February 22, 2012

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WEDNESDAY

February 22, 2012

Vol. 95 • No. 6

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Homecoming king and queen crowned at Lady Rams game.

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Quiz Bowl team heading to nationals Joshua Dunk

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Texas Wesleyan will represent District 6 (Texas and Arkansas) in St. Louis in June as they compete at the national competition for athletic training. On Jan. 27, the Texas Wesleyan athletic training students won the District 6 Quiz Bowl competition in Irving, Texas, outpacing the second team University of Texas at Austin by more than 2,300 points. The Quiz Bowl tournament is a Jeopardy-style athletic training competition that is broken up into

five domains of athletic training. With each domain, there is a set of questions and the team to hit the clicker first has the chance to answer the question, earning them the most points with that domain. Quiz Bowl topics on Jan. 27 included injury/illness prevention, clinical evaluation and diagnosis, immediate and emergency care, treatment and rehabilitation, and organizational and professional health. The National Athletic Training Association (NATA) is a nationwide organization of athletic train-

ing that offers certification cards, education hours and it represents as the place to report to when starting work in that particular career field. The Quiz Bowl is the student portion of NATA. Before nationals, every participant must qualify at district level. “At district the first round is jeopardy then double-jeopardy and then final jeopardy where you wager how ever much,” Christina Kelley, senior Wesleayan Quiz Bowl team member, said. Last year was the first year Wesleyan entered the Quiz Bowl competition.

“We were the runner-up for the competition to [Texas Christian University],” Kelley said. “We were in the lead the whole time until the final jeopardy question.” This competition is different than others because unlike sports, it is not something that can be trained for in advance. John Walsh, junior Quiz Bowl team member, said it takes a lot of work to be apart of the team. “I’ve been doing this for two years and our seniors for three,. It’s not something that you can train for, it’s about the knowledge you obtain as you go through ath-

letic training,” Walsh said. Kelley said the key to winning these types of competitions is strategy. “Last year was our first time participating in the competition so you had a lot of us who didn’t really know much about it,” Kelley said. “We knew what to expect this year. We strategized more on how to answer the questions, studied and created a mock Jeopardy-style game to know who the fastest clicker was.” Laura Kunkel, clinical coordi-

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Rams hula-hoop their way to Homecoming

Library offers students tools for success Tristian Evans

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Freshman mass communications major Lanysia Harrison (left) and senior marketing major Jasmine Tuya battle it out in a hula-hooping contest at the Homecoming block party Feb. 17 in Stella Hall. The competition included eight Wesleyan student participants, where freshman Elena Vannaman won it all.

The Eunice & James L. West Library has been meeting the academic needs of students and faculty alike for more than 20 years. The library is open seven days a week and offers a plethora of literature and research texts. Cindy Potter, director of the library, came to Texas Wesleyan in 1988, when the library had just been built. “I had just completed library school and did not know what kind of librarian to be,” Potter said. “I was told about the new [library] being built and they needed a librarian. So I came to interview and just fell in love with it.” Potter graduated from Texas Wesleyan in 1971 and had not been back since then. “It was very exciting to see the campus grow like it did,” Potter said. She said students can use the library to access the Internet, research topics for their classes, get their ID badges and parking passes. Students can also enjoy free coffee and tea during those late-night and earlymorning study sessions. On the first floor of the library is the reference and circulation department, which

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Morris ends term as dean after 3 years served Rolandra West

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Dr. Trevor Morris re-defines the definition of well-rounded with his extensive resume. As the son of a commercial pilot, Morris has traveled to more than 60 countries around the world, received three degrees from two different universities, and has served two years as the dean of natural and social sciences at Texas Wesleyan. Morris has served as dean since June 2009 and will be ending his term at the end of spring 2012 semester and Dr. Marcel Kerr, professor of psychology, will take over as interim dean. Although Morris will end his term as dean, his work ethic has been recognized.

Morris completed his doctorate’s and master’s degrees at the University of South Carolina, and his bachelor’s at Roanoke College. Morris worked as a professor of political science at Methodist University in North Carolina for 15 years. He stood in as a department chair of political science and history, dean and vice president from 1989 to 2006. He was also provost at Lambuth University in Tennessee from 2006 to 2008. “I don’t have a favorite [job],” Morris said. “I enjoy teaching and being in the classroom, but I also enjoy the problem solving of administrative work.” Morris said it has been interesting working at Wesleyan and that there are many good faculty and staff.

Theresa Anderson, senior education major, said she has worked as Morris’ student worker for almost two years. “Dr. Morris is fair, easy going, and willing to listen,” Anderson said. “I’m glad I have had the pleasure of being his student worker.” Charity Strickland, administrative assistant of the Natural and Social Sciences, said she has enjoyed working for Morris for two and a half years. “Dr. Morris came to Texas Wesleyan at a time of great transition. The School of Arts & Sciences was being split and The School of Natural & Social Sciences was created,” Strickland said. “He is a very devoted leader, amazingly brilliant and a wonderful person. It is rare that you

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find all of those qualities in a person.” Not only does Charity know him as a boss, she knows him as a person. “Dr. Morris is by far one of the

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most rational, approachable and kind-hearted individuals I have met here at Texas Wesleyan,” Strickland said. “I wish him the best in all of his future endeavors and look forward to hearing of his accomplishments.”


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