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The students' voice since 1917
February 23, 2005
Fort Worth, Texas
Vol. 93, No./^
News Briefs
Homecoming
Homecoming events
for the rest of the week
include camouflage day
on Feb. 23, spirit day and
a basketball game on Feb.
24 and pajama day on Feb.
25. The homecoming
games are at 5:30 p.m. for
the women and 7:30 p.m.
for the men on Feb. 26.
The homecoming king
and queen will be
announced Feb. 24 during
the basketball game. The
king and queen will be
crowned at halftime dur-
ing the men's game Feb.
26. V / „ I
Children's art exhibition
The art department is
extending an invitation to
the children of all
Wesleyan faculty and staff
to display their art at the
seventh annual children's
art exhibit. Art should be
delivered between 9 a.m.
and 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 23
or 24 to Art North Room
101.
The rules for entering:
Everything is accepted.
Children through U5 years
of age are eligible.
Framing is not required.
All art must have an
index card attached to the
front of it with the follow-
ing information clearly
written or typed: name and
age of artist(s), title of art,
name of Wesleyan family
member(s) and relation-
ship.
A music and magic
opening reception will be
held in the Grand Foyer in
the Oneal-Sells Admin-
istration Building from 2
p.m. to 3 p.m. on March 6.
Music group
The Tobago Steel
Drum Orchestra, a
Christian music group
from Trinidad and
Tobago, will perform at
noon on Feb. 24 in front of
the Eunicc and .lames L.
West Library. If raining,
the event will be moved to
Martin Hall.
Rescheduled recital
Dr. Bruce McDonald
and Dr. John Fisher have
rescheduled their recital,
Piano Music of the French
Impressionists, to 7:30
p.m. on March 10 in
Martin Hall.
For more information,
contact the music depart-
ment at (817) 531-4992.
V.P. forum
Pati Alexander, vice
president of enrollment,
will take questions from
students at 12:15 p.m. on
March 1 in the Carter
Conference Room in the
Brown-Lupton Campus
Center.
GEC progress
Committee rejects proposal
Eric Douglas
STAFF WRITER
The Academic Affairs
Committee rejected the pro-
posed revisions to the
General Education Curri-
culum (GEC) by a vote of
10-6 at a Feb. 17 meeting.
The proposed revisions
would have reduced the
number of required hours in
specific courses, including
English, religion, history
and government.
The vote sent the pro-
posal back to the GEC
Committee for further revi-
sion. This closes a chapter
in the ongoing struggle to
amend the GEC.
The proposal was first
presented to the Academic
Affairs Committee on Feb.
4 and lingered for a week
before coming to a vote.
"The delay is designed
so that representatives on
the committee can obtain
as much input from the fac-
ulty they represent before
voting on a program or cur-
riculum change," said Dr.
Allen Henderson, provost.
The faculty's many
views were expressed dur-
ing the meeting through ris-
ing tempers.
"The faculty feels that
if the president wants it,
then by golly, he gets it,"
said Dr. Ibrahim Salih, fac-
Photo by Jillian Jones
Dr. Ibrahim Salih, faculty chair elect and government professor, expresses his discontent
for the proposed curriculum revisions at a committee meeting on Feb. 17.
accurately revise [the pro- Committee does not allow
posal]," said Krizek. the admission's representa-
The proposal called for tive, associate provost, reg-
ulty chair elect. "That's the
message we're getting."
Opposing that view, Dr.
Robert Minter. dean of the
school of business, replied.
"Not all faculty generally
feel that way."
Jessica Krizek, Student
Government Association
president, said that some
members of the GEC
Committee told her they felt
pressured to push the pro-
posal on the Academic
Affairs Committee.
"[Some of the members
of the GEC Committee] felt
that they were kind of
rushed to get [the proposal]
in and that they wished that
there could be more time to
reducing the hours in cours-
es such as English and
humanities. It would have
decreased the religion
requirement from six to
three hours, the minimum to
keep an affiliated status
with the United Methodist
Church.
The proposal eliminat-
ed the specific history and
government requirements
and clustered them together
with several other classes
that broadened the options
available to fill that require-
ment.
The Academic Affairs
istrar, the vice president of
enrollment, or the Student
Government Association
president to vote.
However, if the propos-
al had been passed, the bod-
ies these representatives
speak for would have had to
live out the committee's
decision.
fcj£W revisions could
come up to the Academic
Affairs Committee as soon
as their next meeting.
No definite timetable is
set for when the GEC
Committee will submit
another revision.
Establishing GEC
Stacey Wirtjes
STAFF WRITER
There is a great amount of con-
troversy regarding the revisions to
Texas Wesleyan's General
Education Curriculum require-
ments (GEC). An equal amount of
work goes into establishing the
proposal.
The committee charged to
make such revisions is made up of
eight faculty members and the
provost.
The GEC is established "very
carefully and painstakingly,"
according to Dr. John Fisher, chair
of the GEC Committee. Among the
factors committee members con-
sider are Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools guidelines,
Amencan Association of Colleges
and Universities guidelines, previ-
ous recent variations of the GEC,
the report of the Asheville Institute
on General Education, the curricu-
lums of other institutions and com-
parative research done by commit-
tee members and its consultants.
Students are not involved or
consulted on changes to the GEC.
However, one of the tools the GEC
uses is a professional assessment of
the current GEC that was done by
students last spring, said Fisher.
The GEC also takes into con-
sideration other universities and
institutions in the area, both two-
See GEC, page 2
Wesleyan welcomes
Japanese students
Deric Lane
STAFF WRITER
Dr. Mark Oppenheimer,
executive director of
Wesleyan Worldwide, is
working with Japanese stu-
dents who arrived to visit the
campus on Feb. 14. The stu-
dents will stay in the area
until Feb. 24.
Oppenheimer has worked
with Hiriato Seito from Air
College, a trade school in
hospitality in Japan, to set up
an organization to visit this
establishment. In setting up
this event, Oppenheimer
went to Japan and experi-
enced their world.
"I liked it over there, and
I'm glad I get to work with
interesting people," he said.
This is the third year that
this international phenome-
non is taking place.
"This program has grown
from 11 students to 14, and
[I] hope that it will grow even
more," Oppenheimer said. "I
love doing this. It is a real
pleasure bringing an interna-
tional event to Texas
Wesleyan."
"Four years ago, Wes-
leyan entered into a letter of
understanding with the NSG
college league in Niigata,
Japan to cooperate with them
in the development of pro-
grams," he said.
He said he would like to
continue the program as long
as possible. "Every college
student should have an inter-
national experience," said
Oppenheimer.
"For the last three years.
Air College, the hospitality
and international business
division has sent a small
number of students primarily
to experience American Life,
which includes a home stay.
Of course, they also want to
improve their English. They
also see what they can in Fort
Worth," said Oppenheimer.
The students stayed with
families and staff at
Photo by Jillian Jones
An international group meets for lunch at Wesleyan.
Photo by Jillian Jones
Manami Sato and Kahori Minanii dine in Dora Roberts Hall on Feb. 17.
Wesleyan, with one to two
students per family.
Dr. Karen Hodges, visit-
ing assistant professor of
English, volunteered her
home to a student last year
named Rei. She said that it
was a pleasure to interact
with someone from a differ-
ent culture.
Hodges took Rei and the
other students to the world-
famous Billy Bob's Texas
while here.
"She [Rei] probably
thinks all of Texas is like
that," Hodges said. She also
exposed them to various
kinds of food.
At the end of the time
they spent together, the
Japanese students returned
the favor and made a tradi-
tional dinner for their hosts.
The students who stay in
the area are exposed to local
events and attractions such as
Dallas Mavericks basketball
games and downtown's
Sundance Square.
"I believe that the stu-
dents experience a different
life, and I believe they enjoy
it, and 1 bet they wish they
could stay longer," said
Oppenheimer.
Although Oppenheimer
did not discuss the business
end of this international
event, he said, "We always
make a profit, but it isn't
about the money. It's about
reaching out to other people
to experience this way of
life."
According to Oppen-
heimer, "They have offered
us to biing a student group
there [to Japan], which is in
the works. Wesleyan students
have been participating by
visiting with our guests when
time permits."
To schedule a time to
speak with the Japanese stu-
dents, contact Oppenheimer
at moppenheimer@txwes. edu
or (817) 531-4222. The stu-
dents take six years of
English in Japan, so English-
speaking students can com-
municate with them.
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