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Western Carolinian Volume 48 Issue 14 Serving Western Carolina University Since 1935 November 10, 1983 Free '!NoJMnks, /Ve Had Enough Great American Escape Set For Next Thursday Alex Lesueur Staff Writer WCU will hold its tilth annual "Great American Escape" on the afternoon of November 17 in the upper level of Dodson Cafeteria. This program, which seeks to present accurate information about alcohol to the campus community, is being extended to four days this year in the hopes that more people will be reached. This year's program will begin on Monday, November 14 with speakers presenting the issues in the residence halls. These talks will continue on Tuesday. Then on Wednesday night, Last Minute Productions will present their Casino Night, and Bacchus will have a nonalcoholic bar. Finally, on Thursday tables and booths providing information on alcohol will be set up in Dodson Cafeteria. Jeff Martin, chairman of the program committee, stressed a carnival theme for this year's program, and said that all information will be presented in a nonthreatening manner. In the past, residence halls, fraternities and sororities, as well as federal and state agencies, have gotten involved, providing information on responsible drinking, alcohol trivia, stress management, D. U.l.'setc. As Martin said, "It's a real good program for students." Other members of the committee are Linda Canneer, John Ritchie, Monica Henson, Caroline Noble, Lee Grant, Alma Davis, Dick Campbell, Penny Ethridge, Dick Cameron, and Carol Stephens. Martin said that more than 1500 students went through the exhibits last year, and he hopes that there will be that many this year. When asked how the new drinking law will affect the "Great American Escape," he said that it might change the reasons people come, but it probably will not affect the overall program that much. The emphasis still will be on responsible drinking. November 17 is also the day ofthe "Great American Smokeout," and there will be three tables representing this program at the "Great American Escape." These events will take place from 3:30-6:30 Thursday, and the public is invited. Open House Schedule November 11: Registration (Hoey Auditorium): 10:30-11:00 am; Welcome - Chancellor H. F. Robinson: 11:00-11:20 am; Summary of Program and Group Division: 11:20-11:30 am; Academic Areas: 11:30-12:30 pm; Lunch: 12:30-1:30 pm; Student Panel: 1:30-2:00 pm; Campus Tours: 2:00-3:00 pm; Information Fair: 3:00- 4:00 pm. ROTC: Cooperative Education Program, Financil Aid Information, Academic Departments. Overnight Visitors: Room Registration: 3:30-4:30 pm; Dinner: 4:30-6:00 pm; Reception for Visitors: 6:30- 8:30 pm. Speaker: Ben Ruffin, Special Assistant, Governor's Office for Minority Affairs. Disco: 10:00-12:00 midnight. November 12: Breakfast: 7:00-8:00 am; Welcome (Faculty & Staff Introductions): 8:30-9:00 am; Cooperative Education: 9:00-9:15 am; Minority Concern: 9:15-9:30 am; Financial Aid: 9:30-9:45 am; Block Show: 11:00-12:00 noon; Lunch: 12:00-12:45 pm; Football Game (Gardner-Webb vs WCU): 1:00-3:00 pm. "Umphh!" Photo by Danny Batten Joe Franklin (left) and Wade McElreath go at it in a recent arm wrestling tournament. It's just one ofthe ways WCU students enjoy their free time between studies. Protection Stray Cat Security Team Provides Escort Service Sinn Cat Security, an escort service provided on- campus to all women, was founded in the spring semestei of 1983. The founders, the late I'at Carmody and lens Miller, recruited around thirty gentlemen to provide this sets ice 1 he club named Stray Cat Security experienced a successful semester despite only being operational two months. This semestei, interest has dropped, not from the students who benefited from this service but the students who provided it. Limited personnel forced many long hours which did force some hardship on the volunteers. This semester an effort is being made to increase the personnel in SC'S. Realizing the hardships encumbered last semester, the club is seeking to acquire an increased membership so as to give volunteers a workload of only one to two hours a week. In all fairness, interested students must realize this is not a paid position but a volunteer one. Also, voluteers must fill out an SC'S application form (available at SCiA office) and a routine background check by Traffic and Security. Stray Cat Security is a worthwhile organization that provides an appreciated service to the women of WCU. II you are interested in SC'S and would like to learn more about this organization, please attend the orientation meeting to be held Monday, November 14, 1983, at 5:00 pm in the Catamount Room. Thank you for your interest and time in this matter. Cats Move Up Two Notches In Rankings Russ Randolph Sports Editor Last Saturday's impressive 44-17 win over The Citadel caught the attention of enough NCAA Division I-AA pollsters to move the Catamounts up two notches in the national rankings. The Cats are now ranked 18th. The move up in the poll is the second step in WCU's quest for a post-season play-off berth if they should not win the Southern Conference Championship. The Catamounts could land one of the 12 spots in the NCAA's Division 1-AA championship playoff by winning the Southern Conference championship or finishing high enough in the I-AA poll to secure an at- large berth. To win the Southern Conference championship, WCU must win its fast conference game with Appalachian State, and either UT-Chattanooga or The Citadel must defeat Furman as the Catamounts play one less conference game than Furman. The Paladins play league power Chattanooga this Saturday. To land one of the five available at-large berths in the play-offs. The Cats would have to win the remaining conference game, plus this week's non-conference meeting with Gardner Webb in convincing fashion, and several of the teams in front of them in the top 20 would have to lose so that WCU could finish in or near the top 10. Even then, there is no guarantee of the Cats being selected. Photo by Danny Batten Just think you've been throwing all those cartons away when you could have been putting them to good use, just like these fellows! • "Nation's Most Complete Collection" University Audio Cassettes Feature Parks, Recreation Talks OPI—The nation's most complete collection of audio cassette tapes dealing with worldwide issues in the field of parks and recreation is now located at Western Carolina University. The tapes, which total 1,094, cover hundreds of talks given from 1974 until 1982 at the annual conferences of the National Recreation and Park Association, a 15,000- member professional organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. Among those talks are keynote addresses by such political heavyweights as former Secretary ofthe Interior James C. Watt, Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, U.S. Rep. Morris Udall, D-Arizona, and former Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin who is chairman of The Wilderness Society. Western Carolina University recently purchased the collection-valued at about $7.00-for $2,000 from Leisure Sights and Sounds of Columbia, Mo., an audiovisual company which, until this year, was contracted to tape the NRPA meetings. Since 1975, these meetings have been held in Dallas, Boston, Las Vegas, Miami, New Orleans, Phoenix. Minneapolis and Louisville, Ky. Fearing eventual loss or destruction of the tapes, the company's president, Arlin Epperson, sold the entire. original collection to WCU in an effort to preserve the recordings for future historical research. Martha Nudel, director of communications for NRPA, said the association has lost some of its tapes and the WCU collection is "probably more complete than ours due to losses resulting from our moving once since 1975." Each tape runs from 60 to 90 minutes and is copyrighted by the NRPA. Topics discussed include the economic and social justification of recreation, the pros and cons of video games, the cost of preserving national parks, the use of computers in recreation, physical fitness, and recreation sports for the elderly, the disabled and youths, to name a few. The collection also features interviews with some historic figures within the profession. "The information documented in these tapes is not available in any of the standard journals or textbooks. That's what makes them so unique," said Dr. Russel E. Bachert Jr., coordinator of WCU's parks and recreation management program. Bachert said the complete tape collection, contains information applicable to a wide variety of academic disciplines. Among them are criminal justice, psychology, history, philosophy, political science, sports management, physical education, special education and therapeutic recreation-one of Western Carolina's newest degree programs. • The university bought the tapes with library funds and part of a Strengthening Developing Institutions Program grant. Copies ofthe tapes will be available in the WCU Media Center, along with a guide that will list the numbers and subjects of tapes as they were recorded at the annual meetings. Researchers, students and other interested persons may use the tapes in the library's 24-hour study space, adjacent to the Media Center, or borrow them through the library's interlibrary loan system, which reaches some 3,000 libraries nationwide. The original copy will remain in the universitv's media archives. Information on the WCU collection may be obtained by calling the Media Center at (704) 227-7341. "Rise Of Silas Lapham" To Debut November 15 OPI—Students in the department of speech and theatre arts at Western Carolina University will debut a new play, "The Rise of Silas Lapham," from the novel of the same name by William Dean Howells, Nov. 15 through 20 in WCU's Little Theatre. The play was adapted from Howells' novel by students in one of WCU's seminar theater courses under the guidance of Jim Epperson. The students created the script following the style and dramatic technique of the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Nicholas Nickelbce." Dr. Epperson, who also directs the play, said the novel was chosen "because of its importance in the development of the American realistic style of writing." Rich in homegrown humor and regional vernacular. "The Rise of Silas Lapham" chronicles the social and moral predicaments ofa newly rich New England family in 1875. Silas Lapham, a self-made millionaire, moves his family from their Vermont farm to the city of Boston. Confronted by the social and economic opportunities there, the Laphams awkwardly attempt to break into society with comic and unexpected results. The cast includes Robert Rahaim of Sylva as Silas Lapham, Lisa Wood of Hazelwood as his wife Persis and Kate Marshall of'Montreat and June Cagle of Crouse as the daughters Penelope and Irene. Terry Nienhuis of Cullowhee portrays the Boston patriarch Bromfield Corey with Peter Phillips of Franklin as his ambitious son, Tom. Other cast members of Epperson's acting ensemble include Betsy Bisson of Cullowhee, who plays Anna Corey as well as the drunken Moll Millon; Barbara Honeycutt of Teague, Texas, who plays Lily Corey and Zerilla Millon: and Linda Rahaim of Cullowhee, Dean Biasucci of Miramar, Florida, David Roberts II of Asheville, James Orr of Robbinsville and Chris Eicher of Franklin. Set design is by Richard Dudley of Birmingham, Alabama. Lighting is by Christopher Zink of Candler, and costumes are by Kate Marshall. The premier performances are scheduled forthe Little Theatre, located in the back section of Stillwell Building, at 7:30 pm Tuesday through Saturday. Sunday's performance is a 2 pm matinee. Tickets are $4 for adults, $3 for students and senior citizens and $2 for children. Reservations may be made by calling 227-7365. Photo By Mark Haskett Cross country standouts Robert Baker and Phil Roberts are gearing up for the NCAA Regionals to be held this Saturday at Clemson University. The two runners were named to the All-State team earlier this season. Inside Perspectives 2 News 4 Sports 6-8 Classifieds 10 mmMmmWmmwmmwmmmmmmWmmmmmmm»\*m •!ii«iiH«Ki«eaMINMMaifta«*M|H«MI»-

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: 1983-11-10
  • Date digitized: 2019-01-31
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