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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1972-03-02_Vol37_No39_05

Thursday, March 2, 1972 THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN 5 Return the tires, or elsc.please To The Editor: As certain individuals read this letter they will realize it is being addn to them. On the night of Feb. 24, a Thursday, a number of automobile tires were removed from several vehicles located in "T.A.'s" garage area, behind the College Gulf gasoline station. One vehicle, a pinkish colored 1964 Ford Van, is mine. The tires removed from the front axle, which was left to rest in the mud, are two 7.75 x 14 recaps, brand new, with white walls facing the inside. At retail price, they run Si 5 each. There are two reasons why these particular tires should be returned immediately: 1) Two persons witnessed mos! of the removal operations from T.A.'s that night. The next day they reported ALL pertinent details necessary for a successful police investigation to T,A,, and he relayed this information to me and the owners of the other offended vehi cles. The police do not at this time have this information; what we request is that anyone knowing of the missing items act immediately to assure the return of these items to their rightful owners, No questions will he asked, no police will be contacted. If these items are not returned within a rea • sonable period of time, the information will be turned in to the proper author ■ ties and action will be taken. We don't want to use this method; wejust want our tires, 2) stealing is wrong r.A.'s garage is the site of a man's Livellhoodi T.A, works on autom ibiles, and his customers leave their vehicles at the garage to wait their turn. If items are removed from these privately owned vehicles, T.A. replaces them if he can. That's T.A. It costs him a lot to make good on these things, and T.A, doesn't make very much fixing automobiles, In the past, tools have been taken from his locked garage; even his own car was a victim of this midnight handiwork. Added The growth that matters BY BERT WILEY Numerous events and activities on the Western Carolina University Campus during the past several years have been cited as evidences of a growing, emerging university. One area of growth that the entire campus community can take great pride in is that of the cultural arts. Many newcomers to our campus have been informed that there is nothing to do in Cullowhee, the implication being that the region is devoid of cultural opportunity. The only way to "get art" would be to travel periodically to Atlanta. There are many residents in the mountain cointies who still believe this, although it is totally incorrecLThere have been things to do in Cullowhee and the surrounding areas for many years, but the recent growth and increase have been remarkable, even phenomenal. And not only have opportunities increased, but participation, involvement, and audience interest have grown proportionately. In 1793 a German dictionary defined culture as "the improvement (ennoblement) or refining of the total mental and bodily forces of a person or people." No university can point with pride to their accomplishments in developingacademic programs of excellence unless they also are at the same time providing a continuing program of the cultural arts which enhances all the areas of academic achievement. What is going on in the arts at Western Carolina University? Let me relate some of the events of only one year of the past five. During the school year 1970-1971 there were nearly 100 events of a cultural arts nature. The Department of Art presented seven major art shows plus an art film series. The Department of Speech and Theatre Arts presented 12 major production, including stage plays, readers theatre, and musicals. The De partment of Music presented 50 concerts and recitals, including guest artists, faculty recitals, student and organization programs. The Lectures, Concerts, and Exhibitions Committee, through its main series and that of the Chamber Arts Committee hosted 25 events as diverse as opera, theatre, symphony, piano and vocal recitals; sponsored a select series of programs devoted to the music of Geethoven; and scheduled a number of quest lecturers and poetry readings. In the Asheville area there were about 15 programs, many featuring artist of international fame, Attendance at all these events is showing a marked increase. While several years ago, significant programs at times attracted fewer than 50 in the audience, it is not at all unusual now to have attendance ranging from 300 to 500, with an occasional program attracting as many as 800-1000 persons. The audience consists largely of students; a small number of interested faculty and community people augment the group. What do these figures mean? Better promotion, increased funds to support the ventures, better publicity? it does mean all these, but what they relly mean is that many more members of this academic community are viewingtheir total educational objectives in greater perspective. While credit hours, grades and a degree are immediate objectives, the appreciation of our cutural heritage is not to be reckoned by the grade report or computer-generated statistics. The visual arts, theatre, and music are certainly meant for enjoyment, but they are above all fundamental to the processes of ennoblement and intellectual refinement. Yes, growth that really matters has come to Western Carolina University. (Mr. Wiley is an instructor in Music. He received his M.S. from Sam Jose State College.) up, these incidents are much the same as cutting off a musician's fingers, an athlete's limbs. It's just making one man's situation a lot harder to Cope with. That's wrong for any man to do to another. So, if whoever is concerned with this case is moved by either of these I'.u- tors, contact dm at P.O. Box l'J4:(, Cullowhee, to work out arrangements. Sincerely, Henry Shebitz Sportsmanship To Athletic Eans: The .NAIA District 6 basketball playoff begins next Monday night in Green ■ ville and our Catamounts play Mars Hill College in what we hope will be the first step towards a trip to Kansas City for the NAIA Championship Tournament. Last year's championship game was a very exciting affair in which our Cats lost a heartbreaker. However, the team's great effort was dulled by the unruly conduct of a few fans. The vast majority of wcu students in attendance were enthusiastic supporters, but unfortunately it was the misconduct of a small group that brought embarassment to the University, We left Greenville with the reputation of having a fine basketball team, tremendous support IS .vel' ~.s a group jf "filthy-mouthed people," to quote a few respected persons from the Greenville area. I hope we leave Greenville this time with the district Championship and the reputation for enthusiastic support and good sportsmanship. The general conduct at basketball games in Reid Gymnasium this season has been much improved over last season and the athletic staff and players sincerely appreciate it. Incidents such as that which took place at Baptist College last week, are in many instances, the end result of irrespondible, disrespectful conduct by fans. Please keep this in mind next week as you "Back the Cats," Bob Waters Director of Athletics JUNGLE . . , . FROM Page 4 thing it could be. Until a better idea than the VOICE OF THE STUDENTS is born, the CAROLINIAN will just keep right on trucking. Sometimes things get to be like one of W.C, Fields stories. He said: "I've got a one-ton truck, two-tons of canaries. Gotta keep half of them flying. Ride down the road a mile. Stop. Beat on the side of the truck. Ride down the road another mile. Stop. Beat on the side of the truck." Interview .... FROM Page 3 about the problem as it exists in America. Black people will never be in a position to control really anything in this country, so perhaps blacks have to view their struggle as what is called the "Third World" movement as an international struggle for all black people to work for all black peoples' freedom. Jimi Hendrix I've wanted to write something about Jimi Hendrix for a long time now. First, because I've been a fan of his all along and secondly he was the god^figure in acid rock music and the youth revolution of the late sixties. He was from Seattle, Washington, a curiously neutral place to be from considering the impact he was to make on the youth of this country. He did what many of the bored and unhappy young MUSIC By ED WILSON Americans did in the late fifties and early sixties, he joined the army. After a stint as a paratrooper in Germany where he entertained his buddies playing the guitar, he picked up a few gigs as a backup guitarist with some name groups. Apparently he didn't dig what was happening in this country and he split for England where he formed Experience. With Experience, he became very popular on the British pop scene around 1966 and '67, Then the big break came, the Monterey I'op Festival. The Festival at Monterey was a unique thing for many people including Jimi. Monterey marked the beginning of music festivals, hard rock, hippies, flower children, the "love crowd", the peace movement and Jimi Hendrix. The reason for this was the untainted atmosphere at Monterey. It was the first music festival of its kind and the artists all played free. Jimi and Experience literally took over the festival and the pop music scene. This was phenominal considering it was the first American exposure for Jimi, The Jimi Hendrix Experience went on to forge an entirely new wave in the then fledgling youth movement, He was imitated, castigated, and ultimately idolized, but remained in the vanguard of the acid rock cult. There is nothing really new of Hen- drix's to comment on with the exception of "Rainbow Bridge", It is one of the best by Hendrix in my estimation but his crowning effort was "Electric Lady- land". "Ladyland" was the best in many respects including instrumentation, composition, and arrangement. All of his work was talented and imaginative but his telling strength seemed to lie in his unique style of guitar playing. To me, Hendrix embodied the whole of the youth culture. They rose together and as the youth movement choked on itself, Hendrix's music seemed to reflect a disappointment in them. It seemed that both realized they must die to make way for a less violent form of change. Hendrix did not have to die physically, but it seems better for a god to pass into another realm than to stagnate in this one after his purpose has been served. He knew what was coming and it is evident in two songs from "Cry of Love", "Angel" and "Straight Ahead", "Angel" described a vision of an angel bringing the message of death and "Straight Ahead" was a last challenge telling us what should be done after he had gone. Hendrix is gone and the "love crowd" as Otis Redding termed it, is disappearing. The influence of both seem much less now but who will judge the real impact of it all. Certainly it won't be us, the youth culture itself. Perhaps in two thousand years Hendrixism may be the dominate religion on this planet or there may not be a planet here by then. The possibility of either scares me. • la ■ # KLOOVv AT TH9 ■ SPtLUNlG- IN THIS THIH&!1 PsctACBOOO op YHtfcfc IS .. 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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)
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• Date
  • Date original: 1972-03-02
  • Date digitized: 2017-11-16
• Extent
  • Dimension: 15.75" x 11"
  • Pages: 8 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.)
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  • Western Carolina University
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  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1972-03-02_Vol37_No39
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library