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Football drives renovations Dalise Devos
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Student workers should not be limited to “part-time” work Wesleyan limiting the number of hours a student can work has a negative impact on those students.
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The return of football brings renovations The influx of students brought by football prompted campus construction.
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Tackling tradition Take a look back at Wesleyan football through the years.
While Texas Wesleyan students enjoyed their summer break, teams of construction workers tackled major renovation projects all over campus. These renovations were made necessary by the influx of students associated with the return of the football program, said Brian Franks, executive director of facilities development and operations. “A lot of this is being driven by the football program, and everything associated with that,” Franks said. “It’s not just the football players. There’s other programs that are expanding that are relevant to the football program. You have a pep band that’s kind of starting up, women’s lacrosse and so on. All that’s tied to the addition of this new program.” The renovations include the addition of a collegiate-level weight room in the Brown-Lupton Campus Center, which crews have been working on since the spring semester, Franks said. “We were lucky enough to get a jump on the renovations that were needed for the football program in the spring semester,” Franks said. Despite the early start, the project is still running into “overtime,” according to Athletic Director Steve Trachier. “The project is running just a little bit behind. There were some unexpected things that came up,” Trachier said. “I’m guessing the project will be completed in a couple weeks, and then the facility will be available for
Photo by Dalise DeVos Football players are scheduled to study in the new classrooms in the library Monday, Tuesday and Thursday nights.
the students to use.” The previous weight room was unable to support Wesleyan’s larger athletic teams, like baseball, but the addition of the football program is what prompted the university to make the upgrade, Trachier said. “The existing weight room was really cramped,” Trachier said. “It was almost impossible for our big squads like baseball to all get in there at the same time. The truth is, because of football, we were able to build this new weight room for all of our athletes.” Dusty Cloud, junior criminal justice major and pitcher for the Rams, knows first-hand the necessity for the new weight room.
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Pouring Glory pours up a good time Pouring Glory offers craft beer and craft food and is only about a five-minute drive from campus.
SPORTS Photo by Gracie Coleman Dr. Ricardo Rodriguez wants to make Texas Wesleyan a premier university.
The football team might not be playing any games this season, but they’re getting prepared.
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room, even though he suspects it won’t be completed in time for baseball’s fall training. “I am excited for the new weight room that is being built,” Cloud said. “It won’t be done by the time the baseball team starts our weight lifting program in November, but I’m definitely excited to get in there once we get back for the spring semester.” Trachier expects many students will share Cloud’s excitement once the project is complete. “I think our kids are going to be real proud of what we have,” Trachier said. “It’s going to be all new equipment. The facility is going to be very
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Rodriguez focuses on outreach
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The football team has begun practicing
“When it comes time for the baseball team to lift as a team, we have to go in three separate groups,” Cloud said. “We can’t all just lift as a team like we would like to do. Even when we do split up, it is still very crowded.” Cloud feels that by waiting for the return of the football to build the new weight room, the university put the needs of teams like his on hold. “It feels that we were maybe on the back burner,” Cloud said, “that we weren’t going to get any new stuff like a weight room. But now that football is back they need a weight room for them, so we will take it.” Nevertheless, Cloud is excited for athletics to gain the new weight
Dr. Ricardo Rodriguez wants to reach out – to other universities, to high school students, even to middle schoolers. Rodriguez, who was named the new dean of the School of Natural and Social Sciences in April, says his main goal is to bring more students to Wesleyan. He plans to expand outreach programs specializing in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to provide resources and opportunities for faculty members, and recruit members in the community to assist with future endeavors. “I saw that I had an opportunity to contribute to the university and the surrounding community and was very happy,” said Rodriguez, who has been at Wesleyan for 25 years and was previously an assistant pro-
fessor of chemistry, interim dean, associate director of the nurse anesthesia program and faculty chair in the chemistry department. Rodriguez plans to focus on strengthening and implementing the pre-health science program. “Texas Wesleyan has a role in providing the educational background to those interested in dental school, medical school and pharmaceutical school and we have the faculty to do that,” Rodriguez said. Rodriguez said he was always interested in science, “but never had the opportunity. As I have evolved through my schooling, I have seen a lot of things that people do to strive in the science world. When I think of ideas, I think of ideas that will interest children and young people and get their attention to stay in education and science engineering.”
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Wesleyan creates new school Shaydi Paramore
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The health care profession is in constant demand for more professionals and Texas Wesleyan University is ready to answer that call. This semester, Wesleyan has created the new School of Health Professions by combining the counseling program from the School of Education and the Graduate Programs of Nurse Anesthesia, said Senior Vice President and Provost Allen Henderson. The plan is to create a program that focuses on transforming current registered nurses with bachelor’s degrees into compassionate nurse
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“With nurse practitioners, they don’t focus on the diagnosis or the disease, but the whole person,” Taylor said. “They focus on promoting a patient’s health and assist the patient with preventing diseases.” The new school will teach students both critical thinking and stronger ability to understand the business part of the health practice, Taylor said. Taylor is still working on the percentage projection of incoming students, but hopes to recruit 20 to 25 nurses for spring 2018. “We hope to take already registered nurses with bachelor’s degrees
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Student worker hours should increase EDITORIAL
From the moment we start our educational journey, we are told that we must do well to get into college. What impressionable young students are not told is that the main concern about getting into college is not having the grades, but having the money. Tuition, books, parking passes and food are but a few things college students must worry about today. Scholarships and financial aid are available, but most often, they don’t cover the full cost of college. There is, however, another solution for most in the form of student employment. Most colleges have some form of student employment programs, including work study programs. Work study is employment through the educational institution that’s paid for by the government. These programs, though helpful to students in need of money, do have some drawbacks. Texas Wesleyan limits the number of hours any student worker can work to 20. This should not be the case. A full-time position is considered 35-40 hours a week. Typical retail stores such as Target or Walmart allow their employees to work to a maximum of 40 hours a week, but many students who live on campus do not have adequate transportation to seek employment elsewhere. Students who must rely on campus employment to get by and get through college would be helped by more hours and the possibility of
Photo by Nicholas Acosta Sophomore Criminal Justice major Samantha Ortiz is shown here working at the check-in desk of the Jack and Jo Willa Morton Fitness Center.
full-time work. Wesleyan students are paid above minimum wage with $10.10/hr, but with the restriction of 20 hours, they are unable to claim a full-time position, limiting their financial opportunities. According to the College Board, the average tuition cost for 2015-2016 was $9,410 for public colleges and $32,405 for private colleges. The topic of student debt is now a social norm; it is accepted that students will have to take loans to get through college. Work study programs limit student hours based on how much a student was awarded
under the work study. The University of Texas at Austin limits work study students to 20 hours a week while enrolled, according to the university’s website. According to “Learning While Earning: The New Normal,” a study from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce, over the past 25 years more than 70 percent of college students had to work while attending school. As tuition goes up, so must the demand for students to find additional methods of making money. Students may even go into college with part-
time jobs, but then seek to gain additional money through employment from the university. Students with no employment outside college have to make due with just 20 hours of work per week, and for them, money will always be tight. Colleges may want to take a look at these students as they have populations of students who are willing to work 40-hour weeks, but cannot due to work study stipulations or campus funding.
This Rambler editor is a girl with goals Dalise DeVos Editor In Chief dndevos@txwes.edu
As I walk around campus during these first few weeks of my senior year at Texas Wesleyan, I hear the familiar complaints. “No one reads The Rambler,” a student says with a sneer. “I refuse to be interviewed by The Rambler. They won’t quote me accurately,” a faculty member says with disdain. Some students might find these words discouraging, but I find them inspirational. As I take on my new role of editor-in-chief of Rambler Media Group, after being a content producer last spring, I will do my best to ensure that these statements no longer ring true. I realize that accuracy is of primary importance. For stories published both online and in print, I require all staff to record all interviews as well as provide me with contact information for all of their sources. This ensures accurate quotes, and allows me to verify those quotes with sources before they are published. This also gives me the opportunity to reach out to sources to verify that RMG is being represented professionally by all staff members. Beyond accuracy, I have three main goals for RMG this semester. The first is to increase our online readership through a stronger social media presence. As a bi-weekly paper, most of our content is published on our website, therambler.org. Every online story is now teased
on at least Facebook and Twitter, if not our other social media platforms as well. This has already proven successful, as our online stories this semester have received more than 3,500 views in the first three weeks alone. The second is to further integrate Rambler TV and The Rambler. This will not only give our student staff the opportunity to learn and gain experience in both print and broadcast journalism, but also ensure that we are not wasting time and effort providing double coverage to some events while not c o v e r i n g others at all. My third goal is to increase the amount of multimedia stories we produce. This means that in addition to an original photograph to accompany all stories, most stories will also have an audio clip, video clip, graphic or additional photos. This will not only make our content more in line with what other major publications are doing, but also make our stories more interesting, relatable and informative to our readers. This continues to build upon the work started by former Editor-in-chief Valerie Spears, who redid our website a year ago, making it more mobile and user friendly. Last spring, therambler.org won second place in Best Web Navigation from the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association; we have also won numerous awards from the Associated Collegiate Press and Society of Professional Journalists. I plan to continue the award-winning trend of bringing RMG into the modern era of journalism. Of course, none of this would be possible were it not for the top-notch staff I’ve brought to RMG this semester. Sophomore mass communication major Karan Muns has already begun providing great
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Rams down Thumbs down to no new parking. Thumbs down to humidity. Thumbs down to no fitness classes on Friday. Thumbs down to inadequate football facilities.
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state-of-the-art.” Athletics is also gaining a new laundry facility, Trachier said. “We’re also creating a laundry room in the old grill kitchen area for athletics, so right now we’re working on some of the flooring, so that it will support some of the heavy industrialsized laundry units,” Trachier said. As is the case with the weight room, the current laundry room is unable to support the high volume of athletes joining Wesleyan’s roster, Trachier said. “We have a real small one with one real small washer and dryer set,” Trachier said. “We have added well over 100 athletes, and we’re probably going to have another 75 to 100, so it’s not adequate to support the sports if we don’t add more to it.” The renovations in the Brown-Lupton Campus Center end with the conversion of the second floor loft area into a meeting space for athletes, according to Trachier and Franks. “The Student Life area, which was connected
to the loft area on the second floor, was converted to the football coaches’ offices,” Franks said. “That loft area is now a video viewing room and meeting space for the football players.” But this meeting space will be available for use by all athletes, not just football players, Trachier said. “It is a place where teams can meet and look at film,” Trachier said. “The walls are designed so that they’re also sort of a screen for projectors.” Since the new weight room encompasses the former Grille Works location, that operation moved to the Baker Building at the corner of Wesleyan and Rosedale streets, Franks said. “We’re installing vent hoods, new cooking equipment and expanding the dining space. It will have a capacity of over 40 students,” Franks said. That operation, now West Express Eatery, which includes not only Grille Works, but “Artisan Pizza” and “The Mexican Grill,” opened
at the end of August, according to txwes.edu. The Eunice and James L. West Library also underwent many changes over the summer, including the addition of four new classrooms on the second floor, Franks said. “There’s a lot of moving around happening there,” Franks said. “As we continue to see the growth of the football program, that’s going to really drive the need for additional classroom space.” Sheri Parker, library services and assessment manager, has already seen classes being held in the two large classrooms, rooms 213 and 214. “The arrangement we made with the president was that those classrooms will be used in the mornings, and then in the afternoon and evenings they will become study spaces,” Parker said. “I know the football team comes in and studies, and so we have 75 to 100 guys in here at one time. So they’re using those large study rooms for that study space.” The new classrooms were not the only renovations in the library over the summer, Parker
balancing teaching and being the dean. “I enjoy teaching and I don’t ever want to forget what it is to be a faculty member and the challenges faculty have when teaching,” said Rodriguez. “I need to be in the forefront, so I can fully understand the needs of the students and the faculty members.” Rodriguez has become a well-respected leader among his fellow staff members and has been a constant leader in all of our department, said Yukong Zhang, associate professor of computer science. “I am excited with him becoming the new dean and look forward in growing our computer science program with his help,” Zhang said.
Rodriguez started his education at Baylor University, where he received his bachelor’s in science. He received his doctorate in science at Texas Christian University, according to txwes. edu. Rodriguez joined the Wesleyan faculty in 1990 as an undergraduate chemistry professor. He moved to the GPNA program in 2007 as the associate director of the Doctorate of Nurse Anesthesia Program. In May of 2015, he was asked to step in as the interim dean of the School of Natural and Social Sciences, according to txwe.edu. In October 2015, he was inducted into McLennan Community College’s Hall of Fame as part of the college’s 50th anniversary. Rodri-
guez, who attended MCC as a pre-engineering student before transferring to Baylor University, was “floored by this prestigious award,” according to txwes.edu. In his free time, Rodriguez finds comfort in restoring old vehicles, spending time with his grandchildren and pets, and playing guitar. He and his wife, Maria Elena, have been married for 33 years. He has three children, Roberto, Jessica, and Dania. Jessica and Dania are Wesleyan alumni. Rodriguez has definitely made an impact among students by getting involved with their education and improving their interest in the programs, said Ivann Grande, computer science senior.
dents that fall within the niche through integrated marketing strategies, which includes a mix of broadcast, public relations and strategic partnership with various healthcare organizations,” said John Veilleux. VP for marketing and communications. Texas Wesleyan has a strong reputation in graduating health professionals with the an-
esthesia and counseling programs, Henderson said. The nurse anesthesia program is the largest in the U.S. with more than 120 students serving 1,500 clients in the Tarrant County area. Taylor has over 26 years of experience in higher education, and has served as the founding dean of the College of Nursing and Health
Sciences at West Texas A&M University, according to txwes.edu. She is a board-certified nurse coach and holistic nurse. “Ultimately we hope to take a strong thread of students and increase their knowledge in both taking great care of others, but themselves as well,” Taylor said.
Photo by Dalise Devos The new weight room under construction.
said. “They moved freshman advising to the first floor,” Parker said “It’s down in the southeast corner, outside the orientation room. It’s under one director now with the academic success center.” To read the complete version of this story, visit therambler.org.
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He also hopes to create a pre-engineering program for students interested in one day receiving their master’s degrees. Rodriguez hopes to boost student engagement by enhancing opportunities in professional development. “Sometimes I like to sit and think about ideas that will enhance student learning but I also ideas that will enhance the faculty development,” Rodriguez said. “What is it that I can do or that we can do as a university to enhance opportunities in terms of professional development. Also, I think about ideas for enhancing student engagement by sending students to conferences and those kinds of things.” He currently teaches chemistry in the nurse anesthesia program, and loves the challenge of
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continued from page 1 tered nurses with bachelor’s degrees who want a different type of relationship with patient and give them the business experience they are in need of,” Taylor said. In spring 2018, new classes will be launched to teach nurses the business experience a family nurse practitioner needs, Taylor said. “The school hopes to target prospective stu-
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fall of 1934, intercollegiate
a red-shirt leadership class that
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duced to the campus. Foot-
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Theatre Wesleyan marks 60th season Shaydi Paramore ssparamore@txwes.edu
Theatre Wesleyan is excited to announce its new season as it embarks on its 60th year of performances in the Metroplex. “With the help of recommendations of different plays and musicals from staff and students we are able to narrow it down to the plays that will be apart of our season,” said Theatre Department chair Bryan Stevenson. “We hope audience members can come in and really enjoy all aspects of the shows.” Theatre Wesleyan begins the 2016-2017 season with When The Rain Stops Falling, which Time Magazine named “The Best New Play of the Year” in 2010. The play was written by Andrew Bovell and focuses on Gabriel York, played by junior theatre major Dean Phillips ll; the family saga that takes audience members on a ride from 1959 to 2039, and to countries from London to Australia. Stevenson will be directing. Falling opens Sept. 22 and is performed through Oct. 2 at the Thad Smotherman Theatre, where all performances of the season will be held. The season will continue with Stop Kiss, a play Variety calls a “poignant and funny play about the ways, that lives can change irrevocably.” Written by Diana Son, Stop Kiss will be directed by senior theatre major Colton Mallory and run Nov. 10 through Nov. 20. “Each year senior theatre students get the opportunity to choose and pick a play,” said Jacob E. Sanchez, department business manager and alumni. “Colton is super excited to get the chance to direct Stop Kiss.” Stop Kiss focuses on two females, Callie and Sara, who meet an unexpectedly fall in love. Their attraction to each other leads to violent consequences from the surrounding
environment the women are involved in. In February, Theatre Wesleyan continues the season with Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike written by Christopher Durang. “I’m super interested in seeing what the shows ended up looking like, but I’m particularly interested in Vanya, Masha, Sonia, and Spike,” Sanchez said. “For my senior project at Texas Wesleyan, that was one of my top three titles that I was super interested in directing. It’s a title I was particularly interested in, and it’s really nice that we have finally have the opportunity to perform it, and I get to see it.” Spike is a comedic play that focuses on two bickering sisters who only focus on their missed dream and lost opportunities. When their movie star sister, Martha, comes home to show off her new boy toy, Spike, the family is launched into an interesting weekend consisting of one upmanship and exposed nerves. Associate Professor Jeanne Everton will be directing Spike, which runs Feb. 9 through Feb 19. The season will end with the three-time Tony Award-winning satire, Urinetown: The Musical. The town suffers from a terrible water shortage and 20-year drought that has led to the ban of private toilets. After being constricted by the government, a brave young hero chooses to fight for the freedom to pee. Urinetown will be directed by Professor of Theatre Connie Whitt-Lambert and will run Photo courtesy of Jacob Sanchez April 20 through April 23. With the help of the Student Government Senior Colton Mallory will direct Stop Kiss, which will run from Nov. 10 through Nov. 20. Association, students will be able to see this season’s shows for free. SGA voted last month Saheb. “We hope students will greatly enjoy tickets at the box office after presenting their to set aside $2,500 for free theatre tickets for this year.” student I.D. Wesleyan students. According to txwes.edu, in order to receive Season tickets are available at the Theatre “The Student Government Association is a free ticket, students must order the tickets Wesleyan website or by calling 817-531-4211. extremely excited to collaborate with Theatre on the online box office website, pick a date General ticket admission is $10 per person. Wesleyan and enhance the students’ experience and show time and enter the code STEF at Faculty, staff and senior citizens are $5 per at Texas Wesleyan,” said SGA President Zahraa checkout. Students may pick up their free person.
Pouring Glory: a glorious hole in the wall Cheyan Fite cjfite@txwes.edu
I heard great things about Pouring Glory, and I was not disappointed. The bar and grill opened last December and is located near Rosedale and Main Street in an industrial historical building, and is only about a five-minute drive from the Wesleyan campus. Don’t let the location and exterior fool you. It may seem like a hole in the wall, but this growler filling station serves craft beer, craft food and craft sodas in a small publike atmosphere. The exposed brick interior, cement floor, open kitchen, L-shaped bar, table seating, and growlers displayed around the establishment create an inviting and eclectic vibe for its patrons. The parking is located in the back, enclosed in a wrought iron fence, where they also have an open grill and patio for good weather. The location seems odd, but owners Kevin Ehrenfried and Scott Glover, who have been in the restaurant business more than 25 years, know the future plans for the booming area, according to the Pouring Glory website and the bartender that served me. Pouring Glory provides a selection of 53 beers on tap, two-thirds of which are from Texas-based brewers such as Fort Worth’s Rahr & Sons. Their choice of location is not only based the area’s future growth, but also on being near several local breweries, including the Collective Brewing Project. The staff is both welcoming and enthusiastic, as evidenced by the regulars’ boastful interactions with them and each other. One patron loudly discussed “the best breakfast I ever had,” which included a story about how he ordered a jumbo pretzel at 11 a.m. and “Kevin offered me something better,” a beer-battered pretzel specially prepared for him with queso and bacon for a hearty morning treat. I visited Pouring Glory on an early Saturday evening and sat at the bar, where I was promptly greeted by the bartender. He provided food
Photo by Cheyan Fite Patrons sit at the bar and enjoy one of the 53 craft beers on draft at Pouring Glory Growler Filler Station, located just five minutes from campus.
and beer menus, read the daily specials to me the minute I sat down and gave me a water without me having to ask, which is not always the case. The menu includes shared meal options along with a variety of sandwiches and crafted specialties, all under $16. While I waited for my food to arrive I ordered a Rahr Blonde Jager ($7 for 16 ounces), which was served promptly and gave me time to enjoy the atmosphere. I ordered the Thai wings ($10.99), which were just as you’d expect: fried chicken wings tossed in a sweet pepper Thai sauce, toasted sesame seeds and green onions. The cook hand-delivered them around 10 minutes later, and the bartender promptly gave me extra napkins with the order. I had difficult time deciding what to order, as I
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rarely eat meat, but the 20 or so wings were a tangy delight. They were a bit messy, as can be expected, but the bartender replenished my napkin supply at exactly the right time. The wings satisfied my hunger, but I was pleasantly surprised when the bartender served me a small complimentary ice cream with melted caramel and graham crumbles. I gladly cleansed my palate with the sweet delicacy. Aside from the menu including meat on almost every plate, I was pleasantly surprised with the intricate plating choices at reasonable prices. I decided to finish up with an American Pale ale from their menu called Dry Hopped Wheat. It was a craft from Braindead, a brewer
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out of Dallas, and had a light citrus flavor that went well with my meal. The Pouring Glory Growler Fill Station and Grill is a “hipster” establishment with a pleasant atmosphere and employees who enjoy their job. College students and old regulars alike can enjoy the pub-like experience with the added bonus of craft beer and food. Pouring Glory Growler Fill Station and Grill is located at 1001 Bryan Ave. near the intersection of Rosedale and Main. Hours of operation are 11 a.m to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For more information call 682-707-5441 or go to pouringglory.com.
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Quarterback Erik Richards practices outside Stella Russell Hall.
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Texas Wesleyan football players are eager to begin building the program up and taking advantage of their redshirt season this year. Wesleyan has attracted more than 100 athletes to the new football program, in spite of the team not playing until the fall of 2017. “It’s going to be tough at first because we’re all football players,” said linebacker Elijah Meyer, a freshman exercise science major. “We definitely want to be out on the field. Many players said they chose Wesleyan because they liked that the coaches were helpful and interested in them as people not just as football players. “He actually really cares about his players,” said running back Brandon Greene sophomore athletic training major of head coach Joe Prud’homme. “I mean each and every one of
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Photos by Karan Muns Justin Arth, Richards, and Trey Ware participate in a throwing drill at the team’s first practice, which was held last week.
us. He has a spot for us.” The coaches’ excitement and dedication to the team is obvious, Meyer said. “You could tell just by the way they were acting and talking about it that they were ready to get the show on the road,” Meyer said. A redshirt year has its advantages and disadvantages just like everything else, Meyer said. “It’s going to be a good chance for us to get well acquainted and definitely get bigger, faster and stronger off the field first,” Meyer said, “so that when springtime comes we can hit it hard.” A long year of practices but no games can be used to create a program that will benefit Wesleyan, said quarterback Erik Richards. “I think a redshirt year is great because it gives everybody a year to develop and get a chance to meet the team and get well acquainted,” said Richards, a sophomore business management major.
Older programs allow the players to grow as a team before they are expected to play in games together, Richards said. “A redshirt season gives us a chance to build as a program together before we actually get into a season,” Richards said. Several players said that creating an image they can be proud of is important, since Wesleyan has not had football in 75 years. “We are able to start over, start from the ground up and start a good tradition,” said linebacker Otis McMillan. It is obvious that the coaches care about more than just their football abilities; they also care about the character of their athletes, said McMillan, a freshman exercise major. “Coach Prud’homme is just trying to keep us out of trouble and mold us into great men,” McMillan said. The players said classes are going well and they are all excited to be working in a great en-
vironment on and off the field. “They have a great education department in my field,” Meyer said. “I’m excited to get something started.” Wesleyan’s coaching staff really makes a difference in the overall experience that the players have at school, Green said. “Coach Prud’homme tries to help us out as much as he can,” Greene said. “Financially he does everything he can to get scholarships to make [paying for] school easier.” It is important to the team that they can give back to the community around Wesleyan; they hope that bringing the football team back will help do that, Greene said. “We’re really hoping that bringing the team here can help build the community around this part of Fort Worth,” Greene said. Wesleyan’s football team practices 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Wednesday and Friday.
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Intramurals returning to campus Akeel Johnson aajohnson@txwes.edu
Football isn’t the only pro- of intramurals. gram giving athletics a make“People are already real exover this semester. cited about intramurals comIntramural sports return to ing back,” she said, “especially the campus this month; in- people that couldn’t cut it or cluded are flag football, soc- love to do sports as a hobby.” cer, dodgeball, disk golf and Matthew Mayfield, a semore, said Aaron Whaley, nior computer science major, director of the Morton Fitness thinks the return of intramuCenter. rals is great for the campus, Wesleyan’s intramural pro- and students most of all. gram slowly faded and van“It’s cool that faculty and ished about six years ago, staff can join in, but I think it Whaley said. will impact the students the But the Morton staff are most,” Mayfield said. “There focusing on them more than are so many people living ever before. on campus that are not par“We are trying to make in- ticipating in sports, so it gives tramurals a high priority,” them something to do.” Whaley said. “We want this Mayfield said that he will to be an annual thing on cam- take part in intramurals as pus.” long as he has time. Whaley is working with Specifically, he can’t wait Lizeth Menchaca, assistant for a volleyball tournament. director of intramural sports, Potential locations for the to structure the events along activities are still in the works, with assistants Omar Rodri- Menchaca said, but Whaley guez, a senior, and junior Ju- has some ideas. lius Strickland, both business He said intramural organizmanagement majors. ers are thinking of using the Menchaca, a senior educa- old intramural field, the Sid tion major, said students can W. Richardson Center gymregister as a captain or a team nasium, the field north of the member through a website, library, and the mall. IMLeagues.com, and can inTeams will also use a new vite their friends to join in. intramural field east of Stella “There they can register, Russell Hall, as well as the click on Texas Wesleyan, gym at the Boys & Girls Club, and everything is available,” which is on Avenue G just Menchaca said. south of the campus. Registering is open to faculWhaley said nothing inty, staff and students and not volving intramurals is 100 tailored to any specific groups percent finalized. or organizations, she said. He is still open to new ideas, Whaley wants as many peo- and student participation. ple as possible to get involved, “We have to do our jobs so the number of teams isn’t to give them something they limited. want to participate in,” WhalMenchaca said there is a lot ey said. of enthusiasm for the return
IInfographbic by Akeel Johnson This map shows the locations of the intramural sports that will be played. The locations include the Sid W. Richardson Center for basketball, the mall for golf, the grassy area outside Stella Russell Hall for soccer, and the Boys & Girls Club for dodgeball.
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