November 8, 2002

Wesleyan's budget is composed of several categories. Those categories are Instruction, Academic Support, Student Services, Institutional Support, Operations of Physical Plant, Financial Aide, and Auxiliary Enterprises. Each category has a percentage of how much money it gets. Instruction includes anything that pertains to the actual classroom. This includes the salaries of the professors and deans. This category is given 32 percent of the revenues the college makes.

Under the Academic Support category includes the library and the dean's office. Like Instruction, this category receives 32 percent of the revenues. Student Services, which includes Dean Buckingham's office, Athletics, Security, and Admissions receives 14 percent of the college's revenues. Institutional Support includes Business Office, College Advancement and Development, the President, Insurance, Bills, and Memberships for which the college has to pay. This category receives 13 percent.

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Women’s soccer advances to ODAC semifinals

Photo by BEN RUEHLMANN The women’s soccer team piles on top of Sharon Hay, the fifth penalty kicker, and goalkeeper Laura Wiederwax in celebration of their quarterfinal victory over Randolph-Macon College.

VWC history professors to teach local high school teachers

By KELLI DAVIS

The history department at Virginia Wesleyan is in partnership with the Virginia Beach Public School district in a three-year, $984,000 grant. This will allow teachers in the district to enroll at Wesleyan for courses, which will be taught by Wesleyan faculty, in an attempt to address the low SOL scores in the subject of American History. With Dr. Daniel Margolies, campus coordinator for the project, well-known historians will be on campus to give public lectures and interact with Wesleyan staff and students.

According to Margolies, this is a "win-win situation” that will benefit Beach schoolteachers, the VWC history department, and students aspiring to be teachers. While the project was originally slated to take place at Regent University, Margolies convinced the school system to train teachers through Wesleyan when the professor in charge was called to active duty. The classes will be offered at night and will have about 30 Beach public school teachers in each. They will cover the various aspects of U.S. history.

Margolies said that Wesleyan receiving such a large grant at a time when the other large universities in the area are having budget cuts is an accomplishment. Last week, Governor Mark Warner announced budget cuts to improve the state deficit of $1.5 billion. This had a huge effect on the three universities in Hampton Roads. For example, Old Dominion University, who faces the largest reduction of 10% or $7.6 million, laid off 73 of their workers whose jobs included facility management, part-time workers and even administration.

Christopher Newport University decided not to accept its cut of $1.5 million without Warner knowing how they felt about it. Nearly 100 professors and students formed a large frowning face on the football field in protest of three academic departments closing. They are planning to send a picture of this with a letter to Warner.

Norfolk State University received a cut of $2.5 million but will not lay off any faculty or staff members. They will have to keep 50 full-time positions vacant as well as increase class sizes, reduce security and maintenance services. With other universities undergoing substantial cuts, it’s a great accomplishment for Wesleyan to receive such a large sum of money.

Batten Center accidents

By BETH HARZOLD

Accidents will happen. Dr. J Christopher Haley was reminded of that last Thursday when he was injured playing racquetball in the Batten Center. "The racquet flung out of my hand, hit the back wall, swung round and hit the tether. I think it flew up into my safety goggles,” Haley said. His forehead was bleeding, and Haley then went to the hub for assistance.

The response was almost immediate. Whenever an incident occurs, employees are to call the building supervisor, who is trained in first aid, to handle the situation. While students Yelena Shekovtsova and Matt Edwards were both working the hub, building supervisor Ryan Berger was nearby teaching a belaying course at the rock wall. He notified a trainer who treated the injury.

The other department called was campus security. Lina Green, Director of the Batten Center, explained, "It's important to call campus security, because if an ambulance is required, campus security will call and direct rescue personnel to the scene." While incidents are uncommon, most are not serious.

"We had a couple twisted knees, ankles, that kind of thing," Green said. "Nothing life-threatening. I like it that way." This was the second incident involving blood since the Batten Center opened. Whenever blood exposure is involved, the school has a protocol in the OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) college policy. "For anything that involves blood there is a response program. For blood pathogens, there are staff members who are trained to deal with it," Green said.

These staff members include individuals in the Athletic Department, Health Services, Housekeeping, Maintenance, Residence Life and Security. The OSHA policy, which is reviewed annually, enforces precautions whenever anyone is exposed to "a specific eye, mouth, other mucous membrane, non-intact skin, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials."

Kappa Alpha Order receives provisional charter

By JEFF AREY

Photo by JESSICA ROUTON Brandon Mino signs the Kappa Alpha membership book at the induction ceremony.

What started out as an interest group just one year ago has become the provisional chapter of Virginia Wesleyan's newest fraternity, Kappa Alpha Order. Fourteen men accepted bids and were inducted in KA on Wednesday, Oct. 30 in the Shafer room. In attendance were President Greer, Dean Buckingham and Lina Green. Also in attendance were the president and advisor of Phi Kappa Tau, the presidents of all of Wesleyan's sororities and many others who also came to recognize kA’s accomplishment.

The ceremonies were led by three kA officials, David "Digger" O'Dell an Executive Counselor, Jason Cording the Ammen Province Commander, and Jon Mundorf, Chapter Development Consultant. Mundorf remained in the area for a couple of days in order to meet with each inductee personally to discuss the future of the provisional chapter and to answer any of their questions."How refreshing it is to see the support from the college," said Mundorf. "KAs here are very fortunate to have such strong support."

"This is not the culmination of all the hard work these gentlemen have done thus far," said KA's advisor Keith Moore. "This is the commencement of what will be a strong fraternal presence on campus." kA was active at Wesleyan from 1984 until 1998 when the chapter was dropped due to a decline in operations. Last year Green and Buckingham approached junior Brandon Mino and asked him if he was interested in fraternities.

"They wanted to know if I wanted to help start kA back up," said Mino. "Then basically I started trying to get people interested." Thus the process for the kA induction ceremony as a provisional chapter began. "It was very unfortunate when the chapter was canceled," said O'Dell, "but I was quite excited when I heard kA was coming back, and it doesn't hurt that I am only 20 minutes away if they ever need me."

"I was here for the initial chapter," said Buckingham, "and I am proud to be here for the second. This is a great group of guys and they have a great advisor, they have a lot of promise for the future."

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