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8 Western Carolinian/February 17,1983 Leisure RHCC Serving Students by Mike Decker If you arc one of the 3000 students who lives on campus, do the letters RHCor RHCC mean anything to you.' Well if they don't, then maybe by the end of this article they will RHCC stands for the Residence Hall Coordinating Council, a student, service-oriented organi/ation which began here at Western about four years ago. The council is made up of two representatives from each residence hall on campus, a chairperson, an NCC, and advisors. RHCC is responsible for coordinating campus-wide activities. Each individual residence Ipall council (RHC) takes on a slightly smaller approach in that their focus is in their particular area. There are five separate RHC's on campus: Reynolds and Buchanan combine to form the Hill area; Harrill, Albright and Benton team up to become the HAB area; Helder and Featherwood join forces to become Helderwood; and Scott and Walker each have separate residence hall councils. The structure of RHC is set up in the following manner. Each floor or wing of each residence hall is represented by two members. From these members, a president, vice-president, and if necessary, extra representatives are selected to serve on the campus-wide coordinating council. Altogether, between 200 and 250 students are involved in RHC/ RHCC, and the numbers are continually growing. By now you are probably saying, "What do these organizations actually accomplish? The primary purpose ot RHCC RHC is to provide social and educational programming for the students of Western Carolina University, as well as give these students a means to an their complaints. Members of RHCC sit on some important committees such as Food Advisory, Fast Minute Productions Board ol Directors. Homecoming, Mountain Heritage Day and the Chancellor's Advisory Committee. Being a student, service-oriented organization, RHCC is not in direct competition with other campus organizations such as Last Minute Productions or Student Government Association. As a matter of fact, RHCC is hoping to work more closely with FMP in the future on campus-wide programs. The Residence Hall Coordinating Council and each of the separate area councils receive their support from the Housing Office. The'Area Coordinators serve as advisors to their respective residence hall councils and two of the area coordinators, Jeff Martin and Bob Crowley, are also advisors to RHCC. The current chairperson of RHCC, Cheryl Lewis, told the Carolinian that the residence hall program here at WCU has received recognition at both the state and regional level. Miss Fewis added that as a student, "You should check out RHC because you just might be surprised at what you'll find." Bartram Trail...Senic Hiking The North Carolina Bartram Trail Society, Inc. (NCBTS) is assisting the National Forest Service in completion of the 90-mile section of the Bartram Trail in western North Carolina, an endeavor covering seven states in the Southeast. Portions of the trail commemorate William Bartram, the Philadelphia naturalist and writer, for his writings and scientific contributions when he travelled widely in the region two centuries ago. The NCBTS is working toward completion of the first 70-mile segment with the goal of dedicating this as a National Recreation Trail in 1985. ul believe this segment will be the most scenic hiking trail in the southern Appalachians," says Dr. Dan Pittillo, president of the society. "Particularly scenic is the portion crossing the Fishhawk Mountains and Nantahala Gorge." The NCBTS Board of Directors is offering Western Carolina University students a year's subscription membership for assisting in this trail construction. Work hikes are scheduled for March 12, 14 (or 15 in case of bad weather), and 26. Additional hikes will be scheduled for a later date. Any interested should contact Dr. Pittillo in room 169 Stillwell or phone him at the Biology Department or at home at 293-9661. George Washington's Birthday Sale Thurs. Fri. Sat Uptown Sylva Men's Corduroy Dress Slacks Reg. $30 Now $10.22 Group of Ladies' Levi, Lee, Union Bay Jeans Reg. to $30 now $12.99 Men's suits now $50.00 compare at $125 if perfect much much more r pepsi com All You Can Eat Spaghetti Tuesday 22 5-10 p.m. X X St s3.« Any Large Pizza s2oft Any Medium Pizza Free Delivery Pfc*a ram* ^*ut r*9^% PEPSll Coupon' IPEPSIl good through k." 2/24/83 [pepsi] X X RHCC sponsored its annual Dating Game as part of on-going services afforded to WCU students. (Photo by Mark Haskett) Fantasy Role Playing Club by Curtis Pate Western has many clubs and organizations that cover a wide range of interests. But the newest club on campus is unique in the interest group it caters to. This is the Fantasy Role Playing Club, formerly called the Dungeons and Dragons Club. Despite the fact that Dungeons and Dragons (or D&D as players call it) is a popular game at Western, many students do not understand the game or know much about it. D&D is a fantasy game, or drawing it's basis from fantasy literature such as J.R.R. Tolkjen's "Ford of the Rings" trilogy, Robert E. Howard's "Conan" series, Fritz Fieber's "Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser"and Michael Moorcocks "Elric". D&D is also a role-playing game, which means instead of having a piece that just marks your place, you use a character which you give a personality ot his own. Players rofl dice to generate various characteristics such as his strength, intelligence, dexterity and charisma. Based on these scores, the player decides on a race and class for his character. Races include humans, dwarves, elves, and gnomes. For classes a character could choose to be a magician, fighter, thief, or several others. Once the character is prepared, he goes on an adventure. In the adventure the character goes into the wilderness or an underground labyrinth and encounters strange monsters and other creatures. Monsters get more dangerous as characters increase in power. For example, a relatively weak character might fight a giant spider, while more powerful characters would fight a dragon or an even worse creature. A character becomes more powerful by acquiring wealth, magic items and experience. Characters become very important to the player, and if a character is "killed" the player often becomes upset. But death in the game is often not permanent, as the character can be brought back to life by various means. D&D is a very engrossing game because it allows for intensive imagination and creativity. Players have been known to play for hours or even all night. Consistency is maintained by the referee or dungeon master who are experienced players that design adventures and conduct the game. D&D is different from most games in that there is no winner or loser; the game just goes from adventure to adventure. The club was formed "to promote D&D in an adult, responsible, manner as a recreational pastime and the healthy expansion of educated imagination." The club also hopes to encourage members not to neglect their work by keeping a minimum grade point average and possibly setting up an internal tutoring service to help members who are having trouble. Club officers are president Dawn Fambert, vice president and treasurer Mike Moore, sergeants at arms John Holbrook and Sailor and secretary Mark Miller. At the last meeting the constitution of the club was read to Mark Delk of SGA. He said he was impressed with the club because of its enthusiasm, organization and provisions for member involvement. The constitution will be going before the senate for approval soon. For anyone interested in joining the club or learning the game, the club meets every Thursday night at six o'clock in the U.C. Cardinal Room. "Count Dracula" In Theatre by Darrell Beck The Department of Speech and Theatre Arts will present the play "Count Dracula" during the week of February 21-26 (Monday through Saturday) at 7:30 p.m. in the Fittle Theatre. The production is being directed by Mr. Jim Wood. As with every first production during the spring semester, it will be a student-designed presentation, though it will not be considered this year's edition of the annual Niggli Production. The cast features a number of veteran STA performers. Jeff Sauer is cast in the title role as the captivating Count Dracula. Keith Brooks plays Dr. Seward, who is in charge of an insane asylum, and Phoebe Hall plays Seward's sister Sybil. Scotty Williams portrays Mina Murray, an attractive young woman on whom the evil Count sets his sights. Dean Biasucci portrays Jonathan Harker. a young man who becomes involved with Mina and seeks to free her from the Count's influence. Terry Nienhaus is featured as Heinrich Von Helsing, a doctor who discovers that Mina's strange behavior is somehow linked to the Count. Howard Allman plays Renfield, a mental patient who lives in the asylum. Chris Eicher and Peter Phillips play Hennessee and Wesley, two asylum attendants. The story takes place in the part of the asylum where Dr. Seward's living quarters are located. The Sewards plan a dinner party and include as their guests Jonathan, Mina, Van Helsing, and- of course—Count Dracula. At the party, everyone notices that the Count has a very odd effect on Mina. Van Helsing examines Mina and discovers some small puncture wounds at the base of her throat, thereby becoming convinced that a vampire is responsible. During the second and third acts of the play, the heroes' attempts to trap and capture Dracula, and the Count's continual escapes, are presented. Dr. Seward, Jonathan, and Van Helsing eventually follow Mina to the crypt in Dracula's castle, where they find Mina with Dracula. Though Mina offers resistance to her rescuers at first, she finally returns to normal when the three men kill Dracula. Particularly noteworthy in this production is the utilization of numerous special effects. Dracula will make special appearances throughout the setting, much of which has been designed to move, conceal secret passages, and display various other unusual effects. Marvelous lighting and scene techniques will be used to simulate the presence of an invisible Dracula moving around on stage and manipulating things. Also, a bat will fly onto the set and appear to transform into Dracula, sound effects will come in from outside the sets, and an eerie simulation of fog will be evident at times. Among those in the production crew are David Gaddy (set design), Chris Zink (lighting), Jon Poston (sound design), and Kate Marshall (costuming). All of these people are geniuses at STA production work, particularly Gaddy, for whom his set design is a thesis project, and Zink, who is a veteran designer for STA presentations. Reservations and information concerning ticket prices can be obtained by phoning the STA Department office at 227-7365. (Stye 3tm ON PROSPECT HILL 452-1511 Best Buffet in BUFFET lunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Dinner 5 p.m.-9 p.m, Open Year Round Western North Carolina 10% discount for WCU Students We have all types of meat and garden fresh vegetables, homemade desserts and biscuits 320 Main St. Waynesville (across from Bogarts)

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: 1983-02-17
  • Date digitized: 2019-01-31
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  • 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
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  • 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_1983-02-17_Vol47_No20
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