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H Reporter January 1986 A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University / Cullowhee, North Carolina REPORT FROM YUNNAN UNIVERSITY by Yang Ding-an, Interpreter to President Yang Guangjun Recently Yunnan University had the pleasure to meet with a delegation from Western Caro­lina University of the United States of America. Chancellor Myron Coulter and his wife and Director Ellerd Hulbert of In­ternational Instructional Pro­grams arrived at Yunnan Univer­sity in mid-October 1985 for a ten-day goodwill visit. They were accorded a warm welcome. In 1981, the two institutions started a personnel exchange program which has brought about tremendous benefit to them. Both universities have sent their own faculty members over to study, teach or lecture. As a member of an American delegation of chancellors, Dr. Coulter first visited China in 1981. He said he was very hap­py to have visited a number of Chinese cities, universities and colleges, and he was de­lighted to be back again. President Yang Guangjun, who first visited Western Carolina University in June 1985, and his colleagues were all happy to meet with the distinguished guests from Western. Both Chancellor Coulter and President Yang spoke very highly of the achievements they have made in the course of their exchange. They all agreed that they look forward to witnessing a further expanded relationship between them. During the discussion, they explored the possibilities of exchanging more scholars from various fields of study. They also looked into several opportunities for the Chancellor and Mrs. Coulter were met at the airport in Kunming by a delegation from Yinnan University. They are, from left: Yang Bangshun, an English professor in the foreign languages department and, with Li Zhaotong, a visitor at Western last year; Yang Ding-an; Li, vice-president of Yunnan University; Dr. Hulbert; Allen Moore, WCU biologist who was at Yunnan in the fall plan­ning a research project on Chinese lakes; Dr. and Mrs. Coulter; Yang Guangjun, Yunnan University president; Jim Zong You, director of President Yang's office; and Yang Yin, an English professor at Yunnan who accompa­nied President Yang on his visit here last May. two universities to assist in the economic development of their respective communi­ties. Dr. Coulter said he would thoroughly enjoy the wonderful sightseeing in Yunnan Province, but he also wished to meet with many faculty members and department heads of Yunnan University in order to understand the university better. As per their wishes, Chancellor Coulter and Dr. Hulbert devoted their time and thought to talking with various department heads. They just wanted to make sure which departments would be interested in further being involved in the program. The two counterparts both hope that ties between the two sister universities would be further strengthened through mutual visits. Their talks had been proceeding in a friendly atmosphere, and substantial progress has been made toward expanded relations in research, teaching, and economic development. Dr. Coulter and his entourage said that they did care for Chinese food, not only the dishes served at the banquet given by President Yang in their honour. People in China think that it is difficult for Westerners to use chopsticks at meals. But our guests from Western showed their great expertise in using them. Chancellor Coulter and Dr. Hulbert both were extremely concerned about how a Chinese university would perform in the economic development of its community. Therefore they met with various industrial departments, such as Yunnan Provincial Tobacco Corporation, Kunming Municipal Timber and Furniture Company, and its factory, Yuxi Cigarette Factory, and so on. They have been helping promote foreign trade and friendship between North Carolina and Yunnan. (Note: The Reporter is pleased to publish this Chinese view of Dr. Coulter's visit to Kunming last fall. Thanks to Yang Ding-an for sending it.) ED COHEN and BECKY KORNEGAY (Hunter Library) were in Chapel Hill Nov. 13 for a DIALOG seminar on searching business data­bases. The business seminar covered the areas of management, industry, research, finance, and company information, including the basic databases and company information files produced by Predicasts, Standard and Poor's, Moody's, and Dun and Bradstreet. In Hunter Library, DIALOG databases are available for online searching. OTTO H. SPILKER (Health, P.E., and Recreation) presented four sessions at a convention of the N.C. Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance held in Greensboro Nov. 13-16. He gave two hydrorobics sessions, one Red Cross life-guarding course demonstration, and a presen­tation on WCU's graduate programs to physi­cal education majors throughout the state. ROSEANNA SNEED (TRIO Programs) is the new outreach counselor with Educational Talent Search. She will be working in area high schools and communities to encourage people between the ages of 12 and 27 to com­plete a secondary education and to continue with some form of postsecondary education. Originally from Cherokee, she has a bache­lor's degree from the University of Colorado and a master's in counseling from Harvard. She is experienced in counseling high school and college students with aca­demic and career decisions. She worked four summers with Upward Bound at the University of Colorado, as well. According to Muffie Tatum, program director, "Educa­tional Talent Search is pleased to have Roseanna on the staff. She will be an asset to the program and a benefit to the students she serves." SCOTT E. HIGGINS (head, Health Services Management and Supervision) successfully defended his dissertation, "Status of Part-time Faculty in Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) and Radiographer (RT) Associate Degree Programs," on Nov. 19 at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. The degree will be awarded in May 1986. His was the first national study of part-time faculty utilized by health science programs and their impact on the success of the programs' graduates. ELIZABETH ADDISON (Public Information) successfully defended her doctoral disserta­tion in American literature at Duke Univer­sity Nov. 20. Her title was "Emerson, Quakerism, and an American Aesthetic." The Ph.D. was granted in December. GLENN STILLION and BARBARA MANN (Student Development), presented a program, "Prepar­ing for the Next Wave of Student Activism on Campus," at the annual conference of the Southern Association for College Student Affairs Nov. 5-8 in Nashville. Dr. Mann was introduced at the awards banquet as a nominee for the Melvene D. Hardee Award for contributions to student personnel work. She will serve as program chair for the 1986 conference in Orlando, Fla. RANDY RICE (Housing) also attended. JANE MINOR and PAT WILLIAMS (Develop­mental Evaluation Center) gave an invited poster presentation, "Breaking the Bar­riers: Developing parental skills for facilitating service delivery to disabled children," for the Southeastern Region of the American Association on Mental Defi­ciency Nov. 14 in Atlanta. DUANE DAVIS and FINN ESBENSEN (Criminal Justice) recently attended the annual meet­ing of the American Society of Criminology in San Diego, Calif. Dr. Davis partici­pated in a roundtable discussion, "Interna­tional Study Programs in Criminal Justice," and Dr. Esbensen presented a paper, "Foot Patrols: Of What Value?" ALICE MATHEWS (History) and NANCY JOYNER (English) will be interviewed in two segments of the "Segue" program on WUOT-FM (91.9 on the dial), Knoxville, at 4:30 p.m. next Thursday and Friday, January 30 and 31. They will discuss Appalachian women with interviewer Jacqueline Jones. Their appearance was arranged through the Office of Public Information. TRUSTEES SET RAMSEY CENTER POLICY When it met in December, Western's board of trustees set an interim policy to govern the use of the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center, including regulation of alcoholic beverages. The board was told in a construction progress report that with delays in completion of the mechanical contract, conpletion of the entire project—including final checks by state authorities—is not likely until the latter part of March. In the interim policy, recommended by a board-administration committee chaired by trustee Stephen W. Woody of Asheville, the board limited service and consumption of alcoholic beverages to three areas—a hospitality suite, "green" rooms (artists' dressing rooms), and on the main arena floor only at banquets, receptions, and similar special occasions. The board also surrounded the use of alcoholic beverages with an array of other restrictions that leave all service of such beverages under tight university control and limit use to situations in which there is university-catered food service. On general use of the facility for food and beverage functions, the policy states that functions that are not university related, not arena related, and don't exceed the capacity of local restaurants will be directed to seek service at private estab­lishments in the area. The policy is writ­ten, Woody said, in language to assure that Western complies with the Umstead Act, which prohibits state-supported competition with private enterprise. The committee will continue to consider additional regulations and may make additional proposals at a March board meeting, Woody said. Glenn Stillion, vice-chancellor for student development, told the board a statewide task force has been appointed by the UNC system to develop a systemwide health education program that would include an information and education program on the problem of AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). Chancellor Coulter said only 69 cases of AIDS have been reported in North Carolina and only a few of those were on state university campuses. None has been reported at Western, Dr. Stillion said. The state task force will visit all of the system campuses early next year, and campus task forces are being formed, he said, to provide factual information and prevent hysteria. Dr. Stillion also told the board a small student support group for gays, called "Lavender Bridges," has petitioned for uni­versity recognition. Recognition would not carry endorsement of the group's purposes nor provide funding from the university or student fees. He said similar organizations exist at five other UNC campuses. Trustee Richard Wood, Jr., an Asheville attorney, asked if state law does not make homosexual practices a criminal offense, but Richard Kucharski, iniversity legal counsel, said the constitutional right of freedom of association and assembly has been held to establish the right of homosexuals to form organizations. No action has yet been taken on the group's request. CAMPUS EVENTS BALL, PARKER FEATURED AS EOP Bloodmobile - The American Red Cross bloodmobile will be at Western from noon until 5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, Jan. 28-30, in the Grandroom of Hinds University Center. The goal is 150 units each day. Give someone the gift of life. Open House - Chancellor Myron Coulter will host an open house in the Faculty Conference Room, a special place dedicated to the enrichment of teaching, from 2:30 until 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6. The con­ference room is located on the second floor of Hunter Library, formerly Classroom C. It will be used for a variety of discussion groups, workshops, and seminars, all aimed at fostering dialogue among faculty on the topic of effective teaching. When no event is scheduled, the room will be available for drop-in activities. Faculty may use a Macintosh computer, videotapes on teaching styles, or books and journals on teaching. Art - An exhibition of pottery opens in Belk Art Gallery Feb. 3 with a 7:30 p.m. re­ception in the gallery and a slide talk by Michael Simon. Titled "The MacKenzie Influ­ence in the Southeast," the show includes about 50 pieces of stoneware and porcelain by students of renowned Minnesota potter Warren MacKenzie, including Simon. Simon will give demonstrations Tuesday in the pottery studio, beginning at 9:30 and 1:30. Concert - Color and pageantry will fill the Hoey stage when the Smoky Mountain British Brass Band and the Montreat Scottish Pipes and Drums perform Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 8 p.m. The groups will play British, Scottish, and American music, including such Scottish favorites as "Blue Bells of Scotland" and "Bonnie Galloway" by the Montreat group and "Moorside Suite," "Land of My Fathers," and famous British marches by the brass band. They will perform several numbers together. Western's Richard Trevarthen directs the Smoky Mountain British Brass Band and has arranged many of the works for the band's repertoire. Joseph Bailey, Jr., of Flat Rock directs the Montreat Scottish Pipes and Drums. The concert is sponsored by the LCE Series. Tickets are $5 for adults, $2 for non-WCU students, and $1 for WCU students with identification cards. In December and January, the WCU chapter of the N.C. Association of Educational Office Personnel featured Annie Ball and Cindy Parker as its EOPs of the Month. Annie Ball, the EOP for December, is a secretary in the department of mili­tary science. She is a graduate of Sylva-Webster High School and holds an associate degree in secre­tarial science from STC. Ann has served as presi- ( ' v dent ofl the local NCAEOP V • > chapter, attended eight state conventions, served as district vice-president, and been district nominating chairman. She was EOP of the Year at Western in 1981. Ann is also active in the State Employees Association of North Carolina and has been a delegate to that organization's state convention three times. She has served on a number of WCU committees, including those for Campus Capers and Purple Day. Ann, who lives in Whittier, enjoys crafts such as candlewicking and cross-stitch. Cindy Parker, the EOP for January, is a clerk-stenographer in the Physi­cal Plant. A graduate of Strasburg High School in Strasburg, Va., Cindy has worked in the same office at Western for 11 years. Cindy has been an active member of NCAEOP, serving on many committees. This year she is on the membership committee and the bake sale scholarship committee. She also is a member of the State Employees Association. A resident of Rolling Green, Cindy is president of the Ashe Settlement Extension Homemaker Club. She enjoys craft projects, traveling, and spending time with her family. She and her husband, Raye, who works at First Union National Bank, have two sons, Michael Craig, 14, and Drew, 9. Reporter January 31, 1986 A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University / Cullowhee, North Carolina WESTERN COORDINATES SWAZILAND EXCHANGE The first instructors from the south African kingdom of Swaziland are studying at North Carolina community colleges in Asheville and Charlotte as part of a proj­ect to upgrade the Swaziland College of Technology. The new project is directed by Western Carolina University, which has received a three-year $100,000 grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development. The project concerns the exchange of personnel and information among North Carolina com­munity colleges and the Swazi tech school to develop its faculty, administration, cur­riculum, and teaching procedures. Western has been involved in Swazi education since 1982. Olympia Shongwe of the Swazi secretarial science faculty is at Asheville-Buncombe Technical College studying office opera­tions, including the use of electric type­writers, calculators, and word processors. Christopher Middleton is at Central Piedmont Community College where he will participate in a statewide plan to upgrade auto mechanics instructors. "This is a six-month faculty development program, designed as on-the-job training to raise their competency in these areas," said Dale Pounds, dean of WCU's School of Technology and Applied Science. Pounds re­cently conducted an orientation for the Swazi instructors at WCU. "When they go back to the Swaziland College of Technolo­gy, they will upgrade the faculty's skills through seminars and new course material that also will improve the Swazi college's programs," he said. Pounds and WCU Chancellor Myron Coulter, A-B Tech President Harvey Haynes, and CPCC Vice-President Carl Squires visited Swaziland last fail to complete the "linkage" agreement among WCU, the Swazi college, and the N.C. Department of Com­munity Colleges. They also planned the up­grading project that will include further three- to six-month exchanges of Swazi faculty and N.C. community college instruc­tors and administrators through 1988. This spring, the Swazi college head, L.B. Lukhele, will visit A-B Tech, Central Piedmont, and other community colleges to learn new management and teaching methods and to work with Middleton and Shongwe. In July, a U.S. administrator will travel to Swaziland to help the returning faculty put new methods into practice, set up labora­tories and update their colleagues. "One of the major goals of this program is to continue sharing information after the three-year 'linkage,' based on common in­terests and mutual respect, as has been the case in exchange programs between WCU and the University of Swaziland, Yinnan Univer­sity in China and the University of the West Indies in Jamaica," Chancellor Coulter said. "We are interested in this program not only because of our wish to assist the college but also because it will give our faculty and administration experience in responding to the needs and issues of educa­tion in developing countries. It will broaden our instructional programs and the capacities of our professors." Western's three-year-old faculty exchange program with the University of Swaziland, sponsored by the U.S. Information Agency, focuses on teaching and new degree pro­grams. But the mission of the current project is faculty training, not teaching, Coulter said. "Swazi faculty will work with WCU and community college faculty on new technology and teaching practices," he said. Besides the automotive and commercial (sec­retarial science) departments targeted ini­ tially, the Swazi college has departments of mechanical and electrical engineering, construction, woodwork, teacher training, and hotel and catering. "Our long-range plans are to upgrade them all," Pounds said. The Swaziland College of Technology is lo­cated in the capital city of Mbabane. About the size of New Jersey, Swaziland is sur­rounded by the Republic of South Africa and shares a 70-mile border with Mozambique. Its population of 636,000 is governed by a monarchy, and English is one of two offi­cial languages. VIVIAN DEITZ (Nursing) gave an all-day workshop for Home Health nurses at Buncombe County's health department on "Problem- Oriented Health Recording." She also gave an afternoon workshop for registered nurses at Transylvania Community Hospital on "Im­proving Patient Care: Writing Care Plans." PAT UMFRESS (Modern Foreign Languages) spoke in a discussion circle on teaching English in China at the annual Midwest Regional TESOL Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. MILES L. ECKARD (Community College Coor­dinator) conducted a workshop for Trade and Industrial Faculty during Gaston College's Faculty and Staff Enrichment Day. His topic was student characteristics and needs for the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Eckard recent­ly attended the fall meeting of the N.C. Association of Community College Instruc­tional Administrators in Wrightsville Beach, N.C. ROBERT DALLEY (Industrial Education and Technology) presented a paper at the Na­tional Association of Industrial Technology Conference Oct. 23 at Indiana State Univer­sity in Terre Haute. His title: "High Tech Ergonomics: What Are the Liabilities?" SUSIE RAY (director) and MIKE NAYLOR (assistant director, Cooperative Education) attended the annual meeting of the state Cooperative Education Association (NCCEA) October 25-27. Naylor presented a poster session on WCU's Cooperative Education Week. As regional representative of CEA, Ms. Ray brought greetings from the national organization. As the state chairperson of the National Advertising Council's ad campaign for Co-op, she gave an update on the progress of the campaign. A press conference to kick off the ad campaign was held in New York City November 18. H.F. ROBINSON (Chancellor Emeritus and director, University Studies) recently was appointed by N.C. House Speaker Liston B. Ramsey to a four-year term on the board of directors of the N.C. Biotechnology Center, established in 1981 by the state Board of Science and Technology so North Carolina could benefit economically from biotechnol­ogy. The center works to create coopera­tive programs among universities and is operated for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes. Dr. Robinson was a panelist Nov. 1 at the 20th Anniversary Commemorative Conference on National and International Development at Lexington, Ky., sponsored by the Center for Developmen­tal Change of the University of Kentucky. He discussed the implications of changing national development policies for higher education. WILBURN HAYDEN, VIRGINIA SWEET, KAREN TICE (Social Work), and STARLETT CRAIG (assistant to the vice-chancellor, Student Development) attended the 1985 Profes­sional Symposium of the National Associa­tion of Social Workers in Chicago recently. With fourteen students accompanying them, the members of Western's social work depart­ment had the largest number of participants from North Carolina at the symposium, the largest gathering of social workers in the world. The topics and areas covered touched every aspect of social work prac­tice. ZOA ROCKENSTEIN (Human Services) will be a keynote speaker and present two workshops Feb. 28-March 1 at the state conference of the Kentucky Association for Gifted Education in Lexington, Ky. She will give a workshop, "Training the Creative/Intuitive Mind," for teachers of the gifted and a workshop, "Creative Family Living," for parents of gifted students. JOE BECK (director, Environmental Health) was named by Gov. Jim Martin to an 11- member Crystalline Rock Formation Advisory Committee. The committee is concerned with the selection of a site for a proposed federal facility to store high-level nu­clear waste underground. Two such sites have been proposed in North Carolina, one near Asheville and one near Raleigh. PAUL SPENCER FLYNN (Administration, Curriculum, and Instruction) was elected to a two-year term on the seven-member Board of Governors of the International Audiovisual Society. JOHN D. VIcCRONE (dean, Arts and Sciences) was asked, along with Dominic Dottavio of the National Park Service, by the Presi­dent's Commission on American Outdoors to conduct a series of sessions on strategic planning at nine cities throughout the U.S. during the next seven months. These invita­tional sessions will be attended by 16-20 key individuals in each region from the private and public sectors. The Commission itself—composed of members of Congress, representatives from industry and conserva­tion groups, and public officials—is chaired by Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander. HEY DAR POURIAN (Economics and Finance) chaired the session on "Event Study Method­ologies" for the Southern Finance Asso­ciation meeting in Dallas, Texas, in late 1985. At the annual conference of the Allied Social Sciences Association in New York City, he presented a paper, "Multina­tional Corporation and the Transnational Risk: Towards the Horizontal, Vertical, and Circular Risk Management." At this meeting, he chaired a session on Interna­tional Financial Investment. RICHARD GAINEY (Speech and Theatre Arts) recently attended the regional convention of Alpha Epsilon Rho, the broadcast frater­nity which he advises on campus, in Harrisonburg, Va. Plans were made for the national convention in Dallas next April. JOYCE FARWELL (Music) sang the mezzo soprano solos in Handel's Messiah in Las Cruces, N.M., with the Las Cruces Symphony as a part of its season concert series. TYLER BLETHEN (director, Mountain Heri­tage Center) participated in a workshop on museum management at The Smithsonian Insti­tution Dec. 2-6. The workshop focused on regional and local museums. ENGLAND OR MEXICO - YOUR CHOICE Professors, students, and interested par­ties will be taking off from Western next May to enjoy spring in England and explore the still-living Mayan culture of Yucatan. The "Spring in England" program May 8 through June 2, for those interested in experiencing the cultural heritage, geog­raphy, and social climate of the British Isles, features courses in theatre and geography. Donald L. Loeffler will direct the program and teach Classic Plays in Production (STA 495). Jeff Neff will teach The British Isles (GEOG 440). Included on the trip's itinerary are an orientation tour of London, a Thames River trip to the Tower of London and Greenwich, a full-day trip to Stratford-on-Avon with a matinee by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and six other plays. Also an opera or ballet; full-day tour to Brighton resort; weekday trip to Canterbury, Dover, Rye, and Hastings; weekend trip to Coventry, Birmingham, the Lake District, the north York moors, York, Lincoln, Boston, and Cambridge; visits to several museums; and other places of interest. Cost is $1,785, plus a $100 contingency fee to cover fluctuations in value between the dollar and the pound. A $100 deposit is due Feb. 7 and the balance March 22. The Yucatan travelers will fly from Atlanta to Merida May 12 and return May 28. Led by Anne Rogers, an archaeologist, and Patrick Morris, an ethnologist, the group will study Mayan ethnology and archaeology as they visit more than 20 archaeological sites, colonial towns, and villages as well as the Gulf and Caribbean coasts of Mexico. Among the sites, some occupied as long as 3,000 years ago, are Kabah, Sayil, Labna, Uxmal, Mayapan, Dzilbilchaltun, Chichen Itza, Tulum, Izamal, and Valladolid. Cost is $950, plus tuition. Reservations must be made by Feb. 17. Both trips require registration for the courses offered, either for credit or audit. Both costs cover accommodations and admissions to sites visited. Meals, except for breakfast in England, are not included. CAMPUS EVENTS Bake Sales - If it's February, there must be a bake sale somewhere! The local NCAEOP chapter will once again conduct bake sales at many locations on campus during the month of February. These sales provide funds for a scholarship given to a deserv­ing student by the WCU organization. Future Reporters will carry news of some dates and locations. Meanwhile, keep your eyes open and your pockets full of change. Don't miss an opportunity to help the NCAEOP Scholarship Find. Concert - Pianist John Buttrick will per­form in the LCE Series Thursday, Feb. 6, at 8 p.m. in the Music-English Recital Hall. A faculty member at M.I.T., he is a prize-winning graduate of the Juilliard School of Music and has spent summers at the Marlboro Music Festival. He has been praised not only for his technical and musical prowess but for his communicative gift. He has toured Europe and Israel and played in major U.S. cities. His Feb. 6 performance will include Mozart's C Minor Sonata, Beethoven's "Waldstein" Sonata, five piano pieces by Brahms, and works by Liszt and Wagner, including "Liebestod" from Tristan and Isolde. Tickets are $5 for adults, $2 for non-WCU students, and $1 for WCU stu­dents with I.D. cards. Theatre - The award-winning drama Equus will open Sunday, Feb. 2, with a 2 p.m. matinee in Western's studio theatre. The run continues with performances at 7:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, Feb. 3-5. The psychological drama by Peter Shaffer involves the efforts of psychiatrist Martin Dysart to unravel the puzzle of 17-year-old Alan Strang, who has blinded six horses with a metal spike. Directed by Roger Bright, the cast includes David Mulkey as Alan, Richard Burgsteiner as Frank Strang, Phoebe Hall as Dora Strang, Tonya Lamm as Hester Salomon, Kate Marshall as Jill Mason, Henry Barkley as Harry Dalton, Holly Wagoner as the nurse, Patrick Williamson as Nugget and a horseman, and Russell Nail, Sean Parker, Tony Bolick, David Parker, and Greg Jones as horses. All seats are $2. The play is not recommended for children. Open House - Chancellor Myron Coulter will host an open house in the Faculty Con­ference Room, a teaching resources room (formerly Classroom C) in Hunter Library, from 2:30 until 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6. Recital - Percussion music featuring Neil Rutland and Mark Ford, both of Tennessee, will be presented Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 8 p.m. in the Music-English Recital Hall. There is no admission charge. Rutland is in his first season as principal percussion­ist and assistant timpanist for the Knox-ville Symphony Orchestra. Ford teaches per­cussion at Middle Tennessee State. Art - An exhibition of pottery opens in Belk Art Gallery Feb. 3 with a 7:30 p.m. re­ception in the gallery and a slide talk by Michael Simon. Titled "The MacKenzie Influ­ence in the Southeast," the show includes about 50 pieces of stoneware and porcelain by students of renowned Minnesota potter Warren MacKenzie, including Simon. Simon will give demonstrations Tuesday in the pottery studio, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. ANNOUNCEMENTS Hunter Library is accepting applications from faculty and graduate students for the use of faculty studies and study rooms. Application forms for each are available from department chairmen. Completed appli­cations should be sent to William Kir wan, University Librarian, Hunter Library. Deadline for the receipt of applications from graduate students is February 7. As a member institution of the South Atlantic States Association for Asian and African Studies (S AS ASA AS), Western has access to a number of current films focusing on Africa, the Middle East, India, SE Asia, China, and Japan. The films are available for use by any faculty member at no charge and are housed at Appalachian State's media center. A list of some 66 films is on file at the WCU Media Center and in Jeff Neff's office (Geography, 228 Stillwell), along with instructions for ordering. Western's Reading Center is screening applicants for participation in its spring reading clinic, which will begin Tuesday, Feb. 4. Contact Richard Gentry, director, 138 Killian, ext. 7295.