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Is Racism On the Rise In America? WCU Students Help Supply Answers Editor's Notebook — Page 2 ■" ■ —" " ■■ ■ ■ Guess Who's President of the Barbell Club? People — Page 9 Highly Touted Baseball Team Opens at Florida Sports — Page 10 "THE FOREIGNER" HOEY FEB. 14 7:30 P.M. University Art Student L*agu* Exhibition: Qaltory 250 HFR BID© Volume Fifty-two NumberNfighteen Thursday, February 12,1987 (704)227-7267 P.O. Box 66, Cullowhee, N.C. 28723 £Q ON TAP Taking The Binge Out Of Spring Break: Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach are planning extensive athletic events to give students something to do besides drink beer. Fort Lauderdale's Spring Season Task Force is planning basketball, tug-of-war on the beach, and water sports. Miami will also offer Frisbee.weightlifting, and Softball. Cashing In: When Kellye Cash, a Memphis State U. student, became Miss America, her school made the most of the resulting publicity. It featured her in public service announcements, publications, and in its postage meter stamped legend: "Memphis State — Campus of Miss America by Choice." A Video News System has replaced the College of Business' in-house newsletter at Ohio State U. A two-minute news segment is repeated continuously, Monday through Friday, in Hagerty Hall. The video can be prepared much more quickly than the printed newsletter, which required two months to produce. Officials hope the video format will also increase student interest in college activities. A Free Tune-Up For Defective Graduates is the newest offer for employers from Loretto Heights College (Colo). The ' I. of Northern Colorado and other schools have guaranteed student's abilities in celain programs, but Loretto Heights will offer a warranty on all its students beginning in 1989. All graduates will have completed a new, liberal arts core curriculum, career training, and a senior seminar. Cancelling Peanut Sales In Georgia? That's what some Georgia Tech concession stand officials would like to do. It costs $35,000 a yearto clean up the hulls and repair drainage system damage at the school's Grant Field. The Council Of Ontario Universities, representing the presidents of the province's schools, has recommended its members review brewery advertising for athletic events. Some schools, concerned with student drinking, banned brewery sponsorship as early as 1982. Mum's The Word in answer to questions about drugs and the absence of some Stanford U. football players from the Gator Bowl. School President Donald Kennedy said, "Any statement on that subject, even where all results have been negative, sets a precedent for future disclosures and thus affects the rights of our students to keep such matters strictly private." Campus Advertising Is Going To Pot at Pennsylvania State U. State College Headliners is a new, student-run firm selling advertising space in public bathrooms. "It's a clever way to reach people when they are most vulnerable," says one business owner who's placed ads in his restrooms. Restroom owners receive a 10 percent commission on each advertising board. Information Please: A u. of Southern California sophomore has begun an activity hot line. For $.55, callers hear a taped message describing university events. The student spends two hours each day updating the tape, which is accessible 24 hours a day. Pee-Wee's Playhouse, CBS' Saturday morning Children's show, has captured the attention of college students, too. Herman's energetic antics, filmed against an assortment of animated cohorts, are just the thing after a week of exams. Washington Square Federal Credit Union has become the 13th credit union organized by students. San ^ose State U. student orgainzers plan initially to offer checking and savings accounts, traveler's checks, and discount tickets for entertainment. Changes in Tax Law Affects WCU Many Student Benefits Now Subject to Taxation By ANNE THOMPSON STAFF WRITER Under the Tax Reform Act of 1986, many benefits that previously were not subject to taxation now are includable in a student's gross income, for federal income tax purposes. Both scholarships (awards that are not based on rendering services to the institution) and stipends (pdyments that are based on rendering services to the institution) ore also affected by the new requirements. These and other tax revisions, effective Jan. 1, were contained in d three-paged draft prepdred by the University of North Carolina General Administration during d recently held meeting in Chapel Hill. The most important change, according to the draft, is that a scholarship, (whether consisting of an award of money, a waiver of tuition or fees, or the provision of free room and board, etc.) now constitutes income that potentially is subject to taxation. This new requirement applies to awards made after August 17, 1986, but not to those made before August 16. The draft goes on to state that if the amount of scholarship assistance awarded by an agency to a student exceeds $600 during the tax year, that agency must file with the Internal Revenue Service a year-end report of the total award on Form 1099, with a copy of the report being sent to the affected student. In this transition year, for a The Disappearing Student ...wi Reagan's proposed 40 percent cut enrollees. (Edwin Carlton Photo) th the Tax Reform Act of 1986, and President in financial aid, colleges might begin to see less scholarship awarded by Western Carolina University to a student dfter August 17, 1986, in the amount of $600 or more attributable to expenses incurred after December 31, 1986, the University will file the required informotion on a Form 1099. Any other agency that separately may supply scholarship assistance to a university student this year in an amount exceeding $600 will also be required to file a Form 1099. In subsequent years, each agency, (including the university, that provides $600 or more of scholarship funds to a student during a given tax year must file c Form 1099 refferable to tha student. When filing a tax return, if the taxpayer—student is a degree candiddte he may exclude from his gross income the portion of scholarship that was available to be spent on institutional tuition and fees and on course-related fees, books, supplies and equipment. Other expenses, such as room, board, or travel, are not excludable. A student not enrolled in a degree program may not exclude any protion of a scholarship for gross income. It is the responsibility of the student to file appropriate tax returns and to claim available exclusions from gross income, the draft stressed. Accordingly, students should keep copies of award letters; of billsforinstitutional tuition and fees; of receipts for course-related books, supplies and equipment; and of any other documents necessary to identify See NEW TAX LAW Page Four A Haven for NC Teachers Who Need a Break From Classes The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching By MICHELLE DAVIS SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO EDITOR Tucked away in the Blue Ridge Mountains lies a center that is one of a kind in the United States. It provides the royal treatment to one of our most esteemed professions, the teaching profession. The center provides for their every needs, from clock radios to flashlights in their rooms. It is here that the lucky teachers of North Carolina have a chance to relax and be among other teachers, discuss ideas and most importantly, to renew themselves spiritually. They spend up to six days here, and in those six days they attend seminars put on by the center. Some of the topics coverea at outstanding public school teachers of all grade levels and disciplines with opportunities tc^study advanced topics in the sciences,arts, and humanities. At first, there was much discussion about where the center should be located. The commission chose Cullowhee for two reasons. One, for its isolation and two, for the beautyand peace it had to offer. However.the center makes it clear that it is no way related to the University other than that the University has been kind enough to provide a temporary place to house its facilities. The center.however, is a part of the University of North Carolina. The temporary location is Madsion Hall — once a dorm for the WCU football players. Terry Waite, Lebanon, and Four Hostages By TIM BARTON STAFF WRITER A group of teachers attending one of the many seminars given by NCCAT. (Edwin Carlton Photo) mese seminars include: TO THESTARS: HUMANS IN THE COSMOS, PRIDE AND TEACHING, AND LEARNING TO LISTEN TO WHAT CHILDREN SAY. These are just a few of the topics that are offered to the teachers who come to the center and edch seminar provides new informotion for personal use as well as information for their professional use. The leaders of the seminars are WCU faculty members, the NCCAT staff, and outstanding lecturers in different fields, from all over the U.S. and sometimes from other countries. The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching or NCCAT for short was formed to help slow down teacher burnout and the loss of top teachers. NCCATis a statewide institution dedicdted exclusively to the advancement of teaching as a n art and as a profession. Its goal is to provide The center started operating in the Summer of 1986 with just a handful of staff and teachers. Now they have awaiting list that will see them through a year or two of being filled to capacity. "There have been about 275 teachers who walked through our doors since we started last summer," states the Director, Bruce McPherson. Dr. McPherson has a doctorate in educational administration from the Univerisity of Chicogo and received his masters of education, and bachelor of arts degrees from the University of Rochester. In 1986 a permanent site was chosen for the center; this will be located across the highway from WCU on a 20-acre tract. The building will house everything from private rooms to a dining area. There will also be a media center with the most up to date See TEACHERS' HAVEN Page Eight Anglican church envoy Terry Waite, who was negotiating with the Islamic Jihad in order to free the American hostages being held in Lebdnon, hds been reported missing since Jan. 20. His whereabouts is still a mystery. Rumors were spread thdt he was being held against his will as a hostage. This past Sundoy, a group holding foreign hostages claimed that Waite "carried d transmitter to pinpoint suspected terrorist hideouts for a US attack on Lebanon" and so was held.The Church of Englond issued a statement that the rumor of a bugging device on Terry Woitewds "one of the most unlikey (rumors) of all." The Revolutionary Justice Organization delivered d stdtement to the Beirut newspaper An-Nahar, saying that the US was planning "an imminent air and sed landing in two residential districts of Moslem west Beirut" in order "to seize prominent leoders of Hezbollah," a group of pro- Iranian Shiite extremists. These leaders, in what was dubbed "Operation Raven," would be swapped for foreign hostages. US warplanes, the statement continued, would simultaneously attack Hezbollah bases in the Bekaa valley under cover from Israeli jets. These targets, the Revolutionary Justice Organization felt, would be pinpointed by Waite. The US denied these reports and said that they would not take military action against Lebanon. In Washington, former hostage David Jdcobsen insisted that Waite was "free of any government influence." Nabih Berri, head of the main Shiite Amal militia and Lebanon's justice minister, said that the reledse of the Anglican envoy would take more time, but he might be released within weeks. The mystery of Waite's whereabouts also had other ramifications. On Sunday, Britain's ambassador to Lebanon, John Gray, made an appeal for all British citizens to leave the country. The US State Department had, on January 28, ruled Lebanon to be off limits to US citizens. Violators could face up to five years in prison. As a result of this ruling, US passports are no longer valid for travel in or through Lebanon. The only exceptions made were for the immediate fa .ilies of the American hostages; journalists jnd others must get special permission. An estimated 1,500 Americans who remained in Lebanon were given until the end of February to leave before their passports became invalid. Among the hostages still in Lebanon, the plight of three Americans and a US resident illegal alien is being closely monitored. On Jan. 24, Alann Steen, 47, a Boston native; Robert Polhill, 53, of New York; Jesse Turner, 39, of Boise, Iddho; and Mithileshwar Singh, 60, a native of India and a resident alien in the US, were kidnapped from Beirut University College. A six-minute videotape (showing Alann Steen), and the text of a statement in Steen's own handwriting, was delivered to a Western news agency in the name of Islamic Jihad fo, the Liberation of Palestine. The message: Steen and the three other hostages would be killed unless Israel agreed to release 400 Arab prisoners before the end of Monday, Feb. 10. On Sunday, Feb 9, Israel replied that it was "willing to discuss swdpping" dn Israeli airman missing in Lebanon in exchange for the 400 Arab prisoners. This proposal was advdnced by Nabih Berri. Israel's Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said that "Israel cannot and will not act according to an ultimatum." In the videotape, Alann Steen pleaded, "If our lives are important to America, it must order Israel to release the 400 Palestinians as soon as possible — that is, Monday as a maximum." Tuesday arrived and the the Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine had backed off from its earlier ultimatum; the four hostages were still alive. No new deadline was set, but the organization wanted some clorification of Israel's stand. The United Stdtes insisted that it would stand by its decision not to moke any concessions anc' will not ask Israel to make any concessions either. The Western Carolinian Striving to be the best we can be. There's just no place you can go any longer ana escape the global problems, so one's thinking must become global. — Theodore Roszak

The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

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  • Western Carolina University
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• Date
  • Date original: 1987-02-12
  • Date digitized: 2019-04-09
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  • Dimension: 22.75" x 15"
  • Pages: 12 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
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  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
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  • Western Carolina University
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  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1987-02-12_Vol52_No18
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library