| Summary: | The Reporter is a publication produced by Western Carolina University featuring news, events, and campus community updates for faculty and staff. The publication began in August of 1970 and continues digitally today. Click on the link in the “Related Materials” field to access recent issues. Re™ pNMo/eMw j/sr forr the tCF/^aI/cnieu iflftiy/ anrd Sta ff of Western Carolina University February 2, 1990 Cullowhee, North Carolina History pr ofessor wins Spanish prize J ames A. Lewis, professor of history, recently received a $3,000 prize from the government of Spain for a scholarly manuscript that looks at relations between Spain and the United States in the American Revolution. Chancellor Myron L. Coulter presented a check to Dr. Lewis on January 26 on behalf of the Spanish Ministry of Culture. had been selected for a cash award, one of two announced for the 1988 competition. The selection committee for the juried prize was headed by Richard Herr, professor of history at the University of California. Lewis, who teaches Latin American history, has held an interest in Spanish military history since the time of his doctoral study at Duke University in the early 1970s. To gather information for his manuscript, he traveled to England, Spain, and the Bahama Islands and conducted research at the South Carolina State Archives. Dr. James Lewis received $3,000 from the Spanish government for writing about an eighteenth century military campaign. Family Nights set in N.C . and Georgia The programs are called "Family Night" because attending students and their families are hosted by two other university "families"—the faculty and staff, and WCU alumni. The programs will begin at 7 p.m. on each date. The events will take place in Hendersonville on February 14; Asheville, February 15; Gastonia, February 21; Charlotte, February 22; Greensboro, February 28; Hickory, March 14; Atlanta, March 15; Raleigh, March 21; and Winston-Salem, March 22. Special luncheons for high school guidance counselors will be held in Asheville on January 30 and Charlotte on February 22. Lewis submitted his manuscript, entitled "The Final Campaign," in 1988 to a competition sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Spain's Program for Cultural Cooperation, and the Spanish Embassy in Washington, D.C. The competition, which cen- - nammmtersonthe the 1992 celebration of the five hundredth anniversary of Columbus's discovery of the Americas. "The Final Campaign" focuses on military action in the last months of the American Revolution, when Spain captured the Bahama Islands from Great Britain, with the help of the South Carolina State Navy. The islands later were retaken by South Carolinian loyalists. Lewis was notified last June that his manuscript The Office of Admissions and the Chancellor's Office will sponsor a series of "Family Night" events during February and March as part of WCU's off-campus recruiting program. The events will take place in several North Carolina cities and in Atlanta, Ga. Members of the faculty, staff, and student body will take part, and alumni from each city will also attend. Admissions officers and other participants at each event will provide information to prospective students and their parents about academic programs, admission requirements, financial aid, and student life. News briefs FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, IS THE DEADLINE for nominations for this year's Paul A. Reid Distinguished Service Awards, according to Marsha Crites, chair of the awards selection committee. The two $1,000 cash awards will be presented in the spring at the general faculty meeting and awards convocation. Nominations may be made by members of the faculty, administration, staff, student body, board of trustees, and alumni. Nominees will be evaluated on "the extent and quality of service" to Western during 1989-90 as well as sustained efforts over several years. Send nominations to Crites at the Center for Improving Mountain Living. For information and instructions, call 227-7492. FORMER WCU DEAN BE TTY L . SIEGEL has begun a one-year term as chair of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, one of the nation's largest higher education associations. President of Kennesaw State College in Marietta, Ga., Siegel was dean of the School of Education and Psychology from 1976 to 1981. In AASCU's top post, she succeeds Chancellor Myron L. Coulter, who held the position during 1989. AASCU represents more than 370 institutions in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. -DREAM TABLE" DISCUSSIONS WILL BE HELD on consecutive Thursdays during February by the Department of Social Work and Sociology. The university community is invited to join the group at the Townhouse Restaurant in Cullowhee 8:30-9:45 a.m. February 8,15, or 22 to share night dreams and explore their metaphors in a comfortable format There is no admission cost, and breakfast is served courtesy of STAR Award Nourishment. Participants may join as many or as few times as they desire. Seating is limited, however, so reserve a space by calling 227-7112 by noon each Wednesday. Ask for Joyce Prewitt WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Monday 5 Computer demonstration, "How to Use BITNET to Communicate with Colleagues Nationwide." For faculty and staff. B-15 Forsyth Building (Computer Center conference room), 3-4 p.m. Registration required at 227-7282. Basketball, Cats vs. East Tennessee State University. Johnson City, Tenn., 7:30 p.m. Tuesday 6 Computer demonstration, "How to Use BITNET to Communicate with Colleagues Nationwide." For faculty and staff. B-15 Forsyth Building (Computer Center conference room), 3:30-4:30 p.m. Registration required at 227-7282. Women's basketball, Cats vs. UNC-Asheville. RAC, 7 p.m. Literary reading, with poet John Skoyles and Maria Flook, a writer of poetry and fiction. 104 Killian Building, 7 p.m. Free and open to the public. Wednesday 1 Basketball, Cats vs. Wofford College. RAC, 7:30 p.m. Key HFR H.F. Robinson Administration Building MHC Mountain Heritage Center MRH Music Recital HaU RAC Ramsey Activity Center UC University Center February 2. 1990 The Reporter February 5-1 1 Thursday 8 Computer demonstration, "How to Use BITNETto Communicate with Colleagues Nationwide." For faculty and staff. B-15 Forsyth building (Computer Center conference room), 11 a.m.-noon. Registration required at 227-7282. Graduate Council meeting. 510 HFR, 1 p.m. Teleconference, "Doing Business in the Pacific Rim." Sponsored by the Division of Continuing Education and Summer School. Richmond Hill Inn and Conference Center, Asheville, 1-4 p.m. $49 (includes lunch). Call 227-7397 to register. WordPerfect Support Group meeting, with demonstration of WordPerfect 5.1. 329 Forsyth Building, 3:30- 4:30 p.m. Presentation on youth and the American educational system, with Joe Clark, controversial New Jersey educator. Sponsored by Last Minute Productions. Grandroom, UC, 8 p.m. $2 WCU students, $5 others, $3 per person for ten or more. Call 227-7206 for information or tickets. Music scholarship recital. MRH, 8 p.m. The Reporter Friday 9 Tennis (men's and women's), Cats vs. Catawba College. Salisbury, 2 p.m. Baseball, Cats vs. Auburn University. Auburn, Ala., 3 p.m. Concert, WCU Symphonic Band (featuring pre-miere of original band piece by Dick Trevarthen). MRH, 8:15. Free. Saturday 10 Tennis (men's and women's), Cats vs. Davidson College. Davidson, 10 a.m. Baseball, Cats vs. Auburn University. A doubleheader. Auburn, Ala., 1 p.m. Women's basketball, Cats vs. Austin Peay State University. RAC, 2 p.m. Concerts, Western Region All-District Band Clinic. MRH, 6:30 p.m. and Hoey Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Free. Basketball, Cats vs. Marshall University. RAC, 7 p.m. Sunday 11 Baseball, Cats vs. Auburn University. Auburn, Ala., noon. Exhibits "North Carolina Glass '90," studio glass works by North Carolina artists. Belk Building Art Gallery ( 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and by appointment) and Chelsea Gallery, University Center (8 a.m.-ll p.m. daily), through March 2. "Lyrical Abstraction," works by expressionist Mary Parker. The World Gallery (a program of the Art Department), 37 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, through March 10. "Story About Home," environmental sculpture by Jerry Monteith. Belk Building, through April 9. Photographs of mountain scenes by Larry Tucker, photographs of Southern Appalachian wildflowers by Dr. James Wallace, and "Diversity Endangered," a poster exhibit Natural Sciences Building, 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. weekdays. "Selections from Introductory Painting Class, Fall '89," works by undergraduate art students. Gallery 250, Office of Research and Graduate Studies, 250 Robinson Building, 8 am.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. "The School at Cullowhee," a historical exhibit; "Bells in the Valley," a historical slide show on WCU; and "Migration of the Scotch-Irish People," a permanent exhibit. Mountain Heritage Center, 8 am.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. February 2. 1990 The Reporters published by the Office of Public Information. Mail notices and changes of address to the Reporter. 1601 Ramsey Center. 1,450 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $132.50, or $.09 per copy. Western Carolina University is an Equal Opportunity Institution. Honors and awards • Sue Beck (Research and Graduate Studies) received a $500 award in December for an original poem which she submitted to the World of Poetry national poetry competition in California last summer. Her poem is entitled "Fantasy World." • Robert L. Dalley (Industrial Education and Technology) was named to "Who's Who Among Safety Professionals," by the Center for Safety Education in Framingham, Mass. Dalley was cited for contributions and achievements in the field. Papers, presentations, and publications • Dr. William Anderson (History) spoke January 25 in the Mountain Heritage Center and January 26 at Jackson County Library in Sylva about his studies in Cherokee names. Anderson conducted extensive research on the topic as 1989 winner of the university's Hunter Scholar Award. He is working to correct inaccuracies in recorded spellings of Cherokee names and dispel confusion for historians studying the Cherokee Indians. • Dr. William Clauss (Office for Rural Education) and Dr. Frank Wittwer, director of research and development at the University of West Florida, published an article entitled "Establishing Legislative Support for the Funding of Technology in Rural Schools" in the Rural Special Education Quarterly. The journal's winter 1989 issue, which carried the article, focused on technology in rural schools. • Currin Cooley (Parks and Recreation Management) and students Steve Cain, Jimmy Irvin, and Brian Ros attended a retreat for recreation students and professionals January 5-7 in Wintergreen, Va. Cooley led a discussion on ways to bring educators and professionals together. • Shirley Kool (Financial Aid) was an instructor at a support staff workshop of the North Carolina Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators in December at Lenoir-Rhyne College. Other WCU financial aid staff members attending were Audrey Cox, Nancy Dillard, Yvonne Ferguson, and Ann Deupree, who became assistant director of student financial aid in December. • Dr. James Turner (Industrial Education and Technology) published an article entitled "Education and Knowledge: The Keys for a Decade of Success" in the January/February issue of Today's Distributor, a professional journal. Turner's article discusses the need for in-service training and entry-level employee education for keeping abreast of advances in industrial distribution. Other activities • Dr. Davia Allen (Home Economics) was recently endorsed by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs as a national validator for the accreditation of child development centers. • Dr. William Clauss (Director, Office for Rural Education) was recently asked to lead sessions for developing objectives and long-range plans for the Division of Development Services of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Clauss is also coordinator of the 1990 "Exemplary Rural and Small School Program" awards of the National Rural and Small Schools Consortium. The awards will be presented in March. In addition, Clauss has been named executive secretary of the Southern Rural Education Association, which focuses on needs and concerns unique to rural education in seventeen southern states, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. The organization is headquartered in the WCU Office for Rural Education. • Dr. Marilyn Feldmann (Associate Dean, Education and Psychology) served as a consultant to Fayetteville State University in November, helping to prepare for a visit by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. She was assistant chairperson of the state's evaluation team to Lees McRae College in Banner Elk in December. • Dr. Anthony Hickey (Dean, Research and Graduate Studies) was elected president of the North Carolina Conference of Graduate Schools for 1990. • Dr. Robert Holquist (Music) was a judge for the selection of the 1989 High School Honors Chorus, which performed in September at the conference of the North Carolina Music Educators Association. Holquist also coordinated the North Carolina Collegiate Honors Chorus, which performed at the Music Educators Association's conference in November in Winston-Salem. Seventeen WCU students were among the singers. • Dr. Edward J. Kesgen and Annette Johnston (Therapeutic Recreation), along with therapeutic recreation student Emily Oakes, were elected to the board of directors of the North Carolina Recreation Therapy Association. The organization represents interests of recreational therapists employed primarily in clinical settings. February 2, 1990 The Reporter Reporter News for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University February 1990 Cullowhee, North Carolina "We see teleconferences as the thing of the future in continuing education. - Malcolm Loughlin Beaming the experts to Western P roblem: what's the quickest way to get a nationally known speaker to Cullowhee? Solution: beam him up. And down again. That is, use a satellite to "bounce" his live image, rather than the actual person, to a television screen at Western from a point perhaps thousands of miles away. Telephone connections allow persons watching the screen to talk directly with the speaker. Presto! He's as good as in the room with his audience. It's called "teleconferencing," and it's a way of overcoming the university's geographic isolation. The process has been used by the Division of Continuing Education and Summer School for almost five years to bring expert speakers on timely subjects to WCU. The teleconference program has featured interactive shows on subjects like black history, discipline in public schools, ethics in American business, and the healing power of humor. There have also been two popular teleconferences for secretaries and "A Day with Peter Drucker," a nationally renowned expert in business. "We see teleconferences as the thing of the future in continuing education," said Malcolm Loughlin, associate director of continuing education and summer school. "There are certain distinct advantages to getting someone like Peter Drucker 'right in your living room'." For example, aside from new knowledge that participants gain, another benefit is substantial savings on travel expenses. No airfares are incurred by the university in getting Peter Drucker together by satellite with any number of participants. For participants, the only cost is an admission price. One secret of the program's success is its satellite dish antenna, which is mounted on a small trailer so it can be moved and connected to a television set at almost any site. Loughlin's office has used several buildings on campus, as well as meeting places in Asheville, as teleconference sites. Broadcasts can also be taped for delayed showings. Teleconferences have been held at Western since 1985. Dr. Diana Henshaw, director of continuing education and summer school, teamed that year with political science professors and Chris Martin, director of the University Media Center, to bring to campus a teleconference on the U.S. Congress. By the end of 1987, four more teleconferences had taken place at WCU. Since Loughlin joined the continuing education staff in 1988, the office has offered more than thirty teleconferences. Henshaw and Loughlin deal principally with two broadcasters—the Public Broadcasting System and the National University Teleconference Network, both known for first-rate programs, Loughlin said. "It's quality material that we're looking for, academically sound programming," he said. Western gains access to a greater number of broadcasts by "riding piggyback" with the state's fifty-eight community colleges, which have formed the North Carolina Community College Public Broadcasting System Consortium. Members get a reduced rate, sometimes as much as fifty percent, on teleconferences from PBS. Western is the only one of the state's sixteen public universities that belongs to the consortium. In coming months, programs will cover plant biotechnology, paying for college, family dynamics, and schools and adolescents. For more information, call Henshaw or Loughlin at 227-7397. - Joey Price News briefs THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT WILL SELL CASSETTE RECORDINGS of last fall's centennial concert by the Cullowhee Festival Orchestra, Robert Baker conducting. Recorded in September during "Second Century Day," the cassette features Mozart's Symphony No. 41 in C, the Academic Festival Overture, and works by Brahms, Glinka, Dvorak, and Khachaturian. The cost is $7 per cassette. For information, call Bert Wiley at 227-7608 or 293-9312. YOU MAY GET STARS IN YOUR EYES, but a gaze through a telescope at the evening sky will give you a look at one of WCU's latest alumni gifts— a star named for the university. Located in the constellation of Eridanus, southwest of the belt of Orion, the star is called "Universitas Carolensis Occidentalis," a Latin approximation of "Western Carolina University." It is the centennial gift of ninety-two-year-old Lucy Hall Latta, one of WCU's oldest living alumni. She presented the star to Chancellor Myron L. Coulter during a centennial birthday celebration in Raleigh last month. The star was purchased through the International Star Registry of Northfield, 111., and can be seen with an amateur telescope at the coordinates R A 3h 17m 24.00sd -10 degrees 45' 51.93". TICKETS FOR A CONCERT BY POP STAR R ICHARD MARX are on sale at the Ramsey Center ticket office and at several other western North Carolina locations. Marx, who is in the running for a Grammy Award this month, will perform in the Ramsey Center at 8 p.m. Sunday, February 25. Since 1987, he has made rock history as the first solo artist to reach the top five with seven consecutive singles. His current album, "Repeat Offender," has produced four hits. Also performing February 25 will be rock musician Tim Karr. Tickets are $13.50 for WCU students and $16.50 for others. For more information, call the Ramsey Center ticket office at 227-7722. WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Monday 12 Movie, When Harry Met Sally. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Computer workshop, "MS-DOS Basics." For faculty and staff. B-15 Forsyth Building (Computer Center conference room), 3-5 p.m. Registration required at 227-7282. Women's basketball, Cats vs. East Tennessee State. RAC, 7 p.m. Basketball, Cats vs. Virginia Military Institute. Lexington, Va., 7:30 p.m. Tuesday 13 Council of Deans meeting. 510 HFR, 9:30 a.m. Personal development seminar, "Success Comes in Cans, not Cannots." Hospitality Room, RAC, 9 a.m.-noon. $40. For information, call Tammy Haskett at 227-7397. Movie, When Harry Met Sally. Second floor, UC, 10a.rn.-ll p.m. Computer workshop, "MS-DOS Basics." For faculty and staff. B-15 Forsyth Building (Computer Center conference room), 3-5 p.m. Registration required at 227-7282. Organization of Ebony Students dinner. Brown Cafeteria, 5 p.m. Key HFR MHC MRH RAC UC H.F. Robinson Administration Building Mountain Heritage Center Music Recital Hall Ramsey Activity Center University Center Wednesday 14 Movie, When Harry Met Sally. Second floor, UC, 10a.m.-ll p.m. Keynote address, Centennial mid-year symposium, sponsored by the School of Education and Psychology and the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching. "The Search for Learning Groups as Successful as 1:1 Tutoring," with Dr. Benjamin Bloom. Hoey Auditorium, 1 p.m. Free and open to the public. Computer "how-to" discussion, "Use BITNET to Communicate with Colleagues Nationwide." For faculty and staff. B-15 Forsyth Building (Computer Center conference room), 3-4 p.m. Registration required at 227-7282. "Reflections on Mountain Teaching," a midyear symposium program. Hoey Auditorium, 3:30 p.m. Women's basketball, Cats vs. Appalachian State University. Boone, 7 p.m. Closing presentation, Centennial symposium, "Developing Talent in Young People," with Dr. Benjamin Bloom. Hoey Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. February9. 1990 The Reporter Thursday 15 Movie, When Harry Met Sally. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-ll p.m. Keynote address, Centennial mid-year symposium, sponsored by the School of Arts and Sciences. "The Value of Liberal Arts in a Technological Age," with Governor James Martin. Hoey Auditorium, 2 p.m. Departments will hold "open house" following address. Computer "how-to" discussion, "Use BITNET to Communicate with Colleagues Nationwide." For faculty and staff. B-15 Forsyth Building (Computer Center conference room), 3-4 p.m. Registration required at 227-7282. Presentation, "Effects of fflV-1 on Natural Killer Cytotoxicity," with Dr. Keith Ramsey of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. 118 Natural Sciences Building, 3:30 p.m. Public lecture with Ramsey, "Global Effects of AIDS," Natural Sciences Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Both talks, programs of the Centennial mid-year arts and sciences symposium, are free and open to the public. For more information, call 227-7244. The Reporter Friday 16 Indoor track, Southern Conference Championships, Lexington, Va. Movie, When Harry Met Sally. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-midnight. Men's and women's tennis, Cats vs. Georgia State University. Atlanta, Ga., 2 p.m. Saturday 17 Ice skating lessons. Ice rink, RAC, 9-11:30 a.m. Offered by Jackson County Recreation Department. $15 registration fee, $1 admission fee. Tennis, Cats vs. Clemson. Clemson, S.C., 10 a.m. Movie, When Harry Met Sally. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-midnight. Baseball, Cats vs. Western Kentucky University. A doubleheader. Childress Field, noon. Cheerleading clinic. Auxiliary Gym, RAC, 3-5:30 p.m. Basketball, Cats vs. University of Tennessee- Chattanooga. RAC, 7:30 p.m. Sunday 18 Baseball, Cats vs. Western Kentucky University. Childress Field, 1 p.m. Exhibits "North Carolina Glass '90," glass works by North Carolina artists. Belk Building Art Gallery ( 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and by appointment) and Chelsea Gallery, University Center (8 a.m.-ll p.m. daily), through March 2. "Lyrical Abstraction," works by expressionist Mary Parker. The World Gallery (a program of the Art Department), 37 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, through March 10. "Story About Home," environmental sculpture by Jerry Monteith. Belk Building, through April 9. Photographs of mountain scenes by Larry Tucker, photographs of Southern Appalachian wild-flowers by Dr. James Wallace, and "Diversity Endangered," a poster exhibit Natural Sciences Building, 7:30 ajn.-10 p.m. weekdays. "Selections from Introductory Painting Class, Fall *89," works by undergraduate art students. Gallery 250, Office of Research and Graduate Studies, 250 Robinson Building, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. 'The School at Cullowhee," a historical exhibit; "Bells in the Valley," a historical slide show on WCU; and "Migration of the Scotch-Irish People," a permanent exhibit. Mountain Heritage Center, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. February9. 1990 National organization will teach wilderness first aid on campus The Division of Continuing Education and Summer School of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences, along with the Parks and Recreation Management Program, will offer a wilderness first aid responder course on campus March 2-11. The course will by taught by SOLO, a nationally known organization that has been teaching wilderness emergency medical programs throughout the United States for the past thirteen years. Cost of the course is $441, including registration, books, and certification costs. Housing and meal arrangements should be made separately. Maximum enrollment is thirty persons. To register for the course or for more information, call Becky Dennis at 227-7118 or Ann Jacobs at 227-7435. The Repoirs ter published by the Office of Public Information. Mall notices and changes of address to the Reporter. 1601 Ramsey Center. 1 >150 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $132.50, or $.09 per copy. Western Carolina University Is an Equal Opportunity Institution. University club established for faculty and staff Members of the faculty and staff are invited for creative, provocative discussion and "just plain fun" at the newly established University Club, said Dr. Jeff Neff, head of the Department of Anthropology and Geosciences. The club meets in the Canterbury House of St. David's Episcopal Church behind E .J. Whitmire Stadium. The club, where faculty and staff members have met three times since December, can be a key element in maintaining a community of scholarship at Western, said Neff, who helped to organize the club. "It is essential that all staff and faculty understand that this club has been established for them. There is no exclusivity here—just the opposite. Everyone's support is needed if this is to be made a permanent part of life in the university community," Neff said. Beverages and snacks are provided. No formal dues structure has been established. The club's next meeting will be held 3-6 p.m. Friday, February 16. For more information, call Jeff Neff at 227- 7268, Ben Ward at 227-7196, or Larry Kolenbran-der at 227-7367. Jazz ensemble starts winter tour February 12 Dr. Mario Gaetano and the Western Carolina University jazz ensemble will conduct their annual winter concert tour February 12-14, performing tunes from 1940s swing to modern rock and roll at five North Carolina high schools. The seventeen-piece band will perform Monday, February 12, at Hickory High School and Statesville High School; Tuesday, February 13, at Orange High School in Hillsborough and Cummings High School in Burlington; and Wednesday, February 14, at Burns High School in Lawndale. This year's repertoire includes "In the Mood" by Joe Garland, "Red Beans and Rice" from Doc Severinsen of television's 'The Tonight Show," and various standard tunes and contemporary rock selections. Members of the jazz ensemble are Katie Anthony of Bryson City; Charles Beeson of Thomasville; Rick Carter and Maria Henson of Franklin; Brian Chance of Cocoa, Fla.; Allison Druley of Spartanburg, S.C.; Richard Frettoloso of Greensboro; Matt Henley and Karl Wingruber of Waynesville; Marie Kepley of Marathon, Fla.; James Montgomery of Gastonia; Tim Mundy of Broadway; Darrell Pearson of Shelby; and Joe Reed of Cullowhee. For more information on the ensemble's tour, call the Department of Music at 227-7242. Center for Improving Mountain Living, Hunter Library announce new appointments The Center for Improving Mountain Living and Hunter Library have announced three new staff appointments. Ralph B. Montee, a rural development specialist and research associate in the Center for PVO/ University Collaboration in Development headquartered at CIML, was named in December as CIML's new associate director for international programs. He formerly was county director and special assistant to the executive staff and director of CARE in New York for twenty years before he joined the CIML staff. He holds degrees from the University of Redlands and the University of California at Berkeley. Phyllis S. Stiles, a communications and documentation officer at CIML since 1987, was named project officer in the International Programs Division. Stiles formerly was a clothing company production manager and book editor in Asheville, and a rural development coordinator with the Peace Corps in Tunisia. Gillian D. Ellern began January 2 as coordinator of library automation at Hunter Library. Ellern previously was employed by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. She received degrees at West Virginia Wesleyan College and Louisiana State University. February9. 1990 The Reporter Re™p Noews f4osr\rr /+hK/e-» CFt/an/c^uie ilftfy*/ /a*nnWrd OSft/mai f f of Western Carolina University February 16, 1990 Cullowhee, North Carolina . .the key to dietary problems is that people are in a hurry and don't want to take the time to eat right." - Dr. Myles Cabot, WCU alumnus Eating better the easy way c onflicting claims in the media make it hard to know what's healthy to eat and what's not. Almost everything, it seems, can be connected with cancer or cholesterol-related heart problems. But according to a prominent WCU alumnus who conducts cancer research in New York, there are two simple ways to make your diet less likely to contribute to cancer or heart disease, the nation's primary killers. First, take time to think about what you eat. Second, use plain common sense. "I think the key to dietary problems is that people are in a hurry and don't want to take the time to eat right," said Dr. Myles Cabot, senior scientist at the W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center in Lake Placid, N.Y. He gave a public lecture entitled "Heart Disease and Cancer: What to Eat and What Not to Eat - That is the Question," February 8 on campus as part of the Biology Department's Centennial Visiting Scholars program. True to our human nature, we too often prepare food the easiest way, which is usually not the most healthy, Cabot said. It's much less trouble, for example, to open a can of commercially packaged peas than to go to the supermarket, select fresh peas, take them home, shell and cook them, and dispose of the hulls. The problem, however, is that commercially canned vegetables, packed in salty juice, may sit for months on the grocer's shelf or in your kitchen cupboard before you eat them, which can increase your chance of having health problems. Cabot's advice: make time to prepare healthy food yourself. And what foods can you consider healthy? "Use your head. You know not to eat fried chicken for breakfast, lunch, and supper. You know not to eat sticks of butter," Cabot said. "Think of what your grandmother used to have on her table. If you're from the South, it was probably tomatoes from the garden, boiled potatoes, carrots, and other fresh vegetables." Cabot said the best diet for cutting health risks includes fresh fruits and vegetables every day, as well as whole grain cereal products like oats and barley. It also limits fat, foods that are salt-cured, pickled, or smoked, and additives like preservatives and artificial sweeteners, Cabot said. Some vegetables may actually help guard against cancer as well, he said. Cabbage, mustard greens, carrots, and wax beans contain vitamins that can help fight the start or spread of cancer. Onions, garlic, nuts, and seeds may also contain anticancer agents (though with nuts, be careful of fatty oils). The nice thing about fresh vegetables is that many are available year-round, even at supermarkets near Cabot's home in Lake Placid, in upstate New York, he said. "If you can get fresh vegetables that close to the Arctic Circle in the dead of winter, then you can get them almost anywhere. In the South, with so many farmers, there's little excuse for not eating fresh vegetables," he said. A native of Boston, Mass., Cabot moved with his family to High Point as a child. At Western, he earned a bachelor's degree in 1970 and a master's degree in biology in 1972. After receiving a doctorate at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1976, he spent eight years in cancer research with Oak Ridge (Tenn.) Associated Universities. Cabot and other researchers at the cell science center in Lake Placid, where he has worked since 1984, study differences between normal human cells and cancer cells, hoping to find a biological mechanism controlling cancer cell growth. - Joey Price News briefs A NEW PROGRAM OF LUN CHTIME DISCUSSIONS FOR FA CULTY has begun, sponsored by the Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence. The events will take place twice weekly during February, March, and April. Entitled "Collegi-ality Plus," the program will offer sessions on teaching and learning, methods for recognizing and rewarding effective teaching, classroom assessment techniques, and other topics. The discussions begin Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. and Wednesdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Mary Will Mitchell Room of Brown Cafeteria. Participants may bring a lunch or go through the cafeteria line. Remaining dates in the program are February 20,21,27, and 28; March 20,21,27, and 28; and April 3 and 4. For more information, call Dr. Lee Minor at 227-7196. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, IS THE DEADLINE for faculty to submit applications for research grants and graduate research assistantships for 1990-91. For more information, call Dr. Kendall King in the Office of Research and Graduate Studies at 227-7398. RENOWNED PIANIST ALEXANDER PESKANOV WILL RETURN to campus February 26-March 3 for his third and final residency of the 1989-90 year. He will conduct master classes and workshops for keyboard students and teachers, incorporating a discussion and demonstration of the "technical regime" he has developed. Pesk£nov will also lead a recital featuring participants of the residency at 8 p.m. Friday, March 2, in the Music Recital Hall. There will be a piano competition on Saturday, March 3. For more information, call Dr. Lillian Pearson in the Department of Music at 227-7242. February 16, 1990 WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Monday 19 Movie, Dangerous Liaisons. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-ll p.m. Free. Computer workshop, "Introduction to Macintosh." For faculty and staff. B-15 Forsyth (Computer Center conference room), 3-5 p.m. Registration required at 227-7282. Women's basketball, Cats vs. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. RAC, 5 p.m. Basketball, Cats vs. Methodist College. RAC, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday 20 Movie, Dangerous Liaisons. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-ll p.m. Free. "Criminal Justice in the 21st Century," with Gene Stephens. A Technology and Applied Science symposium program. 104 Belk Building, 10 a.m. COLLEGIALITY PLUS, discussion for faculty. Brown Cafeteria, 12:30 p.m. Women's tennis, Cats vs. Converse College. Spartanburg, S.C., 1 p.m. "Industrial Competitiveness," with L. David Black. A Technology and Applied Science symposium program. 104 Belk Building, 1:30 p.m. Computer workshop, "Introduction to Macintosh." For faculty and staff. B-15 Forsyth, 3-5 p.m. Registration required at 227-7282. Men's tennis, Cats vs. Wofford College. Spartanburg, S.C., 3 p.m. 'Integration and Wholeness in Home Economics," with Jacqueline Voss. A Technology and Applied Science symposium program. 104 Belk Building, 3:45 p.m. Basketball, Intramural All-Campus Championship Playoffs. RAC, 5:30- 10:30 p.m. Free. Film, Beyond the Dream II. Forsyth Auditorium, 7 p.m. Wednesday 21 Movie, Dangerous Liaisons. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-ll p.m. Free. Luncheon address, Nursing and Health Sciences symposium, with C. Edward McCauley. Grandroom, UC, noon. COLLEGIALITY PLUS, discussion for faculty. Brown Cafeteria, 12:15 p.m. Keynote address, Nursing and Health Sciences symposium, with J. Patrick Hart. RAC, 2:30 p.m. Basketball, Cats vs. UNC-Asheville. RAC, 7:30 p.m. Key HFR H.F. Robinson Administration Building MHC Mountain Heritage Center MRH Music Recital Hall RAC Ramsey Activity Center UC University Center The Reporter Thursday 22 Movie, Dangerous Liaisons. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.- 11 p.m. Free. Student recital. MRH, 2 p.m. Two films, England's Thames and London. Jackson County Public Library, Sylva, 3:30 and 7 p.m. Faculty Senate. Founders Auditorium, MHC, 3:30 p.m. Women's basketball, Cats vs. Liberty College. RAC, 5 p.m. Opera, Cavalleria Rusticana. A Centennial theatre production. Hoey Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. $5 students and senior citizens, $9 others. For more information, call 227-7491. Opening night reception for theatre patrons. Hospitality Room, RAC, 9:45-10:45 p.m. Friday 23 Golf, Cats at Citadel Bulldog Invitational. Patriots Point Golf Course, Charleston, S.C. Movie, Dangerous Liaisons. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.- midnight. Free. Men's tennis, Cats vs. USC-Spartanburg. Reid courts, 2 p.m. Baseball, Cats vs. Winthrop College. Rock Hill, S.C., 2 p.m. Opera, Cavalleria Rusticana. A Centennial theatre production. Hoey Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. $9 adults, $5 senior citizens, students, and youth. For more information, call 227-7491. Exhibits "North Carolina Glass '90," studio glass works by North Carolina artists. Belk Building Art Gallery ( 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and by appointment) and Chelsea Gallery, University Center (8 a.m.-ll p.m. daily), through March 2. "Story About Home," environmental sculpture by Jerry Monteith. Belk Building, through April 9. Photographs of mountain scenes by Larry Tucker, photographs of Southern Appalachian wildflowers by Dr. James Wallace, and "Diversity Endangered," a poster exhibit. Natural Sciences Building, 7:30 a.m.-lO p.m. weekdays. Selected paintings by undergraduate art students. Gallery 250, Office of Research and Graduate Studies, 250 Robinson Building, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. "The School at Cullowhee," a historical exhibit; "Bells in the Valley," a historical slide show on WCU; and "Migration of the Scotch-Irish People," a permanent exhibit. Mountain Heritage Center, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. Saturday 24 Golf, Cats at Citadel Bulldog Invitational. Patriots Print Golf Course, Charleston, S.C. Ice skating lessons. Offered by Jackson County Recreation Department. Ice rink, RAC, 9- 11:30 a.m. $15 registration, $1 admission. Movie, Dangerous Liaisons. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.- midnight. Free. Baseball, Cats vs. North Carolina State University. A doubleheader. Raleigh, 1 p.m. Men's and women's tennis, Cats vs. UNC-Greensboro. Reid courts, 2 p.m. Women's basketball, Cats vs. East Tennessee State University. Johnson City, Tenn., 5:15 p.m. Catamount Club Auction. Maggie Valley Country Club, Maggie Valley, 6 p.m. For more information, call 227-7377. Basketball, Cats vs. The Citadel. Charleston, S.C., 6 p.m. Opera, Cavalleria Rusticana. A Centennial theatre production. Hoey Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. $9 adults, $5 senior citizens, students, and youth. For more information, call 227-7491. Sunday 25 Baseball, Cats vs. North Carolina State University. Raleigh, 1 p.m. Men's and women's tennis, Cats vs. Winthrop College. Rock Hill, S.C., 2 p.m. Concert, "Repeat Offender" tour, with Richard Marx. RAC, 8 p.m. $13.50 WCU students, $16.50 others. Sponsored by Last Minute Productions. The Reporter February 16. 1990 The Reporter is published by the Office of Public Information. Mail notices and changes of address to the Reporter 1601 Ramsey Center. 1,450 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $132.50, or $.09 per copy. Western Carolina University is an Equal Opportunity Institution. Activities • Mardy Davies (CAP Center) and Dr. Michael Dougherty (Human Services) published an article entitled "The Relationship of On-Campus Student Work Performance to Financial Aid Classification" in the winter 1989 issue of the journal of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. • JoAnn Hickey (Social Work and Sociology) recently coauthored an article entitled "Rational vs. Nonrational Shoplifting Types" in the December 1989 issue of the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. The article characterizes behavior of more than 130 adult middle class shoplifters as "rational," "nonrational," or "mixed," depending on the extent to which the theft is calculated to achieve a goal. The article also proposes a prevention strategy based on the research. • Dan Southern (Medical Technology) recently recorded an audiotape and published an accompanying study guide and instructor's guide for Education Reviews, Inc., of Birmingham, Ala., for its series "In-Service Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Science." Southern's recording deals with the maturation, function, and laboratory evaluation of platelets. Southern recorded a paper on vitamin K for Education Reviews in 1988. • Terry Welch (Ramsey Center) is the director of a Kudzu Players production of Neil Simon's Plaza Suite. The three-act comedy features episodes in the lives of several fictional guests of the lavish Plaza Hotel. The play will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, February 23 and 24, in Myers Auditorium at Southwestern Community College in Sylva. Gurevich will head CIML Dr. Robert Gurevich, technical adviser since 1987 for the Experiment in International Living in Brattleboro, Vt., has been named executive director of the Center for Improving Mountain Living. Gurevich is a twenty-four-year veteran in international technical assistance, research in the social sciences, and university teaching and research. He served as senior associate with the International Orientation Service in Chapel Hill from 1984 to 1987, and as director of the office of education and training of the South-East Consortium for International Development in Chapel Hill from 1979 to 1984. He holds a bachelor's degree from the City College of New York, a master's degree from the University of Hawaii, and a doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh. European study offered by Parks and Recreation The Parks and Recreation Management program is offering students a twenty-one-day international study tour in the spring. Scheduled May 9-29, the tour is designed to provide an overview of models of recreation operations in France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Italy, West Germany, and Switzerland. The tour is open to students at WCU and other universities. Students who participate and meet all course requirements will receive six hours of academic credit. The estimated cost is $2,000 per person. For more information, call the Parks and Recreation Management program at 227-7435. Finalists for the 1990 Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award are (left to right) Robert Pitt man, professor of administration, curriculum, and instruction; William Kane, associate professor of management and marketing; Dr. Marilyn Jody, professor of English; Dr. Joseph Meigs, associate professor of English; Dr. Lester Laminack, assistant professor of elementary education and reading; and Dr. James Morrow, professor of human services. The winner of the award will be announced in the spring. February 16, 1990 The Reporter Reporter News for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University February 23, Cullowhee, North Carolina In their new locations, the media center, writing center, and teaching center will offer full service, plus several new features. Back home again Campus centers displaced by the library fire return to permanent housing next month. o ne year after fire destroyed the University Media Center and caused smoke damage elsewhere in Hunter Library, the media center and other service centers are preparing for their return to permanent locations in the library building. Officials say the media center and the University Writing Center will probably move during spring break and be operational in their new locations by Monday, March 12, when students return. The Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence will likely move by March 31. The library's curriculum and juvenile collections, located on the building's first-floor mezzanine, are also scheduled to reopen March 12, according to William Kirwan, university librarian. Although the media center and the writing center will have altered floor plans, both will return to their original sites on the library's first floor, beyond the corridor leading from the main circulation desk, said Chris Martin, media center director. The teaching center will be moved to the library's Classroom A, which is scheduled for painting and refurbishing before the move, said Ben Ward, teaching center director. Classroom A is presently occupied by the media center. Each of the three centers will offer its full range of services in its new location, in addition to several new features. According to Martin, the media center will feature stations where faculty members can work with computers or prepare media materials for instruction. Faculty members will also have access to Apple Macintosh microcomputers with full-page monitors, as well as scanning and laserprinting services. The center will have areas for group instruction and group videocassette or compact disc use. Local area networks will link many of the center's computers, and representatives of computer companies will visit the center periodically to demonstrate new computer products. The media center will also offer patrons easier access to its pickup and receiving area, Martin said. A series of short courses on topics related to Macintosh computers will be offered in the media center's new computer training area. (See related story, last page.) Replacement copies of videocassettes and compact discs lost in last year's fire will continue to arrive at the media center through the summer, Martin said. The faculty will be kept informed as replacement materials become available. cont'd last page Memorial services planned for Kendall King Memorial services were to be held Saturday, February 24, in Kennett Square, Pa., for Kendall W. King, associate dean of research and graduate studies, who died sometime Monday evening or Tuesday morning, February 19 or 20. Dr. King, who according to members of his family had a history of heart problems, lived alone and was found Tuesday morning by associates who became concerned when he did not come into his office. King had been associate dean here since 1986. From 1983 to 1986, he was a pharmaceutical company consultant and vice president of Maijorie Remick Associates, a search and recruiting firm for the chemical, pharmaceutical, and microelectronics industries. He was an officer of the Research Corporation, a New York foundation for scientific study, between 1968 and 1983. A biochemist, King held bachelor's and master's degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin. Additional services for King will be held at WCU at a later date. The family has suggested that in lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Kendall W. King Memorial Scholarship Fund for International Students in the Development Foundation. News briefs A NEW KIND OF MUSICAL EVENT will take place on campus Tuesday, February 27, when the Department of Music presents a "Prism" concert in Hoey Auditorium. The 8 p.m. concert with feature faculty and student ensembles and soloists performing from many different areas of the auditorium. Performers will include the jazz ensemble, concert choir, and saxophone quartet, as well as faculty soloists Dr. Lillian Pearson, Eldred Spell, and Mary Kay Bauer, and world-renowned pianist Alexander Peskdnov. The concert is presented as part of the university's yearlong centennial celebration. Tickets are $2. For more information, call the Music Department at 227-7242. DON'T FORGET THE AREA CODE when dialing any long-distance phone call after February 28. Beginning Thursday, March 1, the area code—previously required only for calls to nuipbers outside the 704 area or for calls placed through the university's RADSI network— must also be included in the dialing sequence for all long-distance calls within the 704 area. The area code is not required for calls from campus to numbers with the prefix 227,293, or 586. Also: you'll need to change your telephone's programmed dialing sequence for any long-distance 704 number you've set for speed call. For more information, call the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs at 227-7321. A BIOLOGY SLIDE PRESENTATION entitled "Bogs, Beaches, and Brynes: Wildlife Habitats of West Wales" will be presented at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 1, in Room 108 of the Natural Sciences Building. The presentation is the work of Kefyn Katley, a native of Wales and a WCU graduate student in biology. The university community is invited free of charge. Refreshments will be served. WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Monday 26 Movie, Tequila Sunrise. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-ll p.m. Free. Men's tennis, Cats vs. Belmont - Abbey. Belmont, 2 p.m. Women's tennis, Cats vs. Queens College. Charlotte, 3 p.m. Computer workshop, "Macintosh Word Processing Basics." For faculty and staff. Forsyth B-15, 3- 5 p.m. Registration required at 227-7282. Basketball, Cats vs. Furma n University. Greenville, S.C., 7:30 p.m. 5 Spring break continues, through Sunday. Classes do not meet. Men's tennis, Cats vs. Northern Kentucky University (8 a.m.) and Xavier University (4 p.m.). Hilton Head, S.C. Women's tennis, Cats vs. Guilford College (8 a.m.) and Ursinus College (4 p.m.) Hilton Head, S.C. Baseball, Cats v s. Davidson College. Davidson, 3 p.m. Tuesday 27 Regional Tournament, Odyssey of die Mind. RAC. Council of Deans meeting. 510 HFR, 9:30 a.m. Movie, Tequila Sunrise. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-l 1 p.m. Free. COLLEGIALITY PLUS, "Faculty Mentoring," faculty discussion on teaching. Brown Cafeteria, 12:30 p.m. Computer workshop, "Macintosh Word Processing Basics." For faculty and staff. Forsyth B-15, 3-5 p.m. Registration required at 227-7282. Prism concert, a musical Centennial event. Hoey Auditorium, 8 p.m. $2 per person. 6 Baseball, Cats vs. Davidson College. Davidson, 3 p.m. Wednesday 28 Movie, Tequila Sunrise. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-ll p.m. Free. COLLEGIALITY PLUS, "Faculty Mentoring," faculty discussion on teaching. Brown Cafeteria, 12:15 p.m. Baseball, Cats vs. Clemson University. Clemson, S.C., 3 p.m. Women's basketball, Cats vs. Furman. Greenville, S.C. 7 p.m. 7 Baseball, Cats vs. East Carolina University. Greenville, 3 p.m. "Vitamin Therapy," a Nursing and Health Scien ces continuing education workshop. Founders Auditorium, MHC, 6-10 p.m. For more information, call Becky Dennis at 2 27-7118. Symphonic Band concert. MRH, 8 p.m. Exhibits "North Carolina Glass '9 0," studio glass works b y North Carolina artists. Belk Building Art Gallery ( 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and by appointment) and Chelsea Gallery, University Center (8 a.m.-l 1 p.m. daily), through March 2. "Story About Home," environmental sculpture by Jerry Monteith. Belk B uilding, through April 9. Photographs of mountain s cenes by Larry Tucker, photographs of Southern Appalachian wildflowe rs by Dr. James Wallace, and "Diversity Endangered," a poster exhibit. Natural Sciences Building, 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. weekdays. Selected paintings by undergraduate art students. Gallery 250, Office of Research and Graduate Studies, 250 Robinson Building, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. "The School at Cullowhee," a historical exhibit; "Bells in the Valley," a historical slide show on WCU; and "Migration of the Scotch-Irish People," a permanent exhibit. Mountain Heritage Center, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. February 23, 1990 The Reporter March 11 Thursday 1 Movie, Tequila Sunrise. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-ll p.m. Free. "Set up Columns in Macintosh Word 4.0," a "how-to" discussion on computers for faculty and staff. B -15 Forsyth Building, 11 a.m.-noon. Registration required at 227-7282. Movie, Death Be Not Proud. Jackson County Public Library, 3:30 and 7 p.m. Free. Slide presentation, "Bogs, Beaches, and Brynes: Wildlife Habitats of West Wales," with graduate student Kefyn Katley. 108 Natural Sciences Building, 4 p.m. Alumni Centennial Birthday Party. Asheville, 6:30 p.m. Opera, Kismet, with Northeast Opera Company. RAC, 8 p.m. $10 adults, $8 WCU employees and senior citizens, $3 WCU students and youth. 8 Women's basketball, Cats at Southern Conference tournament. Johnson City, Tenn. Baseball, Cats vs. East Carolina University. Greenville, 3 p.m. Two movies, Mays Miracle and Larry. Jackson County Public Library, Sylva, 3:30 and 7 p.m. Free. Friday 2 Basketball, Cats at Southern Conference Tournament. Asheville. Wilderness emergency medicine course begins. Runs through March 11. For more information, call Becky Dennis at 227-7118. Movie, Tequila Sunrise. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-midnight. Free. Baseball, Cats vs. Eastern Kentucky University. Childress Field, 3 p.m. Men's and women's tennis, Cats vs. Saint Bonaventure University. Hilton Head, S.C., 4 p.m. Piano recital. Led by artist-in-residence Alexander Pesk&nov. MRH, 8 p.m. 9 Women's basketball, Cats at Southern Conference tournament. Johnson City, Tenn. Key HFR H.F. Robinson Administration Building MHC Mountain Heritage Center MRH Music Recital Hall RAC Ramsey Activity Center UC University Center Saturday 3 Basketball, Cats at Southern Conference Tournament. A sheville. Indoor track, Cats at Las t Chance Meet. Johnson City, Tenn. Women's basketball, Cats vs. Marshall University. Huntington, W.Va. National Teachers Exam Core Battery. Natural Sciences Auditorium, 7:45 a.m. Men's tennis, Cats vs. Western Kentucky University (8 a.m.) and Guilford College (4 p.m.). Hilton Head, S.C. Baseball, Cats v s. Eastern Kentucky University. A doubleheader. Childress Field, noon. Spring break begins, 5 p.m. Runs through March 11. Youth Orchestra. MRH, 7:30 p.m. Sunday 4 Basketball, Cats at Southern Conference Tournament Asheville. Women's tennis, Cats vs. Xavie r University (noon) and West Virginia University (4 p.m.). Hilton Head, S.C. Baseball, Cats vs. Eastern Kentucky University, Childress Field, 1 p.m. 10 Women's basketball, Cats at Southern Conference tournament. Johnson City, Tenn. Baseball, Cats vs. The Citadel. A doubleheader. Charleston, S.C., 1 p.m. 11 Baseball, Cats vs. The Citadel. Charleston, S.C., 1 p.m. The Reporter February 23. 1990 The Repoisr ter published by the Office of Public Information. Mail notices and changes of address to the Reporter, 1601 Ramsey Center. 1,450 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $132.50, or $.09 per copy. Western Carolina University is an Equal Opportunity Institution. February 23, 1990 Home again cont'd Physical arrangements at the writing center have been improved during post-fire repairs, said Barbara Carter, the writing center's associate director. Flooring has been replaced, and better lighting and short dividing walls have been added. The writing center will continue its series of "how-to" minicourses for students and will create a display concerning the series. The minicourses deal with writing difficulties suggested by patrons of the writing center and other students. Also, tutors at the center are preparing videotapes about the center and about the tutoring process. In its new location, the Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence will continue its "Collegiality Plus" series of lunchtime discussions for faculty. Preparations will also get under way for a year-end faculty retreat at High Hampton Inn in Cashiers. Participants at the retreat will focus on building a sense of community among "teacher-scholars" on campus, Ward said. Each center will announce an open house some time after the moves are complete. For more information on services or upcoming events related to the centers, call the University Media Center at 227-7341, the Writing Center at 227-7197, or the Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence at 227-7196. - Joey Price Honors • Rick Boyer (English) has been chosen to receive the Denison University Alumni Citation, which is awarded to distinguished graduates of the institution for outstanding accomplishments. Former recipients include actor Hal Holbrook, U.S. Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana, and Michael Eisner, chairman of the board of Walt Disney World Company. Boyer is the author of the successful "Doc Adams" suspense novel series and coauthor of Rand McNally's Places Rated Almanac, an evaluative guide to metropolitan areas in the United States. He will accept his award at Denison in Granville, Ohio, in June. • William G. Haemmel (Administrative Services) has been selected for inclusion in Who's Who in American Law. Only one lawyer in 8,000 ever receives the honor. Originally admitted to the Texas bar in 1953, Haemmel is licensed to practice law in Texas, Tennessee, New York, and North Carolina. His professional life has included interests in consumer law, arbitration and mediation, and the appearance of paralegals within the legal profession. Apple computer courses will be offered in March and April The university community will have a chance to learn the use of Apple Macintosh computers and related software from experts in the field when several classes on topics related to the microcomputers are offered on campus this spring. Courses in the "Club H.E.P.P. Interactive Learning Series," offered free of charge to faculty, staff, and students, will be sponsored by the University Media Center, Apple Computer, and the Electronic Office of Asheville. The series is part of the university's Higher Education Purchase Plan, which was begun last year to allow members of the university community to buy Apple products at prices significantly below retail. The classes will be held in the media center's computer training area on Hunter Library's first floor. Designed for beginners and novice Macintosh users, each class will start at 2:30 p.m. and last about two hours. Most courses will be offered once in March and again in April. A complete course listing is below. Class size is limited to ten, and registration is required in advance. To sign up or for more information, call the media center at 227-7341. Club H.E.P.P. Interactive Learning Series Course System Fundamentals Microsoft Works Microsoft Word Excel Claris Macpaint, Macwrite, Macdraw HyperCard Pagemaker Microsoft Write Date Tuesday, March 13; Tuesday, April 10 Thursday, March 15; Thursday, April 12 Tuesday, March 20; Tuesday, April 17 Thursday, March 22; Thursday, April 19 Wednesday, March 28; Tuesday, April 24 Thursday, March 29; Thursday, April 26 Tuesday, April 3 Thursday, April 5 The Reporter
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