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The Western Carolinian NEWS March 15,2013 AS Blind Date with a Book project sparks literary romance Brandy Carl Staff Writer Students have the chance to step out of their reading comfort zone with the Blind Date with a Book proj- ect in Western Carolina Universitys Hunter Library. The display for Blind Date with a Book went up around Feb. 8. The project was meant to be displayed just in time for Valentines Day. Books in the leisure reading section were wrapped in paper so that the titles were invisible to the future reader. Each section of the leisure reading area (ro- mance, horror, science fiction, et cetera) hasa liaison. The liaison was responsible for choos- ing which books were to be wrapped. Student workers wrapped and decorated the books used in the display. The wrapped covers caused students to pick up a book they would not ordinarily read. The books only had slight clues and deco- rations on the paper covers to hint at the plot. Descriptive words.such as mysterious and romantic were used on the covers with heart stickers. Only one or two sentences are used for the plot hints. Apparently it took off very well because we have very few books left, and were having to wrap more, said Shirley Finegan, administrative support associate for Hunter Library. Student assistant for the library Erica Wol- len saw the idea on the popular website Pinter- est, a site that lets users pin pictures and recipes to virtual boards. T thought it would bring a lot of interest in the library. I know some- times they have things for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and I thought it would be something to catch a readers eye, said Wollen. The project took around a week to put up, which involved choosing which books were to be wrapped and decorating the covers. The display was origi- nally supposed to last through February, but Finegan said the dis- play may stay up until March due to the over- whelming response. We've gotten such a good response we're look- ing to put more [books] out, said Finegan. When Wollen first brought the idea up, she had to run it through reference librarian Krista Schmidt. I thought it would be fun and a good way to promote our leisure read- ing section. I dont know if a lot of people know about it, so anything we can do to draw people in or get them to read, thats great, said Schmidt. The displays populari- ty has ensured its return Photo by: Office of Public Relations Yesha Datas (left) and Erica Wollin (right) pose with two unknown books as part of Hunter Library's Blind Date with a Book project. at a future date although itis not certain when exactly the display will go back up. Not everyone got into the spirit of picking up a new book, though. Freshman Dallas Crawford and senior Scott Burr did not check out the books, saying they did not know about the project. I think its a cute idea. I definitely looked at it, but I have 19 [credit] hours and a job, junior Peyton Flinchum said. WCU chief of staff receives Trustees Award, plans to retire WCU News Service Dianne G. Lynch, a member of the Western Carolina Univerisity administrative staff since 1995 and the senior executive staff member in the Office of the Chancellor for the past 10 years, is recipi- ent of one of the univer- sitys highest honors. Lynch will retire from Western Caro- lina at the end of May, becoming only the 10th person selected to receive the Trustees Award in the universi- tys history. The Board. of Trustees bestowed -theawarduponher _ as part ofthe boards. ~ quarterly meeting Fri- Gate PRES Se ON EE NS NES Ee Rae cp day, March 1. The Trustees Award is presented only on rare occasions in recog- nition of exemplary ser- vice to the university, Joan MacNeill, board chair, said in announc- ing the award. Dianne more than meets the criteria for this award, MacNeill said. Any time that Di- anne Lynch is involved in a project, you can rest assured that it will be done to perfection. She makes it all look effortless, but we all know the large amount effort that she puts into everything she does. Lynch has served as _ aliaison between the chancellor and elected fat ae ci officials at the local, state and federal level and to the University of North Carolina General Administration as well. - She also oversaw the renovation of the Chan- cellors Residence and the H.F. Robinson Ad- ministration Building lobby, and co-chaired the universitys orga- nizational structure review process. She has spearheaded so Many important proj- ects over the years, all with exceptional grace, MacNeill said. During her time at Western Carolina, Lynch has provided in- valuable counsel to two transition of institu- tional leadership from former chancellor John W. Bardo to the univer- sitys current leader, David O. Belcher. Throughout the transition in leadership and during my first 20 months as chancellor, she has been a rock of support, Belcher said. She has been a marvel- versity, and she will be impossible to replace. Lynch announced in ing leadership roles for nearly 20 years with the chancellors, and played Jackson County School an important role in the System. She joined the ~ CHEROKEE LAND Continued from page A1 Eastman talked toa man who witnessed the horrific scene. - He was 10-years-old on this day, and he was going around trying to stop this and salvage what he could, said Eastman. He said they hit a burial and kept go- ing. He collected some of the remains from | that day 2.5 Now, the mound is long gone, but the his- tory is not. Still, the University does not recognize this history with any type of sig- nage, plaques or on the Heritage & History page on the Universitys website. One on campus organization, Digalii, is trying to change that. They support a proj- ect to place lights that show the outline of the mound against the wall of Killian. - We support the ef- forts of Dr. Eastman, said adult student and Digalii member Venice Mason. It would be nice if the signs were there to mirror the schools promotional materials, which at- tempts to draw people in and capitalize that here is the Cherokee homeland. Lack of signage continues the tradition of leaving the inhabitants of the area invisible. We do recognize it in the fact that weve had displays at the Moun- tain Heritage Center, said Eastman. We try to do it through a lot of public information, so we've developed these brochures that theyve got in many offices around campus. Ive _ worked with the Admis- sions Office to get the students who give tours to prospective students to mention the fact that theres a Cherokee town here. This effort is also backed by the Mountain Heritage Certter, the WCU Advisory Council, Cherokee Studies and the Cherokee Center, among others. ,, Our current master plan for the Universitys growth, de- velopment does include signage, continued Eastman. We sort of developed a plan for where signs could go and what type of in- formation could be on signs. So, its in there, it just hasnt been acted upon. It takes a lot of money to think about ity: Eastman added that she certainly hopes that the University would see these signs within the next five years. Chancellor David O. Belcher agreed that University efforts should be greater in recognizing its Chero- kee heritage. I think there have been some efforts made. I would never say that it was necessarily com- plete, said Belcher. I would never say that it [the University] has done enough to sort of acknowledge the histo- ry and the culture and the heritage of the land that the University has been built on. Belcher added, I think we have, unlike others, a sort of built-in responsibility to build that relationship [with the Cherokee] and to honor the past. Belcher called atten- tion to efforts already underway that are try- | administration at WCU in 1995 as director of the universitys Equal Employment Opportu- nity Programs before | becoming assistant to the chancellor in Janu- ary 2003. Lynch was promoted to the role of chief of staff in July of 2005. Prior to joining the WCU administration, Lynch held positions in the Jackson County School System, includ- ing director of second- ary and vocational 1995, director of voca- tional education from 1986 to 1995, and food 1976.00 19784 She has taught il service director from _ WCU, Lenoir Com- munity College, Sylva- Webster (now Smoky Mountain) High School and in the Anderson County School System in Clinton, Tenn. A seven-member com- mittee has begun the process of searching for a successor to Lynch. The chief of staffs responsibilty is vast. Reporting directly to the chancellor, the chief of staffis not only a - member of the univer- sitys senior leadership team, but a member of the Executive Council and coordinator for the achievement of strategic directions, g oals and > we ak cellors Division as well, a ing to fix the situation. Another thing that we have launched in this - year is the rebuilding of the Cherokee garden, said Belcher. Theres a garden out there ... in the area of the Natural Sciences Building ... and it was a Cherokee gar- den with native plants and so forth. When the University some years ago rebuilt Stillwell... it sort of got neglected. The Biology Club is taking it on, but theyre also doing it with the Youth Council in Chero- kee, so its a joint project involving Cherokee stu- dents and our students. However, criticism has circulated for decades about schools, products and sports teams that use Native Americans as their mascot or iconography like the Atlanta Braves. What Digalii does not want have happen is for West- ern Carolina to use its heritage as a gimmick to draw in new students or visitors. That is a fabulous question that I cannot answer, said Belcher about where is the line between commemora- tion and commercial- ism. And, I think that Cherokee probably struggles with that to some extent, too, be- cause theres a lot thats very much commercial about drawing people in Hopefully, with Belchers interest in the topic and his drive to strengthen relations with the Eastern Band of Cherokee, these culturally enrichment commemorations will appear on campus soon. T think having the Cherokee in our area makes us a wonderfully unique place. 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