wesleyan, the univer-
sity is looking at possibilities to fill
the job. "We are now looking at a
number of local prospectives," said
Armstrong.
Armstrong said Taylor is just
filling the director's role right now
and is not one of the many the uni-
versity is talking to as a permanent
replacement for Strasburger.
Armstrong said they are look-
ing for a person who has good lead-
ership skills, a grasp of the technol-
ogy the university needs for the year
2000. who will work effectively
with the faculty and staff and will
have a full understanding of the
'2000 problem.'
Photo by Jon McKenzie
Ben Taylor acting as head of computing and telecommunications
for Wesleyan, in the light of Erich Strasburger's resignation.
"It is hard to predict when we
will have a permanent replacement,
maybe' by the first of March,"
Armstrong.
said
Dean candidate has high goals
O o
for the school of business
Jason Lamers
Staff ^riier
Dr Ali R Malekzadeh. associ-
ate professor of strategic manage-
ment at Arizona State University,
came -to Wesleyan Jan 26 as a can-
didate for the dean of the School of
iness.
Malekzadeh has taught at
University, a private
in Boston, and said he
to work at a pri-
now fampus of ASU. including
building the new School of
Management and a new academic
senate.
Malekzadeh has recently, been
nominated for the ASU President s
innovation Award in Teaching and
the Outstanding Faculty
Contribution Aw ard.
Malekzadeh received his
B S B A. and his MBA degrees
from the University of Denver. He
received his doctorate from the
University of Utah in 1982.
"The (Wesleyan) campus is
beautiful 1 really like the renova-
tions they have done to the old
buildings. It looks great," said
Malekzadeh.
Malekzadeh said the strength
in Wesleyan lies in the way the fac-
ulty care for the students and the
interaction between the students
and the teachers.
If hired, Malekzadeh said he
plans to "make the school of busi-
ness the best teaching school of
business in the state of Texas." He
said. "It's not that difficult when
you already have the foundation of
an outstanding faculty like
Wesleyan has."
Malekzadeh said he would like
to see the enrollment go up in the
School of Business, but said that
would be an administrative deci-
sion because if the school is going
to have a higher enrollment, the
school must also build more class-
rooms and facilities. "The main
thing is to keep all of the students
happy," he said.
What makes Malekzadeh want
to come to Wesleyan? He said, "It's
the teaching mission of the univer-
sity. I'm a teacher at heart and I
think that is the best part of the job.
I like to be close to the students."
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