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The Reporter, December 1978

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  • The Reporter is a publication produced by Western Carolina University featuring news, events, and campus community updates for faculty and staff. The publication began in August of 1970 and continues digitally today. Click on the link in the “Related Mate
  • A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina December 7, 1978 PROGRAM OF CHRISTMAS MUSIC SET FOR DECEMBER 12 The Western Carolina Com­munity Chorus will present a program of Christmas music at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday in the Music Recital Hall. There will be no charge for admission. The group is under the direction of James E. Dooley, and Barbara Dooley is accompanist. Soloists featured on the pro­gram include Jacque Culpepper, Diana Fisher, and Katie Hoyle, sopranos; Sharon Jacques, mezzo-soprano; and Steve Medford and Edgar vom Lehn, basses. The program will open with well-known traditional works and con­clude with a medley of familiar carols and hymns. HOLIDAY SCHEDULES ANNOUNCED Hunter Library holiday schedule: December 17: Closed. December 18-22: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. December 23-January 1: Closed. January 2-5: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. January 6: Resume normal schedule. Media Center holiday schedule: The Media Center will operate up to Dec. 22 but will be closed evenings from Dec. 11—22. The Center will be completely closed from Dec. 25 through Jan. 1, 1979. If you need equipment or films during the Christmas Holiday week, please make your loans prior to December 25. ANNOUNCEMENTS On April 23, this coming spring, the English Department would like to sponsor a faculty/staff production of Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice." Don Loeffler of Speech and Theatre Arts has agreed to direct it, but before embarking the department needs to know if it will have enough support to make the production possible. The rehearsals would begin on March 19 and would be held every week night, Monday through Friday, from 7 to 11 p.m. There would be no rehearsal Thursday and Friday of Easter vacation. There are eight major roles, four female and four male. If you are interested in this project and would be willing to sacrifice this time and effort, please respond to Dr. Loeffler, or Terry Nienhuis in the English Department by Friday, December 8, the last day of regular classes. Hunter Library will be open through Dec. 15 from 8 a.m. until midnight, with the expeption of Sunday, Dec. 10, when the hours will be noon until midnight. On Saturday, Dec. 16, the library will open at 8 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. NAMES IN THE NEWS MARILYN JODY (director, Special Academic Services), TERRY HOYLE (English), and BILLIEE P. PARKER and RICHARD GENTRY (both Elementary Education and Reading) attended the "New Directions in Developmental Education" con­ference Oct. 8-10 in Charlotte. WILLIAM G. HAEMMEL (Business Law) attend­ed the 45th annual meeting of the N. C. State Bar held at Pinehurst Oct. 19-20. Haemmel and Paralegal Carla Barger of Greensboro pre­sented the paralegal law case part of The Law Office Compleat. Addresses were delivered by Governor Jim Hunt, U.S. Senator Robert Morgan, and J. Dickson Phillips Jr., newly appointed Judge of the U.S. Fourth District Court of Appeals. WILLIAM G. HAEMMEL (Business Law) deliv­ered a paper, "The Ombudsman—A New Consumer Advocate," at the Southeastern Regional Busi­ness Law Association annual meeting in Ashe-ville Oct. 26-27. CAROLYN RAUCH (Speech and Theatre Arts) attended the Florida Theatre Conference at Stetson University Nov. 3-5. She served as co-adjudicator for the five-play statewide community theatre competition along with Dean Morrison of the North Carolina School of the Arts. MIKK BAKER (Sociology and A nthropology) presented a paper entitled "Late Archaic Stone Reduction and Implement Manufacture" at the 35th annual meeting of the South­eastern Archaeological Conference in Knox-ville Nov. 9-11. 3* Ger ald Eller (Biology), as executive officer and general coordinator of projects, presided at a recent meeting of the Southern Appalachian Research/Resource Management Co­operative (SARRMC) at the University of Tennessee. The University of Georgia and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service were welcomed as new members bringing the mem­bership to ten. Progress reports were heard on three team research projects currently under way all of which involve WCU researchers. ALLEN MOORE (Biology) works with the team studying op­tions for management of wild boar. RAY FERELL (Center for Improving Mountain Liv­ing) serves on the team dealing with the use of wood as an energy source. JERRY WEST (Biology) and GARY WHITE (Earth Sciences) are conducting a study on the impacts of non-point source pollutants on Southern Appalachian streams as one component of a larger study on adverse impacts on streams of the region. Each of these projects will be the basis for workshops or conferences in the near future. JOHN McCRONE (d<jan, Arts and Sciences) also attended the meeting. DAVID MATHEWES, FRANK PROCHASKA, EDWIN VASSIAN and HUBERT YOUMANS (all Chemistry) attended the 30th Southeastern Regional American Chemical Meeting in Savannah, Ga. Nov. 7-10. Papers presented were "Color-metric Analysis of Skatole in Water by Iron (III) Oxidation" by HUBERT L. YOUMANS, Chang Hei and Christopher R. Hall; "Ring Ovens for the Masses" by HUBERT L. YOUMANS and E. G. VASSIAN; "Matrix Photoionization Studies of Methylene Fluoride and Trifluoromethyl Halide Systems. Infrared Spectra of CHF„ ,CF_ , CF2X and the Parent Cations in Solid ARgon 15 K by F. T. PROCHASKA and Lester Andrews. ROGER COOK (Speech and Hearing Center) has been asked to serve as the Federal and Local Action Group (FLAG) coordinator for the Children's Rights Program in the State of North Carolina. The national program is sponsored by the Alexander Graham Bell Associ­ation for the Deaf. Cook's major role with the program will be to serve as an advocate for hearing impaired children and their fami­lies in obtaining appropriate educational services within the state of North Carolina. MYRON J. LEONARD (Marketing) has been appointed to the editorial staff of the marketing abstracts section of "The Journal of Marketing," a quarterly publication of The American Marketing Association. The marketing abstracts section enables readers to quickly grasp the essence of the developing literature of marketing. It also serves as a research index. HAL SALISBURY (director, Continuing Educa­tion) delivered a paper entitled "University- Community College Cooperation in Continuing Education Baccalaureate Programs" at a con­ference on "Issues in Higher Education" hosted by Kansas State University in Kansas City, Mo., Oct 30-31. STAFF POSITION VACANCIES Open for applications through one week from receipt of THE REPORTER in the Personnel Office. APPLY AT THE PERSONNEL OFFICE, located in the Steam Plant. SECRETARY (III), Administrative Services; hiring rate, $7,608; high school graduation or equivalency, one year office clerical experience, pass typing test at 44 Net WPM, and prefer short­hand skills. FOOD SERVICE ASSISTANT I, University Snack Bar & Restaurant; hiring rate, $5,928; ability to learn food preparation, cleaning procedures & follow instructions. Have valid health certificate. SECRETARY (III), Human Services; hiring rate, $7,608; high school graduation or equivalency, one year office clerical experience and pass typing test at 44 Net WPM.

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