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WEDNESDAY
March 30, 2011
Vol. 93 • No. 9
www.therambler.org
The Rambler
The voice of Texas Wesleyan University students since 9 7
Dr. John Fisher performs at
Celebrating World of Piano.
Arts & Entertainment, page 5
War veterans ofered post-war
re axation at retreat.
Community, page 6
SGA revokes organization approval
Shauna Banks
sbbanks@mail. txwes. edu
Alpha Tau Kappa, one of three
prospective organizations approved
at the Feb. 16 Student Government
Association meeting, had its approv-
al officially revoked March 23.
Heath Scott, president of SGA,
Runnin Rams
join race for
breast cancer
Rachel Peel
rlpeel@mail. txwes. edu
The Runnin Rams are lacing up
their running shoes once again.
The Runnin Rams team will
represent the Texas Wesleyan
community by participating in the
Greater Fort Worth 2011 Race for
the Cure on April 9 at Ridgmar
Mall.
"I knew I wanted to do it, and
this time last year no one really
had talked about forming a team,"
Sarah Smith, admissions counsel-
or, said. "I had been a team captain
for another race, The Jingle Bell
Run, so I said, 'I can do it, I can
make a team online.'"
Smith decided to participate in
the Race for the Cure about three
years ago when she lived in Ama-
rillo, just because she wanted to
participate in 5Ks,
Smith said the Race for the Cure
just came along at the right time
and when she moved here, she
decided to participate in the Fort
Worth run.
"Last year, was pretty simple as
far as making the team and anyone
who wanted to sign up could just
sign up—we didn't do a lot of ad-
vertising," Smith said.
Smith said this year the Susan G.
Komen foundation really reached
out to team captains from last year
as early as January, asking if they
were going to be team captains
again this year. Then they offered
to help with advertising.
"Race for the Cure is unlike any
other race that I have ever done,
there is such a feeling of com-
radery amongst everyone that is
there," Smith said. "You go there
and it's just a sea of pink."
Smith said the team members
can wear pink hats or bows, but
the etiquette is that only survivors
can wear pink shirts.
"Those survivors out there, do-
ing the race is just such a cool
thing," Smith said.
Smith said right now there are
seven team members but she is
still looking for participants. Eliz-
abeth Henson, assistant librarian,
is one of the seven team members
and said she usually does the Ko-
men with her mom's workplace,
but joined the Runnin Rams this
♦ RUNNIN, page 7
said in a formal letter to Ashlie Siv-
ley, president of ATK, that due to
significant credibility issues with
ATK's list of interested students
originally submitted for approval,
the SGA has formally withdrawn its
recognition of ATK as a student or-
ganization.
Scott said immediately follow-
ing ATK's approval in February,
about 15 concerned individuals ap-
proached him.
"Everyone was highly upset be-
cause they were concerned with
how these young ladies sometimes
conducted themselves," Scott said.
"Their grades were also a concern."
Scott said two women originally
on the interest list for ATK when
they submitted their application for
approval in January, approached
him, saying that they did not know
they were on the list.
"These two girls came to me, and
I told them, Took, you have to put
something in writing,' because I can't
just take your word,"' Scott said.
Rams s ide into series win
urn
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Marissa Range!, junior outfielder, slides home safe, past Bacone College's catcher Jessica Harper, to put the
Lady Rams up 5-0 in game one of their Lady Warrior series. The Lady Rams won game one of the series 9-3,
game two 8-0 and suffered a 5-3 loss in game three, finishing the series with a 2-1 Red River Athletic Confer-
ence win at Sycamore Park March 25-26. Their next game is against Langston University April 3-4.
Scott said the women both brought
back handwritten statements saying
they did not know they had been on
the list.
Both women did not want to be in-
terviewed for this article at the time
of press.
♦ REVOKED, page 3
Library takes
trial run with
extended hours
Melissa Bates
mdbates@mail. txwes.edu
With projects, research papers
and tests piling up, students now
have an extra two hours of library
time to get it all done.
For four weeks, from April 18 to
May 12, the Eunice and James L.
West Library is running a trial for
late-night hours, extending closing
time to midnight.
Since fall 2008, the West Li-
brary has extended their late night
hours to midnight for the week of
final exams.
Sheri Parker, coordinator of li-
brary operations, said every year
the library receives requests from
students for extended hours. Park-
er said the library staff is happy
to stay open for students but the
numbers of students present at
those hours aren't enough to war-
rant the expense all year.
"We're going to try it for three
weeks and see how the numbers
go and see whether we should try
to do it longer," Parker said. "Af-
ter finals, we'll review and decide
if we want to stay open longer."
Parker said she could not guess
the number of students adminis-
tration would require for approval
to make midnight hours perma-
nent. Safety regulations require
two staff members and one student
worker to work during midnight
hours.
During these late hours, students
will have the same access to the li-
brary and all its resources as dur-
ing daylight hours.
♦ MORE TIME, page 7
West Library
extended hours
April 18-20 - 7:30 a.m. - midnight
April 21-24 - closed for Easter
April 25-28 - 7:30 a.m. - midnight
April 29 - 7:30 a.m. - 10 p.m.
April 30-8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
May 1 - 1 p.m. - midnight
May 2-6 - 7:30 a.m. - midnight
May 7-8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
May 8 - noon - mi dni ght
May 9-10 - 7:30 a.m. - midnight
May 11-7:30- 10 p.m.
May 12-13 - 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
May 14 - start summer hours
Graduation ceremony split evokes mixed eelings
Stephanie Mejia
smejia@mail. txwes. edu
As the spring semester draws to
an end, Wesleyan seniors prepare for
graduation.
On May 13, students graduating
will make the traditional walk across
the stage to celebrate the completion
of their academic careers, with some
changes implemented this semester.
Graduation will now take place in
the Fort Worth Convention Center
and the ceremony will be split by
school.
Dr. Allen Henderson, provost and
senior vice president, said issues with
the Will Rogers venue were key fac-
tors in the decision to find a new loca-
tion for graduation.
"Will Rogers discontinued their
guarantee not to bump us to Saturday
or another date even though we had
reserved the facility," 1 lenderson said.
Llenderson said students' demands
for more tickets and parking problems
in the past few years were considered
in the decision.
"The spring 2011 graduating class
is the largest one we have had in re-
cent years and maybe ever," Hen-
derson said. "We would prefer not to
split graduation into two ceremonies,
but the Convention Center is not big
enough to hold all school graduates
and guests at one time."
These changes have created
mixed feelings amongst some
graduating seniors.
Ashly Spencer, senior education
major, said she believes students
should have been asked whether they
agreed with these changes.
"I don't like that half my professors
won't see me graduate after five years
of hard work," Spencer said. "I hate
that I need a ticket to see my friends
graduate and vice versa."
Spencer said the splitting of cer-
emonies takes away from the experi-
ence and meaning of graduation.
Rose Boots, senior marketing ma-
jor, agrees that the separation of the
class ruins the graduation experience.
"I feel that I won't graduate with a
bonding experience," Boots said.
Tara Cates, senior psychology ma-
jor said that there are some positive
aspects to the split in ceremonies.
"What a lot of students probably
don't realize is that this 2011 Gradu-
ating class is the largest one Wes-
leyan has had in recent years f Cates
said. "As much as I'm looking for-
ward to graduating and basking in
my success, I don't want to wait four
hours for that to happen."
The school of arts and letters and
natural and social sciences will have its
graduation ceremony at 4:30 p.m. The
graduation ceremony for the schools of
education and business and all gradu-
ate students will follow at 8 p.m.
"Regardless of the time we gradu-
ate, we are all still Rams," Cates said.
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