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The Reporter, September 1991

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  • Reporter News for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University September 6, 1991 Cullowhee, North Carolina New donation supports campus fisheries research T he Land O'Sky chapter of Trout Unlimited in Asheville recently donated $1,000 to the Development Foundation to support the Cold Water Fisheries Research Program in the WCU biology department. Making the donation to WCU scientists were Ron Hancock, president of the Land O'Sky chapter of Trout Unlimited, and Jeff Bruce, chapter secretary. Cold-water fisheries research over the last fifteen years at WCU, under the direction of biology professor Jerry West, has included studies of the darter, a fish that had not been studied, found in the Tuckaseigee River; stream sedimentation and its effects on trout reproduc­tion; and the apparent competition of rainbow and brook trout. Two current studies by graduate students in Ron Hancock (second from left), president of the Land O'Sky chapter of Trout Unlimited, and Jeff Bruce (center), chapter secretary, met with WCU scientists to donate mo ney in support of fisheries research at Western Carolina. With Hancock and Bruce are (from left) Roger Lumb, professor of biology; Ian Pr itchard, director of the Mountain Aquaculture Research Project; and Dr. Richard Bruce, professor of biology. biology involve a comparison of copper levels in two southern Appalachian basins—the Lake Toxaway and Tuckaseigee—as the levels affect fish, and a study of the diet and food consumption of brook trout in the Panthertown Basin to determine why fish there are bigger and more plentiful than in other trout streams in Western North Carolina, West said. In recent years, the Mountain Aquaculture Research Center has focused on a number of projects involving the raising of trout for com­mercial purposes. Recycling program saves trees, landfill space Paper and cardboard recycling efforts on campus spared 1,330 pulpwood trees during the last year, according to Andy DeGrove, campus recycling coordinator. According to Physical Plant figures, WCU recycled more than 156,400 pounds of paper products, which includes office paper and cardboard, during the 1990-91 fiscal year. "We saved 312 cubic yards of space in our university landfill," DeGrove said. "That's roughly equal to a cube measuring 20 feet on each side. And that's just the amount of space we saved from our paper and cardboard recycling." Here's a breakdown, in pounds, of the items recycled on campus in the 1990-91 fiscal year: • Cardboard - 120,980 • White office paper -13,338 • Mixed office paper - 5,575 • Greenbar computer paper - 7,935 • Newsprint - 5,040 •"Slick" paper-3,570 • Aluminum cans - 1,046 • Leaves, vegetable matter -10,000 • Tires - 5,676 • Waste oil - 3,500 • Paint thinner/solvents - 560 For more information or for answers to your questions about the campus recycling program, call DeGrove at 227-7224. News briefs STUDENT ENROLLMENT AT WCU INCREASED OVERALL by about 2 per­cent this year, according to preliminary counts taken after the first full day of fall-semester classes. The total count was 6,480 students, up 150 from last fall. A total of 1,047 freshmen was counted, up 3 percent from 1,018 freshmen last year. The number of students transferring to campus was up 19 percent to 530, the second consecutive year the number of transfer students has increased substantially. Transfer enrollment climbed 28 percent from 1989 to 1990. New undergraduates total 1,577, compared to 1,468 in 1990. Graduate enrollment is down slightly, to 946 from 965 last year. DO YOU KNOW SCHOOL-AGE STUDENTS WHO NEED HELP IN READING? The WCU Reading Center will offer its services for school-age students 4-5 p.m. Mondays and Wednes­day, beginning Monday, September 23. The session ends December 9. Tutors at the center, in Room 138 Killian Building, are WCU education students, who work one-to-one with participants. Students who attend the Reading Center sessions may request diagnosis and follow-up by Dr. Judith Franson, the center's acting director. The fee for tutoring services is $50. To register, call 227-7295. HOST FAMILIES ARE WANTED FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. For more information call Phyllis Claxton at 293-3465 or Adele Gurevich at 586-0148. TO HONOR THE LATE DR. M. DEAN MARTIN, professor of marketing at WCU from 1981 to 1990, the Dean Martin Business Fellowship Fund has been established in the WCU Development Foundation. Intended to cover tuition, fees, room, and board for an academic year, the fellowship will be awarded for academic achievement, promise for continued scholarly accomplishment, and leadership potential. Recipients will be identified by the Dean Martin Business Fellowship Committee, chaired by WCU professor of management John R. Adams. The commit­tee is seeking contributions. Call 227-7337. WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Monday 9 Computer workshop, "Intro to VAX Mail and Edit," with Joel McKenzie. B-15 Forsyth Building, 3-5 p.m. For faculty and staff members. Registration required at 227-7282. 16 Golf, Cats at Cleghorn Invitational. Rutherfordton, through September 17. Computer "how-to" dem­onstration, "Access the World: Using BITNET and Internet." B-15 Forsyth Build-ing, 3:30- 4:30 p.m. For faculty and staff members. Registration required at 227-7282. Volleyball, Cats vs. Georgia State. Reid Gym, 7 p.m. Slide-lecture, with Ken Sedberry, potter. 104 Belk Building, 8 p.m. Key. HFR H.F. Robinson Administration Building MHC Mountain Heritage Center MRH Music Recital Hall RAC Ramsey Activity Center UC University Center Tuesday 10 Computer "how-to" demonstration, "LINCNET to the Sixteen UNC Libraries." B-15 Forsyth Building, 3:30-4:30 p.m. For faculty and staff members. Registration required at 227-7282. Volleyball, Cats vs. Clemson University. Reid Gym, 7 p.m. Faculty recital. Music Recital Hall, 8 p.m. 17 Golf, Cats at Cleghorn Invitational. Rutherfordton. Graduate Council meeting. 510 HFR, 8 a.m. Council of Deans. 510 HFR, 9 a.m. Computer "how-to" dem­onstration, "LINCNET to the Sixteen UNC Libraries." B-15 Forsyth Building, 11 a.m.-noon. Registration required at 227-7282. Wednesday 1 1 18 Blacksmithing demonstra­tion, with David Brewin. West entrance, HFR (outside MHC), 2:30 p.m. Faculty Senate. 104 Killian Building, 3:30-5 p.m. Volleyball, Cats vs. East Tennessee State University. Johnson City, Tenn., 7 p.m. Exhibits Pottery and sculptural wall pieces by Ken Sedberry. Belk Building art gallery, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and by appointment at 227-7210, through September 20. Paintings by Berry Clark and by Tom Stanley. Chelsea Gallery, University Center, 8 a.m.-l 1 p.m. Monday-Friday and noon- 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, through September 14. Photographs by Larry Tucker and Dr. James Wallace, and "Diversity Endangered," a poster exhibit. Natural Sciences Building, 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday. "Irons in the Fire," an exhibit and slide-tape presentation on blacksmith-ing: "Forging Ahead," a sampler of the diversity of today's iron works; and "Migration of the Scotch-Irish People," a permanent exhibit. Mountain Heritage Center, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. September 6, 1991 The Reporter Thursday 12 Workshop, "AgeLink Replication- Intergenerational Programming." Waynesville, through Septem-ber 13. For more information, call Monica Hinton at the Center for Improving Mountain Living at 227-7492. Computer "how-to" demonstra­tion, "Access the World: Using BITNET and Internet." B-15 Forsyth Building, 3:30-4:30 p.m. For faculty and staff members. Registration required at 227-7282. 19 Friday 13 Workshop continues, "AgeLink Replication - Intergenerational Programming." Waynesville. For more information, call Monica Hinton at the Center for Improv­ing Mountain Living at 227-7492. University Club "T.G.I.F." social. Riverhouse Restaurant, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Volleyball, Cats vs. University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. Reid Gym, 7 p.m. 20 Men's and women's tennis, Cats at East Tennessee State Fall Championships. Johnson City, Tenn., through September 22. Workshop, "AgeLink Replica­tion - Intergenerational Programming." Athens, Ga., through September 21. Call Monica Hinton at 227-7492. University Club "T.G J.F." social. Riverhouse Restaurant, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Fall Welcome Dinner for inter­national students. By WCU Host Family Association. Grandroom, UC, 6:30 p.m. Call 293-3465. Volleyball, Cats vs. Georgia Tech. Reid Gym, 7 p.m. Saturday 14 Cross country, Cats at Clemson University Invitational tourna­ment. Clemson, South Carolina. Medical College Admission Test. Natural Sciences Auditorium, 8 a.m. For more information, call Counseling and Psychological Services at 227-7469. Football, Cats vs. Wake Forest University. Winston-Salem, 7 p.m. 21 Men's and women's tennis, Cats at East Tennessee State Fall Championships. Johnson City, Tenn., through September 22. Workshop continues, "AgeLink Replication - Intergenerational Programming." Athens, Ga. For more information, call Monica Hinton at the Center for Improv­ing Mountain Living at 227-7492. Cross country, Cats at Appalachian State Invitational tournament. Boone. Football, Cats vs. East Tennessee State University. Johnson City, Tenn., 7 p.m. Sunday 15 NCCAT Seminar, "The Black Bear." Through September 20. For more information, call the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching at 293-5202. 22 Men's and women's tennis, Cats at East Tennessee State Fall Championships. Johnson City, Tenn. The next issue of the Reporter will be published September 20. Send items for the calendar in that issue to 1601 Ramsey Center by Friday, September 13. T The Reporter September 6. 1991 The Reporter is published by the Office of Public Information. Mail notices and changes of address to the Reporter. 1601 Ramsey Center. 1450 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $167.80, or $0.12 per copy. Western Carolina University is an Equal Opportunity Institution. University Club plans campuswide picnic to honor new employees The University Club invites all university employees to a potluck picnic to honor and greet new university employees—anyone who has been hired in the past three years. The picnic will be held at the WCU picnic area on Tuesday, September 17, from 5:30 p.m. until dark. All staff and faculty members are invited to attend, along with their spouses, children, and guests. There will be games and activities for all ages. Bring a picnic-type dish (anything that doesn't have to heated or kept frozen) large enough to feed yourself and your guests plus a few others. Beverages, plates, cups, utensils, and napkins will be furnished by the University Club. "Old" employees are encouraged to bring along new employees in their department or office. If you don't know any new employees, come and meet some. If you plan to attend, please call 293-5857. Activities • David Brewin (Mountain Heritage Center) was interviewed for a segment of "North Carolina People," which appears on North Carolina public television. The interview, with William C. Friday, took place in Spruce Pine at the forge of black­smith Bea Hensley, and aired twice in August. • Dr. Jim Byer and Dr. Nancy Joyner (English) wrote chapters for a book entitled The Poetics of Appalachian Space, published recently by the University of Tennessee Press. The book, edited by Parks Lanier, Jr., contains essays on Appala­chian literature, based on theories of French critic Gaston Bachelard. Byei^s essay, "A Woman's Place is in the House," deals with works by three women poets. Joyner's essay, "The Poetics of the House in Appalachian Fiction," discusses novels by four writers. • Mable Carlyle (Nursing) is among 100 recipi­ents of the 1991 "Great 100" award for nursing excellence in North Carolina. Winners were chosen from among nominees representing fifty-five counties by a committee of registered nurses. The award recognizes outstanding professional abilities and commitment to improving commu­nity health care. • Dr. Frank Prochaska (Chemistry and Physics) presented a research paper entitled "Hydrogen and Halogen Atom Addition to Sulfur Dioxide in an Argon Matrix" at a research conference entitled "The Physics and Chemistry of Matrix Isolated Species." The conference was held in Plymouth, N.H. • Sandra Skinner (Clothing, Textiles, and Merchandising) attended the World Conference on Research in the Distributive Trades at The Hague, Netherlands, in July. Sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, the conference was designed to promote higher education and research in the retail trades. Skinner presented a paper entitled "Female Entrepreneurs in the Retail Trade: A Study of Personal and Professional Traits as They Impact Business Environment." She also chaired a program session, "Employment in Retailing." Twenty-three nations participated in the conference. • Robert Stewart (Ramsey Center) attended the annual conference and trade show of the Interna­tional Association of Auditorium Managers (IAAM) August 10-14 in Kansas City, Mo. At the conference, Stewart, who chairs the association's universities committee, coordinated and moder­ated a seminar for managers of arena or perfor­mance facilities at universities. In addition, Stewart is a member of LAAM's 1992 conference-planning committee and long-range planning committee, which will guide the association in reorganizing its districts and a name change to reflect international growth. • Bill Studenc (Public Information) received the "Merit Award for Fiction" from Nomad, Western Carolina's annual literary and art magazine. Studenc's short story "Grit and Steel" appeared in the magazine's 1991 issue. Workshop offered for mountain landowners A workshop in Macon County this month will offer information on important aspects of land ownership in Western North Carolina. "This Land is Your Land: Mountain Stewardship for Private Landowners" will cover topics such as land values, endangered plants, and responsible timber harvesting. The workshop will begin at 8 a.m. Thursday, September 19, at the Macon County Community Center, south of Franklin on Highway 441. Speakers will include Dr. Dan Pittillo, professor of biology, whose presentation will be "Regional Natural Area Values." Lunch and a field trip will also be included. Early registration is required. The fee is $7. Call (704) 786-4009 for information. September 6. 1991 The Reporter Re™p Noews forrr - f itFhacfeul\tthy/ e<a n nrrrd» W SC t+am ff of Western Carolina University September 20, 1991 Cullowhee, North Carolina The university and the future of information E ducators and other professionals who perpet­uate knowledge and disseminate information will be leading figures in societies of the 1990s and the twenty-first century. That's according to a visiting expert in information services who spoke on campus September 12. "Knowledge is going to be increasingly valued, and you in education are going to be at the heart of the 'Century of the Mind'," said Dr. Richard Rowe, president and chief executive officer of the Faxon Company, a multinational company which special­izes in facilitating information acquisition. Rowe addressed more than 100 faculty and staff members from WCU and other Western North Carolina higher-education institutions at a luncheon meeting entitled "Turning the Comer Information Futures in the Academic Workplace." Hunter Library sponsored the meeting, held in the University Center. Computers' growing capacities for memory and processing will continue to make long-distance electronic communication easier and more acces­sible, according to Rowe. And that means informa­tion and knowledge industries—including educa­tion— will need to focus on providing new services. The new focus will prompt radical changes in American higher education. Rowe said successful universities will become "centers of excellence" in specific fields and make their resources available over increasingly long distances through emerging technologies that create "virtual proximity" to the campus. That will include networking and the "compression" of large amounts of information for transmitting in bursts over radio and television bands. Interactive electronic "textbooks" and multimedia presenta­tions will become standard as well, he said. Revolutions in information processing could mean the end of the "supply-driven system" in American universities that rewards bulk rather than excellence, Rowe said. Candidates for tenure could be judged on the quality of their writing and teaching instead of the number of their publications, and universities could escape accreditation standards that emphasize the volume more than the usefulness of library holdings and other resources, he said. Institutions of the near future "will not be measured by the bricks and mortar and the number of volumes on campus," Rowe said. "The informa­tion business is not books and journals. The informa­tion business is access to useful information. "You must be transparent, like the phone company. When you pick up the phone to make a call, you don't think, 'Southern Bell.' You think about the person you're calling. You should be like the phone company. You must unobtrusively make the connection" between the user and the source of information, he said. According to Rowe, universities in North Carolina are in an enviable position to enter the twenty-first century. "Your state has a tradition of valuing higher education and making major investments in informa­tion technology. But you must take quick advantage of these circumstances. You are well-positioned for becoming a national leader and a national model, but other states won't stay behind for long," he said. Also speaking at the conference was George Brett, program manager for networked information at the Microelectronic Center of North Carolina and consultant to the Office of Academic Affairs of The University of North Carolina's General Administra­tion. Brett demonstrated new communications and networking software. Representatives came to the meeting from WCU, Appalachian State University, Haywood Community College, Southwestern Community College, Tri- County Community College, the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and the Western North Carolina Library Network. The meeting was organized especially to encour­age the use of information technology on campuses in Western North Carolina, said William J. Kirwan, university librarian. "This is no longer the concern of just the library and the computer center," Kirwan said. "All of us must press for faster implementation of technologies on campus and in the region, or we'll fall behind, relative to the rest of the state." _ _ . - Joey Price News briefs TWO ITEMS OF GOOD NEWS CAME RECENTLY to the School of Nursing and Health Sciences. First, the American Medical Association's Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation has reaccredited the school's medical record administration program for seven years. The decision was made upon recommendation of the American Medical Record Associa­tion's Council on Education after an exten­sive WCU self-study and onsite examina­tion by an AMRA-AMA council team. Also, ninety-six percent of WCU nursing graduates passed the latest national licen­sure exam, the highest percentage in the history of WCU's nursing program. The graduates' performance on the National Council Licensure Examination for Regis­tered Nurses means WCU has the highest passing rate among schools in the Univer­sity of North Carolina system and third highest among the twelve North Carolina universities and four-year colleges with baccalaureate nursing programs. THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COM­PANY HAS ADVISED the WCU Personnel Office that no dividends will be paid to the company's Western Carolina University policyholders for the 1990-91 fiscal year. The action is the result of an unusually high number of death claims paid by the Pruden­tial and the cost of premium waivers for disabled policyholders. Prudential represen­tatives believe dividends will be reinstated in the future, according to Jim Holland, director of personnel. For more information, call the Personnel Office at 227-7218. THE ASHEVILLE AREA CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS will hold a blood drive on campus Monday-Wednesday, October 7-9. A total of 425 units of blood is the goal for the drive, which will be held 1-6 p.m. each day in the Grandroom of the University Center. HUNTER LIBRARY IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS from graduate students for the use of study rooms in the library during fall semester. See your graduate department head for an application form and send the completed form to William Kirwan in Hunter Library by Monday, September 30. September 20. 1991 WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Monday 23 Golf, Cats at WCU/Maggie Valley Invitational tournament. Maggie Valley, through September 24. Seminar, "Equus: Fact and Fantasy." North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, through September 27. Computer workshop, "Advanced Quattro Pro Features." For faculty and staff members. B-15 Forsyth Build­ing, 3-5 p.m. Registration required at 227-7282. 30 Seminar, "The Art of Song: Combining Word and Tone." North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, through October 4. Key HFR H.F. Robinson Administration Building MHC Mountain Heritage Center MRH Music Recital Hall RAC Ramsey Activity Center UC University Center Tuesday 24 Computer "how to" demonstration, "LINCNET to the Sixteen UNC Libraries." For faculty and staff members. B-15 Forsyth Building, 3:30-4:30 pro. Registration required at 227-7282. Volleyball, Cats vs. Furman University. Greenville, S.C., 6:30 pro. 1 Council of Deans. 510 HFR, 9 a.m. Theatre, Waiting for Godot. Hoey Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. $10 adults, $8 senior citizens, $5 students. For more infor­mation, call 227-7491. Faculty recital, with Lillian Pearson, keyboards, assisted by Eldred Spell, flute. MRH, 8 pro. Fiction Reading, with Sue Ellen Bridgers, author. 104 Killian Building, 8 p.m. Wednesday 25 Orientation workshop, Faculty Mentoring Program. Hospitality Room, RAC, 3-5:30 p.m. For more information, call the Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence at 227-7196. English proficiency test. University Writing Center, 4 pro. 2 Meeting of steering committee of Faculty Senate. Mary Will Mitchell Room, Brown Cafeteria, 7:30 aro. Blacksmithing demonstra­tion. West entrance, HFR (outside MHC), 2-3:30 pro. Theatre, Waiting for Godot. Hoey Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. $10 adults, $8 senior citizens, $5 students. For more information, call 227-7491. Volleyball, Cats vs. Appalachian State University. Reid Gym, 7 p.m. Exhibits "Faculty Exhibition 91," works by Art Department faculty members. Belk Building art gallery, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and by appointment at 227-7210, September 23-October 25. Sculptures and constructions by William Donnan and Joyce Blunk. Chelsea Gallery, University Center, 8 a.m.-l 1 p.m. Monday-Friday and noon-11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, September 24- October 17. Photographs by Larry Tucker and Dr. James Wallace, and "Diversity Endangered," a poster exhibit. Natural Sciences Building, 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday. "Irons in the Fire," an exhibit and slide-tape presentation on blacksmithing: "Forging Ahead," a sampler of the diversity of today's iron works; and "Migration of the Scotch-Irish People," a permanent exhibit. Mountain Heritage Center, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. The Reporter Thursday 26 Workshop, "Guidelines for Making Good Tests," with visiting scholar Dr. James Eison. For faculty members. 104 Killian Building, 3:30 p.m. Presentation, "O Say, Can't I *C' and Other Myths About Grades," with visiting scholar Dr. James Eison. Cherokee Room, UC, 7:30 p.m. 3 Computer "how to" demonstration, "Prevent Micro Viruses: Practice Safe Comput­ing." For faculty and staff members. B-15 Forsyth Building, 11 a.m.-noon. Registration required at 227-7282. Student/faculty dialogue on aca­demic standards. First in a series open to the university community. Grandroom, UC, 7:30 p.m. Theatre, Waiting for Godot. Hoey Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. $10 adults, $8 senior citizens, $5 students. For more information, call 227-7491. Recital by Scott Berry, artist-in-residence. MRH, 8 p.m. For more information, call 227-7242. Friday 27 Volleyball, Cats at UNC Charlotte invitational tourna­ment. Charlotte, through September 28. Workshop, "Using Active Learning Strategies," with visiting scholar Dr. James Eison. For faculty members. Cherokee Room, UC, 1:30 p.m. University Club. The Riverhouse restaurant, Cullowhee, 4:30-6:30 p.m. 4 Golf, Cats at Eastern Kentucky Invitational tournament. Arling­ton Golf Center, Richmond, Ky., through October 5. University Club. The River-house restaurant, Cullowhee, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Volleyball, Cats vs. Marshall University. Reid Gym, 7 p.m. Theatre, Waiting for Godot. Hoey Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. $10 adults, $8 senior citizens, $5 students. For more information, call 227-7491. Saturday 28 Football, Cats vs. Furman Univer­sity. Whitmire Stadium, 7 p.m. Mountain Heritage Day 5 Cross country, Cats at UNC Charlotte Invitational tournament. Charlotte. Law School Admission Test (LSAT). Natural Sciences Audito­rium, 8 a.m. Call 227-7469. Volleyball, Cats vs. Charleston South-em University. Reid Gym, 11 a.m. Volleyball, Cats vs. UNC Charlotte. Reid Gym, 4 p.m. Football, Cats vs. The Citadel. Charleston, S.C., 7 p.m. Theatre, Waiting for Godot. Hoey Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. $10 adults, $8 senior citizens, $5 students. For more information, call 227-7491. Sunday 29 Campus residency begins with vocal artist Scott Berry. Through October 4. For more information, call the Depart­ment of Music at 227-7242. 6 The next issue of the Reporter will be pub­lished on October 4. Items for publication in that issue should reach 1601 Ramsey Center by Friday, September 27. HUNTER L IBRARY HOURS FALL SEMESTER REGULAR HOURS Monday-Thursday 8 a.m.-midnight Friday 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m-6 p.m. Sunday Noon-midnight FALL BREAK Friday, October 11 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, October 12 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, October 13 Closed Monday, October 14 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, October 15 to Tuesday, November 26 Regular hours THANKSGIVING Wednesday, November 27 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, November 28 through Saturday, November 30 Closed Sunday, December 1, to Tuesday, December 10 Regular hours FINAL EXAMS Wednesday, December 11, to Midnight, Friday, December 13 Open continuously Saturday, December 14 9 a.m.-midnight Noon, Sunday, December 15, to Midnight, Tuesday, December 17 ...Open continuously Wednesday, December 18, to Friday, December 20 8 a.m.-5 p.m. The Reporter September 20. 199/ 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 $167.80, or $0.12 per copy. Western Carolina University is an Equal Opportunity Institution. September 20, 1991 University doesn't bum hazardous waste Although Western Carolina University's name appeared on recently reported lists of companies and institutions exempt from federal hazardous waste regulations — thus creating an implication that WCU has been burning hazardous wastes — the fact is that the university doesn't use that method of disposal and, in the memory of anyone concerned, never has. The university's name showed up in an Associated Press story August 16 (and was included in some broadcast reports based on the same story) that dealt with new federal regula­tions implemented in August further controlling hazardous waste disposal methods. Western apparently got on the list when, several years ago under then-existing regulations, burning would have been permissible. The university at that time indicated it was consider­ing disposing of the small amounts of used oils and solvents the university accumulates (less than fifty gallons a month) by mixing the waste with raw heating fuel and burning it in boiler operations. That then-permissible method — though never utilized — required an Environmental Protection Agency Identification Number, duly assigned to WCU. But Western dropped the idea, and instead began the recycling practice it continues to follow. During the 1990-91 fiscal year, the university recycled 2,500 pounds of waste oil and 560 pounds of thinner/solvents as part of the institution-wide recycling program. In both 1990 and 1991 authorities were notified by WCU officials that WCU does not burn hazardous waste, and the university com­munity can be reassured it has no plans to do so. Visiting scholar will discuss grades, learning, achievement Dr. James A. Eison, director of the Center for Teaching Enhancement at the University of South Florida, will make a public presentation entitled "O Say Can't 14C' and Other Myths About Grades" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, September 26, in the Cherokee Room of the University Center. Dr. Eison will be on campus September 26 and 27 for workshops and presentations on the impact of grades on the college learning process. His visit is sponsored by the Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence, Faculty Senate subcommittee on instruction, and Visiting Scholar Program. An active consultant and workshop leader since 1975, Eison has conducted considerable research into the meaning and impact of college grades, assessment of student learning, and promotion of active learning. Eison will meet informally with Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence steering committee mem­bers and interested faculty members and adminis­trators on the morning of Thursday, September 26, before a 12:30 p.m. presentation for students in the freshmen orientation course. The session, "Student Orientation Toward Grades and Learning," will be held in the auditorium of Forsyth Building and is open to all students and faculty members. Also on Thursday, a faculty workshop entitled "Guidelines for Making Good Tests" will be held at 3:30 p.m. in Room 104 of Killian Building. On Friday, September 27, Eison will address faculty expectations for student performance in a 9 a.m. session in the Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence, located in Hunter Library. He will hold a faculty workshop, "Using Active Learning Strategies," from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Chero­kee Room of the University Center. Both sessions are open to all faculty and administrators. Home game lecture series will relate athletics, academics A new program aimed at joining academic and athletic concerns will include a series of faculty lectures to be delivered in conjunction with the university's home football schedule. Four faculty members from various depart­ments will present lectures on academic topics during weekends when Catamount football games are played in Cullowhee. All lectures will be delivered in the Tom Young Room of the Jordan-Phillips Fieldhouse and are open to the public. The program schedule: • "DeSoto in North Carolina: Where Did He Go?" with Dr. Anne Rogers, associate professor of anthropology. Saturday, September 28,4 p.m. The Cats face Furman University in Whitmire Sta­dium, 7:30 p.m. • "Writing and Working Out," with Rick Boyer, assistant professor of English. Saturday, October 19,11 a.m. Cats versus the University of Tennessee - Chattanooga, 1:30 p.m. • "The Solar System," with Dr. Paul Heckert, associate professor of physics. Friday, October 25, 7:30 p.m. (telescope observation from Whitmire Stadium, weather permitting). Cats versus Samford University, Saturday, October 26,2 p.m. • "Pearl Harbor Fifty Years After," with Dr. Gerald Schwartz, professor of history. Saturday, November 16, 11 a.m. Cats versus Appalachian State University, 1:30 p.m. The Reporter

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