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The students' voice since 1917
April 29, 1998
Fort Worth, Texas
Vol. 81, No. 11
NO CONFIDENCE
Faculty Assembly votes no confidence in administration
Jason Lamkrs
Staff writer
The Faculty Assembly passed a
vote of no.confidence in the admin-
istration in the areas of finance,
academic scheduling, admissions,
financial aid and athletics April 28,
74 for, 7 against with 2 abstentions.
According to Dr. Mike Dixon ,
chair of the faculty assembly, the
vote is to show the president and
the Board of Trustees the position
ol the faculty of the university. Jake
B. Schrum, president of Wesleyan,
can either disagree with the vote
and do nothing or he can agree with
the vote and make changes.
When asked what he thinks
about the vote, Dr. Tom Armstrong,
senior vice president and provost,
said, "I'll let the vote speak for
itself"
The assembly also asked Dixon
to get a reply from President
Schrum by Thursday, April 30, to
its recommendation that he recon-
figure the senior staff to include the
four main deans of the university
and four faculty members elected
at-large by the Faculty Assembly as
voting members.
The vote of no confidence in
administration comes after long
debate over confidence in
Armstrong, Dr. Skip Applin, associ-
ate vice president of student life
and athletics and Dave Voskuil, vice
president of student enrollment.
During a Faculty Assembly
meeting April 23, Dr. Ricardo
Rodriguez, professor of chemistry,
asked Armstrong to answer ques-
tions. "1 see problems w ith the aca-
demics in the senior staff." This is
evident with the slashing of class-
es," said Rodriguez.
Armstrong spoke on a number
of issues
during a
faculty
assembly
meeting
April 23,
including
faculty
g o v e r n -
m e n t ,
tenure, and
the course schedule. "The schedule
was not a success, but it was better
than it could've . been," said
ll
"I'll let the vote
speak for itself."
-Tom Armstrong
Armstrong.
"1 was hired as provost, then
the president reduced the number of
vice presidents from five to three. 1
took on a number of responsibili-
ties, certainly more tasks than any
one person could handle," said
Armstrong.
"1 wanted to
be involved
with student
life, but I
haven't had
a chance to
do that."
After
A r m strong
the
motion of no confidence was
•brought into discussion. Many of
the faculty did not know the issues
involved with the vote. "Why
should the provost be held responsi-
ble?" asked Dr. Ed Olsen, chair of
the department of exercise and
sports studies.
Members stressed that they
were not satisfied w ith the informa-
tion available on the matter. "Some
of us don't want to vote, this meet-
ing has led to chaos, we have to
have order, we don't have it" said
Setma Maddox, professor of sociol-
ogy.
In the same meeting, concern-
ing the reconfiguration of the senior
staff Dr. Ron Reed, professor of
psychology said,"The more faculty
insight, the better." However, Dr.
Mike Dixon, chair of the Faculty
Assembly said he had his doubts
about the president approving the
Watterson newest Finally!
Golden Shears
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recipient
Jason LameRs
St qff .writer
Kerry Watterson, senior the-
atre major, received the Golden
Shears Award April 18, after the
production of Anything Goes, at
the Scott Theatre in Fort Worth.
"1 am very hon-
ored that the guardian
of the Golden Shears
committee would
choose to acknowl-
edge my activities
and devotion to the
university," said
Watterson.
Watterson is the
president of Alpha Psi
Omega and the mem-
bership. chair of the
Mortar Board. He is
also the fine arts representative
for The Student Government
Association and a writer for The
Rambler.
Photo
Watterson is a recipient of
the Cecil Cole Scholarship and
the Dean's Scholarship.
As well as working as an
intern for Casa Manana,
Watterson has worked at many
area theaters such as the, Circle
Theater, Onstage, Main Street
Theater, Hip Pocket
Theater and The
Barn Theater in
Augusta, Mi.
Watterson has
preformed in the
Fine Art produc-
tions of The
Elephant Man,
Biloxi Blues,
1940's Radio Hour,
Frogs, Guys &
Dolls and Anything
by Sargent N. Hill Goes.
The Golden
Shears Award is the student lead-
ership award selected by the
Golden Shears Award commit-
tee.
Photo by Jon McKenzie
Students register April 28 on the second floor of the Oneal-Sells Administration building
at the registrar's new location. Registration was postponed due to difficulties with the
summer and fall class schedule.
Executive board to decide on
campus alcohol policy revision
Laurie Kisner
Ntws editor
The Wesleyan executive board
of trustees will vote to pass the
new additions and changes to the
student handbook concerning the
university's alcohol policy and dis
ctplinarv actions within the next
month
The new handbook will pro-
hibit alcohol consumption on cam-
pus, according to Aaron Young.
SGA president.
"The majority of students that
I have talked to have been in favor
of the new policy," he said. "The
. old policy may have been good the
in past, but it just w asn't fitting the
needs of Wesleyan."
Young said that alcohol is also
not allowed At off-campus events
that are sponsored b\ the universi-
ty. He also said that the old rules
were unclear and often drinking
occurred at university sponsored
events. 'The campus tends to break
the rules sometimes." he said. "I
have heard about occasions where
there was drinking involved when
it should not have been allowed."
"These changes will
help students better
understand the
rules."
-Aaron Young
Young said that is the reason
for the changes. "These changes
will help students better under-
stand the rules," he said.
In addition to the alcohol poli-
cy, changes were also made to the
current disciplinary' actions portion
of the handbook "There are two
sides now," Young said. "A student
side, and an administrative side."
According to Marcia
Wilemon.tsecretary of'the universi-
ty, the old rules concerning disci-
plinary action were ambiguous and
subject to interpretation. "The new
rules make it so that students can
actually read and understand what
it says," she said.
The student life committee has
been working on the changes since
last year. They voted unanimously
for the changes at a meeting on
April 13 and the majority of SGA
voted in favor as well, according to
Young.
Committee proposes official Wesleyan class ring
Jason Lamers
Staff wnttr
As soon as it gains approval by
the president's office the university
may have ;*n official university ring.
A committee made up of stu-
dents. representatives from the
Student Government Association,
and representatives from the alumni
"T
office was set up early last semester
to look at the options of having a
single official university ring, said
Aaron Young, president of S.G.A.
"We wanted to bring back a
strong unifying tradition that would
symbolize our devotion to the uni-
versity after we leave," said Young
Right now the university has 18
univeniity rings available for women
and eight rings available for men In
a process of about two years the uni-
versity will move from offering
many rings to offering only one ring,
said Young. *•
"There are many adv antages of
offering only one ring. For example,
offering only one ring w ill eventual-
ly bring the price of the ring down
said Young. *
The price of the new ring will
vary according to size and number
of karats The sizes will be small,
medium and large. The number of
karats will be 10, 14 and 18. The
prices w ill range from $329 to $639.
The rings available now from
range from $321 to $583 for women
and $426 to $ 764 for men. The ring
will be similar to the large square
signet ring available now
The ring itself will have the uni-
versity crest on the top and the
Wesleyan flames on the sides. The
ring will not be available with the
student's degree on it, said Young.
The new rings will be available
in the SUB for the first time on
Wednesday. April 29 thru Thursday,
April 30 from 10am to 2pm.
vote. "(The president! doesn't think
it's a good idea," said Dixon.
According to Dixon, Schrum
has the ability to fire all members of
the senior staff except Armstrong
who has tenure; Because the senior
staff deals with sensitive issues, the
president has reason for concern
about tenured faculty leaking confi-
dential information to the public
because Schrum cannot fire a
tenured professor.
The senior staff currently
includes Armstrong, Voskuil,
Marcia Wilemon, secretary of the
university, and Caren Handleman,
Vice president of university
advancement.
Tuition
increase
official
Matt Smith
News editor
The tuition rate for Wesleyan's
1998-1999 year will rise from
$250 per undergraduate hour to
$265. The annual block tuition rate
will rise to $8,000 from $7,550.
The block rate allows students
to take 12 to 17 hours of credit at
the same rate. The new rates go
into effect with the summer term.
Wesleyan is still less expen-
sive than Texas Christian
University and Southern Methodist
University, two other private
schools in the area.
According to the SMU
cashier's office, tuition for the '98-
'99 academic year will cost $8,814
per semester for students taking
12-18 hours. Those taking less than
12 hours will pay $653 per under-
graduate hour.
The cashier's office at TCU
said '98-'99 tuition will be $345
per hour which is about 5 percent
more than last year. It did not have
a block tuition rate.
On the other hand, area public
colleges and universities are signif-
icantly less than'Wesleyan and
other private schools.
Tarrant County Junior College
will charge,$2-2 per semester hour
next year. The bursar's office said
there is a $100 minimum on tuition
so students attending should proba-
bly take at least four classes to get
their money's worth.
The bursar's office at The
University of Texas at Arlington
said next year's tuition would be
$72 per hour, up from $64 last
year. UTA did not have a block rate
tuition.
The tuition rate at the
University of North Texas will be
,$1,037 next year for undergrads
taking 12 plus hours. The cashier's
office said that people taking less
than 12 hours would be charged a
percentage of the $1,037 cost.
An April 22 press release from
Jerry Circelli in the Office of
Communications states that
Wesleyan's tuition is still substan-
tially lower than most other private
colleges. According to the release,
the national average for private
tuition was $13,664 in 1997 and
• 1998. The release also says
Wesleyan is in the lowest 25 per-
cent of tuition costs among private
universities in Texas.
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