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The Rambler
Opinions
April 6, 2005 3
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Professors and Staff: What is the
best part of having your offices
relocated to the church?
Dr. Ron McManus
professor of religion and psychology
"I guess the best thing is that the
entire department is all together
again. The old gang is
back together."
Dr. Brenda Taylor
professor of history
"The window. I can see outside and
have a student in my office."
Dr. Beth Battles
professor of English
"Being on the same hall together
again. We were so scattered we'd lost
the sense of the department as the
department."
Krista Bailey
administrative assistant for the
humanities division
'That we're in our own space."
Chad Mills
MSM coordinator
'A level floor."
Dr. Jeffrey DeLotto
professor of English
"Having an office of my own; in
other words, no longer having a
temporary office."
if you haven't caught on, English, humanities and religion
professors were relocated to the second and third floors of the
■Polytechnic United Methodist Church. The chaplain, MSM
coordinator and religion professors are located on the third floor.
The English and humanities are on the second.
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Rambler Ratings
Thumbs up to the graffiti removal from the
Psychology Building! We all need to keep
the campus clean and respectable.
-Joyce Davidson
advancement offjee/alumni relations
Thumbs up to the table tennis team for
kicking massive booty. Y'all are awesome
athletes.
Thumbs down to The Grill manage-
ment for rationing out Gatorade
until Friday for the Table Tennis
Tournament. Keep it stocked!
Thumbs down to the person who
decided to drive through the gate
next to O.C. Armstrong Hall
Saturday night.
Kinesiology classes as requirements:
Students should be learning the
basics of a healthy lifestyle change
It is so very frustrating to
attend a school that
already costs quite a bit
and then be forced to take a
physical education class that
the school cannot provide
basic equipment for.
I realize that the aim of
these kinesiology classes is
to get the students moving
and into an active lifestyle
rather than a sedentary one.
However, it would be decent
to provide a weight room
capable of holding all stu-
dents in the class to partici-
pate in circuit training,
weight training and other
exercises.
It is a disgrace that the
school offers a one-hour
credit that meets for three
hours a week and that
requires a student to walk
around a gymnasium 20
times or around the school
twice. Not that walking is a
poor choice of exercise, 1
just feel that the school
should equip professors with
materials that can teach stu-
dents healthy lifestyles.
The school needs a
workout facility that comple-
ments these courses and
properly accommodates
these classes, not a room on
reserve for athletes or a
room located in the base-
ment of a dormitory.
Furthermore, this weight
room should be available for
students. No discrimination
should be shown if they are
athletes or not, residents or
not, and it should be open at
common accessible hours.
I realize that the kinesi-
ology classes are intended to
serve students by enabling
them to make life-altering
decisions regarding their
diets and resting habits, but
why would students choose
to walk around a campus
twice as their workout rou-
tine if
Christine
Peirce
enjoy
walking?
The
class
should
equip
students
with
workout
alternatives that affect their
body and that don't injure
them either.
Walking two miles can
be difficult for someone with
injured knees or ankles, but
if the program offered bicy-
cles, either standing or
mobile, the student who ends
the semester with injured
knees or ankles could have
experienced
another
method of
cardio work-
out that
doesn't re-
injure a
joint.
In addition, for those
who already workout regu-
larly (I am still on my Fit
Files kick, but have cut out
approximately 10 minutes a
day per doctor's recommen-
dation due to not enough
caloric intake for calories
burned), the school should
offer a program that weighs
students once a week, check
their BMI and maybe meas-
urements of hips, waist, arms
and legs to decipher if they
are actually working out and
toning up or simply sitting
on their buttocks. A simple
pass/fail for this course
would suffice.
It is hard to comprehend
paying $467 per course cred-
it hour (based on a 15-hour
load with the $7,000 block
rate for 12-18 hours, accord-
ing to the cashier's office)
for a class that meets twice a
week for about an hour,
approximately 25 times in
the semester, which makes
each class basically $19 per
session.
For the price we pay
here, we should be allowed
to see our money go in the
direction of our education in
kinesiology if it is a required
course.
You cannot teach a
healthy lifestyle change if
you cannot provide the
means so that a student who
lives in a questionable neigh-
" borhood,
For the price we pay here, we
should he allowed to see our
money go in the direction of,
our education in kinesiology if
it is a required course.
has no dog
to take
along for a
walk and
needs to
workout
will have the proper facilities
to do so.
Students should be
learning the basics of a
healthy lifestyle change: how
to use a weight room facility
so they can either sign up for
a gym membership or get
one piece of equipment that
they work well with.
Christine Peirce is a senior
mass communication major and is
the opinions and managing editor
for The Rambler.
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I believe that this campus had just one problem as
should be a variety of classes at different times.
I went to Tarrant Community College before I
of classes you can bike at different times.
For example, at TCC there were numerous
times throughout the day. If you wanted to take the
you could do that.
Here, American history is given only at one time or two. So
what time you want. "
In other words, here iPfe take it or leave it. I think that that should change because
and have other things going on in their lives. When I would make
*C, I would work it around my work schedule because there were
Options there. Here 1 have to plan my work schedule around my class
|ally do not like to do that. I would like to have some choices available if some-
aes up. But for the most part I believe that this is the only problem that really
iss schedule around my work schedule is really important to me
to get to my job on time.
| Kevin Alcala
junior, mass communication
manys
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Diversity on campus:
Wesleyan
supports
variety
Many people don't value
relationships that are
formed, especially those that
consist of mass diversity,
and find themselves with a
narrow frame of mind.
Texas Wesleyan Univer-
sity offers much more than
just a
education
and tasty
cheese
sticks (oh
wait...
aren't
Phil
McNeary
private hotspot on the block ,
crawls with students from all
four corners of the world
and forces us to deal with
each other's differences. But
not only do we get the
chance to embrace different
cultures, we're fortunate to
surround ourselves with dif-
ferent ideologies and plat-
forms. 1 believe deep down
inside, most people in the
world would jump at the
notion of at least trying to
understand a different way
of life.
As I walk the grounds of
our school, I become a peo-
ple watcher. I look at the
faces, the body language,
and I listen to the sweet
dialects. The exchange of
common courtesies and
mannerisms swirl around the
campus like wild bees, and
the feeling is absolutely
wonderful.
Ever since I've been at
Wesleyan, I've been blessed
to be able to mix and mingle
with some of our most
diverse students. I talk with
students from Africa, shake
hands with the Aussies and
have lunch with the Irish.
I've even learned a few
words from other languages
and tried them out on my
family back home.
I never take for granted
the opportunity that's pre-
sented to me as I try to learn
as much as 1 can. I'm well
aware that we all have our
differences, but there is one
thing that we do share: a
love for humanity.
Many higher education
institutions say that diversity
is a part of their creed, but
do nothing to promote it. I
think Texas Wesleyan
University not only pro-
motes it but also depends on
it as it's become woven into
the educational fabric. In
short, we're lucky. Lucky to
be afforded the opportunity
to enjoy such a perk and
have a leg up on the other
schools.
Texas Wesleyan is still
growing. There are many
changes in store for our
school that will only
enhance the experience here.
Although I may not be
around once everything
comes to fruition, I'm
thrilled to say that my
expectations have already
been met just by living and
breathing within our diverse
campus.
Phil McNeary > is a junior
mass communication major and is
the campus Ifie editor for The
Rambler.
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