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THE VOICE OF WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
VOLUME 21, NUMBER 2
WILKESBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
NOVEMBER 12,1990
“Have a Great Thanksgiving
President’s Message
Dr. Jim Randolph, President
It had been in my closet for about a
year. I don’t remember where 1 got it.
Perhaps it was a gift (from my mother
-in-law?) or maybe it was passed on
to me by my son. But, there it was,
along with all my other ties. I looked
at it again. It was navy and pink. It
really did match the shirt, pants and
sports coat that I had picked out to
wear that day, but did 1 have enough
courage to actually wear it out in
public?
Yes, I decided to do it. I carefully
knotted it around my neck and ad
justed it for proper fit. I looked into
the mirror and there they were, seven
plump, pink, porkers.
The sus domeslicus is a proud and
noble beast. A descendant from the
wild boars of central Europe, the
swine (hog, pig) is a member of the
Artiodactyla family of even-toed,
hoofed mammals. This fine creature
is adorable when young, grotesque
when an adult and delicious when
eaten. The swine is reputed to be one
of the smarter animals in the barn
yard. This can be attested to by such
characters as Porky Pig, Miss Piggy
and Arnold. And, wasn’t it the pigs,
who, in George Orwell’s novel. Ani
mal Farm, lead the farm revolt and
declared that “all animals are created
equal.”
My first stop for the day was the
dentist office. While sitting in the
waiting room, leisurely reading a
magazine, I noticed a woman arrive
and explain to the receptionist that
she had already had a difficult day.
She was in an automobile accident,
spent an hour at the hospital and
now, was forced to face the dentist’s
needles and drills. As she moved into
the waiting room, I could not help
but feel her staring at my tie. Finally,
after sitting down, she said, “Sir, I’ve
already had a rotten day, and now I
can’t believe that I’m sitting in a
waiting room with a man wearing a
pig tie.”
With that comment, however, she
broke into a smile. How could she
resist those placid, pink, plump, piti
ful faces. My tie had brought happi
ness to this poor soul. I was delighted
and proud of my tie. Happily, I kept
getting the same reaction throughout
the day. What a wonderful tie I had
finally discovered in my closet.
I really don’t like to wear a tie. In
fact, I don’t understand why men
wear ties in the first place. This is one
of those unanswered questions in
life. It’s right up there with “Why do
adults put stuffed animals in their
cars?” or “Why do we get that insa
tiable urge, upon seeing a cow, to go
... Mooooo?” or “How does that
microwave really work?” or “Is Elvis
really dead or is he working in the
kitchen at Glenn’s Tastee Freez?” or
“Does Bud Mayes actually have a
chin?”
I don’t know why men feel com
pelled to wear ties, but wearing my
pig tie makes it all worthwhile. I
learned an important lesson from my
pig tie; we should not be afraid to try
something a little different. We should
be willing to break out of our day-to-
day molds. Quite often, as in my
case, the results may be very re
warding.
I have ordered a cow tie and can’t
wait until it arrives.
Winter quarter. Student Support Services welcomes to its agenda the
Minority Student Support Group. The objective of this group is to offer
assistance to minority students in addressing their needs in the college
society. This group is built around the idea of students helping students.
If you are interested in this group or need more information, please
contact Cassandra Lanier in Student Support Services or Linda Carlton at
home at 921-2746.
—Linda Carlton
REGISTRATION — WINTER QUARTER 1990-91
Thursday, November 8 9AM until 4 PM
Friday, November 9 9 AM until 4 PM
Monday, November 12 9 AM until 9 PM (NIGHT)
Tuesday, November 13 9 AM until 9 PM (NIGHT)
Wednesday, November 14 9 AM until 4 PM
Thursday, November 15 9 AM until 4 PM
Friday, November 16 9 AM until 4 PM
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 ... REGISTRATION DAY (9 am-8 pm)
During registration, students will meet with their advisors and plan their
Winter schedules. U pon payment of tuition and fees in the Business Office, their
registration is complete. Students will begin classes on Monday, November 26,
1990
STUDENT DEVELOPMENT REGISTRATION
NIGHT WORK SCHEDULE
Monday, November 12-4 PM until 9 PM Vicki Nichols
Cathy Annas
Tuesday, November 13-4 PM until 9 PM Shirley Church
Bob Thompson
REGISTRATION FOR CLASSES TAUGHT IN
ASHE AND ALLEGHANY COUNTIES
Ashe Center Wednesday, November 14 - 3:30-7 PM
Alleghany Center Thursday, November 15 - 3:30-7 PM
One of the First Community Colleges
to Be Environmentally Concerned
Wilkes Community College is con
ducting a major project to improve
our environment. Generating from
the purchasing office in Thompson
Hall is our own recycling center. To
help implement the recycling project
every office in the school has a box or
boxes available for the placement of
discarded paper. Then every two or
three weeks someone from the pur
chasing office collects these recyclable
items and delivers them to J & W
Recycling which is located on Hwy.
421. Items suitable for recycling are:
white paper/with or without print,
newspaper, computer paper, card
board, plastic jugs including milk
jugs, plastic drink bottles, and other
household plastic bottles, glass, and
aluminum.
Frank Shuford, from the purchas
ing office says, “we are among the
first community colleges to take it
upon itself to recycle.” Beginning a
recycling program here created nu
merous problems. Personnel was
needed to manage the program, to
Remember all those
who fought and those
who continue to fight
—to be free and to
collect the items and to sort them,
and to deliver them to the recycling
center. Another problem was the
need for a place to store these items
until they could be sent to the center.
Shuford said these tasks demanded
as much as fifteen work hours per
week. Work study students as well as
the shipping and receiving depart
ment, were utilized to provide the
labor needed.
Presently we are encouraged to
recycle on a voluntary basis, but by
1993 recycling becomes a law. Senate
Bill 111 mandates a 25% reduction in
solid waste by 1993. Frank Shuford
says, “we are well on our way toward
reaching this goal.”
The purchasing office admits that
recycling is not a money-making en
deavor for Wilkes Community Col
lege. However, Shuford emphasizes
that the rewards outweigh monetary
value. We’re all glad that our beauti
ful campus can contribute to a clean
er, healthier, and safer environment.
—Phyllis Smith
keep you free—this
eleventh hour of the
eleventh day of the
eleventh month.
End of Summer Dance
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Scene from End of Summer Dance.
Lights were flashing, music was The students who were standing
playing, and people were laughing. on the sidelines were asked how they
What was going on in the student felt about school starting and summer
commons area? The curious student ending. Students responded with
pondered this as he cautiously peaked great enthusiasm. Mike Smith and
around the corner and saw people Tracy Myers said they thought it was
dancing. Then he saw the sign; End- great! Greg Blevins replied, “I think
of-Summer Dance; Sponsored by it’s going to be a great year." Some
SGA, on September 6th. This was students didn’t exactly know what to
the first big event of the school year. think and others weren’t quite ready
This main event got started at for school to start back. Linda Ellis
eight p.m., but really came alive at responded, “I don’t feel anything,
nine o’clock. At this time the dance I’m numb. Angie Reid exclaimed,
exploded with excitement. The floor “I’m ready for next summer.” Stu-
became flooded with dancing stu- dents were enthusiastic about the
dents. Several students enjoyed upcomingschoolyear,het they hated
standing on the sidelines being spec- to see summer end. The End of
tators of the eye dazzling light show. Summer Dance was a great success,
and of the videos that were being It gave students a chance to have fun
shown on the huge monitors. All of and to relax, plus a chance to end
the excitement was featured by summer with a blast!!!
“Dance LTD.” —Anna Forester
Congratulations Freshmen Class Officers
The following were elected class officers of the 1990-91 Freshman Class;
President Albert “Al” Brockman
Vice President Shannon Bailey
Secretary April Shell
Treasurer Melody Shelton
Senators Michelle Hamby
Shellie Millsaps
John Welborn
Julie Smith
WANT SUCCESS?
GET ALONG!
To learn what errors youngsters
starting on their first jobs should be
warned about, a group of vocational
teachers wrote to several thousand
employers asking them to look up
the last three people dismissed and
tell why they had been let go.
The teachers had expected a long
catalogue of reasons. They were
amazed that more than two-thirds of
the people losing jobs had been fired
for one reason. It was the same in
every sort of business for workers of
all ages and both sexes.
It amounted to this; They couldn't
get along with other people.
Winter quarter. Student Support
Services welcomes to its agenda the
Minority Student Support Group.
The objective of this group is to offer
assistance to minority students in
addressing their needs in the college
society. This group is built around
the idea of students helping students.
If you are interested in this group
or need more information, please
contact Cassandra Lanier in Student
Support Services or Linda Carlton at
home at 921-2746.
Linda Carlton
Turkey:
Fowl, Not Foul
“He’s a turkey!” she said.
But what she meant had nothing to
do with food fare—gustatory treats
of white meat and drumsticks that
melt in your mouth. If anything, the
term connoted a foul fool rather than
fowl food.
Yes, anyone called a turkey these
days is more foul than fair, more
stupid than satisfying, more assinine
than able.
Still, why defile and defame the
true turkey, a delicious bird whose
parts, properly prepared, having be
come the traditional treats of Thanks
giving?
There is no good reason why this
defamation of birdly character should
continue. The appellation is as mali
cious as it is false!
Therefore, we urge—no, implore—
you good readers to cast aside the
derogatory turkey term and replace
it with a more accurate word.
To that end, we suggest a return to
this more precise designation: ass.
It’s a good word, a meaningful word
that describes a beast of burden with
long ears. Equally important to this
proposal, it pictures, as Webster
notes, “a stupid, obstinate, or per
verse person.”
Perfect!
So drive turkey out of your vocab
ulary unless your reference is to some
gobbler. And let ass be your more
descriptive substitute.