September 19, 2007 Vol. 99, No. 3Fort Worth, Texas

The RamblerThe students’ voice since 1917

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Party with Ms. StellaAll students are invited

to the free Stella RussellHall balcony party from 9p.m. to midnight Sept. 20for the musical stylings ofDJ T-Thurm, free food,drinks and a chance to win aPlayStation PSP hand-heldentertainment system.

Discount moviesWesleyan movie buffs

can get discount tickets toAMC theaters through thestudent life office. Ticketsare $6.50 each and are goodfor any movie at any time.

You really need a facial...A Coldwater Creek spa

package is being raffled offOct. 23 between games 2and 3 of the volleyballmatch. The package is val-ued at more than $200 andincludes a two hour and 30minute essential facial,Swedish massage and“tempt your toes” foot treat-ment. Fliers are postedaround campus. Tickets are$20, available from any vol-leyball player or coach.

Got paintball?Student Life is looking

for students interested in anall-day paintball extrava-ganza Sept. 21. Sign-up listsare posted around campusand at least 15 people arerequired. Contact theStudent Life office in theSUB for more information.

Gay-Straight AllianceThe Wesleyan Gay

Straight Alliance meetsevery Friday at 12:15 inroom B17 in the Eunice L.West Library basement. Allstudents, faculty and staffthat support human rightsare encouraged and invitedto attend.

See you at the chapelChapel is held at free

period every Tuesday in theChapel of PolytechnicUnited Methodist Church,followed by a free lunch.The Sept. 25 speaker isJerry Chism, pastor ofArlington Heights UMC.

Baptist Student MinistryTWU’s BSM invites

you to come hang out andshare a meal with otherWesleyan students. BaptistStudent Ministries partici-pates in ministry activitieson campus, in the communi-ty and around the world.Meetings with free lunch areWednesdays at noon in theCarter Conference Room,on the second floor of theSid Richardson Building.

Make your mark nowThe Rambler is now hir-

ing writers and photogra-phers. Get paid and have funhelping produce Wesleyan’soldest news publication.Regular meetings are at12:15 p.m. every Thursdayin the lobby of StellaRussell Hall.

NEWS BRIEFS

Photos by Kevin Keathley

You’ve beenserved

Wesleyan gets millions for bilingual educationThings keep looking up for the education department. Wesleyan was

selected to receive a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department ofEducation’s National Professional Development program to benefit thebilingual education program.

This grant award comes shortly after receiving a $2 million Title IIIgrant from the Department of Education’s Strengthening Institutions pro-gram over the summer.

“This is the eighth grant award that Wesleyan has received since theearly ’90s to meet the needs of the non-English speaking children of theMetroplex,” said Carlos Martinez, dean of the school of education.

“The number of bilingual teachers produced by Wesleyan is so greatthat is difficult for me to visit a school in the Metroplex and not run into aformer student.”

The funds will be used by the Wesleyan-Tarrant Country project, whosemain goal is to “provide quality training to prepare 175 (about 35 per year)

pre-service and paraprofessionals to increase the number of certified teach-ers meeting the linguistic, cultural and academic needs of EnglishLanguage Learners (ELL students) in the 13 partner school districts,”according to a press release issued by Wesleyan.

The participating partner school districts include Fort Worth, Arlington,Grand Prairie, Hurst-Euless-Bedford, Lake Worth, White Settlement, Eagle-Mountain Saginaw, Castleberry, Mansfield, Birdville, Everman, Burlesonand Irving.

The bulk of the award will be used as scholarship funds for Wesleyanbilingual education majors, but some will be used to provide professionaldevelopment training sessions for teachers, principals and administratorsfrom the partner school districts.

Some university faculty will function as presenters of the professionaldevelopment training sessions, along with state and local experts.

“This grant award demonstrates the continued confidence that the U.S.Department of Education and local school districts have with Wesleyan’sability to produce quality bilingual educators to serve the growing numberof non-English speaking students in the Metroplex,” said Martinez.

SHAWN R. POLINGEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

The Lady Rams volleyball team shows its stuff at the firstannual Wesleyan-Hughes volleyball classic, which kickedoff the volleyball alumni reunion Sept. 14. Players likeSandra Ayala (left) joined in to support the BeckyHughes endowment. Hughes was an acclaimed Wesleyancoach that served from 1979 to 1991.

Summer sun, no island funWesleyan student returns from scientific internship in the Bahamas

Adam Harrison and others experimented with black lionfish during his internship on LeeStocking Island. The pictured lionfish is one that Harrison helped capture. During his stay,a black lionfish attacked one of the scientists Harrison assisted.

Photo courtesy of Adam Harrison

Although most people go to the Bahamas for fun inthe sun, senior liberal studies major Adam Harrison trav-eled to the legendary islands for a very different reason.

“Many people think I was there to party and havefun,” said Harrison. “Even I did at first, but I worked mybutt off.”

Harrison was one of a few students who won aninternship in the Bahamas with the Perry Institute forMarine Science, a non-profit organization committed toprotecting the world’s oceans through research and educa-tion, according to its Web site.

The goal of the internship was to provide real worldpractical application of the knowledge and techniques helearned in scuba courses at Wesleyan (His minor is recre-ational dive management).

The internship gave Harrison a chance to fill scubatanks, gas boats, clean loading areas, check compressors,repair docks, paint/operate boats and unload cargo flights,just to name a few of his responsibilities. He ended upmaking a total of 78 dives.

“Lots of extended energy and long, hard days,” hesaid. “It was enjoyable but tough.”

During his three months on Lee Stocking Island, anisland in the Bahamas, Harrison was also expected to par-ticipate in a variety of tasks and experiments, some notdirectly related to scuba.

“I gained an enormous wealth of knowledge about awide variety of marine life,” Harrison said. “I learnedmany of the methods that scientists use to study marine

ZAINAH USMAN & SHAWN R. POLINGPHOTO EDITOR & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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