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4 • The Rambler February 25, 1998
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Graduates:
here they come again
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TYicia Pitts, a 1 *>S5 mass coniniunication graduate, is now employed by Wesleyan as director of
alumni relations. Pitts is among many other alumni who work at Wesleyan.
Susan Downing
Special to The Rambler
Three Wesleyan graduates
from different years, have walked
a common path in pursuit of their
education. Now, that path has
brought them back to where it all
began.
Bobby Cornett. a 1972 gradu-
ate, is now the coach of the men's
golf team. Tricia Pitts, a 1985
mass communication graduate, is
director of alumni relations for the
university. Mary-margaret Belota,
administrative assistant for the
associate vice president of
finance, is a 1969 home econom-
ics graduate.
Cornett is among many
Wesleyan graduates who have
come back to their alma mater to
work. The reasons for their return
are as varied as their personalities.'
' The common element is the sense
of community they say Wesleyan
provides.
During his undergraduate
days, Cornett was a business and
psychology major. He worked as
a probation officer, but then
changed careers.
"I decided 1 had never gotten
rid.of my interest in golf, so I
started working nights, and I'd
practice during the day." he said.
Cornett then left the business
world and pursued a four year
professional golf career
"I enjoyed k little success,"
he said. His "little successes"
included winning tw o professional
tournaments in Iowa and two in
South Dakota
1 was helping (previous
coach) O D Bounds w tth a golf
tournament in t$82, and 1 haven't
left yet." Cornell said. "lie retired
in 1985 or 1M86. Then *e kind of
swapped places
Cornett ttjti his most signiti
cant memory of student life on the
Wesleyan campus was the dorm
experience
"1 felt like t grew a lot by
being compressed w ith a loi of
interesting, different people."
Cornett said. "I w as m O C Ball
most of the time Most of the
people I was around were noiv-
athletes, which wis good -
meeting people with different
interests."
He expressed his concern
over the growth of Wesleyan. He
said. "We might lose the thing
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that we are best at - the caring
Wesleyan people - in the cafete-
ria, in the bookstore, in the
cashier's office, our professors,
. everyone throughout the campus."
Cornett has decided to get
back into pro golf.
He said that is where his
interest is, but added that at this
time he does not know whether or
not he wjll be connected with the
university during that time. "I
would like to be able to coach one
more year as the head coach," he
said.
Pitts echoed sentiments of
changes being good for the uni-
versity.
She said that President Jake
B. Schrum's abilities and the fac-
ulty, are making the surrounding
community take notice of the uni-
versity.
The personalized attention
and caring faculty also attracted
Pitts to Wesleyan. She said, "My
sister was already here and was
really sold on the intimate class-
room settings, the caring faculty
and the level of education she was
getting."
Pitts said friendship and
warmth of her days of being a
member of Wesleyan Singers
were very important.
Pitts was employed by the
university in December 1996 and
was promoted in June 1997 to her
current position. She said belief
in the university's mission
brought her back as an employee.
Wesleyan is really moving
forward, taking innovative steps "
she said.
Pitts said, "The things that
attracted me as a student and
made me proud to be a graduate
are still here." She said that now
she gets to see a different side of
the operation
Pitts said she sees the major
changes at Wesleyan as physical.
She said, "The whole face of it
physically looks different There
sue buildings that are no longer
here "
"AW of my mass communica-
tion classes were out in the
barracks buildings or temporary
buildings the library is new. and
the business building was the
library when I was here."
She said, "There is a genuine
personal touch here.'
Wesleyan offers things that •
can't be found elsewhere, accord-
ing to- Pitts. "Sure, there are frus-
trations, but there is a dedication
to the university, its mission, and
to each other that I have never
been exposed to," she said.
Belota agrees. She, also,
cites the sense of community as a
common thread. Belota said,
"There are things about any job
that are very frustrating; but I just
love being here."
She said her job doesn't pay
well compared to what she made
in the corporate arena prior to her
employment at Wesleyan.
However, she said, "Quality of
life is important to me, and it
becomes more important the older
I get.
"1 fell in love with the cam-
pus when 1 was in the sixth
grade." Belota said. Belota won
first place at an interscholastic
league writing contest held on the
Wesleyan campus that year.
Growing up in Burleson,
Belota "did not want to go to a
huge university." She said that
she felt like there would be a little
more possibility of getting to
know people in Wesleyan's small-
er setting.
She was an active member of
the Wesleyan Singers, participat-
ing in the spring concert tours and
being elected, "choir hussy." as
she put it.
"The tours were not like tours
they take now,'' Belota explained,
"Every other year we went out of
Texas, but the other years it was
just within Texas. U w as more
fun than anything else I did.
i am amused at the students
today who feel like their rights
have been stepped on." she said.
"When I was a student here, the
dormitories w ere not co-ed and
there was a curfew."
She also said that female stu-
dents w ere not allowed to w ear
slacks on campus, except for
physical education classes.
Belota said thai none of those
restrictions hampered the students
from having a great time
When she w as hired by
Wesleyan in December 1995.
Belota was serving on the Alumni
Board foi iheuni\erv>i>
"Employment at Wesleyan
offers benefits that are important
to me,** said Belota. She cited
tuition waivers and opportunities
for personal growth as two of
them.
Alcohol and driving do not mix
How many times have you
driven a car away from a
party after drinking "just
one beer'" Have you stopped
drinking an
hour before
you left,
drank coffee,
ate or took a
shower,
thinking thai
it would help
you sober
up?
It's com-
mon for
college stu-
dents to party and drink alcohol.
Moreover, binge drinking (live or
more drinks at one time) is the
number one substance abuse prob-
SARAH
GIBSON
lem at colleges today, according to
Tom Stelter, director of finance & -
operations of GRADD. a national
program against drunk driving.
A survey done by Harvard
University of almost 1,700 students
found that college students who
binge drink are six times more like-
I) than their light, drinking peers to
drive after drinking, and tw ice as
likely to accept a ride from an
intoxicated driver.
Drinking may be a popular
college activity The Center on
Addiction and Substance Abuse at
Columbia University published a
study done by GRADD that found
90 percent of all reported rapes
occur when alcohol is used by
either the victim or the assailant.
Alcohol alone is dangerous.
but when combined with driving, it
is even more likely U; be lata!.
According to Western Insurance
Information Service, in the United
States an alcohol related fatality
happens every 32 minutes- The
report also said, " Two out ol every
five Americans will be involved in
an alcohol related crash during
their lifetime."
Knowing these facts, many
college students will get into their
vehicles Saturday night and drive
home with alcohol on their breath.
Some will luck out and make it
home fine, but someone will be
pulled over, someone will be hurt
and someone will be killed.
Sarah Ciibson is a freshman
majoring iii mass communication ami
is news editor of Tlie Rambler.
Is talk show host responsible
for falling cattle prices?
Is Oprah Winfrey guilty of defaming the cattle
industry? That is for a Texas court of law to
decide. But 1 think the question on everyone's
mind is: How can One person's opinion topple a
whole industry? I strongly believe in the power of
the media to influence, but this is a bit ridiculous.
1 believe that the cattle industry is looking for a
scapegoat and Winfrey just happens to be it. A cat-
tleman reportedly testified last
week that Winfrey's show on
mad cow disease was a "bomb"
dropped on the cattle industry.
I disagree with that,
because even before that awful
disease, people all over the
country had been waging a war
against red meat. Personally I
have not been able to digest the
stuff for years and I cannot recall TEKISHA
the last time I've indulged on a SLACK
burger without feeling like it was
going to come right back up.
According to The Black Voice mad cow disease
is a brain-destroying disorder that has afflicted cat-
tle in Britain since the late 1980s. In 1996, British
scientists said humans might have contracted a sim-
ilar disease by eating infected beef.
My whole point is that the cattle industry has
been in trouble for a long time and I believe that
Texas is probably one of the last states to feel the
effects'of it because it is usually one of the last
states to do just about everything.
Falling cattle prices are just a reflection of our
health conscious society. More people are joining
and actually using gyms and health clubs. More
people are eating healthy, including Winfrey, who
just a few years ago looked like she ate a couple of
burgers in a day herself.
I believe that everyone, including the Texas
cattlemen who brought the suit against Winfrey,
know deep down that she is not solely responsible
for the decline in business. If Winfrey has that
much power she could be a useful tool for the gov-
ernment. It could use her show to get people to stop
using drugs, driving drunk or murdering. She could
use her powers for good.
Tekisha Slack is a junior majoring in psychology ami
is a Rambler staff writer.
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