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The Western Carolinian Serving the students and the Western Carolina University community since 1933 Volume 56, Number 16 Thursday, January 31, 1990 Cullowhee, North Carolina Western inducts members into National Residence Hall Honorary i Eight students at Western Carolina University have been selected for membership in Omega Chi Upsilon, WCU's chapter of the National Residence Hall Honorary. NRHH was created by the National Association of College and University Residence Halls to provide recognition to students who have made outstanding contributions to the residence halls on their campus. The organization recognizes up to one percent of those students living on campus. Selection is based on outstanding residence hall leadership, contributions and community services. Those selected must have at least a 2.75 cumulative quality point ratio (out of a 4.0 scale) and must have lived in the residence halls during the past year. New members of the Omega Chi Upsilon chapter were inducted at a ceremony Sunday, Jan. 27. They are: — Frances Lee Buie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Buie of 244 Highland Road, Waynesville. A 1986 graduate of Tuscola High School, she is a senior at WCU majoring in child development and family relations. She is a member of the Residence Hall Council and Residence Hall Association and is secretary of the Student National Education Association. Buie was named residentassistantofthemonth for September by the South Atlantic Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls. — Nathan David Burton, son of Mr. and Mrs. David E. Burton of 1511 Ridgcway Ave., Durham. A 1988 graduate of Hillside High School, he is a junior majoring in business education. A dean's list student and North Carolina Teaching Fellow, he is a member of Alpha Lambda Delta honor society, Residence Hall Council, Chancellor's Ambassadors and Western Gold. He is president of the Organization of Ebony Students. — J. Todd Cayton, son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Cayton Jr. of Route4,Rcidsville. A1987 graduate of Rockingham County High School, he is a senior majoring in English education. A dean's list student, he is a member of the English club, Sigma Tau Delta honor society, Residence Hall Council and Student Committee Against Acquaintance Rape. Cayton was named WCU's resident assistant of the month for December. —Robin Annette Coleman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Lee Coleman of Route 2, Harmony. A 1985 graduate of North Iredell High School, she is a senior majoring in child development and family rela- tionsatWCU. She is a member of the Residence Hall council, WCU chapter of the North Carolina Association for the Education of Young People and the Student Committee Against Acquaintance Rape. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Noel Dent Sharpe of Route 2, Harmony, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Dana Coleman of Route 3, Hamptonville. —Stacey Dwayne Johnson, son of MarjorieT. Safrit of Rockwell and Willie Gray Johnson of Route 2, Statesville. A 1987 graduate of East Rowan High School, he is a junior majoring in manufacturing and engineering technology. A member of the Residence Hall Committee, he is a Student Government Association representative, a dean's list student, and a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and Last Minute Productions. — Tracey E. Richardson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Richardson of 3248 Hembree Court, Marietta, Ga. A 1988 graduate of Lassiter High School, she is a junior at WCU majoring in English. A dean's list student, she is a member of Western Gold and Last Minute Productions, secretary of Student Committee Against Acquaintance Rape, and writer for the Western Carolinian student newspaper. — R. Quinn Swink, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Allen Swink of Route 1, Hays. A 1989 graduate of North Wilkes High School, he is a sophomore majoring in business law. He is a member of the Student Committee Against Acquaintance Rape and Resident Hall Council, and he is a resident assistant. — Polly L. Thompson, daughter of Carole L. Thompson of Hendersonville. A1989 graduate of West Henderson High School, she is a sophomore majoring in special education. A dean's list student and a North Carolina Teaching Fellow, she is a member of Alpha Lambda Delta honor society and S tudent National Education Association, and is secretary of BACCHUS. Every effort was made to Have everyone pictured. Time and schedules prevented the inclusion of Frances Buie and Polly Thompson. Nathan David Burton J. Todd Cayton Robin Annette Coleman Stacey Dwayne Johnson Tracey E. Richardson R. Quinn Swink Alumni to showcase vocal talents Jan. 31 "Dream Alive" program scheduled for Feb. 6 Two Western Carolina University music department alumni will perform together for the first time in twelve years at a Lectures, Concerts and Exhibitions Series recital Thursday, Jan. 31. The performance of vocal classics by Scott Berry, tenor, and Michael D. Jones, bass-baritone, w ill be held at 8 p.m. in the recital hall of the WCU Music-English Building. Admission is $6 for adults, $3 for youths (ages 4-18) and $1 for WCU students with valid identification cards. Berry came to WCU in the fall of 1975 on a cello scholarship, but his vocal talents soon led him down a different musical path. He has numerous opera and oratorio roles to his credit while at WCU, including "The Battered Bride," "Die Fledermaus" and "Messiah." He has studied and performed extensively across Europe, and has sung with the Atlanta Repertory Opera, the Atlanta Opera and Vineyard Opera in New York. He completed his master's degree in choral conducting at Baylor University in 1989, and continued his vocal studies at Carnegie Hall. Berry was a finalist last year in the New York Oratorio Society Competition and made his New York city debut in the role of Narcissus in "Narcissus and Echo," a role in which the New York Times cited him as "a strong tenor." Jones received his bachelor of arts degree in music from WCU in 1981 and his master of music degree in vocal performance from Rice University. He has toured with Repertory Theatre of America, and worked at the Banff Fine Arts Center for two years developing new works for the operatic and musical theatre stages. Jones toured last year with the National Opera Company, singing the title role in "Don Pasquale" and major roles in "La Cenerentola" and 'The Chocolate Soldier." He performed in the Ohio Light Opera productions of "Ciboulette," "The Merry Widow" and "Street Scene." He is scheduled to perform with Regina Opera Company in June 1991 and Ithaca Opera Company in May 1992. For more information, contact the Lectures, Concerts and Exhibitions Series at telephone (704) 227-7234. Western Carolina University's Organization of Ebony Students and Last Minute Productions will present "Dream Alive," a special program in honor of Martin Luther King Jr., at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6. The program is part of "Black History Month" activities at WCU. It will feature a re-enactment of King's "I have a dream" speech by Joseph B. Rogers, a commercial litigation specialist with the Denver, Colo., law firm of Davis, Graham & Stubbs. The 26-ycar-old Rogers, who wasn't even bom when King delivered his now famous speech at the base of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, has studied King's speech patterns, dictation and delivery. The result is a performance that many who have seen it have called "uncanny ... like King is in the room." Rogers first read King's words in 1985 during a memorial at Colorado State University. Word of the program spread, and Rogers has appeared at elementary and high schools and several colleges, including the University of Wyoming and Arizona State University. Rogers received his bachelor of science degree in business from Colorado State in 1986 and his law degree from Arizona State in 1989, where he served as president of the Black Law Students Association. gramwii^^ewinTheGraSdrZ Reading Center offers services for " multi-age" clients of WCU's A.K. Hinds University Center. There will be no admission charge. February is Black History Month Jennifer Mann Staff Writer Western Carolina University has a growing reading center on campus in Killian, room 138. The acting director, Judith Franson, describes the center's clients as "... multi-age," because they range in age from six to forty-four. Franson has a background of twenty years of public school teaching and a doctor- Sunday I X February 199 For additional AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH Theme: "Bridging the Gap" I I information, contact Ms. Jennifer Williams, Assistant to the Vice Chancellor] for Student Development, 460 HFR, 704-227-7234. Reception - Cherokee Rm. * 7pm Saturaav ■vCU National Pan-Hellenic Counci Retreat 1-5. Cnerokee Rm. UC Church service i?2:30pm Cherokee Rm. Rev Charles Baiaw-n. speaker Sponsored by WCU Inpirational Choir j Rev. Baldwin Liberty Baptist Church I lam. Dr Dawn Person, Columbia Univ., student seminar Hospitality Rm 93 10 > AFRICAN AMERICAN GREEK-LETTER WEEK-THEME:"DIFFE RENT VOICES-ONE SONG" NPHC ir?i'. rs<:r:i 17 Aloha Kaona Aloha Sorority Church Service n Forsyth Auditorium 9 I lam 24 Video/Panel Discussion on Black Student Survival on Preaominantety White Campuses Dr Maim Akpar Granaroom 9 7pm ^ "Nelson Mandela released one year ago today. Dr Dawn Person - Year of the Student Program - 7:30pm in M/E Auditorium i i Kaona Alpha psi Fraternity Video : Black Fraternities & Sororities » 7pm Cherokee Rm i g Malikan Shaoazz, daughter of Malcolm X, Granaroom » 7pm Topic: "Lower Economic Genocide" Ad. $1 25 12 Phi Beta Slama Fraternity 'In Living Color' T:me/Place:TBA 19 25 Joseph B. Rogers, Attorney, MLK "Dream Alive" program UC Granoroom 9 7pm when does a Date Become a Crime? <? 7pm in Catamount Room. Sponsored by S.C.A.A.R. 1 3 Delta Sigma Theta Sgrontv GREEK-LETTER ORGANIZATIONAL FAIR 11 am-6pm Grandroom 2 Q God's Tromoones Granaroom «7pm Aa. Jl sponsored by Community Cultural Concerns ana Awareness INC. 27 valentines' Day # 1 A Omega ?si Phi Fratern'tv Health/Information Fair. Rememoenng rlalcolm x-wilburn Hayaen Cherokee Rm.7pm <y 1 Closing Ceremonies Hospitality Room 7pm 28 Yolanda King University of North Carolina 9 Asheville 15 Zeta Phi Beta Sorontv Black History Quiz Bowl Granoroom » 7:30 Entrance fee 15 General Ad. SI 22 Semi-Formal "CELEBRATION DANCE" 8pm - 12pm Cherokee Rm. Sponsored by O.E.S. IS Albha PM Albha Fraternity Cook-out 4 All Greek Sponsored Party in the Granoroom-from 9pm - 12pm 5 3 fir''■""'' pt: •«:^ ate in Reading Education from the University of Georgia. She has been with the center since July of 1990 and says the WCU Reading Center serves this region by taking referrals from teachers, counselors, principals and parents. As of now, the center is not built to be course-specific, but will work with anyone on textbook and study skills. Franson has help from three graduate students and Education majors in the EDRD 473/573 class. This Reading Diagnosis and Correction course, gives the students experience in giving a diagnosis, working one on one with a client, and doing a course evaluation. The Reading Center pairs a school-age client and a WCU student for the practicum phase of the class. The WCU center had thirteen clients last fall, and the Camp Laboratory School branch in Cullowhee had twenty- eight clients. This semester there are twenty-three students enrolled. The reading center is open from eight to five each weekday. This semester, the clinic will run from February 7 to May 2, every Thursday from 4:00 to 5:30. They are already taking names on a waiting list for the summer session. A goal for the Reading Center, Franson says, "is to conduct a survey which will show any literacy needs for WCU employees and their family members." The WCU reading center's most important goal is to let people know we are here," Franson says. The staff chooses to take a positive approach and focus on clients abilities, rather than bring them down by magnifying their weak points. Transportation is a problem, so a possible goal is a mobile reading lab. Franson is looking for a grant "... to take the reading center on the road." Notice It has come to our attention here at the Carolinian that a financial aid information packet has been mailed out to students. Glenn Hardesty in the financial aid office encourages those students seeking financial aid to get their information from the financial aid office or the library. Following this course will save the student both time and money. NEWS Campus Corner Public Safety Reports PEOPLE / ENTERTAINMENT Hubie the Dead Cow Outland SPORTS Cats "Nip" Bulldogs Catamounts edge Tech Letters to the Editor Student on the Street

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: 1991-01-31
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