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Cats bounce back from recent losses; beat G-W 102-90 ■Sports 6 Prince ofTides - A movie experience, review on Page 5. The Western Carolinian SGA Reports .2 Public Safely 2 Letters to Editor 3 Student on Street 3 Counselor's Comer....4 Out of Bounds 7 Sports Scoreboard 9 Intramural Scene .8 Volume 57, Number 19 Thursday, February 20, 1992 Cullowhee, North Carolina THURSDAY, Feb. 20,1992 Briefly Campus Watch Surveys, surveys The Marriot Corporation will be on campus Monday, Feb. 24 to pass out surveys concerning food service. It is important that all students participate in order to better evaluate the WCU food service. Credit Cards and you Some sound advice about credit cards. If you have a card or are thinking about getting one then see Features Page 4. AXA shakes cans Lambda Chi Alpha and REACH of Jackson County will be holding a can-shake fundraiser on Feb. 22. For more information see Features Pg. 4. Miss Asheville Senior Lynne Wells holds the honor of being Miss Asheville. She will be competing for the title of Miss North Carolina later this year. Read more about her on Features Pg. 4. Howell to sing Songstress Maria Howell, who performed in The Color Purple will be performing Tuesday Feb. 25 at 9 p.m. in the Grandroom of the U. C. She will perform a romantic blend of jazz and rhythm & blues. Howell is a native of Gastonia and has performed with Patti LaBelle, Nancy Wilson, George Benson and Ray Charles. Doors open at 8:30 p.m. and free pizza will be provided by Pizza Hut. Admission is $1 for students and $3 for all others. For more information call 227-7206. Music recital to be Feb. 25 The Western Carolina University music department faculty will present a recital of music by popular American composers Tuesday, Feb. 25. The "American Composers Recital" will begin at 8 p.m. in the recital hall of the Music-English Building of WCU. There will be no charge for admission. WCU music faculty members performing at the recital will be Robert Holquist, bass-baritone; Mary Kay Bauer, soprano; and Paul Basler, piano. For more information, contact the WCU music department at telephone 227-7242. Experience sparks alcohol awareness Jon Mayhew News Writer The night of Jan. 29 nearly ended in death for one WCU student, and alcohol overdose can be attributed as the reason. According to a public safety report in the Feb. 6 issue of The Western Carolinian, "A male student in Walker Dorm overdosed on alcohol at 10:20 p.m. The victim was transported to CJ. Harris Hospital where he experienced full respiratory and cardiac arrest." The victim, 19-yearoldGe (pronounced Jay) Veng was revived and is now back at Western attending classes. "All I remember is watching the [basketball] game,"said Veng. "I couldn't remember seeing the game, because it was blurry. I had six shots of Everclear," admitted the sophomore from Marion. "I also had a little bit of beer at the game. I remember sitting there, and the next thing I do remember is being at the hospital." The shots of Everclear were consumed in about 40 minutes. The fact that Veng is lucky to be alive was echoed by WCU Director of Public Safety, Gene MacAbee; WCU Housing Director, Randy Rice; and Graham Infirmary physician, Dr. Jeff Davis. "Alcohol Overdose is when a certain quantity of alcohol is consumed in a short period of time," said Davis. "There are very few symptoms in detecting alcohol overdose, since alcohol is a sedative a very depressant kind of drug. By the time most people are at the point of being truly drunk, they have all the symptoms of intoxication: clumsiness, slurred speech, confusion. At some point there's stomach sickness, and usually people know to either quit then or pass out before it gets too far." "Alcohol is the sneakiest drug around," says WCU Housing Director, Randy Rice. "It's a miracle the young man's even here. Residence Hall staff and WCU students are credited with saving the young man's life. If they had not intervened when they did, the See "Overdose" Pg. 2 PMI recognizes local members Kimberly Shively News Writer Western Carolina University management professors Francis M. Webster and John R. Adams along with staff members Shirley Perker and S andy Jenkins were recently recognized by the Project Management Institute. Webster received the Fellow Award which is the most prestigious award recognizing members who have contributed and promoted professionalism in the field of project management for ten years. Being the editor-in-chief of Project Management Journal, Webster directs a staff of six at the Project Management Institute of Communications office located in WCU's School of Business. The institute publishes a quarterly journal and PM Network, a magazine that comes out eight times a year. Webster also conducts workshops and surveys and serves on Project Management's Board of Directors. Webster has a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri, master's degree from Carnegie-Mellon University and a doctorate from Michigan State University. Before Webster joined the WCU faculty in 1982, he was manager of the corporate operations research unit at Chrysler Corporation, where he developed software and was a consultant on new car development and space projects such as the Saturn booster. Adams is the first president of the Project Management Institute Foundation, a new non-profit agency for academic research and service operations. Adams has received a presidential citationfor"fur- thering professionalism." Hehasbeen a Fellow of the Institute since 1983, and he is currently the chairman of Project Management Institute's accreditation committee. Adams holds a doctorate in business administration fromSyra- cuse University. He was a behavioral scientist at the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, assistant for academic affairs at the Air Force Institute of Technology, and was involved in various projects and consulting jobs for the Air Force before coming See "PMI" Pg. 2 Senior guard Terry Boyd played his Final home game last night in a 26 point effort against Gardner Webb. Boyd is pictured here with his mother and WCU head basketball coach Greg Blatt. Boyd's mother holds the plaque of appreciation given to her son for his outstanding play and leadership as a Catamount. OSHA program yields 22 certificate recipients Ned Vaughn-Lloyd, Safety Director for the North Carolina Industrial Commission, presented lectures this past November in two Western Carolina University Industrial Safety classes. His presentation to students focused on three issues, compliances with workers compensation law, the August 1991 N.C. Supreme Court decision allowing employees under certain circumstances to sue their employers for damages resulting from serious workplace accidents and the Federal OSHA program forcing N.C. OSHA to share enforcement of workplace safety inspections. There was a lively exchange of comments between Vaughn-Lloyd and students regarding workers compensation benefits. Students feltthere was alack of effort on the part of the state of North Carolina regarding educating employees about workers compensation benefits. Mr. Vaugn-Lloyd reminded students that by law a workers compensation poster advising employees of benefits must be displayed in N.C. businesses and industries. Students interested in the N.C. Industrial commission - WCU Occupational Safety Certificate program can contact Robert Dalley in the Industrial and Engineering Technology Department. 1991 marks the tenth year Western Carolina University and the North Carolina Industrial Commission have co-sponsored the Occupational Safety Certification Program offered by the Industrial and Engineering Technology Department at WCU. During the past decade some 250 students have completed certification requirements. Students completing certification requirements in 1991 include Jodie Cooke, Sylva; Jason Crooks, Claremont; Calvin Gist-Greenville, SC; Bryan Green, Durham; Carolyn Rogers, Asheville; Gail Morris, Waynesville; Brad Pickerel, Glenville; Randall Todd, Lawndale; David Richardson, Yale; Susan Harris, Asheville; David Bryant, Brevard; and Jacqueline House, Asheville. Certification course requirements parallel the professional safety course requirements of the American Society of Safety Engineers. Courses include a health and first aid requirement. Industrial S afety Standards, Safety System Management, and Environmental Instrumentation. Students from any major are eligible for Occupational Safety Certification. Placement for students completing the course of study has been excellent with the employment demand exceeding the number of students completing the program. Insurance companies, consulting firms, industrial hygienist, safety consultant, education and training director, safety director, emergency services director, sales representative, and compliance enforcement officer. Additionally, many students accept collateral duty job assignments where safety responsibility is apart time responsibility. Finally, students completing the occupational safety program have had an outstanding record of career advancement. See "OSHA" Pg. 2 Senior Gift Program underway TheWesternCarolinaUni- versity office of University Advancement and a committee of eleven seniors have set out to better the campus for generations to come. The committee has been set up to implement a Senior Gift Program. This program will allow seniors a chance to give something back to the university. The committee is madeupof eleven seniors who represent a variety of groups on WCU's campus. The overall objective of this committee is to reach out to all seniors, not just selective groups. The main idea behind the Senior Gift Program is for the senior class to designate a gift for the uni versity and then raise the money to purchase the gift. The committee firmly believes that the gift should be designated by the Seniors. This program is undertaken by college seniors across the country every year to better their respective campuses. This committee with the help of Dr. Chuck Ambrose, Assistant to the Chancellor for University Advancement and Jim Manring, Director of WCU Loyalty Fund, have set out to establish a strong and thriving Senior Gift Program that will be here for many See "Gift" Pg. 2 Outlook good for Health Info. Personnel The North Carolina Medical Record Association has launched an aggressive public campaign to fill what experts predict will be a dramatically increased need for health information personnel in hospitals, physicians' offices, and other healthcare settings within the next ten years. This means increased job opportunities and an expanded career path for people interested in a healthcare career that involves little or no direct patient contact. The Institute of Medicine in a 1990 report to congress on allied health professions predicted that the demand for medical record technicians will increase by 75 percent by the year 2000. Only one other allied health profession - - physical therapy - - is expected to grow faster. And, that dramatic increase does not even take into consideration the growing need for health information profes sionals in insurance companies and other healthcare related businesses and groups. Deanie Auton, RR A, heads up the state-wide campaign. "Our association takes this rapidly increasing need for more health information professionals very seriously. We also know that we have to make sure that tomorrow's professional has the right education, training and skills to manage vitally important information. That's why we've chosen as our campaign theme, 'Start Today to Shape Tomorrow." said Auton. The campaign will be targeted at specific groups most likely to choose health information as a profession - - high school and college students as well as second career adults. It employs See "Medical" Pg. 2 CIML to offer workshop on patent issues The Small Business and Technology Development Center at Western Carolina University's Center for Improving Mountain Living will offer a free workshop on patent and copyright issues Tuesday, Feb. 25, in Hickory. The "Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Inventors Workshop" will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Catawba Valley Business and Technology Center in the First Plaza Building, located at 1985 Tate Blvd., Hickory. Topics to be covered include: determining product eligibility for patent protection, filing patent applications, intellectual property laws, copyright laws, copyright registration, and pro cesses for establishing trademarks. Among the experts who will be on hand are Art MacCord Jr., patent attorney with the Law Offices of Rhodes; Coats and Bennett of Greensboro; Karen Giroux, Director of Technology Development for the Small Business and Technology Development Center; Walton Jones, Director of the Catawba Valley Business and Technology Center; and Rand Reidrich of the University of North Carolina's Business and Technology Extension Service which is presenting the program. For reservations or more information, contact Rand Reidrich at telephone (704) 327- 0007.

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: 1992-02-20
  • Date digitized: 2019-10-07
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