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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1983-10-27_Vol48_No12_12

12 Western Carolinian/October 27, 1983 Meet The Western Carolinian Staff The Western Carolinian is run by an editorial staff that works each week to bring the faculty and students a campus newspaper they can read and enjoy. The overall functioning of the paper is handled by the editor-in-chief. Monica Henson. Monica is a senior at WCU majoring in English with minors in French and History. She is from nearby Hayesville. N.C, and has extensive writing experience. Monica worked as a staff writer for the Carolinian for a couple of years and received the Writer ofthe Year Award in 1982. Last year she was the editor of the Nomad, the campus art/literary magazine. She is also a member of the Student Editors Associat ion and the Intercollegiate Press Association. When asked about her job, Monica said that she loves editing the Carolinian: "I see each week asadistinct challenge to produce interesting editorials, to meet deadlines, and to assign timely articles for writers." Monica's job at the Carolinian also covers much of the financial work of running the paper. "Business management at the Carolinian is an enormous job; I've had to learn accounting, marketing, and management in six weeks," she said of the task. Although hcrmajorjob is editing and business management, as well as other administrative duties, Monica still says that reporting is her first love, and that nothing can beat the excitement of covering a fast-breaking or controversial story. When asked about being a woman in a typically male role, Monica said she- felt women could be as tough and as hardline as necessary when the job called for it, and still retain their femininity. She cited her personal role models Jane Fonda and Diane- Sawyer (CBS Morning News) as examples of this idea. Monica plans to continue her education after she graduates in May by attending graduate school at the University of Georgia, where she will be working on an M.A. in English. Though she isn't exactly sure where she'll go after that she said she would like to give teaching writing a shot, and still stick close to journalism. Sports at the Carolinian is handled by a man most readers already know. Russ Randolph .. . Howard Cosell and Geraldo Rivera all rolled into one. Russ is also a senior here at WCU and is majoring in Radio and Television with a minor in Journalism. Russ currently serves a Sports Director of WWCU and works as a full- time employee of WRGC in Sylva. It's easy to see why Russ has been called the busiest student at WCU. Besides his work at the Production Staff Lays It A11 Out The man in charge of all the lay-out,(he decides what goes where) is the design editor, Tony Cole. His father is a minister who moves around a lot, so for the time being Cole says he's from Marshville, a little town near Charlotte. He's in his senior year now, majoring in graphic design. For four years Cole has been the cartoonis for the Western Carolinian, but he has a background in lay-out. He started in production ofa high school newspaper, of which he became editor of in his senior year. However, Cole says most of what he learned came from working on a tabloid. This past summer, he was in Cullowhee and wanted to get into being a more serious cartoonist. At this time Monica Henson mentioned that she was also in need of someone to do lay-out. Cole told her his background, figuring he'd have time for that and cartooning. Things are, in Cole's words, "Working out pretty well." After graduation, he is not sure where he's going to work, but he at least has ideas as to what he wants to do: "I guess being a cartoonist is what I really want to do." He also said he can see himself continuing with lay-out on another newspaper, or working in graphic arts, creating posters. Cole's right hand man is Dan Mangold, a senior from Raleigh. He's been working on the paper for nearly three years. Last fall he was in charge of ad design, then he took a position in lay-out. Just recently he moved to sales,though he'll still be working in production. Mangold is majoring in art, with a"minor in graphic design and photography. He was hired at the Western Carolinian when they were switching from letting just anybody work in production to hiring people with graphic design backgrounds. He utilized his knowdedge to help the paper look more professional. Now that he's in sales, too, the first thing Mangold wants to do is, "Get on a better rapport with the people, and hopefully get better relations between the ad salesmen and the customer, the person who wants to place an ad." He'd like to get into an advertising firm after graduation, and do some general kinds of things. Starting back home in Raleigh where he knows the area would be nice. Debbie Melroy is the ad designer. It's her job to design eye-catching ads that please the customers and bring them business. McElroy is a senior from Waynesville. Her major, which took some long hours of soul searching, is graphic design. She's always been interested in the field as a hobby, but since Western offered such a good program in the graphic arts, she decided to make a career of it. Monica Henson, who used to be McElroy's RA, hired her on the paper because she'd voiced an interest in doing some graphic work. As McElroy said, "1 needed the experience." Also, her major in the area was declared and she's quite talented in graphics. Ad Designer Debbie McElroy produces attractive ads for Western Carolinian customers. (Photo by Mark Haskett) After graduation in August, she would definitely like the chance to prove herself even more at an advertising agency in a larger city like Charlotte or Atlanta. Her ultimate goal is to freelance, doing work with fashions or travel. The people who turn the written word into the typed word and then lay it all out into professional, nice- looking designs belong to the production team of the Western Carolinian. Sherry Bumgarner, Tammy Greene, and Donna Moseley are the typesetters. Kelly. Casteel and Dan Mangold do the actual lay-out, and Debbie McElroy is the ad designer. Of the three typesetters, two do regular copy, and one typesets the ads. She is Sherry Bumgarner, a senior from Canton. Bumgarner's roommate is Debbie McElroy, and it was she who mentioned to Sherry the fact that the Western Carolinian's editor, Monica Henson, was looking for a few typesetters. Bumgerner had worked on the newspaper at her old high school and had learned to typeset simply by watching the typesetters. She applied for the job and was hired. She has been a staff member at the Western Carolinian for a little over a month. Bumgarner's major is Early Childhood Education, and she is looking forward to a fullfilling teaching career. She loves the mountains and will teach nowhere else. "No large cities," as she put it, but not too close to home either. A teacher has to have her independence. Tammy Greene is a regular copy typesetter. She is also in her senior year at Western. Greene's major is Business Management. She hopes to put that major into action at the bank where she has been employed for the past two summers. Greene's background in typesetting goes back to the end of the spring semester. She had mentioned to a typesetter on the Carolinian her interest in trying typesetting. The typesetter passed the information on to Monica Henson who discussed it with Greene. She has been working at the Western Carolinian since the fall term began. The typesetting machine is a computer and Greene is glad she is getting some hands-on experience with it. Working with the different discs helps her gain confidence in computer usage. Donna Moseley is the third typesetter at the Western Carolinian. When asked, shell say she is from La Crosse, Wisconsin, but to be more specific she hails from Readstown (population 300), which is a small town near La Crosse, next to the Minnesota border. Moseley is an early admission student with a good idea of what she wants out of her future. Although she likes WCU, she misses Wisconsin and is planning on transferring back there after this semester. Her choice will be either the University of Wisconsin at Madison or the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse, where she will major in accounting. From there Moseley wants to, as she explained, "go higher up the ladder." She wants to continue on to law school. She feels her accounting knowledge will help pay her way through law school. Reach one goal first, then move on to the next one, says Moseley. Moseley learned typesetting through the graphic arts department at her high school. With that training she came to Western, then she heard that the Carolinian needed typesetters. Knowing it was something she could do, Moseley called editor Monica Henson and was hired over the phone. She enjoys the work a great deal and plans to stick with it until she transfers. When these ladies have finished typesetting all the copy, someone has to do the actual lay-out. Long hours of hard work laying out copy results as an eye-catching Western Carolinian. The two young men who take cred it for such professional looking lay-outs are Kelly Casteel and Dan Mangold. Casteel is a senior from Hiawasee Dam, N.C. He has been working on the staff for a few months and says it is a "really good job." He hopes to stay with his job until graduation next fall. His future plans are to go into the USAF in the Officer Candidacy Program. Casteel said that he is learning a great deal about communicating ideas thanks to his work on the paper. He feels this will be valuable to him in the Air Force. Casteel has a background in graphic arts, but the idea of working as a lav-out specialist on a newspaper never ocurred to him. The concept was brought up by Monica Henson, and Casteel thought he would give it a try. So far he has enjoyed all the long, hard hours. The Western Carolinian works hard to produce an attractive and informative paper for the student body and local residents. Fortunately, there arc hard working people as those mentioned who keep it such a newspaper. newspaper and at the radio stations, Russ is also a student senator and a member of the Intercollegiate Press Association. He is the former treasurer for the broadcasting fraternity. Alpha Epsilon Rho, as well as for vice president of the Baptist Student Union and Public Information Director of BSU for three years. Russ was recently featured in a number of Gaston County newspapers, as he resides in Mount Holly. He currently is a nominee for the national competition of Who's Who Among American College and University Students. He has also contributed his time to a number of other organizations, including the university chorus. Russ said he has concentrated so much in trie- area of sports because of his one-time desire to play collegiate sports. Since he felt his si/e would hinder him on the field, he decided to support his team by promoting Catamount sports like no one ever had before. He has been recognized by coaches and players alike for t he- tremendous job he has done for the entire §ports program through his radio and newspaper work. The news and features editor for this year's Carolinian is Greg Ryder, a senior from Winston-Salem, N.C. Greg is majoring in Radio and Television with a minor in Journalism. As news editor, Greg edits much of the copy that is run in each edition ol the- paper, and helps the staff writers with their work. Greg has worked as a stall writer for t he- Carolinian since the fall of 1980, and says he really enjoys the promotion he received this year: "1 like- working on an end of the paper that I only heard about for a while. I he- responsibility and work help me see what a real paper runs like." Besides his work at the Carolinian, Greg keeps busy as a brother ofthe Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and is a member of the Intercollegiate Press Association. These activities, along with 21 hours of classes, keep him busy most of the week. He said he has been using a lot of his spare time lately trying to establish his own business here in Jackson County. "My partner, Kent Reed, and I have been working lor about a year trying to get a license tor a television station here in Cullowhee. Currently the application is still with the FCC but we should have the final word in a month or two." Greg said. "1 think this area will grow to become a very populated and vital area in the future and it will need this broadcast facility." These three are only a part ofthe team that makes up the- Carolinian staff. For more information on the rest of the students that make up this paper, read the related articles in this section. Photographers Shoot Students Mark Haskett is from Winston- Salem and is the senior photography editor of the newspaper this year. Currently a junior, he has been working with the Western Carolinian newspaper staff and Catamount yearbook since the beginning of his freshman year. Mark and his coworker Danny Batten cover all the current events and activities of significance on campus. Mark is vice-president at the Baptist Student Union. He plans to major in mathematics but at this time has no future plans. Danny Batten is from Fayettville, North Carolina and is also a staff photographer. Danny is a freshman this year and plans to major in psychology. Two older brothers of Danny's have attended Western. He is interested in music and graduation. Editor Monica Henson, above; left, typeset operator Tammy Greene takes a break from computer typesetting. (Photo by Mark Haskett) Monica Henson and the men of the Western Carolinian, left to right, Sports Editor Russ Randolph, Photography Editor Mark Haskett, Design Editor Tony Cole, and News/Feature Editor Greg Ryder. (Photo by Mark Haskett)

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: 1983-10-27
  • Date digitized: 2019-01-31
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  • Dimension: 15" x 11.5"
  • Pages: 16 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_1983-10-27_Vol48_No12
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library