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Reporter News for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University October 5,1990 Cullowhee, North Carolina Senate commends 'role and mission' committee T "The Senate was impressed by the time, care, and insight put into this report by the role and mission committee." - Dr. Steve Eberly, secretary of the faculty he WCU Faculty Senate passed a resolution in September commending the committee that prepared a draft Western Carolina "role and mission" report for University of North Carolina President C.D. Spangler. The resolution reads, "Be it resolved that the Faculty Senate of Western Carolina University commends the Role and Mission Document Committee. The substance of this document is excellent and has been well received by the Faculty Senate this 19th day of September 1990." The draft report, under consideration by the WCU board of trustees, is Western Carolina's response to Spangler* s call last February for educational mission plans for the 1990s from each of The University of North Carolina's constituent institutions. Western Carolina's updated mission, upon approval by the trustees, would include the pro­posal or development of fourteen new degree pro­grams, the development of programs for unmet educational needs in the Asheville area, and the strengthening of educational offerings through the WCU center on the Cherokee Indian Reservation. Dr. Judith Stillion, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs and university planner, presented the draft of WCU's report to the senate at its Sep­tember 19 meeting. Stillion served as chair of the role and mission document committee. "The Senate was impressed by the time, care, and insight put into this report by the role and mis­sion committee," said Dr. Steve Eberly, assistant professor of English and secretary of the faculty. Other committee members are Vice-Chancellors Dr. C.J. Carter, Dr. James Dooley, Dr. Glenn Stillion, and Dr. John Wakeley; and Kathy Boydston (Alumni Board), Dr. Judy Dowell (Chancellor's Office), Barbara Larson (Emergency Medical Services), Dr. Cliff Lovin (Arts and This is the last issue of the Reporter before fall break. October 13-16. Publication wil l resume on October 19. Sciences), Dr. Mike Malone (Academic Services), Dr. George Schuncke (Elementary Education and Reading), Dr. Jim Wallace (Chairman, Faculty Senate), Dr. Curtis Wood (History), Ken Wood (Institutional Studies and Plannning), and Richard A. Wood, Jr. (Board of Trustees). The final version of the report is due to Spangler in early 1991. Rhinehart receives Mountain Heritage Award Joe Parker Rhinehart is the recipient of Western Carolina University's Mountain Heritage Award for 1990, given during the seventeenth annual Mountain Heritage Day festivities on September 29. Parker received the honor for his work in helping to preserve the history of the old Jackson County town of Webster, where he lives. Rhinehart grew up in Webster, attended ele­mentary and high school there, was graduated from Pfeiffer College, received his master's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and studied journalism at the Univer­sity of Oregon in Eugene. For twenty-seven years he taught English and journalism in the Gaithers-burg, Md., high school before retiring and return­ing to Webster. The accomplishments that earned him the Mountain Heritage Award include, in part: • Editing, in 1974, The Webster Cookbook, now an out-of-print collector's book. • Editing The Poems of Robert Lee Madison, a volume of works by Western Carolina's founder. • Identification of numerous historic places in Webster and Jackson County and raising money to fund studies of buildings in the county for the National Register of Historic places. • Originating, in 1982, "Summer Evenings in Webster," a free artists series of music, literary readings, drama, and art The award was conferred by Chancellor Myron L. Coulter, who said Rhinehart is a "pre­server, defender, and keeper of his native land." News briefs PREREGISTRATION IS STILL UNDER WAY FOR THE IRONCAT BIATHLON, which will be held Saturday, October 20. This is the fourth annual occurence of the event, which consists of a three-mile run and an eighteen-mile bicycle race. Both portions will take place on and around the WCU campus. The biathlon includes five age categories for men and five for women, as well as three team catego­ries— male, female, and mixed. Partici­pants under the age of 18 must have a parent's or guardian's signature. Preregis-tration will continue through Monday, October 15, with an entry fee of $7. Race-day registration will be $10 and will begin at 9 a.m. at the University Center, which is the starting point for the race. For more information, call 227-7479. MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL BASEBALL TEAM FROM L ITHUANIA will make two visits to campus this week, as they begin a fifteen-day stay in the United States. The team will march in th e Homecoming parade on campus Satur­day, October 6, and will see the football game that evening between WCU and The Citadel. On Monday, October 8, the Lithuanian team will be honored with a reception at 4 p.m. in the Blue Lobby of Scott Hall by the International Students' Club and Last Minute Productions. Faculty and staff members are invited to attend. While in the United States, the team will compete in baseball with teams at colleges in Georgia, Florida, Tennes­see, and Pennsylvania, and with local teams in wester n North Carolina. Calendar Key HFR H.F. Robinson Administration Building MHC Mountain Heritage Center MRH Music Recital Hall RAC Ramsey Activity Center UC University Center Wednesday WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Monday 8 Tuesday 9 Movie, Sex, Lies, and Videotape. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-closing. Free. American Red Cross Bloodmobile. Grandroom, UC, 1-6 p.m. Computer "how-to" discussion, "Access the World: Using BITNET and the Internet." For faculty and staff members. B-15 Forsyth Building, 3-4:30 p.m. Registration required with the University Computer Center at 227-7282. Yoga class begins. Spon­sored by the Division of Continuing Education and Summer School. Hospitality Room, RAC, 6-7:30 p.m. $30 registration fee. 15 Fall break continues, through October 16. Volleyball, Cats vs. Georgia State. Atlanta, Ga., 7:30 p.m. "Meet the Candidates" Night, with candidates for local and regional political offices. Sponsored by the Jackson County Chapter of the Blue Ridge Environ­mental Defense League (Save A Valuable Environment, or SAVE) and the Jackson County Council on the Status of Women. Community Services Building, Sylva, 7:30 pjn. Movie, Sex, Lies, and Videotape. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-closing. Free. American Red Cross Bloodmobile. Grandroom, UC, 1-6 p.m. Student recital. Music Recital Hall, 2 p.m. Free. Computer "how-to" discussion, "Access the World: Using BITNET and the Internet." For faculty and staff members. B-15 Forsyth Building, 3-4 p.m. Registra­tion required at 227-7282. Shag and Texas Two Step dance classes begin. Spon­sored by the Division of Con­tinuing Education and Summer School. West concourse, RAC, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $35 registration fee. Volleyball, Cats vs. Appala­chian State. Reid Gym, 7 p.m. Prism concert. Sponsored by the Department of Music. Hoey Auditorium, 8 p.m. $9 adults, $5 students and senior citizens. 16 Fall break concludes. Computer workshop, "MS-DOS Word Processing Basics." For faculty and staff members. B-15 Forsyth Building, 3-5 p.m. Registra­tion required at 227-7282. Volleyball, Cats vs. Augusta College. Augusta, Ga., 6 p.m. 10 Workshop, "Listening Skills." Designed for administrators, supervisors, and employees and sponsored by the Office of Personnel and the Division of Continu­ing Education and Summer School. Hospitality Room, RAC, 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. $42.50 per person. Movie, Sex, Lies, and Videotape. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-closing. Free. American Red Cross Bloodmobile. Grandroom, UC, 1-6 p.m. Computer workshop, "VAX Notes: Electronic Confer­encing." For faculty and staff members. B-15 Forsyth Building, 3-5 p.m. Registra­tion required with University Computer Center at 227- 7282. Computer workshop, "Macintosh Word Processing Basics." For faculty and staff members. Faculty Sandbox, University Media Center, Hunter Library, 3-5 p.m. Reg­istration required with Uni­versity Computer Center at 227-7282. 17 Classes resume. 8 a.m. Women's intramural doubles racquetball tournament. RAC, 6:15-10 p.m., through October 18. October 5, 1990 The Reporter ober ] Thursday 11 Movie, Sex, Lies, and Videotape. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.- closing. Free. Computer "how-to" discussion, "Transfer Files Between the VAX and a Microcomputer." For faculty and staff members. B-15 Forsyth Building, 11 a.m.-noon. Registration required with the University Computer Center at 227-7282. WordPerfect Support Group meeting. For faculty and staff members and students. 220 Forsyth Building, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Two movies, The Island and Mrs. Amworth. Jackson County Public Library, Sylva, 3:30 and 7 p.m. Free. 18 Presentation, 'The Fine Art of Mentoring," with Visiting Scholar Zandy Leibowitz. Founders Auditorium, MHC, 1:30 p.m. Free. Faculty Senate. 104 Killian Building, 3:30 p.m. Honors faculty meeting. Hospitality Room, RAC, 4-5:30 p.m. Presentation, "Designing a State-of- the-Art Career Development System in Your Organization," with Visiting Scholar Zandy Leibowitz. Founders Auditorium, MHC, 7:30 p.m. Free. Basketball, Midnight Madness game. Sponsored by the Depart­ment of Athletics and Last Minute Productions. RAC, 11 p.m.-l a.m. Friday 12 U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology meets on campus. Sponsored by the Department of Speech and Theatre Arts. Through October 14. Volleyball, Cats at Mercer Invitational. Macon, Ga., through October 13. Movie, Sex, Lies, and Videotape. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.- closing. Free. 19 Forum, "Democracy in Educa­tion." For public school teachers, college faculty, and administra­tors. Through October 20. Registration required by Friday, October 12, at 227-7397. $30 for certificate renewal, $20 without, $5 for students. Therapeutic Recreation Internship Fair. Sponsored by the Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recrea­tion. Hospitality Room, RAC, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Presentation, "How We Can Use Control Theory in Life Sciences," with Visiting Scholar William T. Powers. 104 Killian Building, 4 p.m. Free. Volleyball, Cats vs. UNC Charlotte. Reid Gym, 7 p.m. Recital, with Anne Koscielny, pianist MRH, 8:15 p.m. Free. Reception following. Saturday 13 Volleyball tournament con­cludes, Cats at Mercer Invita­tional. Macon, Ga. Cross country, Cats at State Intercollegiate Championships. Brevard. Golf, Cats at Green's Folly Intercollegiate tournament. Green's Folly Golf Course, South Boston, Va., through October 14. Graduate Record Exam. Natural Sciences Auditorium, 8 a.m. Movie, Sex, Lies, and Videotape. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.- closing. Free. Football, Cats vs. Duke University. Durham, 1:30 p.m. Fall break begins. 5 p.m. Continues through October 16. 20 Graduate Management Admissions Test. Natural Science Auditorium, 8 a.m. Ironcat Biathlon. Register at University Center, 9 a.m. $10. Football, Cats vs. Appalachian State. Boone, 1:30 p.m. Volleyball, Cats vs. Georgia Tech. Reid Gym, 4 p.m. Concert, showcase program for North Carolina Music Teachers Association convention. With WCU music faculty members. MRH, 8:15 p.m. Free. Reception following. Sunday 14 Golf tournament concludes, Cats at Green's Folly Intercolle­giate tournament. Hosted by Elon College. Green's Folly Golf Course, South Boston, Va. 21 Exhibits Photographs of mountain scenes by Larry Tucker, photographs of Southern Appalachian wildflow-ers by Dr. James Wallace, and "Diversity Endangered," a poster exhibit. Natural Sciences Build­ing, 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. weekdays. "Irons in the Fire," an exhibit on blacksmithing; "A Picture Postcard from Earth," a slide-tape presentation on mountain scenery; and "Migration of the Scotch- Irish People," a permanent exhibit. Mountain Heritage Center, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday- Friday and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. "Faculty Show: Early Work/New Work," works by Art Department faculty members. Belk Building Art Gallery, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon­day- Friday and by appointment (227-7210), through October 26. "Forged Steel," a large-scale sculpture by Art Oakes. Belk Building, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday- Friday, through December 5. "In the Wild," landscape paintings by Jeremiah Miller. Chelsea Gallery, 8 a.m.-ll p.m. Monday- Friday, and noon-11 p.m. week­ends, through October 26. The Reporter October 5,1990 The Repoisr ter published by the Office of Public Information. Mail notices and changes of address to the Reporter. 1601 Ramsey Center. 1.450 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $152.37. or $.11 per copy. Western Carolina University is an Equal Opportunity Institution. Visiting scholars will give workshops, presentations A noted cybernetic theorist and a career develop­ment specialist will visit Western Carolina this month as parts of the university's Visiting Scholars Program. Zandy Leibowitz, of the University of Mary­land, will give two presentations on career devel­opment on campus Thursday, October 18. The first, at 1:30 p.m., will concern "The Fine Art of Mentoring." The second, at 7:30 p.m., will be "Designing a State-of-the-Art Career Development System in Your Organization." Both presentations will take place in Founders Auditorium of the Mountain Heritage Center and are free and open to the public. Leibowitz, a partner in two consulting busines­ses in the Washington, D.C., area, holds degrees in counseling and personnel services from the Uni­versity of Maryland. She is a licensed psychologist William T. Powers, developer of cybernetic control theory, will visit campus Friday, October 19. His workshop, entitled "Introduction to Control Theory," will include computer-based demonstra­tions and instruction in morning and afternoon sessions. At 4 p.m. after the workshop, Powers will give a general presentation entitled "How We Can Use Control Theory in Life Sciences" in Room 104 of Killian Building. The presentation is free and open to the public. Powers first presented his theory of cybernetics in the 1950s. In addition to two books on control theory, he has published numerous articles in scientific journals and lectured widely. For more information on Leibowitz's visit, call Dr. James Kirk at 227-7310. For more information on events featuring Powers, call Dr. David McCord at 227-7361. Western Carolina on the air Several television appearances were arranged by the Office of Public Information in recent months. • Dr. Gary Smith (Environmental Health) was a guest on the "Peggy Denny Show" on WGGS in Greenville, S.C., on August 6. He spoke about the environment. • Dr. Lester Laminack (Elementary Education and Reading) spoke about literacy on "News at Noon" on WATE in Knoxville, Tenn., on August 20. Laminack and Dr. Richard Gentry (Elementary Education and Reading) were guests on a segment concerning education on "Contact" on WSPA in Spartanburg, S.C., on September 30. Gentry spoke on spelling and Laminack spoke again on literacy. • Judy Pilch (Office for Rural Education) ap­peared on the "Peggy Denny Show" on WGGS in Greenville, S.C., on September 10. She spoke on WCU's "New Beginnings" program for single women who are heads of households. • The Mountain Heritage Center appeared on the news telecast of WLOS in Asheville on September 25, when local blacksmith Bea Hensley was featured on the program's 'Through the Years" segment with Maggie Lauterer. Hensley will help with the Mountain Heritage Center's new exhibit on blacksmithing. Hensley and Lauterer also discussed WCU's annual Mountain Heritage Day. Activities • Bruce S. Boggs (Center for Improving Mountain Living) made a presentation in Asheville on Sep­tember 24 to the Small Business Administration State Advisory Council concerning the strategy for business formation and development designed by the Business Capital Task Force of the Regional Economic Strategy Project. The State Advisory Council is a group of thirty-eight public and private-sector leaders from across North Carolina. • Dr. Paul A. Heckert (Chemistry and Physics) published an article entitled "Discovery of Variable Infrared Polarization in the Star-Forming Region W33" in the October 1 issue of the Astrophysical Journal. • Dr. Heydar Pourian (Finance) wrote a chapter entitled "Country Risk and Transnational Risk Management: A View from a Blend of Finance and Law" in Administracion Economia Y Finan-zas: Problemas Actuales en los Pcuses de Norte-america y el Caribe, published in Mexico by the Centro de Investigacion y Donecia Economicas. • Dr. Gary Smith (Environmental Health) has recently been appointed to the National Accredita­tion Council for Environmental Health Programs, which sets curriculum requirements for undergrad­uate and graduate programs throughout the nation. Smith also has produced a video entitled "Endan­gered Estuaries" for the Environmental Protection Agency and the State Department of Health, Envi­ronment, and Natural Resources. • Dr. Otto H. Spilker (Health, Physical Education, and Recreation) attended the annual fall Physical Education Leadership Training conference held September 20-22 in Pine Knoll Shores. Spilker was among presenters from Alabama, Florida, and North Carolina at the meeting, which was spon­sored by the State Department of Public Instruc­tion. Spilker also was chairperson for the spring Physical Education Leadership conference held in April in Reidsville. Presenters there were from Alabama, Washington, and North Carolina. October 5, 1990 The Reporter Reporter News for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University October 19, 1990 Cullowhee, North Carolina Fall Open House set for October 27 Prospective freshmen and transfer students will have an opportunity to learn more about Western Carolina University when the Office of Admissions holds its annual Open House Saturday, October 27. The day will include an information fair, visits to academic departments, meetings with faculty members, a meal in the cafeteria, and tours of residence halls, classrooms, laboratories, and library facilities. Activities will begin at 9:30 a.m. with registra­tion, the information fair, and an official welcome, all in the Ramsey Regional Activity Center. Tours of academic departments will begin at 11 a.m., followed by a pay-as-you-go lunch in Brown and Dodson cafeterias. Campus tours will follow. For more information about Open House, call the Admissions Office at 227-7317. Spaces still available on Thanksgiving theatre trip You can still sign up to join the group from the Department of Speech and Theatre Arts that will travel to New York City to visit theatres during Thanksgiving week. The tour, to begin Monday, November 19, and end Sunday, November 25, will feature seven plays, two seminars with Broadway actors, and backstage and museum tours. The trip also will include Macy's Thanks­giving Day parade. Plays on the tentative itinerary are Lettice and Lovage, Six Degrees of Separation, The Grand Hotel, City of Angels, Other People s Money, Spunk, and Shogun. The group will tour the backstage of Broadway theatres and other theatrical and broadcasting attractions. The cost of the trip, including room, tickets, and admission fees, is $678 per person (four to a room); $746 per person (triple occupancy); $794 (double); or $991 (single). Airfare must be arranged separately. Meals and in-city transporta­tion also are not included. For more information or to register, call Dr. Donald Loeffler in the Department of Speech and Theatre Arts at 227-7491. UNO law school offers "Minority Law Day" The University of North Carolina School of Law, the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), and the Student Bar Association (SB A) invite interested minority students to participate in Carolina Minority Law Day on Friday, November 16. The daylong conference will be held at the UNC School of Law in Chapel Hill beginning at 8:30 a.m. and is open to students thinking about attending law school. The conference will give participants a realistic picture of law school and its demands on students, provide information about preparing for law school, explain admissions policies and pro­cedures, and discuss employment opportunities. There is no cost to participants, although they must provide their own transportation. Interested persons should check with their pre-law advisors or placement office for details, or call Elizabeth Furrat (919) 962-5106. Phi Kappa Phi plans annual initiation banquet The Western Carolina University chaper of Phi Kappa Phi honor society will hold its annual initiation banquet on Tuesday, November 13, at 5:30 p.m. in the east wing of Brown Cafeteria. Jackie Palmer, a former WCU student nominee for the Phi Kappa Phi National Fellowship pro­gram and new instructor of biology, will speak. All members on the current mailing list will receive an announcement of this meeting. New faculty members who are Phi Kappa Phi members should call Dr. Lawrence Arney at 227-7151 to attend the banquet and to be included on the mail­ing list in the future. Inac tive members are urged to reactivate. Call Arney for information on dues. News briefs SPACES ARE STILL AVAILABLE IN A PROGRAM ON CRITICAL SKILLS in television viewing, scheduled 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, October 30, in the Hospit ality Room of the Ramsey Center. David Con-sidine, associate professor of industrial technology and media studies at Appala­chian State University, will conduct the program. A native of Australia, Considine is a former chairman of the International Visual Literacy Association conference. At WCU, he will underscore the impor­tance of "visual literacy" in our televi­sion- dominated age, present techniques for acquiring and improving viewing skills, and share methods and materials for teaching critical viewing skills to students in the classroom. The workshop includes dinner and is free to teachers nominated by the Strengthening Teacher Education Through a Partnership of Equals (STEPE) project. Cost is $15 for others. Registration is required by Friday, October 26, at 227-7397 or 227-7410. THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY I N SYLVA is now open 2-6 p.m. Sunday afternoons for patrons' convenience. Hours of operation through the week are 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday- Friday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. For more information, call 586-2016. THE "MAN, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT" SERIES of teleconfer­ences being sponsored by the Division of Continuing Education and Summer School will continue Thursday, October 25, with an installment entitled "Coal." The teleconference, moderated by Hodding Carter III, former State Depart­ment spokesman, will examine issues and concerns surrounding the use of coal as a source of energy. The broadcast will originate at Pennsylvania State Univer­sity. Campus viewers may see it in the Cherokee Room of the University Center 1:30-4 p.m. For more information, call the Division of Continuing Education and Summer School at 227-7397. WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Monday 22 Golf, Cats at Fall Festival of Golf. Hosted by the University of South Carolina - Spartanburg. Links of Tryon, Gowans-ville, S.C., through October 23. Regional conference for AIDS teachers. Sponsored by the Division of Con­tinuing Education and Summer School. Hospital­ity Room, RAC, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m., through October 23. Movie, Child's Play. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.- closing. Free. High School Visitation Program. Natural Sciences Building, 4-7 p.m. For more infor­mation, call Dr. Richard Berne in the Department of Chemistry and Physics at 227-7260. Tuesday 23 Graduate Council meeting. 510 HFR, 9 a.m. Movie, Child's Play. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.- closing. Free. Billiards tournament (round four). Game Room, UC, 7 p.m. Theatre, "A Thurber Carnival." Niggli Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $9 adults, $5 students, senior citizens, and children. Performance, Concert Choir. MRH, 8 p.m. Free. Key HFR H.F. Robinson Administration Building MHC Mountain Heritage Center MRH Music Recital Hall RAC Ramsey Activity Center UC University Center Wednesday 24 Movie, Child's Play. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-closing. Free. Teleconference, "Technology for Nurses." Hospitality Room, RAC, noon-4 p.m. Sponsored by the Division of Continuing Education and Summer School. $25. International student forum on human rights and the environment, with international students from five countries. Room 104 Killian Building, 7 p.m. Free. Sponsored by the Diane Coyle Peace and Jtistice Committee, the International Club, and the WCU Student Peace and Justice Society. Theatre, "A Thurber Carnival." Niggli Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $9 adults, $5 students, senior citizens, and children. Blizzard of Bucks game. Grandroom, UC, 9 p.m. October 19. 1990 The Reporter Thursday 25 Public lecture, "The Role of the Central Intelligence Agency in the National Security Structure," with Michael Turner, CIA public relations officer. Forsyth Auditorium, 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., and 7 p.m.; Room 303 Forsyth Building, 2 p.m. Free. Movie, Child's Play. UC, 10 a.m.-closing. Free. Computer course, "Microsoft Works for the Macintosh (Part Two)." University Media Center, 1-4:30 p.m. Teleconference, "Man, Energy, and the Environment - Coal." Cherokee Room, UC, 1:30-4 p.m. Sponsored by the Division of Continuing Edu­cation and Summer School. Volleyball, Cats vs. East Tennessee State University. Johnson City, Tenn., 7 p.m. Theatre, "A Thurber Carni­val." Niggli Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $9 adults, $5 students, senior citizens, and children. Concert, with Rick Kelly. P.G. Katz, UC, 8 p.m. $1 WCU students, $3 others. Performance, New York Harp Ensemble. A Lectures, Concerts, and Exhibitions series event. MRH, 8 p.m. $6 adults, $3 youth, $1 WCU students with ID. Friday 26 Movie, Child's Play. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-closing. Free. Theatre, "A Thurber Carni­val." Niggli Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $9 adults, $5 students, senior citizens, and children. Dance, with Dance Ltd. P.G. Katz, UC, 8 p.m. $1 WCU students, $3 others. Saturday 27 National Teachers Exam - Core Battery. Natural Sciences Auditorium, 7:45 a.m. Atlanta Zoo trip. Leaves UC 8 a.m. For more information, call 227-7206. Climbing trip. Leaves UC 9 a.m. For more information, call 227-7206. Hiking trip. Leaves UC 9 a.m. For more information, call 227-7206. Fall Open House. Sponsored by the Office of Admissions. Begins 9:30 a.m. For more information, call 227-7317. Movie, Child's Play. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-closing. Free. Cross country, Cats at South­ern Conference Champion­ships. 10 a.m. Book and Supply Store open special hours. 10 a.m.4 p.m. Volleyball, Cats vs. Furman University. Greenville, S.C., 11 a.m. Football, Cats vs. Furman University. Greenville, S.C., 1:30 p.m. Theatre, "A Thurber Carni­val." Valley Town Center, Andrews, 8 p.m. $5 adults, $2 children under twelve. Sunday 28 One-day biking trip. Leaves UC for Tsali Trail at 9 a.m. For more information, call 227-7206. Exhibits Photographs of mountain scenes by Larry Tucker, photographs of Southern Appalachian wildflow-ers by Dr. James Wallace, and "Diversity Endangered," a poster exhibit. Natural Sciences Build­ing, 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. weekdays. "Irons in the Fire," an exhibit on blacksmithing; "A Picture Postcard from Earth," a slide-tape presentation on mountain scenery; and "Migration of the Scotch- Irish People," a permanent exhibit. Mountain Heritage Center, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday- Friday and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. "Faculty Show: Early Work/New Work," works by Art Department faculty members. Belk Building Art Gallery, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon­day- Friday and by appointment (227-7210), through October 26. "Forged Steel," a large-scale sculpture by Art Oakes. Belk Building, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday- Friday, through December 5. "In the Wild," landscape paintings by Jeremiah Miller. Chelsea Gallery, 8 a.m.-ll p.m. Monday- Friday, and noon-11 p.m. week­ends, through October 26. The Reporter October 19.1990 CAP Center has information on internship programs The Career and Academic Planning (CAP) Center has information on the North Carolina Internship Program and the North Carolina Institute of Government summer internship program for 1991. The North Carolina Internship Program lists more than 100 jobs for the summer. Many are located in Raleigh, but jobs are available through­out the state. To participate, students must be North Carolina residents attending a college, university, community college, or technical institute in North Carolina, or an equivalent institution in another state. Applicants must have completed two years of study at a four-year school or one year at a community college and must hold a grade point average of 2.5. Law students must have completed the first year of law school. The North Carolina Institute of Government is open to currently enrolled sophomores, juniors, and seniors who are either North Carolina residents or out-of-state students attending a North Carolina college. Applicants must have completed two years of college but not entered graduate school as of May 1990. All jobs in the Institute of Government are located in Raleigh. Participants will live together in Raleigh. All internships in both programs pay $5 per hour. The deadline for applications is Friday, January 25,1991. For more information or an application form, call the CAP Center at 227-7170. The Reporter is published by the Office of Public Information. Mail notices and changes of address to the Reporter. 1601 Ramsey Center. 1,450 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $152.37, or $.11 per copy. Western Carolina University is an Equal Opportunity Institution. Media Center will show new computer products Products from several computer companies will be featured in a "New Products" show to be spon­sored on campus by the University Media Center Monday and Tuesday, October 29-30. Representa­tives from Apple, Zenith, Hewlett Packard, IBM, and other companies will visit the Media Center 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on those days to show multimedia peripherals for teaching and learning. There is no cost for admission to the show. For more informa­tion, call the Media Center at 227-7341. DrawPerfect software available at reduced prices The University Computer Center is looking for campus offices and departments interested in pur­chasing DrawPerfect software for MS-DOS computers. Through the WordPerfect Corporation's Site Volume Pricing Agreement (SVPA), the Computer Center will pay for a master license for October 19.1990 the university, and individual users on campus can purchase licenses at reduced prices to use DrawPerfect on individual microcomputers. DrawPerfect can be used to create charts, graphs, and drawings for overhead transparencies, slides, or computerized presentations, or for use in word-processed documents. It comes with more than twenty generic charts and graphs and a clip-art library of more than 500 images. DrawPerfect is compatible with the WordPerfect word proces­sor, versions 5.0 and 5.1, and comes with a program that moves images and text between DrawPerfect and WordPerfect. Depending on the total number of licenses ordered, the cost of the DrawPerfect package, with license, manual, disk set, and clip art, including tax, shipping, and handling, will be between $86 and $102. For the license and manual only, the cost will range from $53 to $70. A minimum of ten orders is necessary to take advantage of the volume pricing. For more information or an order form, call Dixie Watson at 227-7282. Tickets available for STA's "Thurber Carnival" Tickets are available for the Speech and Theatre Arts Department's upcoming production of "A Thurber Carnival." The show, an evening of skits and sketches featuring the characters of American humorist James Thurber, will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, October 23-26. Admission is $9 for adults and $5 for students, senior citizens, and children. The show will also be staged in Andrews on Saturday, October 27. For reservations or more information, call the Speech and Theatre Arts De­partment at 227-7491. Activities • Dr. Chuck Ambrose (Chancellor's Office) published an article entitled "Academic Freedom in American Public Colleges and Universities" in the fall issue of the Review of Higher Education. • William W. Medaris and Don C. Wood (Industrial Education and Technology) attended the North Carolina College and University Conference sponsored by IBM Corporation in Greensboro September 12-13. • Dr. Betsy Farlow (Music) gave a joint lecture October 1 with Dr . Donna Robertson of Mars Hill College for the western North Carolina chapter of the American Guild of Organists in Asheville. Their topic was "The Organist as an Endangered Species." The Reporter Reporter News for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University October 26, 1990 Cullowhee, North Carolina Star stories Ramsey Center director shares anecdotes on famous performers As legendary actress Bette Davis prepared to go onstage at Arizona State University's arena in 1979, she unhappily discovered that her valet had packed one green shoe and one blue shoe to go with the evening's costume. Davis wasn't about to appear dressed that way. The distraught valet took the problem to an administrator at the center—one Robert Stewart— who gave his car keys to a stage hand, with instructions to go to Davis's hotel and get the other green shoe. "But it'll take at least forty-five minutes," the stage hand said. "The show starts in thirty." "If you get a speeding ticket, I'll pay it," Stewart said. The show began a few minutes late that evening, but Bette Davis wore matching shoes. Today, an autographed photo of Davis is among signed pictures of some seventy-five famous performers with whom Stewart, now director of WCU's Ramsey Center, has worked since 1976. "That was my criterion. I never asked for an autograph from someone that I didn't actually work with," Stewart said. His collection began in 1977 with a photo and autograph from Eugene Ormandy, former musical director and conductor for the Philadelphia Orch­estra, an artist whom Stewart much admired. When Stewart received that photo, which today hangs on his Ramsey Center office wall, he was events coordinator for the Gammage Center for the Performing Arts at Arizona State. In 1981, he became manager of the University of Wyoming's Arena-Auditorium, a position he held until 1984, when he took his job in Cullowhee. Others stars in Stewart's "archives" include Bob Hope, Hal Holbrook, and Red Skelton; pantomimist Marcel Marceau; classical musicians Andres Segovia and Vladimir Horowitz; dancers Martha Graham and Bella Lewitzky; and comedi­ans Lily Tomlin, Martin Mull, Rodney Danger-field, and Steve Martin (who inscribed his picture, "Bob: Best Fishes"). Stewart owns autographed photos of popular musicians John Denver, Elton John, Kenny Rogers, Gordon Lightfoot, Chet Atkins, Lou Rawls, Crystal Gayle, Chuck Mangione, and Mary Travers (of Peter, Paul, and Mary fame). He has worked with groups like the Captain and Tennille, Kingston Trio, Moody Blues, and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. At the Ramsey Center, Stewart has worked with groups including Bon Jovi, .38 Special, Aerosmith, Alabama, Chicago, and the Charlie Daniels Band. And, of course, the Bette Davis story isn't the only "star tale" Stewart has garnered. There's also the one about Hal Holbrook, a fan of Louis L' Amour's western novels, asking Stewart to drive him through a stretch of the Rocky Mountains from Colorado to Wyoming, so Holbrook could get a feel for L' Amour's terrain. Or there's the one about Stewart's finding, at fifteen minutes before comedian George Carlin's show was to start at Arizona State, that Carlin's plane was grounded in Los Angeles. Explain that to 3,000 fans already waiting in their seats. When nock star Rod Stewart appeared, Robert Stories cont'd Stewart had to arrange to have two dozen soccer balls onstage at the end of the show so the singer could kick the balls into the audience. "I tried little plastic ones at first," Bob Stewart said, "but that wouldn't work. I had to find two dozen authentic soccer balls. That's not an easy thing to do on short notice." Stewart said odd requests were made by some performers in their written agreements to appear. Pianist Horowitz's contract indicated that all clothes hangers Stewart's office provided for the musician should be made of wood. Horowitz also required that a house be rented in which he could stay while in town. The rock group Van Halen specified that their dressing rooms should contain bowls of assorted nuts, pretzels, and M&M candies, with all the brown M&Ms removed. Some performers have been less demanding, Stewart recalled. Elvis Presley, on his final tour, requested only that his dressing room contain two six-packs of Coca-Cola. The Rolling Stones rock group, when they appeared, gra­ciously offered to accept any spare or leftover M&Ms, particularly brown ones. - Joey Price CIML economic project wins NAMTAC award The Center for Improving Mountain Living (CIML) recently won another "Project of the Year" award from the National Association of Management and Technical Assistance Centers (NAMTAC), giving CIML a total of six NAMTAC awards since 1984. The Economic Development Division of CIML won a first-place award for the seventeen-county business formation and development strategy that emerged from the two-year Regional Economic Strategy Project directed by Bruce S. Boggs. NAMTAC has 161 member centers from universities and colleges in all fifty states and Puerto Rico. Only Georgia Tech holds as many awards as WCU in the organization's annual competition. WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Monday 29 Computer products show, featuring new multimedia teaching and learning peripherals from Apple, Zenith, Hewlett Packard, IBM, and other companies. University Media Center, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., through October 30. Movie, New York Stories. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.- closing. Free. Opening reception for Ellen Hobbs mask exhibit. Chelsea Gallery, UC, 7:30 p.m. Public address on the freshman-year experience, with Dr. John Gardner, vice-chancellor for university campuses and continuing education for the University of South Carolina. Grand-room, UC, 7:30 p.m. Free. A "Year of the Student" event. For more information, call the Office of Academic Services at 227-7222. Tuesday 30 Breakfast, with Visiting Scholar Dr. John Gardner, for "Year of the Student" faculty members and students. Dod-son Cafeteria, 7:30-9:30 a.m. Rocket Day, for students in grades 3-9. Reid field, 8 a.m.- 2 p.m. For more information, call Elsie Beaver at 227-7347. Council of Deans meeting. 510 HFR, 9:30 a.m. Computer products show, featuring Apple, Zenith, Hewlett Packard, IBM, and other companies. University Media Center, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Movie, New York Stories. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.- closing. Free. Lunch, with Visiting Scholar Dr. John Gardner, for "Year of the Student" steering com­mittee and students. Brown Cafeteria, noon-1:30 p.m. Computer workshop, "Macintosh Spreadsheet Basics." Faculty Sandbox workroom, University Media Center, Hunter Library, 3- 5 p.m. For faculty and staff members. Free. Registration required at 227-7282. Workshop, "Visual Liter­acy," with David Considine. Hospitality Room, RAC, 4- 8 p.m. $15, free to nominees of Project STEPE. For information, call 227-7397. Racquetball, men's intramu­ral doubles tournament. RAC, 6:15-10 p.m., through October 31. Volleyball, Cats vs. Georgia Tech. Atlanta, Ga., 7 p.m. Faculty recital, with Eldred Spell, flute. MRH, 8 p.m. $5 adults, $2 students, free to children twelve and under. Wednesday 31 Last day for departments to submit cafeteria item selection forms to the Office of Institutional Studies and Planning. For more informa­tion, call 227-7239. Movie, New York Stories. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.- closing. Free. Colloquium on teaching and learning, with Dr. William Higgins. 104 Killian Building, 3:30 p.m. Free. Sponsored by the Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence. Volleyball, Cats vs. Clemson. Reid Gym, 7 p.m. Movie, Tales from the Dark Side. Grandroom, UC, 9 p.m. $1 students, $3 others. Sponsored by Last Minute Productions. Men's racquetball tournament concludes. RAC, 6:15-10 p.m. Happy Halloween October26. 1990 The Reporter ov.4 Thursday 1 Movie, New York Stories. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-closing. Free. Student recital. MRH, 2 p.m. For more information, call the Department of Music at 227- 7242. Computer workshop, "MS-DOS Spreadsheet Basics." B-15 Forsyth Building, 3-5 p.m. For faculty and staff members. Free. Registration required with the University Computer Center at 227-7282. Movie, The Times of Harvey Milk. Jackson County Public Library, Sylva, 3:30 and 7 p.m. Volleyball, Cats vs. the Univer­sity of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Reid Gym, 7 p.m. Concert, University Chorus. MRH, 8 p.m. For more informa­tion, call the Department of Music at 227-7242. Friday 2 Movie, New York Stories. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-closing. Free. University Club. Townhouse Restaurant, Cullowhee, 4-7 p.m. Saturday 3 Golf, Cats at WCU-Fairfield- Sapphire Valley Invitational. Holly Forest Country Club and Country Club of Sapphire Valley, Cashiers, through November 4. Caving trip, Greenville, Tenn. Leaves UC at 8 a.m. $5 students, $15 others. For more information, call Last Minute Productions at 227-7469. Movie, New York Stories. Second floor, UC, 10 ajn.-closing. Free. Football, Cats vs. the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Chattanooga, Tenn., 7 p.m. Sunday 4 Golf tournament concludes, Cats at WCU-FaiiTield-Sapphire Valley Invitational. Holly Forest Country Club and Country Club of Sapphire Valley, Cashiers. Exhibits Photographs of mountain scenes by Larry Tucker, photographs of Southern Appalachian wildflow-ers by Dr. James Wallace, and "Diversity Endangered," a poster exhibit. Natural Sciences Build­ing, 7:30 a.m.-10p.m. weekdays. "Irons in the Fire," an exhibit on blacksmithing; "A Picture Postcard from Earth," a slide-tape presentation on mountain scenery; and "Migration of the Scotch- Irish People," a permanent exhibit Mountain Heritage Center, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday- Friday and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. "Design x 5," works by five graphic designers from around the United States. Belk Building Art Gallery, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday- Friday and by appointment (227- 7210), October 30-December 4. "Forged Steel," a large-scale sculpture by Art Oakes. Belk Building, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday- Friday, through December 5. "Mask Collection," cultural and ceremonial pieces from around the world, collected by Ellen C. Hobbs. Chelsea Gallery, 8 a.m.-ll p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-ll p.m. Saturday, and noon-11 p.m. Sunday, through November 21. Key HFR H.F. Robinson Administration Building MHC Mountain Heritage Center MRH Music Recital Hall RAC Ramsey Activity Center UC University Center The Reporter October 26,1990 The Reporters published by the Office of Public Information. Mail notices and changes of address to the Reporter, 1601 Ramsey Center. 1,450 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $152.37, or $.11 per copy. Western Carolina University is an Equal Opportunity Institution. Visiting scholar will discuss freshman-year experience Dr. John Gardner, vice chancellor for university campuses and continuing education for the University of South Carolina, will visit Western Carolina on Monday and Tuesday, October 29-30, to discuss his theories on the freshman-year experience for college students. Gardner's visit, sponsored by the Visiting Scholars program, will be part of WCU's "Year of the Student," a year-long examination of the role of students in the community of scholarship. The visit will include a free public address at 7:30 p.m. on October 29 in the University Center, and on October 30, breakfast with Year of the Student faculty members and students 7:30- 9:30 a.m. in Dodson Cafeteria, and lunch with the Year of the Student steering committee and students noon-1:30 p.m. in Brown Cafeteria. Gardner has spoken and published extensively concerning the development of freshman orienta­tion and seminar courses to help freshmen make more successful adjustments to higher education and to improve student retention. He is director of the the University of South Carolina's nationally acclaimed freshman seminar program, entitled "University 101," and a series of conferences on the freshman-year experience. He also is developing programs on the "senior-year experience," which will prepare students for the transition to life after college. Gardner visited WCU previously when the Career and Academic Planning (CAP) Center established the university's Counseling 130 orientation course for new freshmen. Year of the Student activities will continue in November, with Visiting Scholar Patricia Murrell of Memphis State University, a colloquy for WCU juniors, and a luncheon for students and faculty members to discuss future directions for student involvement in scholarly activites at WCU. For more information on Gardner's visit, call the Office of Academic Services at 227-7222. Papers, presentations, and publications • Dr. Duane Davis and Dr. Laura Moriarity (Criminal Justice) published an article entitled "Armed Citizens and Self-Protection: A Nightmare for Criminals or Police?" in the November issue of Police Technology and Management. Davis, Moriarity, and Dr. Bill Pelfrey (Criminal Justice) recently attended the annual meeting of the Southern Criminal Justice Association in New October 26, 1990 Orleans, La. Davis chaired a session on police education and presented a paper entitled "Integrating Technical Components into Academic Criminal Justice Programs: An Empirical Assess­ment of Students' Needs and Opinions," coau-thored by Moriarity. Pelfrey presented a paper entitled "Bridging the Gap in Police Management Education." • Dr. Bonita Jacobs (Student Development) pub­lished an article entitled 'Tailoring Staff Develop­ment to Meet Campus Needs" in the summer issue of the College Student Affairs Journal. • Dr. Anne Rogers (Geosciences and Anthropol­ogy) published a review of the book Manitou: The Sacred Landscape of New England's Native Civili­zation in the September issue of Choice, a library journal. Other activities • Walter Fayne Aldridge (Physical Plant) has been named water/waste water plant chief opera­tor, following the retirement of former chief operator Charles Benjamin Franklin. • Timothy Carstens has joined the staff of Hunter Library as head of the cataloging unit. He worked previously at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, where he was an assistant cataloging librarian. He is pursuing a doctoral degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. • Dr. Diana Henshaw (Continuing Education and Summer School) was elected secretary-treasurer of the North Carolina Association of Summer Sessions (NCASS) at the organization's annual fall meeting in Chapel Hill on September 20. NCASS is the oldest state association of summer sessions in the United States. Members represent public and private senior institutions in North Carolina. • Dr. Nancy Norris and Dr. Paul Haberland (Modern Foreign Languages) attended a confer­ence of Academic Alliances at the University of Georgia October 4-7. The meeting's topic was "Foreign Language Instruction through the Study of Literary Texts." Norris and Haberland will report on the conference at meetings of the Western North Carolina Foreign Language Collaborative and the Foreign Language Associa­tion of North Carolina. • Dr. Christine Stevens, Norma Cook, and Dan Southern (Medical Technology) attended the Region III meeting of the American Society for Medical Technology October 3-5 in Charlotte. Stevens presented a paper entitled "Teaching Problem Solving and Critical Thinking, or Life Is not a Multiple-Choice Exam." Southern chaired a roundtable discussion on articulation of medical laboratory technology students. The Reporter