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VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
ODU doesn’t speak for VWC
Robert Sanders | Courtesy In response to the negative banners hung at Old Dominion University, the Virginia Wesleyan chapter of Sigma Nu hangs its own banner, highlighting its values. BY KIERSTEN NEWNAM krboyd@vwc.edu
During move-in week, the Eta Chi chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity at ODU draped banners with sexually suggestive content, directed toward freshmen women, over the balcony of a private off-campus residence. VWC’s Iota Beta chapter of the fraternity responded with its own banners, displayed on Aug. 25. One of the ODU banners read, “Rowdy and fun; hope your baby girl is ready for a good time…” A second banner said, “freshman daughter drop-off,” and a third
one suggested that families “go ahead and drop mom off too.” These ODU banners have received national news coverage and have caused outrage throughout the community, especially in the national Sigma Nu headquarters and in their brother chapter at VWC. “We’re all upset how this one fraternity, just by hanging some stupid sheets, can ruin the image that our fraternity holds so dear,” said Nick Snyder, president of Wesleyan’s Iota Beta chapter. The Iota Beta chapter defended women and the values of the Sigma Nu fraternity by displaying their own banners, which read “Rowdy and fun? Nah, respect and
fidelity” and “Honor and equality.” “It started as a joke, like, ‘We should hang up our own banners,’ then I was like ‘Walmart is open 24/7 guys, let’s do this,’” Snyder said. “Most people kind of associate our two chapters because we’re so close.” Overall, the Iota Beta chapter is receiving positive responses, especially from freshmen on campus. “Here at Wesleyan, I feel like our chapter’s response was great. It lets the girls here know that the guys still have our back. But at ODU, especially since it’s a larger school, I feel like women will need to watch their back and be more cautious,”
said Francesca Lanuza, a freshman at VWC. “I don’t feel like parents would be sending their children off happily, considering the thought of how guys could potentially treat their daughters and what kinds of situations they could be put in,” Lanuza added. “I think the banners here are trying to give off the proper message instead of what ODU did,” another freshman, D’Angelo John said. “Their message was scary, and our fraternity is saying that’s not how things are supposed to be.”
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Subtle changes to VWC’s printing procedures BY BRIAN LE btle@vwc.edu
Virginia Wesleyan College has made some minor changes to its printing process for this fall semester. Prior to this academic year, each student was allocated 500 pages to print per semester. VWC has shifted to a monetary system to better manage print usage at the college. Each student is currently given a $25 print allowance at the beginning of the semester. It costs five cents to print in black and white, which still works out to be 500 pages. The minor change is that it now costs 25 cents to print in colored ink. The rollover policy is still in place, which means any balance left unused from a student’s original $25 will be carried over to the next semester. However, all balances will be reset to $25 at the start of an academic year. Students also now have the ability to control not only where, but also which printer they would like to use. When students are ready to print, they can either choose to use the default printer nearest to them or they can choose to select “FollowPrint” from the drop down list of printers available. According to computer services, if a student decides to use “FollowPrint,” their print job will be sent to a cloud system on printpath’s server. Students will then be able to retrieve their print job from any Konica printer in either the Hofheimer Library, Clarke Hall computer lab or any other printer in a classroom accessible to students. Once the student decides which printer to use, they must swipe their VWC student ID card to pull up and print their print job. This new print management system is intended to make printing more convenient and flexible for students by eliminating long lines while waiting to use a particular printer. It is also a cost saving approach for the Kayla Skeete | Marlin Chronicle college in hopes of reducing excess paper waste and the overall use of The new print management system gives students more flexibility in their printing options. colored ink on campus.
To read about more changes implemented this year to procedures that VWC students use every day, see The Handbook’s Online, Page 3.
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