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“The drains got overwhelmed,” said John Sinclair, emergency response coordinator for First Restoration Inc. “They’re full of leaves and couldn’t handle it. They’re stuffed.” Sinclair said the damage could have been worse considering the dock held more than a foot and a half of water at its peak. Security notified maintenance workers about the flooded offices in the administration building at about 7 a.m. that morning. “In the past, security has caught it early, today we didn’t get the call until 7 a.m.,” said James Ayala, facilities maintenance technician. “There were some ponds in here. As long as it keeps raining we’ll be sucking it up.” Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Rambler Staff The mailroom sustained wa- More than a foot and a half of water covered the library’s ter damage, but the employees loading dock, disabling deliveries for the day. However, only managed to work around it. 6 inches penetrated the building. “We’re a mess,” said mail/ copy center manager Joy Students, prepared for rain class on time. Burge. “Hasn’t happened like but not high water, maneu“I messed up my perfect this before. This is the first vered through puddles and shoes,” said Jennifer Brewer, time it’s this bad.” fast-moving currents to get to freshman music education major. “Honestly, I didn’t think it was going to get that bad. I didn’t think that it was going to flood like that.” Religious Life at Texas Wesleyan -Staff writer Rachel Peel contributed to this article.
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have earned their instructional diving certification. Rucker currently teaches all scuba courses with occasional assistance from Rast, who is a certified dive master herself. “I feel very fortunate that we have him [Rucker] here teaching for us, because of how he cares for students,” Rast said. “When you watch him underwater with students, he is like this eagle eye that sees everything.” Students are provided with major scuba diving equipment like oxygen tanks, and only have to purchase their personal equipment, which includes a snorkel, boots, mask and fins. When students complete the program, they get to go through an underwater graduation ceremony and are given red and white cords to wear at the traditional robing ceremony. “The underwater graduation is usually right after the robing ceremony, or the day before, and our students actually turn their tassel over as they come up out of the water,” Rast said. The university also offers a four-week, open-water div-
Meisa Keivani Najafabadi | Rambler Staff Wesleyan students train for their scuba certification in the pool located in the SUB. An underwater graduation ceremony is offered to students who complete the program.
ing course in the evenings for continuing education students, or others related to students and faculty. Those interested do not have to be registered students to participate in this evening
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class. The next four-week course begins Sept. 21, Rucker said. “We continue to teach Wesleyan’s family in those courses, and it’s very enjoyable,” Rucker said.
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staff so everyone can be on the same page, Burton said. “People don’t often check their e-mail, so we wanted to make sure there are different ways of getting information out,” Collier said. Sophomore kinesiology major Deserae Davis said the blog could produce positive results. “People got something good to say all the time,” she said. “You never know what it may be. It could change the world.”
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Block 50
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Willie Wallet • 300 Declining Balance Dollars • $300/ semester • Super Value Stretcher- Add $100 DBDs to your plan and we’ll credit your account with an extra $25
Bronze • 30 all-you-care to-eat meals/semester • $150 Declining Balancing Dollars • $324.75/ semester (includes tax) • Super Value Stretcher- Purchase this membership and we will give you $25 in free Declining Balance Dollars! • $5.82 per meal -save versus paying cash at the door!