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The Western Carolinian Serving the students and the Western Carolina University community since 1933 Volume 56, Number 8 Thursday, October 4, 1990 Cullowhee, North Carolina Time capsule heads list of Homecoming activities Western Carolina University's Homecoming Parade will begin Saturday, Oct. 6, at 10 a.m. with Taft Botner, retired dean of the School of Education and Psychology, as grand marshal. The parade will organize at Cullowhee Baptist Church and proceed down Centennial Drive, ending at Whitmire Stadium. Participants must line up at 9 a.m. Prizes will be awarded for floats, banners and non-float entries such as groups of clowns, dancers or performers. The Chancellor's Award for best overall float carries a $100 prize, and winners of best fraternity, sorority, residence hall or independent float receive $50. Winners of best banner and best non-float entries receive $25. Commercial floats are welcome but are not eligible for prizes. Smoky Mountain, Pisgah and other area high school bands will participate. Theme for Homecoming is "The '90s Revolution: Making Tracks into a Second Century." Botner, the parade's grand marshal, received the Alumni Association's 1986 Distinguished Service Award. He and his wife, Malvery, have made contributions to WCU for the Botner scholarships and superior teaching awards since his retirement in 1975. - Following the parade, a host of other Homecoming activities will take place including the burial of a time capsule to commemorate Western's centennial celebration. The burial will be at 11 a.m. and will conclude WCU's 1989-90 centennial celebration. "The purpose of the time capsule is to provide students, fac ulty, staff and alumni with a glimpse of what university life was like in 1989-90 on the occasion of the centennial celebration," said James Dooley, vice chancellor for development and special services. "An effort will be made at the opening 50 years from now for those who attend this planting of the time capsule to be invited to witness its opening at the sesquicentennial." The time capsule contains letters from university officials, special centennial-year publications such as the book A Mountain Heritage: An Illustrated History of Western Carolina University, memorabilia of the 100th year such as bumper stickers and the centennial flag, and mementos of student life including the Western Carolinian and a class ring. It also contains WCU videotapes and au- diotaped voices of WCU officials, and publications from campus departments. Visitors are welcome and the program begins after the Alumni Tower strikes 11 a.m. Max Williams, head of the WCU history department and chairman of the time capsule committee, will place the time capsule in the Alumni Tower floor. Assisting will be Chancellor Myron L. Coulter, Alumni Association President Andy Lambert, and Board of Trustees Chairman Richard Wood. After concluding remarks by Coulter, the Homecom- ing court will be presented through the tower's arches, and the carillon will chime the Alma Mater. For a complete listing of Homecoming events see page 6 of the Carolinian under "The '90s Revolution." Max Williams, chairman of the time capsule committee, receives a class ring from Kate Johnson of Jostens, which donated the ring to be placed in the time capsule. Officials meet with Lambda Chi to discuss Greek issues Pierre D. Dalmas Staff Writer Sheriff Bob Allen, Highway Patrol Officer James Cruzane, Alcohol Law Enforcement Official Ron Parris and Dean Doug Davis met with Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity to discuss social and legal issues facing Greeks. "During the past few weeks there have been some unfavorable incidents," said Allen as he addressed Lambda Chi brothers and associates as well as representatives from Sigma Nu and TKE fraternities on Wednesday, September 26. "Last Friday, we met with university officials to discuss what we can do to nip this in the bud," Allen said. "They said we should bring the issue to the fraternities themselves. We feel that you are mature adults, and we hope we can work this out." Allen went on to explain that the Sheriff's Department was receiving numerous complaints about disturbances and especially noise caused by parties. He reviewed the Jackson County Noise Ordinance passed in 1988. "This ordinance declares the hours of 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. as quiet hours. Fraternities of this university are residents of Jackson County. Like any resident, you must live within the law plain and simple." A question and answer session was held with Allen and the floor was turned over to Alcohol Law Enforcement official Ron Parris. Parris reviewed ABC laws concern- "We are using Lambda Chi as sort of a guinea pig...We hope to go around to all the fraternities and present the same sort of seminar." Doug Davis, assistant vice-chancellor of student development ing legal drinking age, fake I.D.s and the liabilities of anyone hosting a party. Many questions were directed towards Parris about a fraternites' liability. "Even if you are innocent," answered Parris, "you will end up spending a whole lot of money and a lot of time proving your innocence. Is it worth taking a chance?" Officer Cruzane spoke to the fraternites next. He used many humorous ane- cedotes to illustrate some of his points, but it was obvious when he was serious. "One of the big problems we face is the traffic problem. At these big parties there are so many cars coming and going, parking everywhere. It makes it very difficult for emergency vehicles to get through. What if there was a fire? When you park on the side of the road, you must make sure it is not a no parking zone and you must pull off the road completely. I mean completely, not just off the white line but off the road. In the past we have tried to warn you and we have asked people to move. This does not work. From now on we are just going to tow." On the subject of D.W.I.s Officer Cruzane commented, "I know a lot of you say a lot of bad things about me. That's okay. lam still going to do my job. If I have to arrest you and take you to jail I will. The name of the game is stay alive. I have seen too many kids pulled out of the river. At least in jail you'll still be alive." Dean Davis, assistant vice- chancellor for Student Development, acted as sort of a mediator throughout discussions, offering comments and encouraging suggestions for possible solutions from the group. "We are using Lambda Chi as sort of a guinea pig. We are in no way singling you out as a bad fraternity. We hope to go around to all the fraternities and present the same sort of seminar," explained Davis. "We are not trying to keep you from having a good time," he said. "But all of you are going to have to leam to party smarter. You must have control over your parties. You are going to have to party smaller. It is alright to mix among fraternities and sororities, but it seems obvious that the all-Greek parties cannot be "Also if a Greek organization is hosting a party, anyone who is attending must be Greek... They must...have one of the new Greek ID's." Doug Davis, assistant vice-chancellor of student development controlled effectively. "Also if a Greek organization is hosting a party, anyone who is attending must be Greek. It does not matter if they are male or female. They must be Greek and have one of Greek the new I.D.s." During another part of the discussion Davis commented that "the time of night when you have the party is crucial. Parties around here don't get started untillO or 11 p.m., even 12 a.m. You are going to have to start parties earlier and end them earlier." "Boy, we sure have a lot of rules to follow," said one member of the audience. "But I'd rather party by the rules than not party at all." This year's Mountain Heritage Day turns out smooth and successful Lisa Majors News Editor An estimated crowd of 35,000 people attended Western Carolina University's 16th annual Mountain Heritage Day on Saturday, September 29, according to Doug Davis, assistant vice-chancellor of student development. "We think it was a real success. The weather was terrific. We had good quality crafts and food," said Davis. Although a final count of money taken in is not yet known, Davis said the university's collection of 10% from each booth was as much as $500 in some cases. The crowd seemed to be buying more this year. Many visitors to Mountain Heritage Day made several trips to their cars with their purchases. Handmade wooden furniture seemed to be one of the hot items Saturday. Many of the food booths sold out early in the day as lines remained long from the early morning hours. These lines caused the only major problem by blocking the view of the crafts booths nearby, Davis said. The Scottish trend on the Belk stage seemed to be well re- c e i v e d , Davis said, and there was some audience participation during the Scottish dancing. "The tribute to Harry Cagle was also well received by everyone, and they thought it was well de- served," Davis said. Cagle is a musician who has been with the Mountain Heritage Day program since its beginning. This year's check-in went Carolinian photo by Jonathan Fondow The Cat, mingles with a Mountain Heritage Day patrticipant, apparently teaching her a few new dance steps. faster than past years. "Everyone checked in very quickly in the morning," Davis said. This allowed for an even earlier start for sales. No major mishaps were reported by Davis for the day. Traffic, though heavy, did not cause a problem. Shuttles were run throughout the day. Davis extended his thanks to WCU's security and grounds crews for their work in making the day such a success. This year's theme at the Mountain Heritage Center was black- smithing, which should run into next year's mountain celebration. The Mountain Heritage Center's exhibits consisted of tradi tional demonstrations, storytelling and music. Where the Belk stage is mainly a form of entertainment, the Mountain Heritage Center hosts mostly non-professional craftspeople. "They demonstrate what they've learned on the back porch at home," said Davis. Broken "Victory Bell" hung in alumni tower Lisa Majors News Editor Did you wonder why the university's Alumni Affairs office chose to hang a damaged bell in the brand-new Alumni Tower? The Victory Bell, as it is named, is a long-standing tradition at Western Carolina University. Jim Manring, director of Alumni Affairs, said the decision to hang it in the tower was an effort to "bring together the old and the new." The Victory Bell has been a part of the university since 1904. From then until 1934 it hung in the bell tower of Old Madison Building. It was used during the day to ring in and out each class period. When Madison was torn down in 1934, the bell was mounted on a stone base between Moore and Joy ner buildings. There it was used to mark athletic victories. That is also how it received its name. But because of "unauthorized ringing," the bell was moved closer to the Student Union, now the Old Student Union. A small horseshoe-shaped wall circled it where its base still stands. In the 1960s, the bell was moved to the lawn of the new University Center. There it hung in a redwood tower, said Tim Jacobs, director of the University Center. Most recendy, the bell was on exhibit in the Mountain Heritage Center, said Manring, as a part of WCU's centennial year celebration. "It is now cracked and has a six-inch hole in the top next to where the clapper would have hung," said Manring. Exactly how this damage was done to the bell is somewhat of a mystery. Doug Davis, assistant vice- chancellor of Student Development, remembers that before a football game at Western, the bell was stolen from theUC lawn. This is most likely when the damage was done. see "Victory Bell" Pg-2 NEWS PEOPLE / ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS Campus Corner Nomad returns 2 2 Kanak Subedi 4 "Hubie the Dead Cow" 5 Mountain Heritage win Box Scores 7 8 Student on the Street 3 Letters to the Editor 3

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: 1990-10-04
  • Date digitized: 2019-09-30
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  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
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