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  • Student Owned Business Still Alive and Well by Becky Adams M.iny students dream of someday owning a business. I cm iwo students at Western, this dream has become a reality. Hen Hale, a junior radio and TV major, and Brad Bunch, a senior business major, have their own establishment, a private social club which they call I hustvP But opening the business is no easy task According to Ben, who is the major partner, starting the business was harder than he had thought it would be. In addition to the initial investment, opening Thirsty's required a lot of patience and a lot of help from his friends, But the hard work of Ben and Brad has paid off, not only lor them, but for the students of Western and residents of Cullowhee. Thirsty's is licensed by the North i arolina ABC Board as a private social club, which means that club members may drink or store their alcohol on the premises. In addition, Ben and Brad have obtained a special occasion permit, which allows them to give away kegs of beer. However, the main concept behind Thirsty's is not to create a place to drink, but to create a meeting place where members can engage in, as Ben says, "active and creative social intercourse."The idea for Thirsty's was the result of several summer parties when Ben andI his friends realized that "there was no place to go. So. after much deliberation. Ben and Brad have created a place where students can gather to enjoy themselves^ They wanted to establish a central meeting place which would be easilv accessible to all students in order to get students and community members more interested and involved in the events taking place around them. Is Thirsty's a success? Ben thinks so. He says tha although the business has not yet generated a great amount of profit, it has managed «° «ma'nt°P.^-f"d that it's off to a good start. He predicts that with .the addition ol a cable television sy stem and an assortment of video games. Thirsty's will become one of the most popular establishments in Cullowhee. Ben encourages other students to start their own businesses Although he realizes that it is difficult to make such a venture work, he would like to see more people trv. Cullowhee. he says, is in great need of more private business. In fact, he says that he is surprised that nobody came up with the idea tor such an establishment before he did. But, both Ben and Brad are glad no one did. and they cordially invite all summer school students to "stop in and check out the place." QUIN Theatres 586 5918 WCU Hosts Conference On Appalachian Family Western Carolina University will host the third annual Conference on Appalachian Children and Families June 17-18 for persons concerned with children and family life in the Appalachian region. The two-day conference is being sponsored by the Developmental Evaluation Center at Western Carolina University, the Appalachian Consortium and the Appalachian Education Laboratory of Charleston, W.Va. Richard Blaustein, associate professor in the department of sociology and anthropology at East Tennessee State University will deliver the keynote Leadership Conference The sixth annual leadership conference for public school administrators in the Eighth Educational District will be held June 13-15 at Western Carolina University. The three-day conference is sponsored by the Western Regional Education Center in Canton. This year's theme is "Perspectives of Educational Leadership in Western North Carolina." "We realize the time has come when we have to look at all the perspectives of education before we start planning for the next two decades," said Dr. Betty Wallace, director of the regional education center. The conference will get under way Sunday evening. June 13, with addresses from three distinguished guests: Dr. A. Craig Phillips, state superintendent of public schools; Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green; and House Speaker Liston B. Ramsey. Other special guests invited to the opening session include regional school board members and county commissioners, state legislators representing the district, State Board of Education members and the presidents of institutions of higher education. Issues to be discussed at the conference include federal block grants as related to exceptional children and compensatory education, regionalization of educational services, regional innovations in gifted research and the future of education in the 19 public school systems located in the state's 16 westernmost counties. Good Cheap Mexican Food Tuesday & Thursday Nights at ustjone^ Vtednescby All you can eat Spaghetti with tossed salad & bread $2.95 or Chinese Entree Friday-Fresh Seafood Sat-Barbequed Ribs Plus Regular Menu Nightly address Thursday evening at 6:30 in Dodson Cafeteria on "Bringing Folklore into the Classroom and Humanizing the Educational Process." Blaustein's presentation will follow a 5:30 dinner in the cafeteria. Friday's program will include a series of paper presentations and workshops dealing with various aspects of children and families in Appalachia. Some of the topics to be discussed include troubled families, secondary education, dropout rates in rural schools. students' perceptions of ruralism and urbanism. family relations. Blacks in Appalachia. health services and family school interaction) Presentations will be by college faculty members and practicing professionals in the Appalachian region. All interested persons arc invited to attend. Cost ol the conference is $8.50, including the Thursday dinner, or $5 for the Friday workshop sessions. For additional information or registration, contact the WCU Developmental Evaluation Center, telephone 227- 7490. Previous conferences on Appalachian children and families were held at the University of Tennessee at Knoxv illc( 198 I ) and West Virginia State University!* 1980). Students Line Up to Take Test Normally, the last thing any college student on a break wants to do is take a test, but many of them at a recent College Expo in Daytona Beach. Florida, lined up for one. It was a beer taste test featuring Schlitz., Budweiser. Miller High Life and Michelob. As in the live television commercials run during the 1981 NFL playoffs and the Super Bowl, it was Schlitz. vs. the other brands. Schlitz Chief Executive Officer Frank J. Sellinger. him self a familiar figure after appearing in national TV commercials for his beer, was on hand to kick off the five-day event. He also met and talked with hundreds of students. T enjoyed meeting these people and hearing their comments about our taste test. Even after 45 years in the beer business I can learn by listening to beer drinkers." he said. Students were seated at one of five testing stations where two beers—one of them Schlitz— were poured into identical cups for sampling. After tasting, the students used an electronic switch to indicate their preference. The results were flashed on a scoreboard. A lot of the tasters were surprised to learn they preferred Schiltz, which prompted a happy response from Sellinger. "I'm not surprised." he said. "Through these types of tests, people are learning more about beer." Electric Vehicle Proves it Can Go Lunch Tuesday-Friday 11:30-2:00 Reservations 293-3621 Supper Tues.-Sat. 500-8:30 Brown Bagging "The Leopard has landed!" That was the urgent message relayed by a Bentley College official back to Sunmark Industries' Philadelphia headquarters after two Bentley students successfully navigated an 1800-mile trip from Portland, Maine, to Orlando. Florida. This wasn't just any trip. What makes the feat so special was that the students—Tom Scholis and John Capski—made the trip in an electric car. The car, a"Lectric Leopard," wasn't supposed to be able to travel over long distances. "The idea of the trip was to increase public awareness of the value of electric cars as a viable and energy-efficient means of short-distance transportation," Scholis, a business major, explained. "If electric vehicles become viable alternative energy supplements attaining wider use in the coming decades," adds Ed Meyer, Sunmark's vice president-marketing, "we envision service stations becoming equipped to handle vehicle maintenance." Indeed, Sunmark's Boston office arranged for Scholis and Capski to recharge at Sunmark stations along the Maine-to- Florida route. Sunmark also contributed $ 1000 to cover the costs of the rented "chase truck," which trailed the battery-pow ered Fiat Strada and carried spare parts and the students' personal items. "There were two concerns here," observes Ken Moore vice president-sales. "Besides looking ahead to when cars will be recharging at service stations, Sun Company encourages the development of and the exploration for alternative energy sources, as well as specific projects like this." The project worked well. Gerald Ryan, of Bentley's public relations staff, exulted, "The car performed normally and arrived right on time (in Orlando). There was some concern at the begin ning because this is a new technology, and the car is not specifically designed to do what it did (travel 1800 miles). But there were no breakdowns." The "Lectric Leopard" was the first to be used for more than the prescribed short-distance travel, Ryan adds. But now that Scholis and Capski have proven it can be done, the electric car's day may be coming sooner than anyone expected. "When the technology for them (electric cars) comes along, they might just be pulling into service stations in the future the way gasoline-powered cars do now." Sunmark Industries vice presidents Ed Meyer, left, and Ken Moore, right, discuss potential for the electric car with driver Tom Scholis. Sunmark helped sponsor Scholis' 1800-mile trip. GREASE IS STILL THE WORD! PARAMOUNT PICTURES PRESENTS ^- A ROBERT STIGWOOD, ALLAN CARR PRODUCTION («!S& Starring MAXWELL CAULFIELD-MICHELLE PFEIFFER " GREASE 2 one show nightly 7:00 p.m. STAR TREK II one show nightly 9:15 p.m. Separate adm. tickets Required!
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