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Cougar
Corner Market
FOR SALE:
Merle Watson Memorial Festival,
two hour VHS home video(s) for
19.95 each. Contact the Walker
Center at 667-4444.
1986 Pontiac 6000 STE gold, tan
interior, excellent condition, 39,000
miles. Contact Angela at ext. 249.
English 100 book “Reading Skill
Handbook,” $10.00. Ray Barker
359-2210.
WANTED:
Musicians interested in perform
ing in the WCC Orchestra or the
WCC Jazz Ensemble should con-
Wise Politics
Nowadays one has to be very
careful with political jokes because
many times political jokes get
elected.
A sidewalk interviewer asked a
retired man what he thought of the
two candidates for an election.
“When I look at them,” the retired
man replied, “I’m thankful only
one of them can get elected.”
Voter: “Why, I wouldn’t vote for
you if you were Saint Peter him
self.”
Candidate: “If I were Saint Peter,
you wouldn’t be in my district.”
There is no life on the moon.
You can bet your last dollar on it.
If there were life, the people there
would have requested U.S. aid
long before now.
“And now, gentlemen” continued
the congressman, “I wish to tax
your memories.”
“Gracious,” muttered a colleague,
“why haven’t we thought of that
before”?
Educational
Loans Still
Available
Three educational loan programs
for North Carolina residents attend
ing colleges in or out of state and
for nonresidents attending colleges
in North Carolina are still avail
able through College Foundation
Inc. in Raleigh - for the entire
1988-89 school year or for single
terms.
One program is for dependent or
independent students and is based
on financial need. One is for inde
pendent self-supporting students
and is not based on financial need.
The third is for parents of depend
ent students and is not based on
financial need.
For more information, write Col
lege Foundation Inc., P.O. Box
12100, Raleigh, NC 27605-2100 or
call 919/821-4771.
tact Jerry Bangle at the Walker
Center.
Volunteers needed for WCC Gar
dens Visitor’s Center and the Wal
ker Center. If interested, call ext.
317.
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COUGAR CORNER MARKET.
Rome in
December
New Year’s Eve in the Eternal
City, St. Peters, the Vatican, the
Coliseum, the Sistine Chapel, Tivoli
Gardens, and much, much more.
You learn without even noticing
that it’s happening. Leave December
26, right after Christmas. Return
January 2, the day before school
reopens.
Six full days in Rome, eight in
all including travel.
The cost is about $1200 - way
below the usual price for similar
trips. Time is short for our dead
lines. See Bill Moffett as soon as
you get this paper. Come and bring
a friend.
Learning
Resources
ENDOWMENT: Do keep those
gifts coming for the endowment
and help us to get a chair lift to help
students conquer the steps.
NEW BOOKS: Many new books
have been added to the collection.
PAC: The online public access is
a reality. Come by the library and
check the first part of library auto
mation for the students. Just let
your fingers do the walking if you
are personnel and use the system
within your office to help select or
borrow books.
. . . Faye Byrd
ANSWERS TO PUZZLE
Criminal Justice
Program
WCC’s Criminal Justice Program
Receives Accreditation
WCC recently became the first
two-year institution in the state to
receive accreditation for its crimi
nal justice program.
Officials received the accredita
tion in Raleigh on August 19, 1988.
“It puts a stamp of approval on our
credibility as a professional crimi
nal justice curriculum,” said Gam-
bill.
The stamp of approval came
from the N.C. Department of Jus
tice after study and review of the
two-year curriculum. Tony Ran
dall, Vice-president for instruction,
accepted a framed certificate for
the college at a ceremony in Raleigh.
Steve Gambill said that the pro
gram began working toward the
accreditation as soon as it became
available last fall.
A group of educators and crimi
nal justice professionals completed
a self-study of the curriculum,
answering questions posed by the
Department of Justice’s Training
and Standards Division. Follow
ing the study, another group of
educators and criminal justice pro
fessionals, mostly from other areas
of North Carolina, visited to review
program. People from the commit
tee interviewed students, teachers,
and administrators, Gambill said.
The committee read the self-study
and other documents and looked
at the facilities and library for the
program, among other things.
The accreditation is a status that
was applied for vountarily. It is
formal recognition that the curric
ulum is of good quality, Gambill
continued.
Graduates from the criminal jus
tice program receive associate de
grees. Some transfer to other schools
for further education, continue in
law enforcement certification pro
grams or work in courts and other
criminal justice professions, Gam
bill said.
Edith Murphy
Miss Edith Murphy, a native of
Dublin County, died on Friday,
September 9, 1988. A memorial
service for Edith G. Murphy was
held Saturday, September 10 in
the auditorium of the John A.
Walker Community Center.
Miss Murphy’s professional work
experience began at WCC in August
of 1973. Here at WCC, Miss
Murphy was an instructor of Psy
chology, Sociology, and Early Child
hood.
Kim Barfield, a past student of
Miss Murphy, had the following
comments: “WCC lost a beloved
friend. Miss Edith Murphy was
not only a very competent and
popular instructor for the many
students enrolled in her classes but
also a cherished friend and confi
dant to her students and those out
side her classes. Students could
always depend on her classes to be
interesting and fun, filled with good
humor as well as exciting learning
experiences. They could also depend
on her to listen and give sound
advice on any problem. She worked
with her students on an individual
basis when the need arose and was
always willing to make exceptions
to the rules for unusual orextraor-
dinary cases. She made her stu
dents feel at ease with her informal
manner and fun ways of‘breaking-
the-ice.’ I cannot recall a time dur
ing the five years I was acquainted
with Miss Murphy that she did not
greet me with a happy smile and a
cheerful word. She was a wonder
ful person, her face brightened the
halls here at Wilkes Community
College and we will all shine brighter
because we were blessed with her
presence.”
Bill Moffett, a faculty member,
had the following comments about
his colleagues: “When someone dies
in our culture, a merciful custom
requires that we say nothing but
good things about the deceased.
Most of us, therefore, become bet
ter in death than we ever were in
life. Once in a while, however,
someone passes and we realize that
nothing we can say is quite ade
quate to the size of our loss. Such is
the case with Edith Murphy. Her
large and generous heart has stop
ped beating and we are only now
beginningto understand how much
we took her wisdow and comps-
sion for granted as limitless assets
on which we could draw as needed.
There were and are flashier
teachers. But if the criterion is stu
dent learning; if teachers are to be
judged by what they actually teach,
then she had few peers and no bet
ters. Certainly none of us has ever
known a more supportive and under-
standingcolleague. Forsome, kind
ness, caring, and compassion are a
matter of policy. In Edith’s case it
was simply who she was. She added
to those qualities of heart keen
intelligence and the wisdom to make
her intentions bear practical re
sults. Few have done so much
good; few had so little of the “do-
gooder” in them. She leaves a void
of great dimension.”
Thanksgiving
Yesterday and Today
In the United States, one day is set aside each year as
Thanksgiving Day. This is a special occasion to reflect
upon and give thanks for the many blessings we enjoy
all year. Americans usually celebrate with food and
family gatherings. This Is In the tradition of the first American
Thanksgiving, celebrated less than a year after the Plymouth
colonists settled in the new land.
Looking back at that first festival of thanks, one would
think the pilgrims had little to celebrate. The first harsh win
ter in Massachusetts had killed nearly half the members of
their colony. But the following growing season gave the
people a hopeful new outlook, so Gov. William Bradford
decreed a three-day feast to celebrate their first successful
corn harvest.
Today more than ever, we as Americans should be mind
ful of our blessings. We need only look at Poland, Afghanis
tan, Nicaragua, or Soviet Russia to be reminded of the many
liberties we as Americans often take for granted.
Along with our many freedoms, we enjoy plentiful food
supplies, a superb health care system, and opportunity for
personal success. A fitting way to celebrate our gratitude
would be to spend part of this Thanksgiving Day in giving to
others who are less fortunate. Even though America is the
richest nation on earth, many here will not get the chance
to feast. They will be lucky to eat one good daily meal. Shar
ing with the needy will be a community service, and in
doing our part we will better appreciate all that we have.
As we observe Thanksgiving—Thursday, November 24,
1988—let us praise God and give of ourselves, to make
Thanksgiving Day a joyous occasion for all.
Adapted from an article by Daran Neal in CASEMATE, Fort
Monroe, Virginia
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