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WCU wins three of five in South II Regional Tourney Pick of the Flicks ... Lethal Weapon 3 see pg. 4 The Western Carolinian Public Safety 2 Counselor's Corner....4 Calendar of Events..8 Pick of the Flicks 4 Letters to Editor 3 From the Press Box....6 Student on Street 3 Sports Scoreboard 7 Volume 58, Number 1 Thursday, June 18, 1992 Cullowhee, North Carolina THURSDAY, June 18, 1992 Briefly Campus Watch SART opens with Corpse! The Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre (SART) opens Corpse! in Mars Hill June 19-21, and again June 24-28. Evening performances begin at 8:15 p.m. and matinees on Saturdays and Sundays will begin at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $11 for adults and $10 for students and senior citizens. For reservations, call (704) 689-1239 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Say YES to summer youth Say yes to economically disadvantaged summer youth. The Employment Security Commission (ESC) offers employers who hire these youths before Sept. 15 up to $1200 in the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit. Contact Norma Bowen, coordinator, ESC Targeted Jobs Tax Credit program at (919) 733-4896. Catch Me If You Can Theatre, Catch Me If You Can, with Suylva's Kudzu Players. This play is showing tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Niggli Theatre. Cost is $5 for students and senior citizens, and $7 for others. Call 586-8133 or, after 6 p.m., 586- 2309 for reservations. For information, see Features page 4. GMAT exam to be given The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) will be administered at the Natural Science Auditorium this Saturday, June 20 at 8 a.m. for more information, call 227-7469. Great Smokies Rodeo Tickets for the Great Smokies Rodeo are currently on sale at the Ramsey Regional Activity Center for June 26- 27. For more information, see News page 2. "Stained Paintings" opens James Smyth opened a June exhibition entitled "Stained Paintings" at the Chelsea Gallery in the University Center. His show feathres work in acrylic stained still-life. For more information, see Features page 4. Father's Day gift for the golfer For a Father's Day gift that any golfer would appreciate, the 1992 Golf Priviledge Card from the American Lung Association is on sale through the local Western Regional Office. Contribute $35 and the card entitles its bearer visits to 65 courses in the piedmont and western Carolina areas without paying greens fees. For more information, call the Alanc, Western Office at (704) 252-2071 or write to Golf Priviledge Card, PO Box 2702, Asheville, NC 28802. Excavation surfaces Indian artifacts Jennifer Mann News Writer School board members and construction crews got a lesson in history when two prehistoric Indian villages were found at the 52-acre site of the new Cullowhee Valley School alongside Highway 107, at the entrance of Speedwell Road in Cullowhee across from Western Carolina University. David Moore, archaeologist with the state office of Archives and History is currently excavating the site. Development began in February to build a new elementary school there. "One of Anne Roger's students from WCU called me because he was watching the construction and he saw What he thought was ahuman burial," said Moore. Moore was then called in because by slate law, a burial site cannot be disturbed under the Unmarked Human Burial Remains Act without notification to the State Historic Preservation Office - which would remove the remains. Moore said that there were sites all over WCU's campus, but they were destroyed because the laws that now protect them were non-existent at the time. The student had actually discovered a trash pit with animal remains found. Moore said he was then positive that human burials would be present and the archaeological dig began. Moore worked with a group of volunteers from WCU and Appalachian State University to uncover three burial pits. Moore said two of the burial pits had minor remains such as fragments of bone, a femur, and a skull. The third burial pit contained no remains. The remains of a ceremonial structure, or an earth lodge, has also been found on this site. Although many artifacts such as pottery fragments, spearheads, and arrowheads have been found, Moore is not sure which type of Indians lived in this village. The village, Moore said, is on formal size which is one to two acres. The village dates between Carolinian photo by Laura Adams These two volunteers are digging charcoal out of an old hearth to be analyzed to help determine the diet of the Indians. The remains of corn and beans have already been identified. 700 and 1200 A.D. A second, more recent village site has now been discovered and Moore said there will probably be burials in this village also. The "new village" is estimated to date somewhere between the 15th and 17th centuries and is most likely Cherokee. See "Artifacts" Pg. 2 Education program earns accreditation The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) has voted to continue complete accreditation of all teacher education programs offered by Western Carolina University's School of Education and Psychology. NCATE also stated that Western' s teacher education programs met all of the national accrediting agency's standards. Chancellor Myron L. Coulter and Gurney E. Chambers, dean of the School of Education and Psychology, were notified of the reaccreditation following NCATE's recent meeting in Seattle, Wash. NCATE granted full accreditation to all of WCU's teacher education programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The accreditation was granted for a period of five years. The NCATE action comes after an on-campus evaluation of Western's programs in teacher education by a visiting team of educators from across the country last November. The accreditation process began in 1989 with an extensive institutional self-study of WCU's teacher education programs conducted by faculty and staff from Western's School of Education and Psychology. Marilyn Feldmann, associate dean of the school, was coordinator of the self-study effort. The National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education is the only national accrediting agency that is recognized by both the U.S. Department of Education and the independent Council on Postsecondary Accreditation. Western's teacher education programs have been accredited by the organization since NCATE was founded in 1954. NCATE accreditation certifies that programs have been independently evaluated, found to meet standards of quality, and are appropriate for the preparation of educators. NCATE accredits approximately 520 institutions across the United States. The agency has raised its standards considerably over the past several years. Of the 259 professional education units that have been reviewed under the redesigned NCATE system, approximately 30 percent have been denied accreditation on firstreview, according to Arthur E. Wise, NCATE president. The fact that Western's School of Education and Psychology received full reaccreditation on first review speaks highly of the caliber of its programs in teachereducation, Chambers said. "Trie entire process is quite thorough. From the self- study, through the external evaluation and the review process, it is evident that NCATE seeks to certify only programs that are of proper quality and are deserving of public trust and support," he said. "I am especially pleased that we met all standards, as it is unusual for an institution to meet all NCATE standards," Chambers said. "Our faculty and staff work very hard to provide worthy programs, and it is very pleasing to be rewarded with this type of professional recognition." The School of Education and Psychology is still awaiting the results of a similar evaluation by the State Department of Public Instruction. State evaluators also visited WCU in November, and results are expected later this year. Chinese delegation views CIML, MPM Need for economic development lead to interest in project management master's program, CIML An economic development training program for some of China's most impoverished regions could result from discussion under way between WCU, representatives of the People's Republic of China, and the World Bank. An eight-man Chinese delegation was in Cullowhee the first week in June to meet with university officials about Chinese needs and the potential for the program. The Chinese are interested in WCU's Center for Improving Mountain Living (CIML), a technical assistance and service unit specializing in rural economic and social development. It has a 15- year record in international service. Western's technical assistance and faculty exchange programs with China were factors in WCU's identification by the World Bank as a potential source of assistance, according to James E. Dooley, vice chancellor for university services. The Chinese delegation, Dooley said, is concerned because the impoverished regions have not had sustained movement toward development and economic recovery, parUy because of meager local resources and lack of adequate infrastructure to support enterprise. First steps in the national project likely would begin at local levels with assessment of intermediate problems and potentials, Dooley said. The university would provide classroom and field training for potential local leaders, CIML Director Robert Gurevich said, and key personnel from China would pursue advanced degrees at WCU. The university's project management master's degree program would have special relevance for the Chinese, according to Ellerd Hulbert, WCU director of international development. Gao Hong-Bin, deputy director of China's State Council Leading Group for Economic Development of Poor and Remote Areas, led the Chinese delegation. Others included the program officer from the Chinese International Center for Economic and Technical Exchange; the deputy director of the National Training Center for Poverty Area Development; representatives from three regional centers; an agricultural ministry official; and Peter P. C. Sun of the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank. WCU campus disability programs receive award WCU has been selected as one of two universities nationally to receive an award for innovative campus programs designed to meet the needs of students, staff and faculty with disabilities. Western and the University of Maine at Augusta were chosen for the 1991 awards given by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), the National Organization on Disabilities, and the J.C. Penney Co. to showcase model programs that increase access to higher education by persons with disabilities. Four other institutions - - Stephen F. Austin State University, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Memphis State University and California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo - - received commendations for their programs. "The university is committed to providing outstanding services for students with disabilities and has extended efforts beyond basic requirements," -Bonita Jacobs, Dean, Student Development vices for students with disabilities as well as for its program for students with learning disabilities. Western's program includes individualized attention for all students with disabilities, one- on-one academic counseling, and an educational support plan which is tailored to each student in the program, according to Bonita Jacobs, dean for student development, who nominated WCU. "The university is com mitted to providing outstanding services for students with disabilities and has extended efforts beyond basic require- See"AASCU"Pg.2 Norton heir property to be purchased AASCU President James B. Appleberry said WCU was chosen for its overall ser- WCU has received approval from the North Carolina Council of State to purchase 9.2 acres of land adjacent to the north side of campus at a cost of about $300,000. The land, known locally as the Oscar Norton heirs property, lies along the ridge north of the university's picnic area and golf instruction/practice range. The tract is contiguous to the cam pus on all but one corner and includes a small one-story house and some outbuildings. C. Joseph Carter, WCU vice chancellor for business affairs, said the acquisition fulfills a longstanding objective of the university to acquire the property. "The ridgeline property forms a natural boundary for the north side of campus and will be a valuable asset for future expansion," Carter said. "It also assures that its future use will be compatible with the university's mission and operations." The purchase had been previously approved by the university's board of trustees and the University of North Carolina system board of governors.

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: 1992-06-18
  • Date digitized: 2019-10-09
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  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
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