1999-04-16

              Ben Haines stays
active in England
... Features, p.7
Student choreographed dance concert
... Features, p. 5
Class of 99 remembered
Opinion, P. 10
Coon recognized for
achievements on, off
the court
'titan
baseball
downs
20-1
sugie
squad
... Sports, p. 161
Powell research conference
to showcase student projects
By Stephanie Reinhart
Staff Writer
The 10th annual John Wesley Powell IWU Student
Research Conference will be held Saturday in the
Center for Natural Sciences. The conference will
showcase 58 presentations by 57 IWU students on
their current research projects, and almost every acad-emic
area of study offered at IWU will be represented.
The conference was established as an annual event
by Associate Professor of Psychology Wayne Dornan
in 1990, and 24 students participated. For the first few
years, a committee of faculty members ran the confer-ence,
but it soon grew too large to be managed by fac-ulty
alone, and it was eventually taken over by the
Associate Provost's office.
The faculty officers of the IWU honors society Phi
Kappa Phi have served as consultants throughout the
history of the conference, and the society will award
$100 research awards to the top three presenters as
they have in the past.
The first year of the conference, the majority of the
presentations were science-related. However, the con-ference
soon grew to include a greater diversity of sub-ject
areas. This has enabled a larger number of students
to participate, and it has increased student interest in
the conference.
"Hopefully it will be university-wide, not only in the
posters and presentations, but in the interest as well,"
said professor Forrest Frank, president of Phi Kappa
Phi.
Students are traditionally asked by faculty to present
at the conference. While it is open to freshmen through
seniors, upperclassmen usually dominate the roster.
Presenters are given the choice to give a poster pre-sentation
or a fifteen minute oral presentation. This
year, 40 students will be giving poster presentations.
The two sessions will be held in the atrium of CNS
at 9 a.m. and at 1:30 p.m. Seventeen students will par-ticipate
in two concurrent oral presentations, which
will be held in the Beckman Auditorium and the
Anderson Auditorium of CNS at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30
p.m. Lunch will be served in the Main Lounge at 12
p.m., and the certificate presentation will be hosted in
the atrium of CNS at 4 p.m.
The conference was originally called the IWU
Student Research Conference. In 1996, it adopted the
name of John Wesley Powell.
According to IWU President Minor Myers jr.,
Powell was a prominent civil war officer and became
a professor at IWU in 1865. Although he only had one
arm, he was an avid explorer and became the first U.S.
professor to use field work to teach science.
In 1867, Powell led a group of IWU students to
explore the Grand Canyon. This trip was the first
recorded expedition of students and faculty in
American higher education.
see POWELL p. 2
As we approach the closing
days of the 1998-1999 school
year, another class of Illinois
Wesleyan students depart from
the University to experience what
post-college life has to offer.
Commencement for the 149th
year at Illinois Wesleyan
University will be held Sunday,
May 2 at 1:00 p.m. As stated in a
letter sent out by the office of
President Minor Myers jr. to
graduates and their families, "Our
traditional outdoor ceremony will
be held on the Eckley
Quadrangle. Seating will be
-available at 11:00 a.m., with the
processional of graduates and fac-ulty
to begin at 12:40 p.m."
The ceremony will include a
performance by the wind ensem-ble
along with a number of speak-ers.
Among the speakers will be
President Myers and Board of
Trustees President Craig Hart.
The Student Senate's faculty
member of the year and Dean of
Students Jim Matthews and Jason
Spoor, senior class president, will
see GRADUATION p. 4
By Diane Tasic
Staff Writer
In celebration of the disembark-ing
of the class of 1999 from the
S.S. Titan, DuPont Professor of the
Year Michael Seeborg addressed
the Honor's Day Convocation on
Wednesday.
Using IWU's campus and stu-dents
as part of a metaphoric cruise
ship, Seeborg used selected journal
entries combined with slides of stu-dents
from his Gateway Collo-quium
class to illustrate the diverse
bonds formed between students
during college.
"We call on many ports for pas-sengers,
sharing experiences with
passengers as they travel from port
to port and learn about different
cultures," Seeborg said.
Following his speech, Provost
Janet McNew announced Teodora
Amoloza as the 2000 Laureate for
the DuPont Award for Teaching
1959 - Jazz trumpet legend "Dizzy" Gillespie and his quintet come to
IWU and perform in the Memorial Gym. The performance was
sponsored by Inter-Fraternity Council and the Panhellenic
Council to add to the festivities of Greek Week.
1961 - Don Eddy, M
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1980 - Following imple e ohol policy that made IWU
a "dry campus," 51 stints are brought before the Dean of
Students, charged with alcohol violations. Thirteen were found
not guilty, and two of the remaining 38 were repeat offenders
and sent home for a week to "talk with their parents."
-- Compiled by Erika Kamholz
To see these articles as they originally appeared,
check out www theargus.,com
Excellence. Amoloza is IWU's
associate professor of sociology
and director of the international
studies program.
Other recognitions were given to
outstanding seniors and student
honorees, as well as the Phi Kappa
Phi initiates and the national fellow-ship
winner, Jaynanne Calaway.
Retiring faculty members were
also honored. Director of the
School of Nursing Donna Hartweg
acknowledged Associate Professor
of Nursing Margaret Tennis for her
13-year IWU commitment to stu-dent
learning and development and
her involvement beyond the uni-versity.
Tennis developed a chil-dren's
health care clinic in Peoria
that later became a clinical site for
nursing students and a model for
other children's clinics.
Associate Professor and Chair of
Chemistry Wendy Wolbach also
honored retiree Associate Professor
of Chemistry Forrest Frank.
Frank has dedicated himself to
teaching organic chemistry at
IWU, and his forensic science class
is the university's most popular
offering. Wolbach commended
Frank for introducing and explor-ing
new technology in the class-see
HONORS p. 3
Opening of a new era
Former IWU Athletic Director, baseball and basketball coach Jack Horenberger (right), his wife
Mary Ann Costello-Horenberger and current Athletic Director Dennie Bridges cut the ribbon at the
opening ceremony for the Jack Horenberger Field on Sunday. The Titan baseball team then dedicat-ed
the field with 4-1 and 8-5 wins over Milllikin. For full coverage of the games see Sports p. 14.
Stephen Llorens/The Argus
Education dept. proposes changes
By Jim Mladic
Staff Writer
Who did you look up to when you were a chiid?
Many of our role models growing up were teachers.
While teaching is not the most highly paid profession in
the marketplace, teachers are in prime position to affect
the lives of America's youth.
At Illinois Wesleyan, students can major in
Elementary Education, or minor in Secondary
Education and become teachers. Requirements for
those degrees may soon change.
The Educational Studies Department has generated
four proposals for change in the department. The first
proposal would "require all elementary and secondary
teacher certification candidates to complete the same
general education requirements as all students in the
College of Liberal Arts."
This would change the program by requiring one
extra semester of foreign language (education majors
and minors only need 0-2 semesters now), which is
what the rest of the College of Liberal Arts has now. It
would also open up the classes which education
majors can use" to fulfill their General Education
requirements. Previously, education majors were lim-ited
in their choice of classes they could use to fill cer-tain
Gen Ed requirements.
see EDUCATION p. 2
IWU to reevaluate new library master plans
By Josh Butts
Staff Writer
Although drawn up only four years ago, the
master plans for the new library created for
Illinois Wesleyan by Jack Debartolo, architect
of both the Science Center and Center for
Liberal Arts, will be reevaluated next month by
administrators, faculty and members of the stu-dent
body.
"The Debartolo master project did a lot for us
in giving us a sense of direction in where we're
going. It laid out long-term plans for the build-ings
and grounds of the university, giving us an
overall sense of what we have and what we
need," Provost Janet McNew said.
But McNew said that because the student
body's current needs weren't adequately articu-lated
in the formation of the master plans four
years ago, it is necessary to revise the plans in
light of what students feel is currently needed to
improve student life.
Needs now being vocalized center around the
creation of a student center, which will be the
first step in the revision of the master plans.
Next month, Boston architects Schepley-
Bullfinch, who have just finished working on
plans for the new IWU library, will begin eval-uating
whether it is possible for Memorial Gym
to be converted into a student center.
"We would like to see Memorial Gym house
the student center if at all possible," McNew
said. "It's historic enough that we would be will-ing
to put the money into the renovation of the
building even if other options seemed to be
more cost effective."
That's not to say that the student center will
be housed in Memorial Gym no matter what the
architects' findings. Shecan Library, which will
be vacated after the completion of the new
library, is also being considered.
However, housing the student center in
Memorial Gym would clearly make the revision
of the master plans easier, as Debortolo already
designated the building for that specific pur-pose.
"Because the original master plans envisioned
that the offices in Holmes would move to
Sheean Library, revision of the plans would
have to be even more extensive if it was decid-ed
to house the student center in Sheean.
Questions such as where to eventually put
administrative offices and what to do with
Memorial Gym would then have to be
addressed," McNew said.
And not only would housing the student cen-ter
in Memorial Gym create less headaches in
the revision of the plans, but IWU students seem
see LIBRARY p. 4
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