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The WCC Theater performed at their annual Valentines Sweetheart Dinner. The dinner, which was provided hy
WCC Culinary cluh, and the show was a big hit. The Cougar Cry gives both clubs a big two thumbs up!
Photo By ChaJ Treadway
Cougar Cry Editorial Guidelines and Staff
80,000 participants. Cars used to be parked in
this dark area and in the evenings pedestrians
made their way to the exit while drivers tried to
navigate their cars through the crowd. Relocating
the parking assignments to areas less likely to have
pedestrian traffic creates a less stressful entrance
and exit for both pedestrians and drivers.
Hie creation of this new area brings new
challenges to the set-up of the festival. In order to
create The Shoppes at MerleFest, the parking lots
around the clock tower will have to be empty on
April 23,24,25 and also on April 30 for clean up.
WCC students are asked for their support and
understanding during this process
What is being asked of WCC students!
Students who typically park in the two lots by
the tennis courts are encouraged to park in the
MerleFest "Gray" and “Yellow” Lots, located above
the Walker Center on April 23, 24,25 and 30.
A shuttle service will be available to transport
students from these lots and the Beacon Building
to lower campus. Students are also reminded that
Lowe's Hall features elevators for more convenient
movements from upper to lower campus. Parking
will still available for students in the lots adjacent
to Alumni Hall and Lowe’s Hall, as well as the
lots going up the hill to the horticulture complex
and the Beacon Building.
What is the reward?
The WCC Endowment Corporation, producer
of MerleFest and all WCC fond raising events,
understands that this is a disruption to our
students and will cause an inconvenience in
students’ busy schedules. WCC Development
Office and Events staff went to students to
gauge their reaction and encourage feedback
and partnership. Your Student Government
Association agreed that overall the changes for
the festival were a positive and that students could
help. The SGA proposed a contest to reward
students who assist by parking in the “Gray” and
Here’s a list of words derived from classical his
tory and mythology, as defined by Le Mot Juste:
A Dictionary of Classical and Foreign Words and
Phrases:
♦ Achilles’ heel. (Greek) Weak spot, point
vulnerable to attack: in Homer’s Illiad, Achilles
was protected at every point except his heel, into
which Paris shot an arrow and killed him.
♦ Cassandra. (Greek) (One who makes) an
unheeded prophecy; Cassandra, the priestess and
daughter of Priam, King of Troy, was gifted with
prophecy but doomed never to be believed.
♦ Hydra. (Greek) Something which is difficult to
extinguish; the Hydra was a serpent whose heads
multiplied as they were cut off.
♦ Laconic. (Greek) Brief, terse, concise; Laconia,
another term for Sparta, was noted for the auster
ity of its customs.
♦ Lethean. (Greek) Forgetful, unable to recollect
past events; Lethe was a river in Hades that pro-
Yellow” Lots.
WCC SGA members will monitor the Gray
and Yellow Lots on April 23,24,25, and 30 and
record WCC parking permit numbers from
cars parked in the lots and student names that
correspond to the numbers will be entered in
daily drawings.
At 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., drawings will be
held and winners may choose either a $25 gas
card, $25 WCC Absher Bookstore gift certificate,
or a $25 gift certificate for the WCC Cafe. That’s
not the only opportunity to win, at the end of
each day another drawing will be held and the
winner will receive a $50 gas card.
If that’s not enough, on Monday, April 30,
in addition to the 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
drawings, the final drawing will be for a grand
prize of $200 cash. Each day’s list of students who
parked in the Gray or Yellow Lots will be entered
in Monday’s grand prize drawing. Park in these
alternative locations all four days and you will
have four chances to win!
All drawings will be held in the SGA Office in
Alumni Hall and the contest will be administered
by the SGA. The "Gray" and “Yellow” Lots will be
indicated by appropriate signage during this time
period.
WCC students provide overwhelming support
for MerleFest. Many of you volunteer during
the festival with clubs or individually. MerleFest
organizers hope that students are pleased with
the changes being put in place for MerleFest 2007
and appreciate the continued support the event
receives from the WCC student body.
Questions and comments about the changes
can be sent to Christie Hutchens, WCC Public
Information Officer, by emailing
Christie.Hutchens@wilkescc.edu.
duced amnesia in those who traveled along it.
♦ Nemesis. (Greek) Retribution, personification
of divine wrath; Nemesis was the goddess of
vengeance.
• Oedipus. (Greek) One who solves riddles. Oe
dipus solved the Sphinx’s riddle; he was the son of
Laius and Jocasta and, unaware of his parentage,
killed his father and married his mother. Hence
the term Oedipus complex: the name given to
Freud’s theory that a male child is sexually at
tracted to his mother and jealous of his father.
* Pyrrhic. (Latin) Victory gained at too high a
cost; from Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, who defeated
the Romans as Asculeum in 279 B.C., but was as
much weakened in victory as his enemy in defeat.
♦ Tantalus. (Greek) Something which can be seen
but not obtained; Tantalus, the son of Zeus, was
condemned in Tartarus to stand in water that
receded when he attempted to drink it and under
fruit that moved away when he tried to touch it.
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activities office of Wilkes Community College.
Its objective is to keep the students of WCC
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Cougar Cry staff: Amber Amder- Desktop
Editor/Graphic Designer, Loni Miller- Desktop
Editor/Graphic Designer, Amanda Molesa-
Reporter, Desktop/ Graphic Design Editor
Michael Triplett- Reporter, Keisha Call-
Reporter, Bill Bulock- Advisor, Scott Johnson-
Advisor, Chad Treadway- Advisor.
Mark my words—it is through tars you
can touch a man to pleasure or rage. Let the
spirit which dwells there hear good things,
and it will fill the body with delight; let it
hear bad, and it will swell with fury.
—Xerxes
CoUeg^Calenda^
March 26, Monday ************** l^^sr Day to Withdraw from a Class
April 6 ' April 9 *********************************** Easter Holidays
April 10,Tuc.sday ***********************************Classes Re;ume
April 10-April 11 ********** Early Registration for Summer Seme.stcr
April 12 - April 16 **************** Prc-Rcgistration for Fall Semester
April 26 - April 27 ************************* MerleFest (No Classes)
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Do you know how these words came into being?