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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1987-04-10_Vol52_No23_01

Sex, Drugs and Violence ERIN MILLNER TAKES A NOT SO SERIOUS LOOK AT RECENT NATIONAL EVENTS. Perspective — Page 2 TROUBLESHOOTER Perspective — Page 3 S&M Column HINTS ON HOW TO FLIRT FOR PLEASURE People — Page 7 WOMEN'S NETWORK Karen Tice On Women In tie Media Catamount Room, UC April 15, 12 noon Volume Fifty-two Number Twenty-three April 10, 1987 (704) 227-7267 P.O. Box 66, Cullowhee, N.C. 28723' — ' «_*- COLLEGES ON TAP Ifs Gotta Be Pasta. Students at Okanagan College (Canada) are building bridges. Spaghetti bridges. The students — competing for $1,000 in cash prizes — are building the pasta structures as part of the school's annual spaghetti bridge contest. Expert bridge builders say it takes about five hours and a lot of glue to construct a decent bridge. To Find The Best Jobs, college graduates should use their school's placement services, according to a recent article in the Journal of Career Planning & Employment. The method of a graduate's employment search may be as important as the choice of a major in landing a great job, says author William Bowman. "Assassin" Appears To Be Dying. A company is trying to involve 45 colleges in a national version of the Assassin Game, but the students it hired to do the legwork are balking. They say the company isn't paying them as promised and calls to the firm's 800 number go unanswered. No Suntans Here. Nearly 10 percent of the students at Northwestern College (Iowa) will shun the Florida sunshine during spring break and volunteer instead. Some will work in soup kitchens and homeless shelters in New York City; others will do repairs to a Mexico orphanage. A New Fraternity-Sorority Newspaper is making fhe rounds at West Virginia U. The Mercury is modeled after the USA Today format and is being used to improve communication among WVU Greek houses. It's also being distributed to their national offices. Getting Back To The Basics. A group of Colorado College drawing students tasted art in its most primitive form when their professor took them to a darkened cave to scratch out charcoal drawings. They drew on paper, though, to avoid damaging the walls. Some even dressed upforthe part, wearing fur headbands and oversized wool coats. Academic Dishonesty will remain a problem at the U. of Vermont, just as it is at every university, officials say. A Cynic student newpaper poll reported that 78 percent of UVM students fell that cheating is morally wrong, but more than half would prepare for an exam using a stolen test. A 1982 study showed that over 50 percent of students admitted that they cheated frequently. Course Requirements for admission to the U. of Pennsylvania medical school will be omitted next fall. Instead, the school will outline certain areas of knowledge and skill that applicants will be expected to have. The move is intended to give medical students time to pursue a broader education. Malpractice Fees Will Soar for students at the Medical College of Georgia, even though no student has ever been sued for negligence. The students, who are supervised closely by licensed physicians, will have to pay $375 per year for liability coverage, up from $50. The Student Fast For Peace In Nicaragua, observed by students from American, Catholic, Georgetown, George Washington, and Maryland Universities was held at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. At the second annual event, students called for an end to US intervention in Nicaragua. A Mock "Gulag," Or Prison Camp, and mock executions were carried out on the Yale U. campus by a group of students protesting totalitarian regimes around the world. The gulag consisted of about ten tombstones surrounded by a wire fence. Hoops of artificial wire topped the fence, and a noose was placed over the entrance. Next If II Be The Newlywed Game. The Dating Game is coming to the U. or Kentucky. 1287Students Decide: '87 Election Results By MARK WEAVER SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR The Student Government Association closed this year's elections by announcing the following winners: Kenny Reed, Station Manager-elect of WWCU; Andie Fishel, President-elect of Last Minute Productions; Jill Hoyte, Senator-at-Large-elect; Karen Kitchens, Glenn Stillion Outstanding University Female Student; Bill Ritter, Glenn Stillion Outstanding University Male Student; Tammy Hord, Outstanding Female Citizen; and, Tommy White, Outstanding University Male Citizen. The winner of the runoff for President of the Student Government Association is Everett Colby. The winners of the Commuter Senators will be announced later by Cliff Clark, President of S.G.A. This year, and for the first time, three qualified candidates: "Jay" Scott Moore, Steve Fisher (The Round Man), and Kenny "Ray" Reed ran for the position of Station Manager of WWCU. According to the elections' commission, 1,241 students voted for station manager giving Scott Moore 286, Steve Fisher 288, and Kenny Reed 680 votes. Kenny Reed stated that "the great turnout and concern by the students has made me very happy. I appreciate the effort of the students who have helped and supported me through the election. My gratitude also goes out to the organizations that I talked to during the week. I wouldn't have considered Everett Colby, SGA President-Elect running if I didn't care for the students. Their obvious concern for the station has made them aware of what Power 91 can do for them." Last Minute Producations, the campus entertainment connection, had two offices open: President and Vice President. Some 1169 students voted for LMP President giving Andie Fishel 839 and Yolanda Feimster 330 votes. Andie stated that she "appreciated everyone coming out (to) support and help me. (I would also like to say) special thanks to Julie Long for all her help." Yolanda stated that she felt discontent over the election process and would like to see future candidates answer questions from students in some type of forum so students can know more about the candidates and their plans for LMP. Penny Nichols, the only candidate for LMP Vice President received 982 votes. Penny wants to "encourage everyone to become a part of Last Minute Productions." The position of Senator-at- Large carries the weight of representing the student body for two years. Out of 987 votes cast, the student body gave Jill Hoyle 579, Dwayne Smiley 302, and Gibbs Jones 180 votes. Jill stated that she "appreciates the chance to serve the students, and I look forward to working hard. (I would like to) thank the present administration for running the election so smoothly, and for serving ice cream to students who came out and voted." (Edwin Carlton Photoi.) See STUDENTS DECIDE Page Eleven Jazz Great to Perform at Western Internationally recognized jazz recording artist Rich Matteson will appear at Western Carolina University on Friday, April 24, as part of the Seventh Annual Jazz Clinic, sponsored by the WCU Department of Music. Matteson will present an improvisation clinic at 1:00 p.m. (free admission) and rehearse with the WCUJazz Ensemble at 3:00 p.m. (free admission). At 8:00 p.m. he will appear in concert with the WCU Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Mario Gaetano. The admission charge for the concert will be $2.00 for adults, and $1.00 for students and senior citizens. All events will be in the recital hall of the music building on the Cullowhee campus. Rich Matteson is recognized internationally as one of the most exciting jazz soloists and clinicians. A graduate of the University of Iowa, Rich has had a wide and varied career as a public school music teacher, professional performer, conductor, arranger, composer and college professor. He is an outstanding recording musician in every jazz idiom; having recorded with Louis Armstrong in Dixieland style on tuba, college and professional big bands on bass trumpet, valve trombone and euphonium, his own small group recordings on several albums in Sweden and the famous Matteson- Phillips Tubajazz Consort albums. He was a professor at North Texas State University for 13 years, teaching jazz improvisation. He also was the director of the National Stage Band Camps for many years and produced and directed the Rich Matteson International Jazz Camps in Sweden. Rich has performed during the last 19 years as clinician and guest soloist at high schools, colleges and universities throughout the world. He has appeared at State, Regional and National MENC Conventions, MAJE National Conventions, The Mid-West National Band Clinics and many of the major jazz festivals and clubs worldwide. Rich has also appeared on network television and recorded radio shows in the United States, Sweden, Germany, England, Norway and Australia. Rich is co-leader and arranger for the Matteson-Phillips Tubajazz Consort. Rich Matteson is regarded as one of the foremost authorities on the teaching of jazz improvisation and all levels of jazz band performance. He has been associated with Yamaha Musical Products as a clinician and concert artist and has also served as a clinician and performer in the Walt Disney All American College Workshop program since 1975. In 1986, Ira Koger endowed a chair, in honor of Rich, at the University of North Florida Rich Matteson Spying On The USA By TIM BARTON STAFF WRITER He is currently director of the New School of American Music for Jazz Studies. This year marks the Seventh Annual Jazz Clinic held at WCU. Past soloists and clinicians have included Grammy nominees Nick Brignola and Bobby Shew, "Tonight Show" drummer Ed Shaughnessy, and jazz artists Jerry Coker, Vincent Di Martino, and Jim Petercsak. Student members of the WCU Jazz Ensemble, directed by Music Instructor Dr. Mario Gaetano, include: Paul Carmichael, Brent Orr, Suzanne Arnold, Lara Davis, and Mike Ensley on saxophone; Linda Davis, Rick Carter, Marshall Fletcher, and Sean Oliver on Trombone; Dean Cloer, Ronnie Ingle, Brian Chance, and James Montgomery on trumpet; Richard Frettoloso and Matt Crabtree on drums; Erich Haas on bass guitar; and Anita Knight on keyboards and vocals. Selections to be performed at the evening concert include many standard tunes arranged by Rich Matteson, including "Georgia", "Don't Get Around Much Any More", "Doxy", "Baubles, Bangles and Beads", "Mood Indigo", "In My Solitude", and "Satin Doll". Also included will be two original Matteson tunes "Shadow" and "Mikki's Blues", and selection from the libraries of Count Basie, Stan Kenton, Paul Clark, Maynard Ferguson, Bennie Goodman, Henry Mancini, Duke Ellington, Chick Corea, and Oliver Nelson. The US Marine Corps is charging Clayton Lonetree, 25, with escorting "Soviet agents through the US embassy in Moscow for periods of one to four hours at a time on numerous occasions" between January and March 1986. According to The Charlotte Observer of March 28, the Marine guard was accused of spying last December. Twenty-four charges have been tiled against Lonetree, including one charge of espionage. He is being charged with conspiring with another guard, Cpl. Arnold Bracy, 21, "to allow Soviet agents into sensitive areas, including the room where classified messages are decoded." Bracy worked with Lonetree under a "buddy" system from July 1985 to March 1986. Bracy was arrested on suspicion of espionage during the week of March 16. Arnold Bracy is charged as being "a lookout on the nights that Lonetree allowed Soviet agents inside the embassy, shutting off security alarms that the Soviets had set off." It was alleged that these two men then "lied to superiors about why the alarms had been set off." Lonetree is also accused of providing Bracy with about $1,000. Michael Stuhff, lead defense attorney for Lonetree said, 'Lonetree is absolutely aghast at the idea that he would be accused of this. He is very much suprised and confused over where such a thing could come from.' A top-ranking Pentagon official said, 'These guys actually escorted the Soviets around the building.' The corps charged that Lonetree "turned over secret and top secret documents" to the Soviet agents, "gave the Soviets blueprints and floor plans of the embassy" and gave Ihem the "names, photographs, addresses and phone numbers of US intelligence agents." The Charlotte Observer of March 27 reported one administration official as saying that Lonetree and See SPYING Page Six The Western Carolinian Striving to be the best we can be Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,no one but ourselves can free our minds. — Bob Marley

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: 1987-04-10
  • Date digitized: 2019-04-09
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  • Dimension: 22.75" x 15"
  • Pages: 14 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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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1987-04-10_Vol52_No23
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library