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Diversions
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Humanity inhabits community
By Christy Awad
The Rambler
Saturday, February 11, was a mixture of near-
freezing temperatures and rain.
And a group of l e x as Wesley ar) and Haltom
High School students who refused to be daunted
It was Weslcyan's first Habitat for Humanity
project of the semester, and the group went to work
until noon, despite the closure of other Habitat
work cites due to the weather.
'f he students, most of whom are members of
Baptist Student Movement, worked on organizing
the Habitat warehouse where donated materials are
stored.
Habitat for Humanity is a nation-wide organi-
zation with the purpose of providing housing for
those in need. Volunteers help to build or repair
houses.
Wesley an docs nut have its own chapter, bat
said community outreach chairperson Mary
Hendrickson, We're in the process of working on
that "
' Student life director Claire Graham said'there
will be a meeting at Dora Roberts Cafeteria on
March 6 with Habitat's national organizer, Don
Me'Cown, to discuss creating a Wesleyan chapter.
"Anyone who has an interest in being part of the
organization is welcome to attend," said Graham,
Those interested can also call Marty Lawrence, a
coordinator with Habitat, at 877-4517.
Meanwhile, Wesleyan works with local
Habitat affiliates.
"We have two more projects on the calendar
for this semester," said Hendrickson. One is
scheduled for March 25 and the other for April 22.
Hendrickson said the locations of the work
sites are usually not determined until about a week
ahead of time. "We do know they'll be in our com-
munity," she said.
The last two houses involved are on the corner
of New York and Tucker streets in the Poly neigh-
borhood.
Hendrickson said the Leadership Wesleyan
class and Student Ambassadors took an active role
in Weslcyan's Habitat projects last semester "All
the Wesleyan organizations should work together
to better our neighborhood," she said.
Hendrickson also stressed that everyone,
including faculty and staff, is welcome to partici*
pate. "1 think it's real important for the students to
work side-by-side with our faculty and staff," she
said.
Students learn without distance
By Melanie J. Miko
The Rambler
In an attempt to meet the
needs of the non-traditional stu-
dent, Dr. Allen Henderson, dean
of education, and Dr. Joy
Edwards, education professor,
are proposing to offer a Distance
Learning Master's Degree
Program.
If approved, Wesleyan and
Lee Canter & Associates, a lead-
ing developer of educational
training curriculum, will com-
bine .efforts to enable educators
to obtain their master's degree
without the distance and time
conflicts of attending on-campus
classes.
The course would consist of
instructional programming, a
faculty contact, student study
group, library research and cam-
pus visits to meet with faculty or
attend possible seminars.
Canter & Associates will
provide students with video
tapes, study guides and educa-
tional material.
The company will also work
with Wesleyan faculty to design
exams, according to Edwards.
In addition to the Canter
materials, students would be
assigned to a faculty mentor and
be required to have a minimum
number of telephone contacts
with their professor during the
course.
This would enable students
to discuss concepts presented in
the videos and assignments.
"Interaction with a faculty mem-
Sowell recieves outstanding
Mortar Board Award
Special to The Rambler
The Quadrangle Chapter of Mortar Board named Dr. Jesse
Sowell, professor of religion, as recipient of its annual Outstanding
Professor Award for 1994-95 on Feb. 13.
The presentation was made to Sowell during his 7 p.m. Monday
New Testament religion class by
Mortar Board officers Emily Smith
and Tom King. The announcement
was accompanied bv the presenta-
tion of a plaque from the organiza-
tion.
The purpose of the award is to rec-
ognize outstanding scholarship,
leadership and service demonstrat-
ed by a Texas Wesleyan professor.
Mortar Board members select one
professor each year as the recipient
of the award. The presentation
coincided with Mortar Board week
at Wesleyan.
Members cited SowclLs accom-
Dr. Jesse Sowell, plishments both on and off campus
professor of a!> r*asan,s 'he award selection.
In addition to his teaching duties as
a religion professor at Wesleyan. he .serves as faculty adviser to
Omega Chi, religious organixalion and Religious Life, a group that
promotes spiritual life, serves as a student adviser, serves on the
Wilson Lecture C'onimituv and organises special seminars attended
bv hofh students and area ministers
Sowell i* an ordained elder in the Lotted Methodist Church Off
campus Sowell participates in prison ministry activities, serves as a
leader for the spiritual Walk to Ennnaus retreats and spends most
Sundays teaching or preaching at various local churches
Manv Wesleyan stude-M* are . ls<* acquainted with Sowell through
the overseas studies held tn England and Ireland that be organizes
each summer
The consensus of Mortar Board members is that Sowell is a wor-
thy mentor and model for students at Wesleyan and beyond the cam-
pus borders
Mortar Board consists of 204 college and university chapters
nationally with a membership of 170,000. The purpose of the organi-
zation is to recognize achievements in scholarship, leadership and
service.
ber is critical tp the success of
the course," said Edwards.
Another vital component
would be a cohort study group.
"We are requiring that an
individual who is interested in
this [program] find at least one
other person in his or her geo-
graphic area who he or she can
study with and react to assign-
ments with. We don't feel like
the program will be nearly as
beneficial if a student is just
alone," said Edwards.
The study group would have
to be established before a student
would be permitted to register
for a course, Edwards added,
The program would also con-
sist of a designated librarian to
assist the student by telephone
and then mail out materials for
research.
According to Canter &
Associates, research in Texas
indicates that there would be a
substantial number of educators
who would be ready to enroll in a
telecommunication learning mas-
ters of education program.
The proposal has been sub-
mitted to the Academic Affairs
Committee and is awaiting
approval of the Faculty Council.
If implemented, Wesleyan
would be the only metroplex uni-
versity to offer a Distance
Learning Master's Degree
Program in education.
Admission standards and
tuition for the course would be
the same as the regular program.
The tuition would be shared
between Wesleyan and Canter.
MS
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Dr. Ben Hale, professor of mass communications,
poses as "The Thinker" as he ponders the screen.
Photo by Khampha Bouaphanh
Professor explains Internet
By Ben Hale
Special to The Rambler
What IS the Internet?
Everybody is talking about it.
It's m the newspapers and maga-
zines and now Wesleyan is talk-
ing about it. Maybe somebody
down the hail stays up half the
night "down-loading" pictures,
lyrics and sound from the music
group. Nirvana.
About 20 years ago. the
United States Department of
Defense began interconnecting .
university research centers by
computer with the federal agen-
cies that sponsored the research.
Since then, a gieat manv gov-
ernmental. commercial and pri-
vate organizations from around
the world have connected into a
network we call the Internet.
With an Internet connection,
a person can send messages
around the world, get pictures
and documents from a computer
in Singapore or read the elec-
tronic version of the San
Francisco Examiner.
In Brief...
Phi Beta Lambda is having a meeting Thursday. Feb. 16
in AMB 123 during Free Period.
HOLA meets every Thursday in AMB 126 during free
period.
The athletic department is selling neck wraps for $10.
See any athlete for details.
The National Hot Rod Association's Chief Auto Parts
Nationals invites Wesleyan students with a valid I.D. to
the season opening Winston Drag Series event at the
Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Feb. 24-26. Cost is free.
The videos Dr. Marshall Hamilton took of Alta Dollar
last fall are on reserve in the library and the Dean's
office of the School of Business for anyone interested in
seeing them.
School Closing Announcements will be aired on Channel
5 KXAS, KERA 90.1 F.M., KRLD 10,SO A.M.. and the
Oasis 107.5 F.M.
Spring films-Friends and family are invited to view free
films offered by SAC on campus in the Science Lecture
Theater 6 p.m. on the following dates: March 22-The
Lion King, April 20-Interview with the Vampire.
Dress rehersal for The Heidi Chronicles, directed by
senior theater major Julie Lewis, is on Wednesday, Feb.
22 at 8 p.m. at the Fire Station Theater. Performance
dates are Feb. 23-25 at 8 p.m. There is no admission fee,
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but donations will be appreciated. For more information,
call the Fine Arts department at 4990.
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style and taste.
Here are some places you
can go on the Internet.
Macintosh files and pro-
grams
FTP.CC.UTEXAS.EDU in
the /bin/microlih subdirectory
Income tax information
FTPNETCOM.COM
pub'htmlltExt/tax&ifes.txi or
FTP:/ FTP.NETCOM.COM P
UB/FT/FTMEXPAT HOME HT
ML
Electronic mail addresses
Hon Joe Barton. 6th
Congressional District. Texas
BARTON06@HR.HOUSEG
OV
Hon.Sam Johnson. 3rd
Congressional District, Texas
SAMTX
03& HR.HOUSE.gov
White House Library of files
FTPFEDWORLD GOV in
the AJFSW-HOUSE subdirectory
Information highway sparks interest
By Brecca' Groskey
The Rambler
The news of Internet coming to Wesleyan sparked quite a bit of interest
from faculty and administrators. Dr. Benjamin Hale, mass communication
professor gave a short demonstration of the Internet program recently.
"Because there was a lot of faculty interest, it was an opportunity to share
what I know with them," said Hale.
H,ale demonstrated to a group of 25 faculty and administrators the Worjd
Wide Webb Service of Internet. The program consists of Webb pages which
are the key to many sources.
A Webb page is a hypertext graphical service. It is run in a fashion simi-
lar to that of Wordperfect for Windows and is easy, using the mouse tp point
to what you want and clicking on the subject to get it,
Each'topic in the system has an address imbedded into it. For example if
you were looking for story by an author, you would type in the author's last
name, A list of authors would come up on the screen and you would click on
the author's name.
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Immediately the computer would travel to the address where the author's
stories are written down in chronological order by dates.
But what if you wanted to read one of the stories? You would then click
on that story' title and the computer would travel'to the computer where the
story is located, whether the address is inside or outside the United States.
From here you would have the choice of copying the story to your com-
puter for later reading or you could simply take an excerpt from the book and
print it, making the Internet program very convenient.
Said Dt Marian Haber, mass communication professor,"! thought that
the presentation was interesting Dr. Hale is very knowledgeable about
Internet and I look forward to the day that Internet is brought to Texts
Wesleyan students,"
This presentation has opened the interests of faculty and administrators
about Internet This will be a great tool," said Dr. Mike Scwell. mass com-
munication professor.
Although Dr. Sandra Hart, dean of the school of business, was not able
to attend the presentation, she had comments about the program,"! think that
it is exciting to see some new business applications and expose our students
to new technology. ! also think that learning to use Internet will open endless
possibilities that will replace books. I believe that this will also allow us to
have more up-to-date and accurate information that will in turn make our
communications and decision making better."
"It is access to a world of information. It's like having a hard drive with
all the computers of the world hooked up to it," said Hale.
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