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Freshmen
experience
'Gateway'
By Kim Field
Staff Writer
Freshmen at Illinois Wesleyan
University will have a unique
opportunity this year. They are
the first group of students to
experience the Gateway
Colloquium, a new general edu-cation
requirement that focuses
on writing.
The Gateway Colloquium
replaces the Expository Writing
and Freshman Seminar require-ments.
Gateway's focus is to help stu-dents
make the transition from
high school writing to the
demands of college writing. The
classes require students to write
essays on a topic which each
instructor chooses.
The classes offer a wide array
of topics, from "Lincoln and the
Civil War" to "Ghandi" to "The
American Occupation of Japan."
With many topics to choose
from, almost all the freshmen
found a few areas that interested
them. However, some could not
get into the class of their choice.
"I was at the last orientation
see GATEWAY p. 2
New WESN talk shows
focus on student issues
By Liz Curry
Staff Writer
Two shows focusing on news
rather than music hit WESN's air
waves this fall. One highlights
women's issues while the other
will tackle issues facing high
school students.
Seniors Kristin Millikin and
Sarah Hansen are hosting the show
"Daughters of the Chaos", a show
targeting women in the college age
group. They hope to reach both
IWU and ISU students. It airs
Mondays from 8-10 p.m.
"Daughters
intends to let
they do have a
of the Chaos"
women know that
voice.
The first hour of their show is
devoted to educational topics con-cerning
women, ranging from eat-ing
disorders to political issues to
personal safety.
Millikin, who worked last sum-mer
in California as part of the
Civil Rights Coalition, says, "Our
age group of women really has a
lot of political power, they just
don't realize it."
Homecoming
She also says her show, "is a
fantastic opportunity to reach vast
numbers of people."
"Daughters of the Chaos" also
features music by various female
artists and promotes Blue Moon
singers.
Their show is open for people to
call in.
Hansen and Millikin collective-ly
decided to initiate "Daughters of
the Chaos". Millikin explained,
"We are both interested and devot-ed
to women's issues and thought
it would be great to do a show
together on that topic."
Upcoming shows include an
Oct. 14 discussion of rape, Illinois
State University Women's
Coalition and the Take Back the
Night March on Oct.16. The guest
speaker will be Debra Wood, the
new dean of students.
The Oct. 21 show will feature a
presentation about IWU's
Women's Studies Program by
director Carol Myscofski.
Freshman Nicole Patin and
junior Mike Davis are preparing to
do a show designed to address
high school students in the area
"because they aren't always given
a voice'. It will air every other
Sunday starting Oct. 20 and run
from 3-4:00 p.m. Their show is
currently unnamed.
"Our age group of
women really has a
lot of political power,
they just don't real-ize
it."
-Kristin Millikin
Patin says the show will invite
juniors and seniors from either U-High
or Normal Community to
discuss various issues which per-tain
to them. High school students
who are interested in talking on the
show will have to fill out an appli-cation.
According to Davis, 1200 appli-cations
were sent out to the high
schools. Davis says, "We'll deter-see
RADIO p. 2
'Time Warp' week festivities are In Sync
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Acapella singing group In Sync performs at the Homecoming talent show Tuesday night.
Student activities
extend until Saturday
Thursday:
A 7:30 p.m. Homecoming King and Queen
coronation in the Memorial Student Center
Friday:
A 4 p.m. Titan Games starting at the Fort
Natatorium
A -6 p.m. (after Titan Games) Bonfire in
the football practice field
A 8 p.m. Homecoming dance at Eastland
Suites
Saturday:
A 9 - 11 a.m. Campus Festival on the
Quad
A 1:30 p.m. IWU football game vs.
Millikin
Kim Field (KA) and Matt Gad (TKE) compete in
the talent show. Heather Kolopanis/The Argus
Heather Kolopanis/The Argus
Homecoming activities are in full
swing as the university marches towards
the dance and game this weekend.
"Beat Big Blue! was a big success,"
said sophomore Jodi Edwards, chair of
the Homecoming committee. The stu-dents
that secretly carried the awards pre-sented
over sixty prizes to students who
yelled "Beat Big Blue!" on Monday.
"We were pleased with the turnout ...
people got excited about it," Edwards
said. She added that not all students knew
about the contest because this was its first
year, but as students heard friends yelling
"Beat Big Blue!" they learned about the
competition.
The talent show on Tuesday night was
also a success, Edwards said. There was
a larger turnout than last year and half of
the audience in the Main Lounge was
forced to stand because there weren't
enough chairs.
"Some of [the skits] really had some
talent and people really put time into
them," said Edwards.
The first place prize was awarded to a
group of five male students that indepen-dently
entered the competition with no
residence hall affiliation. They called
themselves "In Sync" and sang acapella.
Edwards said the group received a stand-ing
ovation.
A group representing the TKE's, KAs
and SAI's won second place and third
place was awarded to the group of 211
and KKF.
Weekend Homecoming activities
planned for visiting alumni
Friday:
A 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Homecoming Registration in the Memorial
Student Center
A 11 a.m. Alumni Golf Tournament at the Prairie Vista Golf Course
A 1:30 -4 p.m. Illinois Wesleyan Today, in the Memorial Student
Center
A 5 p.m. 50 and More Club, Social Hour and Dinner, Jumer's
Chateau
A 5 - 7 p.m. IWU School of Nursing Award Reception at Jumer's
Chateau
A 6 - 7:30 p.m. Division of Business and Economics Reception in
the Peabody Room at the Holiday Inn
A 7 p.m. Robert Steakhouse, Visiting artist's lecture
A 8 p.m. (Doors open at 7:30 p.m.) Patty Larkin, Grammy nominat-ed
singer, concert in the Main Lounge
see HOMECOMING p. 6
Job market for college graduates improves
National Student News Service
The job market for recent col-lege
graduates improved this year,
with increases in service-sector
and manufacturing jobs reported
by the National Association of
Colleges and Employers.
Service employers provided
52.7 percent of job offers to this
year's graduates. Most offers were
made by accounting firms, con-sulting
companies, merchandisers,
computer software and data pro-cessing
employers.
Manufacturing jobs increased to
35.4 percent of job offers this year,
compared to 31.3 percent last year.
Among manufacturers, those most
likely to extend offers were electri-cal
and electronic equipment com-panies,
followed by computer and
business machine makers and
automotive and equipment firms.
An improved economy benefit-ed
students with degrees in busi-ness
disciplines. The average offer
to accounting graduates rose 5.5
percent to $29,476. Economics
and finance graduates' average
offer increased 7.7 percent to
$29,783, due to greater demand
from investment banking compa-nies.
Even humanities and social sci-ence
grads fared well in the 1995-
1996 recruiting season. The aver-age
starting salary for English
majors increased four percent to an
average of $23,234.
IWU student Mattisa King receives a flu shot from nurse
Debra Adams. Flu shots are available for $5 at Arnold
Health Services. (Heather Kolopanis/The Argus)
Visitation hours extended
Residence Hall visitation hours have
been extended one hour on weekdays,
making visitation ending at 1 a.m. every2
night of the week.o
"It is important to me to have a con-sistent
policy that is easy to enforce. It9 -
makes sense to have the same hours a ,
seven days a week," explained Debra 7 , s
Carlson, the dean of students.
Morning visitation still begins at 11
a.m.
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