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Resume critiques prepare students for careers
Students sport their tacky tiki garb
Rolandra West rdwest@txwes.edu
It’s about that time again, where, students gather their resumes to be improved by Career Services in hopes of a job/ career opportunity. At the March 26 career fair, students got to make connections and talk to employers about job opportunities. More than 50 employers attended the career fair, introducing jobs for various majors. Many students believe the resume clinic is advertised around the time of the career fair, but the service which includes resume critiques is provided year round for all students interested in job opportunities. Robyn Bone, director of Career Services, said the resume workshop has been provided to the students each semester for seven years. “We assist students by critiquing their resumes and provide do’s and dont’s using information from what our employers are requesting on a resume,” Bone said. Bone said more than 1,000 employers in the career services database are required to take a survey before they are allowed to post jobs on the site. Bone said a template is given to students to follow and make corrections to their resume or create an entirely new resume. “Our resume clinic workshop is based on walk-ins; no appointments are necessary,” Bone said. “Our resume critique workshops are offered as ASE [Academic Success] classes and to all students through-
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Ryan Grounds | Rambler Staff Chef Raymond Lee, who recently opened Brick’s Bistro accross the street from Wesleyan, serves up healthy fare at the Tacky Tiki Smackdown Luau March 21. The luau was put on by the Student Government Association and Student Life. It included free food, field day events, prizes and a dance at the end.
Wesleyan students enjoy fish, chips,Wales Victoria Slaten vaslaten@txwes.edu
Over spring break, a group from Texas Wesleyan University received credit for their history, religion or humanities classes not by sitting behind a desk, but by getting on a plane and experiencing new cultures firsthand. Dr. Jesse Sowell, professor of religion, took a group of students on a life-changing learning experience to explore the culture starting in Wales and later in London. Sowell said on this trip, they try to combine hearing, reading and sight to get the most out of this learning experience. “You remember a certain percentage of what you hear,” Sowell said. “You remember a certain percentage of what you read. But you remember far more of what you see, and if you can combine what you see and hear and read about you retain more of that than anything else.” Sowell said before the group went to London they went to Liverpool and saw where the Beatles got their start, saw the Roman baths from when the Romans ruled Great Britain, saw the
sire of the investiture of the Prince of Wales, and saw Stonehenge. Sowell said they toured six castles while visiting and had a medieval dinner in one castle where two students were named Baron and Baroness of the castle for the evening. Sowell said in London they toured the city, visited the British Museum, saw theater shows, and some went on the Wesleyan Heritage Walking Tour. “A bunch of the students got their pictures taken at Platform 9 ¾ , pushing a shopping cart into the wall,” Sowell said. Sowell said he is retiring after this semester and this is one of the best groups he has taken of the nearly 40 trips he has made. “For me, a favorite is to try and see students try new things,” Sowell said. “And watch students kind of come out of their comfort zone in terms of what they eat, and try new things and find out that new things, and just because they’re different doesn’t mean they’re not good.” Samantha Max, junior English major, said she went on the trip because she is a religion minor and because she
had never been overseas before. Max said she enjoyed touring the castles because they were different than what is seen in books and pictures. “We got to see several castles, like real medieval castles,” Max said. “And they were so awesome because they were so well-preserved. And we got to actually go up inside the towers and see everything.” Max said that they learned about the religious history of Wales and went on the Wesleyan Heritage Walking Tour in London. “I was studying the history of Methodism,” Max said. “So we went to John Wesley’s house, and actually walked inside his house. They had his robes that he actually wore when he was a preacher, which was really cool.” Max said she got her picture taken at Platform 9 ¾ which, was actually in the subway between platform 9 and 10. Max said she also went to The Phantom of the Opera live in London, which was an incredible experience. “I saw Phantom of the Opera,” Max said. “And there were no words to explain. People were crying at the end because it was so good.”
Sydney Wilson, junior history with a secondary certification major, said she had wanted to study abroad since her sophomore year of high school, especially in England. Wilson said she signed up for the trip and because of a scholarship she was able to go. “It [the trip] was magnificent,” Wilson said. “It was the best trip that I’ve been on. And now I am seriously considering going to Wales for graduate school because I enjoyed it so much.” Wilson said she enjoyed learning about the new cultures and experiencing life outside of the American way. Wilson said she liked seeing everything, but she liked seeing an original copy of the Magna Carta most of all. “Because I’m a history major I really did enjoy seeing the Magna Carta because so much of our government and England’s government is based off of the Magna Carta,” Wilson said. Wilson said some people would refuse to try new food or observe a different culture than the American way and would miss out on the experience. “Make sure that if you do go out of the country, make sure that you are open-minded,” Wilson said.
ers about it and a confidence building exercise.” Brimer said she believes it takes a lot to be a good presenter. “It takes an awareness of one’s purpose for attending college,” she said. “Is [college] a check-box or an opportunity for growth?” Tanni Chaudhuri, assistant professor of sociology and this year’s UCD chair, said as a UCD presenter you need to be well researched, well written, coherent and clear. Chaudhuri said students who are presenters, should think about the research they have done in their classes as topics for their presentations. “The research has to be presentable. It should be something that is of professional quality,” Chaudhuri said. “[The presenter] should be re-
searched invested, and understand the opportunity of being able to present.” Chaudhuri said some presenters present alone, work with peers or are students and faculty. “We have more presentations than last year, and have over 250 participants this year,” Chaudhuri said. “We have two female keynote speakers, a NASA scientist in the morning and a Tony award winning producer and actress, Meredith Lucille in the afternoon. Chaudhuri said she is looking forward to the presentations this year. “All of the [presentations] are unique in itself, and they’re very well presented so I can’t just pick more than one,” Chaudhuri said. Chris Pearson, senior English
major and a presenter on a panel at UCD, said it takes a self-motivated individual who is willing to share his or her work with the university, faculty and student body. “I am excited about sharing a topic that I believe most people think about but don’t address,” Pearson said. Pearson said his group will present a topic that explains race beyond ethnicity as a social construction that categorizes people. “Instead, we need to be identified by our soul and our minds, not our skin color or gender; which leads to the question: Who are we?,” Pearson said. For more information on the complete program visit www.txwes. edu/ucd.
UCD presenters excite, ignite, and provoke Rolandra West
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The annual University College Day [UCD] at Texas Wesleyan is set to take place on April 10. This is a day where students and faculty celebrate their explorations in various topic matters. Those who register to present for UCD may not necessarily know what it takes to be a presenter or where to start. Bonnie Brimer, senior English major who is presenting at UCD, said she believes UCD is an open forum for presenters to express themselves. “It is an open space, which means something different to everyone,” Brimer said. “To me it is a time to learn about something of interest to me well enough to be able to tell oth-
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Winkenweder battles college after war Ryan Grounds rrgrounds@txwes.edu
If families are the most important thing in life, then what happens when a new father juggles a wife, a child, a full-time job and school at the same time? Adam Winkenweder might have the answer. He is currently a senior at Texas Wesleyan and is taking 18 hours in business management. He is married, has a small daughter and a full-time job. But the one thing that makes Winkenweder unique is that he is also a veteran of the United States Armed Forces. “I enjoyed what I did and had a fun time doing it, but to me family comes first,” Winkenweder said. “That is why I got out.” Winkenweder said he started taking classes at Wesleyan in 2010. He is currently due to graduate in May. Winkenweder said he averaged between 12 and 15 hours during the regular semester and worked 40 plus hours per week. Winkenweder’s best friend Jeremiah Johnson, a Wesleyan student, agrees. “Going back to school after the Army feels like the cover for the movie Billy Madison, in which Adam Sandler is sitting in a kindergarten class,” Johnson said. “Having a family while going back to school is incredibly difficult.”
Winkenweder said juggling school and family can be difficult Winkenweder said having three major obligations at the same time, means some things must suffer sometimes. “It is hard to tell your 2-year-old that I am studying and she can’t play with Daddy, Winkenweder said. Adam Winkenweder’s wife is Bethany Winkenweder. She is a graduate admissions counselor at Wesleyan. “Financially, the Post 9-11 G.I. Bill encouraged him to go back to school,” Winkenweder said. “Prior to starting school he worked at the pickle factory making $8.50 per hour.” Bethany encouraged her husband to take advantage of the living stipend that comes from using the post 9-11 GI Bill. “He took advantage of it, and now look at him-- he is about to graduate,” Bethany said. She said that Adam’s school and work has been a challenge for the family. “He’s busy at school all the time, and so I’m left to juggling work and the baby and
make sure that everything is lined up,” Bethany said. “Sometimes he doesn’t have a chance to see his daughter, but that it will all be worth it in the end.” Adam served four and a half years in the US Army. He was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1-15th BSB. “It was a support Battalion,” Adam said. “We supported all combat units within the brigade and the unit.” Adam was deployed to Camp Taji, Iraq two separate times. “During my second deployment I was assigned to my company commander’s security detail,” Adam said. “In my spare time though, I was helping other soldiers get their education.” Adam said his efforts helped soldiers to obtain a college degree later. So how does Adam Winkenweder juggle a full time job, a wife, a kid, and 18 hours of school? “With a lot of coffee,” Bethany said “A lot of coffee and Monster energy drinks.”
“Going back to school after the Army feels like the
cover for the movie Billy Madison, in which Adam Sandler is sitting in a kindergarten class. Having a family while going back to school is incredibly difficult.” -Jeremiah Johnson Adam Winkenweder
U.S. Army Veteran and senior business major at Texas Wesleyan
Photos courtesy of Adam Winkenweder Left: Adam Winkenweder when he returned home from his tour in Iraq Right: Adam Winkenweder and wife Bethany
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out the semester.” Bone said Career Services has received a lot of good feedback on students and their resumes from employers. “[Employers] comment on the content, clear formatting and keywords on resumes,” Bone said. “Students have also called back to report they have received an interview the same week or some even the same day after critiquing their resume.” Bone said Career Services has gotten so much feedback and requests that they offer more of these workshops and have decided to try something new called “Resume Critiques on the Mall.” Bone said with the new opportunity students would be able to get a quick resume critique between classes on the mall, the project ideas is still underway. Elena Hernandez, senior political science major and student assistant at Career Services, said she believes these workshops are extremely beneficial to those pursuing a job. “Some people come in because they want to find a job position or they don’t know how to look, and the career counselors help them find those jobs,” Hernandez said. Hernandez said working in the Career Services center has helped her a lot with job opportunities and just being knowledgeable. Jacob Lyons, senior exercise science major, said the resume workshop and the help of Robyn Bone has prepared him for the job searching process. “Robyn helps you with finding out what type of jobs are out there for you as well as preparing your resume to be sent out,” Lyons said. “[The resume workshop] helps you because Robyn shows you what a great resume should look like and what you need and don’t need in your resume.” Lyons said with the suggestions from Robyn his resume has made major improvement.
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Tattoos are not indication of crime, drugs Ryan Grounds
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There was an opinion featured in the last edition of The Rambler in which Santiago Munoz said tattoos are trendy. He also indicated that tattoos defined people as criminals and junkies. This could not be farther from the truth. Tattoos are just art. I myself have more than two
dozen tattoos, and some are very visible in everyday life. I got my first sleeve, not to state that I have been locked up in prison, but because I wanted to honor the time I spent in the Army fighting in the Iraq war. Tattoos are acceptable in life and in professional business. I have been attending Texas Wesleyan for two years now. I have been on the dean’s list. I have been accepted into two national honor societies. And I have been featured on more Rambler TV shows than I can count. In some shows, I have even let my tattoos show proudly. I strongly disagree with the claim tattoos are trendy. We live in a time when differences
are acceptable, and intolerance is not tolerated. If the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s has taught us anything, it is that no one should be judged by how they look, but by the content of their character. I do agree with Munoz’s statement that tattoos are earned. It takes someone who is comfortable in their own skin to put something permanent on it. Tattoos are a form of self-empowerment and selfexpression. It is a way to let the world know who you are as a person. Every person is unique just as every tattoo is unique. Just like people, no tattoo is exactly the same. Each is different and can represent different things to different people.
There are tattoo movements which have been going on for decades. Conventions take place weekly all around the country to promote the art of tattooing and the skill of the tattoo artist. Take a look on Facebook sometime and you will realize millions of people around the world have tattoos, and are fighting for the acceptance of visible ink. If we, the tattooed community, want full acceptance, we must fight ignorance with education and hatred with love. It is important to remember tattoos are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of self-power and pride. For goodness sake, a tatoo is only art.
Movie splits for book series unnecessary
Victoria Slaten
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Everyone loves movies, especially movies from a book series. People wait months and even years for their favorite book to be turned into a movie. However, these days it feels like making movies is more about the money than the entertainment. The movie industry is milking these series for all they are worth.
The Harry Potter series started the stretching of the movies without even meaning to when the last Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was turned into two movies. This made sense though because the book is much larger than some of the others in the series, and everything in the book is vital to the story. Then the Twilight series decided to follow suit, splitting the last book in the series, Breaking Dawn, into two movies as well. Many would say this is important to the story, and it needed to be split up in order to make sure everything in the book was included. I think this was just another way to copy Harry Potter and make big money by making an additional movie. Teen-
age girls went crazy over an additional movie, meaning more Edward, more Jacob, and more money for movie makers. In a way, splitting the final book into two movie unnecessarily is very ingenious way to make money. Now, another The Lord of the Rings book has caught onto the theme as well in the new movie, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. However, this one is a little different. Many people did not even know there were two parts to this movie when they went to watch the first part, and were stunned when the movie just ended, making way for the second movie of The Hobbit. Splitting up The Hobbit has to be a way to make more money. The books after The Hobbit and The Lord of the
Rings series were twice as long as The Hobbit and condensed into three and a half hour movies each. The Hobbit is three and a half hours itself, and that is just the first movie. Books that are too large to condense into one movie should be made into two movies to explain everything that is important to the plot. But smaller books that are split into two movies just to make more money is ridiculous. Die hard fans of these series love the split, but to everyone else who just wants to watch a good movie, it is just annoying. Who knows if this theme will continue? Will series like The Hunger Games last book be unnecessarily split into two movies as well?
Poetry lost in the wind of multimodal media
Rolandra West
rdwest@txwes.edu
To be or not to be... that is the question? Shakespeare, Frost, Poe and Maya Angelou are some of the writers that come to mind when I think about poetry. Nowadays people tend to overlook the beauty of poetry and understand why it truly is an art. Those who don’t necessarily know much about poetry often decide it’s boring or completely outdated. They only say these things because
they don’t understand it or don’t know how to identify what it is. According to MerriamWebster’s dictionary poetry is “writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound and rhythm” and it is also described as the beauty of expression. These definitions exclude social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn), the reason I say this is because a lot of us have relied on these websites so much we have abandon the actual literature because of the eReaders. What has happened to the written word? Me personally, I have always enjoyed seeing poetry in a book printed
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out. In all honesty, when taking the last definition into account, poetry can include many things. Spoken word is a very common and intricate part of poetry, this can be a song, rap, a speech or even your thoughts. People do this every day whether it’s an inspirational speech, a recited monologue or a journal entry. The sad thing is those who believe poetry is complicated and boring don’t realize they are writing poetry even when it is the farthest thing from their minds or intention. Even music has transformed our way of interpretation. In the past, music was not just about the beat, but the lyrics as well; but now it seems as if the words are neither poetical or meaningful; they are just thrown together with a
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“banging” beat. Sometimes I find myself thinking ‘this beat is banging’ then I really listen to the lyrics and I say to myself ‘well the beat was nice.’ If we actually paid attention to the lyrics, half of the music on our playlists would not be on our playlists anymore. Instead of ignoring and pushing aside Auden, Whitman, Dickinson and Hughes. take the time to actually read it and not just because it’s required for an assignment. Who knows, you might even find yourself inspired to write the next most known poem in the world. This goes for music as well. If you listen, and when I say listen I mean really listen to the lyrics of your favorite artist or band you just might change your mind... and playlist.
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‘Returning to roots’ irrelevant due to homogenized society Familiarity breeds contempt. I had not heard this phrase in a long time until talking to the sponsor of my sorority – Ann Smith. She used it in the context of preventing sorority members from becoming segregated within their own society. It is the phrase that hung in the back of my mind as I was reading the article on Wesleyan “returning roots” as a Methodist university. The article was thought provoking, but I felt the points discussed were dangerously irrelevant to an increasingly homogenized society. It seemed to cultivate a need for regression into the familiar. People today are first hand witnesses of the explosion of technology and interconnectedness; it is because of this I believe that systems of higher education should adapt accordingly. Why must Wesleyan re-establish its already prominent roots when it has new, interrelated ones growing every day? It would be like cutting a tree in half at the point at which its branches just begin to separate. Will it be stable? Of course – but the beauty will have been removed. I grew up in a local United Methodist church and
remain an active member and volunteer. As expected, I was excited that the Central Texas Conference offices were going to be moving to Wesleyan. Yet, despite this I don’t believe that the students should be imposed upon to “follow in the direction of the university.” Universities and students should be in a relationship that works persistently toward enabling to think critically, act in compassion, and conduct themselves with a sense of respectful dignity. The end goal is not to blatantly affiliate oneself with Methodism, Agnosticism, Islam, Christianity or any kind of label – it is to use the knowledge that we have gained to add something positive to the world. Religion is simply a means, or vehicle by which people can become compassionate – though some don’t use it at all, which is not to be diminished or looked down upon. If we are to truly reconnect to our Methodist roots, let it be in action and not in a credit hour or label. As Saint Francis said, “preach the Gospel often, and when necessary, use words.” McKenzie L. Brown
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thumbs up Thumbs up to Easter Break. The Rambler is looking forward to the 4-day weekend. Thumbs up to President Frederick Slabach’s Open Forums. It is great that he is taking the time to communicate with the Wesleyan community. Thumbs up to Dr. Marcell Kerr’s new position as Dean of Social and Natural Sciences. Congratulations!
thumbs down Thumbs down to the time change. We are still not used to the hour that was stolen. Thumbs down to this cold weather. The first day of Spring was last week and it lasted two days. Freezing temperatures came over the weekend. Thumbs down to people throwing trash in the cigarette disposal bins. We are trying to keep the cigarettes off the ground, so put trash in the trash cans so the smokers have a place to put their butts.
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Rosedale, Poly changes over time, readies for new rennovations Candace Johnson
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History of Rosedale, Polytechnic community Despite how it may look today, the Polytechnic Heights area was once an affluent neighborhood. What students of Texas Wesleyan University see in the neighborhood known by locals as “Poly,” was a different scene when many of Wesleyan’s faculty and staff grew up there. Kenneth Dunson, former director of facility operations, said he grew up in the Polytechnic area in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He remembers Poly being a different neighborhood. “Poly was a very safe and enjoyable place to live,” Dunson said. “Everyone left their doors unlocked and open.” Dunson said Rosedale was a family-friendly environment with many businesses. “You would see families strolling to Rosedale Street to enjoy the many thriving establishments, especially on Friday and Saturday nights,” Dunson said. Dunson remembers the bookstore being a Mott’s Five and Ten Cent store. Its parking lot was a Varsity theater where he watched all the early James Bond movies. The block west of the bookstore had a Big Top Drive-in, similar to our present day Sonic Drive-in. Gary Brunner, information technology and vendor manager at Texas Wesleyan, grew up further south of the Polytechnic area. He still recalls the area’s affluence. “It was once a thriving community,” Brunner said. “It was an older area of middle-income families and people who had been there a long time.” Brunner remembers stores where he and his friends hung out such as Ashburn’s Ice cream
and the drive-in theater further down Rosedale, which is now a bank. “Rosedale was a central street,” Brunner said. “One area that was of interest to me was the Clover Drive Inn.” Brunner compares the ambiance of the area in his time to that of the 1973 George Lucas movie American Graffiti. “If you’ve ever seen the movie American Graffiti, it was much like that,” Brunner said. “To be seen, drive your car and have your girl. If you can relate to those times, we lived it right here on Rosedale.”
Why Polytechnic Heights changed Like many parts of the country, integration brought a change to the Polytechnic Heights area. Dr. Sara Horsfall, associate professor of sociology, has a book of collected articles she edited with her students. The book A Neighborhood Portrait: Polytechnic Heights of Inner City Fort Worth is located in the West Library. She describes the area as a “respectable and prosperous middle class neighborhood” for most of the 20th century in the book. It wasn’t until the 1980s that it became “an area of high crime, high poverty, racial tensions and general decay and decline.” “In the mid 1980s Polytechnic Heights was one of the worst inner city areas in the nation, according to the 2000 census,” Horsfall said. The fall of the once prosperous area due to integration brought on what Horsfall described in her book as “white flight.” Horsfall said over time, with lack of proper care and maintenance of the landscape by homeowners, the streets, homes and Polytechnic area became what we see today. A now dilapidated home, located on Rose-
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dale across from Wesleyan, was the first grocery store in the Polytechnic area. Owned by Samuel S. Dillow, the home was erected in 1912. The historical home is currently the center of a destruction debate. Burge Hardware, also across from Wesleyan, has been in the area since 1913. Currently the windows are boarded up and “Yes we are open” is spray painted on the outside of them. Paul Meadows, the current owner, says he thinks they have managed to stay in business because they belong in the area. He said they control their business because they own the building. Meadows said he remembers when the neighborhood changed. “I think the demise of the neighborhood happened when there was white flight,” Meadows said, “which I thought was ridiculous because my first girlfriend was black. I think both races [white and black] could’ve worked together to keep the area alive.”
New plans for Wesleyan, Rosedale Polytechnic Heights is currently undergoing improvements to Rosedale Street. President Frederick Slabach confirmed that construction for the area in front of Wesleyan is scheduled to begin as soon as this spring. “Construction for the East Rosedale street improvements is scheduled to begin late this spring or early this summer,” Slabach said. Slabach introduced Wesleyan’s new master plan as part of his strategies when he became president of the school in January 2011. In an interview with the Star-Telegram, Slabach said the Rosedale Renaissance project is the kind of catalyst that can really change a neighborhood. Jim Walker, Fort Worth’s assistant director of
transportation and public works, said changes will include a number of associated infrastructures in addition to a rebuild of East Rosedale. This entire process will be done in two phases. “There will be changes to the sidewalks, streetlights, storm drains and traffic signals on Beach, Vaughn, U.S. Route 287 and other major street intersections along this stretch,” Walker said. Walker said other construction efforts on Rosedale will include moving back curbs for additional street parking, decorative lighting and park benches. “The new look will resemble a college town with turn-of-the-century accents that we are very excited about,” Walker said. Improvements to the campus will complement the changes happening in the Polytechnic area, according to Slabach’s plan. The Office of the President has a section on Wesleyan’s website that outlines his 2020 Strategic Plan: A Foundation for Excellence with a goal of “campus enhancement.” Wesleyan will undergo a $1.3 million project to create a new entryway into the university at East Rosedale Street and Vaughn Boulevard. An article under news and events on Wesleyan’s website titled, “The Four Key Pieces of the Rosedale Renaissance,” explains this in more detail.
Completion Projection for Wesleyan Wesleyan’s enhancement is expected to be completed no later than the end of 2014. It will include a clock tower, horseshoe shaped driveway, expanded parking, stone monument signs, landscaped medians and additional lighting, as outlined on Wesleyan’s website. Wesleyan will gain a 15,000-square-foot building, estimated to cost $3 million, at the
3200 block of East Rosedale. It will house the Central Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church, according to Wesleyan’s website. A $400,000 renovation of an unrevealed historic building located on the south side of Rosedale will contain the new Business Incubator Center. The Fort Worth Public Art (FWPA) advisory committee met on Sept. 24, 2012, to talk about their artistic contributions to East Rosedale and Polytechnic/Wesleyan Urban Village. In a YouTube video titled, “Public Art Projects Take Shape on East Rosedale,” Anne Taylor, project manager for FWPA, said there will be additional roundabouts in the area besides the one in Wesleyan’s entryway. The other two areas with roundabout plans are at the intersection of Rosedale and Mitchell Boulevard and Rosedale and Ayers Streets. Dwight Taylor, landscape architect for FWPA, said he thinks the roundabouts will bring opportunities and solutions. “The roundabouts present a really new opportunity, one being improving traffic flow,” Taylor said. “It presents an aesthetic and also a functional solution to the traffic situation.” Shirley Bryant, FWPA council member wants the finished project to create something the people of the area can cherish. “One thing [about the project] is that it will create a history for the people that are still here,” Bryant said. Dunson said he hopes current residents of Polytechnic Heights are able to have memories of their own to share as the Rosedale Renaissance project moves forward. “I would love to see new businesses move in and help create memories for present day residents,” Dunson said. “The same great memories of the old Poly that I have.”
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The transformation of East Rosedale will begin with $32 million in street improvements and will be followed by three other major projects.
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The new $3 million Central Texas Conference Service Center will be a 15,000-square-foot office building on the south side of the 3200 block of East Rosedale. The University will be the sole owner of the property, with the Central Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church as the sole tenant.
Photo above by Claudia Lei Ikeizumi/Rambler Staff Renderings courtesy of Office of Communications Above: Current view of Texas Wesleyan’s southwest corner Right: Artist rendering of the same area after the proposed renovations Far Right: Computer rendering of the Ayers Roundabout by Reese Nichols
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‘Admissions’ gets approval, but not a must-see movie
Pop Culture Junkie Tristian Evans tkevans1098@txwes.edu
I’m not the biggest Tina Fey fan, but I have never seen anything with her in it that I didn’t like. I must be honest though, watching the commercials of Admissions did leave me a little leery of her performance this time. I think it was the pairing with Paul Rudd that took away my confidence in her to be able to hold this movie together. The film is a romantic comedy about a Princeton admissions officer down on her luck in the love department. She runs into a situation when she hears that the baby she placed up for adoption 17 years ago might be applying to the prestigious New Jersey university. The comedy isn’t particularly satisfying, but, thanks to the cast and some of the odd directions taken, Admission is an intensely likable one. Director, Paul Weitz, probably was looking to gain Fey’s popularity from her movie “Baby Mama” by casting her here. Based on a book by Jean Hanff Korelitz, the movie follows a different aspect of the main character, Portia’s (Fey), life than the written version. When she meets Jeremiah (Nat Wolff ), an awkward, intellectually gifted boy with an indifferent academic record who just might be her son, she has to decide whether to throw her professional ethics aside
Some shows need to know when to call it a wrap Do you ever watch a show and think, I love this cast, I love these characters, I love these storylines, but I really want this show to end? I’m starting to feel that way about a couple of my favorite shows like, Grey’s Anatomy, Supernatural, Glee, True Blood and Dexter. Don’t get me wrong, I love these shows and the characters, but after a show has gone on for six or more seasons, it starts to lose its charm and what made you, as a viewer, love it in the first place. Networks tend to let this happen if the show is successful, and sadly, a lot of the times you can tell that the people involved don’t take it seriously anymore. Actors give less than stellar performances; storylines are bad and hardly make any sense. As a viewer, you start to resent the writers and actors involved because you feel as if they don’t care anymore. But, can you blame them? This is especially bad when you have a show in which characters never evolve and remain the same. Making the same mistakes in season ten as they did in season one, and don’t even get me started on when they start recycling storylines. My point is that good television shows deserve to end while they are on top, not when they have dropped so low in the ratings that there is no point in producing them. My fear is that this will eventually happen to some of my favorite shows that are in their early seasons now. When something great is kept around past its prime, you risk destroying what made it so good in the first place.
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and become his advocate. Fey deals with the emotional content of the role the way she deals with the setbacks of a screwball comedy — blinking, tossing her hair and awkwardly bumping into things. She makes repeated trips from the Princeton campus to a rustic alternative school in New Hampshire where students tend livestock while reading the classics. There she meets teacher, do-gooder and all around sweetheart John Pressman — a part tailor-made for the likeable Paul Rudd. As with most of Mr. Rudd’s characters, John leaves little to the imagination. He’s driven by his desire to help the unfortunate, and run away from his privileged upbringing. Admission breaks down the college-admissions process, makes blunt statements about the “legacy” of the upper class and reveals the cards that students and parents will play to score Ivy League acceptance. The film, ambitious as it is, often slips into clichés about feminism, academia, postponed motherhood and alternative education. Fey’s character in this movie was one that I didn’t think was suited for her personality. She does better in roles that allow her to be who she is. This movie called for too much seriousness on her part. All in all, I would give the movie a “go see” but probably not a “must see.”
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Texas Wesleyan Music Department Senior Recital: Laura Coffey April 4 in Martin Hall from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Texas Wesleyan Music Department Senior Recital: Mathew Fisher April 6 in Martin Hall from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Texas Wesleyan Music Department Senior Recital: Becca Mitchell April 11 in Martin Hall from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. 2013 Willson Lectures, keynote speaker, Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking April 11 in sanctuary of Polytechnic United Methodis Church from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Texas Wesleyan Music Department Faculty Recital: Ilka Araujo April 16 in Martin Hall from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Theatre Wesleyan presents: Into the Woods April 18 in Law Sone Fine Arts Center/Thad Smotherman Theatre from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Texas Wesleyan Music Department Senior Recital: Wiley Lindsey April 25 in Martin Hall from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
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Scandal series return disappoints Rhimes fans SHOW REVIEW
After a frustratingly long wait, Scandal returned with a new episode. Three weeks in waiting Scandal’s new episode was unfortunately disappointing. This episode was mainly centered around one of President Fitzgerald’s (Fitz) advisers, Murray Randall and the woman he had an affair with more than 15 years ago. Randall was a professor at the time and had an affair with his student who was also married ; this incident questions her law degree and Randall’s integrity. The affair had been kept quiet for all of those years until now. As usua, Olivia Pope acts as the “clean up” woman and takes on
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Randall’s ex-mistress as a client. Olivia tries to get to the bottom of the alleged rumor and convinces the woman to confess to the press, which she does. This in turn reflects the President’s judgment because Randall is working in the White House. All the while, Olivia finds out that there is more to the story. The client first claimed the affair only happened once but the relationship continued off and on for two years. The client’s husband realizes that this continuous affair questions the paternity of their 13-year-old child. Olivia has to dig deep to try and save their marriage. In the meantime her relationship with the president has fizzled down almost completely. In this episode the two only share a quick conversation about her helping cover up the stuffing
of the ballots (winning him his presidency); you can still tell that the two have some tension and still have feelings for each other. Ironically, Millie (Fitz’s wife) confides in Fitz’s closest adviser Cyrus. Millie thinks he’s having an affair with Olivia again, because he has made a lot of personal calls in his office. She finds out later on in the episode that he is not cheating on her, but she says to Cyrus that he is cheating on him as an adviser by talking to an outside source. This outside source is a spy that Fitz hired to keep tabs on Olivia, which is starting to seem really creepy because the spy is obsessed with Olivia secretively (cameras in her apartment that he uses to watch her on his own personal screens). What Fitz doesn’t know is that the spy is kind of dating Olivia, and
that’s where the drama picks u,p well at least hopefully next week. I didn’t care for this episode mainly because I was hoping to see more of the drama between the love triangle of Fitz, Olivia and Millie, but instead learned about an irrelevant affair between an adviser and his mistress. It wasn’t as “juicy” in this episode, unlike past episodes. I think Rhimes, the writer of the series, is a pretty busy woman but I just want to see more. I guess that could be asking a lot of someone who is writing scenes for two series and running a production company. I will still tune in for next week’s episode. If you haven’t been watching you should catch up. Rolandra West rdwest@txwes.edu
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Jessica Davis leads the pack Victoria Slaten vaslaten@txwes.edu
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Let the March Madness begin The regular basketball season has come to an end, and teams and universities around the United States are preparing for playoffs and championship games. This is my favorite time of the year because the intense March Madness starts to come into full effect. For those who aren’t familiar with March Madness, it is basically all the best teams at the college level competing against each other to win the ultimate goal of becoming the Nationals Champions. It is the winners of individual conferences throughout the U.S. who compete with each other so it is the best basketball to watch. Brackets are printed and contests are held all over the Internet and in sports bars to see if anyone will fill out the perfect bracket. Statistics from pregame.com suggest the odds of you filling out a perfect bracket are one of out every billion would be right. What is crazy about this is millions of people around the country, and the world even, put in money and place bets to see if their bracket would be the “lucky one.” Although Texas Wesleyan cannot participate in March Madness because it is not a part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, TWU basketball teams did play in their own play-off tournament for the Red River Athletic Conference Championship. Both the men and women’s teams advanced to the semi-finals but got knocked out in the second round. As their seasons came to an end, that doesn’t mean they can’t participate in basketball anymore. Now that March Madness has begun, everyone can get involved, make their own brackets, throw watch parties, and just enjoy each other and the sport of basketball.
The only sound interrupting the silence of the early morning at Texas Wesleyan on any given day is the footsteps of Jessica Davis and her fellow teammates practicing before the sun rises. Davis, senior criminal justice major, leads the pack as a star athlete in cross country and indoor and outdoor track, but she was not always a runner. Davis said she was turned into a runner after her soccer coach in high school made her run cross country. “They told me that in order for me to come back and try out [for soccer] I would have to go and help our cross country team in high school,” Davis said. “So it was like I was forced to run.” Davis said she surprised the soccer coaches when she decided not to try out for soccer and run track instead. David said she found out she loved to run and that she was good at it. “It’s a stress reliever,” Davis said. “If something’s wrong you can just go outside, hit the road.” Davis said this year in cross country she was the individual champion for the conference, qualified for nationals and had the highest placement for nationals in Wesleyan history. Davis has also been named Red River Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week multiple times. Davis said in indoor track she was the first person in Wesleyan history to qualify and advance to the finals in the 5k and the 3k. Davis said she was the first AllAmerican for Wesleyan in the 5k and the 3k. Davis said she sets goals before a race to place a certain spot, or to run a certain time. “While I’m running that’s what I think about, that I have to do it,” Davis said. “I have to meet that goal so that the next meet I can establish a new goal and pos-
Victoria Slaten/Rambler Staff Jessica Davis, senior criminal justice major, leads her teammates in a warm up before practice.
sibly have a better time or a better place than the previous meet.” Davis said her goal for outdoor track this season is to qualify for nationals and to be All-American in the 5k and the mile. Davis said after she graduates she wants to continue to train and run competitively. “I want to keep training for sure, but it’s wherever God leads me,” Davis said. “If he wants me to do something professional, I’d be more than happy to jump onboard.” Marisol Lopez, freshman undecided major and cross country and track runner, said Davis is motivational to the team and does not settle for less than her best. “I’m not trying to say she’s never happy with what she runs,” Lopez said. “But she always wants to do better no matter what. Even how she made All-American; she still wants to beat her best time and improve.”
Lopez said as one of the captains of the cross country and track teams, Davis motivates and gives advice to the team. Lopez said Davis is like the mom of the team. “If there’s a problem in the team that she notices, she automatically a meeting to work it out,” Lopez said. Lopez said she can tell how much Davis cares for the team by her actions and positive attitude. Lopez said her teammates look up to Davis and wish to achieve what Davis has in the future. Natnael Amare, head coach for men’s and women’s cross country and track, said Davis is a great student athlete and leader. Amare said Davis knows what it takes to succeed and understands why he pushes her. “She’s willing to push herself,” Amare said. “She never complains even if she’s hurting. That’s the reason she’s an All-American.”
Amare said Davis understands the three D’s the team lives by: dedication, determination and desire. “Nowadays it’s hard to find student athletes that are really committed to the sport,” Amare said. “I think with her, she really understands the passion of it, what it takes to succeed, why she has to wake up at 5 in the morning and drive about an hour from home to come to practice and go to class every day.” Amare said the women’s teams have accomplished so much in the three years the running program has been in place, including being conference champions this season in cross country and qualifying for nationals. “What they’ve accomplished is huge,” Amare said. “I was very pleased being such a great, young group of ladies, it’s a big accomplishment.”
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UCD Welcome Keynote address by Ginger Kerrick, NASA scientist
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or years, the Texas Wesleyan community has showcased academic scholastic endeavors at University College Day (UCD). UCD is our signature daylong event for promoting and exhibiting student excellence in the form of research presentations, posters, panel discussions, and performances. In keeping with the tradition of academic distinction which has grown over the years, the University College Day Committee introduces the 2013 theme of “Follow Your Path. Reach for the Stars.” In our commitment to undergraduate and graduate learning and helping students achieve their dreams, we are privileged to have two guests of honor—NASA Scientist Ginger Kerrick and Texas Wesleyan alumna and Tony Award winner Meredith Lucio who have attained their aspirations and will share their stories during the commencement and closure of UCD 2013. We are proud of our student scholarship and intend to carry over this legacy for many more years to come. Welcome to UCD 2013—what an amazing journey it has been! Tanni Chaudhuri, Chair-UCD 2013
Our keynote speaker for University College Day 2013 is NASA scientist Ginger Kerrick. Ms. Kerrick is the mission operations directorate—International Space Station (ISS) manager, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Houston. With a Masters and Bachelors degree in physics, Ms. Kerrick has been working for NASA/Johnson Space Center since 1991 where she started as an intern. Her first permanent assignment was in May of 1994 as a materials research engineer. Since then, her NASA assignments have included instructor for the ISS environmental control and life support system, Russian training integration instructor, non-astronaut ISS Capsule Communicator, flight director for expeditions 12–29, and deputy manager of the extravehicular activity. Recently, she worked as an assistant to the chief for ISS until her promotion as the mission operations directorate in Dec. The numerous accolades Ms. Kerrick has received include NASA Superior Achievement Award, NASA Exceptional Achievement Award, first non-astronaut ISS Capcom, Texas Executive Women, Woman on the Move, and first female hispanic flight director among others. The alumni speaker for University College Day is Meredith Lucio. Ms. Lucio graduated from Texas Wesleyan in 1993. A producer of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess on Broadway, Ms. Lucio won the American Theatre Wing’s 2012 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. Ms. Lucio is the founder of Wild Bird Productions, Inc. Her other productions include From Broadway with Love: A Benefit for Sandy Hook, The 39 Steps, and Rooms: A Rock Romance. Currently she is the executive producer of Bedlam Theater Company’s critically acclaimed St. Joan (Best Revival of 2012, Wall Street Journal) in rotating repertory with Hamlet. Ms. Lucio has also been on producing teams for Broadway’s Grace starring Paul Rudd, Michael Shannon, and Ed Asner, and Ann starring Holland Taylor. Lucio is the program director of Theater Resources Unlimited Producer Development and Mentorship Program in New York City.