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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1982-10-21_Vol47_No09_04

News Briefs Western Carolina University is one of 10 American universities selected by the U.S. Information Agency for an experimental program to establish cooperative ties between American and African universities. Western will assist the University of Swaziland to improve some of its degree programs and to undertake a more direct role in the economic and social development of the African kingdom. The Swaziland institutions will reciprocate by providing training in African studies for WXT students and faculty. A team ol WCl officials will go to Swaziland in mid-October tor a week ot discussions and planning sessions. Creation of university level programs in primary and vocational education will be discussed. Officials ol the two universities also will explore the possibilities ol a science-technology advisory group becoming involved in development policy and project assessment. Ihe project is being funded by the Directorate tor Educational and Cultural Allans ot the I SIA under the Fulbright-Hays \ct ol 1961, and will continue through August 1985. Both universities have said they intend to continue cooperative efforts alter the experimental phase Ihe other American universities selected tor the program are Brown. UCLA. Duke. Ball State. Iowa. John Hopkins, f. ugan. SI WStonev Brook and Penn. State. Ihe project dircctoi is I Herd Hulbert, Western Carolina University's director ol International Instructional Programs. > I he American Red Cross blood mobile will be in the Grandroom of Hinds University Center from noon until 5 pm October 2"1 and 28. Ihe goal is 150 units each day. according to Jean Adams, executive secretary of the Jackson County Chapter of the American Red Cross. Ihe bloodmobile is being co-sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega, a co-educational service organization, and Phi Beta Lambda,a co-educational business professional organization. Western Carolinian/October 21. 1982 A The Graduate Management Admission Test (Ci M A I ) will be offered on Saturday morning, Oct. 23. at Western Carolina University. Scores on the Ci M A I are currently used by some 720 graduate schools of management as one predictor of academic performance in graduate management programs. Ihe test is ottered lour times each academic year. After Oct. 23. it will be given on Jan. 29, March 19 and June 18. 1983. Ihe GMAT Bulletin of Information, which describes procedures and tees lor registering, is available from the WCl lesting Center m Room 108 of Bird Building, or bv writing to GMAT, Educational lesting Service, Box 966. Princeton. N.J. 08541. Joyce Kilmer Backpacking; Slide Rock Wilderness Nov 6-7. Meet at 7:00 am Nov. 6 in the I (' SI5.CK) Students and $25.00 lor non-students I his cost includes equipment and transportation and lood. No experience necessary. Clubs And Organizations We would like to invite every one to attend this yeai 's Homecoming pep rally. It will be held Thursday, October 21. in Reid Gym at 8:00 p.m. This year's theme is Best Little Catamounts in Carolina, taking offfrom the movie "Best Little Whore House in Texas." We would like to encourage everyone to dress in Purple and White or wear something following the Western style theme. There will be contests involving everyone who comes to the peprally; they are as follows: 1) Best Western Dress (Guy) 2) Best Western Dress (Girl) 3) Best Dress in Purple and White (Guy) 4) Best Dress in Purple and White (Girl) 5) Best Banner (Group participation) 6) Most Spirited Group 7) Most group participation (this is lor the largest single group or organization. I hey must have something on distinguishing them out from the rest of the audience.) For example: Greek Letters, a certain colored shirt, ect. • We would like to encourage everyone to attend. There will be plenty of Dancing, Cheering,and Clogging. followed by the BONFIRE outside the gym on the softball field, where we will burn the WolTord lerricrs. There will be an autocross sponsered by Mountain Roads Sports Car Club of Sylva. and Budwicscrol Sylva. I his event will be on October 31. with registration and tech beginning at 10:00 AM and concludingat 11:30 AM, at this time there will be a drivers meeting and course walk through. The first car will leave the starting line at 12:00 noon. After the event there will be a drivers and worker party. Everyone is invited to participate. For further information call 586-2742 after 5 PM. WCU's Panhellenic Council held its Fall Scholarship and Pledge Banquet Thursday, Oct. 7 in Dodson Cafeteria. I he purpose ot the event was to honoi those sorority women who achieved outstanding scholarship during the 1982 spring semester and to recognize the new fall pledges and the sororities w ho attained quota during formal rush. All new pledges participated in "paper bag".skits and at the close of the event, each pledge class presented a song. Delta Zeta and Phi Mu received quota awards for formal rush. Certificates were awarded to women who earned a 3.0 or above quality point ratio on a minimum of 12 hours. Plaques were presented to women who achieved a perfect 4.0 QPR on 12 or more hours last spring. Plaque recipients were: Martha Davis (Alpha Xi Delta). Penny Caldwell ( Delta Zeta), Lea Ann Fulbright (Delta Zeta), Cynthia Hooper (Zeta Tau Alpha). Those receiving certificates were as follows, by sorority: Alpha Xi Delta: Dreama Briley, Meredith Epley, Rebecca Hall, Mary Jill Johnson, Debra Mclaughlin, Anne Odom, Jane Watson, I.uAnnc Woolard, Patricia Voting. Delta Zeta: Lynn Corbin. Richa Cornwell, Terrie Mayne. Debbie Norton. Jennie Recce, Tammy Robinson. Carrie Smith. Pam Terlinden, Jody Wood. Phi Mu: Jennifer Fouts, Penni Pendry, Karin Robinson Sigma Kappa: Monica Boston, Irene Gla/er. Jacqueline Hartley, Tammy Honeycutt, June Patterson, Kathleen Poll, Joni Redmond, Sara Smiley, Janice Smith. Regina Wells. Zeta Tau Alpha: Teresa Childers, Juanita Crisp, Suzanne Gortney, Helen Nemecek, Joanne Rothweiler, Teresa Triplett, Beverly Winters. : : : : 12 Merrimom Ave. Asheville, N.C. 254-1648. Tues. - Free beer Wed. - Closed Thurs. - Free beer/live band Fri. - Ladies night Ladies drink free from 8-12/live band. Current college I.D. $1.00 off Sat. Flowers to first 150 ladies. Live Band Door prize Current college I.D. $1.00 off Sun. - Wet T-shirt contest $100.00 to winner Free beer/live band l his is to remind vou of our need for information that should be included in the 1983 Spring Semester Calendar of Ivents. Please update any information that you have already provided and send us at this time additional listings. Send all information to Miss loni Knott. Calendar Editor. Office of Public Information. Rm 420. H.F. Robinson Adminstration Building. Ihe deadline is November 10. I9S2 \ \ (Narcotics Anonymous) meets every Thursday at 8:00 pm in the Canterbury House behind the football field. Everyone is welcome. Ihe f-ourth Annual Jackson County Youth football Skills Contest, sponsored by the Jackson County Recreation and Parks Department will be held Saturday, October 30 loi all boys and girls 8 to 12 years old. I his year all preliminary rounds will be held on October 30 at four different sites throughout the county. Ihe schedule for Saturday will be: 10:00 am Smoky Mountain School for youth attending Smoky Mountain Elementary 10:00 am Cullowhee School tor youth attending Cullowhee I lementary 1:00 pm Fan view Youth Complex for youth attending Fairviev. and Scotts Creek Elementary Schools 1:00 pm Cashiers Community Center tor youth attending Blue Ridge I lementary I MP will be sponsering a Ski trip to Crested Butte Colorado for Christmas break. The price is $250.00 for students and $350.00 for non-students. This cost includes transportation, food and lodging for 7 days and nights. You are responsible for your own ski rental and lift tickets. A $100.00 deposit is required when you sign up. For more information contact the LMP office. All persons interested in cross-stitch and other forms of needlework, contact either Debbi at 227-4114 or Terri at 227-6203. Radiothon The Leukemia Radiothon on WWCU, FM 90-5, began I hursday at 2:00 pm and will continue non-stop through the night until Friday at 2:00 pm. This event will feature Jay Kilgo broadcasting live for 24 consecutive hours. Every hour is sponsored by one of the local merchants and was purchased for either $10 or $20. (Telephone lines are open for contributions to the Leukemia Society of America and are tax deductable. We are accepting phone calls right now at 227-7173 or 227-7174. WWCU appreciates all the participation in this worthwhile cause and hopes that others will give generously to help fight Leukemia. Pi lambda Phi will hold their second annual haunted house. " I he House is Haunted" on Oct. 27 and 28 beginning at 8:00 and Oct 29 beginning at 9:00 Cost is $1.00. Ihe public is invited For more information contact the PiLam house. Circle K will meet in Killian Building October 27 at 4:30 p.m. in Room 338. This meeting is a very important reorganizational meeting of Circle Kat Western Carolina University Circle K has been a very active service organization during the last live years. Activities have included a rock-- a-thon to raise money for the American Cancer Society, visits to the Webster Old Folks Home, adoption of an elderly family in Jackson County, and assisting the Cullowhee-Sylva Kiwanis Club (their sponsor) in a number of projects. The Circle K Club has also attended several District and State Conventions and have been prominent at those conventions. Weekend exchange programs with members of the Appalachian State University Circle K Club have also been an important part of the life of Circle K'ers in that the members have enjoyed that type of fellowship. Students who are interested in making their college community a better place to live and work would find Circle K could fulfill that desire, lor great fellowship, fun, and self-satisfaction of belonging to a national organization, come and be a part of Circle K. Circle K is a part of the Kiwanis International Farriily. Key Club is the high school version; Circle K is the collegiate version; Kiwanis International is the worldwide version. Ihe WCU Young Democratic Club invites you to a luncheon (Dutch Treat) on Wednesday, October27, 1982 in the west wing of Dodson Cafeteria. Democratic Congressional candidate James McClure Clarke is scheduled to be our guest. From 11:30 am until 12:00 noon he will answer questions and discuss concerns on a one-to-one basis. At approximately 12:30 pm he will have a short (10-15 minutes) presentation. After his presentation, he will respond to questions until 2:00 pm. The Paper Chase 0 East Sylva Shopping Center We Trade and Sell Used Paperbacks Monday-Friday 1-6 Phone 586-6217 £ — . 1 |PG L.,_ ^-J—*s X OUK G9.00? TtPNI&HT MCLUbEf JOHNNY Jtuw ON Alto SaX.. T/M AUftW <=** BASS AN& V\Z4V*E TUBER oaJ PCUSJ.. FRANKLY SPEAKING phil frank I 5t*6 WISH THE $1(JVetX$ TOOK WS G?t«eu ELKT/OM /WORE SCROUSW-. A The Book Store Come in and see our large selection of Halloween cards, party items, etc. We also have WCU Picture Frames for your favorite campus loved one. Start your Xmas Shopping early — We have all you're looking for! 6 East Main St. Sylva, N.C. 586-2465 8:305:30 Mon. Sat.

The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

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  • Western Carolina University
• Format
  • Publications (documents)
• Type
  • Text
• Date
  • Date original: 1982-10-21
  • Date digitized: 2018-11-19
• Extent
  • Dimension: 15" x 11.5"
  • Pages: 14 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
• Location
  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
• Source Collection
  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
• Identifier
  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1982-10-21_Vol47_No09
• Repository
  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library