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MARCH g, 1978/THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN PAGE 3 Margaret Spilker Fund It's at $13,450 so far, and climbing The Margaret Spilker Fund has reacted its $13,000 goal alreadv. and nol all the contributions have been received vel. The committee in charge of the fund has taken in $13,450 so far. and, even though tin' drive has officiall) ended, contributions an- still being received ami at least one fund raising project is still to he held. Cub Seoul Pack 903, Den 1. ot Webster, will hold a Ilea market to benefit the Margaret Spilker Fund beginning at " a.m. Saturday in the Sears parking loi m Svlva. Ihe event vvas postponed because of cold weather lasl Saturday. Groups and organizations throughout the COUnt) took part in ihe drive after March 1 vvas proclaimed Margaret Spilker Dav. flu- SLUMX) goal vvas set to purchase a specially equipped van tor Margaret, who vvas injured in an automobile accident last September. Margaret vvas released from a Winston-Salem hospital this week, ami has returned home. She remains paralyzed except tor slight movement m her right arm. Among the many Organizations that assisted with the fund-raismg project an- Sylva-Webster High School. Fairview School, Camp lab School. ihe (amp I ah senior class, fob Cabin School, comers Club. Cullowhee Baptist Church, the Smokv Mountain Athletic Conference, the W( i athletic department, staff members ol WISE and Wl.OS radio stations in Asheville. WCC student organizations, and wcc faculty, staff, and students, Numerous other organizations ami Jackson Count) civ ic groups also helped in various ways. As an example, students in WCI i Industrial Education and technology Club purchased materials lor ami constructed an exercise bench thai Margaret will need for physical therapy. The fund-raising effort was coordinated bv a special committee made up of June Benson. Marv Ann Budahl. Janus 1 Dooley. Jim Hamilton, Colleen Jakes. Edith Pedersen. William Scott, and I he Reverend John Maunev. Margaret is the daughter ol Dr. and Mrs. Otto Spilker ol Cullowhee. Baseball field named for radio man WCU named its new $100,000 baseball field Thursday for the late Ronnie G. Childress of Sylva, well-known member of a prominent radio and broadcast family. Ihe action came at a meeting of the WCU board of trustees and was recommended by Chancellor H.F.* Robinson and Director of Athletics Robert 1.. Waters. Childress, the son of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Childress of Sylva. died in May 1975 as the result of an electrical accident at the Radio Station WMS.I in Svlva. where he was tin- general manager. The station later was renamed WRGC in his memory. Childress initiated the broadcasting of WCU baseball games in 1971. Western continues to be one of the few schools in the Southeast to have a commercial radio station broadcasting baseball games on a regular basis. Childress was plav bv play announcer for WCU baseball for four seasons. The new baseball field is under construction bill is nearly complete. Waters said he hopes the baseball team's fust home game on March 11 can be played on the new facility. In recommending the naming of the field for the Svlva broadcaster, Dr. Robinson said "When Western Carolina University officials needed something special from the media. Ronnie always was there lo otter tne services of his radio station." "He was an avid supporter of the Catamounts and always seemed to be in attendance vv bother the athletic loams were at home or on the road." Childress was a 1970 graduate of Western Carolina and Dr. Robinson said, "prepared the groundwork for the Catamount Sports Network, present broadcaster's of WCU's football games, which is the largest football network in the Southern Conference with 1b commercial affiliates." I wo years ago. the James B. Childress family established the Ronnie Childress Memorial Fund Scholarships for varsity baseball players. To date-, six WCU students received substantial aid from the fund. the board was told. In personnel actions, the board approved the appointments of Dr. Stuart Allen McAllister as visiting assistant professor ill chemistry. Elaine A. whitworth as instructor in social work. Dr. Scott Wayne Minor as assistant professor of psycgology, Ruth Barker Cushman as special teacher and team coordinator. Venessa Sharpe Harbison as special teacher for the severely handicapped and June Breedlove lee. special teacher for handicapped-housebound persons, all with a Cherokee Indian Agency project; and .lanis Wright Hi inlnall. assistant professor in criminal justice. I lie board approved appointments of Army (apt. Frank Valentine, instructor, and Army Capt. Maxwell B. Carter, assistant professor, in the Department of Military Science as part of the ROTC program. I wo adjunct faculty appointments received formal board approval: Linda Lango. adjunct instructor. School of Nursing and Health Sciences, and Dr. Garrett Smathers. adjunct professor of biology. Promotions okayed by the board are: instructor to assistant professor—Hanson H. Smith, management and marketing; Robert Bland and .lacquclvn Crinon, library; Norma Cook, medical technology; assistant lo associate professor- Roger Bisson. languages; Harold Blethen. historv; Charles Burrell, mathematics; James Byer, English; William Latimer, political science; Donald Pfost and Edward Price, sociology and anthropology. Also. William Haywood. Betty Peele and Betty Westmoreland, health, physical education and recreation; Joe Wallers, administration, curriculum and instruction; William Mast, industrial education and technology. Associate to professor—Nancy Joyner, English; lames Wallace, biology; Hubert Youmans. chemistry; Raymond Nelson, economics and finance; Hal Salisbury, human services. Fifty-three persons were approved for reappointments. In other actions. Ihe hoard: Approved a proposed re-establishment of the WCU Endowment Board in compliance with amend nients lo slate law and named Thomas L. Mallonee of Candler, Jack M. Hennessee of Svlva and Mrs. Avis Phillips of Robbinsville as endowment fund trustees. Heard a report on the institution's development and alumni programs from Dr. James E. Dooley. vice chancellor for development and special services; Arthur James Manring. director of alumni affairs, and Dennis R. McGinnis. director of development. Voter rights issue swings to Chapel Hill From Page 1 have had our lawyer, George Kaneklides, advising us as to its effect on our situation. We were surprised, but not unprepared for Monday's decision. As a matter of fact, we're planning on getting involved with any appeals by local students by submitting an amicus cureia to the court." An amicus cureia is a document some refer to as "a friend of the court." It is a statement submitted to a iudee in which additional information is given that could not be submitted as evidence in the case. In this case the writ would help the judge realize that student voter registration policies are varied and quite different depending on where you might be, and in a situation such as Jackson County, a reverse form of discrimination can occur from that in Orange County. "It is interesting to note," said SGA President Patrick Murphy, "that students at UNC-Chapel Hill are facing a-reverse obstacle from what we do. In their case the local board of elections is in on their sides and in our case the local board of elections works to intimidate students from voting." Murphy referred to the obstacles, both in procedure and time taken, that WCU students must go through to register to vote in Jackson County. PVA attorney George Kaneklides said, "As in most situations there is good news and bad news from a judge's decision. The bad news is the effect Judge Bailey's decision will have on UNC students. The good news is that his decision doesn't apply to any other countv." "As a matter of fact, the Orange County case has onlv heightened the press' interest and the public's awareness of the WCU-Jackson County problem. This has helped our cause, not hurt it." said Kaneklides in a phone interview. This attitude was also expressed by PVA chairman Cates. "We've seen the other side of the spectrum in Orange County-UNC. The press felt that this was important. We're important now. Already reporters have contacted us concerning the April third Hearing." A member of the North Carolina Attorney General's staff (who wished to remain anonymous) said. "The Jackson County case is quite similar to that in Orange County, despite opposite circumstances. One of the two thousand names the Orange Committee requested stricken from the books was that of a school teacher who'd lived in the county for seven years and owned her own home in the county. Her sin? She was a graduate student at Chapel Hill." The official then referred to the WCU example of how a life-time resident of Jackson County was denied the right to vote. Why? Because the individual was a student at Western Carolina University. Cates received notification Wednesday afternoon that the WCU-Jackson County hearing by the state board of elections would be Monday. April 3. in Winston-Salem at 11 a.m. Representing the students of WCU there will b.. President Patrick Murphy. Vice President Gary Brown. Chairman Phillip Cates, Director of Legal Assistance Luther Hollingsworth, and Western Carolinian Editor David Jackson. The agenda for the meeting will include a brief opening statement by PVA attorney Kaneklides. then Jackson County Board of Elections attorney Creighton W. Sossomon. The PVA chairman will then give information and produce witnesses on behalf of the students, after which any members of the Jackson County Board of Elections may reply. Kaneklides will make a "request for relief" to the state board of elections to require the Jackson board to adhere to proper and non-discriminatory procedures in registering students. Chairman Cates said Wednesday evening, "We have every confidence in what we will do in Winston Salem. It is our hope that the state board of elections will reply" to our requests and realize that NC policies of registering students to vote are inconsistent and only- produce situations like Orange County and Jackson County." Energy crunch affects WCU From Page 1 students in the evenings for individual study. Evening classes will not be affected, but the common practice of access to all classrooms for use as study areas will be curtailed. All evening events scheduled for the duration of the emergency. Dr. Robinson said, will be reviewed by the appropriate vice chancellor or other member of the chancellor's staff and recommendations made to the chancellor for continuing as scheduled, rescheduling to daylight hours or to locations that will be lighted for essential reasons, or for cancelling of the event. Night operations in the library and University Center will not be halted, but efforts will be made to reduce power consumption in these facilities. In keeping with the state directives, hot water temperatures in residence halls will be reduced to at least 120 degrees. Similar reductions will be instigate in other buildings and in as many as possible hot water will be eliminated altogether. Dr. Robinson said. where health and safety will not be adversely affected. Water temperatures will not be affected, for example, in such areas as the infirmary, food service establishments, and academic areas where hot water is essential.

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
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• Date
  • Date original: 1978-03-09
  • Date digitized: 2018-08-27
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  • Dimension: 22" x 16"
  • Pages: 16 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
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  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
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  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1978-03-09_Vol43_No24
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