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• Comeback kids Speaking out Deacs push through Responding to 83-6 Deacon Notes 82 crimes against Briefly A2 Editorials AS-8 Calendar B4 Scoreboard 82 homosexuals :Classifieds 84 Sports 81-2 News/A3 Comics 84-6 WorldWide A4 Visit our Web site at http://ogb. wfu.edu Volume No.19 Deacon Dollars Board approves tuition increase The board of trustees approved tentative recommendations for tuHion and housing fees at its recent meeting. · By Heather Seely recent years (excluding 1996-97, the year President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. said the the university's tuition placed 36 of 41. News Editor of the implementation of the Plan for the lower increase was part ofa plan to keep the Last year, theuniversitywas the cheapest Class of2000), falling into a range of$850- school affordable to all students. of the three North Carolina schools on the The board of trustees approved tentative $1,000. "We are committed to keeping Wake list, ranking behind Duke University and recommendations for 1999-2000 student The increase is tentative and will not be Forest accessible to a diverse group of Davidson College. fees, including the lowest tuition increase fully approved until the March meeting in students," Hearn said in a press release. "As If the other two do not increase their in the decade, at its meeting Feb. 4-5. which the trustees will vote on the entire part of that effort, the university is deter­ tuition, the university's tuition will surpass The 4.7 percent increase of $970 will budget. However, the increases of all stu­ mined to slow tuition increase as much as Davidson, making it the second most ex­ raise tuition to $21,420. Although the per­ dent fees will not exceed the preliminary possible." pensive school in the state. Single* $4,080 480 13.3 cent increase is the smallest of the decade, figures approved in the recent meeting. In Barron' sProfile ofAmerican Colleges Double* $3,780 330 9.6 the dollar increase is comparable to other Last year tuition increased 5.I percent. for"most competitive" private institutions, See Trustees, Page A9 'Rooms in S1uden!Apar1melrts and Polo Residence Hall Analysis courses OK'd Faculty adopts spirit of quantitative reasoning classes By Theresa Felder The faculty also did not want the Managing Editor "(The committee was) well · university to be a school that did not have such a requirement. The faculty approved the prin­ aware that the one-course "Thatjustdidn'tseemright,"Tho­ ciple of a quantitative analysis re­ requirement is not doing much mas said. quirement Feb. 8, though with a more than making ... an The Curriculum Review Com­ smaller majority than supported the mittee debated limiting the require­ first five proposals of the Curricu­ important gesture to solving a ment to Division II but decided to lum Review Committee. society-wide problem." include options in other depart­ Under the requirement, "Each Claudia Thomas ments, Thomas said. "We decided that we'd keep it broad because Wake Forest. undergraduate will Associate dean of the college take at least one course that requires there are some students who under­ , . quantitative reasoning either as a stand concepts better when they're qualifYiiig Ci:nmeoffering in Divi­ Clliuaia Thomas, an associate presented in (the) context" of eco­ sion II, as an elective or as a major dean of the college and the chair­ nomics, sociology or another sub­ course requirement." woman of the Curriculum Review ject involving quantitative reason­ Courses such as biology 113, Committee, said the motion is im­ ing. chemistry Ill and 116,physics I 13 portant as the 21st century ap­ The faculty was also thinking in and 114 and math 108-112 would proaches. terms of"maximum flexibility for satisfy the requirement, and a sub­ "Science and technology have be­ students," Thomas said. committee of the Committee on come so integral to our culture that Thomas said the requirement is Academic Planning will determine we wanted to ensure everyone who somewhat symbolic. "(The com­ which other courses will qualify, leaves Wake Forest would have at mittee was) well aware thatthe one­ said James Powell, the secretary of leastminimumexposure"to a course course requirement is not doing the faculty and an associate profes­ involving statistical reasoning, Tho­ sor of classical languages. mas said. See Curriculum, Page A9 Staff salary increases cut during fiscal constraint and Shadow light By Jared Klose Seniors Tamara Payden-Travers and Leslie Alverez talk in the sun Feb. 10. The unseasonably warm Assistant News Editor A plan with no major increases for faculty and weather drew many students out onto the Magnolia Quad to bask in the sun. Many university staffmembers reacted with displea­ staff salaries, which taken together comprise the sure to a memorandum sent last month by the president's school's largest expense, was thus adopted by office, although it addressed the topic of staff salary the committee. increases. The letter delineates a deviation from the annually expected 5 per cent pay raise that staff mem­ bers had grown accustomed to and replaces it with an Homogeneity hurts progress incremental raise of 2.5 percent for the following the second option. A plan with no major increases for school year. faculty and staff salaries, which taken together com­ By Jay Cridlin -the lack of cultural diversity. According to the letter, university expenditures have prise the school's largest expense, was thus adopted by Old Gold and Black Reporter A 1998 study by U.S. News and outpaced tuition increases in the past two decades and the committee. World Report showed that among although tuition payments constitute the largest source It is a solution that has not sat well with staff The chances are that if you have comparable schools such as Duke, of income for the school, the Budget Advisory Com­ members. attended this university for any sig­ Vanderbilt or Rice universities, mit_tee was asked by President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. to "We don't stack up very well right now," said a staff nificant amount of time, then you "This school is nothing but rich this university is by far the least fix the tuition increase next year at a rate ofless than 5 member who wished to remain anonymous. "Even have heard at least one comment white kids." diverse. percent. when you get a raise, then they increase the cost of about the nature ofits student popu­ "There is NO diversity here." Ofthis university's students, 88 With that in mind, the committee was forced either to faculty housing or something else. I don'tthink it's fair lation. It is an issue that continues to percent are white and a great fmd new methods to generate revenue or curtail the that we're being passed over. There needs to be some "Ever)'one here looks the same," attract criticism from both white amount of money being spent by the university. students say. and minority students on campus See Diversity, Page A5 The 1999-2000 budget reflects an endorsement of See Salaries, Page A5 Library launches Voyager catalogue By Travis Langdon The new system will offer several im­ Each of the men spoke at the reception, in Assistant News Editor provements over Dynex, the previously unanimous agreement with Channing's existing system, including a departure from enthusiasm about the endeavor. Students, faculty and staff gathered in the a text-based system to a more user-friendly "Voyager is the latest generation of li­ atrium of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library hypertext format. This means that users brary infonnation systems," Channing said. Celebrate we will Feb. 9 for a reception to announce the will be able to use a mouse to select links, "It's a major step forward for our library." recent implementation ofthe program Voy­ rather than typing letters into a keyboard. Voyager also features hyperlinks, which Dave Matthews stopped at Wait ager, a new online catalog system. Channing also thanked the people who will provide users with internet links to Chapel Feb. 9 during his acoustic tour. The reception began with a few brief supported the effort to install the Voyager subjects related to the topic they are inter­ For more information on the show, see words from Library director Rhoda program, including President Thomas K. ested in. Making the internet easily acces­ Page 83. Channing outlining the structure ofthe new Hearn; Ken Zick, the vice president for sible from the catalog was something that system and the events leading to its arrival student life and instructional resources; and Chris Carlstrom! Old Gold and Black 11t the university. Jay Dominick, an assistant vice president. See Voyager, Page A4 • .1 A2 Thursday, February 11, 1999 Old Gold and Black News Physics professor puts astrology to the test By Brad Gnnton which horoscope matched each zodiac sign. that one reason might be that astrology, while not Old Gold and Black Reporter Ifthe horoscopes were accurate, then more than five "There's really no good solid evidence that a~ering to the scientific methOd, doe8 in fact mimic a of the 30 audience members should have been able to astrology works, and on top of that there's no science by using astronomical data. With statistics and experiments, physics professor pick which horoscope was theirs. "People see these reams of data, and they think this Eric Carlson put astrology to the test that all sciences However, only two people found that their horo­ scientific reason that it should w~k." is science," Carlson said. must pass in order to gain acceptance in the scientific scopes actually matched their day. Therefore, the Eric Carlson - Also, astrology gives people a sense of certainty in community.

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