Wright State University CORE Scholar The Guardian Student Newspaper Student Activities 2-18-2009 The Guardian, February 18, 2009 Wright State University Student Body Follow this and additional works at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/guardian Part of the Mass Communication Commons Repository Citation Wright State University Student Body (2009). The Guardian, February 18, 2009. : Wright State University. This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Activities at CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Guardian Student Newspaper by an authorized administrator of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Wednesday WRIGHT STATE UN Feb. 18,2009 DUNBAR LIB FEB 19 2009 WRIG T STATE UNIVE SITY'S CAMPUS NEWSPAPER 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy. 014 Student Union, Dayton, OH 45435 I Issue No. 17 Vol. 45 ASMA All-American Newspaper NEWS War at home ~! WRIGHT LIFE · OPINIONS ~ SPORTS ; Index Staff List News Editor- in- Chief Chelsey Levingston [email protected] Nursing School. ..... 4 Business Manager College of Nursing raises GPA Alex Hunter requirement as record number [email protected] News Editor of students apply Tiffany Johnson [email protected] Assistant News Eaitor Whitney Wetsig Opinions wetsig.3wright.edu Whitney W tsig Feb. 8 - A female reported that an News Writers Snow Cleanup ...... 7 wet [email protected] unknown male ran towards her while Ryan Hehr she walked on Village Road and jumped [email protected] More commentary from Feb. 6 - Police broke up a party at her. Police were unable to locate Allison Lewis disabled students [email protected] with alcohol and underag gue t . any ne who matched the de cription. Copy Editor ffi er r p rted to an apartment eh. 9 - ~ male tudent wa ar­ Aaron Larson n Zink R ad after an anonymou call rc t d n an out tanding warrant aft r larson.24 right.edu p lie found itting Sports Editor Features w re civcd. Wh n p lie kn ked n h r on the flo r Clint Davis th do r. on f th tenant out id a ro m in awcctt Hall. davls. 98 wright. du Music Revlew....... 11 and I t th offic r insid . h fomal t Id p lie that he Sports Writers David Sedans' la te tr lease Thrc p pk w re pre nt: tw un­ b cam wann in cla and pa d ut. Matt Gahris gohris.2 wright .edu .. When You Are Engulfed In dcrag tenants and a 21-y ar-old guc t. M di w r called to th c nc, but Andy Sedlak Flam s" All thr e admitted t drinking b er she rcfu cd treatment. sedlak.4 wright .edu and playing beer pong. The guest told A earch und r her name showed Wright Life Editor police that he purcha d the alcohol. that she had an active warrant through Nikki Ferrell [email protected] Police searched the apartment and Montgomery County for failure to Wright Life Writers Sports found several empty beer cans and appear on six counts of driving under Kelly Porter cups set up for beer pong. The open uspension. [email protected] Pregnancy •. .... 14 beers, including the cups were poured After the female gathered her be­ Jason Vanover New pollcy [email protected] model to addre s out. longings from the classroom and spoke Opinions Editor pregnant athlete co written by The guest was allowed to take the to her teacher, police placed her in Emily Crawford W U professor unopened beer home, and the ca e handcuffs and took her to the Mont- [email protected] g mery County Sheriff's Office Chief Photographer wa referred to Judicial ervic . 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'The B.E.A.C.O.N. program of- competitive and prior to that, the baseline require­ (Students with High Achievement for fers me the chance to get my nursing ment GPA was a 2.5, said Holdcraft. Rapid Enrollment) program, Holdcraft degree without having the competitive­ admissions giving The issue with the College ofNurs­ said. ness that I have previously had to deal rejected nursing ing's baseline GPA requirement is that "We have been meeting with people with," she said. the college work on a competitive at Sinclair and for those students that Polzin plans on graduating in students other admission process rather than some meet Wright States requirements, but fall 2009, and will apply for the schools, such as Sinclair Community are not accepted due to the cut-off B.E.A.C.O.N. program in the winter. degree options College, who hav waiting lists. GPA being higher than what they have, 'We want to fill every seat we have At these schools, as long as their will have the option to attend Sinclair," that's available " Holdcraft said. "We Jessica Gilland students me t the minimum requir - Holdcraft said. don't want to tum someone away that [email protected] ments, they are automatically accepted "If they complete Sinclair' nursing meets the requirement because of the into the program when th y have program then in the ummer W U competitive GPA." Holdcraft aid. Th PA requirement for pring waited their tum. will offer thes nursing student the "By allowing more tudents into 2009 applicant to Wright tate Th main rea n fl r the competi- chance to pick back up at W U and th program and hiring on additional niv r ity llege f Nursing wa ti vcnes f W U' liege fNursing r iv th ir bach lor's degree that faculty, m re tud nt will hav their rai d to a 3.2, the high tit has er i du t the limit d h pital provid­ they could not receive from inclair," chanc t a R.N. than cv r before b en makin th chool' · admi ion in clinical placements and al o th h added. h re at W U.' proce seven more competitive. numb r faculty n taff that arc willing Another ption ti r student i But a, th college ecom increa - to teach nur ing, aid Holdcraft. to obtain their bachelors' degr in Fin out next weer< if ingly competitive, a variety of option "Fortunately, I wa able to get in something other than nursing, and enable students to still acquire a degree nursing school my first time applying," then come back and receive their more faculty will be in nursing if they are turned away. said senior Ashley Clapp, a nursing R.N. [Registered Nurse licensure] Of the 189 students that applied for maJor. in five quarters. This is called the hired to keep up the College ofNursing this spring, 122 "But a lot of my friends that were B.E.A.C.O.N. (Baccalaureate Educa­ were accepted. unsuccessful in getting in were given tion Accelerates Career Opportunities with the increase This is the largest amount of stu­ many other options to still obtain their in Nursing) program. dents in WS U history to be accepted," nursing degree" she said. "Due to the limited amount of fac­ in nursing students said Carol Holdcraft, assistant dean of One option for students at WS U ac­ ulty and clinical space, I changed my nursing at Wright State. quiring a nursing degree is a program major from nursing to organizational Professor appointed to state commission Oriana Lerner "i consistent with what I teach a a Lerner.5 a wright.edu faculty member in the o~partment of 'ommunication, what I do a a media­ Dan D teph n, a WS U prof sor, tor, and in how I direct the enter for has ju t been n:appointed as ccretary caching and Learning." to the Ohio ommi ion on Di pute His cour es, ommunication and Resolution and onflict Management Consulting and Dispute Systems De­ (OCDRCM).