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Western Carolinian Volume 64 (65) Number 10 (12)

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  • November 10,1999 NEWS WESTERN CAROLINIAN High School in Sylva, and groups of sixth and seventh graders from Enka Middle School near Asheville. "The attendance was uniquely high," Dr. Gordon Mercer, director of the Public Policy Institute, commented. "This shows that there is a very strong interest in the Carter administration, the legacy of the Carter administration, and in our focus today on citizenship." Panel members spoke on issues of citizenship involving the press, law enforcement, and the history of the Carter administration. Hochman followed as the keynote speaker, and discussed the role played in the world by Carter and the Carter Center, using their work as a model for good citizenship. The Carter Center, founded in 1981 after Carter lost re-election, serves worldwide as a Center for peace and is known for it's help in problem solving. The Carter Center works to spread democracy, as well as helping cure and treat diseases in areas such as Africa and South America. "We think of citizenship first in regard to government," Hochman stated about the meaning of citizenship. "Rights and privileges are associated with citizenship, but also the obligations and the responsibilities of citizenship, such as serving on a jury, or holding public office: these are all obligations of citizenship." Hochman told the audience about Carter's need to continue and lead a public OPI Citizenship Conference Sets Attendance Record Madrigal Dinners Planned by Seth R. Sams News Editor Last Thursday, a panel of speakers including Dr. Steven Hochman, assistant to president Jimmy Carter, gave more than 600 people reason to look at their responsibilities as citizens in their community, at WCU, and in their country. The conference on citizenship was sponsored by WCU's Public Policy Institute, made up primarily of students, but including faculty, which examines changes needed in the policies that govern our communities, and by the Western Carolinian. The conference was attended by more than 600 students, faculty, staff, and members of the community, as well as students from Smoky Mountain life, and a life of being the best citizen he could be, instead of simply retiring. It was because of this that Carter built the Center in Atlanta. "American citizenship has always been more," Hochman added. "We don't wait for government to do everything. We Americans organize voluntarily to get things done, and that's part of citizenship, too." After hearing Hochman's speech on the Carter Center, Jimmy Carter, and their relation to citizenship, those in attendance at the conference formed into groups with panel chairs, to discuss citizenship and ways of renewing it. Each group submitted a report to the Public Policy Institute, which will compile those reports into a comprehensive report later this month. You're probably still stuffing your face with candy pilfered from the kids' trick-or-treat bags, but the folks at Western Carolina University have already turned their thoughts toward the Christmas season. Plans are under way for the annual Madrigal Christmas Dinners, and tickets for the popular holiday extravaganza went on sale beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9. A highly anticipated yuletide tradition for the campus and surrounding community since 1970, the dinners are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Dec. 3 and 4, in the Grandroom of A.K. Hinds University Center. The dinners re-create the pageantry, music and food of 16th-century England, with authentic madrigal entertainment and costumes. This year's menu will feature prime rib with Yorkshire pudding, potatoes, grilled vegetables, salad, rolls, beverages and plum pudding with hard sauce. The program begins at 6:30 p.m. and all patrons must be seated by 6:25 p.m. Tables will seat eight patrons each. Tickets are $20 for Western students and $27 for all others. Tickets are available Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. until noon, and 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Tickets may be purchased in person at the University Center Administrative Offices, or by calling 227-7206. All telephone reservations must be paid for with a credit card (MasterCard, Visa or Discover). Reservations are made on a first-come, first-served basis. All sales are final. 1 \ tanning salon 13-3125 located across from post office beside culiowee quick-stop Danny Glover and Felix Justice are coming to Western on February 9, 2000! Interested in Meeting with Glover/Justice Following their 7:00 p.m. Performance??? Pick up and return your application to the University Center administrative offices (2nd floor). Deadline to apply: Tuesday, November 23
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