Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1986 Page: 1 of 6
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VOL 62 — No 8
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TEXAS WESLEYAN COLLEGE, EORT WORTH, TEXAS
Thursday, November 13, 1986
Student's car stolen from Stella parking lot
by Bill Day
A student's car was stolen
trom the Stella Russell Hall park
ing lot, and although the car has
been recovered, police have no
suspects in custody.
Steven Welch, a junior resi
dent of Stella Russell, said that
his car, an 1982 Oldsmobile Cut-
lass, was stolen sometime on
Monday, October 27. "I came
out, and the car was just gone.
I was in a hurry to get some-
where, so Security called the
police (or me.”
Fort Worth Police officers
called Welch the next day it
tell him they found the car. "The
tirea and wheels were stolen. The
radio had been taken out of the
dashboard, but it was left in
the car The trunk was broken
into and the steering column was
broken ."
Welch said that his insurance
company is covering the cost of
repairs on his car. "They said
that it'll be about three to six
weeks before I get my car back,
so the insurance company is sup-
plying me with a rental car.”
Welch added that although he is
getting his car repaired, he won't
be driving it on campus. "I'm not
bringing that car back here. I'm
going to buy something that
won't get stolen.”
Welch believes that the situa-
Who's Who selects
18 achieving seniors
Eighteen graduating seniors
have been named to the 1987
edition of Who's Who Among
Students in American Univer-
sities and Colleges.
The selections were based on
academic achievement, service to
the community, leadership in
extracurricular activities, and po-
tential for continued success.
Students were nominated by
faculty members and other stu
dents, with the final selection
made by a committee of faculty,
administrators, and students.
Those honored were Andy
Chester, Brian Elliott, Lisa Gil-
bert, Melody Hensarling, Phil
Hirsch, Kevin Kieffer, Lou Lave-
ly, Carol Miller, Margaret Mit-
chell, Andrea Penn, Amy Plum-
mer, David Rains, Teresa Rey-
nolds, Jennifer Walker, Dawn
Wiley, Don Wilhelm, Robbin
Wilkinson, and Barbara Young.
Outstanding students have been
selected for the annual directory
since it was first published in
1934. Those awarded will re-
ceive their certificate at the
Awards Assembly in May.
Grant presented for student aid
Texas Wesleyan College has re-
ceived a $10,000 grant from the
Texas Methodist Foundation, des-
ignated for student aid.
Dr. Charles E. Laing, founda-
tion president, presented the
check to Dr. Jerry G. Bawcom,
Texas Wesleyan president, dur-
ing a visit to the Fort Worth
campus. "The Texas Methodist
Foundation, through this grant,
evidences our desire to be a
part of the excellent progress
being made by Texas Wesleyan
College," said Dr. Laing.
"On behalf of the students
who will benefit from this grant,
1 offer by deepest thanks," said
Dr. Bawcom. "This year scholar-
ships are a particularly high
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"I wonder if the admin-
istration would like to
park their cars down
here?"
—Steve Welch, student
tion with the recent campus car
thefts isn't going to get better
soon. "This is going to keep hap-
pening unless something is done
with Security. I wonder if the
administration would like to park
their cars down here?"
Welch said that he didn't feel
Security was doing an adequate
Job of protecting the students'
property. "I realize they can't be
everywhere, but they ought to be
able to prevent a car theft."
Welch added that he felt the
Fort Worth Police were as much
to blame as TWC Security.
Mr. Charles McCorkle, Chief
of Security, said that no imme-
diate steps were being taken to
upgrade Security, "We don't
have any plans to increase the
amount of men on the force.
priority for the College and we
deeply appreciate this generosity
in helping us meet the needs of
students desiring the Texas Wes-
leyan educational experience."
The Texas Methodist Founda-
tion in Austin was established
over 25 years ago to "support
the benevolent, charitable, edu-
cational, and missionary under-
takings of The Methodist Church
in Texas " The Foundation was
designed to raise funds and re
ceive monies and properties for
endowment purposes. It also re-
ceives, invests, and administers
funds entrusted to the Founda-
tion for the benefit of specific
institutions such as Texas Wes-
leyan and other Methodist col-
leges and universities in Texas.
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TERRY MOON AND JIM ANDERSON of Maintenance participate In
a Halloween contest sponsored by the Bookstore. Contest winners
were Connie Rodrigues and Doug Olvey, both receiving a color
television set.
Residents take action
against phone calls
DR. JERRY BAWCOM, college president, accepts a $10,000 check
from Dr. Charles E. Laing, president of the Texas Methodist Founda-
tion.
by Bill Day
Two TWC dorm residents were
the targets of a group of annoy-
ing phone callers this semester.
After the residents notified the
phone company and the calls
were traced, the calls stopped
The residents, who are room-
mates and asked not to be
named, said that they received
the first call a week and a half
after the beginning of this se-
mester. "The caller asked for a
person we'd never heard of,"
one of the residents said. "So I
told him that he had the wrong
number. He said, 'How do you
know?' and from then on, the
calls got worse and worse."
The students said It was the
same group of callers each time.
"It was always a young man and
a young woman, and an older
woman, and sometimes assorted
others. We could tell they were
using two phones."
After several calls, the eallers
learned which school the room-
mates went to and which dorm
they lived in. They told the stu
dents they would come to their
graduation. "That's when we de-
cided to call the phone com-
pany," one of the residents said.
“This was about five weeks after
the calls started."
The phone company gave them
three options, the students said.
They could have their phone
number changed for 30 days,
they could have the number
changed permanently, or they
could have a tracer put on the
line. “The phone company told
us the first option usually didn't
work, because 'professional'
phone callers figure it out and
lay off for 30 days, then start
again. We didn't want our num-
ber changed permanently, so we
decided to take the tracer."
The phone company put the
tracer on without a charge, the
atudents said. "They were very
cooperative. They told us that it
would take three one-minute
calls to find the caller, and after
that, we could either prosecute
or have a deterrent letter sent.
"We really wanted to prose-
cute. It wouldn't have cost us
anything, and these people were
purposely annoying us. Their
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However, wc arc considering a
more intensified patrol. It’s un
fortunate that a vehicle can be
stolen here, but crime is up in
the city and all over the nation
Based on the number of vehicles
stolen in this neighborhood and
the ones stolen here on campus,
the crime rate here is really
quite low."
Calendar features
13 male students
by Bath Burleson
The service fraternity Alpha
Phi Omega hopes to offset the
cost of hosting a sectional con-
ference by selling calendars fea-
turing 13 Wesleyan men. The
calendars should be available
late next week and will sell for
$7.
The male students featured
were selected from "at least 170
lists I received,” said Senior
Steve Courington, the APO mem-
ber in charge of the fund-raising
project. "At leaBt 181 guys were
nominated.”
The men receiving the most
votes were selected to pose for
the calendar. "It was a pretty
good turnout," Courington said
about the lists he received. “The
majority came from on-campus
students. There was a wide dis-
parity in the number of votes."
“We chose having a calendar
featuring men over having one
featuring women because over
60% of the campus is women, so
the one with men will sell bet
ter," Courington said.
Those selected were Mark Per-
kins for the cover; Joe Kalb-
fieisch, January; Keith Karner,
February; Eugene Casilio, March;
Doug Utvey, April; Paul Austin,
May; Scott Watkins, June; Bobby
Dyke, July; Don Wilhelm, Au-
gust; Frank Carroll, September;
Mark Howell, November; Terry
Tackett, December.
“All were shocked when noti-
fied," Courington said. "None
turned it down and all were
quite flattered.”
Courington came up with the
idea of selling the calendars as
a lund raiser for an upcoming
conference when he saw one
featuring men from the campus
of the University of Texas at
Arlington.
"The pictures in their calen-
dar were done by a professional
photographer. Eric Gollihar took
ours. Frankly, I can't tell any
difference in quality because
Eric did such a good Job," Cour-
ington said.
“We wanted to take advan-
tage of the talents within the
chapter to benefit us. Eric took
the pictures, and I and Amy
Plummer (a little sister) laid the
calendar out.
Also helping in production was
Chris Maclea, who helped on
posing the models.
“She’s had previous modeling
experience, and she put forth a
great deal of time,” Courington
said.
"It's been a lot of fun," Mark
Perkins, cover model, said. "I
hope it’s very successful for
APO."
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