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Macabre play, Woman in Black, hits the stage. A&E, page 5 The voice of Texas Wesleyan University students since 1917 WEDNESDAY November 4, 2009 Vol. 92 • No. 22 ONLINE: www.therambler.org The Rambler Volleyball student is a ‘country girl in the city.’ Sports, page 6 Jonathan Resendez [email protected] An old neighbor is finally getting a makeover. is city of Fort Worth is beginning construction to turn the old Stripling & Cox building on East Lancaster into a police department crime lab. e city purchased the building, which had stood vacant for two years, in late 2007. With all the financial pieces in place, construction crews have toiled through inclement weather to begin renovating the building since the official groundbreaking Oct. 13. “I am delighted that the crime lab is coming to East Lancaster,” said City Coun- cilmember Kathleen Hicks, also a member of Wesleyan’s board of trustees. “e facility will give new life to a building that has stood empty for far too long.” She said the advantages are multiple “Residents will also ben- efit from the increased police presence,” Hicks said. “is, along with many other initia- tives, is helping to rebuild the area around the great TWU campus in a special way.” e police department cur- rently has 15,000-square-feet of space at its headquarters downtown to keep evidence and other property. e new building almost triples that, providing 40,232 square-feet. Mayor Mike Moncrief said at the groundbreaking that this will be a benefit. “is isn’t just a bigger crime lab. is will be a more efficient lab,” he said. “It will streamline the process by combining the evidence room with the crime lab.” Moncrief went on to credit the Crime Control and Pre- vention District for the new lab’s inception. In 1995, Fort Worth was the first city in Texas with a sales tax-fund- ed CCPD. It also helps fund Neighborhood Crime Con- trol and Prevention and pro- vides anti-gang initiatives. “It might be hard to believe, but in the ‘90s, Fort Worth had one of the highest crime rates in the United States,” Moncrief said. “Since [the inception of the CCPD] our city’s [violent] crime rate has plummeted 32 percent—this, despite adding thousands of new citizens.” e tax was up for renew- al during elections Nov. 3. Carlos Flores, CCPD board member, said the group’s goal is to make Fort Worth the saf- est city in the nation. “Businesses and people will feel safer,” he said. e new lab will also give the police department the ability to perform DNA test- ing on site. In-house DNA testing allows for the fast han- dling of cases without com- promising the integrity of the evidence, Flores said. “It doesn’t make sense for a city as big as ours to have to outsource,” he said. “e new crime lab will save time and money.” He said completion is scheduled for next spring. Moncrief said that the building would not only mark a milestone in building a safer city, but also would be a ma- jor investment in aesthetically improving southeast Fort Worth. Laura Rosser | Rambler Staff The new crime lab will provide more than 40,000-square-feet of space for storage and testing. Wesleyan celebrates neighbor’s success Laura Rosser | Rambler Staff School of business adds new professors Kimberly Saleh [email protected] e school of business add- ed three new faculty members to its ranks this semester, mak- ing the school a stiff competi- tor. “With all of the professors hired, I see them being able to help reach the goal of [earn- ing] an Advance Collegiate School of Business accredita- tion,” said Dr. Hector Quin- tanilla, dean of the school of business. “Only about 5 per- cent of all schools of business hold the elite title.” One of the new additions is Dr. Trisha Woolley, who was hired as assistant professor of management and is looking forward to connecting with students. “My favorite thing about teaching is that I can connect with the student’s and have them come back and share,” she said. “I was motivated to teach instead of working spe- cifically in the field, because I love helping people and ex- plaining.” Woolley received her bach- elor’s degree and MBA from Marist College and earned her doctorate in management from the University of Mas- sachusetts. Woolley was a re- search assistant before coming to Wesleyan. “I researched the area, and I came to Wesleyan because it is a small private community,” she said. “My favorite thing about Wesleyan is that just like the students are not just a number, neither are the pro- fessors.” Woolley said she has always loved to teach. “In college is when I first re- alized that I wanted to teach,” she said. “I started out substi- New crime lab to increase area safety “ It doesn’t make sense for a city as big as ours to have to outsource. e new crime lab will save time and money ” Carlos Flores CCPD Board Member BUSINESS , page 3 Texas Wesleyan and the Poly community celebrated the recent success of Polytech- nic High School Oct. 31. Sen. Wendy Davis spearheaded the event and was joined by participants such as Poly High’s ROTC (above). The crowd paraded from the high school down Rosedale to Wesleyan where University President Harold Jeffcoat and others spoke (left). The high school recently avoided closure by the state after improving its test scores significantly.
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Volleyball student is a ‘country girl in the city.’ Sports, page 6 as ours to have to outsource. The new Vol. 92 • No. 22 www.therambler.org The voice of Texas Wesleyan University students since 1917 Carlos Flores CCPD Board Member Laura Rosser | Rambler Staff The new crime lab will provide more than 40,000-square-feet of space for storage and testing. BUSINESS, page 3 Laura Rosser| Rambler Staff Jonathan Resendez Kimberly Saleh [email protected] [email protected]
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Macabre play, Woman in Black, hits the stage.A&E, page 5
The voice of Texas Wesleyan University students since 1917
WEDNESDAYNovember 4, 2009
Vol. 92 • No. 22
ONLINE: www.therambler.org
The RamblerVolleyball student is a ‘country girl in the city.’Sports, page 6
Jonathan [email protected]
An old neighbor is finally getting a makeover.
This city of Fort Worth is beginning construction to turn the old Stripling & Cox building on East Lancaster into a police department crime lab. The city purchased the building, which had stood vacant for two years, in late 2007.
With all the financial pieces in place, construction crews have toiled through inclement weather to begin renovating the building since the official groundbreaking Oct. 13.
“I am delighted that the crime lab is coming to East Lancaster,” said City Coun-cilmember Kathleen Hicks, also a member of Wesleyan’s board of trustees. “The facility will give new life to a building that has stood empty for far too long.”
She said the advantages are multiple
“Residents will also ben-efit from the increased police
presence,” Hicks said. “This, along with many other initia-tives, is helping to rebuild the area around the great TWU campus in a special way.”
The police department cur-rently has 15,000-square-feet of space at its headquarters downtown to keep evidence and other property. The new building almost triples that, providing 40,232 square-feet. Mayor Mike Moncrief said at the groundbreaking that this will be a benefit.
“This isn’t just a bigger crime lab. This will be a more efficient lab,” he said. “It will streamline the process by combining the evidence room with the crime lab.”
Moncrief went on to credit
the Crime Control and Pre-vention District for the new lab’s inception. In 1995, Fort Worth was the first city in Texas with a sales tax-fund-ed CCPD. It also helps fund Neighborhood Crime Con-trol and Prevention and pro-vides anti-gang initiatives.
“It might be hard to believe, but in the ‘90s, Fort Worth had one of the highest crime rates in the United States,” Moncrief said. “Since [the inception of the CCPD] our city’s [violent] crime rate has plummeted 32 percent—this, despite adding thousands of new citizens.”
The tax was up for renew-al during elections Nov. 3. Carlos Flores, CCPD board
member, said the group’s goal is to make Fort Worth the saf-est city in the nation.
“Businesses and people will feel safer,” he said.
The new lab will also give the police department the ability to perform DNA test-ing on site. In-house DNA
testing allows for the fast han-dling of cases without com-promising the integrity of the evidence, Flores said.
“It doesn’t make sense for a city as big as ours to have to outsource,” he said. “The new crime lab will save time and money.”
He said completion is scheduled for next spring.
Moncrief said that the building would not only mark a milestone in building a safer city, but also would be a ma-jor investment in aesthetically improving southeast Fort Worth.
Laura Rosser | Rambler StaffThe new crime lab will provide more than 40,000-square-feet of space for storage and testing.
Wesleyan celebrates neighbor’s success
Laura Rosser| Rambler Staff
School of business adds new professorsKimberly [email protected]
The school of business add-ed three new faculty members to its ranks this semester, mak-ing the school a stiff competi-tor.
“With all of the professors hired, I see them being able to help reach the goal of [earn-ing] an Advance Collegiate School of Business accredita-tion,” said Dr. Hector Quin-tanilla, dean of the school of business. “Only about 5 per-cent of all schools of business hold the elite title.”
One of the new additions is Dr. Trisha Woolley, who was hired as assistant professor of management and is looking forward to connecting with students.
“My favorite thing about teaching is that I can connect with the student’s and have them come back and share,” she said. “I was motivated to teach instead of working spe-cifically in the field, because I love helping people and ex-plaining.”
Woolley received her bach-elor’s degree and MBA from Marist College and earned her doctorate in management from the University of Mas-sachusetts. Woolley was a re-search assistant before coming to Wesleyan.
“I researched the area, and I came to Wesleyan because it is a small private community,” she said. “My favorite thing about Wesleyan is that just like the students are not just a number, neither are the pro-fessors.”
Woolley said she has always loved to teach.
“In college is when I first re-alized that I wanted to teach,” she said. “I started out substi-
New crime lab to increase area safety“It doesn’t make sense for a city as big as ours to have to outsource. The new crime lab will save time and money”
Carlos FloresCCPD Board Member
BUSINESS, page 3
Texas Wesleyan and the Poly community celebrated the recent success of Polytech-nic High School Oct. 31. Sen. Wendy Davis spearheaded the event and was joined by participants such as Poly High’s ROTC (above). The crowd paraded from the high school down Rosedale to Wesleyan where University President Harold Jeffcoat and others spoke (left).The high school recently avoided closure by the state after improving its test scores significantly.
