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1#£ cWfLScTcE(K3t C&RPLI9{IWAC VOLUME 55, NUMBER 9 Thursday, Nov 2, 1989 Cullowhee, North Carolina The Voice of The Student Body Western Crowns a New Homecoming Queen for 1989-90 David Lange Staff Writer Homecoming was a weekend full of ceremonies, awards, and tradition. Starting on Friday night with a concert and culminating with the Homecoming game, the event offered something to watch or participate in all weekend long. The most impressive ceremony, though, was the crowning of the Homecoming Queen, Ms. Traci Shuford. Ms. Shuford, daughter of Mrs. Betty Shuford and the late Charles Shuford, is a Parks and Recreation Management Major in her junior year. Traci was nominated by her sorority sisters at Alpha Chi Omega. "By winning, I hope to represent my sorority and the school and give them a good image," said the new Queen. "I guess I won because I try to be as friendly as I can to people, and to have an open mind." Traci has had a lot of opportunity to meet the students who elected her, too. Traci divides her time between several campus organizations. She sings in the University Chorus, is a member of the Lectures, Concerts, and Exhibitions Committee, participates in the Parks and Recreation Club, and works with the Baptist Student Union. Even with all these responsibilities, Traci finds time to be an Alpha Chi Omega sister. When asked why she came to Western, Traci said that she liked the fact that the campus was still growing, still dynamic. 'The people were so friendly, the campus was growing, and the whole area was beautiful. I guess that's what made me decide to come here." Traci also made it clear that there was no one in the Homecoming court who didn't deserve to win. "Everybody was (Photo by Jetl Mason) Former Homecoming Queen Mica Waters crowns Traci Shuford as Chancellor Coulter looks on so nice through the whole thing. I knew some of the other contestants before the competition, but everybody became friends before it was over." Alumni Tower Dedication Ceremony Opens Homecoming Day Celebration David Lange Staff Writer The Alumni Tower chimed for the first time Saturday at the opening of the Tower Dedication ceremony. The sixty- six and a half foot clock tower was built as a gift from the Alumni Association to the school in honor of the Centennial. Some two hundred alumni and students were on hand to witness the ribbon-cutting and dedication. The ceremony was directed by Alumni Association President Bill Dodgen. Speakers included Dodgen, Student Government Association President Brent Taylor, Tower Committee Chairman Max Hopper, and Chancellor Myron Coulter. The Chancellor commended the alumni on their efforts to give Western a lasting symbol, and said he hoped that the second century of the school would do honor to the tower and the century of growth it represents. "There are some who feel that symbols bear no importance, that icons are for others," said Dr. Coulter, "but there can be little i L L tmt ^m ■ ■ Wm Ell m ^SPp H. 'kJ "^•^ (Photo by Jetl Mason) Chancellor Coulter, Max Hopper, Bill Dodgen, and Brent Taylor cut the ribbon at the Alumni Tower doubt in the minds of the people here today what this symbol can mean. We do need our symbols. We do need something to give meaning to life, to study, to education, to the university." According to Hopper, the tower is still not fully funded. The tower has cost $365,000 to build but only some $250,000 has been raised. The Chairman pressed the alumni present to help complete the effort. The tower itself has notk been completed, either. Still plannedfor the tower this year is the engraving of tr;e lower's name on the side facing the Uni versity Center and the side facing Dodson. A time capsule will be placed in the base of the structure in the late Spring of this academic year. The belltower's electronic caroling device will be supplemented with the Victory Bell in time for the 1990 Homecoming, and a contributors plaque honoring anyone who contributed more than $500 will be mounted on the tower at that time. The electronic caroling device on the top of the tower will allow songs to be played without the expense of a large bell setup. The keyboards for the tower are located in the Music-English building. The Chancellor took the opportunity of the Dedication ceremony to introduce a!! of the members of the Homecoming courf, including the former queen. He then closed the ceremony by cutting the ribbon on the base of the tower with a pair of six-foot purple and gold shears, and invited the alumni and students present to follow him through the arches of the tower for the first time. Award-Winning Greensboro Author Fred Chappell to Visit WCU Campus OPI-- Award-winning novelist, short story writer, and poet Fred Chappell, who was born and raised in Canton and is a professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will be on the campus of Western Carolina University November 6-9. On Tuesday, November 7, Chappell will read from his work at 7 pm in Forsyth Auditorium, as part of WCU's Visiting Writers Series; on Wednesday, November 8, Chappell will read from his work at 7 pm at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. Professor Chappell is the third writer to participate in this, the second year of the Visiting Writers Series. His visit is sponsored by the Department of English, the English Club, Nomad, the North Carolina Arts Council, and the National Endowment forthe Arts, a federal agency. Chappell has penned 19 books, including six novels, a collection of short stories, and a dozen volumes of poetry. His two most recent novels, lam One Of You Forever and Brighten the Corner Where You Are, center n HI 1| around Jess, a boy growing up in rural North Carolina in the 1940s, and his father, Joe Robert. Both novels have received widespread acclaim. The New York Times Book Review credited / Am One Of You Forever with "marvelous economy, letter-perfect dialogue, and wonderful vividness," and Newsweek called it a "magical realm set to fiddles—now funny, now sad, and full of turns and surprises throughout." Author Clyde Edgerton has said "If your priority is delight, read Brighten The Corner Where You Are. And prepare not to move until you finish it." Perhaps the highest compliment came from The Washington Post, which hailed / Am One Of You Forever as a novel 'lo put on the shelf with Mark Twain, William Faulkner, and Eudora Welty." Novelist Lee Smith has said, "Anybody who knows anything about Southern writing knows that Fred Chappell isourresident genius, ourshining light, the one truly great writer we have among us." Chappell has earned numerous writing awards, including two Rockefeller Grants, the National Institute of Arts and Letters Award, the Best Foreign Novel Prize (for Dagon) from the French Academy, the Bollingen Prize for Poetry from Yale University, the Sir Walter Raleigh Prize, and the Zoe Kincaid Brockman Award. His stories have been cited five times in Best American Short Stories. Most of Chappell's fiction draws on his past, on folk themes, and on the culture and lore of the Appalachian mountains. It also makes use of history, mythology, and The new Queen would also like to say that she has been really touched by all of the congratulations that she has received. "It seemed that everybody was telling me congratulations, and I'd like to thank everybody for being so nice." Besides the coronation, there were many other activities that took place to celebrate the Centennial Homecoming. There was the dedication of the Alumni Tower, the Distinguished Alumni Award Banquet, the Homecoming parade, and the Cats' Prowl pep rally. In the parade, there were several awards for groups who participated, including the Chancellor's Award for Best Float, which carried a $100 prize. The float constructed by the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and the Phi Mu sorority won that prize, and the brothers of Sigma Phi Epsilon also won Best philosophy, giving his work elegance and wisdom that draw the reader into the story. Chappell earned both his Bachelor's and his Master's degrees from Duke University. He has taught both Poetry and Fiction Writing as well as American Literature, Contemporary Literature, Eighteenth Century Literature, and courses in Film and Science Fiction at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he lives with his wife Susan. According to Dr. Philip Paradis, of WCU's English Department and coordinator of the Visiting Writers Series, "Fred Chappell is one of those rare and talented writers who is at home writing poems, short stories, essays, and novels. While reading Fred Chappell's poetry or fiction, you are likely to find yourself laughing out loud, as I did recently. He has a great comic flair and a natural storyteller's ability to keep you hanging on to his every word. His books are full of down-home wit and wisdom and a humane understanding of, and sympathy for, the common man." Banner. The International Students' Association won distinction with the best non-float entry forthe second year in a row. The only church group to win this year was the Wesley Foundation, which won Best Independent honors for their float. The girls of Walker's fourth floor walked away with the Best Residence Hall entry. The Best Fraternity Float award was won by the Lambda Chi Alpha entry, and the Best Sorority Float was the entry by the Delta Zeta/Kappa Alpha team. The parade ended at the Cats' Prowl pep rally, where several groups performed skits on the theme of Cats' Prowl. The Alpha Xi Delta entry won first place in that contest. To cap off the weekend, there were numerous parties in and around campus in honor of Homecoming, the Centennial, and the school. University of Alabama Professor Named WCU Distinguished Alumnus David Lange Staff Writer As part of the annual Homecoming activities, Chancellor Coulter awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award to Doctor Homer Jamison on Saturday. Doctor Jamison graduated from Western Carolina in 1942 with a degree in mathematics. After returning from a three-year enlistment as a World War II captain, Dr. Jamison then went on to earn a D.D.S. from Emory university. A master's and a doctorate degree in Public Health from the University of Michigan then followed to round out his college career. Doctor Jamison joined the University of Alabama Dental faculty in 1960 and gained full professorship eight years later. He then moved to the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry until 1972, when he returned to Alabama. Doctor Jamison was a pioneer in the application of computers to the School of Dentistry of the University of Alabama. The system Jamison helped develop became the model for medical programs around the nation. Before he retired in 1986, Dr. Jamison taught in such varied fields as epidemiology, biometrics research methods, computer applications, and dental public health. He is also the author of over fifty academic and professional articles. Throughout his career, Dr. Jamison was a research consultant to such corporations as Colgate-Palmolive, Warner- Lambert Research Institute, and Calgon Consumer Products Research Laboratories. Government agencies ranging from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to the Division of Dental Health of British Colombia have also sought his advice. When given the award, Dr. Jamison reciprocated with the game ball from the 1941 homecoming. WCU won that game and the team had presented the signed game ball to Dr. Jamison. After a rather emotional acceptance, he presented the ball to Chancellor Coulter. WHAT'S INSIDE Chancellor Myron Coulter Profile 2 Pi Lams Run to Georgia Tech 3 Letters to the Editor ~ 4 Student on the Street 4 Stray Cats Gets Underway 6 Lecture Series to be offered for Credit 6 No More Days Like That Review 8 Chorus Concert to Perform at WCU 8 Homecoming Game 9 Athlete of the Week 11

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: 1989-11-02
  • Date digitized: 2019-09-18
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  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
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  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
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