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The Week's News The Western Carolinian 4 April 10, 1987 Campus and Local CANYONLAND TRIP Hey! Are you looking for something exciting to do the first two weeks of summer? Well, from May 10-24 Last Minute Productions will be sponsoring a Canyonlands Backpacking trip. We will depart the university on Sunday, May 10 and spend 5 days driving to Canyonland National Park in Southeast Utah. Along the way we will take in such sights as the Grand Canyon, Blanchad Springs Cavern, and the Chaco Canyon Indian Ruins. We will then spend six days and five nights backpacking and exploring the canyons and rock formations of Canyonlands National Park. The cost for this event will be $125 for students and $175 for non- students. Cost will include food enroute and on the trail, lodging, equipment, transportation, park fees, and guides. Participants will be responsible for their own meals on the return trip. For more information, call 7479 or 7206 or stop by the 1 st floor of the U.C. CONSERVATION POSITIONS STILL AVAILABLE The student Conservation Association, (SCA) is still accepting applications from persons interested in volunteering for 12 weeks this summer or fall in national parks, national forests, wildlife refuges and other conservation areas across the United States. Selected volunteers will work independently or assist conservation professional with wildlife surveys, environmental education, recreation management, forestry, backcountry and wilderness patrol, natural history interpretation, biological research or archaeology. In return for their efforts, volunteers develop skills and gain experience that enhances their college education, receive career exploration opportunities and gives them an edge in seeking paid employment in the field of resource management. While carrying out their assignments, selected volunteers will receive a travel grant for transportation to and from program area, free housing and a stipend to offset food and basic living expenses This program is a available to non-students and students of any academic background regardless of whether or not they are seeking a conservation career. Because the selection process for summer positions has begun, interested persons should call the SCA (603-826-5741) during east coast business hours to request an application and listing of available positions. The selection process for fall positions does not begin until June 1,1987. Interested students may send a postcard requesting an application and listing of Resource Assistant positions to: The Student Conservation Association, P.O. Box 550C, Charlestown, NH 03603. CADETS TAKE ORIENTATION TRIP Fourteen caaeis rrom Western Carolina University, Department of Military Science recently attended the Ordance Orientation Program at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. The program was sponsored by the US Army Ordance Missle and Munitions Center and School. The program introduced the cadets to missile and munitions management. Various displays and demonstrations were provided. Explosive Ordance Disposal teams provided a live demonstration at the explosive range. Missile Systems used for Land Combat and Air Defense, such as the TOW, HAWK, Chaparral, Pershing, and Multiple Launch Rocket System were on display for hands-on familiarization. Ordance officers were available to discuss professional development issues with the cadets. Also, during the trip, thecadets visited the Alabama Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville. The Space Center included static displays of space hardware, rocket and space science exhibits, Military and space projects, a NASA film of the Space Shuttle, a simulated Space Shuttle Flight, and a simulated Lunar Flight. A similiar orientation trip to Fort Benning, Georgia is being scheduled for the Fall Semester. This upcoming trip will be open to the entire student body. EXCELLENT TEACHING Excellent teaching is not simply presenting good information-it's enabling students to use their classroom knowledge as the basis for thinking, analyzing and reasoning later in life, according to Wilbert McKeachie, a nationally known scholar on effective teaching. Teaching and learning are entwined, and real education occurs when both teachers and students think about what they are doing and give their activities meaning, McKeachie told students and faculty at Western Carolina University last week. "Then you capture the long-term retention and curiosity and'joy in learning," he said. McKeachie is the author of several books on teaching effectiveness and is associate director of the National Center for Research to Improve Post- Secondary Teaching and Learning at the University of Michigan. His presentations at WCU were sponsored by the Visiting Scholars Program and the WCU Task Force on Teaching Effectiveness. Excellent teaching involves learning in a broad sense, he said. "It's not just one method but a repertoire of methods that involve building ridges between your mind and the students' minds." Good teachers make clear explanations and help students develop structure for their learning, he said. Good teachers also show an interest and trust in their students, "a committment to the students as well as to the subject matter." "Excellent teaching involves modeling the kind of thinking and learning you hope students will develop. It's understanding how to get through to them and providing the opportunity that will help them." The learning process, he said, is an inherent human activity, "like breathing." Research on teaching and learning over the last 60 years has looked at practical problems in universities such as class size and lecture vs. discussion methods of teaching, student ratings of teachers, teacher warmth or "seductiveness," amount of structure or organization in learning, and background knowledge that students brought to class. "Anxiety, prior knowledge of subject matter and ability all interact with the teaching process," McKeachie said. Studies showed that a teacher's warmth, friendliness, enthusiasm and ability to explain material with an understanding of "what's in the student's mind" were important, McKeachie said. A teacher's task is not only to present facts, but approaches to learning that affect students after college. "Teachers probably would be more successful in long- term retention by not just presenting facts but encouraging students to think in terms of relationships and implications, and by helping students identity why a teacher uses a particular assignment, such as the term paper." Courses have been set up to improve thinking and learning, which do help students, McKeachie said. At the University of Michigan, he teaches a course entitled "Learning, to Learn," promoting "meaningful learning skills that go across disciplines. "A lot of students come to college with good learning strategies, but some don't ever think why they're doing it or how they're going about it. By learning theory and practicing methods, students develop better notetaking skills, learn to ask questions, and learn from each other. They will develop skills they can use in other courses. "Students are more responsible tor their own learning than we give them credit for. You must be an effective student even when the teacher is not teaching like you want. The ideal would be that every student felt responsible for his or her learning." TH E SC HOOL OF NUR SI NG & H EALTH SCIENCES AND THE VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM OF WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY invite you to attend the presentation of: CHRISTINE MITCHELL BSN, MSN, MTS Biomedical Ethicist & Clinical Specialist Staff Development and Research The Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts. Ms. Mitchell, as vice-chair of the American Hospital Association General Council Special Committee on Biomedical Ethics, was a major contributor to the committee's report, "Values In Conflict: Resolving Ethical Issues in Hospital Care". She has served asa Kennedy fellow in ethics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, and is associate producer of the Academy Award- nominated film on nursing ethics, Code:Gray WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1987 9:00 am ■ 11:00 am Ethical Decision-making in Health Care: Theory and Reality (will include showing of Code:Gray) Room 201, Moore Hall, WCU 12:00 noon -1:30 pm How Ethics Becomes an On-going Part of Nursing and Health Science Curricula Mary Will Mitchell Room, Brown Cafeteria, WCU Dutch-treat lunch -- PRE- REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR: NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCE FACULTY 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Biomedical Ethical Dilemmas: Present and Future Mountain Heritage Center Auditorium HF Robinson Administration Building There is no charge for these programs, but pre-registration by phone (227-7118) is strongly encouraged. CO—SPONSORS: Continuing Education, Medical Record Administration, Emergency Medical Care, and Nursing Programs of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences MORE THAN 100 STUDENT TEAM from across North Carolina will assemble at Western Carolina University Friday, April 10, for the North Carolina Odyssey of the Mind Tournament, formerly known as Olympics of the Mind. The teams, involving some 735 bright students from North Carolina schools, qualified for the state tourney by finishing first or second at one of four regional OM tournaments. At WCU, they will compete for the right to represent North Carolina at the OM World Finals May 28-30 at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Mich., against other teams from the U.S., Canada, Mexico, England and Australia. Competition at WCU begins at 9-20 a.m. in the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center. Winners will be announced at 4:45 p.m. WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY IS EXPECTING the largest group of outstanding high school and junior high mathematics students ever at its 17th annual WCU Mathematics Contest Thursday, April 16, at the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center. A total of more than 620 students representing 53 schools have entered the contest. They were selected by their schools for mathematics excellence and will compete at WCU in hope of advancing to regional and state mathematics contests. LIBRARY HOURS DURING THE EASTER HOLIDAY: 8:00 a.m. 10:00 Friday, April 17th — - 5:00 p.m. Saturday, April 18th a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Sunday, April 19th— Closed Monday, April 20th Regular hours State REYNOLDA HOUSE, MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART Reynolda House, Museum of American Art offers American Foundations summer seminar in conjunction with Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, June 29 to July 29,1987. This interdisciplinary learning community is open to graduate students, teachers, and undergraduates. American Foundations offers six hours of graduate credit or eight hours of undergraduate credit. The course has twenty participants who make a full-time committment (Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.) to the pursuit of interdisciplinary studies for four weeks. Applicants from fields other than the liberal arts who are prepared to be challenged and exposed to new ways of thinking are welcomed. American Foundations includes a study trip to New York City. All students pay a s225 registration fee. All other expenses are funded by a scholarship Applications must be received by June 1. For more information, contact Nicholas Bragg or Marge Wagstaff, Reynolda House, Museum of American Art, P.O. Box 11765, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27106 (919)725-5325. APPLICATION FOR CONGRESSIONAL TEACHER SCHOLARSHIPS • Applications for the 1987-88 Congressional Teacher Scholarship competition will be Jeten during the week of April 27- ^Mqy 1 by Lewis Cloud, Chairman o\ihe School of Education and Psychology Scholarship Committee. Fifty Congressional Teacher Scholarships are given throughout the State of North Carolina on a competitive basis. Last fall three students from Western Carolina University received the s5000 scholarship. The recipients were: Barry McClure (Department of Human Services), Angela Nations (Department of Elementary Education and Reading), and Caroline Turley (Department of Administration Curriculum and Instruction and Department of English). Western Carolina University may submit up to three candidates for the 1987-88 award. Eligibility to make application includes: 1. Committment to teach after graduation. 2. Have ranked in the top ten per centum (10 percent) of your high school graduating class. 3. Receive the endorsement of the WCU School of Education and Psychology Scholarship Committee. 4. Currently enrolled as a freshman, sophomore or junior and in good standing with WCU. 5 Have a cumulative quality point average of 3.0 or better. 6. Have a completed financial statement from the Student Financial Aid Office. It is important to note, however, that the awarding of the scholarship in not contingent upon one's financial status. The process of making application includes: 1. Completing the official application form. Dr. Cloud expects to receive this application form during the week of April 13-1 7. Come by Killian 250 to pick one up. 2 Provide official transcripts showing an overall grade point average of 3.0 or better. 3. Provide three letters of reference supporting your application. It is not clear at this time if there is a special reference form,, or if letterhead is satisfactory; however, applicants may want to identify and speak with their references now. 4. Provide a signed financial statement from the Student Financial Aid Office. 5. Permit the Scholarship Committee to have complete access to your file. Including application form, financial statement, transcript and letters of reference. All material must be completed and turned into Dr. Cloud's office by 12:00 noon, May 1. It is the applicant's responsibility to see that the materials called for are all together and in proper form/style. The School of Education and Psychology Scholarship Committee has the responsibility of selecting the three top applicants and forwarding their materials to the state-wide selection committee. Notification of awards will be made during the summer months by the state selection committee. SENATOR TERRY SANFORD, FORMER GOV. JIM HUNT and former state Democratic Party Exeutive Director Betty McCain have joined the list of featured speakers for Saturday night's "Roast and Toast to Dr. Wallace Hyde" to be held at Asheville's Rama da Inn West. The three will join former Vice President Walter F. Mondale and former US Senator and current North Carolina SBI Direcotr Robert Morgan at the event which is being sponsored by the Western Carolina University Department of Athletics and Big Cat Club. The $50 per person roast begins with a 6 p.m. social hour and continues with dinner at 7 p.m. iMMft RALEIGH - A leader in the State House is calling for expansion of state-funded remedial summer school this year. Although Governor Jim Martin recommended a one-year delay in enlarging the program, Representative Martin Nesbitt of Buncombe County says he'll file a bill today to bring the first, second, and fourth grades under the program in fiscal 1987-88. The program was begun last year and operates in the thrid, sixth, and eighth grades. Nesbitt says his bill will extend the program to all grades in fiscal 1988-89. Martin has said there's not enough time to hire teachers for an enlarged summer school program this year. He wants to keep it at current levels this year but expand it to all grades next year. MMM LAURINBURG - Saint Andrews Presbyterian College officials say the college will withdraw its membership from the NCAA and the Dixie Athletic Conference. School officials say Saint Andrews will apply for membership to the NAIA, effective with the 1988-89 year. College President A.P. Perkinson announced the decision at a press conference monday. The executive committee of the college board of trustees decide to make to switch during a March 22 meeting. Perkinson said increased enrollment, competition with college more similar to Saint Andrews and closer geographic competition are reasons for the change. He also said the NAIA's decision to require a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or better indicated a strong concern for academics on the part of the conference. MIMMMMJfflMM and International Search crews and divers are still looking for vehicles and bodies is Schoharie Creek near Amsterdam, New York. A nearly 400-foot section of a bridge spanning the rain-swollen creek gave way Sunday, sending at least three cars and a truck into the water. Officials say the bridge which was repaired two years ago, was pronounced safe a year ago. =te A poll says most teenagers would rather be a company president than President of the United States. Defense contractor General Dynamics commissioned the poll of high school students and it found they admire athletes and entertainers over relatives and parents. It also found that they were more familiar with past civil rights leaders than past presidents. service for John Wesley Hetchei Evangelistic Association ir Oklahoma City said monday it die not know where Fletcher was. Country music Sunday night recognized Hank Williams, Jr. as entertainer of the year. In ceremonies in Buena Park. California, Randy Travis was named male vocalist of the year and he also took three other awards. In perhaps the biggest suprise of the evening, perennial favorite group "Alabama" didn't win a single award. Reba McEntire won for best female vocalist. =*? Violence broke out in Tampa, Florida where youths pelted cars with rocks and bottles. The unrest came in a predominantly Black neighborhood where residents are angry about a Black vagrant who died in police custody. One Black communtiy leader say he'll ask the Justice Department to investigate the incident. Oklahoma Congressman Mike Synar says he's concerned incidents of illegal dumping of toxic materails in rivers are a common practice around the country. Synar commented after a hooded witness testified to Synar's subcommittee that he had dumped "a couple of thousand" electrical capacitors into the Missouri River in 1984. The capacitors contained PCB's, which have been banned by Congress because they cause cancer. New York Congressman Jack Kemp wants to win the Republican nomination for President in 1988. The conservative condidate favors deployment of the "star wars" weapons system. He calls the Strategic Defense Initiative the "greatest peace initiative of all time." Kemp announced his candidacy Monday in Washington. =K= >< = NEW YORK - Jessica Hahn says she was forced into sex with Reverend Jim Bakker and then with another Evangelist. Newsweek quoted Ms. Hahn in its April 13 issue from a transcript of a statement taped in January 1985, two months after she was forced to sign a disclaimer about the incident. Bakker resigned as head of the P.T.L. television ministry after claiming he had been blackmailed over the extramarital tryst. In a story published in Star monday, John Wesley Fletcher was identified as the man who came into Miss Hahn's room after Bakker left, tore off the sheet she had wrapped around herself and stayed for an hour. Fletcher has previously been identified as fhe man who set up Miss Hahn's meeting with Bakker. An answering A new Senate report has a warning for senior citizens who join prepaid, private medical plans; "be very careful." An investigation by staffers of the Senate Special Committee on Aging has found that elderly people who join such programs are in danger of falling victim to unscrupulous marketing techniques, sudden coverage cutoffs and low-quality care. The report says one of the biggest problem is the way the health care financing administration oversees health maintenance organizations that have Medicare contracts. The report says the agency's relied too much on the HMO's to regulate themselves. The Supreme Court has rejected a former Nazi guard Conrad Schellong's request that he not be deported. The court upheld a ruling that said Nazi guards helped persecute the Jews •yen if they didn't take part in tture and killings. But ■ptlon of an ex-Nazi who's |Rtd of supervising mass execution has been blocked by Justice Thurgood Marshall until the full court considers his appeal. Karl Linnas faces a death sentence in the Soviet Union for war crimes. President Reagan is back in Washington After a Canadian summit that produced some development on the issue of acid rain pollution. The presdient caught Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Parliament by suprise by announcing he would look at a proposal on the environmental problem. A White House spokesman says Regan ad-libbed his remarks on the call for an agreement. An Iranian official reportedly says his nation will normalize relations with Washington once it's sure the US isn't a threat to the Iranian government. The official Iranian news agency quotes Parliament speaker Hashemi Rafsanjani as repeating Iran's promise to free American hostages in Lebanon, but in return, Iran wants the US to return billions of dollars of assets frozen after the fall of the Shah. Environmentalists in both the US and Canada are unimpressed with President Reagan's offer to discuss an acid rain agreement with Canada. The White House notes Reagan's pledge is not a commitment to negotiate a treaty, and the environmentalists say that means it will do no aood. President Reagan has told the Canadian Parliament that there are "no quick and easy answers" to the acid rain problem, but promised the US will spend 2.5 billion dollars to attack it. For the first time, Reagan acknowledged that the polluted rain is hurting the environment. Canada blamed US factory emission for damaging lakes and streams. It's been a stormy six days for Pope John Paul, who's now en route from Chile to Argentina. The Pope promised Chile's military leader that he would pray for peace in Chile. John Paul's visit was marred by anti-government demonstrations. More than 250 people were injured during one demonstration.

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: 1987-04-10
  • Date digitized: 2019-04-09
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  • Pages: 14 pages
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  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
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