April 16, 2004

Wellfest a healthy success

	Junior Colleen O’Connell enjoys a free massage from a licensed massage therapist.
Photos courtesy of BEN RUEHLMANN (Above)Members of the Wesleyan community visit the many tables assembled in the C-MAC during the Wellfest on April 1. (Right)Elaine Aird, left, conducts an interview with the representative from the Sickle Cell Association.

 

By HOLLY SMALLMAN

If you're looking for a healthy example, we've got it. On April 1, from 10:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m., Virginia Wesleyan hosted Wellfest in the Jane P. Batten Student Center. The free fair was dedicated to health and safety. With its fun, enthusiastic atmosphere, this year's Wellfest was a success.

Organizations from all over the Hampton Roads area set up tables and handed out brochures, stickers, magnets, pens, pencils and other goodies, while promoting one of the most important aspect of our lives: health. The students thought it was important, too.

"I thought the Wellfest was a well thought-out program that offered valuable information," said freshman Sara Edmonds. "I was impressed by the fact that it didn't just offer information to my generation but to the older generation as well."

Some of the organizations present at the event included the YMCA of South Hampton Roads, Aquatic Therapy of Virginia, the National Kidney Foundation, Anthem, Hollifield Chiropractic Center, Virginia Beach EMS, Metlife, the Sickle Cell Association, Wild River Outfitters, the Red Cross, the American Cancer Society and Geico Direct. Each group had something substantial to offer. Anthem gave out stress control cards that determined stress levels. The Geico table conducted sobriety demonstrations, asking students to wear a mask designed to imitate the effects of alcohol and then walk a straight line.

Demonstrations were given throughout the day for Rape Aggression Defense, yoga, karate, and kayak safety. Massage therapists could be found helping students relax, and the Sentara mobile mammography van also paid Wesleyan a visit.

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Baseball team honors Snapp’s memory, retires jersey

Photo by STEPHANY DUNMYER Head coach Nick Boothe and Chappy stand with Michael Snapp’s parents as assistant coaches Chris Francis and Kevin Flanagan stand in the background, holding Snapp’s retired home and away jerseys. Please see Baseball, Page 15

Student cars vandalized in Village III parking lot

Four different vehicles sustain hundreds of dollars worth of damages as a result of parking in Lot K last week

By HEATHER SKROBACKI

On April 6, a Wesleyan student saw a male student walking on the cars parked near Teagle in Lot K. The student recognized him and called security. On the night of the 4th, someone walked on the top of that same student’s silver Camry. The roof and the hood of the car were crushed in, the window was cracked and the sunroof was damaged.

According to security reports, a Camry and a Saturn were reported damaged on the night of the 4th; a Taurus and an Acura were reported damaged on the night of the 6th. "There were two different footprints: That's how we knew there were two different shoes and that it happened on two separate nights," said Keith Moore, director of residence life.

When the suspect was interviewed, his shoes were examined and positively matched both sets of marks on the cars. Moore said that they can't pinpoint when the cars were walked on because most people don't drive their cars every day. They are only able to give definite dates of the specific damage reports. Security officer Tracy Grisset spotted the Taurus at sunrise on the 6th. According to Grisset, security interviewed one suspect, who initially denied any involvement. Grisset took a picture of the footprints and was able to match it to the suspect's shoes. The suspect then admitted to the act.

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