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Western Carolinian Volume 68 Number 08

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  • Peb.15'& Feb. 17 Western Carolina Universitys Catamount Concert Series will swing into jazz with a pair of free performances in February in Cullowhee and Cashiers. The WCU Jazz Combo, featuring pianist Pavel Wlosok, assistant professor of jazz, will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, in the recital hall of Coulter Building on the Western campus. The performance will feature music by Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, as well as original compositions by members of the combo. Wlosok also will perform jazz selections at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, in a recital at the Albert Carlton Cashiers Community Library. The Catamount Concert Series, a yearlong series of performances designed to showcase the talents of Westerns music department faculty for audiences across the mountains, features a broad array of music, ranging from classical to jazz. Admission to all performances is free of charge. For information on the Catamount Concert Series, contact Western's music department at (828) 227-7242. Join the Relay for Life - wc_news@email .wcu.edu Jazz Performances Set for Cullowhee, Cashiers Congress to Campus Program Students To Get Inside Look Into Government Western Carolina University students will hear about the importance of public service and get an inside look at American government and politics when two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives visit campus Feb. 17-20 through the Congress to Campus program. Retired congressmen Lloyd Meeds of Washington and William H. Zeliff Jr. of New Hampshire will meet with political science and public affairs classes, student political organizations, university administrators and local elected officials. During their visit, Meeds and Zeliff also will give a public presentation at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, in the recital hall of the Coulter Building on the Western campus. The program, Were From the Government and We're Here to Help You, is open to the public WCU Prepares for Annual Event Western Carolina University is holding its Second Annual Relay For Life on Friday, April 2 and Saturday, April 3 from 7 p.m. on Friday to 7 a.m. on Saturday. The event will take place on the Cullowhee campus at the Univer- sity Center courtyard. The purpose of the Relay For Life event on the campus is to pursue the mission statement and objectives of the American Cancer Society at Western, in hopes of creating cancer awareness, implementing cancer education, and impacting the students, faculty, and staff. There will be two upcoming team captains meetings before the event and all are welcome to participate. Please send one representative from your team or organization to receive Relay For Life information. Team Captain Information: Meetings will take place on Wednesday, February 18 and Wednesday, March 17, 8 - 9 p.m. in the student conference room on the third floor of the University Center. Relay For Life is the American Cancer Societys signature event. For more information, please sign on to the American Cancer Society Web site at www.cancer.org Physical Therapy Masters Program Graduate Program Gets Reaccredidated Western Carolina Universitys masters degree program in physical therapy recently received notification of reaccredidation by a national organization that ensures high stan- dards in physical therapy programs. After a thorough review of Westerns program, accreditation was granted by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education of the American Physical Therapy Association. Westerns physical therapy program began offering course work in the fall of 1996. Last April, for the second consecutive year, the program earned a perfect score on the professions national licensing examination, with 100 percent of test-takers from Westerns program passing on their first attempt. For more information about Westerns program in physical therapy, call (828) 227- 7070, or click on the Web at www.wcu.edu/aps/pt. free of charge. The Congress to Campus program is sponsored by the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress and is designed to address the civic learning and engagement deficit among American college students. The program sends bipartisan pairs of former Congress members - one Democrat and one Republican - to colleges and universities across the country to conduct classes, community forums, individual student meetings and other activities. Americas young people have grown disenchanted with the political process over the past several years, a phenomenon often referred to as civic illiteracy, said Chris Cooper, assistant professor of political science and public affairs at WCU. Thats unfortunate, because our nations democratic form of government depends upon an educated citizenry and the availability of well-informed leaders willing and able to serve at all levels of government. The Congress to Campus program is designed to help reinvigorate interest among young people in citizenship, voting and public service. The former congressmen who take part in Congress to Campus provide students, faculty and community members with an authentic and candid insiders look at the workings of American government and politics, Cooper said. They try to present a living demonstration of what ought to typify our representative system - decent people with different points of view who are able to discuss constructive ways to work through their differences to solve public problems, he said. Meeds, a Democrat, was a seven-term member of the U.S. House, where he served on the House Rules Committee, the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, and the Committee on Education and Labor. He also chaired the Interior Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources. Before his election to Congress in 1964, Meeds was the prosecuting attorney for Snohomish County, Washington. He has returned to private practice, where he focuses on legislative advocacy using his extensive knowledge of the procedures of the House of Representatives. His particular interests are education and natural resources issues, and he supervises and participates in the passage of measures ranging from simple amendments to complex legislation in both the House and U.S. Senate. Meeds has consistently been ranked by Washingtonian magazine as one of the most effective lobbyists. Zeliff, a New Hampshire Republican, was elected to Congress in 1990, serving until his retirement in 1997. As deputy whip, Zeliff helped create and implement the House agenda. He was chairman of the House Government Reform Committees subcommittee on national security, international affairs and criminal justice, and also served on the House Transportation Committee and on subcommittees on surface transportation, water resources and aviation. Zeliff is author of the A to Z Budget Cutting Tool used by members of Congress to encourage fiscal responsibility. He is a founding partner of Zeliff, lreland and Associates, a government relations and marketing firm, and he successfully rebuilt and operated three small businesses, winning the New Hampshire Restaurant and Lodging Associations Innkeeper of the Year Award in 1988. For more information about Congress to Campus activities at Western, contact the department of political science and public affairs at (828) 227-7475.
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