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  • February 20, 2009 WESTERN CAROLINIAN FEATURES The 2009 Undergraduate Research Exposition at WCU The Advantages of Presenting By Shawndee Jenkins Staff Writer Each year, the WCU Honors College hosts an Undergraduate Research Exposition in the spring semester. Taking place over a four- day period, the expo gives students the opportunity to present their faculty-sponsored projects to oth- er students, as well as the faculty and community of Western Caro- lina University, Though the event is named The Undergraduate Re- search Exposition, submitted work is not limited to research. In an in- terview Dr. Railsback, the Dean of the Honors College, expressed that all undergraduate work is accept- able, including creative submis- sions, performances, poster/port- folio displays, service work, etc. In fact, he encourages students to submit work that best reflects their abilities and interests. This years Undergraduate Research Exposition will be held from Monday, March 23 through Thursday, March 26 in the University Center Grand Room. Presenting at the exposition has numerous benefits. Dr. Railsback mentioned that in a very competi- _ tive work force, especially during a recession, it is important for stu- dents to build a resume for them- selves. Jobs just are not as abundant as they used to be, Dr. Railsback said. Some students are graduating from the university and cannot find jobs. Its not because they werent efficient in their undergraduate de- gree, it is for the reason that they have to compete with so many other graduates in the same boat. The problem is that the selection process Js getting more detailed and jobs _ have a career, such as getting ones name out there for potential em- ployers. You are going to be presenting your whole career; might as well start doing it now while you have the chance to practice, Dr. Rails- back states. In addition to building a resume, the exposition also serves as a re- source to see what others are doing. By presenting or attending, one can be exposed to Westerns academic diversity. There are so many majors and minors offered at the university and as Dr. Railsback jokingly asserts, Ive been here 20 years, and I al- ways learn something new. If youre looking for a broad sense of what Western offers and what students are learning and doing, the exposition is a great resource. Last years exposition featured more students than any of the Uni- versity of NC Colleges and Univer- sities expositions. Some students went on to present at the National Conference on Undergraduate Re- search where they shed academic light on Western Carolina Univer- sity by ranking in the top ten for ac- ceptance for undergraduate present- ing schools. The conferences are great op- portunities to see how good Western Carolina University is compared to other universities; your diploma is only as good as the students who graduate from it, Dr. Railsback claims. Railsback strongly encourages all students to take the opportunity and present their work at this years 2009 Undergraduate Research Ex- position. : ~ KS, being, given to. those > graduates Age UE OM MOTE ceotmarion on the SOY VEE who not only also went a little farther into build- ing their resume. Presenting at the exposition is a great thing to have on a resume because it demonstrates that a student is adequately familiar with his or her field of study. A po- tential employer may view this as a major plus when hiring, said Dr. Railsback. Presenting also helps a student gain the essential skills needed to yi ave a degree, but Undergraduate Research Exposition guidelines and deadlines, check out The Honors College Undergradu- ate Research Website. Students who wish to submit their work need to fill out a submission form, also found on the website, find a faculty sponsor, and then take the form to Bonnie Beam in the Honors College Office in Reynolds Hall. For more information, e-mail Dr. Railsback at brailsba@email. weu.edu. FACULTY PROFILE: Dr. Laura Wright By Shawndee Jenkins Staff Writer Dr. Laura Wright is an assistant professor in the English depart- ment, and is the Director of Gradu- ate Studies in English at Western Carolina University. She received her BA from Appalachian State University, her MA from East Caro- lina University, and her PhD from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, She previously taught at a small liberal arts college in New York, and she currently lives in Asheville, NC. She originally lived and grew up Greensboro, NC. On a daily basis, Dr. Wright is a very involved faculty member. When she arrives on campus, she first returns phone calls, checks her email and prepares for the classes she teaches. She then goes on to teach, but her day does not stop there. She evaluates applications for graduate study and admits po- tential graduate students, not to mention mentoring and advising them as well. On top of all that, she also serves on various committees such as the Faculty Senate where she regularly attends various meet- ings associated with committee work. When she leaves campus, she grades papers and continues work- ing on her own scholarship. Her days are very busy, but Dr. Wright says she does not mind. She considers teaching to be the biggest advantage of her position. T love to teach, and my favorite part of my job is engaging with stu- dents. I love literature and I some- times cant believe how lucky I am to be able to teach it for a living, Wright said. Dr. Wright enjoys the fact that she does not do the same, 8-hour routine everyday. She has plenty of things to fill her day up, but consid- ers the only disadvantage of her job to be the difficulty in separating her work from her personal life. Be- cause it doesnt follow the 9 to 5 schedule, she often doesnt have a lot of time for the other aspects in her life. She finds it hard to leave work at work. Dr. Wright loves being outdoors and practically does everything as- sociated with the outdoors, such as swimming, hiking, walking her dogs, laying in her backyard ham- mock, and running, often five to six miles a day. She watches a lot of movies and considers herself a huge movie buff. Volunteering at Ani- mal Haven in Asheville and Animal Compassion Network are also some of her many hobbies, and if not busy working for Western Carolina Uni- - versity, she says she would own her own no-kill animal shelter. By Curt Collins Contributing Writer I did it again this morning: point- less stop lighting. You know what | mean, sitting at a stoplight from which you can see all intersecting points for hundreds of feet and there is no one coming from either direc- tion and no one to use the lights that are now green. But you have to wait. I want to run them secretly and stealthily, yet I cant. We are all bound to this same fate: slaves to the whims of the intersection engi- neers. The word almost sends shiv- ers down my mental spine: stop... lights. Stopping and lighting. More like stopping and heavying, for I feel heavy every now and then when I move block-to-block, stop- ping and starting, over and over again. Getting nowhere in a hurry is the phrase brought to mind. Not to mention the gas we are all losing, and the money everyones wasting, due to these poorly designed ma- chines for the modern age. You know what hit me recent- ly? Square in the face it nailed me: stoplights cost money...all the time. Twenty four hours a day, 365 days a year, these things are running, cost- ing our tax money, whether anyone is there or not. | wonder if anyone has calculated the power used by all the stoplights in the country and the related coal burned to generate electricity for them? If you do not already know this, coal aint pretty K-the- folks. It is a seriously nasty way to produce energy. Now in no way am I knocking the incredible invention of 1923 by Garrett Augustus Morgan of Cleveland, Ohio. Traffic lights have saved countless lives and offered a safe way to move about a congested area, whether walking, driving or riding. What I am saying is that it was a great creation in 1923, not 2009. Can we not choose to build something better now, instead of re-creating the inadequacies of the past? Instead, take the roundabout, or traffic circle, at Westerns entrance off highway 107now that is a well functioning traffic-tool. Rare- ly am I forced to stop, usually just coasting into the roundabout and then accelerating out of it. I love it! We need more of them around cam- pus, dont you think? Personally I would like one at every intersection, but especially at the back entrance off Old Cullowhee. What a fantastic invention the roundabout is, and I imagine equally as safe as the trusty An Evening of Hip-hop and Electronic Sounds with Thavius E ??? /Kinjac Everflaw / Elibot / A Bliss Abyss Monday, February 23 Starting at 8:00 PM Club illusions in the UC atweu Free. All Ages. stoplight. Why cant we have more and more roundabouts built instead of new stoplights? They have to be cheaper to construct, and the traffic circle uses no electricity. I can hear the jingle for it now: Power out folks? Forget about it! Youve still got a functioning intersection with the 2lst century modern round- about! Of course the roundabout is also a 20th century invention. The first one was built in 1901 in France, and according to the BBC the first rec- ognizable modern roundabout was New Yorks Columbus Circle. So we have claim to both roundabouts and traffic lights as Americans, yet for some reason we were forced into only one option. This began our en- slavement by the stoplights, and - now it continues every time I drive, or rather, stop. Maybe what we need is a referen dum on the ballot next voting day. This would allow us as a people to decide how the next crossroads will function, instead of some bureau- crat in a square, white hole in some other place, who will never see the area. Maybe I am the only one who is interested in having more of them and less hanging-energy-hogs, but maybe not. What do you think? of Student Affairs and
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