West Virginia Wesleyan College - Murmurmontis Yearbook (Buckhannon, WV)

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WVWC CABLE SYSTEM What happened to Channel 4? was the question of many students who returned from Thanksgiving Break to find Dynasty and All My Children lost in marginal fuzz. The marginal fuzz was due to the placement of a new satellite dish next to Haymond Hall which controls the cable system on campus. With six satellite stations and an educational station on the way, the new system has many advantages. Dr. Bob Moore, Coordinator of Educational Media Services, hopes to develop the campus station into a daily or weekly show. The station would be operated by students interested in television communications. He also plans to broadcast classroom instruction through the station. Students could take a three-credit elective merely by watching television. In the past two J-terms, student have been par- ticipating in the Basic Television Production class. Main- ly, the class has been used to expose students to the operations of a real TV studio. They are required to create a short production using the various TV com- munication skills. The engineer behind the College TV studio and TV cable system is Paul Green. He assisted along with Dr. Moore in the construction of the satellite dish and tower. He also performs preventive maintenance on the equip- ment of the system and across campus. Mr. Green ex- plained the satellite works under a Head-End System. This means the satellite receives the waves, amplifies them, and then sends them back out. The ABC station, or Channel 4, in Pittsburgh is not strong enough to be received by the satellite tower which is why it is fuzzy most of the time. But measures are being taken to cor- rect this disturbance so hopefully, Dynasty and All My Children diehards will be happy soon. m 12

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Mr. Rochelle Peoples serving as acting director of Admissions found a natural extention of the previous positions which he had held in the business community. Having worked in Buckhan- non for the past three years, he was able to make many associations with members of the college. While working for Corhart Refractories, he served in recruiting college students for employment upon completion of their studies. During this time he fell in love with aiding students in finding their way along the path of education. Mr. Peoples brought with him many new ideas for the admissions program. These ideas involved both physical and attitudinal changes regarding ad- missions. Changes which have been seen included the remodeling of the office area, and a change in the overall attitude as well. The attitudinal change came as a result of conditioning the entire campus community to realize that Wesleyan offers to students, a valuable collegiate experience. Mr. Peoples personally worked hard to involve as many people on campus as was possible in admissions. Having Mr. Peoples as a part of the Wesleyan family has added new life to the admissions office, as well as the entire campus community. By involv- ing the entire community, Mr. Peoples was able to organize the Spring Open House which attracted many prospective students to campus. This idea was one of the many which made the year a success. Coaches Bruce Stewart and Rich Cameron came to Wesleyan and led their team to the NAIA Cham- pionship in Kansas City. Coach Stewart and his wife, Robin, came to Wesleyan after three years at Volunteer State Community College. During his coaching career at VSCC, Stewart led his team to achievement. Coach Cameron, a Wesleyan Alumni, returned to his alma mater after serving as Athletic Director and Coach at a junior high school in Indian- town, Florida. Coach Stewart saw coaching at a four-year college a challenge, and Cameron wanted to work with mature players to work on strategy and the tricks of the trade. The combination of the coaching abilities of these two young men proved the Bobcats as a national competitor. Their efforts were a great success. Combining the talents of new and returning players, the team battled to the top. Due to the outstanding oerfor- mance of the team, students, faculty, and ad- ministrators along with the Buckha nnon communi- ty showed their support throughout the year. After the ' Cats return from Kansas City, a rally was held, and the team was met by its enthusiastic fans. The ' Cats were well received and congratulated for their excellent efforts!

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What Is This JARGON? Does this look Greek to you? Well, it ' s Pascal, one of the seven languages used by computer students, and one of the most difficult languages to learn. If you have never gone into the computer room, the above program may seem confusing and complicating, but to the computer science student it is a relatively simple program. The computer system at the College has two centers: one used by the administration and one used for academics. Ron Klausewitz, Director of the Computer Center stated that many advantageous improvements had been made over the summer. The old system could only assist 24 students in the printing of programs at one time. Now the computer system can assist up to 40 students at the same time. This allows entire classes in statistics, psychology, sociology, and computer science to accomplish their assignments all at once. Not only can classes participate in this new system but also faculty and administration members. The computer system is capable of word processing which can assist in compiling doctoral dissertations, publications, and research. Mr. Klausewitz plans to initiate a program to help students pursue careers in computer science. He feels freshmen entering the field need to find out if they have an aptitude for computers. He suggests that they take a diagnostic test before taking a computer class. The results of this test will enable the professor and student to concentrate on inadequate skills before becoming too involved in this field. So if you think computers are confusing, you should give a try because they are the language of the future.