WEDNESDAY

November 3, 2010
Vol. 93 • No. 22

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Lady Rams fall to the Lady Pictures from the Fort Worth
Saints in a 3-2 game series. Symphony’s performance.
Sports, page 5 A&E, page 7

Paralegal
Candidate visits campus, group set
to form at
speaks with community university
Melissa Bates
Barry Grubbs mdbates@mail.txwes.edu
bgrubbs@mail.txwes.edu
Wesleyan’s paralegal stud-
Wesleyan’s search for a new president moved ies majors may soon have a
forward on Oct. 28 when the first of two final- group of their own.
ists being considered for the university’s presi- Paralegal studies majors
dential post met with the school’s faculty. have shown interest in creat-
A group of about 75 Wesleyan faculty mem- ing an organization at Wes-
bers gathered in the lecture hall of the Health leyan that can help with net-
Science building and were introduced to Fred- working and navigating the
erick G. Slabach, who after a brief statement, legal community.
fielded questions from those in attendance. Director of paralegal stud-
Slabach, who was formerly the dean of Wes- ies Dr. Barbara Kirby said
leyan’s School of Law, currently serves as the people in the department
executive secretary and CEO of the Harry S. wanted to have an organi-
Truman Scholarship Foundation in Washing- zation for students who are
ton D. C. paralegal studies majors or
Before he opened the floor for questions, other students who will be
Slabach talked about his personal values and working in the legal profes-
his parents’ strong efforts to make higher edu- sion.
cation a priority for him and seven siblings. “Our goal would be to
“Higher education is the greatest socio-eco- make contacts within the lo-
nomic elevator ever devised by man,” Slabach cal legal community, bring in
said. “That’s why I feel so strongly about being speakers who can talk about
a part of it.” the job market in the Fort
A wide variety of issues were discussed dur- Worth and Dallas area and to
ing the meeting ranging from academic ten- find out what kinds of posi-
ure for faculty to Slabach’s vision for making tions are available for parale-
Wesleyan a more vital component of the Fort gals,” Kirby said.
Worth community. The paralegal organization
When asked what he saw as the university’s will have connections with
greatest challenge, he said financial concerns the Wesleyan Law School,
are always at the top of the list of challenges for but the two schools will not
most universities, and he thought Wesleyan be directly associated.
was no different. He talked about his experi- “Ultimately we’d like to
ence in the area of institutional fundraising. have some kind of interface
“I like doing that kind of thing,” Slabach said. with the people at the law
“It’s sort of a part of my public service ethos.” school, but I think it would
As the dean of Wesleyan’s law school, Sla- be basically having them
bach was able to solicit money from many of come in as speakers at our
the Tarrant County organizations he was in- meetings,” Kirby said. “We
volved in. In his current role as chief executive definitely want to take ad-
officer of Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foun- vantage of the fact that we
dation, he is responsible for managing a $55 have a law school by making
million trust fund and distributing that money connections between the fu-
for scholarships. ture lawyers and the future
Slabach and faculty members discussed the paralegals.”
issue of Wesleyan’s mission to serve first-gen- Because the organization is
eration students. Slabach said he and his seven still in the pre-formed stages
siblings were all first-generation students and Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Rambler Staff ,they don’t have set times and
that personal experience motivates him to Executive secretary and CEO of the Harry S. Truman Foundation in Washington, D.C. Frederick Slabach dates for meetings. Right
is vying for Wesleyan’s presidential vacancy. Slabach visited Wesleyan Oct. 28 and 29 to speak with now, they meet at 6 p.m. on
CANDIDATE, page 3
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LEGAL, page 3
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Tutoring aims to aid student success

Shauna Banks
sbbanks@mail.txwes.edu
Students overwhelmed with
the slew of research papers,
projects and assignments still
facing them before the semes-
ter’s end, can breathe a sigh
of relief. There is help, and it’s
only a hop, skip and jump away
at Texas Wesleyan’s Academic
Success Center.
Offering tutoring services
primarily in writing and math,
select undergraduate students
and faculty are giving a helping
hand to any students who may
need extra instruction to com-
plete an assignment.
“We have excellent tutor-
ing services in the Academic
Success Center,” Dr. Helena
Bussell, associate provost at
Wesleyan said. “To ensure that
students get tutoring in what
they truly need, tutoring ser-
vices begin with an assessment
of student needs at the point of
initial contact with the center.”
Bussell also said that as a
result, students may not only
get tutoring in a specific sub-
ject such as math or writing,
but may also receive assistance
with study skills and time man-
agement, and be given referrals
as needed.
In addition to the undergrad-
uate student tutors, the center
also has several professors who
offer their time, including Lisa
Scott and Dr. Mary Landers,
who both offer math-tutoring
services.
“I am glad to be available for
students to come to the Aca- Chunkin’
Pumpkins
demic Success Center for help
on their math work,” Landers
said. “I find the students who
make the decision and time
commitment to come are gen-
uinely interested in their own
progress.  It pleases me to help
students succeed in their goals.”
Assistant director and learn-
ing specialist at the center, Mi-
chael Greer Hall, said other
professors offer their time in
CENTER, page 4
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Alliance provides doorway to pledge tolerance

Melissa Bates
mdbates@mail.txwes.edu
Texas Wesleyan’s Gay
Straight Alliance asks people
to be more tolerant of the di-
versity of people on this cam-
pus and in our world.
From 10:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m. Nov. 11 in the mall, the
GSA will have a Door of Toler-
ance for students, faculty and
staff to walk through pledg-
ing they will be more tolerant
of others. Anyone who walks
through the door can sign the
door and they will receive a
certificate and a button that
reads: ‘Diversity, Tolerance,
Understanding Wesleyan.’
Willie Sublett III, freshman
music education major and so-
cial chair of GSA, said with the
current rise in bullying, toler-
ance is something that is really
needed right now.
“We can’t have people mak-
ing fun of each other based on
their size, sex, race or anything
and that’s all part of why we’re
doing the Door of Tolerance,”
Sublett said. “We just ask peo-
ple to come through who may
be having problems with being
tolerant of others.”
Joe Brown, dean of fresh-
man success and professor of
theatre and communication,
said, “The Gay Straight Alli-
ance wants people to be more
tolerant and understanding
of other people’s differences,
not just gender orientation
but religious, cultural, height,
weight, hair color, major, all
the stereotypes we hear.”
The Door of Tolerance is
painted white to allow for the
signatures. It is a symbolic
door that people walk through
and write their names on as a
gesture to say ‘I am someone
trying to be open, understand-
ing, accepting and tolerant of
our differences and embrace
diversity,’ Brown said.
“As educated people, I think
we need to be aware of our
global society,” he said.
Amanda Moten, junior his-
tory major and president of
the GSA, said she hopes people
feel a sense of pride and a sense
of pledging to make a differ-
ence when they walk through
the door.
“I hope people walking
through the door will realize
they are now promising to be
more inclusive, to be tolerant
of people different than them,”
Moten said. Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Rambler Staff
“It’s a way to admit those Tabitha Evans, freshman undeclared major, smashes a
mistakes and promise to be a pumpkin while dressed as Princess Peach during the Ves-
leyan Monster Bash on Oct. 29.
DOOR, page 4
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