The Reporter, May 1982

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.A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina May 7, 1982 ROTC DAY SPEAKER CALLS FOR NEW ARMS POLICY Gen. George M. Seignious II, retired, former president of The Citadel and director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, said the "clock is really ticking" on arms control and disarmament and that time is running out for President Reagan. "The question is becoming sharper and sharper," Gen. Seignious told a luncheon group at Western Carolina University's ROTC Day Saturday that included university lead­ers and state legislators, "and it is—what are we going to do about this nuclear mad­ness?" "For over 20 years, we as a nation have been unable to integrate arms control into a significant and integral part of our national security policy. This has occurred in spite of many serious-minded, non-parti­san, and statesmanlike endeavors to do so. Unfortunately, by the majority it has been viewed too simplistically as a battle be­tween the hawks and doves, or those who trust the Russians and those who don't," Seignious said. "The time in history in which we live de­mands an acknowledgement by all of us— soldiers, educators, diplomats, politicians, and citizens—that these petty slogans of identity and self-serving posturing do not address the imperative of survival. It is past time that we put aside any impediment to serious-minded, objective, realistic limitation of nuclear weapons," he said. "As a beginning to a most complex problem, the United States, including its leadership, must be and appear to be serious about con­trolling arms. I would propose, as a starter, two short-term actions and one long-term aim of national policy," Seignious said. As short-term actions he proposed that the President seek ratification of the thresh­old test ban treaty now before the United States Senate, then "seriously and non-politically reexamine SALT II," modifying it if it is in fact "fatally flawed," and asking the Soviets to agree with the modi­fications. As a long-term aim, he proposed a new approach to arms recognizing that "the number of nuclear weapons, strategic systems which each side has, does not pro­vide security. It is the survivability of those systems that produces stability and security, and especially if it's at vastly reduced levels of warheads." "For 20 years," Seignious explained, "we've sought to control and limit nuclear arse­nals by counting strategic systems, launch­ing systems, in SALT. And in each of our countries we've inventoried the bombers, submarine-launched ballistic missile sys­tems, and the intercontinental ballistic missile systems. We've been counting the big systems. Technology keeps going at such a persistently fast pace that it out­strips the political and diplomatic jock­eying for advantage. A continuous effort to limit nuclear weapons based on a for­mula of nuclear-assured destruction or counter-force hard target kill or massive numbers of warheads seems only to lead to more, not less, confidence in the security for our country. "We, as a nation, should devise and seek a treaty of survival—a treaty that is nego­tiated with the aim of guaranteeing ade­quate survival warheads, both for the U.S. and for the Soviet Union, a treaty that is so structured that each side loses any capability of first-strike advantage and each country has unquestioned confidence that the terms of the treaty are verifiable. -2- Each country would have equal aggregates of warheads and the freedom to mix systems as it sees fit, provided only that the number of warheads is verifiable, "If we as a nation are seriously willing to integrate arms control into our national security planning we can devise a national security policy that is concurrently secure, negotiable, stabilizing, and non-provoca­tive—and, at vastly lower levels of re­source commitment. If we realistically and honestly could table a negotiated position to the Soviets that truly represents equal opportunity for each country to have sur-vivable and equal numbers of warheads, able to target critical targets of the other side, then we will have gone the extra mile to find a way to get a handle on the con­tinuing survival of mankind," Seignious said. "The President doesn't have long to make a move, because when he goes to Bonn on June 9, if he has not taken the initiative in this field, you are likely to see strong demonstrations against the President of the United States. The clock is really tick­ing," Seignious reiterated. A veteran of 32 years as a Regular Army officer, Gen. Seignious served under Presi­dent Carter as director of the Arms Control Agency and a member of the President's General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament. He was a member of the U.S. delegation to arms control negotia­tions in Geneva with the rank of ambassador. UNC GOVERNORS CHAIRMAN SPEAKS TO GRADS John R. Jordan, Jr., chairman of the Univer­sity of North Carolina Board of Governors, will give the commencement address Sunday, May 16, at Western's 1982 spring gradua­tion exercises. A Raleigh attorney, Jordan has been chair­man of the UNC system governors since July of 1980. He served on the former State Board of Higher Education and on the Board of Trustees of the Consolidated University. He served three terms in the North Carolina Senate (1959-63) and twice served on the Senate Committee on Higher Education. Jordan is a native of Winton and a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, earning his bachelor's in 1942 and his law degree in 1948. Some 860 students are candidates for de­grees at Western Carolina University this spring. Ceremonies will be held at 10:20 a.m. in E.J. Whitmire Stadium. Chancellor H.F. Robinson will preside at the commencement exercises and introduce Jordan. Robert E. Stoltz, vice chancellor for academic affairs, will preside at the presentation of candidates for degrees. The deans of WCU's five undergraduate schools and the dean of the Graduate School will present candidates for graduation. Dean John D. McCrone will present 127 can­didates from the School of Arts and Sci­ences, Dean John F. McCreary will present 204 from the School of Business, Acting Dean Gurney E. Chambers will present 186 from the School of Education and Psychology, Dean Thomas F. Connelly will present 73 from the School of Nursing and Health Sci­ences, Dean Walter E. Thomas will present 130 from the School of Technology and Ap­plied Science, and Dean Aaron Hyatt will present 141 from the Graduate School. The annual Cullowhee community wide church worship service will be held at 9 a.m. in the Recital Hall of the Music-English Build­ing. The service is open to everyone. In the event of rain, the commencement pro­gram will be held in Reid Gym. WCU, CLEMSON AGREE ON ENGINEERING TRANSFER A cooperative transfer agreement in prin­ciple in engineering between Clemson Uni­versity and WCU was announced here last week by officials of the two institutions. The agreement establishes a plan under which students can complete pre-profes-sional, or general education, requirements at WCU and the professional, engineering courses at Clemson. The arrangement will be effective with the start of the fall semester in August. All professional course work in engineer­ing would be done in the Clemson College of Engineering, which offers nine baccalaure­ate programs and 14 advanced degree pro­grams. The College has a faculty of more than 130 members and enrolls about 3,000 students, or approximately 27 percent of the total -3- Clemson student body. The cooperative arrangement between the in­stitutions was announced by Dr. J. Charles Jennett, dean of the Clemson College of Engineering, and Dr. H.F. Robinson, chan­cellor of WCU. Assisting in developing the plan have been Dr. John Bell, associate dean of the WCU School of Arts and Sciences, and Professor J.L. Edwards, assistant to the dean at Clemson. The agreement prescribes a plan of study at WCU during the first two years for stu­dents who expect to transfer into one of the Clemson engineering programs. Courses such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, composition, literature, humanities, and social sciences would be included, approx­imately paralleling the first two years of the engineering program at Clemson. All transfer students must meet the current admissions standards for engineering at Clemson. MICRO-GRANTS RECEIVED BY 15 FACULTY Since October 1981, 15 WCU faculty members have received SDIP micro-grants for in­structional development activities. Al­though no further proposals can be funded at this time, the University hopes to estab­lish a new micro-grant funding cycle in October 1982. Micro-grant recipients since December 1981 have been Arnold Nielsen (In­dustrial Education and Technology), Larry Grantham (Human Services), Otto Spilker (Health, Physical Education, and Recrea­tion), George Reeser (Industrial Education and Technology), John Baker (Mathematics), Roger Lumb (Biology), A.W. Horstman (Earth Sciences), H.L. Youmans (Chemistry), Scott Minor (Psychology), William Miller (Indus­trial Education and Technology), Ron Marshall (Mathematics), and Cherie Lee (Home Economics). ARTS AND SCIENCES ELECTS REPRESENTATIVES In elections during the month of April, the School of Arts and Sciences elected five faculty members for two-year terms to the Faculty Senate. They are Nell Holtzclaw, James Horton, Henry Mainwaring, Joseph Scagnoli, and Curtis Wood. Elected to three-year terms on the Dean's Advisory Committee were Betsy Farlow, Joseph Meigs, and J. Daniel Pittillo. In a later runoff election, Alice Mathews was elected representative to the Graduate Council for a three-year term. FACULTY AND STAFF CONTRIBUTE TO EXCEL EXCEL, a Saturday morning recreation pro­gram for older adults sponsored by CIML, will celebrate its second anniversary this summer. Many members of the University faculty and staff have contributed their time and knowledge to weekly discussions that follow the hours of healthful activity and interaction between student volunteer staff and older adults. Don Kelley, director of human resources at CIML and supervisor of the EXCEL program, expresses his appreciation for the generous contributions of the following members of the WCU community: Charles Darden (Health, Physical Education, and Recreation), Joe Ginn (secretary, History), William Paulk (English), Robert Rigdon (Human Services), Judy Stillion (Psychology), Dorothy Tatum (Elementary Education and Reading), Virginia Wittekind (Social Work), Nancy Blanks (international programs, CIML), and Marsha Crites (consultant to CIML's Elder Neighbor program). EXCEL also appreciates the cooperation of Quinn Constantz (Health, Physical Education, and Recreation) in allowing the use of Reid Gym facilities. According to student coordinator Margie Lunnen, during the past two years EXCEL has touched the lives of 50 older adults, 40 students, and over 30 invited speakers from the community as well as the univer­sity. She hopes the program will continue to grow and provide all involved with a sense of accomplishment and a variety of new friends. ANNOUNCEMENTS THE WCU BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL MEET at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 13, in the board room of the University Administration-Mountain Heritage Center Building. THE FIRST OF WCU'S NEW DUAL VAX 11/780 computer systems is here. A field service engineer from Digital Equipment Corp. is here installing and testing the system. During and after several weeks of monitor­ing by DEC, the Computer Center's program­ming staff will use the new system for con­version of the University's computer appli­cations. Campus users will get their first -4- crack at the new computer in mid-summer, when the current Xerox 560 system has been removed and the second DEC VAX 11/780 is installed. GETTING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR WILL BE EASY with the Cherokee Shuttle Service and tick­et package. Round-trip transportation from Cherokee, an admission to the World's Fair, and an escorted tour through the Great Smokies are offered at a combined cost of $22, with children under three free. Buses run daily except Sunday. Instead of fight­ing the crowds and paying at least $6 to park and catch a shuttle to the fair site, you can catch a bus in Cherokee that will deliver you to the gate and bring you back to Cherokee that night. On the way you'll have the chance to learn more about Chero­kee history and culture as well as the flora and fauna of the park. The package is sponsored by the Cherokee Travel and Promotion Office in cooperation with Western Carolina University. For tickets or information, contact the Cherokee Visi­tor Center, P.O. Box 465, Cherokee, 28719, 704/497-9195 (toll free 800/438-1601). A SENIOR GERMAN MAJOR AT WESTERN HAS BEEN awarded the Kent James Brown Fellowship to do graduate work at UNC-Chapel Kill for the 1982-83 academic year. Paul L. Verderber will receive a stipend of $4,500 plus free tuition. "WESTERN'S SUMMER DRAMA CAMP JUNE 20-JULY 3 for students who have completed eighth grade or above will offer a comprehensive program including performance, acting, moving, voice, make-up, improvisation, technical theatre, lighting, and costume. Supervised recreation and social activi­ties are included. Tuition, room, and board is $195 for the two weeks. Deadline for applications is May 13. For more infor­mation write the Summer Drama Camp, c/o the WCU department of speech and theatre arts. NAMES IN THE NEWS MARY EDWARDS (Medical Technology) was elected to the Nominations Committee for the N.C. Society for Medical Technology at the spring meeting in Greensboro. DAN SOUTHERN and NORMA COOK (also Medical Tech­nology) also attended the three-day meeting. Mrs. Cook was appointed chairperson of the Microbiology Section for the state society. Southern is outgoing chair of the Education Section. Ten Medical Technology students accompanied the faculty to the seminars. HAL SALISBURY and CYNDY SHAY (Continuing Education) attended the annual meeting of Region V of the Association for Continuing Higher Education at the University of Vir­ginia at Charlottesville April 15-16. Dr. Salisbury was elected regional secretary-treasurer. Region V is composed of col­leges and universities in Washington, Mary­land, Virginia, and North Carolina. CLIFFORD LOVIN (History) attended the quar­terly meeting of the N.C. Humanities Com­mittee at the Brown's Summit Conference Center near Greensboro on April 16-17. This year he served as chairperson of the Nominations Committee. Because of a change of structure, his three-year term was ex­tended through the 1982-83 academic year. CLARENCE DelFORGE (Elementary Education and Reading) presided over the annual state convention of the Association of Teacher Educators, April 21-22, at Camp Caraway outside Asheboro. The conference theme was "What Is Excellence in Education? A Time for Re-Assessment." TAFT BOTNER (former dean, now retired, of the School of Education and Psychology) was banquet speaker at the annual meeting of the state Association of Teacher Educa­tors, which he founded in 1953. He spoke on "Quality Assurance—Have We Been Here Before?" and received a standing ovation. JIM BUCKNER, ROBIN DAUER, RICHARD TREVAR-THEN, and BERT WILEY (Music) participated in the fifth annual British Brass Band Jubilee, held at N.C. State April 24. All are members of the Smoky Mountain British Brass Band. Buckner played in a concerto for cornet by Haydn, arranged for brass band by Trevarthen. A new work for brass band by R.R. Trevarthen entitled "Whirl-n-Whist" received its premiere performance on this occasion. The work was commis­sioned for the 1982 Jubilee and was played by a massed band of 160 players with Trevarthen conducting. LARRY GRANTHAM (head, Human Services) has been appointed to the Human Rights Commit­tee of the Black Mountain Facility for the Mentally Retarded by Dr. Sarah T. Morrow, secretary of the N.C. Department of Human Resources. The appointment is for a three-year term. WCU HONORS EMPLOYEES' SERVICE Western announced its five nominees for the Governor's Award for Excellence and hon­ored 84 employees with more than 920 collective years of service to the state and uni­versity at its annual service awards luncheon May 5. Nominated for the Governor's Award, which will recognize unusually outstanding ser­vice by a state employee, were Steven J. Berkowitz, environmental engineer, and Judith L. Smith, community development specialist, both of WCU's CIML; Clifford Casey, housekeeping foreman in housing; Barbara R. Salisbury, administrative secretary in the School of Education and Psychology; and Mildred J. Wilson, administrative secretary in the School of Arts and Sci­ences. Governor's Award nominees are, seated (1-r), Mildred Wilson, Barbara Salisbury, and Judy Smith; standing, Clifford Casey and Steve Berkowitz. Twenty years—Norma R. Adams, Ruth H. English, Carrie S. Smith, James W. Wal-droop, and Lucius C. Wilson. Chancellor H.F. Robinson said the work of the staff is making an important con­tribution to the overall image of the university. Since 1974, the year the awards program was begun, 604 awards have been given to employees with 5,875 cumulative years of service, he noted. Three employees with 30 years of service headed the list of honorees. They are William V. Bennett, Jesse Flake, and Ellen L. Gibson. Three others were hon­ored for 25 years of service—James L. Jackson, Roy L. Norton, and Cecil Ward. Others honored, by length of service, were: Fifteen years—Laura J. Allen, Peggy Anders, Vester Arnold, Nathaniel Banks, Christine Barnes, Annie L. Bryson, Frances Coggins, Nina Crawford, Mary Fowler, Weaver D. Fox, Jonah Frizzell, Freddy Jones, Dorothy Love, Everette D. Nations, Mary S. Parris, Ruth C. Shuler, Eva B. Webb, and Jayne R. Wells. Ten years—Virgie Bishop, Deborah E. Blethen, Edith P. Cabe, William T. Clayton, Bengie M. Dean, Cleo V. Farmer, Albert L. Foster, Mary W. Haynes, Thomas N. Henson, Mary B. Holden, Mary J. Horton, Elbert Mathis, Uyless R. Mathis, Lucy W. Meyer, William D. Monteith, Freda L. McCall, Astor P.lemmons, Judith M. Rhodes, Barbara -2- B. Rogers, Barbara R. Salisbury, Barbara W. Sanderson, Lee Roy Shuler, Harold D. Smith, Edna S. Waldrop, Alfred West, and Waring L. Worsham. Five years—Debora M. Allison, John W. Brooks, Donna K. Cabe, Douglas H. Canipe, Frances R. Conley, Ronald W* Deitz, Michael R. Farmer, J. Carolyn Fisher, Herman L. Fisher, Toni D. Knott, Jean M. Kristosik, Donald H. Ledford, Doris W. Lillard, Richard D. Llewellyn, Kathy G. Lovedahl, Theresa E. Martin, Marcella H. McDonald, Kathleen M. Nicholl, Judy A, Norton, Jerald L. Pannell, Doris C. Phillips, Ria K. Phillips, Timothy E. Rogers, David J. Sanders, Deborah W. Sims, Preston Slocum, Susan S. Smith, Ricky B. Watson, and Marvin A. Wilkes. WCU'S BIG AWARDS PRECEDE COMMENCEMENT The annual awards and recognition dinner and pre-commencement activities highlight the weekend activities at Western as the regular academic year comes to a close. Spring commencement exercises will be held at 10:20 a.m., Sunday, May 16, in E.J. Whitmire Stadium. John R. Jordan, Jr., chairman of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors, will address the 850 candidates for degrees at WCU. The annual Western Carolina University Awards and Recognition Dinner will be held Saturday evening at 6:45 in Brown Cafeteria. Winners of the Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award and the Paul A. Reid Dis­tinguished Service Awards will be announced at the dinner, which recognizes Western's honor graduates and their parents. The 1982 student marshals, recipients of the Vice Chancellor's Instructional Improve­ment Grants, and retiring faculty and staff will be honored. Retiring faculty members and their lengths of service are Jack Wesley Barnett, pro­fessor of accounting and information sys­tems, 28 years; Anthony Eugene Brown, as­sociate professor of English, 17 years; Quinn H. Constantz, professor and acting head of the department of health, physical education, and recreation, 28 years; Raymond E. Nelson, professor of economics, 21 years; Daniel Creighton Sossomon, pro­fessor of history, 23 years; Reuben Joseph Swanson, professor of religion, 14 years; Edgar F. vom Lehn, professor of music, 23 years; Eugene William Vosecky, professor of accounting, 28 years; and Francile Keith Waters, assistant professor of home economics, 19 years. Staff members retiring are William T. Clayton, 10 years, Sarah C. Kiser, 31 years, and Lucy W. Meyer, 10 years, from the controller's office; Frances Jackson Alston, 24 years, William V. Bennett, 30 years, Jannieve T. Bradley, 10 years, Inez E. Fox, 25 years, Allie M. Haskett, 12 years, and Lois H. McNeill, 5 years, from dietary service; James M. Simpson, 11 years, and Wilma H. Simpson, 21 years, of housing; Lambert Coggins, 30 years, Mildred D. Conley, 20 years, Weaver Delmond Fox, 15 years, and Vernon 0. Lovedahl, 12 years, of maintenance and operation; Ruby Davis Middleton, 10 years, of business affairs; and Pritchard Smith, Jr., 13 years, of traffic and security. Distribution of rain tickets for commence­ment will be held from 2 until 3 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at Whitmire Stadium. The commencement exercises will be moved into Reid Health and Physical Education Building in the event of rain. Rehearsal for commencement will be from 3 until 5 p.m. at the stadium on Saturday. Sunday's commencement activities start with the chancellor's breakfast from 7 until 8:30 a.m. in Dodson Cafeteria for graduating stu