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WEDNESDAYJanuary 19, 2011
Vol. 94 • No. 1
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New policy implements mandatory housing
Appeal process takes new turn
Scholastic dials down discounts on items at book sale
The Scholastic book sale, usually held every semester has been discontinued due to lack of profit and change in discounts.
Melissa Bates [email protected]
After a 10-year business relationship, Texas Wesley-an has parted ways with the Scholastic books company.
Following a decrease in profit and book donations at the Scholastic book sale held last fall, Cindy Potter, director of the Eunice & James L. West Library, decided to discon-tinue sales, usually held each semester.
Sheri Parker, coordinator of library operations, said in the past that profits have been between $1,800 and $2,500. Scholastic has also always do-nated $500 worth of books for the juvenile collection.
This past fall, the sale brought in just $1,000. This reduced donations to the li-brary to just $100 worth of books.
Other factors in the deci-sion to discontinue the sale included the reduction of sale prices by Scholastic.
In semesters previous to last fall, students were able to pur-chase books at 50 percent off. In the fall, it was changed to a buy one, get one free sale—which required students to purchase at least two items to receive any discount at all.
Parker said the sales have always been popular among education majors, who would use the discounted books to build libraries for the future
students they will teach. “With the way times are
now I’m sure Scholastic is having a hard time just like everybody else, so they had to change their policies to go with the times,” she said. “Businesses have to do what they have to do to stay in busi-ness nowadays because every-thing is so bad.”
Although the decision has been made to discontinue the sale, Parker said she and oth-ers would consider reinstating the book sales if Scholastic of-fered a deal that benefited the students and made everyone on all sides of the issue happy.
“It was an opportunity that we took advantage of while we could and now it’s gone and
we’ll look for something else to be able to do,” she said.
Scholastic Communica-tions Manager Teryl McLane said Scholastic changed to a new profit and reward struc-ture last year to benefit their customers nationwide.
“Last year we came out with a standard profit structure across all of our book fairs called Scholastic Dollars,” she said.
“Basically, what it’s helped us do is to offer consistent re-wards programs for all of our customers no matter how big or small their fair was.”
McLane said Scholastic
Future Rams will inch clos-er to the full college experi-ence starting next fall.
Beginning in the Fall 2011
semester, new incoming freshmen will be required to live on campus unless they meet specific exemption cri-teria. This housing policy change came after its approval in October 2010, where it was
voted on by the Student Life Trustee Committee, a sub-committee within the Board of Trustees at Texas Wesleyan.
“We don’t think it’s really going to have that great of an impact, because most of
our first-time freshmen live on campus anyway,” Sharon Manson, director of resi-dence life, said. “It’s more of a statement in a lot of ways that we think living on cam-pus is important to the col-
lege development.”Although the idea has cir-
culated for several years, it has never been a realistic option for the university until this academic year. After housing consultants John White and
Bambi Harris suggested man-datory housing following a visit to the campus last spring, the idea was considered once again.
Homecoming week revives ’94 tradition Shauna [email protected]
Operation Homecoming hit the ground running this past fall, and will continue full steam ahead through this Saturday night, when the Rams take on the Jarvis Christian College bulldogs.
In a collaborative effort be-tween several departments and individuals on campus, homecoming 2011 kicked off with king and queen nomi-nations last Wednesday.
Voting for king and queen is tomorrow and Friday at the Brown-Lupton Student Center and Eunice & James L. West Library.
“We decided that we want-ed to do ‘operation home-coming’ and make home-coming something that students, once they gradu-ated and became alumni, really wanted to come back for,” Gina Phillips, director
Fall 2011 incoming freshmen encouraged to become more involved in campus activities
Nominations for homecom-ing king and queen end today. Students can vote for nominees in front of the SUB or West Library tomorrow and Friday. Winners will be announced at the half-time show during the men’s bas-ketball game on Saturday. Tailgating begins at 1:30 p.m., the women’s game at 2 p.m. and men’s at 4 p.m. All students are encouraged to wear Texas Wesleyan blue and gold at the game.
Anyone wanting to appeal citations received on campus should visit the SGA offices on the second floor of O.C. Armstrong Hall, where appeal forms are located. Each individual has three business days to return the appeal form to request a hearing.
Shauna Banks & Melissa Bates [email protected] [email protected]
Citation appeals at Texas Wesleyan have taken a more
student-driven approach as fees for violations are set and enforcement increased.
The appeal process for ci-tations received for student handbook, housing con-tract and parking violations
has been revamped starting this spring semester.
According to a message to the Wesleyan student body from Dean of Students Cary Poole, students are entitled to due process. If a student
is charged with a violation of the student handbook, they can choose between two hearing boards. The first is chaired by the dean
Students discover new opportunities
Photo by Angie Ruiz
Shauna [email protected]
Stephanie [email protected]
Opportunities to study abroad are now within reach for Wesleyan students on a tight budget.
A new scholarship spon-sored by the Student Govern-ment Association will soon be available for students to apply for.
Justin Mikulencak, vice president of SGA, came up with the idea for the scholar-ship and wrote the bill that
has set money aside for it. “There are students that
want to go on trips, but don’t have the extra thousand dol-lars sitting around,” Mikulen-cak said.
The scholarship will be ap-plicable to students going on trips sponsored by Wesleyan and led by faculty. In order to be considered for the scholar-ship, an application must be filled out and returned to the SGA offices on the second
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HOUSING, page 3
CITATION, page 3
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“ I got a ticket because I got a flat tire in a 20 min-ute parking zone and I couldn’t move my truck
fast enough.”
“ The dumbest thing I ever got a ticket for has to be running the stop sign in front of my house.”
- Jasmine Tuya, junior, business
“ He gave me a ticket for being parked the wrong way on my street.”
- Baron Yarborough, junior, business
“ The cop saw me as I sped up to pass an 18-wheeler.”
- Tabitha Evans, freshman, athletic training
“ The stupidest thing I ever got a ticket for was not wearing a seat belt. Come on!”
- Patricia Howard, freshman, theatre
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SGA committee backs students
I am not satisfied with campus security having a new found power and the ability to more closely regu-late violations of the student handbook.
Student Government Asso-ciation, however, has alleviat-ed some of this by establish-ing a student-run committee for those who do receive tick-ets.
Previously, a random group of faculty members and on occasion, two student government members would
briefly ex-change e-mail regarding a vio-lation or fine. This would be the formal ac-tion for ticket dismissal and many students
found this method to be very ineffective.
I tend to agree.Fine prices have fluctu-
ated along with the increase of security power. SGA has compared the cost of our fines with the fines charged by other schools, and has de-termined that increases are based on the average of the highest and lowest rates ob-served.
However, my question is why this whip of regulation is being beaten upon Wes-
leyan’s students who already pay an increasingly large lump sum for tuition, books and fees.
As Heath Scott, SGA presi-dent, explained the new secu-rity company Wesleyan hired wanted the money raised from fines to go towards the security program which seems to me, an unnecessary and ridiculous proposal.
I am grateful for Scott’s bargaining to ensure that the money made from tickets will go towards Wesleyan, but even if that works out, I still wonder why the in-creased prices for fines is necessary.
My main concern is where my money might go. Keeping in mind that it is assumed a violator deserves the ticket, the money flowing in to the
university’s funds seems senseless.
In my opinion, the funds gained from ticketing should go toward smaller organi-zations like Blue plus Gold Equals Green, a campus or-ganization focused on recy-cling and resource conserva-tion, or even smaller groups like the history club or chem-istry society.
On a more positive note, SGA’s committee for ticket dismissal will be more stu-dent oriented.
It gives us a larger voice and influence in situations where we are prosecuted. This will be similar to a leg-islative branch in its verdicts.
As ticket prices increase and security’s power fluctuates, this committee will be the savior for any misunderstood violations.
Options for campus meal plans unclear
Running from class to class, heading to work or maybe even participating in campus athletics can leave Wesleyan commuters little time for eat-ing.
Living off campus is, in most cases, cheaper for students. However, Wesleyan provides very limited food options for commuting students. Even students who live on campus, are offered options far from cheap, with little option. The information provided about these meal plans is vague and confusing.
On-campus undergradu-ate students are required to purchase a meal plan each semester. Students not living on campus may not need to use the cafeteria as much as those who do, but I believe there should be cheaper and
more flexible payment op-tions for stu-dents who live off campus.
I also believe the informa-tion given to students on the
Wesleyan website and cafete-ria pamphlets all give differ-ent amounts to the meal plans making it difficult for stu-dents to get the proper details needed to make a decision on which meal is right for them.
There are three on-campus meal plans in the cafeteria. The platinum plan provides unlimited meals per week with a $50 declining balance that can be spent at Java City, The Grill and Convenience Store. The gold plan provides 15 meals per week with a $100 declining balance, and the sil-ver plan provides 12 meals per week with a $150 declining balance.
I wish I could tell you the exact amount of how much these plans are but the answer is confusing. The Texas Wes-leyan website provides two
different prices for these meal plans. The residence page says the meal plans are $1,430 plus tax. If you were to click on the dining services web page however, you will see the meal plans are $1,378 plus tax. How is a potential student supposed to make a meal plan decision if the prices are dif-ferent on the website?
There are three meal plans for commuters but only one is displayed on the website, and the only way you can receive
information about them is if you go and pick up a pam-phlet in the cafeteria. Students planning to come to Wesleyan should have this information available to them through the campus website, and all the information should be cor-rect. Again the dining services website only lists one plan and the price is different than that of the pamphlet a student can pick up from the cafeteria.
The pamphlet says the price for a Ram-Sample, a commut-
ers plan, is $585.46 and consists of five all-you-can eat meals a week plus a $100 declining balance, yet the dining service website says the same plan is $540.80 plus tax. No student is getting the correct information and that needs to change.
As a commuter, I believe there should be cheaper, more convenient meal plan or pay-ment options. The best solu-tion, in my opinion, would be a plan that allows for weekly or monthly purchases and payments rather than one lump sum each semester. Us-ing their student ID card, stu-dents could go into the cafete-
ria, swipe their ID, and eat as many meals as they need per week. Student meal expenses could be charged to their stu-dent account balances.
With the meals being charged to students’ accounts weekly, they have more time to pay it off before the next se-mester starts.
Eating at the cafeteria should be more affordable to students and they should be given more options. Correct information should be given to them as well. It’s is not a lot to ask for, and is something that many students would ap-preciate.
Morton serves some more than others
Finally the wait is over, and we get to see it for our-selves.
The brand new, multi-million dollar Jack and Jo Willa Morton Fitness Cen-ter has been open to the public just a little over two months now.
The fitness center in-cludes equipment for cardio, weights and a classroom for aerobics—everything that a fitness center should have and more.
The new facility has all new equipment and the hours are flexible.
The center is open from 7 a.m.-10 p.m. on weekdays, Saturday from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and Sundays noon to 4.p.m.
Some would consider it a great addition to Texas Wesleyan, but by focusing all of the attention on the new facility; Wesleyan is neglecting the existing fa-cilities and the athletes who
use them.The current
gym has to ac-c o m m o d a t e four differ-ent sports and other classes that require the gym.
On the oth-er hand, if you were an ath-lete and there was only one gym that every team had to share, wouldn’t you like an-other gym?
Even if not another gym, having the current one ren-ovated would be a step in the right direction.
Since Texas Wesleyan has so many indoor sports, the gym has to be split up equally.
With scheduling usually depending on sheer luck, a team can be stuck having practice from 6-8 p.m. on any given night.
Wesleyan is located in a reputably dangerous part of Fort Worth, so leaving any time after 5:45 p.m. means leaving in the dark, and putting students in jeopardy.
In addition to getting out of practice late, athletes who live on campus have
also missed dinner because of the cafeteria schedule.
Several of these college athletes do not have time for jobs on or off-campus, which means funds to eat off campus are limited, and they must rely on the meal plan the university offers.
Ultimately, the fitness center could have included a few more features so that it could accommodate ev-eryone who wants to use it, and not just those interest-ed in aerobics.
Prior to the fitness center breaking ground, Wesleyan already had a weight room and it included most of the same equipment that the new center currently has in it.
After finally seeing the fitness center I think it would have been better to invest the money in the gym that we already have by expanding the building and adding more equip-ment for the existing weight room.
Maybe investing a little on the existing gym and weight room to make things easier for the current ath-letes would be money well spent.
Eliana MijangosSports [email protected]
Emma FradetteSports [email protected]
Erika FerrellStaff [email protected]
Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Rambler StaffWesleyan students Thomas Bosco and Frazer Ogston take advantage of their meal plans at Dora’s Cafe during dinner.
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“We didn’t feel like we were to a point yet with our fresh-men population since most of our students come from a 40 mile radius,” Pati Alexan-der, vice president of enroll-ment and student services said. “So when the housing consultant strongly recom-mended it, I went back and took another look at it, and I agreed that we would adopt a housing policy as long as it was very flexible, because so many students do live at home.”
According to the new pol-icy, all incoming students with less than 30 college credit hours, who are under the age of 21 are required to live in on-campus university housing unless they are mar-ried, divorced, live with their parents or have a dependent child.
Incoming freshmen for spring 2011 will not be af-fected by this policy, and can remain off-campus even if they do not meet the criteria specified.
Incoming freshmen for the fall 2011 semester can re-quest exemptions from this policy in hardship or other personal cases. The Depart-
ment of Residence Life in conjunction with the Dean of Students Office will review these requests on an individ-ual basis.
Cary Poole, the dean of students, said the number of students living on campus this past fall was almost dou-bled compared to the previ-ous spring, with a jump from about 70 students, to nearly 130.
“We hope the require-ment for freshmen to reside on campus will continue to increase the number of participants we have at our functions,” Poole said. “This should also translate in to in-creased numbers of members for all student organizations, clubs and Greek chapters.”
Other goals with the new policy include the hope that students will be more in-volved in the social activities and events on campus, mak-ing the college experience more enjoyable for them.
“Our main goal is for ev-eryone to be happy to live on campus, and that we provide the services and the things that they need to be success-ful living on campus,” Man-son said.
was also trying to reduce the number of different profit and reward structures they offered customers to get clos-er to consistency across the nation.
“We wanted to make the profit and rewards we of-fer to schools for hosting a book fair consistent across the country and for some schools, for a very small per-
centage of schools, it did re-sult in a slightly reduced cash profit,” McLane said. “But for the vast majority of our cus-tomers, it actually increased and almost doubled their profit options.”
McLane said Scholastic in-troduced this new program in January 2010 and all par-ticipating schools were no-tified of the change at that
time—some even in the fall of 2009.
However, Parker said she was not notified until Nov. 12, only three days before the sale last semester at Wes-leyan.
Associate professor of reading Lisa Dryden said she was shocked to hear the Scholastic sales are being dis-continued.
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The Eunice & James L. West Library used to receive $500 worth of book donations for its juve-nile section each semester, until last fall, when the Scholastic book sale made less of a profit after reduced sale prices-- resulting in just a $100 donation for that semester.
Beginning next fall, incoming freshmen will be required to live on campus if they have less than 30 credit hours and are under 21 years old. Exemptions from this new policy can occur if the student is over 21, married, divorced, lives with their parents, or has a dependent child. Special exceptions will be made in hardship or other personal cases, where the dean of students office and department of residence life will review them. This policy will not affect freshmen who started at Wesleyan this spring.
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floor of the O.C. Armstrong Hall building.
Within the application, students will need to explain why they need the scholar-ship. After all applications have been submitted, each student will have a seven- to 10-minute interview with the travel committee for SGA.
Once every applicant has been interviewed, the com-mittee will make decisions on scholarship awards. The entire SGA will then vote on whether to award the appli-cant.
“We won’t be able to pay for everyone’s trip because we don’t have an endless amount of money,” Mikulencak said. “But if we can help with a bit, it will be easier for the indi-vidual to come up with the rest.”
Mikulencak also said that if this trial run for the scholarship is successful it could become a part of
the SGA’s budget and more money will be put into it. Ashly Spencer, a senior edu-cation major who has already done her share of traveling having visited more than 25 countries, said she looks for-ward to taking advantage of the new scholarship.
“I’m excited about traveling to new places and experienc-ing different cultures,” Spen-cer said.
She will be going on a two-week trip to Turkey and Greece in May as part of an education and religion course. Without this schol-arship opportunity, Spencer would have to take out loans in order to pay for the trip. “If I can get the scholarship, that’s less I have to pay,” Spencer said.
Marie Boisvert, director of International Programs, said financial problems are one of the biggest barriers students bump into when
deciding whether or not to study abroad.
“I think the SGA came up with a really fantastic idea,” Boisvert said.
Boisvert said she believes studying abroad is beneficial in different ways because students will be exposed to different cultures first hand.
“You can study textbooks all you want,” Boisvert said. “But you think more criti-cally when you’re actually there.”
Heath Scott, president of SGA, also said he believes that it is important for stu-dents to study abroad.
“I feel studying abroad is such a great opportunity to experience new cultures and ideas,” Scott said. “Both are extremely important in get-ting a well balanced educa-tion.”
The applications for the scholarship will be released in a couple of days and will be available in the SGA of-fices on the second floor of O.C. Armstrong Hall.
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or his designee, and the sec-ond is chaired by the chief justice of the Student Govern-ment Association.
The board chaired by the SGA chief justice is the only option for handling parking citation appeals.
“The way it worked before is we had a committee that handled all parking citations appeals,” Heath Scott, SGA president, said. “The commit-tee was run through the main-tenance department and you had various staff members but
only two student members.”Although Wesleyan has al-
ways had an appeal process for parking tickets, it has not always been clear-cut for stu-dents.
Scott said he and the cita-tion committee within the SGA wanted to find a way to clean up the citation and ap-peals processes, as well as bring in more student repre-sentation. He has appointed a hearing board made up of five students, who will serve as as-sociate justices.
With the new appeals pro-cess, students who receive ci-tations can pick up a ticket ap-peal form from outside SGA offices on the second floor of O.C. Armstrong Hall.
The hearing board will then grant an appeal if the student has met the criteria set forth.
Students have three busi-ness days from the date of the citation to pick up and submit an appeal form.
Although this is the first time some of these codes and rules have been more strictly enforced, most of them are in the student handbook, with
only three in the housing con-tract that on-campus students sign each academic year.
“The hearing board will be the judicial branch of student government,” Scott said. “The students on the hearing board will be people I believe to have the qualities of honesty, reli-ability, professionalism and take their position seriously.”
As a part of the process, students will also be allowed to bring witnesses relevant to the case itself to their appeal hearing.
Pati Alexander, vice presi-dent for enrollment and stu-
dent services, said the pre-vious process for enforcing rules was disjointed.
“Sometimes the RA’s would be in charge of doing the dis-cipline and writing the cita-tion and sometimes it was the dean of students then our director of security gets involved so it was really not working,” Alexander said.
Alexander said continued rule breaking could risk an on-campus student’s housing availability. Unpaid citations can also result in holds being put on a student’s account.
Chris Windsor, assistant
dean of students, will serve as the appointed adviser for these hearings.
“I get the role of advising the group but the majority of my role is I will be the one pre-senting the evidence, unfor-tunately, against the student,” Windsor said. “If it’s a park-ing fine, I’ll be reading the re-port. I won’t tell [the hearing board] anything about what they have to do.”
Students can review the stu-dent handbook on the univer-sity’s website, under the stu-dent services.
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of development and alumni relations, said. “This is our first year of building this type of event,”
Spirit Day is also tomor-row, with Texas Wesleyan wrist bands being given out to students in front of the li-brary during free period at 12:15 p.m.
DeAwna Wood, assistant director of alumni relations, said students, staff and fac-ulty are encouraged to wear blue and gold on this day, and will get to wrap the trees in the quad with blue and gold crepe paper.
There may also be the op-portunity for students to play a game for prizes in the mall on spirit day. This will include tossing stuffed miniature bulldogs into an empty toilet from marked distances away. The person who can dunk a bulldog from the furthest distance will receive a prize.
Friday will mark a re-vived tradition as five in-dividuals are inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame at
Texas Wesleyan for the first time since 1994. The event starts at 6 p.m. at the Ridg-lea Country Club with a cash bar and reception, and will continue with a din-ner at 7 p.m. Scott Murray from Channel 5 will emcee. There is a $35 charge to attend, and anyone wants to attend should RSVP to Micki Davis at 817-531-4404 or [email protected].
Saturday will begin with tailgating activities in the SUB at 1:30 p.m., and con-tinue until 5 p.m. through-out the women’s basketball game and into the men’s. Free hamburgers, hot dogs and drinks will be provided to all who attend.
Also in the SUB on Sat-urday will be children’s activities, face painting, temporary tattoos and an inflatable two-person bas-ketball game.
A spirit shop will be set up to purchase Wesleyan mer-chandise and T-shirts de-signed by Michael Chaney,
coordinator of student ac-tivities and volunteer pro-grams.
If weather permits, some games may be moved out-side to the atrium.
Before both basketball games, Chris Windsor, as-sistant dean of students, said 300 attending fans will receive free spirit towels. The Student Government Association and Signature Experience Leadership Team will also provide 400 t-shirts that will be given out at the game.
During the half-time show at the men’s game, the Athletic Hall of Fame in-ductees will be announced, the dance team at Wesleyan will perform, the king and queen will be announced and the new female Ram mascot will be introduced to the university.
“This has been a great year for our basketball team, so if alumni are wanting to come out, or students, you’re seeing a very special season for the team,” Darren White, com-munications specialist at Texas Wesleyan said.
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Recycling program gains momentum Keorah [email protected]
In an on-going effort to bring a recycling program to campus and reduce en-ergy and water consump-tion costs, Texas Wesley-an’s Blue Plus Gold Equals Green committee is con-tinuing to find success.
“We are meeting every month and every time we meet we are making prog-ress and we are expecting to see nothing but good things come from this proj-ect,” Deborah Cavitt, pur-chasing secretary said.
The committee is still taking many steps to im-
prove issues that have come up on campus. Last November, Water Manage-ment Inc. came to cam-pus for inspection to see how the university could conserve more water and identify any other potential problems.
During the visit, rep-resentatives from Water Management toured and examined Stella Russell Hall, Polytechnic United Methodist, Dora Roberts Dining Hall and West Vil-lage.
Concerns noted included dripping faucets and exces-sive amounts of water used for toilet flushing.
“There have been plenty of times where I have gone to wash my hands and turn off the faucet and it re-mained to leak out water,” Mikia Franklin, freshman accounting major, said. “I feel the Blue Plus Gold Equals Green organiza-tion will definitely do the school justice in saving money with trying to figure out its water concerns.”
The amount of energy currently used on cam-pus is another issue under scrutiny.
Bruce Benz, professor of biology and department chair, and the committee are trying to determine
which buildings are using the most energy and why.
In order to determine the cause of excess energy con-sumption, the committee is studying the traffic pat-terns of students and fac-ulty using the facilities.
“The Dan Waggoner building, West Library and Sid Richardson com-plex for example, have the highest number of students and faculty that run in and out for various purposes and these buildings might just be the primary source of where all the university energy is being used,” Benz said.
In attempt to improve
food services resource use, the committee is also look-ing at a food provisioning system.
At Dora’s, plastic trays and reusable silverware and cups are currently be-ing used and washed sev-eral times a day to reuse.
The committee members believe this may be a con-tributing factor to the ex-cessive water and energy consumption.
They are planning to meet with company asso-ciates from Aramark, the university’s food service provider, to see if the com-pany can provide the uni-versity with recycling con-
tainers for Dora’s. The committee has put
recycling at the forefront since it is an issue that can be easily addressed.
They expect to see a full-blown recycling program at Wesleyan by sometime this summer.
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President Slabach and I have already spoken and rest assured he has the stu-dents’ best interests firmly in mind. I have no doubt he will take Wesleyan to new heights. I look forward to working with his administration in providing the students a truly signature experience.
Also, I bet by now you have noticed a few changes around campus. If you haven’t, feel free to check out the Student Union Building and Dora’s Cafeteria. Both have undergone some much appreciated renova-tions. They look great; a BIG thank you to all who made it possible. We are lucky to have so many faculty and staff members who work tirelessly on our behalf.
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Guest Artists Recital: Spencer Meyer and Danny Zelibor
January 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Texas Wesleyan Universityand
The Department of Musicpresent
Cliburn Concert Series
January 23 at 4:00 p.m.Broadway Baptist Church
305 West Broadway Avenue
Dong-ill Shin, organ
For more information, visit http://www.txwes.edu/music/music/index.htm or call 817-531-4992
Music of Mozart, Rachmaninoff
Martin Hall
Guest Artist Recital
January 25 at 7:30 p.m.Martin Hall
Judith Pfeiffer, piano
Religious Life at Texas Wesleyan
Live music with brief time of worship Tuesdays at 12:15 in PUMC Chapel Free lunch after on PUMC 3rd Floor – Room 312
Free lunch and discussion/dialogue Thursdays at 12:15 in PUMC Chapel PUMC 3rd Floor – Room 312
“Faith seeking understanding” – ALL are welcome!
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McKinley’s satisfies cheesy cravingStephanie [email protected]
Cheese is a main ingre-dient in some of the most popular fast food meals. The cheeseburger, cheese pizza and macaroni and cheese served at McDonald’s, Sonic, Pizza Hut or Luby’s would be nothing without the addi-tion of cheese. Yet, the cheese sandwich is a meal that is of-ten overlooked. McKinley’s Fine Bakery and Café located in Fort Worth’s University Park Village shopping center serves up a unique version of the sandwich.
A walk into this bakery and café is surprising at first be-cause of its awkwardly green and purple interior.
But there is no denying its delicious food. Although a cheese sandwich may seem like too simple of a meal, McKinley’s version of the childhood favorite will not disappoint.
The café’s cheese sandwich options include the grown-up grilled cheese and the green chile pimiento cheese.
The green chile pimiento cheese sandwich is served on moist wheat bread and is filled with crispy, green let-tuce, fresh cheddar and mon-terrey jack cheeses and mild peppers. A taste of this simple sandwich will take anyone on a trip to cheese heaven.
Every sandwich is accom-panied with the option of potato chips or potato salad. There is even the option to add a fruit salad cup. The po-tato salad, which contains po-tato peel and pieces of hard-boiled egg, is light, fluffy and
has a slightly buttery taste. The fruit salad includes tart raspberries, sweet grapes and melon and juicy pineapple and watermelon. The smell of all the fresh fruits is a deli-cious reminder of summer.
The green chile pimiento cheese sandwich, potato sal-ad and fruit salad cup cost $11.37. This price may seem a
bit high for the wallet, but the taste palette will surely appre-ciate it.
McKinley’s Fine Bakery and Café’s sandwich and salad op-tions make it a popular lunch spot.
As soon as a table becomes empty someone else is ready to take a seat and enjoy their meal. McKinley’s sandwiches,
which can be ordered half sized or full, range in price from $4.50-$8.95. Sandwich options include orange honey cranberry chicken, turkey pesto and veggie.
The salads are also available in half sizes or full and range from $4.25-$8.95 per plate. Salad options include pecan crusted chicken and straw-
berry spinach. Those in the mood to sat-
isfy the sweet tooth will also be pleased with McKinley’s wide variety of brownies, cakes, cheesecakes, cookies and pies. Few will be able to resist the urge to taste the bakery’s options which in-clude carrot and butter pe-can cake, sugar and ginger-
bread cookies, coconut and lemon pie and New York style cheesecake.
It does not matter which meal or baked good is chosen; McKinley’s serves up options that are both tasty and color-ful. McKinley’s is open from 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
McKinley’s Fine Bakery and Café, located in Fort Worth’s University Park Village shopping center, is a popular breakfast and lunch spot that offers customers a variety of sandwiches, such as chicken, turkey and cheese. Their
Grown-Up Grilled Cheese sandwich (pictured above) is sure to leave custom-ers with a cheesy smile. Those in the mood for dessert will be satisfied by the bakery’s assortment of made from scratch cakes, cookies and pies.
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Visitors to The Poly Grill in Fort Worth are in for a classic Kool-Aid and fried food ex-perience.
The grill is located off Rose-dale and Vaughn, across the street from the local Boys and Girls Club.
Built in 1939, Poly Grill has been serving customers for seven decades, and its menu has slowly transformed just as the community it serves has.
W.R. James, a customer since 1975 said, that as the community became more integrated over the years, it brought family and flavor to the Poly Grill,
“Over the years, this local restaurant has overcome ad-versity, with racism playing a key role in its history,” Sha-tress Blanton, owner of Poly Grill said.
During the late 1930s and
1940s Caucasians were the only ones allowed to dine in the restaurant, while African Americans had to wait for their food outside.
Blanton said previous own-ers of the grill had to paint over signs deciphering black and white only areas.
She and her family have owned and run the restaurant for the past three years. Her sister bakes the deserts, while Blanton and her husband each bring in family recipes. Some of the recipes include fried catfish, fried pork chops, chicken and dumplings and their long-time popular drink, Tropical Punch Kool-Aid.
“[The grill] brings a family atmosphere where everybody knows everybody,” Ray Jones, a customer since 1979, said. “I come here to eat at least two times a day because the service is great and the prices are right.”
Along with several food choices, the business offers low prices to try and accom-
modate every customer’s fi-nancial situation. Blanton said she understands they are located across from a college and students are on a budget.
“The grill is absolutely amazing,” Veronica Merger-
son, junior kinesiology major, said. “My favorite meal is the Brown Bag Special for $3.50, and the Kool-Aid is what makes the meal; it’s perfectly cold with extra sugar.”
Even the employees enjoy the family atmosphere of the
restaurant and eat there on a regular basis.
“My favorite meal is the cat-fish and waffles,” Ms. Cynthia, three-year employee of The Grill said. “I love this job be-cause I love the gossip and the regular customers that come
along with it.”Ms. Cynthia said the great
food and customer service keeps them coming back for more.
“You can come in, kick your shoes off and enjoy yourself,” she said.
Poly Grill serves up classic Kool-Aid smiles
Rea Johnson, a cook, prepares a tasteful breakfast for customers at The Poly Grill. The restaurant located off of Rosedale and Vaughn, offers local citizens and students a variety of meals at affordable prices. Favorites among customers include fried cat-fish, fried pork chops and waffles. Texas Wesleyan students praise the grill for their classic, Tropical Punch Kool-Aid.
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Malone’s Pub brews beer and jukebox hitsAngie [email protected]
If you’re 21 and a college student, most likely your university has restrictions on drinking. Most cam-puses, however, have local strips that offer a variety of eateries and drinkeries. Wes-leyan does not.
The closest thing
to us is a dirty bar on Lancaster; and I wouldn’t want to be caught dead in it.
My goal this semester is to indulge you in some good local fun and good drinking. Now again, if you’re 21, listen up. If not, check out. I’m sure Chuck-E-Cheese is still offering fruit punch with tokens.
I want to share a little hidden jew-el of mine (and Wesleyan’s): Malo-ne’s Pub. Located right across from the Texas Wesleyan School of Law, Malone’s can be found on Calhoun
Street in Downtown Fort Worth. Don’t let the area intimidate you, because you’re bound to meet some really cool people and have a great time.
If you’re a fan of Pabst Blue Ribbon in a can, Malone’s will surely quench your thirst. That’s not all they serve though; they’re quite the cultured bunch with an assortment of beers from Duvel to a Rahr & Sons Ugly Pug. They’re not stingy with their li-quor and if you’re more about mixed drinks you’re welcome to order a
tall, well, tall anything for under $8.This small pub has been open for
10 years and is one of the few bars standing that still has a jukebox stocked with billboard and local hits, including music by bartender Carey Wolff.
Malone’s houses the standard bar pool tables and dart boards for your entertainment.
Open 365 days a year, with no cover charge, Malone’s will greet you with a Jaagermeister and leave you with a nice buzz.
Malone’s Pub, located across from the Texas Wesleyan School of Law on Calhoun Street offers an assortment of beers, from Duvel to local Fort Worth brew, Rahr & Sons Ugly Pug. It has been open for 10 years, and is one of a few local bars still standing that has a jukebox stocked with billboard and local hits, including music by bartender Carey Wolf.
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Citizens living in south Fort Worth can sleep a little easier knowing they have access to a local resource that can po-tentially help them in a still struggling economy.
The Fort Worth Southside Community Center on East Rosedale Street has been a growing public outreach orga-nization since 1979. The first commission of Community Action Partners (CAPS) took place in 1980 and was later funded by the City of Fort Worth to provide several oth-er community centers similar to the one in Southside.
Fort Worth also provides
funding for financial aid pro-grams available at these com-munity centers for those in need within the surrounding area.
“We try our best to help the people with the best of our abilities and try not to turn away these families who really need our help,” Arlon Tay-lor, eligibility specialist of the Southside center, said.
Taylor said she feels like she and many other employees are making a difference in these families’ lives, by helping to decrease the rate of poverty in their community.
Some of the financial assis-tance programs the Southside Center offers include utilities such as heating and cooling,
as well as rent and mortgage assistance. When available, they also offer food assistance through The Food Pantry, which is funded by the city or donated by private individu-als.
According to the South-side Community website, all the programs offered require those in need of financial as-sistance to prove eligibility to qualify.
Applicants must reside in Tarrant County, be at an an-nual household income level of $30,000 and provide proof at their appointment.
“The hardest part about working at the center is tell-ing the clients no and that we can’t meet their needs; but we
do a very good job meeting most of our clients’ needs,” Felicia Johnson, supervisor of the Southside center said.
Other programs include The Silver Stars program which is designed to cater to senior citizens of Tarrant County. Seniors over the age of 60 who meet the eligibility of the program will be treated to a basket full of basic neces-sities and other treats.
“The Silver Stars program is a program we have for se-nior citizens who are isolated and or who live alone,” Lisa Mooney, human service spe-cialist of the Southside center, said. “This program is held once a year and we give to-tal 50 senior citizens a basket
that may consist of a blanket, socks, a couple of books, a bag of food and anything else we feel may be of use to our se-nior citizens.”
During the Christmas sea-son the center offers a pro-gram called Cowboy Santas, a non-profit program in prac-tice since 1981, that provides children 12 and under in low-income families with toys during the holiday season.
In addition to its main pro-grams, the center offers oth-ers for children in Tarrant County. These programs in-clude summer camp, fall fes-tival shut-in, winter camp and a movie night once a month. Other than the summer camp, which costs $150 per child,
most are free of charge and designed to keep local young people on the right track.
The only setback for the center has been the lack of a gym for children in the vari-ous programs to use for physi-cal fitness activities. However, there are no current plans to have one added.
“I would add a gym to the center so we could gain more kids,” Bridgett Berrones, office assistant at the Southside cen-ter, said.
But even with setbacks, the center continues to serve the community in south Fort Worth and aims to help as many low-income families as possible in the months and years to come.
Southside center offers financial assistance The Southside Community Center in Fort Worth offers an array of financial assistance programs to citizens of Tarrant County. Citizens wanting to apply for financial assistance must prove need at the time of the meeting schedule with center administration. The center also offers low-cost programs and activities for children, with most of them free of charge. Summer camp for children 12 and under costs $150 per child, which pays for all food provided. For senior citizens, the center also has the Silver Stars program, to make sure necessities are provided to isolated seniors.
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The Quality Enhancement Plan is designed to improve your experience as a student. To do that, we’ll need your help. The most important source of ideas is the Texas Wesleyan community. From now until March, the QEP committee will be listening to ideas from the entire community through surveys, focus groups and open meetings that will help you be heard.
The QEP is part of the accreditation process that all colleges and universities in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools must go through every ten years. Look for more information coming soon.
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Responsible dog ownership becomes easier with pratical pet care guidelinesStephan [email protected]
The difference between a dog and a good dog is a re-sponsible dog owner.
There is no such thing as a bad dog, only bad owners, and most of them are just mis-informed. With the proper information and a little guid-ance anyone can enjoy the companionship of a happy, healthy dog.
“Being a dog owner is like driving a car. You need to be educated before jumping into the driver’s seat,” Mike Ni-gliazzo, doctor of veterinary medicine at Hulen Hills Ani-mal Hospital in Fort Worth, said. “Part of loving your pet is being responsible.”
In a vet’s line of work pa-tients often visit due to a lack of responsibility on the own-er’s part.
Nigliazzo advises that along with the financial responsibil-ity of owning a dog, owners possess a moral responsibil-ity for taking care of a life, as well as a public health respon-sibility. He also said that it is possible for canine diseases and parasites, such as round-worms, to be transmitted to people, especially children.
“Being responsible means making sure your dog is not a nuisance to other people by picking up their waste and not letting them bark all through the night,” Peggy Brown, edu-cation coordinator for the Humane Society of North Texas said.
It is important to be respon-sible because there are more homeless pets than there are homes for them.
“Being responsible would keep pets out of shelters,” Brown said.
She said about 25,000 dogs find themselves in the shel-ter on Lancaster Avenue ev-ery year, and advises people to remember to look at dog ownership as a lifetime com-mitment, not an impulse pur-chase.
The goal of being a respon-sible dog owner is to have a happy, healthy, confident companion.
More important than just an obedient dog that follows commands, you should want your dog to be comfortable in a variety of situations.
“You love your dog, and being responsible can allow for that love to grow,” Rachel Cope, a trainer at the Canine Obedience Academy for The Grand Pet Resort and Spa in Fort Worth said. “With prop-er training, plenty of exercise and good nutrition, one can create a bond with a dog that
cannot be broken.”Responsible dog owners
know why they do it. It’s be-cause they care.
“My dogs are my kids. I don’t want anything but the best for them,” Cope said.
At 20 years old, Cope has devoted her life to improving the welfare of the dogs she en-counters by sharing the best information with their owners.
Being responsible with your best friend takes some work, but with practice it becomes natural.
Thinking about getting a new dog?
Next week, I’ll share with you the importance of res-cuing from a shelter rather than buying from a backyard breeder or from behind the glass at a pet store.
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Kimbell’s permanent art collection impresses Stephanie [email protected]
The Cultural District in Fort Worth is home to some of the city’s most popular locations.
Museums in the Cultural District include the Amon Carter Museum, the Museum of Science and History and the Kimbell Art Museum.
The Kimbell gives guests the opportunity to admire artwork from around the world through the presenta-tion of its special and per-manent collections. Malcolm Warner, Deputy Director of the Kimbell, said the museum
has always collected the best of the best when it made ac-quisitions of paintings and pictures.
“The philosophy of the Kimbell is to buy very few things for the collection,” Warner said. “But we make each one of them something great.”
The museum’s permanent collection features master-pieces of Asian, African, Eu-ropean, Oceanic and Preco-lumbian influence.
Art lovers can see sculp-tures and paintings from a variety of cultures, including Italian, French, Chinese, Ni-
gerian, Olmec and Aztec.“The Kimbell is the type of
museum you should expect to find in London, New York or Paris,” Warner said.
Hilda Romo, a sophomore at Haltom High School vis-ited the Kimbell on a field trip. Even though she was there as part of an assign-ment for an English class, Romo said she still found time to appreciate the mu-seum’s works of art. Romo said she was fascinated and interested by the museum’s collection of sculptural and painted masterpieces.
“I really liked how the
paintings can be interpreted in different ways and how the artists use different styles to portray their message,” Romo said.
Not only is the Kimbell well-known for its small and unique art collection; it is also recognized for the architec-tural style of the building.
“The Kimbell is an out-standing, internationally fa-mous building,” Warner said. “Architects from around the world come to see its structure and sometimes don’t even re-alize there is art inside.”
Warner also said before the Kimbell was opened in 1972,
its art collection already ex-isted. There was a time when a lot of the paintings that are now on display in the muse-um were on display in corri-dors and offices at Texas Wes-leyan University.
Whether people visit the museum because they are art lovers, bored on a Friday eve-ning or are taking a school field trip, the Kimbell is one of Fort Worth’s must see places.
“If people don’t visit the Kimbell they are missing the opportunity to connect with all the great cultures of the world,” Warner said.
Nancy Lenehan, a gallery
guard at the museum said art-work is important because it is a documentation of history.
The Kimbell is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays and Saturdays. It is also open from noon to 8 p.m. on Fridays and noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
The museum occasionally offers University Evenings, in which students and faculty members are invited to tour current special exhibitions. The next University Evening is at 4 p.m. on Feb. 10 and will feature the collection Salva-tor Rosa: Bandits, Wilderness and Magic.
Breed: Coonhound/ BeagleRestrictions: None
Best home: House with a sturdy fenceLucky Lady is a sweet gentle soul in desperate need for a per-manent home. She was found as a stray so her background is unknown, however her behavior indicates she was an outside only dog. With a little bit of basic training, Lucky Lady could fit right into almost any home where she is kept inside with
plenty of bones and mind-occupying toys. Lucky Lady is heartworm negative and spayed.
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Moore rebounds from ACL injuryErika Ferrell [email protected]
Four days into what was supposed to be Shayla Moore’s senior year, she went down with a devastating sea-son-ending injury.
One afternoon playing pickup, the opposing team forced a turnover. Moore, in route to prevent the player from scoring, landed wrong and tore her Anterior Cru-ciate Ligament (ACL), a se-vere injury that most athletes would shed a tear over.
After the injury, Moore was informed she would need surgery and be out for the upcoming season. Be-tween surgery and rehab, the doctor estimated she would be out for nine months.
“There were tons of thoughts going through my mind. I started to think about if I would ever be the player I was or if I’d lose
all my capabilities for the game,” Moore said. “Would I give up during the rehab and just quit basketball all together, or was the rehab and surgery even worth all the work just to come back for one year?”
Moore said having to watch from the sidelines fired her up and impacted her speedy recovery.
Rehabilitation included a machine to bend her knee, bringing back full motion of the knee and allowing her to walk without crutches. From there, Wesleyan’s athletic trainer Kyle Morgan helped Moore with band workouts and what she said were very painful balancing drills.
“I slowly progressed from running to full-court work-outs, but I was anxious to get on the floor,” Moore said.
Instead of being out nine months, her hard work at re-hab and love for the game al-
lowed Moore to return in six.“I was pushing it because I
was determined to play and prove my previous coach
wrong,” Moore said.Bouncing back harder than
ever and not taking any-thing for granted, Moore
earned a starting spot in the lineup.
“This is her last year to play in college and I know
how much it means for her to finish her career with a great year,” assistant coach Bill Franey said.
Moore began playing bas-ketball at age 5 and said she has been in love with the sport ever since. She was recruited by several Divi-sion One schools including Texas A&M, Texas Chris-tian University and Univer-sity of North Texas.
Deciding to attend TCU, Moore said she could not be satisfied sitting on the bench. Moore said she de-cided to transfer to Texas Wesleyan her senior season in 2009 when head coach Staci Francis guaranteed playing time and a vital role on the team.
“The team seems to look up to Shayla,” Francis said. “I believe her experi-ence and knowledge of the game helps in many differ-ent aspects.”
Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Staff PhotographerShayla Moore, senior guard, dribbles through two defenders after grabbing a defensive board. Moore led the team to a 81-49 win against St. Thomas University at the Sid Richardson Center.
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Follow Erika Ferrell, senior ki-nesiology major, in the steps to transforming her body and per-haps find the inspiration to change your body as well.
The Rambler will followFerell’s daily workout plan as she uses the new Jack and Joe Willa Morton Fitness Center to achieve her fit-ness goals.
This coverage will be a test of her work out plan and her own per-severance. If successful, this will show the possibility of success for many other people through the use of Wesleyan’s new fitness center.
Ferell started her workout as a part of her new-year resolution. She currently works out seven days a week for a maximum of an hour and a half each day.
Her workout includes condi-tioning on the treadmills and stair masters as well as a variety of dif-ferent forms of weight lifting that include both body weight and free weights. To finish off each work-out she will do abdominal exer-cises.
“Switching upper and lower body weights every other day helps me get stronger and leaner,” Ferell said. “It is also healthier be-cause lifting the same weights ev-eryday does not give your muscles
the time they need to recover.”Although her background in
basketball and her own personal interest in kinesiology give Ferell a knowledgeable stride beyond the typical student, she will also con-sult with several personal train-ers the Morton Fitness Center has available.
“I am not necessarily trying to lose weight, you’d be amazed at what toning and shedding inches will do for your shape,” Ferrel said.
She plans on working out with this same schedule until the end of the spring semester.
Along with exercising every day, she is also watching what she eats.
“Working out helps you main-
tain and build your body figure,” Ferrel said. “But if you are not eat-ing healthy, exercising does not always work.”
Ferrell said she doesn’t plan to get on a specific dietary plan or schedule, but will make the small-er adjustments like refusing fast food and sodas.
“When you are in shape, the scheduled work outs allow the rest of your day to fall into place and your self confidence builds,” Ferell said. “To me, that is the most im-portant part of exercising. If you aren’t going to do it for yourself, don’t do it at all.”
Check out Ferrel’s progress on her blog at www.therambler.org.
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Meisa Keivani Najafabadi| Rambler StaffErika Ferrell, senior kinesiology major, hits the treadmill with hopes of toning her body in the Morton Fitness Center.
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Lady Rams unite for conference ring
Nationally ranked Rams hustle for conference titleEliana [email protected]
Ram basketball hit the road over the win-ter break and swept through the majority of conference.
Now 6-1 in conference and 13-2 over-all, the Ram basketball team is ranked No. 7 in the nation.
Starting on a low note against Houston’s University of St. Thomas, the Rams lost this non-conference game 64-72. They received an astounding 7 technical fouls to go along with their loss.
Jeremy Mayfield, senior post, didn’t let the tough calls affect him, dropping 20 points and 15 boards in 29 minutes against the Celts. He was named Red River Athletic Conference Player of the week Jan. 3 for his performance.
“We let two games get away from us just because of mental mistakes. I really don’t care where we are in conference right now,” Mayfield said. “I just know we need to keep getting better so we won’t have those men-tal mistakes down the road when they really count.”
The Rams came out strong, refusing to settle for a losing record and swept University of the Southwest 104- 83. Senior guard Brian Wana-maker came out with 23 points in the first half, giving them a solid 52-36 lead. Bryce Hill, ju-nior guard, chased after Wanamaker, finishing with 23 points while Jonathan Blake, senior guard, barely missed a double-double, finish-ing with 8 points and 9 boards.
“Over the break we had two tough losses but I’m not concerned with where we stand because the team we have knows what it takes to win conference,” Wanamaker said.
Once again reminding their competitors of their national rankings, the Rams killed Wiley Wildcats in a 75-51 win. Coming out on a 14-2 run, head coach Terry Waldrop noted Blake for his performance this game. Blake finished with 15 points and 14 boards while Hill added a solid 15 points. Wana-maker and senior point guard, Jeremy Smith, both finished with 14 points.
In a hard fought game against the na-tion’s No. 1 team, Louisiana State University Shreveport, the Rams suffered a 74-68 loss. The Pilots took a quick 7-2 lead early in the game. The Rams juggled with the lead as Ty Gough, senior post, grabbed 14 boards in the first half. In the second half, Shreve-port went on a 9-2 run bringing the score to 45-34. With 3:33 left in the game, the Pilots went on an 8-0 run. Three Ram turnovers flipped the momentum as Shreveport took a 69-66 lead.
“I think we may have been a little content because of our success and we let a game slip away,” Smith said. “I’m not concerned though because we are still climbing the lat-ter to becoming a great team as long as we keep working hard, which we will because we want to win.”
The Rams out rebounded the Pilots 60-38, but shooting 36 percent from the field and holding 24 turnovers to Shreveport’s 10, they failed to pull out the win. Smith led with 8 assists and 16 points while Gough finished with a career-high 20 boards. Wanamaker finished with 12 points and 9 boards right behind Blake with 13 points and 9 rebounds.
“I think we are improving,” Waldrop said. “At 13-2, we are just now starting to get a feel for how good we can be. We have to keep work-ing and improving not only physically, but also mentally and emotionally. This team has a great work ethic and I believe we have great things ahead of us.”
Meisa Keivani Najafabadi |Rambler StaffJeremy Mayfield, senior post, gets a dunk against Southwestern Adventist University leading the Rams to a 117-58 slaughter at the Sid Richardson Center.
“We have to keep working and improving not only physically, but mentally and emotionally.”
Terry WaldropHead Men’s Basketball Coach
Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Rambler StaffKristi Alexander, junior point gaurd, attacks the floor, look-ing for transition points in a scrimmage against St. Thomas University at the Sid Richardson Center.
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Wesleyan’s Lady Rams started the Christmas break off with a record the basket-ball program hasn’t seen since the 1970s.
Overall 13-2 and 5-2 in conference, the Lady Rams are now tied with Bacone for second place in the confer-ence after a loss they suffered from Wiley.
Brittany White, junior guard, leads the team in scor-ing with 12.8 points a game, and has been named Red River Conference player of the week two times since the conference started.
The Lady Rams started the break-off against the Univer-sity of New Orleans, coming out slow. UNO took a quick 8-2 lead. Eliana Mijangos, ju-nior guard, finished the half with two three-point shots to tie up the game. At the sec-ond half, the Lady Rams came out and took a 20-point lead. They ended up taking a 70-52 win. Senior guard, Tiffany Adair, led the team with 18 points and Mijangos finished close behind with 15 points.
Standing strong by their winning streak, the Lady Rams tip-toed past the Uni-versity of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. The game con-sisted of a small lead early, but was tied up a total of 21 times. The Lady Rams continued to fight and went on to win the game 81-76. White led the way with 18 points while Shayla Moore, senior guard, contributed 15 points. Junior post Octavia Mullins grabbed 15 boards in the win.
“I feel like we performed very well over the break,” Moore said. “I believe that was the time when we devel-oped into a strong basketball team. Our chemistry on the court was finally connected and we dominated in almost every game we played.”
Wiley was a huge loss for the Lady Rams. Coming out flat against a team that was ranked last in Red River Ath-letic Conference standings, the Lady Rams went in at half time down by 20 points.
Freshman post, Rachelle Franklin, tried to keep them in the game during the sec-ond half with 6 back-to-back points, but the Wildcats stayed hot. The Lady Rams fell short to the Wiley Wild-cats 83-66. Franklin led all scorers with 12 points, while Mijangos finished with 11 and Mullen pulled in 10 rebounds.
“Losing to Wiley, I feel, knocked us of our high horse and showed us we can be beat,” White said. “Honestly, we did not perform to our full potential over this break. We shouldn’t have lost, but it was a wake-up call.”
After a tough loss, the Lady Rams turned things around with a 68-64 win at Louisiana State University-Shreveport. The Lady Rams’ defensive in-tensity forced the Lady Pilots to 17 turnovers in the first half which the Lady Rams turned into 17 easy points for them. The Lady Rams were led by Moore with 15 points, White with 14 as well as Adair’s ad-ditional 11 points.
“Our team has to work on consistency for both individu-als and as a unit, but I feel that we do have a lot of versatil-ity,” Francis said. “We will be focusing on strengthening and pushing each other both mentally and physically this second half of conference.”
The Lady Rams’ next game will be against Jarvis College at 2 p.m. Jan. 22 at the Sid Richardson Center.