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Letters to the editor
Dear editor,
Please note the recently-released "Pet and Stray Animal Policy" formulated over the past few months in the
administration building. Most organizations reward their employees who give their "time, talent and treasure,"
as Methodists are fond of saying, to community service. Assistance to God's creatures who are less fortunate,
especially those homeless through no fault of their own, is customarily considered as charitable, even godly
work by traditions reaching back to biblical times.
I seize this opportunity to publicly applaud the Rambler staff for their recent temporary shelter afforded a
helpless kitten until a home could be found, rather than relegating the infant animal to City Animal Control cer-
tain extermination. And 1 find it ironic that a Methodist institution prohibits such legitimate charitable work
under the guise of "risk management." I know of no Wesleyan student, faculty or staff member who has been
bitten, diseased or otherwise injured (by a stray animal on campus] over the past 20 years, which is a pretty fair
sample.
Sincerely, .
Dr. Margaret Patoski
Professor of history .
Dear editor,
1 really like the idea that Joyce Breeden is starting a club aimed at the agriculturally-minded. Let's face it-
-how many opportunities do urban-dwelling students have to team about livestock and farming? I haven't seen
many feed lots in the Poly neighborhood of Fort Worth.
1 think that the Wrangler Club will provide chances for students to learn through experience (rather than
through textbooks), and will also offer an avenue for students to discover new interests.
This may seem like a bunch of "yee-haw, giddy up" stuff to those of us who are natives of Fort Worth.
However, many students who have come, to Wesleyan from other areas of the country may find this new club, to
be most beneficial.
Christopher K. Lindsey
Junior, . ,
Business Administration
Dear editor.
We are only poor, lowly, ignorant freshmen or transfer students. Please haw your new s and feature writers
give us, "the outsiders," the information we need.
In a recent issue, Chrissy Dubea told us about the "first lecture in the Mitchell Series" that we have already
missed, but failed to tell us when the rest of the series is being held--now that she has sparked interest in the '
series.
Deborah Blankenship didn't give us the address of Wesleyan 's law school for us to see the arts exhibit, but
at least she gave us Kit Hall's phone number so we could tie up her time all week
Please remember we want to.be a part of student life and may require a little extra help until We get our
bearings
Thank yoo,
Bob Courtney
Weekend University junior.
International Busmen
The Rambler is in need of staff writers. If
you would like to write sports articles, on-
campus news, and/or feature stories, please
call us at 531-7552.
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words...
We want to know what you think. What you really think. So we sent a reporter and a
photographer to randomly stop people and ask them a question that somehow relates to
college life and all that fun stuff. Beware! When you least expect it, we might stop
you and ask you to tell us what you think!
Question: What is your favorite class this semester?
Brian
Reagan
Sophomore,
Sports
Management
Jeannie
SWOFFORD
Freshman,
Psychology
Jason
Kemmer
Senior,
Psychology
Pre-Law, Mr. Beshara.
"1 like it, just because it's
interesting."
Enjoyment of Fine Arts, Mr. Colley:
"Its different and gives me the
opportunity to express myself."
Geology, Dir. Deaton:
"It makes the earth move.'
Texas
Wadsworth
Senior,
Psychology
Fabian
VlLLEGAS
Sophomore,
Business
Administration
Jamie
iMcGlNTY
Freshman,
Music
Style & Structure, Mr. Suzuki: Accounting, Dr. Tolleson:
"I'm getting an A in his class, I "Dr. Tolleson makes it really easy to
never get an A in anything." understand, and he keeps it
entertaining."
. All photos by Jon MeKenzie
English, Mr. Garza:
"I really like my English class;
it's really relaxed and we have a
good time, but Mr. Garza's a
good teacher at the same time."
The long road to the future
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What do you want to be
when you grow up?
I'm sure all of us have
been asked that question before
when we were children. I remem-
ber being asked that question in the
fourth grade by my teacher. It took
me a while, but I told her that 1
wanted to be a doctor when 1 grow
up. This is still true to this day.
Well, except for the growing up
part. I am
grown up.
For the
past three
years I have
been doing
everything I
needed to do
to prepare
myself for
medical
school. One
example is
taking what people call "killer" sci-
ence courses like organic chemistry
and cell biology.
1 am also enrolled in the pre-
professional course offered here at
Wesleyan to learn from guest
Sophie
Tran
speakers in the medical field what
it's like to be in medicine. I also
volunteer at local hospitals to let
the medical schools know that I am
actually serious about this.
It seems like I am on the right
track as far as making preparations
for medical school.
However, a friend of mine
asked me why I wanted to go into
medicine. It really struck me and
made me think. It's so easy to tell
people what I want to do, when. I
am doing it and how I am going to
do it, but to tell them why is really
hard.
After thinking about it, 1 real-
ized that I have a burden to help
people who are sick. There has
been a trend in the health care field'
in which people want to be doctors
because of the large income they
can accrue. For me, money was
never an issue.
I believe that when you do
something you love and you're
good at it, the rewards will come
later. For me, making an impact on
somebody's life is probably the
greatest reward I can .receive.
As a Christian, I feel that God
is calling me to pursue a ministry
in medicine. 1 believe God uses
people in many ways to minister to
others, whether they are pastors,
teachers, engineers oi; lawyers.
1 may not have heard the audi-
ble voice of God, but 1 feel that the
circumstances of my life and my
burden to heal sick people reinforce
what God wants me to do. I also
know that with God's blessings
everything is possible because "I
can do all things in Him who
strengthens me" (Philippians 4:13).
To be able to tell my friend
why 1 want to be a doctor makes
me feel much better because I
know exactly what my focus is and
that I also have God on my side.
I urge all you readers to seri-
ously ask yourself why you want to
pursue a profession, for your happi-
ness depends on both your best
capabilities and your personal
drive.
Sophie Tran is a junior majoring
in biochemistry.
The Rambler
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