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Volume 57 Number 24 News The Western Carolinian Page 3 Thursday. April 9, 1992 Upward Bound students reciprocate help Every time Western Carolina University freshman Emily Jordan and Marea Davis report to work at the Upward Bound program, they give back to the system some of the skills and values they gained from it. Jordan and Davis, both age 19, were Upward Bound participants in high school. They now find themselves on the other side of the fence, working part-time for the program that helped them generate the academic skills and motivation necessary for post-secondary education. Jordan, daughter of Sandy and Gene Jordon of Andrews, tutors English, mathematics, U.S. history and politicial science to Andrews High School students who not so long ago were her schoolmates. Among 15 academically talented WCU students hired as Upward Bound tutors, she is the only freshman. Davis, granddaughter of Ki and Wilma Davis of Canton, is a student assistant in the Upward Bound office, where she is learning microcomputer skills for projects ranging from business correspondence to newsletter production, in addition to the envelope-stuffing and photocopying duties normally assigned to work-study students. Both Jordan and Davis say Upward Bound helped them realize they could succeed in college. "The Upward Bound staff was always really supportive of me," said Jordan. "They encouraged me to apply to the colleges I was interested in, including schools I thought were out of my range. They also helped out with the applications for admission and financial aid and worked with me to meet my deadlines." As a result, Jordan was accepted by all the colleges she applied to, receiving scholarship offers from them as well. She chose WCU because it gave her the best financial aid package, and because she knew from her summers with Upward Bound'sresidential program thatshe was going to like Cullowhee. Davis said she received similar support from the staff and learned early in high school to believe she could make it to college and succeed in her work. Shealso learned, while still in high school that campus life is not as difficult as many students fear. "I was glad when I came to college that I had been in the summer program because I already had the experience of living with a lot of other people day and night, and I got to meet and learn to get along with people of different backgrounds," Davis said. Because Davis was comfortable with dorm and campus life, she avoided the "freshman blues" and she was able to devote more time to studies. "I was less afraid of college than when I passed from middle school to junior high." Upward Bound, which has been at WCU since 1971, is a federally funded, college-based program of rigorous academic instruction, in dividual tutoring and personal counseling aimed at high school students who might otherwise be unable to attain post-secondary education. Those services are provided to participating students throughout the academic year, in addition to a variety of cultural, educational and recreation group activities. Administered by WCU's Trio Programs, Upward Bound includes a residential component in which participating students li ve on the Western campus for six weeks of intensive academic study with emphasis on English, mathematics, science, reading, writing and cultural competence. Students begin the program with a battery of tests to determine their individual strengths and weaknesses. Instruction is personalized, often with as few as four students per teacher. Individual and group counseling also are important elements of the program. A study undertaken in the 1980' s found that more than 90% of Upward Bound graduates nationwide enter institutions of higher learning, according to the National Council of Educational Opportunity Associations. Those students are more than twice as likely to enroll as students from similar backgrounds were not Upward Bound participants.. Also, Upward Bound graduates were four times as likely to earn undergraduate degrees in the normal college time-frame than students from similar backgrounds who did not participate in Upward Bound.. WCU's Upward Bound program is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and serves Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and Swain counties and the Qualla Boundary of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians. Upward Bound is free of cost to eligible participants. The program is now recruiting rising ninth through 11th grade students for its summer and academic year activities. Thisyear'ssummerpro- gram is scheduled for June 14 through July 25. Additional information is available by calling the Upward Bound office at 227-7158. Western to host N. C. State History Day I RIVER HOUSE I RESTAURANT | *—_ * ^ rjfe^- ' $$* COUPON $$$* I i 5% OFFFOR WCU STUDENTS SPRING SPECIAL It will be history in the making Saturday, Apr. 11, as West- em Carolina University takes over the reigns of the North Carolina State History Day competition. Approximately 250 students from across the state will vie for top honors in 14 categories, and for the right to compete in National History Day to be held in June at the University of Maryland. For the past several years, North Carolina History Day has been held in Winston-Salem under the sponsorship of Wake Forest University. This year's competition marks the first time ever that WCU' s History Department serves as sponsor of the state wide event. Western is the longest $$$ COUPON $$$i •.- — -a-. _ — ___.* Old 107 293-5736 Open: Lunch: Mon. Fri, 11:00-2:00 Dinner: Tues.- Sat. 5:00-9:00 */*Ar#Ar/*Ar*A'/ir/VAr*/rA'ArAr#/v#Ar##ArArA'ArA'Ar#ArArArA'#A'ArA'ji'A MOVING r- ■ njJflH L0CAL 0R ^B-—■JHaajfii DISTANCE Anywhere U.S or Canada • Reasonable (704) 586-1480 „„ --JOSTENS-- You'U never see prices this low again V#3 JOSTENS pitr. APRIL 13TH, 14TH AND 15TH ^^ WCU BOOKSTORE DEPOSIT: 11:00 4:00 Place:. M«80(CP69S) $20.00 MrMNt auNt «IUM 3C «* sponsor of the Eight Education District regional contest, which had won acclaim as the most successful History Day program in the state. Winners of the district competition traditionally fare well at the state level; 21 of the 28 winners of last year's State contest came from the Eighth Education District, said Brian Walton, WCU associate professor of history and coordinator of the state History Day competition. This year's state contest will be held in Karpen Hall on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Asheville and will be hosted by the Buncombe County Board of Education. Students will compete in two divisions; junior (grades six through eight) and senior (grades nine through 12); in seven categories; paper, individual and group media presentation, individual and group performance, and individual and group project. The top two finishers in each event will advance to the National History Day competition. Schools participating in the state contest include: Beaufort County — Belhaven Junior High School. Buncombe County — Erwin and Reynolds high schools; Reynolds, Valley Springs and North Buncombe middle schools. Chowan County — John A. Homes High School. Cleveland County — Bums Middle School. Davidson County — North Davidson Middle School and Northwest Elementary School. Forsyth County — East Forsyth and Mount Tabor high schools and Wiley Middle School. Gaston County — Holbrook Junior High School. > Gates County — Central Middle School. Madison County r~ Marshall Elementary School. Pasquotank County — Weedsville Elementary School arid Elizabeth City Junior High School Pitt County—Greenville' Middle School, St. Peter's School and J.H. Rose and D.H. ConfeV high schools. Surry County — Nortli Elkin School National History Day; headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio', began in 1974 and currently involves 500,000 students from 48* states and the District of Columbia who compete for scholarships) prizes and national recognition. Nearly 1000 OM students compete It'll be a meeting of minds when nearly 1,000 students from across North Carolina converge at Western Carolina University for the state Odessey of the Mind tournament Monday, Apr. 13. It also will be a matching of wits in the creative problemsolving events all day at the Ramsey Re gional Activity Center. Students competing at WCU have already won in six district tournaments. First-place winners at WCU will advance to the OM finals in Boulder, CO., May 26-31. Odyssey of the Mind promotes divergent thinking and offers students a chance to participate in The Christian Shop<Z>< \ $$SALE$$ CDmrfsttnaiim M@ssaig© T°sIhMs j ffiuny ©im® = secdDimdl ©nn® 1/2 pirikc© l Expires 4-30-92 ^MMMMMMMnMMMMMMMMMMMMMI Just Arrived! Prophit by Frank Peretti i i i i i i i challenging and motivating activities. The tournament includes long- term and spontaneous events. This year's long-term events are: Hybrid Relays, where teams design, build,' and run five small vehicles; Delayed Reaction, in which they'll movj; weights to complete tasks in a de-] layed manner; Classics... Alice in. Wonderland, involving the creation and presentation of a performance; Atlas, die, building of a balsa-woocL structure that can hold weight; Architecture: the OMument, where students, present a skit that includes an original monument; and Scientific Clowns, in which they'll create clowns and perform skits. For more information, call tournament director Eleanor Lofquist, Western Carolina University School of Education and Psychology, (704)227-7312. 440 East Main St. Cullowhee Road, beyond Ingles on the left. Mon.-Fri.: 9:00-5:30 Sat. 9:00-4:30 See your Josteni representative for details. Some restrictions may apply No other promotions may be used on these styles WCU ~~^y BOOKSTORE -T; ■a^B||HIH 227-7346 .a^»*t^■—■—a^a^-; -; Ililil llllliilill liillll

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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: 1992-04-09
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