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H ypnotist, ESP expert scheduled fo r “nooner”by Glenda Horton
Gil Eagles will perform at a free nooner on Wednesday, November 15, in the student union.
Come and participate in what may be the most revealing and unbelievable experience of your life.
Demonstrating his abilities of ESP and hypnosis, Gil Eagles is known as one of the most entertaining psychics and one of the fastest hypnotists in the world.
“ Incredibly staggering, puzzling in nature, memorable in entertainment, a masterful presentation," are quotes from the late Ed Sullivan about Eagles.
He’s skillful, side-splitting.
hilarious, and tasteful.He guides the audience into
fascinating and mysterious wonders of the strange and un- believeable.
The audience participates totally by having their innermost thoughts revealed in an incredible experience that confounds, astounds, and entertains.
Appearing at more than 300 colleges campuses throughout the United States and Canada, Eagles has also baffled countless thousands on four other continents.
In recent television and concert appearances, he has established himself as America’s foremost entertainer and lecturer in the field of ESP and
hypnosis.During his performances,
audiences are kept spellbound and on the edge of their seats while volunteers are transformed.
Born and ra ised in Tanganyika, South Africa, Gil Eagles was educated in London and came to the United States in 1960.
At the age of 13, Eagle first realized his sensitivity with clairvoyance.
Eagles is a serious and avid exponent of hypno-therapy as it applies to the medical and psychiatric professions.
Gil Eagles, hypnotist, in concert at a free nooner next Wednesday, Nov. 15, in the student union be there.
GIL EAGLES
Board of Trustees, Faculty
Association, and President
all oppose Amendment 59
by Melanie Richmond
If Amendment 59 passes on Tuesday, Westark stands to lose between S250.000 and $300,000, according to President James K ra by.
Kraby said, “1 don’t have any alternative but to oppose the passage of Amendment 59 because it would mean a loss of between 40 and 68 million dollars of state revenue, and public services in Arkansas can’t stand such a loss.”
The state allocates 68 percent of its tax money to education, with 18 per cent allocated to higher education.
Kraby explains, “ Our budgets are not that padded to the point where we can make those cutbacks.”
He adds, “ I’m scared to death of what adjustments that we will have to make in our operating budget if the amendment passes.”
“Arkansans do not pay the taxes in near percentage that are
paid in other states,” stresses Dr. Kraby.
Kraby calls the amendment “a philosophical issue.”
He believes that the passage of the amendment wouldn’t help poor people enough to offset the cutbacks that would be imposed upon education.
He doesn’t really understand why the proponents of the amendment believe that it will be a great help to the poor in Arkansas.
The amendment will do away with taxes on both food and medicine.
Most poor people in the state use food stamps to purchase their groceries, and the government pays sales tax for the food in this case, not the consumer.
Kraby reasons that “very poor people” aren’t paying sales tax on their food now, so how can the amendment help them?
He hopes that the voters will realize that Westark is faced with inflation just like everything else, and that if the
amendment passes, there will be no increase in next year’s budget.
Said Kraby, “Philosophically, 1 would like to support the proposed Amendment 59.
“However, because of the dramatic reduction in state revenue dollars of which 68 per cent is obligated to education. 1 would urge the students and staff of Westark Community College to vote against the amendment.”
Last Thursday in the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees, a statement was released announcing the board’s support to defeat Amendment 59.
Also, the FacultvAssociation voted in their last monthly meeting to support the defeat of the amendment.
According to Jim Houston, who heads the association, “ If the amendment passes we will be directly affected by the loss of state funds."
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W ilbur Mills visits
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Wilbur D. Mills will be on campus to deliver a lecture on Alcoholism at 8 p.m.. Friday, Nov. 3.
The former congressman will speak at the Gardner Lecture Hall.
The event is co-sponsored by Gateway House Inc., Harbor House Inc., Western Arkansas Counseling and Guidance Center and Western Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council.
VoteAre you a good citizen?Do you really care about
what goes on in your community and in your state?
If you do, you have a chance to prove it Tuesday, Nov. 7, when we will once again go to the polls to choose the people that make our government function.
Voting is what makes our democracy work.
It takes only a few minutes of your time to exercise this privilege.
It really isn’t important whether you vote for a Democrat or a Republican— what matters is that you perform your duty as an American
citizen.If you’re uncertain as to
which candidate or amendment to support, it may be helpful to read the newspaper to find out exactly what is going on in the upcoming election.
Go ahead—say it.Say, “I don’t have time.”When you really don’t want
to do something, one excuse is as good as another.
You can find the time for other things—why not for voting?
Voting is indeed a privilege.Gone are the days when only
white, male, twenty-one-year- old or older, property owners could vote.
Today, any citizen eighteen or older has this privilege .
Why do so many fail to vote?They think that their vote
doesn’t matter.I’ve always heard that one
vote saved Andrew Johnson from being removed from office, and the person who cast that one vote was elected by one vote.
Your vote DOES count.So why not use it?Voting is what a democracy is
all about.
M.R.
A m endm ent 59I’m voting against Amend
ment 59 Tuesday because I realize that Westark and all of the other colleges in the state simply can’t cut down on expenditures.
Colleges need money and lots of it in order to function properly—to give students the good education that they deserve.
It’s simply not fair to make colleges and universities do without things that they need.
I realize that there are a number of poor people in the state, but money shouldn’t be taken from education in order to help them.
Is doing away with the sales tax on food and medicine really going to do very much to help the poor people?
If the amendment is passed, the state will lose between 40 and 68 million dollars in revenue.
Who is going to make this money up?
Will they have to raise property taxes?
The proponents of the amendment say that taxes won’t be raised in any other area, but have they really planned ahead?
Forty million dollars is a lot of money, especially for Arkansas.
Our education depends upon how much money there is to operate colleges and universities.
The money has to come from somewhere.
I realize that something should be done to raise the standard of living of the poor, but i don’t think that Amendment 59 is the answer.
I’m voting against Amendment 59 and for education Tuesday.
Why don’t you join me?
M.R.
NUMA rebuttalIn reference to the critique of
the ‘78 NUMA may I say: 1) Ms. Richmond brought out some very good points about the quality and lack of quality in the ‘78 NUMA.
2) Many of her observations I agree with, many I do not.
My observatins as NUMA editor are: 1) “People section was a bummer”—as compared to the ‘77 NUMA ours was a 527% increase because the ‘77 NUMA had no individual pictures at all and the ‘78 NUMA had 527.
2) Cutlines—Yes, the absence of cutlines is part of a new trend, not always an example of laziness.
1 d o, however, ad mit the need for more cutlines.
3) It’s only a matter of personal opinion, but I thought the
sports section was very good.Very few college yearbooks
cover every sporting event on campus.
We managed to include not only the intercollegiates, but the intramurals as well.
Many colleges don’t give intramurals the thorough and equal coverage we did.
4) Thank you for your compliments regarding the opening section.
There are, in my estimation, two major ways to improve the quality of future yearbooks here.
The more important of the two is more student participation.
One or two people cannot devote the time required to produce an ace yearbook.
The second is more money.
L etter to the ed ito rDear NUMA Editor:
Just a note to let you know the fine job that you and your staff did preparing the 1978 NUMA.
A wide cross-section of Westark students, staff, and activities, which is indicative of the college, were adequately
represented.The theme, “Here’s Looking
at You.” is a very apt thought for a yearbook and most appropriate for Westark.
The proficiency in layout, photography, and narrative is most commendable.
Especially noteworthy is the
This year we were fortunate enough to receive an $1,800 increase in budget.
While that was greatly appreciated and sorely needed, I would like to take this opportunity to re-request permission for future yearbook staffs to sell advertising to help finance NUMA’s.
Not only will it give thejour- nalism students needed experience in sales, but I have found that it tends to make people a little prouder of their work when they have had a hand in its financing, as well as its production.
K.S.
inclusive index.The total picture of college
life that the ‘78 NUMA presents is most impressive.
Once again, Kelly, thanks for a job well done.
Raymond Gosack Class of ‘78
Voter apathyRecently, President Carter
said he was despaired because of voter apathy.
Considering his position and with an election coming up in two years, I can understand that.
But, I’m not in his position or one even remotely like it, and the problem despairs me, too.
This summer I had the opportunity to work for a candidate for the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
Traveling from city to city, going from door to door made me realize just how serious the problem is.
Everywhere I went, I encountered people young and old, rich and poor, educated and uneducated who just don’t care about our government.
Not enough to endorse someone, not enough to actively campaign, not enough to examine the issues at hand and many times not enough to vote.
Maybe these people have what they believe are valid reasons.
Maybe they’ve been so dis- sappointed by politicians of the past that they have given up on ever having a fair, honest government.
Maybe they feel that their vote doesn’t make a difference.
But if everyone felt that way, how would the country be run?
By appointed official? If so, then by whose appointment?
Having just gained the privilege to vote last year, I view it as an honor and a responsibility and one of the few ways left to attempt preservation of our so-called democratic society-
Does this definition sound familiar?
...Government in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercized by them...political or social equality-
The structure of society in this country destroys the prospect of social equality.
But it does allow for political equality.
Political equality is expressed in the concept of “one man, one vote.”
But what happens when we look at the voting statistics?
According to the Sebastian County Clerk, there are 42,564 registered voters in Sebastian County.
In the last Democratic primary in May 20, 134 votes were cast in the Senate race.
A little less than 50% of the eligible voters cared enough to make their choice known.
In the last general election in 1976, 33,363 votes were cast.
Much better than in the primary, but where were the other 9,000 or so voters?
In Crawford County there were approximately 13,500 registered voters of May of this year.
9,061 voted in the last primary.
The thing that makes this even worse, is that these percentages are higher than the national average.
Just think, 50% voter participation is considered high.
Ideally, democracy means individual participation in the decisions that affect one’s life.
If you don’t think elected officials are going to have an impact on your life, then you are grossly misinformed.
Every decision an elected official makes, no matter how removed from your daily life you may think it is, it has a direct bearing on our daily existence and our future.
Our ‘democratic’ society is fast falling into the shape of an oligarchy—a government run by a select few—and when it does, we will have no one to blame but ourselves.
K.S.
" It says, ‘If coin does not operate machine, tap it gently.’ "
“ He’s looking for a way to improve his grades.”
I took a course. That's how come!
“ I dig the natural things in life, too.”
Phi Beta Lam bda
Phi Beta Lambda will continue selling fruit cakes through Friday as a part of their fundraising drive.
Rainbow Supreme fruit cakes are being sold by members to help finance club representation at a regional conference in Orlando, Florida.
Prices are $3.25 fora 1-pound cake and $5.35 for a 2-pounder
Club members will be taking orders throughout the week or you can place an order at the Business Division Office on the second floor of the Vines Building (Room 206).
Meetings of the Phi Beta L a m b d a a re h e ld on Wednesday’s at 12:15 in room 204 of the Vines Building.
Sm orgasbordA successful fund raising pro
ject will be repeated this year.A smorgasbord, sponsored
by the Westark Choir and Music Guild, will be held, Sunday, Nov. 5, from 11:00 a.m.to 2:00 p.m. in the Fullerton Student Union.
The price is $2.50 and tickets can be bought from any choir member or Guild member.
A rt exhibitArtistic works of the Univer
sity of Arkansas art staff are presently on exhibit from Oct. 20th-Nov. 17 in the Breedlove Gallery.
The exhibit can be viewed from 6-9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and Sunday from 1:00-4 p.m.
All types of work will be shown in the mixed media exhibit including sculpture, p o tte ry , p a in tin g s and drawings-
Slide showA slide presentation and lec
ture is scheduled Friday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Breedlove Auditorium.
Lincoln Fox, an Arkansas sculptor, will be making the presentation.
Some of the artist’s work is presently on exhibit at the Moulton Galleries of Fort Smith.
The artist specializes in American Heritage type sculpture.
The public is invited to this free program.
Six Westark students are to compete in the annual NATS contest, Nov. 9, 10 and 11.
NATS is short for National Association of Teachers of Singing.
The Regional Convention includes: Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi with different categories of winners.
Students entering from Westark and their categories include: 1st year women-Melissa Green, Booneville; 2nd
year woman- Diane Turner, Fort Smith; 1st year men- Billy Hewett, Greenwood; 2nd year men- Ronald Gamer, Bruce King, and H.D.Tripp, Fort Smith.
Accompanists are Carol Miller, Sallisaw and Melissa Green, Booneville.• The contest is only a part of
the convention.The State Convention of
NATS will be in February at ASU in Jonesboro.
Top ten studentsFour students have ranked in
the top 10 in scores achieved by Arkansas graduates on the State Board Examination for registered nurse licensure.
The four are Ellen Chrisman, 26, of Waldron; Patricia Hampton, 39, of Stilwell, Okla.; Mary Spray, 21, of Stilwell, Okla.; and Linda Vaughn, 36, of Waldron.
There were 585 students taking the examination, according to Carolyn Branch, chairman of the division of health oc
cupations.A total of 445 passed the
examination.Mrs. Branch said Westark is
extremely pleased to have four students to reach such a high achievement on the state level.
"We are so proud of them and their performance,” said Mrs. Branch.
"They worked hard and they deserved it.
“They are representative of the quality of their class.”
A rape crisis seminar cosponsored by the Western Arkansas Counseling and Guidance Center with Westark will be held Thursday, Nov. 16th, from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Gardner Building Lecture Hall.
P resen ted in v a rio u s segments, the program will consist of a discussion by local officials of what services are available for the rape victim.
Speakers include: Charles Karr, Prosecuting Attorney; Dr. Annette Landrum, who will discuss medical assistance; Dr. Rick Murphy, clinical psych o lo g is t; D r. V incent Wiegand, Community Service instructor of self-defense for women, and Ralph Hampton of the police department.
The program should be of special interest to women.
Gallery hoursBeginning October 31, the
Breedlove Gallery has opened its doors on Tuesdays from 12:00 to 3:00 and Wednesdays during the student activity hour, 12:00 to 1:30.
These times are listed together with our “after school” hours below.
You who can use the art gallery as a teaching tool are urged to do so.
We will accomodate special
groups for any time, provided prior arrangements are made with the Division of Humanities Office.
Monday through Thursday 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Tuesday12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Sunday1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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by Tom Walton
Does life have meaning in the face of all the pain and suffering we face?
According to theatre director David Young, this is the question which is examined in
the second production of the year by the theatre department scheduled for Dec.I, 2, and 3.
by A rch ib a ld MacLeish, is a modem interpretation of the biblical story of Job.
“It’s set in the present withJ . B. a businessman.
He’s called by his initials as a reference to the current trend to call big executives by their initials,” said Young.
The actual play is staged in a circus ring with the life of Job being enacted by a series of circus employees who enter the
illusionary world of Job’s home as characters in his life.
Two broken down actors reduced to being circus vendors take the roles of God and Satan and turn the rings into a stage to examine the author’s question.
“In a way it’s a play within a play because everyone on stage takes on various roles,” commented Young.
“It’s a challenging show because of the serious theme and intricate staging that it requires,” said Young.
Technical director Chuck Gerardy explained the set, “It will bemulti-leveledwith a combination of structural realism and constructivism.
In other words, Job’s living room will be represented by a raked level.
There will be no walls or doors, just levels to differien- tiate various areas on stage.
What physical structures there are, will be built distorted.”
The play will be presented in Little Rock on Nov. 29 as an entry in the American College Theatre Festival competition.
Last year, the theatre presented “Scratch” in the festival and Gerardy won a national award for scene design from AMOCO.
“ Because we have to transport the set from here to Little Rock for the 29th and then back here again for the Dec. 1,2, and 3 run, it will be in a series of modules that can be clamped together,” stated Gerardy.
Red Khilling has been cast as J.B.
“It is an extreme challenge to portray Job,” said Khilling, “because it’s not every person who totally loses his family and
wealth and still maintains a faith.
It’s not a role one can easily relate to.”
Red is a veteran of the Westark stage and was just recently seen as the mysterious vagabond in “The Tavern.”
Vem McKimmey, a local announcer for KFPW radio, has been cast as Nickles/Satan.
Vem moved to Fort Smith two months ago and has been previously active with the University of Arkansas theatre and at Springdale.
Brad Kidder, a local insurance agent and active member of the Fort Smith Little Theatre, will portray Mr. Zuss/ God.
Sharon Scott, a freshman music major from Van Buren, will play J.B’s wife, Sarah.
There children will be played by Jennifer Allison, Alison
Braswell, Scott Gerardy, and Amy Young.
Some members of the cast will play a variety of characters, they are: Jerry Green, Leslie Kidder, BruceKingDavid Newton, Kelly Sheppard, Libby and Tom Walton.
Other members of the cast are: Terri Donathon, Jana Gallagher, Karin Hays, Micki Plummer, Scott Porter, and Sherry Pryor.
“This is the second straight show where we’ve had a complete cast from the beginning.-
It’s a good feeling,” commented Young.
“J.B.” will run Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Dec. 1, 2, and 3, in the Breedlove Auditorium following aWednesday evening performance November 29, in Little Rock at ACTF.
New director hired by
child development center
by Billie Griffin
Mrs. Remy Lewis plans to devote her time to teaching as well as the director’s duties when she assumes the position of head of the Westark Child Development Center.
Mrs. Lewis also plans to. “further work of the center in helping children learn reading readiness, development of hand and motor coordination and language development,” she said.
Mrs. Lewis was on campus to observe activities of the center last week before taking over her duties on Nov. 1.
“These observations will help me d e te rm in e any im
provements which I might make in the future including improvements of the playground, supplies and arrangement of the work areas,” she said.
The new director also plans to get acquainted with parents of the children.
Mrs. Lewis, originally of the Philippines, came to the United States in 1969.
She earned her masters degree at Central Connecticut and worked as a pre-school teacher in Virginia.
She came to Fort Smith in 1975 and worked as director for the Child Care Center at the Refugee Education Program at Fort Chaffee.
She has also worked as a pre-
REMY LEWIS
school teacher at the Lincoln Day Care Center.
Mrs. Lewis lives here in Fort Smith and has one child, a five- year-old daughter.
She is taking over the position vacated by Maxine Marion who resigned for health reasons.
Westark will offera one night slide-tape presentation titled “Life and Work in the Ozarks” from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, November 8.
The presentation will be conducted by Bill Higgins, a teacher in Ozark, and is offered through the community service program.
The project concerns the native people who live in the relatively inaccessible parts of the Ozark mountains, yet manage to produce a living from the land.
“Those who stay there persevere by observing methods handed down from generation to generation,” according to Higgins.
“On the whole, the impact of technology has been rather slight.”
The purpose of the study is to preserve the culture that is found in the Ozark mountains, according to Higgins.
“If you look at the statistics, the people would have a low standard of living,” Higgins said.
“They built their own homes, they don’t have new cars or
Speech\
by Billie Griffin
The Westark Speech Activities Team might be setting a precedent for other youths of Arkansas Nov. 12-14 when they attend the Arkansas Speech Communication Association’s annual Student Congress of Human Relations in Little Rock.
Eight of the fourteen students attending from Westark plan to act as lobbyists to the Congress—positions whichhave never before been a part of the meeting.
John Preas, director of speech activities, said that he decided to take lobbyists because fourteen people desired to go to the Congress.
team plansThis included four students
who were experienced in the preceedings.
“Nobody has done it before that I know of,” Preas said.
“This action by the speech students will probably bring about a decision by the Congress to either allow lobbyists from all schools or to forbid them from the event,” he commented.
Lobbyists in the United States Congress usually are hired by special interest groups or big businesses to promote their interests.
Although it has not been decided what the students will lobby for, two bills to be proposed by students will be included in their projected ven
ture.Acting as senators at the
Congress will be Laura Grim, Shirley Haggard, Karin Hays, Robert Huston, Steve Sanford and Kim Souza.
Lobbyists will be Karen Allen, Russell Baugh, Tammy Clemons, Julia Goodwin, Tommy Hays, Joyce London, Danny Stewart and Linda Wells.
Laura Grim and Kim Souza will present a bill to create a board of maternal and infant health care.
This bill is for the establishment of an advisory board to promote the care of newborns, infants, and to provide prenatal care for young women.
Karin Hays and Steve Sanford will present a bill
recommending that human sexuality classes be required in junior high schools.
Student officials will attend committees to discuss bills and will spend two days arguing about them.
Any bill which passes the Senate or House will go to the other Assembly.
Any bill which passes both the Senate and the House will be taken to the director of the congress to be given to the governor or to an Arkansas delegation in Washington.
“This will give government officials an idea of what students think are important,” Preas said.
Attendance at the congress is the first activity of the year for
credit cards.But they raise their families
and do exactly what they want to do.
They are happy in what they do.”
The 20-minute presentation will include 270 slides of people and scenery, combined with tape recordings of people explaining their work.
Most of the people are natives of the Ozarks and were born around 1900.
Each person relates interesting details, as well as the folklore and traditions of the mountains.
“We’re trying to put air in the hillbilly image,” Higgins states.
“These are real people producing and making a living in a unique life style.
They know so much about the mountains and nature.
They live in harmony with their environment.”
The project was funded through a grant from the Arkansas Humanities Porgram and is available for community and civic programs through Westark.
congressthe group.
It is the fourth year in a row that the Westark team has attended.
The old capitol building in Little Rock will be the meeting place for the project.
High school students will act as representatives and college students will act as senators.
The Democratic, Republican and Independent parties will be represented.
The next activity for the group will be the Arkansas Model United Nations at UCA Conway, Dec. 1-2.
Students wishing to participate should contact Preas in Room 209 in the Breedlove Building.
Friday, October 20, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., the Nursing Technology 111 and Nursing Technology IV students and faculty staged a mock disaster drill.
The casualty scene was set up on the northeast corner of the campus outside the Gardner building.
Merry MacBryde, a nursing instructor, planned the mock disaster and took charge of the operation.
The scene involved a SCAT bus colliding with a gasoline truck on the corner of Waldron Rd. and Grand Ave.
The drill involved only those resources available on the campus.
Communications with the community, such as am
bulances and fire trucks, were not actually carried out.
The purpose of the mock disaster was to see if the students could organize and apply disaster principles in a non-clinical setting without the advantage of advanced planning, and to identify the feelings experienced in a real disaster situation.
The students of Technology IV were the victims.
The students of Technology 111 were rescuers, sightseers, and observers.
The rescuers, however, were not given the opportunity to make advanced plans.• Observers and sightseers, as well as the victims, were given advance directions.
Photos by Greg Griffin
Is the campus shop getting too overcrowded?by James Groves
Let’s face it!Westark doesn’t have the
biggest bookstore in the world.At the beginning of every
semester there is the dread of waiting in those long lines to pay for your books.
t There’s also the old game of hide and seek finding the books you need to buy for your class that started yesterday.
The problem seems to be a lack of space.
Leo Rice, the manager of the campus shop bookstore agrees.
“We don’t have enough room,’’ says Rice.
“We already have the books stacked on makeshift shelves so high that the students can’t see what they are or even reach them.
They are also a little da ngerous.
The shelves aren’t that sturdy.
1 came in one morning and there were books all over the floor. The shelves had collapsed under the weight.”
Rice thinks that if he could just add on a little more room that would solve most of his problems.
Well, why don’t they add more room?
The reason lies in the overall structure of the shop itself.
A m ajor part of the
bookstore’s activity is devoted to making available books, materials and supplies which students are required to buy for class work.
Books and other items are also stocked at the request of and to serve the interests of the faculty.
The store acts as a sort of supply shop for the academic an d a d m i n i s t r a t i v edepartments.
The campus shop is institutionally owned.
Its apparent function is to serve the students and provide materials for the administration and faculty.
The college owned shop may not be as concerned with making profits as a private business but the shop still has to function in the same way that a commercial retailing enterprise would.
In fact, the employees of the bookstore would make the same salary whether the shop made five thousand or fifty thousand dollars profit.
When asked why the college didn’t do something about the problems of the bookstore, Rice explained he had talked with the administration about wanting to add on some room but they thought it would “change the appearance” too much.
“There are also other offices around the bookstore that are looking for more room,” said
Rice.There have been plans once
to move the bookstore out of the union.
They proposed moving it to the technical complex.
Rice said that would have had disasterous results.
The bookstore needs to be located in the pattern of campus foot activity.
Rice proposed that a new
structure for the bookstore be constructed just East of the Union, sort of in between the Gardner building and the Technical complex.
Rice says new buildings are part of a long range plan at Westark but he thinks he will probably be at the end of it.
The bookstore is long overdue for an over-haul.
The store is operating in the
same location, with the same amount of space and with the same number of employees as it was when the store started in 1970.
In 1970, there were 1,543 students enrolled and the store was operating on a budget of $22,000. Now the shop is operating on an annual budget of $237,170 and the enrollment is 3,252.
BOXES OK TEXTBOOKS STACKED IN FRONT OF THE BOOKSTORE(Photo by James Groves)
Childbirth is a “natural high
in com m unity service classby Melanie Richmond
“Energetic” seems to be the perfect adjective to describe Eileen Kradel, an instructor of prepared childbirth classes offered through community service.
The classes, held at St. Edward Mercy Medical Center, teach expectant couples the anatomy and physiology of reproduction, in addition to concentration, conscious relaxation, breathing patterns, and physical conditioning exercises.
Says Eileen, “1 feel the classes are important for every expectant couple.
Prepared childbirth gives the couple an opportunity for a shared labor and delivery— culminating in a shared birth experience.
The birth of a baby is always E X C I T I N G , a l w a y s a MIRACLE, and definitely a natural ‘high’.”
How did Eileen get interested in teaching?
“1 am a R.N. graduate of St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing in Syracuse, New York.
I have always worked in nursing until moving to Fort Smith five years ago.
I knew how I wanted to participate in the birth of my first child and I saw how much preparation for childbirth helped people have a positive experience.
I became a certified prepared childbirth instructor in Rochester, New York.
When 1 moved to Fort Smith there were no prenatal or prepared childbirth classes of any kind.
1 started out with a class of four couples and the classes have now grown to be one of the largest community service courses Westark has.
There are now six instructors with a new class starting every
two weeks.”Eileen is married to Dr. Paul
Kradel, a Fort Smith obstetrician and gynecologist and a big promoter of family centered maternity care at Cooper Clinic.
The Kradels have three children—Katrina, 13; Jay, 10; and Jeff, 9.
Eileen laughs, “My family is great.
They all help and when I say I need to study they give me at least five minutes of quiet.”
“I’m attending Westark because 1 want a new career,” Eileen explains.
Her major is psychology, but she isn’t sure of what career that she wants to pursue right now.
She says of Westark, “I’m extremely pleased to have the college so close to home.
1 find the instructors 1 have had stimulating and highly motivated and the students outgoing and friendly and I am learning and loving it.”
A d d r e s s e r s w a n t e d immediately! Work at home— no experience necessary—excellent pay. Write American Service, 8350 Park Lane, Suite 127, DallaSjTexas 75231.
Part-time work, 4:00 to midnight on Friday nights.
Duties include general plant cleanup with soap, water, and chemicals.
Pay is $3.90 per hour; could work into more hours per week.
Contact Cooperative Education Office, Room 113 in the Vines Building, for more information.
Two (2) positions available - one to work 24 hours a week, the other 32 hours a week. Typing, filing, other general office skills required. Salary approximately $3.20 per hour. Contact the Co-op Ed. office, V-113.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
#306 Local Apartment Complex needs 2 persons to do yard work. Flexible hours part-time, can develop into full-time. $3.00 per hour.
#308 Person needed to work in local print shop. Will need some experience in journalism and paste ups. Flexible hours: part-time to full-time. Salary is open to discussion.
#309 Local Child Care center is looking for part-time help. Hours: 2:00 p.m. to 5 or 6 p.m. Will work with elementary age children. $2.65 per hour. Close to campus.
#310 Part-time stock clerk, delivery and display person needed. Morning hours somewhere around 8 a.m. to 12 noon, can be flexible. Salary is open to discussion.
#311 Person needed to work at local body shop. Will clean up and wash cars. Must have own transportation and drivers license. Hours: 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. Salary is open.
#312 Full-time insurance adjuster needed. Would like to have someone with business backing. Salary: $800.00 per month plus company car plus insurance paid. Will work in Fort Smith area (subject to transfer in the future).
#315 A new restaurant will be going in, here in Fort Smith as of January 1, 1979. Assistant managers are needed.Educational requirements: High School diploma and some business backing. Salary starts at approximately $12,000 per year after initial training program.
If you are interested in any of the above listed jobs or are looking forfull or part time employment, please contact the Student PlacementOffice, located in the Vines Building room 113.
EYEGLASSES—PRESCRIPTION IS FREE
An ophthalmologist, a doctor who specializes in treating the eyes, called the Consumer Protection Division of Attorney General Bill Clinton’s office to complain that few people realize they are entitled to a free copy of their prescription for eyeglasses when they pay to have their eyes examined.
This means that when you visit your ophthalmologist or optometrist for an eye examination and he or she prescribes glasses, you can take the written prescription for those glasses and purchase them wherever you choose.
Persons who are recipients of Medicaid also should know that Medicaid will now pay for eyeglasses.
INDICTMENT HANDED DOWN AGAINST FORD Ford Motor Company is facing criminal charges inlndiana over
the August 10th crash of a Pinto in which three teen-aged girls died.A grand jury said Ford officials knew that the Pinto’s fuel tanks
were unsafe but did nothing to correct the problem.It charged the company with reckless homicide and criminal
recklessness.A magazine article last year alledged Ford had decided not to
recall the Pintos even with the knowledge they were unsafe, figuring the company would lose less in lawsuits than the recall would cost.
The company has since been sued by a number of persons over what the article called “the exploding Pintos.”
Ford announced in June that it was recalling 1.5 million 1971-76 Pintos and 30,000 Mercury Bobcats to improve the safety of the fuel tanks.
Varsity basketball and baseball
teams compete in two conferences
Bowlers keep rollingIntramural mixed bowling
continues to stay close with the teams, however, beginning to spread out a little.
Don Fiser of White Spades leads the men’s high handicap game category with a 239.
Stacey Jones and Tom Walton, both of Walton’s Mountain, are second and third with games of 236 and 229.
followed by Janie Hamilton ol Gutter Dusters with a 231, and Nancy Brockman of Walton’s Mountain with a 226.
In series, Gail Nichols leads with a 615.
Melinda Stephens of High Rollers is second with a 599, and Ester Fawcett of King’s Court has a 597.
Current standings are:
high handicap game with a 233
by Arthur Rideout
If you have ever noticed, the W estark basketball and baseball teams compete in two different conferences; the Bi- State and the Arkansas Junior College, formerly the Ozark conference.
It seems pretty strange that one school can play in two conferences but really it isn’t.
“No four year schools play in two conferences but it is popular among junior colleges,”
stated Athletic Director Chris Corbin.
There are three conferences be tween Ar kans as and Oklahoma, the Oklahoma conference strictly for Oklahoma schools, the Arkansas conference for Arkansas schools and the Bi-State conference for schools on the border.
Actually, Westark is a charter of the Bi-State and joined the Arkansas later.
The two conference system is a real advantage to the basket
ball team because it gives them two chances to make it to the
-Region 2 play-offs.As far as for the baseball
team, it gives them more teams to play.
With only four junior college teams in Arkansas, they have to go to Oklahoma to play a full schedule.
This also adds up to an advantage for the fans as they get to see the best teams in both Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Golfers end fa ll schedule with
disappointing finish in tournam ent
by Eric Brooks
The Westark golfers finished a disappointing and distant fifth in their fall golf classic held October 12 and 13 at Ben Geren Park.
With a four-man two day total of 679, the golfers finished 66 strokes behind tournamentwinning Paris.
Paris won with a team total of 613, followed by NEO with619, Claremore with 631, Seminole with 636, then Westark, Garland Co. with 683, and NEOSU with 688.
Westark was in last place
after the first day of play, but managed to move up to the fifth place finish after the second day of play.
Individual scores for Westark were: Ronny Ocker81-55—166, Ernie Deaton 87-82—169, Russell Baugh 85-85—170, Greg Bennett 89-83—172, and Steve Barthol 90-86—176.
Tournament medalist was Gary Blevins of Paris who shot 70-77—147.
R u n n e r u p was Roger Brummel of NEO with 70-78— 148.
Mike Ray of Seminole finished third with a 74-75—149 total.
Coach Ron Richard commented on the fall season, which ended with this tournament: “Our golfers just played fair in the first few tournaments and toward the end of the season, they lost their steadiness and had a tremendous amount of trouble.
“They played without thinking.
To sum it all up, there was just no concentration.”
He also stated, “the golfers will have to spend a lot of time this winter on their games to prepare for the spring season.
Frisbee golf winners announcedby Arthur Rideout
Don Doty, Craig Loibner, and Tony Worden were the winners in the frisbee golf tournament held last Wednesday afternoon as a fund raising event for the Felines drill team.
The course was set up on the Circle Lawn Drive and consisted of nine holes which played to a par of 20.
“Frisbee golf is,” according to student activities director Stacey Jones, “poor man’s golf.
Instead of needing balls, bags, clubs and a golf course, you just toss your frisbee at trickily located stakes spread out over the landscape.”
The object of the game is
sim ply to throw a frisbee and hit the stakes in the least number oftosses.
Don Doty, who shot a 2 over par 22 won $10 for his winning score.
Runner-up Craig Loibner, who shot a 3 over par 23, won$5.
Tony Worden also shot a 3 over par 23 and lost the playoff to take third place.
He won $2 and a new frisbee.Betty King, Felines sponsor,
announced that frisbee golf will become an annual event with a tournament in both the fall and the spring.
A total of 19 players participated in the inaugural event.
Six
division
students
honoredThe Public Awareness Com
mittee of Fort Smith has honored six students for their outstanding academic achievement.
The honorees include Charles Mossman, 21, of Fort Smith; Stephen Foster, 25 of Fort Smith; Diana West, 20 of Fort Smith; John Curry, 19 of Greenwood; Debora Porter, 24 of Booneville; and Lucinda Wells, 29 of Cedarville.
The students were presented certificates from the committee and photographs of each of them will appear in a display case in Fullerton Union.
Each student represents a different academic division.
The divisional representatives and- their major within that division includes business, Charles Mossman whose major is data processing; health occupations, Stephen Foster whose m ajor is nursing; humanities, Diana West, whose major is art; natural science, John Curry, whose major is physics; social science, Debora Porter, whose major is education; and technology, Lucinda Wells, whose major is electronics.
CHARLES MOSSMAN - Business
STEPHEN FOSTER - Health Occupations PHOTOS BY JACK GORHAM
LUCINDA WELLS - Technology
JOHN CURRY - Natural Science DIANA WEST - Humanities
Little Rock got a touch of Latin America from studentsPeruvian dance was performed by Dennis Cortez and Jennifer Jave.
Freddy Lizardi sang with the group while accompanying them on his "cuatro,” a four string Venezuelan guitar.
Frances Rush narrated.Lizardi also accompanied a
Van Buren student. Rose Muller as she sang the Spanish vers ion of the J o h n n y Rodriguez hit “Love Me With All Your Heart,” “Cuando
Calienta a el Sol.”Spanish instructor Nancy
Zechiedrich and French ins t r uc t o r Si s t er Car men Beshoner accompanied the group to Little Rock.
They served as judges for the festival which was conducted totally in either Spanish, French, German, or Latin.
The festival was sponsored by the Ar ka ns a s Fore ign Language Teachers Association.
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MARY LOT MARR AND DENNIS CORTEZ (Photo by James Groves)
by Glenda Horton
Do you have a favorite guy or gal?
Nominate them for Mr. or Ms. Student Body.
Nominations open next Friday, Nov. 13.
Nominees must be a full time student with a grade point average of 2.0.
Nominations can be turned in to the Student Activities office.
A photograph of each contestant, at least 3” x 5” and no
larger than 8” x 10” and suitable for posting, must be submitted by Dec. 1.
Deadline for entries is Dec. 1 and voting will be held Dec. 6 and 7.
The winners will be announced at the annual Christmas dance Dec. 15.
Mr. and Ms. Student Body should be a representative of the well-rounded student, known by many, good participant in class, and active on the campus.
by Rick Sawn
Have any of you ever wondered why you are constantly bombarded with enough noise to “drive you crazy?”
Ever consider the damage it can and does do ?
Don't try to kid yourself, the danger is real.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency claims an estimated 16 million Americans suffer some degree of hearing loss directly caused by noise.
How about high blood pressure?
A major contributing factor in over half the heart attacks annually.
Sounds if moderate intensity cause secretion of adrenalin, people who cannot adapt to noise may secrete adrenalin
constantly.Result, high blood pressure.It has been proven that
sounds greater than 75 decibels increase pulse and respiration.
A single family unit can reach 75 to 85 decibles.
How?it’s not hard really, turn on
the AC and television, run the dishwasher and do a load of clothes and you’ve got it.
Add to that the neighbor kids playing and a dog barking and you’ve got all the noise you can handle.
The World Health Organization estimates that noise costs the United States 4 billion dollars annually in accidents, absenteeism, and compensation claims.
The only obvious solution is to start on an individual basis.
Pressure must be put on all levels of government and industry.
If a neighbor’s dog barks all night, call the authorities and insist that the dog must be kept quiet.
If enough people complain about noisy lawn mowers, manufacturers will make quiet ones.
If the walls of an apartment are sound transparent, refuse to buy or rent it.
Contractors can build them relatively sound proof if they have to.
New techniques are available.The real danger ahead is that
man might convince himself that he can adapt to the rising level of noise.
The only alternatives to peace and quiet are madness and death.