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  • ". versities are about, 1 THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN SERVING THE CULLOWAEE AREA SUNCE Volume 78, Issue 2 For Up-fo-Date News, visit www.wcunews.com Lo 33 New football coach excited to revitalize program Read more on Page B-3 for Disney Read more on Page 5 WCU alum Geno Segers a star . at WCU Read more on Page B-6 TAKING A BOW. Bead Arun steps down as : @ musical theatre @ i * director Lex Menz, News Editor Dr. Brad Martin quietly stepped down as WCUs musical theatre director at the end of last semester. The latest show at the Bardo Arts Center, Music Is on Feb. 4 and 5, was his last show as director. - With my position in the department of music and stage and screen and with all the various procedures and polices that have been put in place, it just seemed like the right thing to do at the moment, Martin said. There were several meetings about it because the de- gree i is actually housed in stage and screen, but . Im housed in music, I was in ee middle a them both. - Tt wasnt something I depecteniy wanted : to do, it was better for 1 me to do it. Tt oe 5 on as best as Ney siniveeihge thats w! oe up for them, but I certainly think they handled it well. Tom Salzman, director of stage and screen, he announced that Claire Eye, director of WCUs theatre program, would permanently take over for Martin as the new director of mu- sical theatre. T think Brad did a Srear job with the pro- gram, Salzman said. Brad is a very dedicat- ed person, I wish him well. . Salzman said he is not worried about the fiusical theatre program because only one person departed. He explained that the depart- tent is a compilation of a variety of people, including voice, dance, and acting professors, and the program is still stable because only one out of ten people involved has changed. - Martin originally came to Western ten years ago to build, at the time, the nonexistent musi- cal theatre program. He described the program as his baby, an endeavor he loved. J came here and there were no students. I became the director of the program, so I built it up from no students to I think a very suc- cessful program of this region, Martin said. I obviously have some sort of relationship with. it because I was dedicated to it 24/7. in a lot of sense, then, you. sort of have a responsibility that you feel like you have to do a good job. Students had nothing but love and kindness to say about Martin. ; Jonathan Cobrda, a junior who played Shakespeare in Music Is, Joseph Callahan and senior Casey Weems were all recruited to Western Carolina University by Martin. . Its a pure joy, Cobrda said, because he is so passionate. He cares so much about the students. Every single rehearsal has a message jn it... to make us learn. Youre treated as a. professional not a student. Its always a trip with him because hes so passionate, joyous, intellectual. My first impression of him was I contd not stop laughing. Hes so funny and so good with kids, he added. I owe.my entire talent, my entire knowledge of musical theatre to Bradley Martin and Terry Mann, but Bradley Martin is NAME: ADDRESS: CITY STATE: PHONE: Mihnnnmmnmmmmnmnnmnnmmanmmmmnmnnnmnnrnnnn TT Te ee ee ee ee Se Join the Conversation: : whe PUSEN IAG VA vee Rae always here. Weems had equally erithusiasti words to say about Martin. His sense of humor is really un to him, she said. She continued to say that she felt sorry - other people, the new musical theatre people who are coming in because they will never get to know what it is like to work with Brad Martin as musical theatre director. Callahan praised Martin for his profession- alism and ability to get a show off the ground. Working with Dr. Martin is always inter- esting, he said. Hes very passionate about music and musical theatre. Hes very focused on getting the music right, buf he also has a fun side. The one thing Dr. Martin brings that no one else has is his ability to find and bring in money for the show. Before Western, Martin worked on his doc- - torate in Colorado. He had almost finished when he got the call from WCU to start the musical theatre program. 7 was a student, laughed Martin. Thats a different place, a long time ago. I still had some more stuff to do, and I got the position here, and I had to finish my doctorate while working. I would be doing shows at night and trying to finish this doctorate. Growing up, Martin had a musical and the- atrical childhood. His mother encouraged her large family of Martin and his six siblings to ZIP Twitter: @WCUsNewspaper VORETRIS EUS R RIVED ERD Eee Rae RE NEGEANEONOEMIVADAZ CRITHT ERE RD OED Pevieravereye PERDADERATARVL UWA EA REAR ERE Re PAPERDARIVAVRI LR ITE as perform and act. As a child, my mother was very, very the- atrical, and she was kind of like a producer her- | -OW" team when he or she is appointed to the self in a sense, Martin said. She had us all in shows. It was like in the Von Trapp family... chosen by the interim Provost, who will first consult with Chancellor David Belcher on the We were always having to sing and dance... She was always very theatrical herself, and she | wanted that in her family. Some of his favorite shows at WCU have and | been Sweeney Todd, Oklahoma, Photo page recaps Music Is February 17th, 2012 Search for new iiferin arts and sciences dean underway Logan Porter, Contributing Writer The search is underway to identify a new interim dean for the Western Carolina: Univer- sitys College of Arts and Sciences. Current Dean Gibbs Knotts, appointed to the position in June 2011, announced in late anuary that he will leave Western at the end of the semester to assume a position at the College of Charleston. Interim Provost Beth Lofquist sent out a call for nominations last week but has yet to hear a response. The decision to appoint a permanent dean falls to a non-interim provost, so the commit- ee will only look to hire another interim dean. Lofquist described the search as an all inter- nal process, meaning that the search commit- ee will not be looking nationally and will rely heavily on faculty nominations. Five faculty members from various depart- ments make up the committee, as well as one taff member not affiliated with a department and one dean representative from the Council of Deans. All are meant to represent a diversity _ of disciplines and perspectives. We thought long and hard about putting a student on the committee, Lofquist said. But | in the end. we decided against it since its an _ interim search with all internal candidates, it _ may create an awkward situation for the stu- dent. Many of the bandilates will be professors themselves, so the committee did not want to Among the qualities sought-after i in the new interim dean are a demonstrated experience in - higher education administration, demonstrated : skills conducive to leading varied discipliries, as well as management skills relating to re- : _ sources and personnel. The new interim dean : will be expected to work cooperatively with the department heads and have a clear under- standing of the universitys mission and vision | for the arts and sciences programs. Faculty mioro BY MARK HASKETT members have until Feb. 10 to either nominate : themselves or a coworker for the position. ae Martin and Guincrine Cox work on Music I The Boduclion was ae s seed as music role Reet earhbonetanre AP RTRRURT UR ELINA ECA REEL ER REAR RRL TAHT ARG RD * This search will be much more abbreviat- _ ed than when they move forward for a national ei . search, said Lofquist. The new provost will have to hire their position. Until then, the interim dean will be decision. Lofquist says she and the committee are targeting the first or second week of March to make a decision. Fiddler on the Roof. His final show, Music AA RRe HIRD GUAR, ORM EA SEN ACERT ON ANSERE Macrae Umer ILE RRR ACT, Is, was particularly special to Martin, who ac- |. Discussion on whether cidentally ran across the musical, which was cancelled on Broadway after six days. Martin admitted he had a bit of a hard time | putting on his last show. I didnt cry. I was a little emotional on : Saturday night, surprisingly, but on Sunday, I know that I have a job to do, Martin said. I | dont think its the end of musical theatre for me, maybe here. [m a musician, he added, and I will | always be a musician and expressing my- | self through musical theatre was one avenue that I had. I still have lots of other avenues to feelings...Im lucky there. If someone said to me this is the last time youre ever going to experience music, then I would probably be quite upset and quite emotional...Ive always had music in my life and its always been a tool for me. SUBSCRIPTION RATES $30 for North Carolina addresses $45 for other addresses MAIL PAYMENT TO The Western Carolinian PO Box 66, Cullowhee NC 28723 Facebook: www.facebook.com/wcunews to pay student athletes will be Monday From Staff Reports Western Carolina Universitys Public Poli- : _ cy Institute will host Robert Orr, former North _ Carolina Supreme Court justice, for a discus- ; - sion titled Should NCAA Athletes Get Paid? : on Monday, Feb. 20. express myself musically and to express my Orr, who has represented college athletes, will share his thoughts at 4 p.m. in the theater _ of A.K. Hinds University Center on the NCAA consideration of an optional $2,000 cost of living stipend that could be added to athletic _ scholarships. Proponents suggest the stipend . should be larger, and opponents say the sti- ' pend looks like.a pay to play system, said _ Policy Institute. \ Todd Collins, interim director of the Public Orr also will discuss the issue of improper | benefits, other NCAA issues and students _ rights. For more information, visit the Public Poli- cy Institutes website at ppi.wcu.edu, call 828- _ 227-2086 or send a message to ppi@weu.edu. The Western Carolinian will have a recap of the discussion in March 2nds issue and on- : line at www.wcunews.com. SS aid www. bee imal com pe ed to happen by the last week of F ebruary. place a student in a potentially v uncomfortable e
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