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Cats To Face Wofford page 4 Inside Career Corner Page 6 Western Carolinian Volume 48 Issue 11 October 20, 1983 Free Parade Features New Catagories, Cash Prizes The 1983 homecoming parade at Western Carolina University on Saturday, Oct. 22, will feature new non-float categories and $300 in cash awards for the best floats. "The parade is shaping up real well," parade director Randy Rice said. "WeVe had commitments from a number of bands, and this year's cash awards for the best floats have stimulated a lot of interest." Although only student entries may compete for parade prizes, off-campus groups are welcome to participate in the parade, which will wind through the campus from the Baptist Church on Central Drive to the Belk intramural field. Line-up for the 10:30 am parade will be at 9:30 am in the parking lot behind the church. The judges' stand, traditionally located in the front of Bird Building, will be moved this year for better viewing to the front of Dodson Cafeteria across from the University Center. Parade judging will be based in part on compliance with the 1983 homecoming theme, "Go For Gold," honoring 50 years of Catamount football. Celebrating that golden anniversary, the WCU announce parade winners and the recipients of the 1983 Distinguished Alumnus and Distinguished Service awards. They also will crown the homecoming queen, who will be selected on Thursday, Oct. 20, froma court of seven beauties, determined by previous balloting. Later in the afternoon, dedication ceremonies will be held for the new Joyner Plaza and the new Memorial Stadium marker. Dedication of the stadium marker will be at 4:45 pm at the old stadium site next to the new Hunter Library. The Joyner Plaza dedication will begin at 5:30 pm at the former site of WCU's oldest building which was destroyed by fire in January 1981. ■ The week preceding homecoming also is filled with special activities. One is the annual "Cats Prowl" pep rally, to be held at 7:30 pm Friday, Oct. 21, in Reid Gymnasium. Organized by the Catamount Kittens, the rally will spotlight a contest of original skits and special appearances by Coach Bob Waters, his players and staff and by the newly chosen homecoming court. Local radio personalities, a band and the WCU cheerleaders also will be there. After the pep rally, the ^S 50 Years Of Catamount Football 1983 Homecoming To Be A "Golden" Opportunity Catamounts will square off action will move outside to a this year against the bonfire, where hot dogs will Wofford College Terriers at ,be handed out for a "Cullowhee Peaks," a 15 by 40-foot sky sculpture by Howard Woody of the University of South Carolina department of art, lifted off to a round of applause Monday from the lawn of Western Carolina University's Hinds University Center. The helium-inflated mylar structure drifted to an altitude of 12,300 feet and flew for an hour and 47 minutes. It landed 22 air-miles away in the Shining Rock Wilderness Area, about a mile from the intersection of Highway 276 and the Blue Ridge Parkway. Woody's sculpture event was sponsored by W.C.U.'s department of art and co-ordinated by professor Jim Smith. (Photo by Mark Haskett.) OPI Western Carolina University's 1983 homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 22, will give students, alumni and friends a golden opportunity to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Catamount football. Accented by the theme, "Go For Gold," the day's activities will include a homecoming parade with cash awards for the best floats, an afternoon football game with the Wofford College Terriers, a dedication ceremonies for the new Joyner Plaza and new Memorial Stadium marker. In addition, there will bea traditional homecoming dance sponsored by the Residence Hall Coordinating Council Saturday t 9 pm in the Grandroom of the Hinds University Center, and alumni reunions will be held for the classes of 1933 and earlier, 1958 and 1973. Other events, including the Chancellor's luncheon for alumni and friends and an alumni dinner and dance, also are scheduled. Events leading up to Saturday will begin Thursday, Oct. 20, with the election of the 1983 homecoming queen. Chosen from a court of seven beauties selected by previous balloting, the winner will be crowned during halftime at the 2 pm football game in E. J. Whitmire Stadium. There will be a concert by Sugar Creek Thursday at 8 pm in Hoey Auditorium. Tickets are $3 for WCU students with valid identification cards and $5 for all others. The Sugar Creek concert is sponsored by Last Minute Productions. On Firday night, the Catamount Kittens will lead the annual "Cats Prowl" pep rally at 7:30 in Reid Gymnasium. At 8:30 pm, the activities will move outside for a bonfire, organized by WCU's cheerleaders, on the field behind the gym. Parly activities for Western alumni include golf at I pm Thursday on the Waynesville Country Club course and again at 12:30 pm Friday at the Maggie Valley Country Club. Alumni headquarters for the homecoming weekend will be the Cherokee Holiday Inn, where a reunion for the class of 1958 is to be held at 7:30 Friday night. A Catamount shuttle bus will depart at 9:30 Saturday morning from the motel, arriving in Cullowhee in time for the 10:30 parade down Central and University drives. Two new categories for non-float entries and cash awards for floats in five categories are expected to make this year's parade "bigger and better," parade director Randy Rice said. From 9 until 11 am on Saturday graduates who participated in WCU's cooperative education program are invited to a special reunion in the university center's Catamount Room. At noon, the Chancellor's luncheon will be held in the Grandroom of the university center. Pre-game activities begin at 1:30 pm. Among the numerous halftime events will be the presentation of this year's Distinguished Alumnus and Distinguished Service awards. Following the game. Western will hold public dedication ceremonies for the new Memorial Stadium marker and the new Joyner Plaza. The marker ceremony will be held at 4:45 pm at the old stadium site next to the New Hunter Library. The Joyner Plaza dedication will begin at 5:30 pm at the former site of WCU's oldest building which was destroyed by fire in January 1981. 2 pm Saturday in E. J. Whitmire Stadium. Pre- game activities will begin at 1:30. During halftime of the game, off icia Is will symbolic roasting (Wofford) dogs." of "the More information on homecoming activities may be obtained by calling the Housing Office at 227-7303. Joyner Plaza, Memorial Stadium Commencement Saturday OPI—Two of Western Carolina University's historic landmarks—Joyner Building and Memorial Stadium—will be commemorated Saturday, Oct. 22, Miller "Very Surprised" Budget Slips Through Senate Uncontested For the first time in recent history at WCU, the Senate unanimously passed the budget (Senate Resolution 1014) for academic year 1983-84 without tabling the resolution for at least a week of debate. After going through extensive analysis and adjustment by the Committee on Finance, along with Comptroller M ichael Robinson, S.R. 1014 was presented to the Senate October 17, where three rounds of positive and negative debate ensued. In an unprecedented move, question was called and seconded, and 23 senators voted for the resolution, with none opposing. S.R. 1014 was passed, approving a total of $97,000 in appropriations for the current academic year. In an exclusive Carolinian interview, SGA Vice President Terry Miller commented on the unusual initiative taken by the Senate. Miller noted, "Last year's budget resolution was presented October 15, tabled for debate, and not passed until November 2. This followed the traditional pattern of previous budget resolutions. Clubs and organizations have generally had the opportunity to protest what they consider unsatisfactory appropriations during the senate debates preceding approval. This year, since the resolution was not tabled, clubs and organizations will not be able to lobby for appropriations." Miller went on to say, "However, I feel that this year's appropriations are the most fair and reasonable we could possibly devise. We started out with a $20,000 deficit, and we were able to distribute funds as fairly as possible." Ont the Finance Committee and Comptroller Robinson's role in S.R. 1014, Miller enthusiastically complimented the hard work that went into the budget preparation. "Michael Robinson has done a fantastic job," he remarked. "The Finance Committee put in a lot of time and hard work, and has done one of the best and most fair jobs ever. They really had a hard job cut out for them, as they had a $20,000 deficit to contend with." Incidentally, last year's Finance Committee dealt with only a $3,000 deficit and appropriated $116, 782. The majority of the deficits at the end of last year were caused by and attributed to the Western Carolinian. "...I feel that this year's appropriations are the most fair and reasonalbe we could possibly devise. We started out with a $20,000 deficit, and we were able to distribute funds as fairly as possible... ...Personally, I feel that there won't be many complaints, as...this is one of the most fair budgets ever approved."(Terry Miller) Miller was especially eager to note that the clubs and organizations will be able to utilize SGA monies now, rather than November or even later. He cited the senators for the initiative in passing S.R. 1014 so quickly, wile expressing surprise over the swiftness of the resolution's passage: "I was very surprise at the call for question, but complying with parliamentary procedure, the senators were will within their bounds in voting. Personally, I feel that there won't be many complaints, as 1 have already said that this is one of the most fair budgets ever approved." Miller also commented on the new senators and their role in the budget approval, saying, "We have a lot of new senators who are just now getting used to procedures and voting, and I feel that the S.R. 1014 issue says a lot about their preparedness and willingness to get business done." Finally, Miller remarked that although student organizations have always had the chance to contest proposed appropriations up till this year, he could not recall an appropriation ever actually being revised because of the debates: when a new marker and memorial are dedicated. Scheduled as part ofthe 1983 homecoming activities at WCU, the dedications will begin after the homecoming football game is over. The dedication of a marker at the old Memorial Stadium-Hunter Field site is expected to begin at 4:45 pm. The dedication of the new Joyner Plaza, an open expanse of brick terrace with walks, benches and plantings, will be held at 5:30 pm at the site where Joyner Building once stood on Joyner Drive. Dedication remarks will be made at both sites by Dr. H. F. Robinson, chancellor. Families and men from WCU who died in World War II have been especially invited to the Memorial Stadium ceremony. Families and others closely associated with the construction of Joyner during the administration of former President A. C. Reynolds have been especially invited to that ceremony. Both programs are open to the public. It was on an October day 34 years ago. coincidentally Oct. 22 and another WCU homecoming, that Memorial Stadium was dedicated with a plaque "in honor of all students who served in the armed forces of our country in the Second World War and especially all those who made the supreme sacrifice and whose names are here inscribed." As Western grew. Memorial Stadium gave way in 1974 to the larger E. J. Whitmire Stadium. Portions of the old stadium site, previously known as Hunter Field, were used for the Natural Sciences Building and the expansion of Hunter Library. Joyner was the center of activity at Western during the institution's transformation from Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School to Western Carolina College. It was destroyed by fire on the morning of January 15. 1981. Joyner Building was constructed in 1913 under the leadership of President Reynolds and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in its final years. At the time it burned, it was Western's oldest building. The university system of North Carolina board of governors convened at WCU Oct. 14, in the first board meeting to be held on the WCU campus. (Photo by Harry Duke)

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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  • Date original: 1983-10-20
  • Date digitized: 2019-01-31
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  • Dimension: 15" x 11.5"
  • Pages: 8 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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