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4 Western Carolinian/March 8,1984 Campus Excel Class Enjoys Life Joey Allen Staff Writer Saturday mornings are when most Western Carolina students lie in bed. but while they sleep, the EXCEL class enjoys lite. EXCEL stands for Exercise Class for Elders. The elass meets Saturday mornings from 9 until 12 in the Reid Civm dance studio. It consists of 20 to 25 older members (age 55 and up) and IO to 15 student volunteers. The morning begins with about 30 minutes of socializing. Everyone gets together and talks and visits. Ihe group then goes through warm-up and stretching exercises to loosen up. Ihe group then spends about an hour hav ing fun and getting fit. The members may swim, bowl, dance or do most anything thev want. Alter the hour of recreation the group returns to the danee studio for a short program led by a group member, someone from the university, or someone from the community. I he program was led this past Saturday by the Cullowhee (loggers who performed or and with the members. The EXCEL program began three and a half years ago. Don Kelly. Associate Director for Human Resources at the Center for Improving Mountain Living, helped start the program. He wanted to start a program that would help the older people in the community feel more comfortable on the campus and also give them a chance to get some exercise. Each year a student is chosen to serve as Student Director of the EXCEL class. Pam Edwards is the current Student Director. Pam's duties include lining up programs for the class, managing funds, organizing different activities for the EXCEL members, writing and sending out an EXCEL class newsletter, as well as doing anything else that needs to be done. an. a retired WCU history professor, is an EXCEt member. When Professor Bryan was asked about why he joined the EXCEL class he replied. "I need the exercise and I just like to meet and talk to people." Ken Martin is another EXCEL member who said he needed the exercise. He also explained, "None of this would be possible without the student volunteers." The EXCEL members pay $2 per class to help cover expenses. The class will not meet again until March 17 because of Western's spring break, but on the 17th they will again be up early in the morning enjoying life. ARF Finds Friend In SigEp Heather Frey Staff Writer I he Animal Relief Fund of Jackson County has found a friend in the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Saturday night, March 3, the brothers sponsored a ladies lock-in and challenged the attending sororities to bring as much dog food as they could. The winners were invited back for a mixer and the dog food went to the animals at the Jackson County Animal Shelter. I he winners were the Delta Zetas who brought 505 lbs. of food to the party; Phi Mu placed second with ninety-nine lbs. Over six hundred lbs. of food, donated by about eighty girls, was given to the Animal Shelter. Steve Crawford, Sig Ep Social Chairman, and President Mark Harrison came up with the idea together when they were looking around for a good community project. The idea for the lock-up was formulated then Crawford called ARF treasurer Jae Heikas who said he would greatly appreciate the food. It was delivered to the Jackson County Public Library where it is stored in a back room. Crawford said the Sig Eps plan to do something for ARF once a year and they're open to suggestions for other community projects. Newsbriefs OPI—"I feel a hunger to write, to talk about writing, to teach writing, to aid teachers with writing. I also feel a courage now to do something about this hunger." This comment by a teacher in last year's Mountain Area Writing Project is typical of the enthusiasm it generated. Again this summer the four-week institute on the campus of Western Carolina University will make it possible for teachers of kindergarden through 12thgrade to strenthen their own writing and to learn ways of encouraging their students to write. The Third Annual Summer Institute of the Mountain Area Writing Project will be held July 9 through August 3 under the joint sponsorship of WCU and the University of North Carolina at Asheville. The institute will be directed by Dr. Jim Nicholl of the WCU English department and by Dr. Arthea(Charlie) Reed of the education department at INC-A. Other faculty members will assist with instruction. The institute will offer 25 teachers the opportunity to share successful approaches to the teaching of writing, to develop their own writing in a variety ol modes, and to read about recent research on the teaching of composition. Applicants who are selected, called Teaching fellows, will receive a $400 stipend to defray institute- related expenses. Their tuition and fees are paid by the institute. Six hours of graduate credit from WCU will be awarded for successful completion of the program. Ihe Mountain Area Writing Project, part of a national movement to improve student writing quality, is affiliated with the North Carolina Writing Project and the National Writing Project. Although residence is not required, most participating teachers live in a campus residence hall and eat in the universitv cafeteria. Previous participants have found that the camaraderie ol on-campus living added to the quality of their experience. for more information and an application form, contact Nicholl in thc English Department, WCU. Cullowhee. N.C. 2X723.(704)227-7264. Students who apply for financial aid for 1984-85 will be required to provide the Financial Aid Office with copies ol their Federal Income fax Returns if they are independent or their parents' Federal Income Tax Returns if they are dependent. This has been a policy for several years, but prior to this time,the Internal Revenue Sen ice has not charged a fee for issuing a copy of a tax return to a filer. Now anyone requesting a copy of his or her return must pay $5.00 lor the copy. forms to request a copy of your Federal Income fax Return arc available in thc Financial Aid Office. To avoid thc $5.00 lee it is important that you keep a copy ol your Federal Income Tax Return in a place where it can be easily located so that when the Financial Aid Office requests it. you have it available. OPI—Applications are being accepted for two 1984- 85 Xena Bristol Forsyth Scholarships for junior and senior students studying in Western Carolina Univerity's School of Business. Rising or entering juniors or seniors at WCU who have declared a major or indicated intention to major in a business field will be considered for the two $500 awards. Preference will be given to candidates from Cherokee, (lav and (iraham counties, but the competition is open to all qualifying students. Ihe applicants will be judged on the basis of academic achievement, activities in previous schooling, and overall social and civic achievement and potential. Ihe Forsyth scholarships are renewable, subject to academic progress, until completion of thc undergraduate degree program. Ihe Xena Bristol Forsyth Scholarship fund was established through WCU's Development Foundation bv thc Forsyth family of Cherokee Countv in memory of Xena Bristol Lorsyth. It also honors the achievements of William frank Forsyth, son of William Thomas Forsyth and Xena Bristol Forsyth. W. Prank Forsyth was a leading citi/en ol Western North Carolina and a successful banker and businessman, state senator, and trustee and friend of Western Carolina University. Ihe W. frank lorsyth Building, which houses WCU's School ol Business, was dedicated in 1971 altei the WCU board of trustees voted to name thc facility in his honor in 1970 For information or application for the 1984-85 Forsyth scholarships, contact Joe Creech, director of the Office ol Academic Services at Western Carolina University, H.F. Robinson Administration Building CnHowhee N ' WW: tplpphone (704)227-7522 OPI—Paintings by Carolyn Sanders-Turner of Beckley, W. Va., and W. Alex Powers of Myrtle Beach, S.C. will fill Western Carolina University's Chelsea Gallery March 6-April 5 as A.K. Hinds University Center and the WCU Lectures, Concerts and Exhibitions Series present a watercolor invitational exhibit. The show will open with a reception, Tuesday, March 6, at 3 p.m. Both the exhibit and reception are open to thc public and there is no charge for admission. OPI—Western Carolina University's 54-voice University Chorus and 39-voice Concert Choir, both under the direction of Dr. Robert A. Holquist, will perform in concert Tuesday, March 6, at 8 p.m. in the recital hall of WCU's Music-English Building. The chorus will open the program with Wolfgang Mo/art's "Ave verum corpus," accompanied by Brenda Driver, piano. Other selections to be performed by the chorus include "Five Nursery Rhymes" by Ralph Hunter, accompanied by Teresa Swanger, piano; Giovanni Palestrina's "Adoramus te Christe;" and Philip Young's "Hymn of the Last Supper." The section featuring the chorus will close with two pop selections— Jimmy Webb's "MacArthur Park" with vocal solos by Rodney Hincs, Jennifer Ice and Brian Burdick, accompaniment by Dawn Henriehs, flute, and Dick Craddoek Jr.. drums; and James Miller's spiritual "Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel" featuring tenor Clifton Clark and Kelly Trucsdale, piano. The University Choir will begin its segment of the ■concert with George Handel's "Oh Lord, Inlhee Have I Trusted." accompanied by Steve McClurc, organ. Included on the choir's program will be Palestrina's "Sicut cervus"; Martin Mailman's "Concord Hymn," accompanied by Brenda Turpin, piano, and Jennifer Camp, oboe; John Niles' folk selection "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair" leaturing tenor Steve McClurc; "Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren" by Johannes Brahms; and "Hold On!" by Eugene Simpson. As a special feature, the choir will perform "Saul" by Egil Hovland, a 20th century piece in which dramatic speech accompanies choir and organ. Terry Nienhuis will narrate. Both the chorus and choir will perform Walter Pel/' "Up Through Endless Ranks of Angels" featuring accompaniment by Tim Carter and Don Galyean. trumpet; Steve McClurc organ; and Gordon Nunn. timpani. "Health Fair '84 is for everyone, but to make it work, we need your help." says Becky Dennis, coordinator for the WCU Health Fair '84. To be held on Monday, April 9. from 12 noon to 6 pm, in the Grand Room of the Hines University Center, this exciting health promotion; disease prevention effort operates totally on "volunteer power." Ms. Dennis, Director of Continuing Education for the School of Nursing and Health Services, indicates that if each volunteer gave two hours of their time during thc fair, a minimum of 120 people would be needed to man screening stations and provide the basic services planned during the day. Volunteers are needed to work at a variety of special tasks, such as; helping to register participants, welcome and provide directions, measure height and weight, collate fair statistics, and set-up and take down materials lor the fair. I raining will be provided for these and other responsibilities, in order that our fair may meet the high standards established in previous years. Also needed are educational booths or learning centers lor participants to visit, based on a health-related topic. Any individual or organization wishing to develop and man a learning center at the fair, should contact Ms. Dennis regarding topic appropriateness and regulations lor displays. All displays must be registered with Ms. Dennis. If vou are willing to volunteer a bit of vour time, wishing to develop a learning center, or just wondering about Health Fair '84, call or contact Becky Dennis at 227-7118 (101 Moore Hall). Hunter Library has recently received a small circulating collection of foreign books on loan from the North Carolina Foreign Language Center in Layetteville. The collection is housed in the browsing area of the library and includes fiction, biography and recent history. Ihe current selection represents titles in Hindi. Thai, Korean. Vietnamese, French. German and Spanish, but books are available in some forty different languages. For further information about the collection nlease see or call Nan Haberland. ext. 7274. A meeting will be held March 25, at 7 p.m. in the Field House for any male or female student interested in cheerleading next year. All students are welcome, and tryouts will be held March 26-29, including the mascot position tryout. It is essential that all candidates attend this preliminary meeting. OPI-Dr. Dan Kirby. an authority on written composition, will speak at Western Carolina University Monday, March 19. Dr. Kirby will lecture on "The Writing Process" from 10 until 11:30 a.m. and will direct a workshop "Revising and Editing as Parts of the Writing Process" from 1 until 3 p.m. in room 104, Killian Building. Kirby is professor of language education at the University of Georgia and the co-author of three books on written composition. He has presented 86 writing workshops throughout the United States and has recently presented workshops for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Kirby's visit is sponsored by WCU's Visiting Scholars Program and the Department of Elementary Education and Reading. Persons are invited to participate free of charge. For further information contact Eleanor Lofquist at 227- 7108 or write the Department of Elementary Education and Reading, WCU, Cullowhee, N.C. 28723. Resident Assistant applications are now available in the Housing Office. To qualify for this position, you must have a 2.0 QPR, lived on campus for one semester, and completed 30 credit hours. If you have an interest in working with people and would like to take on a challenge, this may be the job for you. Applications will be accepted until March 21, in the Housing Office. Anyone interested in learning Chinese should contact the Office of International Instructional Programs (Tel. 7495). Mrs. Ho Li, an exchange scholar from the People's Republic of China, has agreed to conduct an informal course in Chinese at the beginning level. OPI~An exhibition of works by Ian Hornak, who has been hailed as being "right at the top of the list of romantically descriptive painters today" by New York Times art critic John Canaday, will visit the art gallery in Western Carolina University's. Belk Building March 19 through April 13. The show will include watercolors, prints and drawings by Hornak. It will open with a reception at 7 p.m. March 19, and Hornak will come to the WCU campus in April for a gallery talk and as a juror for the annual student art exhibition at WCU. Resume Workshop Dates Tuesday March 20,1984 Thursday March 22,1984 The Mother Earth News Hebdersonville, North Carolina Editing Assistant Open to; English majors Deadline for application: April 18,1984. Intetviews: Late April at Mother Earth News. Dana Corporation Morganton, North Carolina Industrial Chemist Trainee Open to: Industrial Chemistry majors. Deadline for application: April 1,1984. O'Berry Center Goldsboro, North Carolina Teachers Aid, Psychological Services Assistant, Recreation Therapy Assistant and SpeecTT People Express Airlines Newark, New Jersey Reservations Sales Associate Open to: Marketing, Management, Computer Pathology Assistant Open to: Special Education, Therapeutic Recreation, Psychology, and Speech Pathology majors. Deadline for application: March 12,1984. Nasa LBJ Space Center Houston, Texas Physics Trainee Open to: Physics majors. application: April 1,1984 Information Systems, Computer Science and General Business majors; Deadline for ^application: March 30,1984 U.S, General Accounting Office Virginia Beach, Virginia Field Examiner ^Open to: Accounting majors only. Deadline for application: March 15,1984 Interview Date March 22,1984 General Sen/ices Administration Atlanta, Georgia Student Auditor Trainee ~~ majors. Open to: Accounting application: March 30,1984 Deadline for Deadline for Veterans Administration Medical Center Dublin, Georgia Nursing Assistant Open to: Nursing majors. Deadline application: April 16,1984 Interviews at Medical Center. for VA Louisiana World's Fair New Orleans, Louisiana Security Assistant, Supervisors, Accounting workers Warehouse Assistant. Open to: Accounting, Business, Indusrtial Distribution an d Criminal Justice majors. Deadline for application: As Soon As Possible Mountain Rug Mill Hendersonville, North Carolina Rug Designer Open to: Art majors Deadline for application: April 18,1984 Interviews: Late April at the Mountain Rug Mill. STUDENTS: Be aware of deadline dates and make sure all your application materials are in by the proper times. Check your dates before leaving for Spring Break! Have a happy and safe Spring Break! \

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: 1984-03-08
  • Date digitized: 2019-02-19
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  • Dimension: 22.75" x 15"
  • 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.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
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  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1984-03-08_Vol48_No24
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library