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The Rambler September 15, 1999 3
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How long do you search for a
parking space in the morning?
Todd Shelton F
Junior
Math and Exercise Studies
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"I think they need to move some
of the administrative parking
spaces—at 9 a.m. it takes way too
long to find a parking space."
Elliott Connie
Senior
Psychology
"There's just not enough parking,
and security needs to be more
lenient."
Tovunya Craig
Senior
Political Science
"You've got to get here two hours
early to park here. I feel that each
student should get his parking fee
back because it wasn't used to
provide parking."
Lance Bachim
Sophomore
Political Science
"I've got an 8 o'clock so when I
come I really don't have a prob-
lem."
Hollie Hailey
Senior
Mass Communication
"Considering I have a 8 a.m.
class, there is always parking
spaces available."
Michelle Richards
Senior
Business administration
"I still have to get here 15 min-
utes before my 8 o'clock class to
get a parking space."
All photos by Jon McKcn/.ie
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Home improvements help us
As I drove onto campus this
semester, I quickly noticed
the new street signs and
other improvements. 1 just wanted
to take a little time and express my
thanks to facilities operations,
maintenance and the administration
for making campus beautideation a
priority in their time and budget.
1 was definitely impressed by
the numerous
actions com-
pleted this
summer to
improve cam-
pus
beautification.
The way that
a person feels
is often
directly
affected by
the appear-- ammm
ance of her surroundings. Perhaps
campus beautification is an area
that administrators did not consider
Marla
Montgomery
as they poured over retention per-
centages.
Campus beautification has a
direct affect on school spirit which
has a direct influence on retention
rates. Also, it is an important ele-
ment in making a good first
impression to perspective fresh-
men.
The new street signs are
adorned with the Wesleyan flame
and they definitely make a positive
Step toward improving school spir-
it. I heard one student say that it
looked like the signs that Texas
Christian University has on the
streets that surround its university.
-1 hope that Wesleyan will also con-
sider buying Wesleyan banners like
those of Texas Christian
University.
As a part of Wesleyan's
pledge to be involved in the com-
munity, we need to take steps like
this to promote higher education.
Even though our school is in an
impoverished area, Wesleyan does
not have to let its appearance
match the appearance of the
streets.
Other improvements are the
new trees and grass in the mall.
This makes a beautiful difference
to the vast, bland prairie that we
call the mall.
Campus beautification has also
been important to students and fac-
ulty. Facilities Operations helped
members of Wesleyan Student
Foundation, Gamma Sigma Sigma
and Alpha Phi Omega on the area
in front of the sub to create a small
rock garden. -
Joe Brown, chairman of the
theater department, designed the
rock garden in front of the sub and
helped to make the benches. The
area was finished this year with the
help of a few Ram Camp partici-
pants.
Also, one of the best improve-
ments for. residents is the access to
cabje in the dorms. The fuzzy
reception that resembled snow is
now gone from my television and
30 new channels replace it.
Students have a wide variety of
channels to chose from and they
can obtain more from Marcus
Cable for a small price.
For those of us who call Texas
Wesleyan home for at least nine
months out of the year, these
improvements make a drastic dif-
ference.
I would like to encourage
organizations to take the student
initiative to get involved with cam-
pus beautification. It is something
that will others will enjoy even
after we have walked across the
stage, obtained our diplomas and
moved on to our new careers.
Maria Montgomery is a junior
majoring in English and is the opin-
ions editor of The Rambler.
Fish swims in new stream
Letter to the Editor
The first few weeks of the
Fall 1999 semester at
Wesleyan apparently went
well for most students; however,
for me, they were accompanied by
a tidal wave of emotions.
As a freshman at Texas
Wesleyan, I have encountered
many surprises, complications and
opportunities over the past few
weeks.
It all
began Aug. 20-
23 with Ram
Camp. Like
most of the
other freshmen
I talked to. 1
only attended
Ram Camp
becausc it was
mandatory.
During the last
weeks of sum- ~
mer break. I dreaded it and worried
that, being a timid person. I'd be
the usual wallflower
In spite of my fears, things at
Ram Camp went hetter than I
expected. The counselors were
extremely friendly, and I was able
to find a ctMiple of cool people to
hangout with. ~
By talking to the other fresh-
men. I discovered thai I wasn't the
only <
Shelly
Wright
, < 1 .
Eventually I realized that Ram
Camp wouldn't be as bad as I had
expected, and I actually began to
enjoy some of the activities.
The only difficulty that arose
was the fact that the dorm residents
. were moving in and there was no
longer room-for the Ram Camp
commuters who had planned to
stay in the dorms for the weekend.
This wasn't too bad, though,
because it provided me with an
excuse to go home early.
While the remainder of Ram
Camp went smoothly for me, the
first day of school was a complete-
ly different story. A nervous
wreck, I arrived at the campus
approximately 25 minutes early for
my 11 a.m. class and was terrified
to discover that there was no park-
ing available.
1 desperately searched South
Collard Street for 20 minutes and
finally decided to park on the dirt
area adjacent to the teachers' park-
ing by the modular building. By
this time, 1 had five minutes
remaining and was in a panic.
The friendly security man on
the golf cart must have recognized
me as an anxious freshman,
because he graciously gave me a
ride to the business building, sav-
ing me from having to make a mad
than the parking situa-
day of college went
. well I was able to
find all of my classes without an
overwhelming amount of difficulty,
and I was surprised to discover that
some of the students who had been
my Ram Camp counselors actually
remembered and greeted me.
I also realized the helpfulness
and friendliness of the professors,
which gave me a positive impres-
sion of Texas Wesleyan.
On Aug. 26, my second day as
a freshman, 1 encountered the
dearth of textbooks. I was only
able to purchase two of my books
at the time, but soon the others
came in. Unfortunately, I'm still
waiting for my GST book, but it
should arrive soon.
Overall, I'd say my first weeks
at Wesleyan have been better than 1
expected. I was shocked and terri-
fied by the parking and textbook
problems, but I soon learned that
they are a normal part of college
life.
The deans, professors and stu-
dents at Wesleyan are more helpful
and friendly than I could have ever
imagined, and there have been end-
less doors of opportunity opened
for me.
I truly believe that Texas
Wesleyan has something to offer to
everyone. I'm proud to be a stu-
dent here, even if I am just a lowly
freshman.
Shelly Wright it a freshman and
has an undecided major.
In the beginning...
We have all seen it in the
news or heard about it from peers,
parents or professors. Evolution is
no longer in the curriculum for
Kansas schools. Creationists have
finally won a battle which has
been fought for decades.
As a believer in Qreationism,
I cheered on as 1 heard the news.
Finally," 1 thought, "public
schools will be a fair ground:
Creationism and evolution can
both have shots at shaping the
future of our country."
I always found it a little
unsettling to see that the theory of
evolution was being pressed upon
the minds of young Americans,
implying that God did not create
man, but that we came into being
because of natural selection of
survival of the fittest. What are
children to think, then, of the
inscription in our money: In God
We Trust?
Our nation was founded on
strong Biblical principles, yet
today, we are pushing the same
beliefs of forefathers into the trash
and are now relying on new found
"evidence" from the scientific
community.
As a Christian, the only evi-
dence I need is given to me in
Genesis 1:7, "And the Lord God
formed man of the dust of the
ground, and breathed into his nos-
trils the breath of life; and man
became a living soul."
Sumali Fernando is a junior
majoring in psychology.
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