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Cats lose 27-24 in third overtime See page 6 ■■yrareairem™ Student Senate met Tuesday, 12 resolutions brought to floor s«Page2 The Western Carolinian P""—1 WiiiMiBil SGA Reports 2 Counselor's Corner 4 Public Safety 3. Out of Bounds 6 Letters to Editor 4 Sports Scoreboard 7 Student on Street 4 Intramural Scene 6 Volume 57, Number 12 Thursday, November 7, 1991 Cullowhee, North Carolina THURSDAY, Nov.7, 1991 Briefly Campus Watch Jazz Ensemble The Western Jazz Ensemble will perform tonight at 8 p.m. in the recital hall of the Music- English building. The concert is free of charge and open to the public. Wind Ensemble Western's Wind Ensemble be giving a concert next Thursday night, Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. in the recital hall of the Music-English building. This concert is also free of charge, and open to the public. Don't look for us! The Western Carolinian has two remaining issues before the semester break. November 14th and 21st will be our last two papers until January 23, 1992! Out of Bounds... Robbie's serious this time. Doug Mead has gone too far, and Robbie's here to set things straight. Column on page 6. Art entry wins Two design students from Western received an honorable mention in a competition, and work is also featured in in Metropolis magazine. Story on page 4. Faculty of month Robin Kowalski, a psychology professor, has been chosen as faculty of the month by the Mortar Board. Martha Niles was chosen as staff member of the month. Congratulations to both! Poetry reading Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver will read from her works next Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 8 p.m. in the recital hall of the Music-English building. Admission is $5 for adulths and $3 for youths aged 4-18 and WCU students with I.D. Auxiliary Food Services under fire Jennifer Mann News Editor Western Carolina University Auxiliary Food Services has recently come under fire from several current and former cafeteria employees and WCU students. Employees complain about their working conditions, while students question if they are receiving the full worth of what they pay for when they purchase a meal plan. "We as employees should not have to work under the old saying 'don't do as I do, do as I say' as a guideline," said WCU Food Service Assistant, Linda Whitmire. Whitmire said she would like to see changes in her work area by an end to "favoritism, double standards, and overall bad moral." Christine Nagler, WCU student and former food service employee, said the cafeterias were extremely short of help. "My reason for leaving was I got sick of the way they were treating me," said Nagler. Nagler blames Cecil Ward, for many of the problems in the cafeterias. "A lot of people take it out on the workers and its not their fault. It's Cecil's fault," she said. Workers complain that they rarely see Ward while they are at work. "I only saw Cecil about two times during the entire estimated three months I worked there," said WCU student and former food service em ployee Keenan Glasgow. Glasgow said he left the job because of low pay and he said supervisors would give him a hard time when he asked for time off to study for a test. "There were times that I had to do two or three jobs at a time and there was no real concern for the workers," said former food service student and WCU student Jonathan Boulden. Another former food service employee observed problems with the food being served. This person would like to remain anonymous and will hereinafter be referred to as "worker." See "Cafeteria" page 2 Carolinian photo by Hunier, apt A worker from the physical plant blows leaves from the sidewalks and natural areas up on the hill area. Catamount week to begin Monday Sylva and Western Carolina University will join again next week for the second annual Catamount Week celebration leading up to Western Carolina's Purple Saturday football batUe with cross-mountain rival Appalachian State. Catamount week was launched last year as an enterprise to re-emphasize Sylva's identity as a university town and Western Carolina's recognition of Sylva as its closest neighbor and hometown shopping center. The success of that first-year effort has planners expecting an even bigger Catamount Week this year. Building on a partnership theme of "It Takes Two," WCU organizers will be putting hundreds of $2 bills in circulation throughout university faculty, staff and students beginning Thursday, Nov. 7. "The idea is to encourage university people to take the $2 bills to Sylva and spend them, to support Sylva and Jackson County as Sylva and Jackson County support the university," said Chuck Baldwin assistant to the chancellorforuniversity advancement. Area merchants plan to offer a number of $2 specials during the promotion, and to display WCU'S familiar purple and gold colors. There is a contest for the merchant window during the week. Catamount Week begins Monday, Nov. 11, with WCU cheerleaders, mascots and university representatives visiting area merchants with buttons, stickers, decals andother items promoting the partnership. Special boxes will be placed in businesses so that patrons may enter drawings for prizes on Friday during the downtown Catamount Week celebration. Participants in the prize drawings may enter at any time during the week, but winners must be present Friday afternoon at the down town celebration to collect the prizes. Throughout the week Western Carolina University students may register on the WCU campus for three cash prizes—$300,$150and$50— to be given away at the downtown celebration Friday. Student registration sites will be both Brown and Dodson cafeterias, the university book and supply store, and the university center. Again, participants must be present at the Friday afternoon celebration to win. Friday's events will begin with a 3 p.m. reception hosted by City Lights book store for WCU authors who have recently published books. The Main Street celebration will begin at4 p.m. as the Catamount Band marches from the fountain at the Jackson County Courthouse to the First Citizens Bank parking lot, site of the of the Friday Catamount Week gathering. Friday afternoon's official program will begin with WCU Chancellor Myron L. Coulter presenting the ceremonial "Key to the University" to Sylva Mayor John Bunn. Bunn presented the "Key to the Town of Sylva" last year to Coulter. Western cheerleaders and other WCU organizations will be performing, as will the Smoky Mountain High School show choir. The Catamount mascots will be available for photographs with children. Radio station WRGC in Sylva and WWCU in Cullowhee will be broadcasting live from Main Street, and several restaurants will be offering special discounts to WCU faculty and students. There will be a special $500 cash award to the WCU organization or group which brings the largest number of supporters to the Friday afternoon celebration. Purple Saturday at WCU will finish Catamount Week. Among Saturday' s events will be a university wide open house for prospective students beginning at 9 a.m. Faculty members will be available to talk about college studies, and campus buildings will be open for tours. Contact the WCU Office of Admissions at 227-7317 for reservations. At 11:30 a.m., the Ramsey Center will be the site for the "World's Biggest Purple Party." The dress will be informal, but definitely purple as WCU fans get ready for the WCU-ASU game. The Purple Party will have entertainment, contests and prizes for the best purple attire, and lots of fun. The meal will feature a ham and potato bar. Tickets to the Purple Party art $7 each and must be purchased by Nov. 12. Call 227-7120 for additional information. Tickets must be purchased in advance for the Purple Party. No tickets will be sold at the door. Everyone is urged to wear purple and attend the 1:30 p.m. Southern Conference game in E J. Whitmire Stadium between the Catamounts and the Appalachian State Mountaineers in the battle for the Old Mountain Jug. Tickets for Saturday's football game are available at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, at the WCU ticket office in Ramsey Center, or at stadium tickets booths beginning at 10:30 a.m. on game day. There will be a dance at 8 p.m. Saturday atP.G. Katz in Hinds University Center, open to everyone. Admission is $3, $1 for WCU students with valid identification cards. Also, the Catamount Club will sponsor a reception for coaching staff and club membership at 8 p.m. at the University Inn in Cullowhee. "We try to run the best food service we can and I believe our prices are very reasonable." --Cecil Ward, Director of WCU Food Service Jennifer«Mann News Editor Cecil Ward, WCU Food Service Director, welcomes the opportunity to respond to food service concerns. "There' s never a day goes by that I don't come in these cafeterias," said Ward. Ward said that he spends from 55 to 60 hours a week working in the cafeterias. During this time, Ward said he openly talks with his employees. "I talk to my people four or five times a year as a group and I'll take anybody head on and talk if they'11 be straight with me," said Ward. Ward discredited the recent letters to the editor in The Western Carolinian. "The stuff in the editorials the other day was unfounded and untrue," said Ward. "You just have to get two or three bitter souls around and that's all it takes to stir the pot." In the Oct. 24 letter to the editor, it was implied that Ward owns the Western Sizzlin' restaurant in Jackson Plaza. "I have never owned lOcents of Western Sizzlin'," said Ward. Ward said he has owned four or five rentals in this area since 1963. In response to employee's complaints that they have to pay for their own lunches, Ward said that was only reasonable. "Keep the finger out of the pie," said Ward. "They're not gonna sit out there and lick their fingers on the job." Recently five employees have quit working for the food service. "This is hard work and people come and go," said Ward. "You have to be dedicated or you just don't hack it" Ward said he deals with each situation individually when a student worker asks for time off to study for a class. "It all depends on the situation and how critical it is because I can' t run this place without some bodies," said Ward. 'This is a different world and people pay in advance for their food." Because of advance payment, Ward said his doors stay open and food is served regardless of the conditions. WCU Auxiliary Food Service is state-owned, but self- supporting. "We run under federal guidelines," said Ward. Ward buys food for both cafeterias, Top of the Stairs, and P. G. Katz because Auxiliary Food Service operates under an umbrella. Everything is bought on bid. Major dealers this month are Institutional Food House out of Hickory, Institutional Jobbers out of Knoxville, National Food Vendor out of Asheville, and the Farmers Market in Asheville. "When I buy, I look at quality, then price, and the delivery," said Ward. Ward said the proposal has been approved to put in a food court. Plans are to have this by Fall 1992. "We try to run the best food service we can and I believe our prices are very reasonable," said Ward. A Food Service Advisory Committee meeting is planned for nextweek to approve the meal plan for the next semester. Resident Hall Assistants will be invited to this meeting and afterwards, they should meet with the people on their resident halls to collect student concerns about the meal plan. Dr. Cosper and Dr. Kherberg will also be present at the meeting as nutritionists. Ward said students should call John McCracken, Director of Auxiliary Services, at 227-7322 if they would like to represent commuters at this meeting. Ward has been with WCU for 35 years and he believes his time has been well spent. "This place has been good to me and I hope I've been good to it," said Ward. Food Service complaints addressed Kimberlee Shively & Jimmy White Staff Writers John McCracken, Director of Auxiliary Services, has commented recently on various complaints concerning Cecil Ward and the University Food Service. The University Food Service consists of P. G. Katz, the Top of the Stairs Restaurant, and both cafeterias. Ward is the director of both cafeterias and lie is in charge of ordering food for all the food services. Ward has been with the university over thirty years. Ward and all other employees of the food services are not hire or contracted, but they are state employees. There is a high labor turnover in the food industry," said McCracken. McCracken made this statement concerning the five employees that recently quit. The consistent loss of supervisors, according the McCracken, is due to their demanding work schedule and other specific personal reasons. As far as working conditions, the employees do get an off-the-clock lunch hour and a fifteen minute break. The employees do have to pay for their meals,but at a greatly reduced price. James Holland, personnel director at WCU said "As far as I know, they're good working conditions [in the cafeterias]. Cecil does work a lot of long hours. As far as I know, things are running well." In response to some disability complaints McCracken said, "WCU is not responsible for working compensation or disability." When there is an on the job accident, workers must go through a specific process with the personnel department. The state then reviews the complaints and decides if compensation will be granted. "Worker's compensation is provided fby the state) for all employees of the university including cafeteria workers," Holland added.

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: 1991-11-07
  • Date digitized: 2019-10-02
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  • Dimension: 22.75" x 14.25"
  • Pages: 8 pages
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  • 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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  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1991-11-07_Vol57_No12
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