Westark fifth largest college in state

Spring enrollment

dipped below fall by Debbie A. Murray

The enrollment for the spring 1978 semester has totaled 2,993 students.

"This is a drop from our fall but this is to be expected of all colleges," stated Dr. Jack Cutler, Dean of Students.

The regular head count is done on a spring to spring basis on credit courses.

Westark shows a 5% decline in enrollment from the spring of 77.

"New enrollment is holding its own. It seems to be our con-tinuing students that have a 9% drop that is contributing to our decline." remarked Dr. Cutler.

Other statistics show that on the female-male population the females are holding their own but the male has a decline of 8%.

in the veteran's area, although Dr. Warren Dodson, veteran's counselor, recruited more for this spring than last fall, a decline of 10% shows.

This is due to the discontinuing of the G.I. Bill.

Also related to the Vets is the decline in the age group 26 to 40.

Dr. Cutler remarked, "Most students that were full time last fall are now only part-time students also attributing to the decline in enrollment."

A report also shows that a 30% decline in out-of-state students has occurred due to the out-of-state tuition cost.

Progress is now being taken to improve Westark's status for the fall of 1978.

There are new positions being opened, new courses, and an ex-pansion on recruiting.

The counselor are going out to businesses recruiting workers for better education in their field and working with the businesses to improve their workers status.

Dr. Dodson has started a Vet's van that goes out with students workers to talk to the Vets letting them know of the benefits that are theirs concerning their educa-tion.

Dennis Cash, admissions and records, is recruiting in the sur-rounding high schools.

High school students are in-vited to Westark where counselors, administrators, and faculty talk with them.

Westark students, on a volunteer basis, show" the students about the campus.

The administration is also working on improvements to the school.

Don Thone has been hired as Assistant Baseball Coach and Admission Counselor.

A position is open for a new girls s basketball coach and In-tramural Director.

Scholarships are becoming more available for basketball, both the men and women's field, and for baseball.

There is a wide spread outreach , for high schools, businesses, in-dustries, veterans organizations, and community organizations.

Enrollment is certain to be on the uphill climb for Westark in the years to come.,

INSTITUTION HEADCOUNT U of A-Fayetteville 13,535 U of A-Little Rock 8,789 Arkansas State U 7,303 U of Central Arkansas 5,190 Westark CC 3,326 U of A-Pine Bluff 3,170 Arkansas Tech U 2,616 Henderson State U 2,597 Southern Arkansas U 1,834 U of A-Monticello 1,689 Garland County CC 1,322 Phillips County CC 1,178 Mississippi County CC 880 Arkansas State U-Beebe 818 East Arkansas CC 709 North Arkansas CC 680 Southern Arkansas U-Camden 447

Tech Branch Southern Arkansas U-EI 386

Dorado Branch

Miss Westark pageant shaping

up as glorious and gala event

by Debbie S. Murray and Robyn Osfatbup

Television beauties, Charlie's Angels, may be in for rough and sexy competition April 1st when eleven very pretty and talented girls compete for the title of Miss Westark.

Stacey Jones, the general! chairman, said that he is "very proud and enthused to have this many girls competing."

Monday night, February 27, at 7:00 p.m., a coke and hot tea , party was held for these young lovlies upstairs in the Fullerton Union.

Contestants along with their parents, or whoever planned to help them, were invited to learn the procedures of the pageant.

They also met and got acquainted with Fae Conner and Patti Wicks, the General chair-women, and the faculty wives and "helpers."

One thing the girls learned was that the pageant doesn't begin or end on April 1st. On March 28, they are scheduled to appear on the Channel 5 noon show, and on the Channel 40 noon show March 30. 7 • -

The winner will be awarded a $200 scholarship and also will automatically qualify to compete in the Miss Arkansas pageant.

A $100 scholarship will be awarded to, the runner-up and Miss. Congeniality will receive a $50 scholarship.

A Miss Westark candidate, Lynn Franzke, age 20, feels that entering the pageant will not only be exciting and fun, but also a very rewarding experience.

The 5' 6" brunette will perform a disco dance routine to "Dance, Dance, Dance" in the talent com-petition.

Lynn plans to finish college and become a cosmetic sales representative.

MISS WESTARK CONTESTANTS are: Karen Roper, Laurie Crews, Angela Perkins* Theresa Damouth, Robyn Osgatharp, Karen Higgins, Patti Skinner, Linda Wells, April Clayton, and Lynn Franzke.

Karen intends to finish college with a degree in computer science.

This 5*6", 112 lb. brunette states, "I am entering the pageant simply "because 1 feel it will be lots of fan."

April Clayton, 18, will perform a ballet dance.

This freshman at 5'8"and 125 pounds says she entered the pageant because she enjoys mee ting new girls and appreciates the opportunity to try for a scholarship.

April says she plans to finish her education and then travel.

A tap dance routine performed by freshman, Patti Skinner, will be presented to "Why Can't We Be Friends?"

This 5'6", 110 pound red-haired girl hopes someday to be an accountant.

Patti, 19, remarks, "this pageant will be a nice experience and I enjoy meeting other girls."

5*9", Laura Grim, 18 and 135 pounds will recite a dramatic reading.

Someday Laurie wishes to be a special education teacher or physical therapist.

Laurie considered entering the pageant when she was informed about it and because it sounded interesting.

Linda Wells, 18, a freshman plans to sing for her talent entry.

This 5'4", 129 pound young miss would like someday to become an accountant.

Linda remarked, "I entered Miss Westark to see what it would be like:"

20 year old Theresa Damouth, a15?6" brunette of 120 pounds will perform a dance routine.

Theresa plans to major in ac-counting and minor in data processing.

"I enjoy entering pageants for the fun," remarked Theresa.

Freshman Laurie Crews, a 19 year old, 5'8" dark-haired young lady of 112 pounds plans to do a modem jazz dance performance.

Laurie would like to bea buyer for janior line clothes.'

She said she entered the pageant to have a good time and meet people, y

A sophomore, Karen Roper, 19, intends to "attempt" to sing, as she put it.

Karen is 5'4" weighing 105 pounds. She plans to finish her studies in systems analysis.

Karen entered the pageant because she wanted to make new friends.

5'6", Robyn Osgatharp, 20, < now a sophomore , will play the flute.

She plans to attend the Univer-sity of Arkansas, majoring in Home Economics.

Robyn feels this is a gctod experience, a great opportunity to meet people, and she loves being involved with what goes on at Westark.

Angela Perkins, 20, plans to play a piano composition as her talent. Angela 5'6", 130 pounds, wants to become an RN.

She said she entered Miss Westark because it was a good experience.

Many of the girls remarked that they entered the pageant for fun or it would be interesting and a great opportunity. -

This is true. The contest will consist of an

evening gown, talent, swim suit, and interview competition.

This will no doubt prove to be "interesting and exciting."

They seemed to have left out the part about the hard work, the frustrations because out of the clear blue on April 1st, your hair turns flat, or the anxiety of the "judges gonna ask me about ambition.. .me.-, .ambition?... what biti< ambition?"

So, I have no doubt that they'll all make it because they are going in with a good attitude. •

And I hope you will join them in Westark's first Miss Westark Pageant.

The pageant will be held in the Breedlove Auditorium at 8:15 p.m.

Tickets are $2.00 for reserved seats.

So you think a convention is fun!

If you don't want to be* dis-illusioned, don't go to the NEC A A (National Entertain-ment and Campus Activities Association) with Stacey Jones.

LeCs look at some of the happenings to the students that went to N'ew Orleans in February.

First off, Stacey flew to New Orleans. (He is Coordinator for 2-year colleges for the region.)

The four students from Westark went by private car to Conway where they joined forces with the University of Arkansas students and staff for the drive to New Orleans.

All in all, the travel time was about 18 hours.

We arrived in New Orleans at 8 a.m., tired, disheveled, hungry, and lacking a night's sleep.

First order of business was to check into the hotel. "Oh, sorry, you can't check in until the maids have cleaned the rooms for you and that will be 3 o'clock," was the reply from the hotel staff.

How lucky we were! Since Stacey had arrived

earlier, he had a room, so we all

trouped up to his room for showers in preparation for a long day.

By noon, we were in opening session where Red Skelton was the speaker.

After that, on to training sessions and showcase acts until 2 in the morning.

The next morning, We were really lucky.

We did not have to meet Stacey until 9, so we got to sleep in.

After our breakfast meeting with Stacey, we again went to training sessions and showcase acts until early in the morning.

The third day brought a little change for us.

Stacey said that since we had contacted most of the agents, that we needed to talk to that he would go with us on a tour of the Bourbon Street area.

This is where the fun began. We walked down to the wquare

and wandered around for awhile, but found that we couldn't learn to much.

We all boarded a horse-drawn carriage and the driver told us about the slave quarters and some of the older houses in New Orleans.

When we arrived back to Bour-bon Street, we saw a film crew in full-force with a large audience.

Needless to say we joined the crowd and found that one of : the people was Dick Clark.

We later found that he was producing the April 3 show of Captain and Tenille.

After a 3-hour break, we went back to our training sessions and showcases.

Saturday, we began tieing up . loose ends and Sunday we were packed and checked out of our rooms by 8 in the morning.

We left New Orleans by 10 and had arrived in Fort Smith by 10 Sunday night,

Needless to say, we were all exhausted, but if you want to ask us if we would go again, I am sure that the answer would be a very vehement YES.

The NEC A A Convention is a lot of hard work, but a very good ; learning experience and one that 1 wish was available to more students.

F.C.

Letter to the editor Have you ever had an injury

that put one of your legs out of commission for a short time and you had to use crutches or a wlaker?

If so, you would appreciate some of the problems a han-dicapped person has.

A curb can cause a great problem.

Lately I have noticed as I arrive in the parking lot that some people have been blocking the access to the sidewalk near the Technical Complex.

Next to the handicapped park-ing area there is a space that is marked "no parking."

This is where access to the' sidewalk is. ' Why can't people be more con-siderate of others?

It makes me very disappointed that there is so little consideration for others that people will block the access-.

Perhaps the people who do it think that it won't hurt for just 50 minutes.

I don't know what the reason is that some people do things like that.

All I am asking is that people be more considerate and not block the access to the sidewalks.

A t« iw ,* «•»«.. •

WOULD YOU KILL YOUR MOTHER? MOTHERS are KILLING their CHILDREN. Killing them without giving them so much as a chance. Why? Because they're COLD BLOODED and HEARTLESS? Maybe, but I think not—uneducated, scared, and alone—these

are the real reasons. What can we do about this? We can give them a chance—a chance so others can have a

chance. And by giving them a chance I mean by outlawing abortions!

THERE ARE OTHER WAYS. Abortions are immoral and should be UNLAWFUL. If the right to live is denied, will we be able to put complete trust

in other rights or will these rights become hollow and even cynical? Every man has the right tolife and to bodily integrity. But no man has the right to take God's place; to place themselves

above others by deciding to destroy a life. By sentencing someone to death that has done nothing, I repeat

NOTHING WRONG. Are we to*put the unborn child in an inferior class whose God-

given rights will no longer be protected by the constitution? Under the constitution the innocent is protected. Is anything more innocent than the UNBORN CHILD? The church believes that no court, no legislative body, no leader

of government can legitimately assign less value to some human life. -

Thus, the laws that conform to abortion are IMMORAL. They are not only immoral but also in opposition to God's plan

of creation and to the divine^law, prohibiting the destruction of human life at any point of its existence.

I said there are other ways and there are. Adoption is one major solution. Now I'm sure we all recognize the need of love in a child, but if the

child is not loved, should we kill it?? Let's put the blame for the unwanted child where it belongs—on

those who conceived it. When they did what they did; they took the chance of conception

and are responsible for the result. If they don't want the responsibility; others do--don't kill the

baby—give it to someone who does want it. There are people in this world that still want a family but can't

have it without the use of adoption. Another solutionis simply better educational programs for

unwed mothers. . Sociology teaches us about people already in this world.

So what's so unusual about a class teaching people about our future members of life.

A birth defect insurance to take in early pregnancy is another good way.

Let's spend some GOVERNMENT MONEY on something to help our future instead of just our present.

Sen. Ted Kennedy had the idea of federal funds for "LIFE SUPPORT" organizations counteracting abortion problems in clinics and hospitals.

Why must we go about solving a problem in a negative manner? Have we developed so much as to just KILL to rid us of a

hardship? is that development?,

that coming a long way? is that progressing as our ancestors progressed? Abortion is becoming a crucial test. A test that will show the society's respect for the right to live. Abortion is also used as an effective way of cutting down on poor

people and so saving money. The issue, however, is HUMAN LIFE, NOT MONEY. Are we falling sO low as to place money above H UM AN LIFE??? Can you truly say that abortion is decent and moral? Or are we deliberately destroying the balance of nature? We have a limit to say how many ducks we can kill and how many

ieer—will we have a limit to say how many children we can kill before we call it MURDER?

WE are not barbarians—we refer to ourselves as a civilized society.

So I BEG you PLEASE consider the alternatives to Abortion. : V / V W A V • 7 7 - 7 / / 4 W * K u t * r

Activities calendar

Mon. March 13 Sadie Hawkins Week Surprise roast

Tues. March 14 Dunking booth Tobacco Spitting, Marriage booth

Wed. March 15 Sadie Hawkins race Marriage booth, A surprise!

S.A.C. meeting, downstairs Union, 3:15 pan. Intramurals close for softball Standing committee meeting

Thurs. March 16 Surprise for baseball players Water balloon fight

Marriage booth Hawaiian Luau, 5:45 p.m.

Westark Board of Trustees Intramurals sign-ups for Westark chess team

Fri. March 17 Tug-of-war Finals of Sadie Hawkins Beau

Spades final Twerp dance, Union, 9:00 midnight

Regional science fair Mon. March 29 Faculty Association meeting

Roger Wagner Corbet Quartet S.A.C. meeting, downstairs Union, 3:15 p.m.

Thurs. March 30 Westark Area Chess Tournament, sign-ups close 6:15 p.m.

Sat. April 1 Miss Westark Pageant BB Auditorium, 8:15 p.m.

TODAY'S CROSSWORD PUZZLE Basketball player Elton White seems to be overcome by the invastion of the feet people during a recent close encounter on the basketball court. (Photo by Robert Huston)

"Now that I'm up here, what do I do?" (Photo by Myra Porter)

t • * t . •%* ' ' . V l

i . ' ] : • — - - V Tbescj coffee breaks are getting

oof of hand/'

LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS

I M W Q t & l & i iMflfcME YOUfc ^tmm t d up&s a f e w p a ^ s . "

Are you a twerp?

ATTENTION GIRLS!!! Now is your big chance to get a

date with the guy you have had your eye on all year.

On March 17, St. Patrick's Day, Student Activities is spon-soring a disco dance in the Fuller-ton Student Union.

This isn't just an ordinary disco dance.

Since the dance ends the week of Sadie Hawkins activities, what better time to have a twerp dance.

What this means is that the girls ask the guys of their choice to the dance.

What's roaring Club news/Announcements

Traditionally, twerp meant the girl was responsible for the whole evening.

She drove and paid for the entire evening.

Of course, who picks up the tab we will leave to you.

The music and light show will be performed by Ron Cole of Disco Enterprise from 9 p.m. to 12 p.m.

Admission for the dance will be $ 1.00 for full-time students, $ 1.50 for part-time students, and $2.00 for non-students.

Guess who?

Guess who is chaperoning the cheerleaders to the Hutchison games this year!

None other than Max Burns from the Learning Resources Center.

Got a date?

Dates are being compiled for the 1978-1979 school calendar.

Please . submit dates for meetings to the Student Activities Office as soon as possible.

Un scrvicto publico do este I penodico y del Advertising Council |

Cuando David se sometio hace poco a una cirugia de corazdn abierto, necesito 6 unidades vitales de sangre tipo O-Negativo.

El Banco de Sangre de la Cruz Roja las obtuvo y las facilito oportunamente.

No queremos aparecer como heroes en la salvacion de esta vida. (Los seis generosos donantes deberian recibir medallas.)

Lo que nosotros (y otros centros voluntaries de sangre) queremos, es su respaldo con-tinuo. Como usted sabe, la sangre no se saca de los arboles. Viene de un donante. Como usted.

Por eso necesitamos mas gente como usted. Acuda a La Cruz RQja o a cualquier Banco Voluntario de Sangre iPor favor!

Spring break

No classes for a whole week. The Spring Break will be

March 20-March 26. Have a good time!

The Fort Smith Vietnam Era Veteran's Civic Council will meet at noon, Monday, March 13, 1978, in the upper level of the Fullerton Union.

Interested students are en-couraged to attend this meeting.

Volunteer

Volunteers are needed to help with the Miss Westark pageant which will be held April 1.

Contact Stacey Jones in the Student Activities Office or see Fae Conner or Patty Wicks.

VA students

Veterans and other eligible V.A. recipients who plan to be enrolled for summer classes this year should contact the VA of-fice, lower level of the Fullerton Union on or after March 10, 1978.

Requests for certification will be taken at that time and paperwork will be started early to lessen the chance of payment delays.

Tennis

anyone? ATTENTION: FACULTY

MEN If you are interested in playing in a men's faculty tennis league, call George McAlister at Extension 354.

Play will be on Wednesday mornings from 6:45 to 8:00, star-ting April 5 for 8 weeks.

By writing down what the in-structor says in lectures you are helping yourself to be an active listener.

You are also being realistic about the nature of human memory.

Human beings quickly forget most of what they hear, no matter how much they would like to be able to remember.

There is probably no surer or sounder way to make a deep and permanent improvement in one's reading ability than by building a strong, precise vocabulary.

In a precise vocabulary, every word is learned as a concept.

Taking lecture notes is an art that must be developed by prac--tice.

It requires effort and an alert mind.

Also involved is additional work after class to edit and often to rewrite the notes. ,

But good l ec tu re and classroom notes can be the key to remarkable academic improve-ment.

Part of the problem of ad-justing to college is the develop-ment of systematic and efficient study habits.

While-an exceptionally bright person might get satisfactory grades without organizing his study habits properly, the chances are he could do much better with less total effort if he would take a long critical look at the way he approaches the problem of learning academic materials.

Dear Gabby: I have an awful problem! I've been embarrassed about it for years. It's my feet! They are so big that just the other day at a restaurant, the waiter

asked me to remove my skis before being seated!! I'm almost positive it's my feet that are the problem with me getting

dates. t

Besides that, I'm perfectly lovely. (I know that doesn't sound very modest, but I'm only repeating what

my mother told me.) I'm 5'4" and weigh 184 lbs. Mother says it is just that much more for that special man in my life

to love! What can I do?

Signed, Bigfoot

Dear Bigfoot: I would suggest snow or water sports.

Dear Gabby, My boyfriend refuses to wear deodorant. I think it must stem frofn an early childhood experience. When Wilbur was a teenager he was first introduced to the 5-day

deodorant pad. In less than a week he gave them up. He said he just couldn't see how everybody kept those pads under

their arms for 5 days. Is there anything I can do?

Signed,

> Desperate

Dear Desperate; You can do one of two things: find a new boyfriend or buy some

clothes pins.

WANTED: Freshman to plan next years' activities. Get in-volved now and have YOUR say m what is going to happen. Next meeting at 3:15 Wed., in SAC Office.

WANTED: Nice looking date female for disco dance February 24 in Student Union. Call Chico at 452-7458 or leave a message in SAC office.

WANTED: Female (18-22) to do cooking. Liberal benefits. Call Robert at 452-5404.

WANTED: Female (18-22) to furnish transportation from El Conquistador to Westark. Con-tact Dennis 452-7458.

FOR SALE: Channel Master 8-track Stereo player-recorder component..

Features paus,e repeat, automatic stop, channel selector, microphone jack, and earphone jack. , *

Half-price $65. Contact Tom in BB 106.

FOR SALE: 25 blank 8 track stereo tapes.

80 and 90 minutes $1 each Contact Tom in BB 106.

WIRING WOES Between 1965 and 1973, as many as 2,000,000 homes in the United

States had "old technology" aluminum wiring installed in them. According to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, this

wiring could haunt the home owners in the form of a fire hazard. For this reason, the Commission has filed suit against the wiring

manufacturers asking the court to require the manufacturers to replace the' wiring free of charge.

A court of appeals in the District of Columbia is expected to rule shortly on whether the Commission has jurisdiction over this matter, possibly clearing the way for a hearing in a district court.

Meanwhile, the federal agency would like to hear from Arkansans who have experienced problems with/their aluminum wiring.

Those who have had these experiences should call the Commission's toll-free number, 1-800-638-.2666.

THE ACR WAY Although their names are similar, Arkansas Consumer Research, a

private non-profit organization, and the Consumer Protection Divi-sion of Attorney General Bill Clinton's office are independant agencies.

However, the two often cooperate on consumer issues. ACR is joining the Better Business Bureau and the Consumer

Protection Division in the complaint resolution field. Consumers who cannot get their complaint resolved after working

with the merchant, the BBB and the Consumer Protection Division, may now solicit assistance from ACR.

ACR will be dealing primarily with complaints of an ethical, not legal, nature. x

It has established a committee which will review complaints and determine whether ACR can feke action.

if it can, upon receiving authorization from the complainant, ACR will contact the merchant by letter, or in person, in an effort to solve the problem.

If the committee's efforts fail to resolve the complaint, ACR will distribute leaflets close to the business' premises or engage infor-mational picketing to make other consumers aware of the complaint.

For more information, call ACR any weekday between 9 30 a m wid '

Students are always looking for an exciting elective to fill in their general education re-quirements.

While majors are probably re-quired to take certain courses, they are still available to most students as an elective.

A course you may want to consider taking sometime is Jour-nalism 1203—Introduction to Mass Communication.

It's a class that is not for journalism majors only.

It's for everybody. It's a class that has something

for everybody because hardly a minute goes by that we aren't somehow being exposed to or influenced by the mass media.

This course Surveys the media of mass c o m m u n i c a t i o n : newspapers, radio, television, films, magazines, and adver-tising, with an emphasis on their development, functions, and significance in our modern socie-ty.

There are no prerequisites. During the course, students

take field trips to local TV and radio stations, newspaper offices,» and advertising agencieg.

In class students have Tin op-portunity to try their hand at different forms of the media like advertising campaigns, announ-cing, or whatever turns you on.

Also, many in class projects are attempted, films and old TV shows are viewed, and maybe some old radio shows are heard..."Return with us now to t hose t h r i l l i n g days of yesteryear,... the Lone Ranger-Rides Again..."

If it sounds exciting or at least sounds different than what you thought, try it.

The course will be offered first session this summer and next fall semester.

Page Six Thursday, March 9, 1978

An ounce of prevention and a bunch of fun is what happened the day that Mrs. Rebsamen, campus nurse, visited the Child Development Center.

"Oh, my goodness, it tickles!" "I hear a thump, thump!" These were the remarks of these two young girls when nurse Rebsamen checked them out with the cold stethoscope.

Child Development Center takes good

»

care of the kids

A visit from a student publications photographer always seems to catch the children with a variety of facial expressions. This particular boy doesn't seem too pleased with the whole idea.

Maxiife Marion, director of the Child Development Center, watches one of the children climb the monkey bars during outdoor play time.

When a child gets hurt, Maxine is always there to show the same love, affection, and comforting that the child would receive in liis home.

Judges and emcee for

Miss Westark announced J u d g e s and m a s t e r of

ceremonies have been selected for the Miss Westark pageant scheduled for April 1, according to Stacey Jones, director of stu-dent activities.

Judges will be Dr. Russell Riggs and Jenny Riggs, both of Rogers, Ark., and Bill McKissick of Ozark.

Bert Botter of Hot Springs will emcee the program.

Dr. Riggs is a graduate of the University of Arkansas and Un-iversity of Missouri School of Dentistry.

He has been associated with the Miss Rogers Pageant for six years and has judged various pageants throughout the state of Arkansas.

Mrs. Riggs was recently ap-pointed field director for Northwest Arkansas by the Miss Arkansas Pageant Board.

She has served as producer-director of the Miss Rogers Pageant and coordinator for Miss Rogers to the state pageant.

Mrs. Riggs is now helping produce the Miss Arkansas Pageant and has been associated with pageants in Missouri and has judged throughout the state of Arkansas for several years.

McKissick, a native of Dallas, Tex., is general manager o f .

KZRK Radio in Ozark. He attended North Texas State

University in Denton, Tex., and has been involved in preliminary pageants in Arkansas for the past seven years.

McKissick has been a judge for several area pageants in the state since 1973.

Botter, owner of a recreational business in Hot Springs, is a graduate of the University of Central Arkansas.

Botter is chairman of the Arkansas Fun Festival, which is held annually In Hot Springs.

He is on the Board of Directors of the Miss Arkansas Pageant and is serving as associate producer for the Miss Arkansas Pageant.

He is also in charge of the Field Director System for the Miss Arkansas Pageant, which encom-passes 48 local Miss America preliminary pageants in the state.

He has also judged and emceed many pageants.

This is the first year for the Miss Westark pageant to be af-filiated with the state pageant.

Winner of the Miss Westark pageant will compete this summer with other young women from throughout the state for the title of Miss Arkansas.

"Daisy Ccfok Remembers" now on display in the Breedlove Gallery.

Paintings on display beginning today

"Daisy Cook Remembers," an exhibition of 40 paintings by the regionally recognized artist, Daisy Cook, is scheduled for showing at the Breedlove Gallery from March 9 through April 5.

Mrs. Cook, 75, was born in Springfield, Mo., and now lives in Republic, Mo.

She began her career as an artist at age 61, when upon retir-ing from teaching, she was per-suaded by her daughter to try painting.

With virtually no formal train-ing she has developed into an outstanding artist of the "primitive" school.

Her canvasses painted entirely from memories of her childhood, document and open a door to a largely forgotten world and time.

These paintings are said to be

of great value historically as well as artistically beautiful.

Crowder College Museum of Arts and Sciences in Neosho, Mo., has lent a selection of 30 paintings from their collection to the Mid-America Arts Alliance for an extended five-state tour.

Ten additional paintings from the artist's personal collection round out the exhibition.

Supplementing the 40-painting exhibition will be a two-day series of public lectures and workshops moderated by folklorist Ms. Lin-na Funk Place.

Also included will be a 12 minute slide-tape presentation on Daisy Cook.

These workshops will discuss the exhibit and relate it to Fort Smith's unique heritage.

The paintings, the lectures, and the workshops are potential catalysts, bringing together the young and the old in the com-munity to explore "the good ole

days" and society's present values.

Miss Place will give a lecture and workshop for 60-Plus students at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 17.

A workshop for school children is planned for 1 p.m. both Thursday and Friday, March 16 and 17, in the Breedlove Auditorium.

In addition, there will be a public lecture from 7-3 p.m. Fri-day, March 17.

The Mid-America Arts Alliance is a regional partnership of the State Arts Agencies of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma.

This program is made possible by support from the Office of Arkansas State Arts and Humanities as well as private and corporate contributions and grants from the National Endow-ment for the Arts to M-AAA.

Would you like to win some extra money? Would you like to be ihe

winner of $100 or even $25 in cash and book prizes?

Your opportunity is here. Writers of the best short story,

humorous essay, or other short pieces between 250 and 1,000 words are awarded these prizes.

The deadline for this contest is April 25.

All writers entering the contest will receive a free copy of the C O L L E G E C O N T E M -PORARIES magazine.

Rules and official entry forms may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: international Publications, 4747 Fountain Avenue, Dept. C-

3, Los Angeles, CA 90020. You say that you can't write,

but that you are a poet! Well, we have something for

you, too. International Publications is

sponsoring a National College Poetry Contest which is open to all college and university students desiring to have their poetry anthologized.

CASH prizes will go to the top five poems.

First place prize is $ 100, second place is $50, third place is $25, and fourth and fifth are $10.

There will also be awards of free printing for all accepted manuscripts Li. International

Publications book, AMERICAN COLLEGIATE POETS.

Deadline for entry is March 31.

The following are contest rules and restrictions:

L Any student is eligible to submit his verse.

2. All entries must be original and unpublished.

3. All entries must be typed, double-spaced, on one side of the page only.

Each poem must be on a separate sheet and must bear, in the upper left-hand corner, the NAME AND ADDRESS of the student as well as the COLLEGE attended.

4. There are no restrictions on form or theme. Length of poems may be up to fourteen lines-

Each poem must have a separate title. (Avoid "Untitled")

Small black and white il-lustrations welcome.

5. The judges* decision will be final.

No information by phone! 6. Entrants should keep a

copy of all entries as they can't be returned.

Prize winners and all authors awarded free publication will be notified immediately after deadline.

International Publications will retain first publication rights for accepted poems.

Foreign language poems are welcome.

7. There is an initial one dollar registration fee for the first entry and a fee of fifty cents for each additional poem.

It is requested to submit no more than ten poems per entrant.

8. All entries must be post-marked not later than the above deadline and fees be paid, cash, check or money order, . to International Publications, 4747 Fountain Avenue, Los Angeles, Ca. 90029

Speech students

collect awards

"Over one-half of Westark's entrants in the Arkansas Speech Communication Association Spring Festival, held in Little Rock, March 3 and 4, received high awards," reported a proud John Preas, Speech teacher.

Entered in the contest were: Karin Kutait, Laura Grim, Anna Perez, Sara Hennig, and Becky and Joe Martin.

Karin Kutait j received an ex-cellent rating in both Radio and Manuscript speaking.

Sara Hennig received a superior rating in Poetry Inter-pretation which Was one of only three given in the entire featival.

A superior rating was awarded to Laura Grim in Manuscript Speaking.

Becky Martin also received a superior, competing in the Prose competition.

M r. Preas also pointed out that this festival was the last speech competition of the 77-78 year that Westark entered.

Ending by saying that this year's competitions have been "very successful."

A reminder that in November students are encouraged to attend the Student Congress, ASCA, which will be held in the State Capital in Little Rock.

For more information on con-test material and the Student Congress in Little Rock please contact John Prea? in the Breedlove Building.

National honor

society initiates

students Sunday Zeta Epsilon, Westark's

chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, will hold its annual initiation ceremony on Sunday, March 12 at 2:30 p.m.

The candlelight ceremony will take place in the Breedlove Auditorium.

Phi Theta Kappa is the national honor society for junior and community college students who have outstanding academic achievement.

Membership is by invitation only.

Those students who complete at least twelve hours in the fall semester with a grade point average of 3.50 or better and

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following spring are invited to join.

Membership is maintained by holding a 3.00 or better cumulative grade point average.

This year's officers for Phi Theta Kappa are Fae Conner, President; Jerry Richardson, Vice-president; and Raymond Gosack, Secretary.

Following the ceremony, a reception will be held in the lobby of the Breedlove Auditorium.

The initiate's parents or spouse, Westark students, facul-ty, and staff are invited to attend.

Current members of Phi Theta Kappa are also encouraged to be present. i«m*« htH-tiiiSikM i i&tifc** * **>« **

Westark plays Baltimore Community College

Lions opening tournament game to be televised

by Debbie A. Murray

The Region II title holders, the Westark Lions, will travel to Hutchinson, Kansas to par-ticipate in the NJCAA National Tournament and their first round game will be televised on a delayed basis locally on Channel 5, at 10:30 Tuesday night, March 13.

"I am very pleased to see

Channel 5 televise this game and feel it is a great tribute to the team and the college.

I encourage all students to watch the game Tuesday night," remarked Dr. Cutler, Dean of Students,

The Lions captured their se-cond Region II championship by defeating Oklahoma City Southwest 90-76 at Oklahoma City Saturday night.

Intramural action continues

by Debbie A. Murray

Volleyball is now on the in-tramural circuit and started play last night.

The roster holds a 9^team membership.

Eight games were played last night with the results as follows: the BSU Champs lost to State's Team 15-12 but with a comeback they defeated theStec's 16-14; 15-8 for the series victory.

The BSU "Us" defeated Bollin's Team 15-7; 15-7.

BSU #111 lost to theFacuityll team. |

Another victory came fo^ the Faculty when Faculty I defeated Murray's Slammers 15-5; 15-9.

Other intramural sports) in-clude the ping pong tournament in which Brian Holt is j en-couraging all to please hurryjand complete play so the trophies* can be handed out. 'i

The pool tournament is alsb behind schedule and Brian is asking all first bracket players to finish so they can start on the second bracket.

Winners thus far in the first round are: Gustavo Roca; Rick Courtney; Donnie Fiser; Keith Pedro; Van Rogers; Tom Walton; Ronald Moore; Jim Kleinschmidt; Bob Carolan; and Sam Rhodes.

Softball and badminton are still open for sign-ups.

If there is any information needed for intramurals, contact Brian Holt or Stacey Jons in the Activities Office.

In intramural mixed bowling action, 60 Plus has managed to fight its way back into the lead in the team standings.

You Said It, a new team this semester, had been leading.

The won/lost records of the two squads are the same, but 60 Plus leads in total pins thus giving them the overall lead.

60 Plus was the fall semester team champion.

Current standings are:

The Lions with their scorching 60 percent shooting and double figure scoring from all five starters neutralized the Eagles.

OCSW controlled the first half of the game, but a technical foul against OCSW Coach Jerry Boone, his second of the series, gave Arthur Banks two free throws and Westark ah 86-74 with 1:07 remaining.

Warren Patten hit five in a row, mostly from long range, at the end of the first half to lead the Lions to a seven point lead.

The second half A1 Lewis banked a jumper and Banks hit a three point play giving Westark its first 10-point lead, 61-51.

Dell Bray scored from the baseline on a 15-footer and again on a one-hander from the line.

Paul Lienhard made two free throws and gave Westark a clincher lead at 77-65.

The Lions carried the rest of the game and won 90-76.

The Lions won the best two out of three series in two straight after taking the opener, 76-74.

The Lions beat ASU-Beebe 87-58 to advance to the semi-finals of the NJCAA Region Tournament and meet OCSW.

The Lions hit 54 percent from the field and got 17 of 18 from the free throw line.

The Lions then defeated Phillips County 80-70 to take the semi-finals.

Four Lions hit the double figure mark in the semifinal matchup.

They finished the game with 53 percent from the field and 20 of 25 from the free throw line.

Westark is now 25-8 for the year as they go into the JUCO National Tourney.

The Lions have thus far won the Ozark Conference, tied in the Bi-State for first and won the Region II Tournament.

Coach Kaundart has received the Governor's award and a 100 game win award.

The Lions have also received the honor of having five players receive All-Ozark Conference recognition. *

Dell Bray, Arthur Banks and Elton White were named on the All Ozark Conference team as were Warren Patten and John Stewart.

Monday night were the finals for the 3-on-3 basketball games with the Edward's Team defeating the Werley Birds 20-12; 20-12 to win the title.

Tim Edwards led his team to their first victory with 8 points while Steve Stec of the Werley Birds had 6 points.

The second game Gary Wehunt scored 10 points to win the finals with Mark .Gilbert of the Werley birds scoring 8 points.

Golfers head for Texas

with glowing credentials

by Charlie Fore

The Westark golf team has been hampered by the weather so far this year.

The cold weather has forced the Lions to practice indoors with a net.

The Lions finished the fall semester with an impressive four tourney record of winning two tournaments and placing second in the other two.

With this record, Coach Ron Richard is optimistic about this spring's team.

This season's schedule starts off with the team traveling to Fort Worth, Texas, on March 10 & 11.

The Lions will then have a break for two weeks, and host their own tournament on March 30 & 31.

The rest of the schedule con-tinues at Claremone on April 6; Miami, Oklahoma, April 7; Pon-ca City, April 13-14; Seminole, April 20; and Shawnee of April 21.

The season concludes for the Lions on April 27-28, at the Regional Tournament at Shawnee, Oklahoma.

The members of the squad this yea r are: ^Greg B e n n e t t , Freshman; Charlie Fore, SojJhomore; Randy Gazzola, Soph; Kevin Layman, Soph; Ronny Ocker, Freshman; Sam Rhodes, Soph.; Neal Waygood, Freshman; and John Williams, Soph.

1978 WESTARK BASEBALL SQUAD PHOTO BY BILL AGLER

Spring means baseball by Debbie A. Murray

The Westark baseball t^am starts their 52-game regular season schedule today, weather permitting.

Today at 2 p.m. the Lions will be facing the College of the Ozarks here on campus.

Previous games with Eastern St., andL College of the Ozarks have been cancelled beacuse of rain.

Coach Bill Crowder, now in his 13th year, has a team roster of 14 sophomores and 15 incoming freshman.

Coach Crowder's infield has an almost completely new look with replacements for five departed starters.

Catcher Mark Dally, first baseman, Ktnt Kamm, second

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baseman Wes Robertson, and third baseman Bob Stephens have left vacancies on the infield and right fielder Dennis Geren has also departed.

But Coach Crowder has several part time starters from a year ago including: outfielders Randy Dotson, and Joe Pendleton, and infielders Glenn Callaway, and Curt Ledbetter to fill in the gaps.

Coach Crowder's returning starters. are shortstop Chris Love lady, outfielders Glenn Callaway, and Curt Ledbetter, pitchers, sophomores Brian Holt and Bobby McHale.

The coach will have to rely on his freshman pitching roster for the backbone on his pitching relief.

The freshman pitching roster holds right handers Rick Coatney, Rick Jordan, Steve Peckenpaugh, Jeff Stubblefield, and left handers Ros^ Hanna, Jack Lambeth and David McGinnis.

The baseball team will start the season with anticipation of im-proving Coach Crowder's im-pressive 12 year record of 381 wins against 153 losses here at Westark.

BASEBALL SCHEDULE Spring 1978 Schedule

DATE OPPONENT PLACE GAMES TIME Thurs. Mar. 9 College Ft. Smith 2 2:00

• of Ozarks Sat. Mar. 11 Northark Ft. Smith 2 1:00 Mon. Mar. 13 Kansas City Ft. Smith 2 1:30

Ks. College Tues. Mar. 14 •Bacone Muskogee 2 1:30 Allen County Ft. Smith 2 ~ 1:30 Fri. Mar. 17 v UALR Little Rock 2 1:30 Sun. Mar. 19 Iowa Western Ft. Smith 2 1:30 Mon. Mar. 20 Iowa Western Ft. Smith 2 1:30 Tues. Mar. 21 Indian Hills CC Ft. Smith 2 1:30 Wed. iVIar. 22 Indian Hills C.C. Ft. Smith 2 1:30 Thurs. Mar. 23 Indian Hills C.C. Ft. Smith (Hunts) 2 5-7, Sat. Mar. 25 So. Baptist Ft. Smith 2 1:00 Mon. Mar. 27 Eastern State Wilburton i 1:00 Fri. Mar. 31 •NEO Ft. Smith (Hunts) 2 5-7 Tues. Apr. 4 Northark Harrison 2 1:00 Thurs. Apr. 6 •Carl Albert Poteau 2 6-8 Fri. Apr. 7 Central Baptist Ft. Smith 2 2:00 Sat. Apr. 8 Seminole Ft. Smith( Hunts) , 2 5-7, Tues. Apr. 11 Central Baptist Conway 2 1:00 *NEQ Miami 2 5-7 Tues. April. 18 •Carl Albert Ft. Smith (Hunts) 2 6-8 Thurs. Apr 20 •Seminole Seminole 2 2-4 Sat. Apr. 22 •Bacone Ft. Smith (Hunts) 2 6-8 Mon. Apr. 24 Ark Tech Ft. Smith (Hunts) 2 6-8

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New coach added to staff

Northside High School Head Football Coach Don Thone has accepted the position of assistant baseball coach and an admissions counselor here at Westark.

Thone has been at Northside since 1971, following a coaching position at Fort Smith's Darby Junior High School.

The 31-year-old Russellville native graduated from Arkansas tech in 1969 and received his M a s t e r ' s d e g r e e fi^om Northeastern State University at Tahlequah in 1972.

Thone, whose position begins July 1, said his job experience in the Fort Smith Public School System has enabled him to not

only work with and know the athletes, but most of the students at the various schools.

"I can provide qualities of leadership in recruiting not only athletes, but the non-athletes, which comprise the greater per-cent of any student body," Thone said.

"Westark is an outstanding in-stitution with outstanding peo-ple.

1 will be proud to be a part of the organization."

Westark baseball coach Bill-Crowder is enthusiastic about Th one's appointment:

"I have had the opportunity to observe his performance in foot-

ball and baseball over the past 14 years and as a teacher-coach at Darby Junior High and at Northside.

He is one of the most respected teacher-coaches in our area.

I have found him to be very professional, loyal, and hard-working, and he always has the welfare of the students as his greatest concern."

Thone's position, a new one for Westark, is designed to fill needs in two areas of the college.

Both the athletic programs and the counseling-recruiting seg-ment of the college are under the jurisdiction of the Dean of Students.

Sports celebrities coming to campus

Westark Community College has been awarded a grant by the Arkansas Humanities Program to conduct a lecture series on "The Humanistic Aspects of Sports in America."

Several athletes, former athletes, sports authors and local sports enthusiasts will participate in the April 4,11 and 18 lectures, according to Richard Hudson, project director and assistant to the president.

Assistant project director is Mrs. Nancy Llewellyn of Fort Smith.

The first program oh April 4, "The Impact of Professional Sports on American Society," will feature: Preston Pearson, who currently plays half back for the Dallas Cowboys and was formerly with Pittsburgh and Miami and has been on four winning Super Bowl teams; Jim-my Tunney, NFL and Super Bowl referee; and Peter Gent, who- formerly played offensive end for the Dallas Cowboys and authored the book, "North Dallas Forty."

Academic humanists the area will also participate in each lec-ture session.

Scheduled for the first p r o g r a m a r e D o r o t h y Rappeport, psychology instruc-tor, and Dr. Fred Vescolani, dean of the College of Education, Un-iversity of Arkansas.

Members of the audience will also have the opportunity to question the guest speakers and the humanists at the conclusion of the program.

Collegiate athletics Will be the topic of the second program on April 11,

A well-known former college coach will candidly discuss the pros and cons of the highly com-petitive collegiate athletic system in this country. He is John Wooden, former * basketball coach, UCLA.

Humanists for the second program are Dr. George Morgan, sociology, University of Arkan-sas, and Dr. * John Churchill, philosophy, Hendrix College.

Local individuals will make up a panel which, at the third ses-sion, will analyze the status of sports programs in the local.

A coach, a board member, an administrator, and a patron from the local public school system; two representatives of communi-

ty sports programs; and a local humanist will comprise the panel.

Emphasis will be on discussion current priorities in the funding, availability, and the promotion of sports in the local area.

Hudson said that the series should result in some clarifica-tion of the benefits to be derived from sports by the community and the individual citizens.

"An effort will be made to put athletic programs in perspective and to consider the extent to which they complement or con-flict with such other interests as traditional academic education, vocational education, family life, character development, socializa-tion and health," he said.

The $11,421 grant will be matched by Westark with $11,-456, bring the total cost of the three-part series to $22,877.

The programs will be held in the Fort Smith Municipal Auditorium.

DON THONE

PHOTO BY ROBERT HUSTON