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  • 1 Western Carolinian November 10, 1994 Editorial Danny Allen Disappointed by WCU lie Safety, Leaves Job Behind Dear Editor: Last April 15,1 said my good-byes to the students, faculty, and staff of Western Carolina University. I wanted you to know how very much I have appreciated those of you who have offered a kind word, a smile words of encouragement, support, and simply your friendship. Many of you have since inquired about my reason(s) for leaving the University and specifically leaving. These reasons are numerous. Since my employment with WCU (four years) I have experienced endless hours of frustration and disappointment. I decided to leave Western because I can no longer associate myself with a department that does not put the students first in its departmental priorities. In addition, I cannot align myself with individuals who insist on stereotyping and categorizing students based on their race, sex, religion, or affiliation in organizations (such as sororities and fraternities). Finally I refuse to work in an environment where my competence is constantly scrutinized and obstacles are placed in my path to hinder my job performance. The last two years of my employment in particular have been troubling. Issues of racism (regarding all students of color), discrimination of specific student organizations, and a lack of sensitivity of the needs of college students in general are prevalent characteristics of some of WCU's "finest" police officers. These are just a few of the many issues that plague the Department of Public Safety. It is my belief that many of the officers have much to learn in meeting, understanding and appreciating the needs of WCU's diverse student body. Many of you are aware of these injustices, and I hope that as students, faculty, and staff you will be instrumental in assisting the university's police officers in obtaining the skills to meet these necessary standards. Western Carolina University is an outstanding institution and we should all be proud to be members of the "Western family." However we must take a stand against factors such as these that may someday damage the reputation of our university, my own efforts to discuss and address these problems to senior level administrators were either ignored or approached haphazardly with little response and no reprimanding of those officers involved in the concerns. You asked, so there you have it. I left WCU with mixed emotions. I love being a police officer, but the unnecessary daily battles I fought became intolerable for me both mentally and physically. The apathy of my colleagues was often disillusioning. I am certainly dissappointed, angry, and hurt by all that has occurred. However, I also depart with a new found sense of self and a genuine peace of mind. Many of you are responsible for helping me to reach this point of peace and again I say thank you! I wish you much success in the remaining semester and life in general. Sincerely, Danny Allen er Student, Editor of Western Carolini Delivers Eulogy for Dr. McKevlin To the Editor: While attending Homecoming and my ten-year reunion at Western Carolina, I picked up a copy of the Western Carolinian and read the letter from the Editor-in-Chief, 1974, honoring Dr. Dennis McKevlin. The writer noted that a better tribute to Dr. McKevlin "in this paper would have been a literate obituary." I have enclosed the eulogy that I wrote and presented at the recent WCU memorial service honoring Dr. McKevlin. While not an obituary, it summarizes my opinion of Dr. McKevlin as an instructor, a mentor, and a friend. As an English major, I studied four of my major courses under Dr. McKevlin. As I grow older, I have come to treasure even more the time I spent at Western Carolina, and it is my fond hope that every student who attends WCU would have the good fortune to encounter at least one instructor as superb as Dennis McKevlin. I received a splendid liberal arts education in English, French, and history, and I had the good luck to study under several excellent instructors. Sincerely, Monica Henson Smith, Class of 1984 Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Western Carolinian Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte a"Arthur, Arthur,King of Britain, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight These volumes sit in a pine bookcase in my living room. Every time I look at them, I think of Dr. Dennis McKevlin. Those of you who studied under him will recognize those titles. " ... stature and a capacity for feeling deeply and sincerely, admirable religious devotion and singleness of purpose, a sense of humor and a graciousness in social intercourse, a code of honor that can withstand ... major assaults ..." This is James Kreuzer's assessment of the Sir Gawain as rendered by the Pearl Poet. Dr. McKevlin introduced me to the Pearl Poet and his works, and I think that Kreuzer's description applies equally to Dr. McKevlin. With apologies to all of my teachers here today, I must say that Dr. McKevlin was without a doubt the most spellbinding lecturer I have ever encountered. He took the world of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table and opened it like a glittering, jeweled object of art, bathed in the golden light of Camelot for all of us to marvel at. We were amazed by his extensive knowledge of Arthurian lore. He mesmerized us with tales of Sir Lancelot, Sir Gawain, Merlin, Queen Guinevere, Sir Percival and the quest for the Holy Grail. But King Arthur, the dux bellorum, loomed above them all. I studied Latin, the Bible as literature, and medieval British literature under Dr. McKevlin, but my favorite subecjt he taught was the Arthurian legends. Dr. McKevlin taught us about the rules of courtly love and schooled us in chivalry. The perfection of Sir Gawain, his pentangle shield, his noble steed garbed in red, the color symbolizing courage: I could almost reach out and touch the shining tassels, listening to Dr. McKevlin speak. He inspired me to leave law school and become a teacher. I used to sit in torts class at the University of Georgia, daydreaming about how it would be to have my own students, to educate them with all the wonderful knowledge I had gleaned from Dr. McKeviin. Perhaps the greatest tribute I can pay him is to tell you that when I was teaching high school in Atlanta, my own knowledge of the Arthurian legends became well-known among the English faculty, and I was invited by the Gwinneft County language arts coordinators to develop a unit on the legends of King Arthur for other teachers to use. Every single item I placed in that unit, I had learned from Dr. McKevlin. He used to chide his students for giving him what he referred to as the "bovine look." Now I chide my students for giving me that same look. Fortunately, it doesn't happen very often. Dr. McKevlin immensely enjoyed engaging us in pun contests during class discussions, and he always bested us graciously. I saw him every few years after I graduated, and I used to try to thank him and tell him what an enormous influence he had been on me. But he would always brush off my compliments, make a joke, and change the subject. I last saw him in August, and he told me he was getting ready to retire. I was overcome with the desire to tell him right away all of these things I am teiling you today, but I didn't. I expected I would see him again before he left, and I resolved to write him a letter and send to him before he retired. I didn't do it in time, and I regret that I didn't have the chance to tell him how much he had helped to shape my view of the world. This testomonial I offer today is the letter I would have sent him. But I can tell all of you here today, and I want all of you to know: Dr. Nicholas, Dr. Byer, Dr. Farwell, Dr. Wade, Dr. Nienhuis, Dr. Addison, Mr. Paulk, Dr. Higgins, Dr. Jody, Dr. Huguelet, Dr . Meigs, and Dr. Nicholl, what a tremendous influence you had on my life and how much you contributed to my becoming an adult. Much of what I am and who I am, I owe to you, my teachers. Dr. McKeviin never let us leave without a wry or funny story. One of my favorites was • hearing him tell how annoying it was when some instituton, like the telephone company, mistook his name for "McKelvin." I am sure that when he approached Saint Peter, the name written in the Book of Life was spelled "McKelvin." I am equally certain that he saw that it was corrected before he entered the Pearly Gates. He was scholarly, erudite, learned, kindly, and wise. It is thus I will remember him, a gallant, courtly gentleman. He taught me to believe that there really was a King Arthur and a Camelot, and I will do my best to fulfill Dr. McKevlin's legacy of learning with my own students. I leave you with the closing words of the Pearl Poet, from Sir Gawain and the the Green Knight: So in Arthur's time this adventure happened, And the books of Brutus bear witness unto it. And since Brutus the bold first bent his way here After the siege and assault had ceased at Troy, I say: There have been more Adventures such as this. May Jesus Christ forevermore Bring us to his bliss!
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