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  • TtEr Cjvi^iLjMiaM VOICE OF THE STUDENTS VOL. XXXIX NO. 4 THURSDAY, July 5, 1973 WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY CULLOWHEE, NORTH CAROLINA Blindness No Handicap To Jazz Player by Christy McCarley WCU News Bureau In the afternoons a jazz musician who is 20 years old and blind follows a memorized route over hills and down stairwells to a piano in Western Carolina University's Hoey Auditorium. Summer school students hear his original blues as they pass by between classes. He sounds like a professional entertainer. Back home in Win- ston-Salem, he is. Friends call him by his last name, Banks. He prefers that to his fir st> It's Wilbert. Banks came to WCU three weeks aeo to enroll in "Project Early Bird," an orientation program for visually handicapped high school graduates who want to go to college. Already, Banks has made his mark. The tall, athletic-looking youth is a cool, talented musician who tops off the comments of others with a long, slow, "All Right," or a "Right On." A 1973 graduate of East Forsyth High School and the fourth and youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Lee banks of Winston-Salem, Banks wasafflicted with a progressive eye condition before he was 10 years old and lost all sight several years ago. In the Early Bird program, he is enrolled as a regular freshman. He is also treated like one. There are no special favors for the 27 blind or partially sighted young men and women on campus for the five- week project. Banks is taking orientation, English, health and an 8 a.m. bowling class. "I do all right in that one," he said. "Actually in bowling you can just get in one position and keep it. Sometimes I shift my body- to the left or right to get a spare but I can always hold the ball in the same position. I get a= long." Athletics come fairly easily for the track champion and member of the wrestling team at the Governor More- head School (formerly the State School for the Blind and Deaf in Raleigh). Banks was a student there for nine years. "When I was at Morehead, I didn't care much about college, but I transferred back to public school during the last part of my junior year and that's when I decided I wanted to go," he said. "I want to major in business administration and manage a radio station, maybe open up a piano company." Banks willenrollatN.C,Central University in Durham this fall. He hasn't been to the campus to learn the main routes yet but he didn't know the rough terrain at WCU either. "The steps were the hardest things at first. But I think I've learned the campus now," he said. In a normal day, he covers most of the campus traveling to classes, the cafeteria, post office and residence photo by Bill Mclntyre Wilbert Banks of Winston-Salem, a blind student enrolled in a special college preparatory program at Western Carolina University, is an accomplished musician. He's made the music halls at WCUaliverlierplacetobefor other students this summer. hall. A guide who was assigned to lead Banks around during his first days here isn't needed anymore. Without assistance, Banks has discovered the campus short cuts. A big help was a large, scaled map designed by the Early Bird staff members. Gravel is used to mark grassy areas, strings are for sidewalks and main arteries, and small boxes represent buildings. A joint project of the North Carolina State Commission for the Blind and WCU, the Early Bird program was originated in the summer of 1967. Its main object is to help visually handicapped students determine whether or not they have the ability to make it in college. Project Director Minor Wilson of the WCU Department of Curriculum and Instruction said the program is purposely made "as tough as possible." The campus terrain is among the most difficult in the state. Professors are told to give Early Birds no more help than sighted students receive. Early Birds are not allowed to be roomates. "Early Bird mainly helps us adjust to college life," Banks said. "It gives us a head start. CONTINUED Page 2 . .. . AdjustmentsMade In Summer School An adjustment for the second session of summer school has been announced by SS director Jerry Rice. The adjustment was made in an effort to accommodate graduate students under 10-month North Carolina teaching contracts who will have to report to their jobs before school is over. This will help teachers finish their courses here early and still comply with their employment dates. Dr. Rice said in announcing the adjustment "that necessary provisions are to be made within each department for students to complete their courses early when it is necessary for them to report to their teachingposi- tions" before the end of the session August 17. Rice stated that the majority of cases were most likely to occur during the last week of second session. This provision was approved by the department heads and the vice chancellor of academic affairs and pertains only to those students with 10-month contracts. The provision will not effect undergraduate classes. This decision will enable students to complete recertifica- tion courses or to work on advanced degrees. A similar measure was taken at ASU last week. Eight Newly Elected Trustees Announced Eight of the twelve elected members of the WCU Board of Trustees for 1973-74 were announced last week by the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina System. Those selected to serve four- year terms are Robert Edwards of Mars Hill, James Glenn of Asheville, Mrs. W. Boyd (Helen) Owen of Waynesville, and Richard Wynne of Asheville. Serving two-year terms on the board will be Jack Abbott of Canton, Hugh Gentryof Asheville, Tom Mallonee of Candler, and Clyde Norton of Old Fort. Edwards, Abbott, Mallonee and Norton were members of the WCU board this past year. The remaining four elected seats will be filled by persons selected by N.C. Governor Jim Holshouser. Also servingonthe board of trustees will be the student government association president, Harold Rogers. "Luv" To Be Second Dinner Theater Show WCU's Department of Speech and Theater Arts is presenting the Broadway hit "Luv" as the second of its four dinner theater productions this summer, July 10-13. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. in the Grandroom of the UC. The play is at 7:30. The play by Murray Schis- gal is a comedy about a fickle college student who, in an effort to marry his girlfriend, attempts to palm his wife off on a classmate. Members of the cast are Joe S, Mink of Wilkesboro; Mary K. Buker of Charlotte; and Gary L. Waldron of Bartow, Fla. Handling the direction is Robert L. Yowell with Richard S. Beam as set designer. Seats for the dinner and performance must be reserved in advance by sending a check or telephoning the WCU Dept. of Speech and Theater Arts at 704-293-7491. Tickets are going at a special student price of $2.50 and for the general public $3.75. Dinner will include roast beef, salad, vegetable, hot roll, dessert and beverage. photo by Steven C. Cook In this revealing scene from WCU's Speech and Theater Arts Department production "Luv," Harry (Gary Waldron) gives Ellen (Mary Buker) and his classmate (Joe Mink) an estimate of his affection for Ellen. The play, a dinner theater production , will be presented July 10-13 at 7:30 in the Grandroom of the UC. Tickets for the general public are $3.75 and for students $2.50.
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