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  • 'Peo'pU/'EnUrtainment The Western Carolinian Page 3 Monday, January 29, 1990 New prof, trades surf for mountain setting T. L. Housman Staff Writer Not another faculty profile! Why not? This guy is new, fresh, unusual and he's from Hawaii!! So why talk about him; we are in Cullowhee? Dr. Mark E. Wilson has been an English professor for 21 years at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu-The Big Island! But for the next five months he will be a WCU instructor. He's come to us via an exchange between Western and the University of Hawaii. University of Hawaii gets our Dr. Nancy Joyner; we get their Dr. Wilson. Very Interesting! Wilson was previously an exchange professor for one academic year at University of Massachusetts at Amherst, which University of Hawaii has on ongoing exchange program with. According to Wilson this particular exchange with Western does have a different twist. Normally the programs Ll are set-up between the participating universities and the faculty are selected. This case, on the other hand, was brought along entirely by professors Joyner and Wilson. "We were classmates and doctoral candidates together at UNC- Chapel Hill," said Wilson, "and have kept up a close friendship." Growing up in the mountains of Chattanooga, Tennessee also played a large role in drawing Wilson back to the mountain setting, but it wasn't the only one. "I don't know who mentioned it first," said Wilson, "Dr. Joyner or me." Wilson has not been in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee since his grad-school days, but his family resides here. "I wanted to get back in some respects," remarked Wilson, "because of family, and I love the mountains." Wilson recalled giving a ride to a faculty member's child while at Chapel Hill. Wilson was to drop the boy off for summer camp in Cullowhee while enroute to Chattanooga. That was his first Cullow- J hee contact. And what does he think now that he's here? "It's a very different feeling, now," said Wilson, "the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, and the setting of the island [Hawaii]." Wilson feels people take on a different mind-set given the differing settings. On the island there is a horizon reaching far off at every point of the compass, and the ever- present surf. In the mountains the trees and rock are right there, unavoidable, and you have no horizon. "Some people," he said, "will ask you if you get island fever- 'Don't you ever want to go to the states.'" Well, Hawaii is a state too." Wilson feels that anyone can feel hemmed-in while in the mountains or on an island, it's just all in the mindset. "Personally, thcre'sa sense of being drawn out with the ocean." Cullowhee? Well he finds it very pleasant, restful and peaceful. Not unusual for someone coming from a university of 21,000 students. "Don't get me wrong," he said, "I just spent four months on sabbatical in Paris-something going on all the time-and compared to Paris, Honolulu is Dullsville!' Wilson and Joyner will be etching parallel courses given their identical fields; they are both Americanists. Both are teaching two sections of sophomore level general ed., Major American Writers, and one section of the English degree core, Introduction to Literary Interpretation. As far as living arrangements go, Wilson simply moved into Joyner's house, and Joyner is now living in Wilson's 6th floor beach-front condominium. Poor Dr. Joyner! "Actually," replied Wilson, "my condo is much smaller than Nancy's house, and there are 65 other people living in the complex." The students of UH, according to Wilson, are not very different from those here. They come from Hawaii and the other outlying islands. Besides the obvious contrast of ethnic groups, Polynesian, Japanese, Chinese and Filipino being the four largest on the island, he says that students there hit the statistical norms. Some of them are excellent, most of them average to good, and some of them barely prepared or not prepared at all for college. "Some people will ask if you get island fever- 'Don 't you ever want to go to the states,'" Well, Hawaii is a state too." -Mark Wilson Wilson's return to the mountains has brought him back to the home of his youth, which, he said, is very nice. But he will return in May to another home, that of Dr. Mark Wilson, American Literature teacher. "I think of myself as a teacher, rather than than a scholar," he said. I BE I? NOW OFFERS DELIVERY!! 293-5668 SEECJAL 2 Large Pizzas - One Item $10.00 ♦Add $1 Per Order For Delivery Hours Sunday - Wednesday 4:00 PM -10:00 PM Thursday - Saturday 4:00 PM - Midnight T El LMP serves up 'heapiiY platter1 VaCentine's (Day February 14 i 1 j 10 % Discount On All Prepaid j I Orders Ordered Before I I L. February 7. .J CCeve's Cards & flozuers 33 East Main Street, Sylva j^^§T 586-2129 "'Beautiful flowers *}'or (BeautifuCfPeo-pte Michael Cook Staff Writer Looks like Last Minute Productions is serving up a heapin' platter of events for us in the coming weeks. This Wednesday is the first Open Mike Night of the new decade, and LMP promises it will be a rockin' and wacky time for all attending. The legendary Brooks Butler is scheduled to take the stage, and according to LMP, the ever-tacky Electro-Lux plans to flip your wig with their "freakabilly" rock and roll. Performers are encouraged to sign up at the LMP office bulletin board as soon as possible. The show starts at 8 p.m. in the UC Cherokee Room and, as always, is free to all students. The following Wednesday, Feb. 7th, a billards tournament is planned at 7 p.m. in the UC gameroom, and players must sign up by6:45p.m.thatevening. Therewill be two-person teams, and the cost per person is $1 for students, $2 for non-students. The next night Feb.;j8th brings us Joe Clark, subject ofjjthe acclaimed movie Lean on Me: The Joe Clark Story. He has been featured in a Time magazine cover story concerning his unusually tough techniques to promote education and discipline in New York public school where he was a principal. To give some idea of how bad the schools were, Clark's carrying of a baseball bat became his trademark against the rampant crime and drug abuse. Be in the UC Grandroom at 8 p.m. with your $2. Then, if all that's not enough for you, on Friday, Feb. 9th, you'd better be ready for an all- nighter at the UC because it is the First Annual LMP Lock-In. This event will last from midnight until 5 a.m., and the only rule is that once you've left, you cannot re-enter. There will be lots to keep you busy, such as videos of the movies Weekend at Bernie' s sad Animal House, a sundae bar on the second floor UC lobby, a slide show about Europe provided courtesy of the Multi-Cultural Committee and also a live show by the rock band, Pyramid, so come out and make it a party! Don't forget-Richard Marx tickets go on sale February 5 th at the UC. Prices are $13.50 students, $16.50 non-students. Student wins $1,000 scholarship -OPI Z. Stan Smith, a WCU senior industrial distribution major was recently awarded the university's National Association of Hose and Accessories Distributors $1,000 scholarship. The scholarship was established at WCU last year after a NAHAD review of industrial distribution programs at institutions across the country. ■OPI photo by Markltuaxtt Z. Stan Smith Curtis Sprague, general manager of Mountain Empire Rubber and Specialty Co. in Johnson City, Tenn., and a member of NAHAD's education committee, said WCU was selected for the scholarship because of the quality of its curriculum and facilities and its proximity to East Coast industrial distributors. Sprague cited Western's course work in machining processes, polymer technology, computer applications and blueprint reading. Smith, of Mount Airy, is a 1985 graduate of North Surry High School. He is a member of WCU's Industrial Distribution Club and serves on the intrafraternity council and is vice president of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. There are approximately 50 students majoring in industrial distribution at WCU. James D. Turner, associate professor of industrial education and technology, coordinates the program in the School of Technology and Applied Science. TRY CHICKEN FORACHANGE BURGER T.CTrr KING TASTE°UR '• CHICKEN SANDWICH Buy one CHICKEN SANDWICH, REGULAR FRY, and REGULAR | SOFT DRINK and get a second CHICKEN SANDWICH for only 99 cents. I Good only at Sylva location. Offer valid through 1-31-90 I I Limit one coupon per customer per visit. Not good with any other foor offer. No substitutions, please. Butgat King - Reg, Pat. S TM OH. 1987 Bmgw King Corporation Cullowhee's Favorite Place To Be (JV MEXICA] MEXICAN FOOD Cullowhee, NC Old Cullowhee Road 293-3332 Franklin, NC 103 Highlands Road 524-9300 TO GO ORDERS HOT STUFF b MILD Patio Dining Overlooking The Beautiful Tuckasegee River Lunch Ham - 2pm Monday thru Friday 12pm - 10pm Saturday Dinner 5pm - 10pm Nightly, Including Sunday Deer and Wine Permitted, I.D. Required Under the auspice; af The WCU Visiting Writers Series, the 'ollowing writers will visit our campu; and read from their work. Maria Flook story writer anc poet, of Warren Wilson College, anc John Skoyles, poe and Director of the Writers Program al Warren Wilson College, will read front their works Tuesday Feb. 6th at 7 p.m Cillian room # 104. Jim Wayne Miller, novelist anc poet, of Westerr Kentucky University, will read frotr his work Tuesday march 13th at7 p.m. Cillian room #104. Stephen Corey poet and Associate Editor of The Georgii Review, will read hi; poetry Tuesday April 17th at 7 p.m Gillian room * 104. ■ ■
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