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  • 4 OP & 2 ae oil aie ae an Abe enc sy PRR erat THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Friday August 13, 2013 www. weunews. com Vol. 79, No. 1 * FREE Poverty awareness In WCU film Belcher: A year of Opportunity Above: Motion Picture & Television Production banner Below: Members of the program. Katie Marshall Staff Writer Recently, four students from the Western Caro- lina University Film and Television Production (FTP) program made a documentary-style video . for the nonprofit organi- zation Mountain Youth Charities of Cashiers. According to Jack Sholder, director of the FTP program, the video significantly added to the success of Moun- tain Youth Charities fundraiser. Of the total $200,000 raised, more than $43,000 was do-. nated at the gala dinner right after the video was screened. The four-minute video, Mountain Youth Chari- ties: Building Great Programs for Kids, highlighted the econom- ic disparity in Cashiers and the need for youth programs and initia- tives. According to the Mountain Youth Chari- ties website, About one- third of the children in southern Jackson Coun- ty live below the poverty level, and over 50 percent of the students here are at risk of not graduating from high school. As noted in the video, many people who visit Cashiers have second or _ and Sylva native Jason Ledford, who also s erved third homes and do not know the level of poverty in such a beautiful com- munity. Primarily, the video features interviews of local children and even tennis star Andy Rod- dick, who supported Mountain Youth Chari- ties and participated in a summer exhibition match with fellow tennis star Jim Courier. The four students spent three months and went through 12 cuts before screening the final product: Recent graduate Tim Rudisill as cinematographe co-directed the video. Senior Emily Maesar wrote the script, and senior Murphy Dillow worked as the produc- tion manager. Ledford remarked, The project was at times difficult, but in the end, I believe we produced a quality ' piece that helped raise much needed money and awareness for the . Cashiers, Glenville and Highlands communities. When I say difficult, Ledford added, what 1. mean is that we had to straddle a fine line of not portraying anything or anyone in a negative light. Its a reality that is no ones fault. Some 2 ae Music, composed allt! - Sh people have a little more means than other people. But hopefully through this project, we can help with those opportunities for the less fortunate. Several faculty mem- bers helped create the video, as well. Associ- ate Professor of Cin- ematography Arledge Armenaki served as the videos producer, and Bruce Frazier, WCUs Carol Grotnes Belk Dis- tinguished Professor of Commercial and Elec-. Claes in the FTP pros gram does documentary- style videos every year, usually for local chari- ties. Each class gener- ~ Above: Photo by Lex Menz/STAFF Below: Submitted P sie Film and TV of these videos. Some previous docu- mentaries have been made about animal shel- ters, domestic abuse and the struggles of local handmade craft busi- nesses. We want our students to be engaged, said Sholder, and working in : and graduation rates is the community is a great | grounded in our most : deeply held values. ' WCUs fundamental ' purpose is to educate the - students who attend this ' institution. In choos- _ ing to pursue careers in way to do that. If you would like to watch Mountain Youth Charities: Building Great Programs for Kids, you can find the video at http: //NMeO. a com/7093782 ; To learn more about ; Pro- f duction Program, ~ visit http: WCU. edu/2360.asp. You can -also contact Sholder at 828-227-2324 or jshold- er@email.wcu.edu. to: : : ing Assembly address : Wednesday, Aug. 14. ally produces four or five - / Moving toward perfor- : mance-based funding, : with graduation and : retention rates among . the factors that will determine how much : money WCU and other . universities will receive : from the state. WCU News Services Western Carolina Uni- |. versity Chancellor David : O. Belcher declared the |. upcoming academic year : 2013-14 a year of oppor- - tunity and possibility, : One in which the univer- : sity will plunge headlong : Into the task of tackling the ambitious initiatives outlined in the 2020 Vision strategic plan approved last year. Much of the work of the year ahead will focus on continuing to improve WCUs learning and living environments for students, a strategic plan priority that has become more important than ever because of changes in the funding model for University of North Carolina campuses, Belcher said in his Open- The UNC system is A focus on retention higher education and in choosing to work at this institution; we have committed ourselves _ first and foremost to our - students education ~ and _ by and large, they are - coming to us to get an - education and the degree : which certifies it, he . said. Belcher reminded the packed house gathered in the John W. Bardo | Fine and Performing ' Arts Center that every- one has a part to play in improving graduation and retention rates, re- ' gardless of their specific _ job duties. T always love the start of the new aca- _ demic year. Its a time | of renewed commitment _ to our individual roles ' In creating the learning environments that our students need in order to thrive and to prepare them for their futures, he said. It doesnt mat- ter what roles we play we are every one of us in this enterprise together, dedicated first and fore- most to the educational needs of our students, Belcher said. Much of his address focused on ongoing bud- get constraints facing the university. Although WCUs state appropria- tions for 2013-14 have been cut by 4 percent or $3.25 million the cuts could have been worse, Belcher said. The im- pact was lessened by the fact that the university received funding credit in the areas of degree efficiency (that is, the number of bachelors degrees awarded per 100 full-time equivalent undergraduate students); relatively low spend- ing per degree; and percent of undergradu- ate students receiving Pell Grants. WCU also received enrollment growth funding for 2013- 14 because the university reached its enrollment targets, an achievement made possible in part by a jump in the retention rate of freshmen stu- dents from 72 percent in 2011-12 to 73.6 percent in 2012-13, Belcher said. The bottom line is this: We are in a stron- ger fiscal position than we were a year ago, and we are in a position to allocate funding toward a handful of priorities, he said. Other budget priori- ties for the year ahead include funding for adequate liberal studies and gateway courses to accommodate enroll- ment growth; hiring new faculty members for high-demand academic programs; additional tutoring and academic support; strategic renovations to alleviate a lack of classrooms that can accommodate larger class sections; and new positions and infrastruc- ture for data and data analysis. See 2020, page A3 Propet hts) Gamiacs fue ccc naweeek Brandy Carl Staff Writer Though Why is There Anything is not on Oprahs book- list, the book written by one of our very own Catamounts has already received raving reviews. Matthew Rave, as- sistant professor for chemistry and physics at Western Carolina University, spent the last three years working on Why is There Any- thing. T just wanted to write a book that made people think; that made people go hmmm, said Rave. Why is There Any- thing tackles questions Rave has thought about for many years. Rave asks such ques- tions as, Why are we here? and, Why does the universe seem so arbitrary? In about 200 pages, readers will journey through these questions and several others in a non-traditional way. They will not have theo- ries explained by the tra- ditional philosopher or theologistbut instead from a physicists point of view. While Rave admits that he does not have all the answers, he points out that the purpose of. the book is to share his journey through his questions. Along with exploring a variety of interrogations relating to the whys of the universe, Rave ex- . plains how physics trib- utes to the world we live in and that the cosmos is many times larger than people realize. Rave joked that his book will answer why people should not believe | in phantom giraffes and why Quakers Vanilly - Crunch should not have been discontinued. T worked on [Why. is There Anything] for three years, on and off, . an hour here, an hour there. In my defense, I still wrote more words per day than George R.R. Martin apparently does, said Rave. Behind his humor lies a kind of serious- ness in the matters at hand. Why is There Anything is written in what Rave describes as being Socratic dialogue. The Average Joe would not understand physics or the jargon associated with it, and Rave admits that the book can be challenging at times. Throughout the book, he carefully explains what the reader will need to know to under- -. stand the rest of the text and has also assigned some of the more techni- cal terms and ideas to. the footnotes, After reading his book, a student confessed to Rave that they now want to become a scientist. I find that very gratifying: interesting students in science by showing how fascinat- ing science can be, said . Rave. Assistant professor for chemistry and physics Matthew Rave. The book has been released by Amazon and has received positive feedback thus far. One user left a review on the books webpage, saying, This book attempts to answer that question in a fun, insightful and ultimately thought-provoking man- ner. Rave was asked if he would be participating in any kind of public rela- tions events related to the book. Not that I know of. Was there a memo? responded Rave. Why is There Any- thing is available as an * electronic download for the Kindle for $9.99. Though plans only ex- ist for an e-version right now, a print version may be released if a publish- ing company becomes interested. To purchase the book, visit: amazon.com and search for the title. Photo by Chris Ward/STAFF
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